Community comes to veteran's aid

Community comes to veteran's aid
By MARY WESTON - Staff Writer
Posted: 03/24/2010 10:39:40 PM PDT
OROVILLE -- Richard Duffett Sr., a disabled Vietnam veteran, was evicted from his Southside home of 22 years Wednesday morning, but the community has come to his aid.
Butte County sheriff's deputies and an agent for the bank that had foreclosed on the property owner arrived at about 9 a.m. to carry out the eviction.

Duffett had lived in the house for 22 years. He worked for the former owners of the house, and Duffett said they added to their will a clause stating he could live in the house for the rest of his life.

However, a son inherited the house, refinanced it and the bank foreclosed on the loan.

Tuesday, Duffett was served with a 24-hour notice to vacate the premises by 6 a.m. on Wednesday or he would be evicted at 9 a.m.

"I thought yesterday was a bad day, but today was even worse," Duffett said.

Duffett had to roll out of the yard in his cart at about 9:30 a.m.

Friends came by to help the man they called "Bear." They moved some items to store at a neighbor's house and moved Duffett's personal belongings out by the street.
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