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that house and thè fellowship,” he said, “I
don’t think I would probably be here today,
to be honest with you. I w ent down a really
hard road of drugs, and it was bad for a
really long time.”
By the time Shayne was back in
recovery, he was homeless.
“I used to panhandle,” he said. “These
families were pulling up with th eir kids in
the car, and the kids would hold out their
hand with their money in it. T heir parents
would say, ‘Little Bobbie or Little Susie got
this as a birthday gift, but they think it’s
more im portant th at you have i t ’ And it ate
me up. It’s hard right now just to say it.”
When Shayne started with S treet
Roots, he gave up panhandling.
“I’m proud to be a vendor at S treet
Roots,” said Shayne. “T here is no
em barrassm ent or sham e for me at
I all. I w ear my badge proudly with my
BY LEONORA KO
t has been a long road, but Shayne
Methvin is creating a b etter life for
himself.
He was born at Emanuel Hospital in
Portland, began reading around 3 years old
and attended Chapman Elem entary
School.
“Grade school was easy for m e,”
Shayne said. “I loved to write, and I
loved to read.”
His m other was unable to
care for Shayne and his two
siblings, and he drifted
through foster hom es for
six years.
Shayne said th at as th e
first born, he had a special
bond with his grandmother,
Helen Marie.
“So I’d go over there and
I’d spend hours with her,”
Shayne said. “Sounds kind of
weird, but she would make
homem ade split pea soup and hot dog
sandwiches. Love hot dog sandwiches
with B est Foods mayonnaise.”
By th e tim e Shayne returned to his
m other and started high school, he was
done with school.
“I was very good at music,” Shayne said.
“By th e time I was 14, 1 5 ,1 already had a
band. It w as the heavy metal era, so we
were Assassin. We were going to take over
th e world, you know?”
He told his mother: “Mom, I don’t need
a high school diploma to be a rock star.”
Shayne’s band played at th e Satyricon
and th e Battle of th e Bands at th e Starry
Night Club, before it becam e th e Roseland
Theater. He later joined a rock ‘n’ roll
band, Solstice, th at played around town.
“It was fun - th e social p art of it, not
only th e playing,” he said. “We were old
enough to get a little tipsy and party.
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Thinking we w ere all th at and a bag of
chips.”
When Shayne ended up in a recovery
house in Eugene, he realized he had a
problem with drugs and alcohol.
“If it wasn’t for th at house, th e m en in
“I am working. I have a job, and
people notice that,” Shayne said.
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“You know how good th at feels?
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T hat people notice you’re doing
som ething and they’re acknowledging
that? T hat’s a huge reward.
“Street Roots has been a Godsend, a
stepping stone and a catalyst for m e .... I
started feeling better about myself and
looking at what happened to m e in the
past. It’s like OK, I’m selling S treet Roots
now and the next step is to get off the
streets. I started inquiring about housing
and health insurance.”
Thanks to Shayne’s footwork and follow­
up w ith Haven at Outside In and Central
City Concern, he got keys to his apartm ent
in January.
“I love Portland,” Shayne said. “Born
and raised here. It’s my home, and I’m not
leaving. I’m going to make w hat I can out
of it by being a p art of it.”
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