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was made worse by the little
amount of tlmo the state has
given them to move on.
"Five days Just Isn't enough
time. We need to get all of our
belongings together.'’ Rosemary
Hammons said as she sat out
side her and her husband
James' make-shift home of plas
tic sheets supported by wood
cratos for walls.
Eleven-year-old Jody, one of
the Hammons' three children,
struggled with a soiled chair as
she dragged It home from a re
cently vacated camp site. After
asking James to fix it for her, he
gently told his daughter that It
was going to bo thrown out
anyway because thoy had to
leave soon.
Rosemary Hammons said she
was concerned the most about
her children, two of whom are
onrolled in Coburg Elementary
School and the other at Shol
don High School, because they
will likely be forced to with
draw indefinitely.
The Hammons do odd jobs in
town whonever someone lakos
them up on their "Will Work
for Cash" sign This particular
evening thoy were both ex
hausted from a day of landscap
ing and housework. The family
also receives foot! stamps.
Cary Gustafson, the acting di
rector of the state lands divi
sion, said throughout the post
your, people from the lands di
vision have been to the en
campment tolling the families
they aren't supposed to be
camping there.
Also, people from the state
housing division and others
havo been there to distribute
literature about options.
The land is owned by the
state and is not designed to be a
campground. Gustafson said.
He said at Lano County's re
quest because of the significant
homeless problem, the lands
division agreed not to enforce
the law at the encampment un
til Oct. 1.
"This is something nobody
takes great joy in doing." Gus
tafson said. "We know Lane
County needs a long-torm solu
tion to the homeless problem,
but this is not the site, mainly
because the site is under water
in the winter."
Gustafson said if the campers
refuse to leave, the Lands Divi
sion will obtain a court order
that would enablo the county
shoriff to make the campers dis
perse. If they still refuse, ho
said there could be fines or
oven Jail time involved.
Commissioner Rust said he is
visiting the encampment to dis
cuss low-cost options to the
homeless living there.
"Ruthor than making it Im
possible and driving people out
of the camp," Rust suid, “I'd
rather us lond a hand and have
a number of scattered camp
sites with camp hosts, good
drinking water and portable toi
lets. Also, I'd liko to look at
other ways that they can earn
money.”
Dridgettu und Rick Aqui/.ap
say they can't got ahead be
cause of the stereotypes that ex
ist about homeless pooplo
The Aquizaps are both regis
tered with a temporary agency
in town, but because they gave
White Bird Medical Clinic as a
phono number to contact the
agency recognize* they are
homeless and won't give them
any work, they said.
"I don’t want to be homeless
and living on food stamps."
Rick Aqulzap said, "but once
you’re on the street, you’ro
branded with that stereotype.’’
Aqulzap said he believes the
state should |ust leave the
camper* alone because ho said
they aren’t doing anyone burnt
Jean Smith, who comps in a
run-down camper with her four
children ages four to 15. said
she has no choice but to stay
here.
"A friend transported our
trailer down here, and we huvo
no truck to move It out uguln."
she said.
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