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PGE offers loans for homes
The average Portland
General
E le c tric
Co.
customer pays 50 percent of
his bill for space heating, 25
percent for water heating
and 25 percent for all other
electrical devices in the
house, according to PGE
studies.
The studies estimate that it
costs $570 a year to heat a
non-insulated, 1,000 square-
foot home, a figure that is
expected
to
increase
dramatically within the year
due to rising fuel costs.
There is hope, though
Consumers have little
influence over rising elec
tric, gas and oil prices, but
they can control their own
fuel bills.
PGE estimates that basic
insulation immediately w ill
cut a heating bill by more
than half, from $570 to $137 in
the average home.
When shopping for in
sulation material, people
should buy according to the
“ R” value, said Yvonne
Weise,
PGE
energy
specialist. All manufacturers
i-
are required to print the K
value of insulation on their
labels
The R value measures a
m aterial’s resistance to heat
loss. The higher the R value,
the less material needed for
insulation.
For example, 3 inches of
loose fill rock wool or
fiberglass provide as much
insulation as 11 feet 6 inches
of concrete, 8 feet 8 inches of
brick, or 4 feet 10 inches of
glass
For maximum efficiency,
PGE recommends using
enough insulation to add up
to R 30 in ceilings, R 19 in
floors, and R 18 in walls
“ Theoretically , if you go
up to R 100, that would be
best, but we find that after
our suggested levels of in
sulation, the money saved
in kilowatts takes a very long
time to pay back what was
spent on the insulation,’’
Weise said.
She said the best insulation
on the market is cellulose
fiber, which is fireproofed,
recycled newsprint It is
collects in walls when warm
a ir from inside the house and
cold a ir from the outside
meet and condense. Con
densation is the main cause
of dry rot, Weise said.
available at most hardware
stores, Weise said, and has
an R value of 3.8 per inch.
Rock
wool,
another
popular insulator, has an R
value of 2.8 per square inch,
and fiberglass, 2.2 per square
inch.
Weise said the most ef
fective water barrier for the
inside of an exterior wall is
either vinyl wallpaper, vapor
barrier paint or insulation
m aterial tacked on and
covered with light paneling.
Since most heat escapes
through ceilings, it is best to
insulate them first, Weise
said. She said most attics and
roof crawl spaces are in
sulated by a “ loose f ill’’
method, which is installed
with a blower.
PGE
estim ates
the
average homeowner w ill
save $79 a year by putting
enough insulation in all
exterior walls to reach an R
value of 18.
Although loose fill in
sulation usually is done by-
professionals,
individuals
can rent blowers and do it
themselves, she said.
Storm windows and doors
w ill save the average
homeowner $58 a year. PGE
estimates.
Insulation for floors and
walls usually is packaged in
bats, which are long, foil-
backed sections that can be
slid easily into place.
PGE discourages wall
insulation unless some kind
of water barrier can be in
stalled. Weise said. Water
Statistics also show that
the owner of a typical 1,000-
square-foot home without
insulation will save $433 a
year by installing ceiling,
floor and wall insulation and
storm windows and doors.
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THOUGH THE snow was spread a little thin Sunday, Timberline
skiers worked hard to get their money’s worth beneath clear blue
skies and an unobstructed view of Mt. Jefferson. Ski season on Mt.
Hood appears to be about one good snowfall away.
‘One thoughtless moment’ destroys
would-be fireman’s hopes for career
Some of the people who
Raymond Bankes say they
believe what’s happened.
know
can’t
One thoughtless move and his career
is ruined.
And. they say. he seems one of the
most unlikely people to break the law.
But Bankes, a fo rm e r Boring
firefighter, pleaded guilty Thursday in
Clackamas County D istrict Court to
taking less than $200 worth of gloves
from the scene of a glove company fire
last September
Judge Robert Burns ordered a pre
sentence investigation, which w ill
provide a summary of the offense and
biographical information on Bankes
before he is sentenced
The maximum penalty for second-
degree theft, a misdemeanor, is one
year in the county jail and a $1,000 fine.
“ IT IS JUST impossible for me to
understand why he did it,’’ said Bob
Rykken, assistant chief of the Boring
Fire Department. “ It was just an
amazing thing. It was a shock to all of
us when we found out.’’
After the fire, one of the firefighters
at the scene reported having seen
Bankes walk off with the gloves.
Bankes, 21, of Gresham, worked as a
volunteer for the department for about
a year and had been hired as a paid
firefighter about two weeks before the
glove company fire, Rykken said.
Bankes was suspended and later
discharged from the Boring depart
ment.
