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4 E N E R GY M AT T E R SWatch for big screen savings

6 K E E P I N G C U R R E N TNews items from across the Commonwealth

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Bringing back Main StreetRevitalization programs breathe new life intoPennsylvania’s downtowns

12 T I M E L I N E SYour newsmagazine through the years

12A COOPERATIVE CONNECTIONInformation and advice from your localelectric co-op

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Caught in timeTrapping manual holds place of honor onbookshelf

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A pound of cure

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Thoughts from Earl Pitts–Uhmerikun!Earl takes issue with current crop of footballannouncers

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O N T H E C OV E RDowntown Indiana Inc.recently received a stateaward for its downtownrevitalization program. Photo by Kathy Hackleman

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THE DAYS of large console televisions,with their wood grain exteriors andantenna wires or rabbit ears, are long gone— no more using needle nose pliers tochange channels after the knob breaks orfiddling endlessly to adjust the horizontaland vertical holds. Today’s televisions offerlarger, thinner screens and, thanks to digi-tal cable or satellite connections, provide avirtually unlimited number of channels.

However, some models require atremendous amount of energy to operate— almost as much as a refrigerator. Andthe average American household owns 2.93TVs, according to a 2010 Nielsen report.

All of this energy use adds up. The Nat-ural Resources Defenses Council found thatU.S. televisions use more than 46 billionkilowatt-hours (kWhs) per year, or about 4percent of residential electricity use.

In response to consumer concerns, TVmanufacturers are designing sets that useless energy without sacrificing screen sizeor resolution.

Are you in the market for a new TV, ordo you want to make sure you’re using yourcurrent TV efficiently? These tips will helpyou tune in to big screen energy savings.

High-definition=high energy useAlthough a high-definition TV

(HDTV) transforms the latest blockbustermovie into a theater-like living room expe-rience, these sets generally use morepower because of better picture clarity.Also, energy consumption often relates toscreen size. The larger the screen, themore electricity required.

Four types of TVs are currently avail-able: plasma, liquid-crystal display (LCD),rear projection, and cathode ray tube (CRT).CRT televisions are the most difficult to find

because they employ old technology andscreen sizes rarely top 40 inches.

Plasma screens often are cited as thelargest energy user — mainly becausetheir large 42-inch to 65-inch screens typi-cally draw between 240 watts and 400watts. Most consume electricity evenwhen turned off.

LCD TVs don’t need much power tooperate — 111 watts on average. Most LCDscreens range in size from 21 inches to 49inches. These TVs fall into two categories:those with cold-cathode fluorescent lamps

to illuminate the screen; and backlit mod-els employing a light-emitting diode(LED). LED units offer several benefits,notably better picture quality, and thinnerand lighter screens. They also use slightlyless energy, at 101 watts.

Rear projection televisions tend to bethe most energy efficient and boast thelargest screen sizes. However, due to theiroverall weight, rear projection sets are notas readily available as plasma and LCDmodels.

Shopping for an energy-efficient televi-

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sion can be difficult. Television manufac-turers rarely advertise energy consump-tion, and it almost never appears on in-store labels, though new Energy Star®requirements may change that in 2012.

Faced with these difficulties, con-sumers need to conduct their own energyuse research through unbiased onlinesources such as CNET.com, an onlinejournal for the technology industry. Lookfor specific model numbers, which youcan take to the store.

Tune in to savingsIf you’re not in the market for a new

TV but want to make sure your model isoperating efficiently, these tips fromCNET.com may help you save energy:k Turn the TV and other connected

devices off when they’re not being used.k Turn down the LCD’s backlight — you’ll

save energy and still retain better pic-ture quality.

k Turn on the power saver mode, whichmany new TVs offer.

k Control room lighting. While manyenergy-saving tips reduce brightness ofthe screen, you can compensate by dim-ming lights around your TV.

Sources: CNET.com, Natural ResourcesDefense Council, Nielsen

Brian Sloboda is a program manager spe-cializing in energy efficiency for the Coopera-tive Research Network, a service of theArlington, Va.-based National Rural ElectricCooperative Association. Magen Howardcontributed to this article.

Scientists call forenvironmental study

Scientists studying the environmentalimpact from Marcellus Shale gas drillingacross Pennsylvania are calling for acomprehensive research study so thatany potential environmental issues canbe addressed.

Preliminary research by the Acad-

emy of NaturalSciences inPhiladelphia and aUniversity ofPennsylvaniagraduate studentindicates the envi-ronmental impactof drilling may bedirectly related tothe amount ofdrilling in an area

(known as the “density” of drilling).The question that needs to be

addressed, according to academy scien-tists, is whether there is a thresholdpoint past which a certain amount ofdrilling has an impact on the ecologicalhealth of the watershed, regardless ofhow the drilling is done.

