Appalachian Hunger Tour June 1-3, 2000 / 0323

Andy Snow
6/14/00

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Representative Strickland and I delivered lunch to Ray Wallace in his tiny ramshackle apartment, provided by the Southeastern Ohio Regional Food Center Meals-on-Wheels program. He is in his 80s after working as a truck driver for 40 years. "The meals help out quite a bit," Mr. Wallace told us. He has difficulty getting around and, after falling in his home, he spent hours on the floor until he was able to pick himself back up. His top concern is the growing cost of his prescriptions; he knows that he will not be able to afford all of them, and is preoccupied trying to decide which ones he can risk skipping.