“ I t ’s a real personal tragedy for
him ,” said his attorney. “ All he’s ever
wanted to be was a firefighter. And now
there’s no way in hell he can be a
firefighter
“ I ’ve always thought Ray was pretty
religious. He doesn't carry on or smoke
or d rink...I still can’t believe it.’’
Rykken said.
“ You find this happens often. A
person with no crim inal background,
the model c itize n , w ill ju s t do
something like this on the spur of the
moment,” Knauss said.
Bankes could not be reached for
comment But his attorney. Arthur
Knauss. said, “ There was no motive
whatsoever. He had no reason to do it.
It was a spur of the moment thing. He
regrets it happened ’’
RYKKEN SAID Bankes was off duty
when the fire broke out Sept 2 at Mid
West Gloves Co., 515 River Road, in
Gladstone
He apparently heard about it over his
fire radio and -decided to try and help
out,’ even though Boring firefighters
were not involved, Rykken said.
He said Bankes “ doesn’t want this to
adversely affect the department. He’s
very concerned about that ”
WHEN BANKES applied for the paid
firefig hte r’s position, he had the highest
score of 26 applicants on the Civil
Service exam, Rvkken said.
“ He had it made
“ He must just have not thought at
all...But that’s not like him .”
The best way to save on heating bills
is to insulate your home, says Portland
General Electric Co., and PGE’s Home
Weatherization Program can give
owners of all electric homes the
benefits of insulation immediately,
without the costs.
Since 1977, PGE has been insulating
the all-electric homes of its customers
on a special no-interest, deferred loan
program. The customers do not have to
pay the bill unless and until the
property changes ownership.
When the property does change
ownership, the seller must repay the
loan but does not have to pay any in
terest. “ That means if you sell your
house in 1985, and you’re paying off a
loan that weatherized your house at
The seminar is designed
for sales people whose
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building a high quality-
relationship with prospects
and clients. Participants will
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istration information, con-
tact the MHCC Maywood
A good match between
current jobs and the Mt.
Hood Community College
training program were found
in a recent follow-up survey
of MHCC graduates by the
college research office.
More than 70 percent of the
respondents who now are
employed said that their jobs
are related to the programs
they completed at MHCC.
The survey was mailed to
711 recent graduates and 352
responded.
Of the respondents, 294 are
employed and 73 percent
answered when asked if the
job was related to their field
of vocational training at MH
CC.
The survey also reported
that of the 294 respondents
who are working, 22 percent
also are continuing their
education as either full-time
or part-time students.
A full breakdown of the
graduates responding shows
83 percent employed, three
percent
unemployed
but
seeking work, one percent in
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To this date, more than 5,000 homes
have been insulated by PGE, Weise
said.
the m ilitary and 13 percent
not seeking work because of
c o lle g e
e n r o llm e n t ,
marriage, disability or other
reasons.
The survey reported an
average monthly salary of
$972 for graduates employed
fu ll-tim e . However, the
range of salaries reported
varied from $400 to $3100 per
month.
The
highest average
salaries per month were
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machine shop p rogram ,
$1493;
w elding,
$1239;
business m a n a g e m e n t,
$1230;
e le c t r o n ic
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autom otive
technology,
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The
lowest
average
salaries were reported for
occupational therapists, $708
per month; mental health
workers, $758; and legal
secretaries, $760
for MHCC graduates has just
about kept pace with changes
in the Portland area price
index, the report noted.
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crease in requests for the insulation
program, said Ed Wildfong, PGE vice
president for operations. He said PGE’s
Portland office received 600 telephone
inquires about the program in one day
last week.
“ That’s great,”
Wildfong said.
“ Unfortunately, a substantial per
centage of those came from ineligible
customers. We want to hear from
electric heat customers but we just
cannot provide this service to people
who use gas or o il.”
About 31 percent of PGE’s 400,000
custom ers
q u a lify
for
the
weatherization program, Eagen said.
MHCC graduates do get jobs
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1979 prices, you’ve got quite a sub
stantial savings, in addition to what you
saved in electric bills those six years,”
said Yvonne Weise, PGE energy-
specialist.
On the average, it costs $1,300 to have
a home insulated by PGE, Dave Eagen,
PGE spokesman, said. “ The statistics
on how much energy is saved are just
coming in, but we estimate the average
fam ily saves $105 a year,” he said.
Persons who want their homes
weatherized can call PGE, which w ill
send an energy specialist out to
evaluate the house, Weise said. Most
weatherization jobs are completed
within a month.
Higher energy prices and the start of
winter have prompted a recent in
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