During the past summer, scientistsdid some preliminary research on ninewatersheds in northeastern Pennsylva-nia: three where no drilling had beendone, three with some drilling and threewith a high density of drilling (defined asfour to eight wells per square kilometer).

They tested the water in each locationfor conductivity (a measure of the dis-solved salts and metals in the stream),along with the presence of certain insectsand salamanders known to be particularlyvulnerable to environmental changes.Tests indicated levels of contaminationwere almost twice as high in the high-den-sity areas as in the other areas, and bothinsects and salamanders were reduced by25 percent in the high-density areas.

Dr. David Velinsky, vice president ofthe academy’s Patrick Center for Envi-ronmental Research, stresses that theinformation is preliminary and thatbefore a definitive conclusion can bereached, a more comprehensive studymust be completed. The academy isseeking funding for that type of studyfrom the Pennsylvania Department ofEnvironmental Protection. l

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Somerset County firm plays largerole in rescue of miners

Center Rock Inc., a Berlin, Pa., com-pany that specializes in manufacturinglow-profile drills, was instrumental in thedramatic rescue of 33 trapped Chileanminers that riveted the attention of the

world. The company designed the drillthat allowed the miners to be pulled from2,070 feet underground during a rescueoperation that began on Oct. 12, 2010, andextended into the following day. The menhad spent 69 days underground at the SanJose Mine in Copiapo, Chile, after part ofthe gold and copper mine collapsed.

Brandon Fisher, CEO of Center RockInc., and Richard Soppe, his director ofconstruction and mining tools, were onsitefor 37 days during the drilling process.Center Rock Inc. has been credited withfreeing the miners months before earlyprojections that had estimated the minerswould be underground until Christmas.Once the drill opened up the rescue shaft, asteel capsule designed by the Chilean Navywas lowered into the hole to bring thetrapped miners to the surface one at a time.

According to Center Rock Inc.’s web-site, the pneumatic-based drilling systemthat bored the rescue shaft hole usedfour hammers instead of just one — sim-ilar to the drill that Center Rock Inc.used to reach the miners with a 12-inchpilot hole 17 days after the mine collapse.Once the miners were located, rescuerssent them food, medicine, letters, lightsand a video camera through a small pipe.

Center Rock Inc. custom manufac-tures any size of low-profile drill to fit thedemand. Its drills are frequently used tocut foundation holes for highway over-passes, bridge supports, building foun-dations and large utility poles, as well as

for mining, oil and gas, and geothermaldrilling, according to its website.

This was not the first high-profilerescue that the Somerset County firmhas been involved in. Founded it 1998,the young company played a significantrole in the 2002 rescue of nine miners inthe Quecreek Mine near Somerset.However, the low-profile drill that wasused in Chile was not developed untilfive years ago. Since then, the companyhas grown from 16 to 75 employees.

Report: Pennsylvania loses 14 percent of its dairy farms

Fourteen percent of Pennsylvania’sdairy farms went out of business in thethree-year period ending in 2009,according to a new report from the U.S.Department of Agriculture.

The National Agricultural StatisticsService shows that licensed dairy opera-tions in Pennsylvania decreased from8,610 in 2006 to 7,400 in 2009. Nation-wide, dairy farms dropped 11.4 percent

during the same time period.According to the study, one of the

major reasons for the drop is the effectof lower milk prices in late 2008 and2009 brought on by overproduction anda collapse in exports. The average pay-ment for 100 pounds of milk in Pennsyl-vania — a measure equivalent to 11.6 gal-lons — dropped from $20.26 in Novem-ber 2008 to $12.90 in June 2009. Thisyear, the state average payment for 100pounds of milk through August was$17.61, while the production cost averagefor 100 pounds this year throughAugust was $15.66 per 100 pounds.

Farmers are facing higher costs thisyear, as the price of feed and fuel bothhave been steadily increasing. l

KEEPINGcurrent

Sullivan County Rural Electric Cooperative apprenticelineman Wayne Rosbach, Forksville, Pa., passed awaySept. 24, 2010, at the age of 45.

Rosbach was featured in the October 2009 PennLines article, “On the line: When it counts, co-ops counton their linemen.” In the article, Rosbach was quoted assaying he was thrilled to be working for Sullivan CountyRural Electric Cooperative, as being a lineman was adream he had held for many years. Because his mother,Nancy, had retired from the cooperative, he said heknew it was a good place to work, and he planned towork there until he retired. His favorite parts of the job,he said, were spending time with his co-workers, meet-ing the cooperative members and working outside.

A lifetime resident of Sullivan County, Rosbach was active in the Forksville Unit-ed Methodist Church and the Forksville Volunteer Fire Company, where he wasserving as second assistant chief. He was company chief from 1987-1997.

