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Chuck Schultz: Merced should get creative, use old motel to house homeless

RE “Rescue mission meals will stop; future is uncertain” (A1, Sept. 23): In reference to the homeless mission closing, what ever happened to using the old motel on 16th Street? It has a kitchen and lots of beds. It would solve the problem. Now it just sits empty.

Chuck Schultz, Le Grand

This story was originally published September 26, 2016 at 3:44 PM with the headline "Chuck Schultz: Merced should get creative, use old motel to house homeless."

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