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Cold weather provides extra challenge to homeless
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The cold temperatures are a challenge for everyone, but especially so for the homeless. Rick Smith has panhandled off and on in McMinnville for three months. He’s trying to raise enough funds to buy a generator for his cabin tent in Murfreesboro. - photo by JL Jacobs
Life can be hard during the winter. Freezing temperatures require more fuel, rising electricity and gas costs, not to mention food, clothing, health and transportation. Try being homeless with those same challenges.