N ovember
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16, 1994 •
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Keys To The Kingdom, V, Conclusion
Ten Tips For Fire Safety
1. Install And Maintain Smoke
Detectors
cushions for smoldering cigarettes.
Smoke detectors warn y ou ot a
fire in time for you to escape Install
them on each level ot your home and
outside of each sleeping area. Test
them every month, following the
manufacturer's directions. Replace
batteries once a year or whenever a
detector chirps to signal that the bat
teries are low Don't ever borrow
detector batteries for other use, a
disabled smoke detector can’t save
your life' For complete home protec
tion, consider installing automatic
fire sprinklers in addition to your
smoke detectors.
Never leave cooking unattend
ed Keep cooking areas clear ofcom-
bustibles, and wear short or tight-
fitting sleeves when you cook. Keep
the handles of your pots turned in
ward so the pots can't be knocked or
pulled over. If grease catches fire,
carefully slide a lid over the pan to
smother the flames, then turn off the
burner. Never put foil or other metals
in a microwave oven.
2. Plan And Practice To Escape
If fire breaks out in your home,
you have to get out tast. With your
family, plan two ways out of every
room. Fire escape routes must not
use elevators, which might take you
right to the fire. Choose a meeting
place outside where everyone will
gather. Once you are out. stay out. At
least twice a year, have the whole
family practice the escape plan.
3. Smokers Need Watchers
Carelessly discarded cigarettes
are the leading cause of tire deaths in
North America. Never smoke in bed
or when you are drowsy. Provide
large, deep ashtrays for smokers and
put water on butts before discarding
them. Before going to bed or leaving
home, check under and around sofa
4. Be Carefui While Cooking
5. Space Heaters Need Space
Keep portable and space heaters
at least 3 feet from anything tha can
bum.
Never leave heaters on when
you leave home or go to bed and keep
children and pets well away from
them.
6. Matches And Lighters Are
Tools
In the hands of a child, matches
or lighters are deadly. Use child-
resistant lighters, and store all match
es and lighters up high where kids
can't reach them, preferably in a
locked cabinet. Teach your children
from the start that matches and light
ers are tools for adults, not toys for
kids. If children find matches or light
ers, they should tell an adult immedi
ately.
7. Cool A Burn
If someone gets burned, imme
diately place the wound in cool water
for 10 to 15 minutes. If the burn
blisters or chars, see a doctor imme
diately.
8. Use Electricity Safely
If an appliance smokes or has an
unusual smell, unplug it immediately
and have it repaired. Replace any
electrical cord that is cracked or
frayed. Don't overload extension
cords or run them under rugs. Don't
tamper with the fuse box or use fuses
o f an improper size.
9. Crawl Low Under Smoke
Smoke is dangerous! If you en
counter smoke, use an alternate es
cape route. If you must exit through
smoke, the cleanest air will be 12 to
24 inches above the floor. Crawl on
your hands and knees to the nearest
safe exit.
10. Stop, Drop And Roll
Everyone should know this rule.
If your clothes catch fire, don't run.
Stop where you are, drop to the
ground, cover your face with your
hands to protect your face and lungs
and roll over and over to smother the
flames.
If you are unsure about a hazard
or an unsafe practice, or have ques
tions we can help you with, please
call the Portland Bureau of Fire.
Rescue & Emergency Services -823-
3700.
Remember: You Can Have A
Free Blood Pressure Screening At
Your Local Fire Station
Oregon HEAT’S Home Energy
Assistance Program
Power manager Carl Talton.
“Fortunately, there is a way all
Oregonians can help — Oregon
HEAT.”
Oregon HEAT is a state-wide
fuel fund that provides those in need
with emergency fuel assistance and
offers energy counseling to help them
manage their energy use more effi
ciently. The program is available to
all Pacific Power customers, regard
less of how they heat their home.
Each year. Pacific Power stock
holders match the contributions made
to the program by customers. Thou
sands of families who have faced
Envelops urging Pacific Power
customers to lend a hand to help their
neighbors stay warm this winter are
now arriving in monthly electricity
bills.
Pacific Power is a participating
member in Oregon HEAT’s home
energy assistance program, which
helps local low-income and unem
ployed residents pay their heating
bill.
“This winter, there will be many
individuals and families try ing to deal
“ with sickness, unemployment or oth
er crises, who won’t be able to pay
their home heating bill,' said Pacific
heating em ergencies have been
helped in this way. Contributions are
tax-deductible.
“This is a community-based pro
gram, which means that all donations
collected from this community help
local families pay their heating bills,
explained Talton. “It’s neighbor help
ing neighbor and it’s something our
customers have supported enthusi
astically.”
All funds are dispersed by local
social service agencies, which deter
mine eligibility on a case by case
basis and ensure that those io need
receive assistance.
P rof . M c K inlev B urt
Many have wondered; it was
this set of incredible business experi
ences culminating in the Los Ange
les exposures that got me on the
Portland State University faculty
without a degree in business — but
sitting next to harvard and Stanford
graduates at faculty meetings. Those
business schools were seldom able to
bring to bear the intensity and real
ism of my experiences. They have
began to change of late.
