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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.
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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.
O f the H ydroscrub projects,
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Waters joins
Wyden staff
Congressman Ron Wyden (D-
Gre.) announced that he has hired
an all-O regonian s ta ff to run his
D C ., legislative operation. The
legislative staff includes Dan Saltz-
man, Spurgin Waters and Janice
Yaden, all o f Portland.
" I said I wanted to hit the ground
running when I got to Washington,
D. C., and that I wanted to stay in
touch w ith my d is tric t,” Wyden
said. “ Janice, Spurgin and Dan will
allow me to do that. 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.
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