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Agriculture Wednesday, July 29, 2020 The Elk City News, Elk City, Oklahoma Page 5, Section A Partnership helps people in need The Salvation Armyin Elk of Jesus Christ of Latter-day So, to help meet that need, Salvation Army has provid- occurred in Ada, Guymon, City recently distributed 80 Saints to help provide relief com Arkansas ‘The Salvation Armyis proud and ed 264,313 meals, assisted Kingfisher, Miami and food boxes and $2,000 in amid the COVID-19 pan- Oklahoma, thousands are to partner with The Church 71,323 individuals, provided gift cards to local residents, demic, the release stated. worried about where their of Jesus Christ of Latter-day 31,880 nights of shelter, dis- Shawnee, Oklahoma, as well the Salvation Army stated in Both entities have worked next meal will come from,” Saints. tributed 7,103 personal hy- anews release. together nationally and saw “Working together, we’re said Laurie Fried, Divisional giene kits, conducted 31,796 as Little Rock, Arkansas, These donations were this as an opportunity to Director of Emergency Di- determined to make a differ- client interviews, and dis- with further locations be- made possible due to a part- work together locally. saster Services, Arkansas ence for as many as possible tributed over 22,000 food nership between The Salva- Additionally, there was and Oklahoma Salvation affected by this pandemic.” boxes. ing determined, the release tion Army and the Church fresh produce from the food Arny. “They need food now. Since mid-March, The Similar events have also stated. Food pantries brace for new onslaught as $600 unemployment benefit ends By Sean Flynn, Newport stressed how crucial the through cash donations. Schiff said. “It takes 30 days it is a balance of meat, eggs, creased demand.” Daily News, Rhode Island weekly deliveries from the Because of USDA require- to get benefits.” produce, and canned and The Pell Elementary NEWPORT, RI. — Many Rhode Island Community meats, people are required to If people apply soon for packaged foods. School has almost 1,000 families are asking how they Food Bank are. While they say what their income levels SNAP they won't get the “Tt depends on what retail- students and many of the will make ends meet now receive regular food deliver- are. benefits until September. ers have donated and what is families count on kids being that the extra $600 a week ies from local food retailers “For some of the food we “During that time, we are available,” she said. “We get in school or in after-school in jobless benefits they have and people make donations, provide, we have to know if expecting a lot of demand the bulk of our food from the programs such as offered by been receiving is set to ex- the Food Bank is a mainstay. they are income qualified,” at the food pantries,” Schiff Food Bank.” the MLK Center. pire at the end of this week. “We could see a very high Schiff said. “But regardless said. The Food Bank also pro- “We can’t handle all those Food pantries in the city demand at the food pantries of income, if you need food, “In March, the demand vides items such as toilet kids in our programs,” Strout and across the state are gear- in August,” said Andrew we will give you food.” for food went up a lot,” the paper and paper towels, as ing up for increased demand Schiff, executive director of ‘The demand on food pan- Salvation Army’s Chen said. well as personal hygiene said. as families and individuals the Food Bank. tries decreases when more “We saw a big jump in the products, depending on what MLK is currently running struggle to pay rent and ob- The Rhode Island Com- people qualify for the Sup- number of families who is available, which is impor- a summer camp in which tain enough food. munity Food Bank supplies plemental Nutrition Assis- were in need.” tant, Chen said. pods of kids stay with the “T am expecting to see 168 food pantries across the tance Program administered With children at home full “People cannot spend same staff members. a spike in the number of state. by the USDA’s Food and time, families all of a sudden SNAP on anything that is “It’s working beautifully,” people coming in when the “In a normal year, we Nutrition Service. SNAP needed much more food, she not food,” she said. she said. unemployment benefits ex- distribute about 1 million provides nutrition benefits said. When the shutdown be- But while the number of pire,” said Heather Strout, pounds of food a month,” to low-income individuals “Tt took the government gan, we saw people who had kids who can enroll in such executive director of the Dr. Schiff said. and families that are used at awhile to catch up with never been to a pantry be- programs is limited, Strout Martin Luther King Com- Because of the impacts of stores to purchase food and SNAP demand,” she said. fore,” MLK’s Strout said. is counting on meeting the munity Center. the pandemic, the Food Bank are commonly known as “A lot of people applied for “The service industry is other part of the MLK Cen- “We've been planning for is now distributing about 13 “food stamps.” food stamps and it took about such a big part of our local ter’s mission. this as a real possibility.” million pounds a month. With many people receiv- a month to be approved.” economy.” “We hope to continue to Gina Chen, social services “We are going to try and ing the weekly $600 fed- “In the past two months, With restaurants, hotels, provide food to everyone in coordinator for the Salvation keep that volume up because eral unemployment benefit, demand has gone down quite inns and attractions shutting need,” Strout said. “We’ve Army of Newport County, is the need is so high,” Schiff it made them ineligible for a bit,” Chen said. “Now we down or cutting back in staff seen a great response from also expecting increased de- said. food stamps because they have to brace for the next in- significantly, people who mand at their food pantry. About 1/3 of the food dis- exceeded the income limits, crease.” live _paycheck-to-paycheck the community and the “We've started storing up tributed by the Food Bank Schiff said. Now that the “Anyone can come to us were suddenly in need of an- Rhode Island Food Bank food,” she said. “We were comes through the U.S. benefit is ending, that all