Rick Buck is one very busy man. In addition to dedicating time every day to selling Street Roots, Rick also holds three part-time jobs and volunteers his time with the Salvation Army and Sisters of the Road. From the time Rick wakes up in the morning to t ...
6 Nov 2013 - Ann-Derrick Gaillot
Yesterday was one of those days,” says Street Roots vendor Theodore Sears as we sit down to talk. He recounts how that day his cart full of his belongings tipped over and spilled out onto the sidewalk. As he bent down to gather his things, a man came out ...
24 Oct 2013 - Ann-Derrick Gaillot
Frequent visitors to Hawthorne Avenue will recognize vendor Keith Montgomery, who sells the paper, 9 a.m.-3 p.m., Monday through Friday, outside Powells Bookstore. “I’m always here during those times,” he says, “unless I have a prior engagement like a doc ...
9 Oct 2013 - Ann-Derrick Gaillot
It was easy to pick out Lorry Clark when I went to meet him at his old selling spot at Northwest 11th Avenue and Lovejoy Street. A tall man with an easy posture and a big smile, Lorry could look down on the tops of the heads of most of the people who word ...
24 Sep 2013 - Ann-Derrick Gaillot
Nick Sullivan has come a long way from his first day selling Street Roots. “At first it was scary,” says Nick about the experience. “But once I get out there and I have my Street Roots shirt on and I hold up my papers, I sort of relax and it always seems ...
11 Sep 2013 - Ann-Derrick Gaillot
When I went to meet and interview Chandler Jacoby one sunny morning, I recognized him from his other sales site on Southwest Broadway and Washington. Like many Street Roots vendors and customers, Chandler and I knew each other by face, but did not know ea ...
1 Aug 2013 - Ann-Derrick Gaillot
Street Roots vendor Mary Starr has the kind of dedication to family that many of us only wish we had. After the death of her husband five years ago, she left work to take care of sick family members. For her, the decision was an easy one. “I’d do anything ...
17 Jul 2013 - Ann-Derrick Gaillot
Every day of every week, George Ellars wakes up, gets dressed, and goes out to sell Street Roots outside the Burnside door of Powell’s. He holds issues of the paper in a plastic case around his neck and, if it’s not raining, he’ll hold a copy in his hand ...
2 Jul 2013 - Ann-Derrick Gaillot
Rick Phillips is a Gemini and while he doesn’t go so far as to read his daily horoscope, he does believe in the duality of his personality. “There are two sides to me,” says Rick. “It’s weird that I can look back on my life and see the Gemini in me.” But ...
19 Jun 2013 - Ann-Derrick Gaillot
By Ann-Derrick Gaillot, Contributing Writer Glen Hansen sees himself as somewhat of a nomadic person, having lived all over the US, Canada and Europe (he is fluent in Danish) before settling in Portland last August. “I don’t grow roots well, so I migrate ...
22 May 2013 - Ann-Derrick Gaillot