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Archive Home > 2009 > April > 18 > For a new family, shelter lives up to the name

For a new family, shelter lives up to the name

Derek Van Dehey and Melissa O’Neal met 17 years ago, but they first connected at Bend’s Bethlehem Inn. Then, living in Texas with a baby on the way and few prospects, they knew where they had to turn. They made it, by bus, with a day to spar

By Patrick Cliff / The Bulletin
April 18, 2009

Derek Van Dehey and Melissa O’Neal, both 22, sat in their bedroom on Friday, proud parents of a new baby boy. They held their son, comforted him, fed him and admired him as he slept. They were the picture of a perfect family.

But the family members were sitting in their room at....

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