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10 Spectrum Sunday, March 1, 1987 Sea urchin industry threatened 'rV I've offered to hire a cleaning woman, but she doesn't want "strangers" in her home. She's not personally sloppy. Nobody would believe what a terrible housekeeper she is. She's a college graduate and doesn't work outside the home or IN it. What can I do? FRUSTRATED IN ARLINGTON, VA.

DEAR FRUSTRATED: You can't nor should you try to do anything, unless your daughter acknowledges that she has a problem and asks for your help. If her husband hasn't complained about the rotting perishables in the fridge, the rancid clothes and towels mildewing in the bathroom, or the clutter on every surface, perhaps he hasn't noticed either, in which case this couple could be living in heaven hog heaven. So until they recognize the problem, abide by the old saying, "If it ain't broke, don't fix it." fore. So, I am no longer a bank teller. Thank you.

I feel much better now. A DISGRUNTLED EX-TELLER DEAR DISGRUNTLED: My pleasure. That's what I'm here for. Have a good day. DEAR ABBY: Have I got a problem for you! My daughter is one of the poorest housekeepers God ever created.

Her house is a disaster area from the rotting fruit and vegetables in her refrigerator to the piles of rancid clothes and towels in her bathroom. Every flat surface is covered with teetering stacks of clothes, books and junk. (She's intelligent and loves to read.) From time to time she makes an honest effort to "clean house" by sweeping the floor and taking the dishes out of the dishwasher, but that's it. I've tried giving her house a thorough cleaning, but in two weeks it's the same old mess. It's a miracle her husband hasn't walked out on her.

Rep. Walt Schroeder, a Republican state legislator whose district includes the southern Oregon coast, said Young called him last fall to warn that Oregon's supply of urchins could be depleted if some of the 50 or 60 urchin boats operating in northern California came to Oregon. Schroeder responded with legislation to place sea urchins under the protection of the Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife, which would then limit the number of divers licensed. "It's both environmental and economic environmental because it will keep them from being depleted and economic because if they're depleted we won't have any industry," Schroeder said. Dear Abby ft fs Abigail Van Buren DEAR ABBY: I've read letters in your column from nearly every segment of society.

How about giving some space to an ex-bank teller? That job ranks No. 1 for the most abused employees in the working world. Of all bank employees, the tellers have the most contact with the public, making us the most vulnerable for extortion, kidnapping, yet we are the lowest on the pay scale. If a customer has a complaint, the teller hears it first in the most foul and abusive language imaginable. When I've asked to see an ID before cashing a check, I've been called every name in the book for not remembering someone I may have seen be- tion," said state Sen.

Bill Bradbury, D-Bandon, whose district includes Oregon's south coast. The lure of the urchins is money in some cases big money. Young said in one day of exploratory diving recently, he saw $100,000 worth of urchins in Oregon waters. The sea urchin harvest was a big business in California where divers could pry up to $1,000 worth of the animals from the ocean floor on a good day of work, Young said. The traditional California urchin beds are becoming depleted, however, and Young said the divers are starting to look northward to Oregon.

The urchins are a member of the same family as starfish, Jim Washburn, Oregon State University researcher, said. About 7 or 8 inches across, they sport spines sticking out of their shells. "They look like porcupines," Young said. What Young and the other divers seek are the urchin's gonads reproductive organs that the Japanese use in the popular uni rice dish. 1 "They look like a slice of orange or tangerine," said Washburn, who spent a year studying urchins.

Young said the gonads usually sell for about 40 cents a pound, although late last year they were going for 80 cents a pound in California. That's because Japanese urchins are spawning that time of year, and the gonads are not good quality. 7 SALEM, Ore. (UPI) Oregon is considering a pre-emptive strike to protect a burgeoning sea urchin industry from the ravages of California divers and the appetites of Japanese gourmets. It is the Japanese fondness for "uni" a sea urchin delicacy reputed to have aphrodisiac properties that created the West Coast export industry.

Efforts to satisfy this lucrative market threaten to ruin the industry. About 90 percent of the current sea urchin harvest is flown to Japan. The other 10 percent is sold in the United States. Rob Young, a Port Orford resident who dives for sea urchins in California, said urchin harvesting began a decade ago in California when the state Fish and Wildlife Department allowed divers to destroy the urchins, which were eating valuable kelp beds. "So these guys were just going out with hammers or something and smashing urchins," Young said.

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