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¢ : | Ccommunity § . § : o o_ e . 2 $ a Colborne tamily living on the edge, a a * :E I .J. LEBLANC we would clean out the gardens _ || wÂ¥@ll _ k) e 4 Â¥ p e . & ~ °@ 4 tleblanc@northumberlandnews.com _ in the spring with the kids, and _ [ _ _ ?‘ «i ®. _ s h c # : dammes. _ TX & ) trying to get everything ready * Wt C * A TB A | dwe? 4# t BRIGHTON â€"â€" Just over a year _ and raking leaves... For me it‘s | _ _ / t C [ 1g e‘ y Y + ® & * ago,. a Colborne family lost hard, because it‘s depressing. t : We % \ ‘ i "<pm i ing * *A a 2* 3 everything. Today they live on What did I do wrong? What. | â€" _ / _ . * s % l wrmen Jn nt 7" / 20 the edge of poverty, struggling. â€" could T have done better?" E+Y § °y P * . t t# voaal Y *~Syue to make ends meet. "The day we officially moved â€" | ® _ _ | ,| e P42 ‘\ *3 C ~ e _/ * #x° 2: "We had a routine, get up, get _ thelastof ourstuffout Iwaseryâ€" |â€"@ _ un * A *+4, N*Â¥ e . 3: the kids ready for school, he‘d â€" ing. It was the home we thought * slocee es ho Seeeeaaties & P * _z go to work, I‘d clean the house, _ we‘d live in, raise our kids in. It _ | Râ€"4 i iaeaiiolnl oogg . i 6: â€"â€" Kn have dinner ready, it was quite _ was comfortable for the five of h faiicss ® 5 is E: mes =| comfortable, a nice little famâ€" _ us, there was always room," she f - e °; S m a mt .,A w ily situation,‘ said Roberta Tayâ€" â€" said. is Ti o ie i ie o SA : (* iz C % lorâ€"Doherty, a mother of three _ The Taylorâ€"Doherty family is i 3z g' R ; â€"â€"*@ whose life was turned upside _ now living in what is technicalâ€" $ Â¥ip hog A 1 down one September 2009 afterâ€" _ ly a twoâ€"bedroom apartment, A I R / | noon. the second room has since been j £ & ‘% _ "(My husband) Jesse came ~converted into two rooms for $ SSR c F i a* y home and said ‘I lost my job, ‘ the children. f 4 â€" they gotrid of me" "It‘s kinda hard to sleep ‘at e The family of five had lived in â€" night because my brother talks â€" j § T.J. LEBLANC / THE INDEPENDENT â€" their first home in Colborne for _ and stuff, I want my own bedâ€" COLBORNE â€"â€" Roberta Taylorâ€"Doherty sfqnds outside of the house she and her family once called _ just over a year and a half when _ room," said Myles, 11, the oldest home. > they received the devastating . of the three children. 10 years he‘s probably going to â€" had a Christmas dinner, so we‘re [ â€"â€"â€"Stâ€"5 5 C ~_~ ]| â€" news that Jesse Taylorâ€"Doherty __ Although both have beenlookâ€" have amputation," Ms. Taylor â€" going to do that again this year," ._ THE % | would no longer be working. ~ing for work, as in â€"many small _ Doherty said. Ms. Taylorâ€"Doherty said. %& ! For the next six months they _ towns across the country, small _ According to his wife, at just _ "In our family, presents are % ZONE ' fought the dismissal and evenâ€". town life doesn‘t come withâ€"a 24 years old, Mr. Taylorâ€"Doherty _ addressed to a person, but we s 5 1 Gifts : tually won a settlement. thriving employment sector. has already lost the feeling in his _ don‘t put who it‘s from. Whatâ€" | | Hi:‘:'?:: etimenmiarecans 1 | "They just paid him out _ "In this town there are not feet, resulting in broken bones. ever we‘ve managed to come up 5 Hocked Bugs 9 instead, but that wasn‘t enough _ a whole lot of areas to work. I _ and other foot injuries. with it just goes under the tree | ; Needlepoint Pillows _ for us to survive and keep the think about two months after _ The neuropathy (loss of senâ€" . all as one." Lots more to see. | | house," _ Ms. â€" Taylorâ€"Doherty â€" the settlement we lost our vehiâ€" sation) has now started in his For information on how to Hormanniikeatook s oln | said. cle" hands as well. ' help a family in need in your HOLIDAY SELECTION ON DISPLAY! "We lived in the house for just _ "And that made it even more _ "He‘s gotten really quiet over, area contact the Salvation Army 180 Baldwin Street Brighton | over a year and a half before he _ difficult because we are stuck . the last year. I try to be strong to _ Cobourg Community and Famâ€" _ | Phone: (613) 439â€"9009 bayzone@live.ca | _ losthis job and then managed to _ in a little town with no vehicle," _ hold it together for everybody. _ ily Services at 905â€"373â€"9440. esn 1O 1000 â€"oat stay there for just about another _ Ms. Taylorâ€"Doherty said. He‘s sick now right," Ms. Taylorâ€" _ â€" year before we got our eviction _ Diagnosed _ with . diabetes, Doherty said. notice." insulin dependent and unable _ As the Christmas season According to_ Ms. Taylorâ€" to return toâ€" work due to neuâ€" approaches, the Taylorâ€"Doherty e t Doherty, almost 12 months after _ ropathy in his feet, Mr. Taylorâ€" _ family is trying to figure out how n that fateful day, the family‘s â€" Doherty may soon face another . they will provide for their family ; heat was cut off, then the hydro, _ hurdle even tougher than findâ€" â€" over the holidays. _ , and then their only vehicle was. â€" ing work, ‘ Regulars at the Cramahe Food [ â€" â€"<<â€"â€"â€"â€"â€" | repossessed. > "It‘s really hard for my husâ€" Bank, the family will turn to i . 3 J / | Not ]o;;g] after, the bank band to get a job, the doctors local charitable organizations \ A.8 \ reclaimed their home. don‘t want him working, Ontarâ€" _ for assistance over the holiday i @;a/% 9]/" 2 "We still {drive by (the old io Works even told him to apply season. e > y & S GZZ&% house) and "we‘re like, oh 1 fordisability, becausehealready _ "It‘s alittlestressful.Weapplied " ps IUaDéf’g% AY7 remember when we used to have _ has neuropathy in his feet." last year for the food hamper so s Eâ€"T/i7 (] the bonfires out back and when _ "They said between five and _ that was good to know that we t <f i â€"â€"_â€"_â€"_â€"â€" NoFaFLATT CHARLES EDWARD at the on Salur%g; L;f;’g\?em‘; g?(’ff gg;fl; Tweed, | years. 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