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A Daily Grind
Lafayette, La., charities cope with sudden rise in city residentsBy Ben Gose
Lafayette, La.
FoodNet is the sole food bank in this city of roughly 112,000 and it serves about 800 families in a typical month through a handful of pantries. But the one-two punch that Hurricanes Katrina and Rita delivered on both sides of Lafayette led an estimated 40,000 displaced people to seek shelter in this area, and...