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Finding Fringe

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Finding Fringe is a periodic column profiling unconventional Oregonians who push the boundaries of social order.

Paul Haeder

 

Paul Haeder has been a journalist since he was 17. He crisscrossed Latin America, Europe and Vietnam. He eventually landed in the Pacific Northwest, now residing on Oregon's Central Coast. He is a social worker for veterans, foster youths, adults with developmental disabilities and those in homeless circumstances, and others battling addiction and recently released from prison. Haeder is a prolific writer of poetry, short fiction, memoir and environmental polemics. He is also the site director in Lincoln and Jefferson counties for an anti-poverty initiative through Family Independence Initiative.  His latest book, "Wide Open Eyes: Surfacing from Vietnam," is a collection of intertwined short fiction based on his own work in Vietnam 25 years ago. 

 

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Sarah Crozier embraces a dog

Opinion | An Oregon veterinarian brings comfort to pet owners when it’s time to say goodbye

FINDING FRINGE | Sarah Crozier’s compassion and career are only part of her story. Her roots and her evolution are just as compelling.
By
Paul K. Haeder
November 4, 2020
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Wallace Kaufman

Opinion | Ripples of Walden Pond on an Oregon tidewater

FINDING FRINGE | A traveler and a writer, Wallace Kaufman is a naturalist at heart
By
Paul K. Haeder
September 30, 2020
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A collage of childhood photos of Jordan Merrell

Opinion | A letter a day for 15 years and 9 months

FINDING FRINGE | A mother’s love reaches into the bowels of the Oregon penal system to keep her son afloat
By
Paul K. Haeder
August 26, 2020
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Opinion | Betty Kamikawa sees potential where others see lost cause

FINDING FRINGE | Helping the disenfranchised through a housing crisis, Kamikawa brings authenticity to small town politics
By
Paul K. Haeder
July 17, 2020
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Exterior of a church

Opinion | An American story of working undocumented

FINDING FRINGE | One person’s refugee status is another’s loyalty to employers, state and country
By
Paul K. Haeder
June 27, 2020
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David Peltier

Opinion | Against the grain, this coastal man searches for universal human rights

FINDING FRINGE | Living modestly in the forestland of Lincoln County, David Peltier believes in breaking the cycle of poverty and ending isolation
By
Paul K. Haeder
May 19, 2020
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Illustration of tall books that make up a library building. A park bench sits empty outside, next to an empty street.

Opinion | COVID-19 through a literary lens

FINDING FRINGE | My conversations with librarians have been the bright line in a ‘world of words’
By
Paul K. Haeder
March 31, 2020

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A periodic column profiling unconventional Oregonians who push the boundaries of social order.

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