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Amanda Frank relies on Pandemic Unemployment Assistance benefits to supplement her limited income caring for children with special needs. She expects to need cash assistance if federal unemployment benefits expire, or payments lapse, at the end of December.
As Congress negotiates, Oregonians prepare for a gap in payment or worse.
Getting unemployment benefits was hard for Amanda Frank. The prospect of losing them is too.
She applied for benefits in March when the pandemic dried up her work caring for children with special needs. But as months passed with no payment in sight, she thought of her toddler, swallowed her pride, and got cash assistance for families in need.
Curtis Salgado
Old Enough To Know Better
I d Rather Be Blind
Portable Man
Lip Whippin
More Love Less Attitude
Consummate singer-songwriter-harmonica player Curtis Salgado has been a well-kept secret for years. Formerly lead vocalist for the Grammy-winning band Roomful of Blues, and later with Robert Cray, the Stilettos, and Santan.
more »a, Salgado boasts exceptional phrasing and vocal fluency, from blues to rock to funk to soul to gospel, which are a delight to serious musicians and fans alike. After his critically acclaimed solo efforts Curtis Salgado (1991), More Than You Can Chew (1995), Hit It and Quit It (1997), and Wiggle Outta This (1999), Salgado s 2001 tour-de-force Soul Activated showcases not only his dynamic performance artistry, but also his superb songwriting abilities, most notably with the sublime feelgood shuffle Summertime Life and the plaintive I Sleep with the TV On. Other choice cuts are Leon Russell s infectious boogie I d Rather