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Shop helps clocks keep time
MOUNT VERNON. Wash (AP) — Time assumes
new moaning in Raymond Slater's tiny clock repair
studio.
"If you're in a hurry, you're in the wrong shop. "
he said.
His small work bench is covered with a terry cloth
towel and surrounded by even smaller tools and
nearly microscopic replacement parts, lbs latest
project sits on another bench to the side.
"1 taught that dor k some new words when I w-as
working on it.” he said
The clock ticks minus its faceplate and casing it
looks more like a moving |umble of brass gears
mounted on a wooden frame.
Slater explained tins American-made timepiece
from the turn of the century requires more adjust
ment
It w ill sit on Ins trench among others ticking away
until he is satisfied with its performance.
The discipline is so intricate he uses head mount
ed magnifiers, tiny metal implements and a jew
eler's lathe to carve metal pivots down to .008 inch.
Slater has some 60 dusty clocks stacked in the
forefront of his showroom that he has yet to start
on. Many are invaluable, family heirlooms passed
down generations. Each has a story. A majority
appear to originate in the 19th Century.
"I've been found." he said "People know I'm
here."
Slater retired after 26 years in the Navy There,
he worked on jet engines and honed his talent for
perfection and intolerance for substandard effort.
"When von work on jet engines you can't make
a mistake," he said "You literally had a man's life
in your hands."
A skilled clock repair and restoration person can
always find work, said Brian Varner, a master clock
maker at the Broadway Clock Shop in .Seattle. He
said there are a smattering of good people in the
business He also said one of reputation will be
sought out by discriminating antioue clock owners
Dave Chapman, owner of the Olde Time Shop in
Sedro-VVoolley. echoed the sentiment
"A good shop is hard to find and a lot of people
are pretty particular about their clocks." he said.
Unlike Slater. Chapman said he prefers cuckoo
clocks. Slater said he likes the precision of a grand
father. muntle or ship clock to the cuckoo.
Demand forelock makers, whatever their pref
erence. is likely to continue. Clock collecting is
an international passion, said Roseann Robinson,
spokeswoman for the National Association of Watch
and Clock Collectors Inc. Her group has 37,000
members and is growing steadily, she said.
Varner said demand has made antique clocks rar
er and increasingly valuable.
Slater said he prefers older clocks. He pointed
out an eight-day mantle clock, circa 1870-1880, and
said he looks forward to returning it to health.
"It's super rewarding to me when one responds,"
he said. "This is high excitement for me. You watch
the first movements of restored life."
Bald eagle nursed to health, released
ALOHA (AI’J — A bald eagle
nursed bock to health after it was
found near death in a Washing
ton canyon has been returned to
the wild.
The four-year-old raptor was
found about three wrsuks ago near
a deer r.an.ass in the Kock Creek
Canyon nearGoldendaht, Wash.,
by a Washington Fish & Wildlife
biologist
The bird was turned over to
the Portland Aubudon Society
which, in turn, gave it to the
Rock Creek Veterinary Hospital
in Aloha,
Katherine Weil, director of the
Audubon's Wildlife Care (’enter.
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said the eagle was believed to
hove eaten poison, but tests con
ducted by the hospital were
inconclusive.
The eagle, dubbed Roosevelt,
weighed only five pounds when
found and nearly 11 pounds
when released Saturday after
being fed a steady diet of smelt
and mice.
Volunteers wanted to name
him Clinton after the president,
but he was too feisty. Weil said,
so he was named after President
Teddy Roosevelt, a noted con
servationist.
Audubon volunteers spent a
week exercising the bird on a
150-fool long line, getting a good
workout themselves by running
along beneath it for hundreds of
yards.
Weil said the Audubon Soci
ety handled seven bald eagles
this year, far more than usual.
Three were nursed back to health
and released.
Oregon had 221 nesting bald
oagle pairs this year, the highest
number since an annual census
began in 1979. The bird is list
ed as a threatened species in Ore
gon, Washington and Idaho, and
is endangered in most other
states.
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