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January 4, 2013
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Refuge from the cold

About a dozen of Roseburg’s homeless residents toasted the New Year with sparkling cider inside a warming center at Unity Church on Winchester Street. It was a good start to the year, but the shelter will be closed most of this week. Limited resources means the shelter provides a refuge on only the coldest winter nights. The shelter was open Monday and Tuesday nights as temperatures dipped to 30 degrees, the threshold for opening the shelter. On Wednesday night, the temperature dropped to 28 degrees, but the shelter was closed because until that afternoon the National Weather Service was forecasting …

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The News-Review Updated Jan 4, 2013 11:29AM Published Jan 8, 2013 05:34PM Copyright 2013 The News-Review. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.