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Dawn Deardorf, left, is fitted with a free hearing aid at Los Altos-based Pacific Hearing Service last month by Dr. Brook Raguskus.
When Dawn Deardorf put on her hearing aid for the first time, she started to cry.
“I could hear stuff,” she said. “I realized how much I couldn’t hear before.”
Deardorf won a free hearing aid from Pacific Hearing Service in Los Altos last month as part of a contest in which people could nominate someone they believe deserved to receive the device.
Deardorf, who runs a catering service with her husband, was nominated by Joanna Baldwin, who has been friends with Deardorf for 27 years. Baldwin, who has a hearing aid herself, knew Deardorf was struggling. At restaurants, there would be times when they would be out with a group of their friends and Deardorf would sit back, giving up on trying to understand the conversation.
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U.S. Rep. Michelle Fischbach talks with supporters during a campaign rally in Marshall back in August. In a Thursday Facebook post, Fischbach said the violence at the U.S. Capitol is âunacceptable.â
MARSHALL Â Area legislators and local political party officials were united in condemning the actions of protesters who stormed into the U.S. Capitol building on Wednesday.
“There is no room for violence, no matter what your group,” said Minnesota state Rep. Chris Swedzinski on Thursday.
“I believe in the right of people to peacefully protest,” said Sen. Gary Dahms. “But I think what happened yesterday, that got out of hand.”
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COVID-19 food insecurity sees backyard veggie patches and community gardens boom
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Susan West is one of a growing number of Tasmanians making food forests in their backyard to bring down family food costs.
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The number of community gardens in Launceston is rising rapidly in an attempt to combat food insecurities
A University of Tasmania report earlier this year found one-in-four Tasmanian residents were not food secure
Financial stress is a major factor in food security, with many Tasmanians running out of food because they could not afford to buy more