Portland Observer, October 20, 1962 Page 3
Water bills to charge interest
M ayor F rank Ivancie has in tro ­
duced an ordinance to Portland's City
Council that would impose fees and
interest charges on delinquent water
ratepayers. The savings would then be
passed on to customers who keep
their water accounts current in the
form o f lowered interest charges. The
policy is also designed to act as an in­
centive for water customers to avoid
delinquency on their bills, which is be­
com ing increasingly com m on and
METROPOLITAN
Women pilots make mercy flights
by Nutbaniel Scott
For the past five years, a very spc
d a l group o f women have been per­
form ing a much needed service lo r
the Portland branch o f the A m e ri­
can Red Cross.
They have rolled up their sleeves,
in d iv id u a lly and as a g ro u p , and
gone to great lengths to answer the
Red Cross call for help.
They are the Ninety Niners Inc., a
Portland based branch o f the Inter
national Ninety Niners Inc.
They arc women pilots—34 mem
bers—who range in age from 30 to
80 years old. They make emergency
blood flights for the American Red
Cross.
Their story is truly remarkable be
cause, o f the m any fly in g clubs,
groups, and what have you in the
Portland area, the Ninety Niners arc
the only group o f p ilo ts — male or
female—who dispense such service
to the American Red Cross.
"W e have used them from time to
tim e as a convenience— when we
had no other a lte rn a tiv e s ,’ ’ G ary
I inkous, director o f product man­
agement w ith P ortland’ s branch o f
the A m erican Red C ross, says.
" T h e N inety N iners are the only
volunteer flying group we have."
According to l.inous, the Ninety
Niners make tw o types o f flig h ts .
They fly whole blood fro m o u tly ­
ing areas to P o rtla n d in order fo r
the Red Cross to extract platelets
from the blood within the allotcd six
hour time period. They make emer­
gency blood deliveries. Platelets are
minute bodies that are essential for
coagulation.
W ithin the past three months, the
N inety N iners made one such
emergency flight to Roseburg, I ink
ous says, "They delivered a concen­
tra tio n o f platelets and w hite cells
for a little girl who had hikemia "
Peggy Blinco, coordinator and a
member ol the Ninety Niners for the
past ten years, says Portland’ s chap­
ter was chartered in 1965. Since then
they have made flig h ts to such
places as Ashland, Klam ath I alls,
Bend, Redmond and areas in South
ern W ashington She adds that the
Ninety Niners stand ready to serve
in times o f earthquakes, flo o d s ,
fires or any other type disaster.
"T h e planes we fly arc cither in d i­
v id u a lly owned or rented; we are
only compensated fo r the fuel we
costly for the Water Bureau.
The policy w ould low er service
charges for the 468,000 Portland wa­
ter billings typically paid on time by
imposing fees and interest charges on
more than 16 per cent o f water b ill­
ings with overdue accounts. In addi­
tion to the fees levied to late payers
at 30, 37 and 44 days, a 9 per cent
interest charge against late accounts
w ould begin accruing at the 30-day
mark.
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Run w ith Pegge B linco, o w n e r and p ilo t of the
use,” Ms. Blinco said. " I own and
llv a Cessna." Only licensed women
pilots, she says, can become a mem­
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To be female and to become a li­
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" , do i t , " says Ms. Blinco, "b c -
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do som ething lo r m a n kin d . H ow
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wanted to fly. " I became a pilot be­
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him in the event o f a m ishap."
Mary W ohlgem uth has been fly ­
ing for 20 years. She is "ch a irm a n "
not c h a irp e rs o n — o f the local
chapter o f the N inety N iners; her
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though t it w ould be fu n . " I t was
something I had never d o ne,” she
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says. " F ly in g blood fo r the Red
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knowing that I am h e lp fu l."
M s. W o h lgem uth adds that
"th e re is nothing like being a bird
.. .the happiest times o f my life arc
when I am fly in g ."
"Som eone took me fo r a ride in
an airplane and I got hooked," says
Florence Lee, a ten-year veteran p i­
lot who has been a member o f the
Ninety Niners an equal am ount o f
time.
M s. Lee adds that " m y rew ard
for helping the Red Cross is giving a
helping hand to people who really
need it . "
Ms. B lin c o , Ms. W o h lg e m u th ,
and Ms. Lee, agreed that " i t makes
you feel good inside.”
Aside from making flights fo r the
Red Cross— which are preplanned
fo r favorable fly in g c o n d itio n s —
some o f the women have given
blood in amounts to be envied.
T w o such, Ms. B lin co and Ms.
Wohlgemuth, are on their third and
fourth gallons, respjetively.
The sig n ific a n t thing about the
N inety N iners, L in k o u s said, " i s
that they came to us asking what
they could do to h e lp ." He added
tfla i the Red Cross is w orking on a
system to utilize the Ninety Niners
services more extensively— "N ig h t
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