Roger Vech stands on the farm that has been in his family since 1920. After th bank failed he could not get refinanced because falling land values had reduced his collateral. The FDIC, taking over the failed bank, demanded full payment of the loan.
An urban nomad surveys his new hangout on the outskirts of downtown Seattle, Washington. Many streetwise inhabitants of the city relocate after the “gut†gets a little too tough or they get bored.
J. S. Moran, 97, is the nation’s oldest working journalist. He works about five hours daily, and writes a weekly column for the Springfield, Kentucky Sun called “Through my Bifocals.†After the paper is published on Thursday…