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Street Roots • July 6-12, 2018 Vendors Page 12 Norm’s miracle dog Heidi is a love-magnet and popular with the Street Roots customers she meets BY NORM CHAMBERLIN C O N TR IB U TIN G W R ITER ’ve owned a dog of some kind since I was 10 years old. All my dogs were special to me. I loved them all with what I had to give. They were all unique. They all died a natural death. Ten years ago, for the first time ever, I adopted a 7-year-old rescue dog from the Oregon Humane Society. He was a grand dog loved by all. There is an old saying that you can’t teach an old dog new tricks. I proved it wrong. I named this dog Dusty after an old friend, because he was anxious to learn, anxious to please much like my friend. I taught him to fetch, sit, lay down, roll over and heel. There was one drawback: he hated other dogs. At the end, Dusty’s hip gave out. He was in terrible pain. He cried all night for two days. To help me decide what to do, I took him to Dove Lewis. The vet said he would continue to suffer and recommended that he be put to sleep. Dusty gave me seven good years and putting him down was not an easy thing for me to do. The vet asked me if I wanted to hold him while he took his last breath. I could not. I F^r seven days, I cried. Then a mirac happened. A lady named StephSieTwho™’ worked downstairs, was outside taking a break. She looked up and saw a man Walking a chihuahua. She told the man he had a fine-looking dog, to which he replied, “I have six dogs to sell.” It was Monday. I called him and ordered one pup to be delivered on Friday. Heidi was about to come into my life. Thursday morning, Stephanie called me on the phone. She said, "Norman, I need to see you right P H O T O C O U R T E S Y O F N O R M C H A M B E R L IN away.” N orm Chamberlin a n d H eidi m ake friends everywhere they go. H eidi hangs out in Norm 's pocket while he sell Street Roots in the spring, It was a very cold day in February sum m er and fall. W inter is too cold fo r her. - Feb. 1 to be exact. I went outside to see Stephanie. She told me to ----- close my eyes. When I opened my Heidi was a love magnet. eyes, there was a man standing there with two I take Heidi to work with me in the spring, 8-week-old chihuahua puppies and a summer and fall. Winter is too cold for her. photographer. Like Dusty, Heidi is all personality, lovable I reached out to both pups. Heidi came to beyond my wildest dreams. She draws people me first. to me, making friends everywhere we go. “I’ll take this one.” I don’t know what I would do without her. I gave the man $200 and put the puppy in » She has changed my life for the better. And my shirt pocket She stuck her nose out of my that is my story how my miracle dog came into coat. I looked at my dog, thought of my friend my life. and decided to name her Heidi. A year later, I started selling Street Roots. I In the spring, summer and fall, the pair of us would put Heidi in my coat and take her to can be found at 34th and Belmont, selling givingawaypuppylovefor my customers. People started tipping me. free. Need health insurance? ■ l |B i l |M ì j iiB iili CareOregon’s goMobile Team makes ft easy for you to get dental, mental and physical health care under the Oregon Health Plan (OHP), Our community partners host us on these dates, where we can check your eligibility for OHP, enroll you in Medicald/OHP and make your doctor appointments! MULTNOMAH COUNTY WASHINGTON COUNTY CAREOREGON HOME FORWARD RESOURCE FAIR 315 SW 5th Ave, Portland ► J u ly 11.......... ...............9-11 a.m. ► J u ly 18,......... ..............9-11 a.m. 16126 SE Stark St, Portland J u ly 19.................. .....3:30-7 p.m. DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES 50 SW 2nd Ave, Portland J u ly 3................ ............. 9-11 a.m. J u ly 10.............. .......... . 9-11 a.m. J u ly 17...... :....... ............. 9-11 a.m. Ju ly 24.............. ..... ........9-11 a.m. J ü iy 31............... ....1....... 9-11 a.m. JOIN ’ 1435 NE 81st Ave, Suite 100 Portland J u ly 12............................12-2 p.m. ROSEWOOD FAMILY INIATIVE HEALTH CENTER FAIR 8935 SE Powell Blvd, Portland J u ly 2 6 ............. ...............1-5 p.m, UNION GOSPEL MISSION 3 NW 3rd, Portland ► J u ly 2 4 ........................ 2 -4 p.m. BEAVERTON LIBRARY 12375 SW 5th St, Beaverton J u ly 11,............................... 1-3 p.m. PROJECT HOMELESS CONNECT 6701 NE Campus Way, Hillsboro J u ly 2 7 ....................9 a.m .-3 p,m . MOUNT HOOD FARMERS MARKET 38600 Proctor Blvd, Sandy J u ly 13..............................3-7 p.m. Ju ly 2 0 ............ ...............3-7 p.m. PORTLAND RESCUE MISSION 111W Burnside, Portland Ju ly 12............. ..............8-10 a.m. J u ly 2 6 ............. ............8-10 a.m. new ” ' ► SNAP Assistance available at these locations i l i l For Information, or to host our team, call Tamara at 503-416-1479 or Caleb at 503-416-4883. 1 careoregon.org/gomobile »«a B ill CareOregon* goMobile team ■Il / ' ■
