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Marion Ballardâs roughest moment came on a rainy night last fall. He was homeless, camping under a tarp in the Timberhill area of Corvallis. No sleeping bag. No tent.
He got so wet that, sometime in the early morning hours, he decided to walk down the hill to a bus shelter. Every article of clothing he had was soaked, as well as his other belongings.
âI just sat there waiting for the sun to come up and the daytime drop-in center to open,â he said Monday during an interview at the men s shelter on Southeast Chapman Place. âThere was no part of me that wasnât wet. My clothes were wet all day. That was the low point, my worst night.â