Mary Cris is working for HERO. Hale County Empowerment and Revitalization Organization. A charity. She is from Akron, right on the river. Not much going on at the moment. A grant is missing. Last year thirty people worked here. Now it is five.

HERO has to move. From the spacious office on Main Street to a house around the corner. The office is small. There is no air conditioning. The air is stuffy.