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Portland Observer F eb ru ar/18, 1881 Paga 3 & SA VÊ• CLÏP & SAVE CLIP ft SAVE • CLIP ft SAVE Dick Bogle auction and he was able to buy the Powe's home for $176.35. Can you imagine rig h t here in P ortland, Oregon in the 1980’ s one person can legally buy another’ s home in a transaction like that? W ith the economy the way it is and Black people as usual on the bottom o f any totem pole you care to look at, it ’ s especially important that Blacks be concerned with laws that can take advantage o f those in debt. It's my feeling, this session o f the Oregon legislature will change those laws in some manner so that at least the original homeowner w ill know for sure i f his house is about to be auctioned to satisfy a debt. A lot has been w ritten and said about former lobbyist and Portland businessman Robert Harris and his relations w ith several Oregon politicans. Tales o f free stays in Hawaiian condonminiums as well as Oregon coastal resorts, heavy campaign contributions and forgiven loans to some candidates are on the nightly news and the fro n t pages o f the C ity ’ s dailies. But the most frightening revelation to the general public has probably been how the same businessman was able to buy fo r less than a song homes o f far greater value. Take George Powe and his wife o f many years who lived at 2627 N.E. 11th for 23 years. They raised nine children in that house and paid o ff its mortgage several years ago. But legally that house is no longer theirs. Somehow or other, and it ’ s all not too clear at this w ritin g , someone obtained a judgm ent against the Powes for a debt. Court records indicate it was for $440.00 and that three certified letters had been sent to the fam ily notifying them unless the debt was paid, their home would be sold in a Sheriff’ s auction. Powe says he never received the letters and the auction went on with out him or his knowledge. But Bob Harris knew about the Altanta, Georgia police officials are still frantically mapping strategy that will lead to the capture o f per son or persons responsible for k illin g nearly tw enty Black youngsters. Several computer experts who are highly skilled in analyzing quanities o f tips and leads that will be sent to Atlanta by the U.S. Justice Depart ment. Federal assistance in the case is being coordinated by Vice President George Bush. But things are happening in the Black com m unity too. There is a rush to become a block parent. A block parent is an adult, approved by the police department, who can respond to a c h ild ’ s emergency needs during at least part o f the day. A sign on the door or in a window notifys everyone that such a home can be a haven in case o f trouble. The nuinbci o f block patents has in creased from a scant 50 volunteers to more than 3,000. Some churches and local organizations have expanded after school programs fo r young children. Even the psychological well being o f Atlanta’ s kids is being considered. It all came about when school and mental health officials began to report increased signs o f fear among some students, especially younger children. Schools distributed brochures on how parents can help m inim ize such fears. One benefit from the tragic killin g s can be observed in some homes. Some families have begun spending more time with each other, doing family type activities so their children won’ t be out on the streets and therefore susceptible to attack. Atlanta Mayor Maynard Jackson has been quite critical of the federal government saying it could have provided more financial and other hdlp in the investigation. A request for more than the 26 1BF agents presently assigned to help in the case is being studied by federal authorities. Black firm produces 'hydroscrub' An accident. Doctors alerted. Sirens screaming. A patient is wheeled into the emergency room. The prognosis? Massive chest wounds. Doctors rush to scrub their hands. W ith a new machine, they finish in 90 seconds. Surgery begins. This scenario illustrates the emergence o f a device known as “ Hydroscrub.” First tested by army doctors in the Vietnam war and patented by the Arm y Department four years ago, until recently it had no commercial application. But the device, which reduces a d o c to r’ s scrub time from 10 minutes to 90 seconds, is now being developed for civilian purposes by a Black-owned company in Arlington, Texas. “ Cutting even one minute o ff the scrub time can mean saving a life ,” says James Kellum , president o f Delta M anufacturing and Sales, Inc., the company producing the device with aid from the Commerce D epartm ent’ s M in o rity Business Development Agency (MBDA). The Hydroscrub is an 8;-gallon tank fille d w ith an anti-bacterial solution. When it is activated, the hands are pelted by pressurized water coming from hundreds o f jets. Kellum learned o f the machine in 1976 as he was searching fo r new products fo / his company. Delta already manufactured hospital bed- tables, walkers fo r invalids, machine products fo r the a ircra ft industry and o ffice partitions fo r the federal government. But Kellum wanted another product, in a grow th industry, that w ould in crease the com pany’ s p ro fits . He came to MBDA. T echnology C o m m e rcia liza tio n Program helped m inority business firm s to enter ra p id ly growing business area, especially those with a technology base. He met with Theodore I.ettes, an officer with the program . Impressed w ith Delta M anufacturin g and the new pro duct’ s concept, Lettes contacted an officer in charge of new products at the Surgeon General’ s Office. “ The Hydroscrub has been sitting around fo r some years,” Lettes recalled, “ because the army had no way to get it in to the private market.” A fte r lengthy negotiations with army officials. Delta won the rights to produce the H ydroscrub for commercial markets. Tests conducted at the W alter Reed A rm y Medical Center in W ashington have shown that the number o f bacterial cultures remaining on the hands after using the H ydroscrub is 7 percent less than w ith a conventional scrub. They also concluded that the device is at least as efficie n t as conven tional scrubbing and six times faster. According to Kellum, the primary markets fo r H ydroscrub are hospitals and other medical fa cilitie s. However, Delta is also studying the possibility o f its use in restaurants and food service operations. 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A ll three have impressive credentials and, as Port landers, have a personal under standing o f the needs and concerns of Third District residents.” Waters, 28, a native Portlander and graduate o f Lin co ln High School, w ill deal w ith small busi ness, m in o rity affairs and special legislative projects. A graduate o f I ewis and C lark College, Waters has been an editor for the Portland Observer, general assignment repor ter fo r the Oregonian, special assistant to the Director o f Public Affairs for the U.S. Department of Transportation and Administrative Assistant to form er M ayor Neil Goldschmidt. He also was involved in program m ing, production and promotion management with KGW- TV. Saltzman, 27 a graduate o f Beaverton High School, w ill handle energy, environmental and trans portation issues for Wyden. Saltz man has worked fo r the Portland City Planning Bureau, the Colum bia Region Association o f Govern ments, the Energy Laboratory and Center for Energy Policy Research at M IT, the Bay Area Rapid Transit District and, most recently, the En vironm ental Policy Center. Yaden, 38, a 1966 graduate o f Portland State U niversity, w ill handle health, aging and women’ s issues. A former legislative assistant to Representative George Miller (D- Cal.) for education, labor, elderly a ffa irs and handicapped issues, Yaden also has run a public opinion and public a ffa irs consulting business in Portland along with her husband. She served as Public Information Officer for the Pacific Northwest Basins Comm ission, worked as Title V II Coordinator for Jason Lee Elem entary School in Portland, and coordinated a judicial and state representative campaign. DEFEND YOURSELF AGAINST THE WINTER WEATHER GANG! PGE wants to help. 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