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Caught in the web of Poverty
 
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19981101jbwelfgunT.jpg (8120 bytes)   Clair examines the gun he had repaired for his son while his mother-in-law, Betty Nicholson, plays cards in the kitchen. The gun case is located in the corner of Clair and Lennette’s cramped bedroom.
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19981101jbwelftruckT.jpg (11568 bytes) Clair Kistner tinkers under the hood of a friend’s truck outside his home in Melcroft, Fayette County.
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19981101jbwelfsleepT.jpg (11816 bytes) Lennette Kistner, left, worries about the headaches suffered by her husband, Clair, who rests on the couch at right before their children return from school. The wood-burning stove that heats their house can be seen in the lower right corner, beside the couch.
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19981101jbwelfloanT.jpg (7818 bytes) Clair sits on the back porch as Lennette vents her frustration about a lender’s demand that they replace the wood-burning stove that heats their five-room house in order to get a home equity loan. The Kistners lost hundreds of dollars in fees when the deal fell through.
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