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Can utilities prevent the extreme power outages Oregon experienced in last week’s ice storm? Maybe, but at a cost
Updated Feb 22, 2021;
Posted Feb 21, 2021
Downed electrical equipment along S. Gerber Road in Oregon City on Wed., Feb 17, 2021. Snow and ice brought down thousands of power lines over the course of last week s ice storms. The Oregonian
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Because this is far from the first time.
But this power outage was worse. Longer. No restoration information on Portland General Electric’s website. No luck on the phone. More than a week in, no utility trucks on her road in rural Clackamas County.
Beloved D.C. teacher and salon owner remembered for dedication to Southeast Washington Perry Stein When Helenmaire White closed her Anacostia hair salon in 2014, her children hoped she would retire. She and her husband raised five children, and they operated a bustling salon for 30 years on Martin Luther King Jr. Avenue that doubled as a friendly and spiritual gathering spot for so many Southeast Washington residents. Her son Tony White II thought it was time. But White wasn’t ready. She wanted to continue with her second job as a cosmetology teacher at Ballou STAY, an alternative school for students who struggled in mainstream classrooms to receive high school diplomas and vocational degrees. White became a mother to many young women in her classrooms, teaching some how to be mothers themselves and, of course, she taught them how to complete her signature finger-wave hairstyle.