Donna Defoe is currently a cook at one of the schools in Lakeview. This inter-view was conducted in her living room. Behind her stood a TV that had a baseball game on, the whole thing was muted for my benefit.

Date and Time: 23 July 2007, 1:30 pm

7/18 9:45 a.m. Lakeview, OR Department of Human Services

My interview with Melvin young takes places in the sun porch of the senior center where he tends to eat the majority of his meals. Melvin has hearing aids in both his ears but surprisingly it seems as though he...

Elvia lives in a large house that looks shabby from the outside, but it is really well main-tained inside – very clean with nice furniture. A few of her kids were home when I arrived, and they entertained...

This interview with Jackie takes place at the elderly foster home. Jackie is the only mentally sane patient left at the nursing home she is 81 yrs old and has been living at the nursing home for 5 yrs. She...

Sherron Cobian currently works as a cook at the Lakeview High School. This interview was conducted at the OSU Extension Office.

25 July 2007, 11:00 a.m.

In Bernie Burkeholder’s home in Lakeview, about 9 a.m. We are talking about the Food Pantry that Bernie runs at the Presbyterian Church, and the overall Food Bank/Share/Pantry system in Lakeview.

We met at the Commissioner’s office in Lakeview and sat in the hearing room. Ken wore jeans, cowboy boots, and a button-down shirt. He had gray hair that is thinning and he is in good shape. He is soft spoken...