<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto"><div dir="ltr"><span></span></div><div dir="ltr"><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"><p class="MsoNormal" align="justify" style="font-family: -webkit-standard; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; line-height: 20.799999237060547px; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 17.1200008392334px; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">The League of Women Voters of Moscow (LWV-Moscow) hosted a public presentation about local<o:p> </o:p></span><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 17.1200008392334px; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">poverty in the Arts Room of Moscow’s 1912 Community Center.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="justify" style="font-family: -webkit-standard; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; line-height: 20.799999237060547px; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 17.1200008392334px; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="justify" style="font-family: -webkit-standard; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; line-height: 20.799999237060547px; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 17.1200008392334px; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">Five panelists shared their expertise on affordable housing; food<o:p> </o:p></span><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 17.1200008392334px; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">insecurity/nutrition; wages/jobs; and child care as those topics relate to poverty.<o:p> </o:p></span><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 17.1200008392334px; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">The presentation served as a follow-up to the LWV study and report from 2012.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="justify" style="font-family: -webkit-standard; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; line-height: 20.799999237060547px; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 17.1200008392334px; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="font-family: -webkit-standard; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; line-height: 20.799999237060547px; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 17.1200008392334px; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">Speakers included: </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="font-family: -webkit-standard; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; line-height: 20.799999237060547px; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;"> </p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="font-family: -webkit-standard; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; line-height: 20.799999237060547px; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 17.1200008392334px; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><b>Nils Peterson</b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="font-family: -webkit-standard; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; line-height: 20.799999237060547px; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 17.1200008392334px; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">(E</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 17.1200008392334px; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">xecutive Director of Moscow Affordable Housing<o:p> </o:p></span><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 17.1200008392334px; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">Trust) </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="font-family: -webkit-standard; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; line-height: 20.799999237060547px; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;"> </p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="font-family: -webkit-standard; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; line-height: 20.799999237060547px; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 17.1200008392334px; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><b>Helen Brown</b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="font-family: -webkit-standard; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; line-height: 20.799999237060547px; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 17.1200008392334px; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">(C</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 17.1200008392334px; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">linical Associate Professor in Movement Sciences at the<o:p> </o:p></span><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 17.1200008392334px; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">University of Idaho)</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="font-family: -webkit-standard; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; line-height: 20.799999237060547px; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;"> </p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="font-family: -webkit-standard; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; line-height: 20.799999237060547px; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 17.1200008392334px; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><b>Annie Roe</b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="font-family: -webkit-standard; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; line-height: 20.799999237060547px; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 17.1200008392334px; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">(E</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 17.1200008392334px; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">xtension Specialist at the University of Idaho and Director of Eat Smart<o:p> </o:p></span><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 17.1200008392334px; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">Idaho )</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="font-family: -webkit-standard; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; line-height: 20.799999237060547px; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;"> </p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="font-family: -webkit-standard; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; line-height: 20.799999237060547px; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 17.1200008392334px; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><b>Jessie Davis</b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="font-family: -webkit-standard; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; line-height: 20.799999237060547px; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 17.1200008392334px; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">(A</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 17.1200008392334px; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">ssistant Director for IdahoSTARS and Overseer of Child Care Resource Centers)<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="font-family: -webkit-standard; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; line-height: 20.799999237060547px; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;"> </p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="font-family: -webkit-standard; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; line-height: 20.799999237060547px; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;"><b><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 17.1200008392334px; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">George Skandalos</span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="font-family: -webkit-standard; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; line-height: 20.799999237060547px; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 17.1200008392334px; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">(</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 17.1200008392334px; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">Owner, Sangria Grille Restaurants)</span></p><div><br></div><div>Videos and photos of this presentation are accessible at</div><div><br></div><div><b>“Poverty in Our Region, an Update”</b></div><div><a href="http://www.moscowcares.com/LWV/Poverty_in_Our_Region_102418">http://www.moscowcares.com/LWV/Poverty_in_Our_Region_102418</a></div><div><br></div><div>Videos and photos of previous LWV-Moscow presentations are accessible at:</div><div><br></div><div><b>League of Women Voters-Moscow</b></div><div><a href="http://www.moscowcares.com/LWV/">http://www.moscowcares.com/LWV/</a></div><div><br></div><div>Next week (October 31, 2018): “Recent Changes to Taxes - What’s It Mean?</div><div><br></div>———————————————<br><br><div dir="ltr"><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Seeya 'round town, Moscow, because . . .</span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br></span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">"Moscow Cares" (the most fun you can have with your pants on)</span></div><div><a href="http://www.moscowcares.com/" style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><font color="#000000">http://www.MoscowCares.com</font></a></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"> </span></div><div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Tom Hansen</span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Moscow, Idaho</span></div></div><div> </div></div></div></body></html>