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* Thur« , Dec 8, 1977 (Sec 2) SANDY (Ore ) POST - 7 Moss shortens lifespan of roof SANDY R ESID ENT Stan Harmon will be able to drive this Ford van equipped with special wheelchair lift and hand controls. Harmon looks at the vehicle, provided by donations from well wishers, with wife Dixie, and Sgt. Roy Kindrick, public information officer for the Portland Police Bureau. (Post photo) Uft, controls added feature Harman presented special van A Ford van equipped with special wheelchair lift, electric seat and hand controls was presented to 46-year-old Stan Harmon last Friday afternoon at Bud Meadows Pontiac in Portland. The van cost approximately $12,000 and featured special equipment provided by the Police and Fire Disability and Retirement Fund, said Sgt. Roy Kindrick of the Portland Police Bureau. The Stan Harmon Fund, set up by KGW Radio, has collected $17,888 with police organizations, civic groups, businesses and individuals contributing. The remaining money in the fund w ill be used to complete remodeling of his Sandy area home and build a garage, Kindrick said. Baring any legal problems, Stan and his wife, Dixie, are planning on Stan returning to work with the Portland Police i/ureau. Stan was injured on Aug. 13 when Portland police officers responded to a call regarding gunshots in the area of SE 30th and Belmont in Portland. Harmon was shot with a .22 caliber rifle bullet as he arrived at the scene and got out of his police car. His assailant, who was inside the second floor of a house at 3011 SE Belmont, then com mitted suicide. The bullet passed through Officer Har mon’s chest and lodged in his spine, severing the spinal cord, leaving the 13-year veteran paralyzed from the chest down. “ After a lengthy hospital stay and therapy at Rehabilitation Institute of Oregon, Stan is being released to go home,” said Kindrick. “ While out-patient visits w ill be made for a number of months yet, he is able to function on his own and already can drive a vehicle equipped with hand controls.” Officer Harmon has made a very speedy recovery, both physically and mentally, acc ording to Kindrick. “ The support and financial assistance given to him by his fellow officers and the citizens of Portland has contributed g re a tly to th at m ental recovery.” Like the proverbial rolling stone, a roof should gather no moes. Moss w ill shorten the lifespan of a roof if it is not controlled, said Gray Thomp son, Clackamas County Extension agent, home-urban horticulture. Moss thrives in damp, shaded locations such as the north slopes of roofs or in places shaded by overhanging trees. C ontrol measures include removing and over-hanging branches and scraping away as much moss as possible. In addition, chem ical spraying or the use of zinc galvanized ridge caps or copper flashings is recom mended Sprays are most effective when the mc3S is actively growing during the rainy seasons in the fall, winter and spring. If possible spraying should be carried out when rain is not likely for several days. Commercial moss sprays co ntaining zinc sulfate m onohydrate are rea dily available for home use. They are safe to use around plants said Thompson Zinc sulfate monohydrate is available in a granular form for dry application. Or m ix three pounds of powder in five to ten gallons of water. This amount can be sprayed, or sprinkled from a can to cover 600 square feet of moss area. Zinc sulfate monohydrate solutions should not be used if the building has copper gutters Hearing set A public hearing by the Portland Area Local Boundary Commission on extraterritorial water line extension outside the corporate lim its of the City of Sandy w ill be held Tuesday, Dec. 13, at 7 p.m. at the Multnomah County Courthouse in Portland. The proposal requests ex tension of six feet of %-inch water line into the city’s existing 12-inch line in U.S. Highway 26 south to the property to be served. or downspouts as corrosion may occur, Thompson pointed out. Zinc galvanized ridge caps or copper flashings w ill be ef fective for about 10 to 15 feet down from the ridge on most roofs. A bare copper wire stretched about every ten feet horizontally along the butt ends of shingles w ill provide some moss control. Table salt is not very ef fective in controlling moss and does have a residual effect, noted Thompson It is corrosive to metals and injurious to plants A fte r use spray equipment should be flushed with a solution made up of two tablespoons of household ammonia and one gallon of water 1235 N.E. Hogan D rive Just N o rth of Division 6 67 -68 45 Cake Decorating Supplies For the Home Baker * Cake Decorating Classes start in January. Register Now! * Unusual Gift Items Christmas Special! Learn to Decorate Mints or Cookies Wed. Dec. 14 9:30 a.m. Charlene Meyers Instructor Cost *2.50 — Register N ow ! — We have G ift Certificates Shopping Hours: 9:30 to 5:30 six days a week Realtors to hear national trends • The 1978 president of the Oregon Association of Realtors, Duane Christie, w ill address the Clackamas County Board of R ealtors during a dinner meeting on Wednesday, Dec. 7. Christie w ill concentrate on national real estate trends, which were discussed at a recent National Association of Realtors convention in Miami, Fla., and how these trends may affect Oregon Realtors. His discussion with the board also w ill include a look at the real estate market in Oregon for 1978. According to Christie, the market conditions look very favorable for the coming year. In a recent in te rvie w , Christie explained, “ If there is any area of concern for Realtors in 1978, I would say that we should attempt to hold down the inflationary spiral. I do not forsee a problem such as the situ atio n in Southern California where prices were completely out of control, but I feel that accelerating prices are something Realtors should be aware of during the coming year.” Owner and president of Century 21—D. Christie, Inc. of Beaverton, Christie has served the association as a past second vice president, secretary- treasurer, dean of the Oregon Realtors Institute and chair man of various committees. The dinner meeting w ill commence at 6 p.m. at the Tualatin Country Club. Chamber elects board members Ned Dyal, Frank Happold and Bob Kallen were elected Tuesday to the Sandy Area Chamber of Commerce Board of Directors. The three, who w ill serve three-year term s, replace retiring board members Gale Meier, Lynn Ellis and Kent Hall Dyal is a certified public accountant in the city and Happold is employed by Clackam as County Bank. Kallen is manager for Portland General Electric’s Sandy of fice. Other cham ber board members include Dale Nicholls, Dan MacDonald, Joe Cejka, M arge H offm an, Florence Schmitz and Marv Hansen. Officers for the 1978 year w ill be named when the nine member board next meets. I t
