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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
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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.
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