as long as they are a New- other food source. delivers to us weekly. Lo- very busy the first month of Department of Agriculture, changes. port County resident,” Chen “We are also concerned cal caterers have been mak- Covid. We were inundated. Schiff said. Another 1/3 “We want people to know said. ing grab-and-go meals for us about the schools,” she said. Now we know what to ex- comes from the food indus- that when they get cut back, The amount of food re- “If the kids have to stay at that we are freezing.” pect.” try and supermarkets and they should immediately ceived at the pantries de- home, people can’t go back “T think we will be just Both Strout and Chen the final 1/3 is purchased apply for SNAP benefits,” pends on the family size, but to work. That will lead to in- fine,” she said. American Beauty: Cattlemen’s dressing about to lose its Rosie disposition By Dave Cathey, The young and began her first ca- fake IDs, and people getting For the past 17 years, and served a sitting United what would happen if Oklahoman reer, mother to six. But times out of their car. That’s when Parker’s office has been a States president. that machine broke, Rose Ask the folks at Cattle- were tough and her first mar- trouble started,” Parker said. tidy, white nook hidden deep Among the first things said, “We'd fix it,” Stubbs men’s Steakhouse who riage even tougher. After “If somebody got out of the in the labyrinthine kitchen Stubbs had perfect was the laughed. makes the salad dressing, birthing two children in the car, you told ‘em to get back at Cattlemen’s. The dressing secret recipe for the garlic- and they'll tell you -- Rosie. same year as a teen wife, in, if they wouldn’t do that is made two to three times a cream house dressing. With retirement nigh, If you ask the pint-sized Parker took a job at legend- we called the cops.” week depending on the time “Gene had a lady who was Parker said she doesn’t have powder keg her name, she'll ary Hollie’s Drive-in, under Stubbs left the company of year. It’s a difficult, time- working here making it,” any immediate plans other tell you it’s Rosita Parker. the famous pig sign, at the to open his own spectacular consuming process she’s Stubbs explained. “We first than to relax. Even her 13 But Dick Stubbs, her em- corner of Western and Sheri- new restaurant on the city’s had to teach to co-workers worked with her to get the grandkids and 12 great- ployer for a half-century and dan avenues. west side called Apple- in preparation for her depar- recipe in print, and it was grandkids will have to be No. | fan, calls her Rose. When Stubbs arrived in woods.After Hollie’s closed ture. different every time. So I After Thursday, the laugh- 1970, Rosie had been car- for good in 1980, Parker “I know the recipe by went to Gene and asked for patient. ready Parker won’t be mak- hopping 12 years. His com- went to work full time at Ap- heart,” she declared amid the recipe, and he pulled out “It’s going to be my time!” ing salad dressing for anyone pany entered a lease agree- plewoods but helped out at making a fresh batch on his billfold.” she exclaimed. but her family as she enters ment to assume operations Muffin’s, Buster T. Brown’s Monday. Wade pulled a folded piece Parker said she’s not sure retirement at the age of 81, of Hollie’s from founder and the short-lived, high-end “You're not supposed to,” of paper out and handed over she’ll even cook too much closing a career that began Edmond Hollie, whose wife Velvet Dove. Stubbs reminded her. the original handwritten ver- because her husband handles in 1958 and toured several and partner Evonne was in “She made the duck for us How Stubbs came to own sion. it. iconic local kitchens. the midst of a losing battle there,” Stubbs recalled. Cattlemen’s Cafe was nearly “We made it to that, and “She always came to work with cancer. Rose caught When Stubbs sold Apple- by force. all we got were complaints “When I get home, I’m the with a smile on her face. Al- Stubbs’ attention for more woods to a Tennessee com- “Gene Wade and I were the next day,” Stubbs said. queen,” she said. ways positive,” Stubbs said. than the off-color jokes she pany in 2003, the deal in- friends, and we shared a He said it took weeks The only firm plans she “But more than anything, used to make him blush. cluded a unique clause. banker,” Stubbs said. “The of testing to document the has have to do with her na- Rose always wants to get “She was a supercharged “We had a contract that banker calls me one day and recipe. Three decades later, tive Panama. Parker hasn’t things right. Always looking carhop,” Stubbs said. “She was an inch and a half thick, says, ‘You’re going to part- it sells shoulder to shoul- been back since she left in for the quality, wanting it to was handling 28 cars a night and Rose’s name was the ner with Gene Wade.’ I told der with steak and lamb be consistent.” by herself and carrying out only one in it,” Stubbs said. him I didn’t think so, and 1944 but has plans for one fries, and Parker has been in For Parker, friendship has 300 to 400 tickets.” “T’d made a promise to Rose he says, ‘Well then, Cattle- charge of the process since final trip. driven her half-century of Hollie’s, which sold beer, that she would always have a men’s is going to close, and 2003. “After I pass, I’m going to loyalty to Stubbs. had a tough reputation since job with me. So, we includ- it'll be your fault when it When Food Network have my ashes spread over “He’s my friend first and it opened after World War IT. ed a clause that made her does.”” host Guy Fieri and his hair there,” she said. my boss second,” she said. Evonne Hollie was famous the only employee that had By 1990, Stubbs had pur- showed up in the Cattle- After a pregnant pause, Under the pig for using a rolled-up news- the option to come with me, chased the restaurant out- men’s kitchen for a salad Parker arrived in Okla- paper like a truncheon to everyone else had to stay at right from the Wade fam- dressing tutorial, Parker de- Parker’s face broke into a homa from Panama in 1944 keep the peace. Applewoods.” ily, changed the name to livered it with aplomb. big smile, “Maybe a few at at the age of 5. She married “You had to watch out for The dressing room Cattlemen’s Steakhouse “When he asked Rose Cattlemen’s, too.”