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Energy Department Issues New Efficiency Standards
The Department o f Energy (DOE)
has issued a final rule setting new en­
ergy efficiency standards for clothes
washers, clothes dryers and dishwash­
ers, to take effect in 1994. The standards
are 14 percent to 30 percent higher than
current standards.
Dishwashers, clothes washers and
dryers use over 1.9 percent of the total
energy consumed in this country. These
new standards will cumultively save an
estimated 2.25 quadrillion Btus (quads)
of energy by 2015. Furthermore, the
standards will benefit the environment
by reducing emissions associated with
energy production and decreasing the
need for development of additional energy
supplies.
“ This is a win-win outcome,” said
Secretary of Energy James D. Watkins.
“ In addition to reducing energy de­
mand, these standards will save con­
sumers money over the life of these ap­
pliances.”
The Energy Policy and Conserva­
tion Act, as amended, (EPCA) estab­
lished energy efficiency standards for 12
major household appliances. Standards
for clothes washers, clothes dryers and
dishwashers became effective on Janu­
ary 1,1988. EPCA also established two
mandatory review cycles during which
DOE is to consider making these stan­
dards more rigorous. The final rule, is­
sued May 14, is the first of these two
review cycles for dishwashers, clothes
washers and clothes dryers, and will apply
to products manufactured on or after
May 14, 1994.
On August 9,1989, a proposed rule
was published in the Federal Register,
putting forward a series of efficiency
levels for each appliance. These levels
ranged from the standard initially set in
the act to the maximum level of effi­
ciency as identified by DOE’s engineer­
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The Portland Community College
Skills Center and on-site companion
programs, the Northeast Workforce
Center, the Private Industry Council
and the State Employment Division
will hold an open house Monday, June
3, from 3 to 5 p.m., 739 N. Killingsworth
Street. The public is invited to tour the
newly renovated facility, the Fragmeier
Building, a turn-of-thc-ccntury brick
building adjacent to PCC’s Cascade
Campus.
The PCC Skills Center began op­
erations last July on the college’s Cas­
cade Campus with $600,000 in lottery
funds, resource commitments from the
Private Industry Council, the Slate
Employment Division, the Oregon
Economic Development Department,
and $700,000 from the college.
PCC president Dan Moriarty said,
‘ ‘The PCC Skills Center provides prac­
tical short-term training to gel people
into jobs as quickly as possible. Wc see
it as an essential part of helping revital­
ize the urban Northeast Portland com-
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ing analysis.
In making its evaluation, DOE’s
Office of Conservation and Renewable
Energy performed extensive technical
and market research, including the de­
velopment of econometric and engineer­
ing models of the likely energy and
economic effects of each standard.
According to the legislation, the stan­
dards must result in the maximum im­
provement in energy efficiency that is
both technologically feasible and
economical lly justified. The standards
that were issued may result in slightly
higher prices for appliances-up to 11
percent. However, any increase in pur­
chasing price will be offset, generally in
less than four years, by the reduced
expense of operating these appliances,
providing an economic benefit to con­
sumers.
reversed his refusal to accept blacks
across the board only when the British
promised to emancipate any who would
fight for them (Of course, the Mexicans
fare no better in our history books, for
it is seldom mentioned, if ever, that in
a later conflict America would have
lost had the Mexicans not tied down so
many British at New Orleans and in the
lower Mississippi Valley).
Then, of course, I have written in
these columns of the famed African
Freedom Fighters of the West Indies,
Toussaint Louverature and Dessalines
among others. That huge geographical
segment of the United States obtained
by Thomas Jefferson’s ‘ ‘Lousiana Pur­
chase’’ which doubled the size of the
United States as it encompassed mil­
lions of acres from the Mississippi River
to the Rock Mountains - is now part of
America because those “ black warri­
ors” defeated Napoleon, producing a
disillusionment that made him more
than willing to sell out. These same
West Indies Islands furnished Napo­
leon with the twelve great African
generals who made his armies the scourge
of Europe - and gave the U.S. Military
its current Chairman of the Joint Chiefs
of Staff, GENERAL COLIN POW­
ELL.
Next week I will provide a Histori­
cal Calendar of the ‘Black W arrior’
that should prove useful for the student,
teacher and public, not an in-depth re- '
view, but at least a starting point for
further reading or research. Many of
our younger generation may not know '
that President Bush barely touched the
tip of the iceberg in his Black History
speech on February 25: “ A Tribute to
Black Americans in the Armed Forces.”
channels. Consequently, I think it safe
to say that a considerable clement of
our “ patriotism” is built upon a solid,
common sense mindset that says,
“ Whatever the problems here, the rest
of the world ain’t showing me much’’
(of course, there also is the old adage, * *
a known devil is better than an un­
known devil’’).
Nevertheless, we constantly find
ourselves responding to rather viscious
aspersions cast upon our courage and
fighting abilities - and even our degree
of participation in the wars and great
battles waged in this country’s defense
(or depredations). This insult and deni­
gration has been disproven as often and
with as much factual documentation as
has been the carnards about our intelli­
gence and IQ. But such attacks must be
continually met and defeated each gen­
eration, and after each war, because the
insidious scenario developed by racists
is primarily predicated upon their de­
liberate ‘omissions’ from media and
history. And you will also note that the
television coverage of Desert Storm
parades and post-war ceremonies hardly
reflected the disproportionate numbers
of African Americans who manned the
front lines.
One could say (and anticipate) that
“ nothing has changed” - noteven from
the accounts of the “ Revolutionary
War” in our history books. While we
are presented passion-arousing illus­
trations of ‘Washington crossing the
Delaware’ and of the ‘Minutemen’, they
tell us nothing of the thousands of black
enlisted men without whom Washing­
ton could not have made it that dreadful
winter when thousands of whites de­
serted. Or that, even then, Washington
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The center’s goal is to help create
employment and training opportunities
for residents in North and Northeast
Portland. The program presently fo­
cuses on construction trades and busi-
ness/clcrical careers. Other technical
fields may be added at a later date. Set
up as open-entry and open-exit with a
maximum 28 weeks of training, the
program provides basic education
classes, GED classes for those who
need a high school equivalency certifi­
cate and life skills classes to partici­
pants also.
The construction trades students
helped renovate the building, includ­
ing drywall work, framing, and finish
work on their classroom/shop. The
construction work served as both a
student project and a cost cutter for the
center’s remodeling.
The services at the PCC Skills
Center are free to those who qualify.
Please call 240-5341 or 240-5342
for more information.
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participates in student government, Na­
tional Honor Society, football and
wrestling. Jenkins was elected as first
vice president of Benson’s student body.
As an active member of Allen Temple
CME Church, Jenkins is on staff for
Children’s Church and youth ministry.
Jenkins will attend Florida A & M
University and major in both business
and engineering, with the goal of be­
coming an entrepreneur.
Pilot, the daughter of Charles Pilot
and Barbara Pilot, is a senior at U.S.
Grant High School. Integrating Grant’s
diverse student populace is important
to Pilot, which encouraged her to join
their Human Relations committee. Pi­
lot is also a varsity cheerleader, honors
student and participated on the track
and field team. She attends Vancouver
Avenue First Baptist Church and is
president of the youth department and
vice president of the youth usher board.
Pilot will attend Grambilng State Uni­
versity and major in marketing. Her
goal is to work in fashion design and
merchandising.
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