In the Los Angeles Accounting
practice l met scores ofbrilliant blacks
who made lots of money but were
given no real power in the scheme of
things;’ a landlord of mine who un
derwrote second, third and fourth
deeds, financing them through over
seas investors attracted by glowing
ads in European newspapers (he
owned a stable of race horses until
the feds busted him on a currency
technicality -- ‘they’ never let you
get too big). His partner organized
radio-dispatched teams of accoun
tants with bags of money and com
pleted paperwork the day before your
foreclosure. A friend of mine adopt
ed a Hebrew Surname and went on to
dominate T. V. tube replacement busi
ness on the west coast - still does.
The whole thing was a seething
maelstrom of commerce, lego and
illegal. Most public scales were
“owned” by certain corporations,
scores of clubs and restaurants were
financed by mobs who got the coin
machine concessions in return. You
believed blacks were going to achieve
economic parity within a generation.
I could go on for days, listing both the
white and black companies for which
bs
l worked as part of a deliberate effort
to gain the skills necessary to create
large scale and diversified black-
owned economic units. Other young
African Americans had the same idea,
so what happened? The world was
bigger and meaner than we thought.
There was the “Hartman Jewel
ry Chain” where as the inventory
accountant, I sat before a huge sate
filled with millions of dollars in dia
monds and other precious stones and
metals, issuing them out to the "old-
world craftsmen" who worked in the
heavily-guarded backrooms creating
stunning designs (white firm). Last
week l described the “patriarch”
method of business development, I
found that the old man’ also owned
the “Stanley Lawrence Catalog Dis
count House” where I was trans
ferred after a couple years, again in
inventory control, and supervising
14, mostly female, clerks. Firm sold
by mail order.
After two years I could quote
you from memory the price structure
and shipping particulars for jewelry
and watches, garden equipment, au
tomotive accessories, boating and
camping equipment, silverware,
sporting equipment, cookware. Most
goods are ordered the previous spring,
mostly at merchandise shows back
east and are paid for with "post-dated
checks” in the hundreds ofthousands
- the money is always in the bank by
January 15th afterthe Christmas sales.
Some firms are so big they have their
own post office sub-branch and on
site banking facilities. There is, ot
course, much other “inside knowl
edge” about business that is not
known by the public or most faculty
in the field. For instance, the thou
sands o f watches in a current style
which are not sold are not returned to
the manufacturer for credit. 1 hey are
made so c heap ly they can be smashed
and stored in crates until after Christ
mas at which time this sera is sold
by the pound” to a dealer who also
certifies that the store is indeed due
credit for unsold merchandise. So
you see that many of us youngsters
were learning of fantastic threads ot
commerce that reached across conti
nents, nations and cultures. We blacks
could work, but not own at this level.
Interestingly, the discount house
was owned by jews and the company
received scores o f dirty, racist letters
from small store owners in Oregon,
Washington, Idaho and Nevada. Lo
cal residents were buying from the
catalog at prices for name brands the
store owners couldn t meet. They
would end up buying from the cata
log. Are you beginning to get the idea
that the deck is stacked against all
“little guys” who do not cooperate
with each other to pool wealth, knowl
edge and other resources.
We hope this lesson is absorbed
by a new generat ion o f African Amer
icans who see careers in accounting
or law as keys to the kingdom”. Cit
ies like Chicago are filled with tens-
of-thousands of skilled black work
ers with generations o f experience-
but after a hundred years you don’t
see them “owning” these type manu
facturing facilities. The answer is
simple! Companies hire skilled, “loy
al” blacks because they are not going
to spin off and com pete-they know
the banks wont finance them and
Realtors wont lease.
City Cuts Heating Bills
For Local Families
information provided on home secu
Commissioner Mike Lindberg homes (either owners or renters) to
rity, recycling, environmental prac
announced the continuation o f the sign up for a free energy audit and
tices for the home and financial top
1994-95 City of Portland Block-By- weatherization program that includes
ics.
Free ceiling, floor or wall insulation.
Block Weatherization Program.
Susan Anderson, Portland En
There will be a Free Energy and “Families will save up to $ 100 a year
ergy Office Director, indicated that,
Environment Fair for the Humboldt,' and their homes will be warmer and
“The first 250 families to attend the
Boise and Woodlawn neighbor more comfortable, too,” said Com
Fair and on-site Energy Workshop
hoods, held at the Jefferson High missioner Lindberg.
will receive freedo-it-yourselfwcath-
Booths, displays and video pre
School at 5210 N. Kerby from 9am
erization kits worth $75, including
sentations will highlight ways neigh
to 2pm on Saturday, November 19.
inside plastic storm windows, door
The Energy and Environment borhood residents can improve their
weatherstrip and sweep, thermome
Fair is an opportunity for low income home comfort and save money on
ter, clear tape and rope caulk.”
households living in single family their energy bills. There will also be
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