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Save on home weatherization
Residential heating oil custom ers
have ju st one more m onth to take
advantage o f a special offer from the
Oregon O ffice o f Energy to save
even more money on hom e w eather
ization.
The O regon O ffice o f E nergy’s
S tate H om e O il W e a th e riz a tio n
(SH O W ) program offers free, o n e
time, hom e energy audits and cash
incentives to help im prove hom e
energy efficiency. H om eow ners and
renters who add insulation or a new
high efficiency burner by O ctober
1st can receive and extra $ I (X).
Through the free hom e energy
audit, hom eow ners and renters can
learn w hat they can do to save the
most energy and money.
T rained energy specialists will
check the insulation in the attic, the
walls, and the floors, inspect the w in
dow s and perform a renters u n d er
stand w hich actions make the m ost
sense for them.
As a special incentive, the SH O W
program is offering all households
that heat with oil cash rebates o f 25
percent o f the cost o f insulation or a
new high efficiency (lam e retention
burner. Funding for the rebates is
lim ited and will be available w ith no
m axim um incom e limit on a first-
com e, first-served basis until the
m oney is gone.
The m axim um rebate is $400.00,
but if the w ork is com plete before
O ctober 1st, custom ers can receive
an ex tra $100.00. M ost custom ers
wait until alterth e cold w eathercom es
to schedule their energy audits and to
have w ork done, w hich m eans they
pay m ore than they need to for hom e
heating.
By having the w ork done before
the heating season begins, custom ers
can save even m o re.L o w -in terest
loans are also available to pay for
those m easures and for new . energy
saving w indow s or high efficiency
replacem ent oil furnaces.
T he loans are offered by p artici
pating lenders throughout the state at
6.5 percent interest to people who
heat their hom e w ith oil.
“A dding insulation before the win
ter begins m akes sense."
Build to suit
IRIS USA Inc., the A m erican sub
sidiary o f IRIS O H Y A M A Inc.,
Jap an 's largest m anufacturer o f plas
tic consum er products, has purchased
a 23-acre site and is b u ild in g a
3 8 1 ,<XX) square-foot production and
distribution facility, which they will
own in the Lake V iew C orporate
Park in Pleasant Prairie, W isconsin.
The transaction, with a total esti
m ate value o f nearly $13.6 m illion,
was arranged by D ennis H iffm an,
president o f H iffm an S haffer Asso-
ciates/N ew A m erica N etw ork, C h i
cago.
Lake V iew C orporate Park is lo
cated midw ay betw een C hicago and
M ilwaukee. "A primary factor in IRIS
selecting the site w as its convenience
to Interstate 94 and to the U nion
Pacific Railroad, m aking ite asier for
the com pany to bring in large sh ip
m ents o f plastic pellets that are used
in m aking plastic products," said Mr.
H iffman.
T he facility is scheduled to open
in the last quarter o f 1996 and will
em ploy nearly 80 people. Products
to be m anufactured at the site include
plastic storage containers, shelving
units, and tloral pots and containers.
In addition, IRIS USA will base its
U nited States corporate head q u ar
ters there, said Mr. Hiffman.
The W isconsin plant will be IRIS
U S A 's second A m erican facility. A
160,000 square-foot plant opened in
Stockton, C alifornia in January 1996.
Habitat for Humanity
Home Shopping Network, Inc. an
nounced this week that it hasji lined forces
with Habitat For Humanity International.
Home Shopping, in conjunction with
its first ever Home Day event, will build a
house with Habitat forHumanity Interna
tional.
The construction of the house will be
broadcast on Sunday, September 15 from
noon until midnight EDT.
Home Shopping Network vie wers w i 11
be able shop for items for their own home
while watching the construction of the
Habitat/Hoine Shopping Network house.
HomcDay’s 12 hours of programming
will offer the largest variety of prixlucts
for the home ever presented in a single
programming day.
The products will be presented in a
r<x>m by room fonnat. Some segments
will be broadcast from the homes of
Hi ime Shi ipping Netwi irk's popular shi iw
hosts.
Habitat for Humanity, a non-profit
organization, works in partnership with
people in need to build affordable hous
ing.
The houses are then sold to those in
need at no profit and with no interest
charged. Habitat for Humanity is cele
brating its 20th anniversary this year by
building its 50,000th house.
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Bob Arcand. chairman and CEO of
The Arcand Company, recently was ap
pointed tothe influential editorial advisir-
ry board o f Housing and Development
Reporter.
Published in Washington D.C., the
housing trade magazine reports on cur
rent legislative actions and judicial opin
ions affecting housing, community de
velopment, real estate business, finance
and taxation.
The board, comprised of leaders in the
housing industry, meets quarterly to dis
cuss key housing topics and industry
trends, provide insight intocurrent indus
try activities, and review the direction of
When Kemp
headed HUD
Jack K emp talked a better gam e
than he played w hen he headed the
H ousing and U rban D evelopm ent
D epartm ent, his su ccesso r H enry
C isneros said T uesday.
