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background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.tulsaworld.com/news/article.aspx?subjectid=11&articleid=20090317_11_A9_MoreOk370581">3/17/2009</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.tulsaworld.com/news/article.aspx?subjectid=11&articleid=20090317_11_A9_MoreOk370581"><DIV> In February, 444,184 Oklahomans received food stamps, which is 2,000 more than in the previous month. </DIV></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.tulsaworld.com/news/article.aspx?subjectid=11&articleid=20090317_11_A9_MoreOk370581"><DIV> The previous high was set in December 2005, when 443,045 people received aid. </DIV></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; 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border: none;" cite="http://www.tulsaworld.com/news/article.aspx?subjectid=11&articleid=20090317_11_A9_MoreOk370581"><DIV> "If that 13.6 percent is applied to the (current numbers), that would mean there will be $6.5 million coming into the economy of Oklahoma," Johnson said. </DIV></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.tulsaworld.com/news/article.aspx?subjectid=11&articleid=20090317_11_A9_MoreOk370581"><DIV> Tulsa County has a monthly average of about 57,143 residents receiving food stamps. </DIV></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.tulsaworld.com/news/article.aspx?subjectid=11&articleid=20090317_11_A9_MoreOk370581">For a family of three to participate in the program, the monthly income cannot exceed about $1,900.</blockquote></div><div style="margin: 0px 6px 6px 4px;"><table style="font-size: 11px;border-spacing: 0px;padding: 0px;" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tr><td style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;">&nbsp;</td><td align="right" style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;width:107px" width="107"><a href="http://clipmarks.com/share/B66C8221-4A68-45ED-A37D-3B1A0DBCC2CE/blog/" title="blog or email this clip"><img src="http://content8.clipmarks.com/images/c2b-foot.png" border="0" alt="blog it" width="107" height="17" style="border-width:0px;padding:0px;margin:0px;" /></a></td></tr></table></div></div>

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