Survivors include: wife, Janet Rosbach; son, Derrick James Rosbach; mother,Nancy Rosbach; and brother, Randy A. (Debra) Rosbach, all of Forksville.

Memorials are suggested to: Forksville Volunteer Fire Company, American HeartAssociation of Northeastern Pennsylvania or Geisinger's Janet Weis Children's Hos-pital in Danville.

INmemory

Wayne Rosbach

NAME A CITY — any city — and thefirst image that will come to mind formost people is the community’s mainstreet and downtown area. But no matterwhat you call it — Main Street, as it is inYoungsville, or Philadelphia Street, as itis in Indiana — each community’s mainthoroughfare has a charm all of its own.

Today, residents of both Indiana andYoungsville have reason to be proud oftheir downtowns, as well as their fellowresidents who have worked tirelessly toensure their communities are growing andprospering. Downtown Indiana Inc., head-quartered in Indiana, where REA EnergyCooperative, Inc., is based, and Revitaliza-

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tion of Youngsville (ROY), headquarteredin Youngsville, where Warren ElectricCooperative is based, were recently recog-nized with “Townie Awards” by the Penn-sylvania Downtown Center (PDC) for their2010 community revitalization efforts.

Designed to recognize communities thatcreate and implement revitalization pro-grams, 12 Townie Awards are given annu-ally by PDC to exemplary communitiesamong the 300 member organizations. Themission of PDC, founded in 1987, is toadvance the sense of place, quality of lifeand economic vitality of Pennsylvania’sdowntowns, traditional neighborhood busi-ness districts and nearby residential areas.

While the awards are a welcome recog-nition of their efforts, residents of bothIndiana and Youngsville say the awardsare not the reason they labor to revitalizetheir hometowns. Operated mostly by vol-unteers, community revitalization pro-grams across the state seek to highlightwhat makes their local community special.

Downtown renaissanceIndiana, a city of about 15,000 resi-

dents, is the county seat of IndianaCounty. As such, its main street —Philadelphia Street — is home to thecounty courthouse and a significant num-ber of attorneys. Multiple retail stores,doctors, insurance companies and theheadquarters of two major area banks —S&T Bank and First CommonwealthBank — also set up shop in Indiana.

But there’s something else that setsdowntown Indiana apart from all othercommunities: Academy Award-winningmovie star Jimmy Stewart was born andraised in Indiana, and his acting feats are

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BANK HEADQUARTERS: The First CommonwealthBank headquarters building anchors a block ofIndiana’s downtown.

Revitalization programs breathe new life intoPennsylvania’s downtowns

memorialized in the Jimmy StewartMuseum, located, of course, on Philadel-phia Street.

Indiana is in the middle of its “Renais-sance Indiana” program to revitalize thedowntown area. According to Hastie Kin-ter, secretary of the Downtown IndianaInc. Board of Directors, the updateincludes Philadelphia Street between 5thStreet and 10th Street, as well as 7th Streetfrom Philadelphia Street to Vinegar Hill.

“We have completed the block between9th and 10th streets, and we are movingforward on the block between 5th and 6thstreets, as well as North 7th,” Kinterreports. “We are holding off on the remain-ing blocks until we get more funding.”

The dream that is Renaissance Indi-ana took a giant step forward severalyears ago with a formal partnershipbetween Downtown Indiana Inc., Indi-ana University of Pennsylvania and Indi-ana Borough when each entity pledged tocontribute $500,000 toward the revital-ization project. Indiana County pledged

FAVORITE SON HONORED: Indiana’s main street –Philadelphia Street – is home to a number of uniquebusinesses, including the Jimmy Stewart Museum,left, and the Indiana County Courthouse, right.

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state and federal fundingaid. In addition to moneyfor the revitalization projectitself, money is funneledthrough the national MainStreet Program to providematching funds to assistwith façade updates to keepthe downtown businessbuildings in tip-top shape.

“We have participated inthe Main Street facade grantprogram for at least 15years,” Kinter explains. “It’s a 50-50 match-ing program where business owners payhalf of the cost of a project and the grantpays the other half. This program encour-ages people to reinvest in their businesses.”

The owner of Lucy Rae Gifts, a down-town gift shop, Kinter also works at TheIndiana Gazette, the community’s dailynewspaper that is owned by her family.She has been active in the revitalization ofdowntown Indiana since 1993, but herfamily’s interest goes back even further.She is the daughter of the late Joe andLucy Ray Donnelly who, through thenewspaper, championed the downtownarea for decades. One of Downtown Indi-ana Inc.’s premier annual events is the

another $350,000. That partnership wenta long way toward providing localmatching funds that are usually requiredfor state and federal grants.