C isneros told reporters that Kemp,
selected by R epublican presidential
challenger Bob D ole as his running
mate, cleaned up corruption in the
vast agency and brought lots o f en
thusiasm to the jo b , but also “spent a
lot o f tim e sort o f raising exp ecta
tions and speaking about program s
that never cam e to fruition.”
K em p was housing secretary un
der President G eorge Bush from 1989
to 1993. C isneros, the form er m ayor
o f San A ntonio, replaced him when
President C linton took office.
C isneros said K em p m ade hun
dreds o f speeches pushing the idea o f
selling public housing developm ents
to the residents, ’’but at the end o f the
day, one developm ent in the w hole
United States, in W ashington, D.C.,
was so ld .”
"W e ’ve tried to take those same
concepts and m ake them real so I
understand how slow it w as, but most
A m ericans probably believe that he
was doing this on a m assive scale. It
ju st d id n ’ t prove to be true,” Cisneros
said.
He said K em p ’s addition to the
Republican ticket w ould bring “a
broader vision than the D ole vision”
to the debate on urban issues.
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sible for heating and cooling the
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It s quite fitting that solar pow er
is being harnessed for the A tlanta
G am es, w hich have been character
ized by high tem peratures. H ow ev
er. even on overcast days, solar p o w
er is proving its value to hundreds o f
ithletes and thousands o f sp ecta
tors.
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Attack landscape weeds thisfall. Don't
let them grow through the winter or they
willbeabigpmblemthe followingspring,
according to Ray McNeilan, home horti
culturist with the Oregon State University
Extension Service.
"Many landscape weeds are easier to
kill now, before their root systems spread
and become w ell-established,” said
McNeilan.
An alternative to hand weeding is the
use of a pre-cmergent herbicide. How
ever, before buying any pre-emergent
herbicide materials, check the product
label to be sure the herbicide is safe to use
around woody or herbaceous plants.
For lawns, McNeilan recommends a
treatment with a weed and feed combina
tion or hormone type broadleaf weed
killer sprays. Lawn weeds, like weeds in
flower and shrub beds, will be easier to
ki II now before their root systems become
better established. Lawn weed killer will
control many weeds that will germinate
this fall as well as those that arc now
thriving.
"And the fertilizer in weed and feed
combinations will give the lawn a final
boost to keep it Itxiking healthy through
the winter,” McNeilan said.
Pruning
landscape
plants
B oh R ost
A lthough spring is the best prun
ing tim e, a light fall pruning is
beneficial to som e shrubs and trees
"Som e plants need preparation
forthe winter, especially those with
an abundance o f tw iggy grow th,
said Ray M cN eilan, hom e horti
culturist with the Oregon State Uni
versity Extension Service. "High
w inter w inds may dam age these
plants if they are n 't pruned down
to a m ore com pact size.”
In addition to pruning lighter
grow th, prune the crossing grow th
in the interior o f the plant, as well
as dead o r diseased wood.
The rem oval and disposal of
diseased w ood after pruning is im
portant.
O therw ise fungus diseases on
the w ood will overw inter and co n
tinue to be a problem next spring,
M cN eilan said.
M cN eilan em phasized that fall
pruning should be light. Heavy
pruning o f shrubs and other plants
is a spring activity,
tecture of the building, produce elec
tricity w hich is fed into A tlan ta's
utility grid, thereby m aking a signif
icant contribution to overall energy
production and reducing the cost o f
electricity forthe Natatorium by about
30 percent. PV (photovoltaic —
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Each panel produces 120 watts
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The total capacity o f the N ata
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enough pow er for 40 hom es.
T here are several other solar
an d e n e rg y e f f ic ie n t p ro je c ts
throughout the O lym pic village and
A tlanta that w ere put in place
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the A lliance to Save Energy.
Housing advocates
needed
publication. Members are selected based
on their industry involvement and in-
depth knowledge of issues.
Arcand is an acknowledged expert in
the affordable housing industry, serving
as an ad vi sor ti) numeri >us housing gri >ups.
“Bob Arcand ’ s insight and experience
will be a tremendous addition to our
board’s efforts,” said Barry Jacobs, edi
tor-in-chief of Housing and Develop
ment Reporter.
"W e’re extremely pleased that he has
agreed to join," he added.
Arcand, f ounder ofThe Arcand Com
pany, has 20 years of experience in the
affording housing investment industry.
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dated by the rules o f com petition for
in te rn a tio n a l sw im m in g e v e n ts.
W ater is pum ped through the solar
heating system , w hich heats the w a
ter using free energy from the sun
during the day.
