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Men's homeless shelter at full capacity
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How does a person go from owning his own business one day to living in a homeless shelter the next? According to one resident at the men’s homeless shelter in McMinnville, the answer is fairly easily.“You hear the economy is getting stronger and jobs are becoming available, but we are not seeing it in this area yet. There are a couple of companies that are hiring, but the economy is still bottomed out,” said Ron Johnson, manager of Lighthouse Full Circle Men’s Shelter located near the fairgrounds at the old animal shelter on Collie Lane.Mark Bishop had been a chef in Maine for 30 years when his mother died and his brother in Tennessee convinced him to pool their inheritance to purchase a house together.