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Richard Wilder stands next to his truck after clearing brush from a lot. Published Aug. 21, 2014 at 4:30 p.m.

A gray lawnmower sits idle with a bright red plastic gas can hanging from its handle. Dead grass and rust fill its small crevices.

Dewey and his girlfriend Naomi, who declined to give their last names, depend on the ancient machine to make money. The unemployed couple go door to door asking home and business owners if they can mow their lawns, sometimes for just $5.

"It can get pretty rough out here. It takes a lot out of you, but we take it day by day," said Dewey, standing near the lawnmower outside of a corner store at 38th and Burleigh streets in the Sherman Park neighborhood. "Our area is from here to wherever we can find work."

Dewey and Naomi walk miles a day throughout the North Side, visiting regular clients every two weeks in the hopes of cutting their lawns. At times, clients cancel, leaving them frustrated and broke. On occasion, they bring their three children with them on landscaping jobs, hoping that the sight of the children elicits sympathy from potential clients.

"My kids work too. My 3-year-old knows how to pull weeds," said Naomi, wearing a tank top with a bandanna covering her cropped hair.

Naomi rested a mini pizza on her lap as she sat in a lawn chair against the brick wall of the store. She lifted a small piece high enough for the cheese to dangle into her mouth as she explained her plight.

On a good day, she and Dewey mow five lawns, making about $50. On a bad day, like this one, when they make not a dime, they resort to eating small microwaveable pizzas from the store.

"I didn't even eat it because it was old. I have had lots of days going to bed hungry," said Dewey, who has Naomi's name tattooed on his neck. "There are days that there's more gas in that gas can than food in my stomach, because I have to stay ready for work."

Naomi and Dewey are part of an informal service industry in Milwaukee made up of landscapers who go door to door, offering up their services at a discount as a way to make a living. During the winter, many of the landscapers go door to door with shovels, hoping to make a few dollars clearing snow and ice.

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SAN DIEGO (CNS) - A 33-year-old parolee was arrested after a passenger in his car, which stalled in the Paradise Hills neighborhood, told a bystander she had been kidnapped, police said Friday.

Ben Hill and the 21-year-old victim were in a 2007 Honda Accord that stalled in the vicinity of Landscape Drive and Parkside Avenue shortly before 8 a.m. Thursday, according to San Diego police Sgt. Ray Battrick.

The woman told someone who was helping Hill start the car that she was being held against her will, Battrick said. The bystander alerted police and gave descriptions and the car's license plate number after the pair drove off, he said.

Police caught up to Hill and the victim after responding to a report of a man with a gun in the 17100 West Bernardo Drive shortly before 9:30 a.m. Thursday, Battrick said.

Further details about the incident were not immediately available, but Battrick said the police department's Robbery Unit was investigating.

Hill was arrested and booked into jail on a parole violation, according to police and jail records.

The victim was not injured, the sergeant said.

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Parolee arrested after alleged kidnapping in Paradise Hills

SAN DIEGO (CNS) - A 33-year-old parolee was arrested after a passenger in his car, which stalled in the Paradise Hills neighborhood, told a bystander she had been kidnapped, police said Thursday.

Ben Hill and the 21-year-old victim were in a 2007 Honda Accord that stalled in the vicinity of Landscape Drive and Parkside Avenue shortly before 8 a.m. Thursday, according to San Diego police Sgt. Ray Battrick.

The woman told someone who was helping Hill start the car that she was being held against her will, Battrick said. The bystander alerted police and gave descriptions and the car's license plate number after the pair drove off, he said.

Police caught up to Hill and the victim after responding to a report of a man with a gun in the 17100 West Bernardo Drive shortly before 9:30 a.m. Thursday, Battrick said.

Further details about the incident were not immediately available, but Battrick said the police department's Robbery Unit was investigating.

Hill was arrested and booked into jail on a parole violation, according to police and jail records.

The victim was not injured, the sergeant said.

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Spruce It Up, sponsored by the New Jersey Chapter of the American Society of Interior Designers, will pair participants with an interior designer who can analyze residential or commercial space and help develop a new design direction.

From Sept. 1 to Oct. 31, American Society of Interior Designers (ASID) designers will provide one- or two-hour consultations at a special rate of $150 per hour. Participants will get to designate which of the 24 participating New Jersey Habitat for Humanity affiliates will receive their consultation fee.

Spruce It Up offers the chance to transform a tired interior, avoid costly mistakes, and get advice on how to maximize the design potential of your home or office environment, organizers said.

Spruce It Up is sponsored by the New Jersey Chapter of the American Society of Interior Designers (ASID), and is the perfect program for anyone who has resisted consulting an interior designer because they thought their job was too small, their budget too modest, or that a designers services would be too costly.

For more information or to request a consultation with a designer, contact the New Jersey Chapter of ASID at (732) 787-5981 or e-mail spruceitup@asidnj.org. To read testimonials from past participants, visit http://www.asidnj.org/in-the-news/spruce-it-up.

The New Jersey Chapter of ASID includes almost 700 interior designers, industry partners, educators and studentsall committed to interior design. Its parent organization, the American Society of Interior Designers, is the oldest and largest professional association for interior designers. Its more than 28,000 members engage in a variety of professional programs and activities through a network of 48 chapters throughout the United States and Canada. Interior designers qualify for professional ASID membership through education, advanced technological training and design expertise.

Morris Habitat for Humanity is part of a global, nonprofit housing organization operated on Christian principles by building homes, communities and hope. Morris Habitat is dedicated to eliminating substandard housing locally and worldwide through constructing, rehabilitating and preserving homes; advocating for fair and just housing policies; and providing training and access to resources to help families improve their living conditions.

Habitat for Humanity was founded on the conviction that every man, woman and child should live in dignity and safety, and that decent shelter in decent communities should be a matter of conscience and action for all.

Since 1985 Morris Habitat has served 280 households though home ownership opportunities, preservation, and international home building programs. Morris Habitat has set a goal of 9 housing starts for 2014, completing 19 homes at 8 different sites during the year. In addition, proceeds from the ReStore, opened May 2007, have built 11 homes and diverted almost 4,000 tons of useable material out of landfills.

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