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Friday, January 30, 2009 11:04 AM

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Claudia Williamson and her son, Chris, shop for clothes at an Ottawa area thrift store. Williamson, who lives in Centropolis, said a lack of transportation is one of the key issues contributing to poverty in rural areas of Kansas.

POVERTY: Rural poverty poses special problems

The rural challenge

By JENALEA MYERS, Herald Staff Writer

Photo by Elliot J. Sutherland/The Ottawa Herald
Claudia Williamson and her son, Chris, walk up the steps to an Ottawa outreach center called Hope House. The outreach provides food and clothes to low-income families and individuals.
Claudia Williamson used to have a job and used to be able to use public transportation. She had more options for housing and used to not have to depend on others for help.

That changed when she left her life in larger cities like Wichita and Kansas City and moved in 1991 to the rural town of Centropolis, just northwest of Ottawa.

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