At night, the system can be oper
ated to radiate heat into the night sky,
thereby cooling the w ater to the ap
propriate tem perature for the next
d a y ’s events.
The 2,800 photovoltaic panels,
incorporated into the striking archi
A re you concerned about the fu
ture of low and m oderate incom e
housing for the elderly ?
Do you have som ething to say
about the shortage o f low -incom e
rental units?
A re you interested in issues o f
safety and security for the elderly
tenants o f subsidized housing?
If so, you need to participate ift the
H ousing T ask Force.
People o ver the age o f 6 0 -e ld e rs
of all races and backgrounds, and
those with disabilities are needed to
serve on the H ousing T ask Force of
the P ortland/M ultnom ah C o m m is
sion o f A ging (PM C oA ). P M C o A 's
mission is to im prove the quality o f
life for our co m m u n ity ’s elders.
At the heart o f this m ission is the
urgent need to advocate on a variety
o f housing problem s faced by low
and m oderate incom e elders.
This one year com m itm ent will be
exciting, challenging, and fulfilling.
Y ou will m ake new friends as you
advocate for those w ho cannot advo
cate for them selves.
1 he H ousing T ask Force m eets on
the second M onday o f every month
from 2:00pm to 4 :0 0 p m in the d ow n
town area, accessible by public trans
portation.
For m ore inform ation and an ap
plication packet, call Karylinn Echols
at PM CoA at (503) 823-5269.
Scraping the skies
Jutting far out o f the skyline of
G erm any's financial capital, the tall
est office building in Europe is rap
idly nearing com pletion and looks
set to add som e Hair to F ran k fu rt’s
ordinary-looking centre.
Built to a revolutionary design
by em inent architect N orm an Fos
ter, its facade will be adorned by
hanging gardens at dizzying heights
containing olive trees and bam boo
bushes.
The skyscraper will serve as the
new headquarters o fC om m erzbank
AG, G erm an y ’s third largest bank,
and will have a height o f 298.74
m etres (980 ft) including a 40-m etre
(131 ft) aerial.
HINTS FOR HOMEOWNERS
The G reat Clean-Up O f ’96 —
R igh tin g R ecord Storm D am age
(NAPS)—Coast-to-coast bliz
zards and late-w in ter flooding
have caused the Federal govern
ment to issue more disaster decla
rations already this year than in
all of 1995. Coupled with new
laws th a t prohibit homeowners
from sending leaves and downed
branches to public landfills, the
backyard afterm ath of the Great
Blizzard of ’96 has folks scram
bling to recycle their yard debris.
“The losses of w inter are the
homeowner’s gain,” notes Mike
M c G ra th , e d it o r - i n - c h i e f of
Organic G ardening m agazine.
McGrath advises homeowners to
collect, shred, and compost yard
debris into “garden gold.”
“It is foolish to throw away
g ra ss clip p in g s and le a v e s ,”
McGrath explains, “and then go
to a store and buy fertilizer and
m ulch.” So-called y ard w aste,
says McGrath, is just a few steps
away from becoming “better fer
tilizer and mulch than you can
buy anywhere.”
The key, McGrath reports, is to
learn the basic recipes for good,
clean compost. Done correctly,
converting volumes of yard debris
into an enriched soil conditioner
takes as little as two weeks.
The first step, however, is col
lecting the debris.
V acu u m and s h re d yard
debris to break down volume
and accelerate composting.
per’s chips. Then, says Gilbert,
that newly made mulch is ready
to prevent—or smother—weeds.
• T urn d o w n th e v o lu m e .
“The early snow last fall trapped a
lot of leaves on people’s lawns,”
notes Jean Nordgren of The Toro
Company. Reducing the sheer vol
ume of d ebris, according to
Nordgren, is a key concern among
hom eow ners—especially those
with urban lots or limited space.
* G et lig h t on y o u r la w n .
To break down the volume,
“Sweep up the lawn first,” advises Nordgren says an electric blower-
Tim G ilb e r t of T he P a t r i o t vac with a special vacuum mode
Company, manufacturers of chip chops up fallen leaves as it picks
ping, shredding and vacuuming them up. Cutters reduce leaves ten
machines. “Get ground clutter off fold, making them ideal for com
the turf, so that sun and air can posting. Toro also makes compost
reach the grass.”
bins, which according to Nordgren,
P atrio t m akes a m achine to encourage the proper mix of mois
speed lawn clean-up, a combina ture, air and temperature, promot
tion ch ip p er blow er vacuum . ing faster compost-making.
Resembling a lawn mower, it vac
• F ree in fo rm a tio n . Home-
uums leaves as you walk behind owners seeking advice on com
it, shredding and depositing them posting and yard clean-up should
neatly into a collection bag. The contact the Yard Waste Hotline
built-in chipper converts pruned toll-free at (888) 798-CHIP (2447)
branches into coin-sized landsca- for a free brochure.
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