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Heider stayed at a $32-per-night
motel for a week until she ran out of
money. On the last day, she called her
friend Angie Gass and told her she
was going to have to start sleeping in
her car and asked if she could move in
with her.
Her friend was hesitant; afraid, just
like Heider, that their friendship
would dissolve behind a new "busi
ness" arrangement of splitting rent
and utilities, Heider said.
For three nights Heider slept
curled up in the back seat of her
four-door sedan. Finally, Fleider's
friend let her move in — aware she
had no other options — under the
assumption that they were going to
take it one day at a time.
Heider was relieved but apprehen
sive. She had a place to stay, but by
moving into a tiny bedroom in her
friend's house, she was giving up her
privacy and felt like she was imposing
on her friend.
"It seemed strange not to come
over, eat ice cream and popcorn, visit
and go home," Heider said. "I did all
of that, and I stayed."
At the time, neither woman knew
Heider was going to be staying awhile.
Moving to Eugene
In September 2003, the two
women left the University's satellite
campus in Bend and moved to Eu
gene to attend school at the Universi
ty's main campus.
Her first evening here, in mid-Sep
tember, Heider expected to sleep in
her car because her apartment was not
yet ready. She waited in her car in the
University School of Music parking
lot for darkness to descend when a
woman left the school and walked
across the parking lot.
Heider ushered her over and they
talked. The woman, shocked that Hei
der planned to sleep in her car, invited
her to stay at her house for the night.
Heider accepted. Heider said she
and the woman, School of Music Un
dergraduate Specialist Laurie Goren,
are friends to this day.
The next day Heider, a practiced
flutist of 35 years, went to the foot
ball game at Autzen Stadium to try
out with the Oregon Marching
Band. That's when she first met Todd
Zimbelman, director of the march
ing band.
"I remember meeting her for the
first time and she was very, very
sweet and very excited to be in the
marching band program," Zimbel
man said. "She's really persevered
through her physical limitations that
she's having. She did have trouble
marching and playing our difficult
shows, but she always came to prac
tice and she never gave up."
Heider played her flute so well that
Zimbelman invited her to attend the
band's 14-day "boot camp." Since
then, she has been a member of the
marching band, which has played a
meaningful role in her life.
Caring for a caregiver
Lately, Heider often finds herself
getting up at 6 a.m., eating a bagel
with Nutella on it and drinking a cup
of strong coffee. She then turns on
KEZI news and watches the weather
and the headlines before taking a
shower. She mshes out of the house,
with her hair still wet, and goes to her
temporary job taking care of an 81
year-old patient.
Heider is a caregiver.
"My job is to do the things that
are difficult for her to do that I can
do," Heider said. "I have a disability
too, so I can't lift anything too
heavy. I try to keep it a little low-key
because of her condition, but you
have to have that humor, and the
smiling is really important. It's
therapeutic for me too."
Sometimes, the caregiver needs care
of her own.
Because of her condition, Heider
often wears bifocal glasses over bifo
cal contacts, but still suffers from blur
ry vision. Because she can't see well,
she often trips over things around the
house or runs into walls.
But there is a more serious side to
Heider's condition.
Heider forgets things — often only
basic routines, such as brushing her
teeth or combing her hair, but some
times important appointments. Hei
der's roommate helps her remember
those things.
Heider doesn't always speak
well, either. Sometimes she can't
think of a word or phrase, or her
speech or writing will come out in
a garbled mess.
"I have this disability and (my
roommate) knows how to work with
it," Heider said. "(She) is one of these
special people, and she's even more so
because she took me in and she kind
of knew what she was going to be
dealing with."
Heider's roommate treats Heider
like everyone else, not like a sick per
son, Heider said. If she doesn't have
time to proof Heider's papers, she
won't. If she doesn't have time to help
her with something, she'll tell her so.
But sometimes, her roommate will
still come into Heider's room after she
has gone to sleep, just to makes sure
she's all right.
Heider appreciates all of those
things.
"I don't think just anybody could
live like this," Heider said. "She pro
claims that she's not a patient person,
that she wants to do something and
get it done. But she is patient, living
with me."
Contact the people/culture/
faith reporter
atjaredpaben@dailyemerald.com.
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Thefts and recoveries
The Department of Public Safety re
ceived 12 found property reports, one
report of a bike theft at Hamilton
Complex, one report of a bike im
pound at Deschutes Hall and six re
ports of larceny: one at Klamath Hall,
one at the Baker Downtown Center,
one at the Knight Library, one at
McKenzie Hall, one at the Knight Law
Center and one off-campus.
Disorderly conduct
DPS received four reports of disorderly
conduct, two reports of skateboard
stunting one report of an anest, one
report of criminal trespassing four
reports of a suspicious condition, four
reports of a suspicious subject and six
reports of vandalism.
Wednesday, Feb. 11,2:27 p.m.: DPS
received a report of harassing phone
messages left for various professors.
Alcohol and drugs
DPS received one report of a drug
law violation, four reports of liquor
law violations, two reports of public
drinking, one report of a minor in
possession of alcohol, one report of
furnishing alcohol to minors, one
report of the odor of marijuana and
two reports of possession of less
than 1 ounce of marijuana.
Miscellaneous
DPS received seven emergency call
reports, one miscellaneous report,
one report of an odor of natural gas at
Klamath Hall and three alarm reports.
DPS also received one report of a ve
hicle break-in at Klamath Hall, one re
quest for a car boot removal, two re
ports of car boots put on vehicles at
H.P. Barnhart Hall and seven tow re
quests: one from the Friendly Hall
parking lot, one from the visitor's
parking lot, two from the Prince Lu
cien Campbell Hall parking lot, one
from Gerlinger Hall, one from the Pa
cific Hall parking lot and one from
the Emerald Street parking lot.
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