Renaissance Indiana includes newsignals and street signs. The signals havebeen installed for the entire downtownarea that is being renovated; however, theremaining updates are being done blockby block with the blocks most in need ofwork being renovated first. According toKinter, updates include street milling andresurfacing, new sidewalks with decora-tive paving patterns, new lighting withhistoric-style poles, street furnishingsand storm drainage. In addition, over-head electric and telephone wires arebeing placed in underground conduits.

Kinter credits community residentsand businesses for the progress made inrevitalizing downtown Indiana.

“Many people are involved,” she empha-sizes. “We have people who are passionateabout downtown and keeping it alive, andwe have an entire community that is verysupportive of this project. Our DowntownIndiana Inc. Capital Campaign raised over$500,000 in this fairly small community.”

Of course, many of the downtown proj-ects would not have gone forward without

“It’s a Wonderful Life Festival” (named inhonor of Stewart’s classic holiday film)held annually on the Friday beforeThanksgiving. The Lucy Donnelly Memo-rial Fund pays the costs associated withthe free, community-wide event that cele-brates what is best about living in Indiana.

Downtown Indiana Inc. also sponsors“Lovin’ Downtown Every Second” on thesecond Friday of each month with pro-motions at the retail shops and localrestaurants, plus special activities todraw a crowd to the downtown area.Each event has a theme — in June, thefocus was on fathers while in September,pets from rabbits to dogs took centerstage as they paraded down PhiladelphiaStreet with their owners.

In addition to its involvement in theMain Street Program, Indiana also par-ticipates in the Elm Street CommunityProject, a revitalization program geared

toward the residential areas that sur-round the downtown.

Although REA Energy Cooperativedoes not provide electricity to the down-town area of Indiana, it does provide serv-ice to all of the areas surrounding Indianaand uses many of the services offered bythe various businesses located in Indiana.

“We believe having an attractivedowntown area benefits the entire com-munity by helping to attract people andentice businesses to locate in the generalarea,” REA Energy Co-managers TomBorusiewicz and Gary Grindle state.“The cooperative participates in many ofthe events of downtown Indiana throughits civic-minded employees.”

MERRY CHRISTMAS: The Hometown Christmas Parade inYoungsville brings out the sights and sounds of the holidays asthe Youngsville High School band performs. Revitalization ofYoungsville (ROY) sponsors the parade.

People powerWhile tiny Youngsville, with a popu-

lation of around 1,800, has just over 10percent of the population of its fellowaward-winner, Indiana, its revitalizationprogram takes a back seat to no one.

“We are just people, people who workhours and hours every month for free,”explains Nancy Holmberg, president ofROY, which promotes the revitalizationof the entire Youngsville community, notjust its downtown. “We do it because webelieve in this community, and we arechanging the economic future of this city.… We are just people who decided we aregoing to take it into our own hands tochange our community.”

Holmberg and her core group of about20 volunteers, including four vice presi-dents, coordinate the entire revitalizationeffort in Youngsville as there is no paidstaff. Anita Cohan serves as vice presi-dent of promotion, while Joanne Oviatt isvice president of design, Sonia Probst isvice president of asset enhancement, andHelga Laibacher is vice president oforganization. Together, ROY officers anda cadre of local residents in 2009 clocked3,408.5 volunteer hours, valued at$66,840.69 in in-kind dollars that can beused as matching funds for grants.

Both Holmberg and Cohan had abackground in the Main Street Programthrough employment at the Warren

Main Street Program, andHolmberg developed outlinesfor committees based on herMain Street experience.

“We would not be anorganization without the vicepresidents,” Holmberg notes.“They had an idea of whattheir jobs would be, but whatthey did was go out and maketheir jobs into ones that wouldchange this community. … Fix-ing the deteriorated infra-structure, making sure thebuildings get painted and thecrumbling sidewalks get fixedmay seem overwhelming, butwe can see progress, andthat’s why we keep working.”

In the five years since theinception of ROY, volunteershave nearly raised the $507,977they need to match a grant that will reno-vate the community’s streetscape, and theborough has pledged another $253,000toward the streetscape. The capital cam-paign continues, and the OrganizationCommittee, chaired by Laibacher, con-stantly works on fundraisers such asconcession stands, yard sales and raffles.

But raising funds is only the begin-ning of what the ROY volunteers do.They have organized local festivals,including the A-maize-ing Cornfest with

motorcycle and car cruise-ins, Christmasparade, children’s theater productions,annual community sales days; developedplans — and obtained grant funds — forthe Brokenstraw Creek Bike-Hike Trailthat will tie into a system of trails acrossWarren County; and worked with theHeritage Route 6 planners to gain thedesignation of a Heritage Route 6 Com-munity. They also have worked withbusiness owners to upgrade their build-ings and sponsored workshops on betterbusiness practices, funding new facades,and improving the business district.

Kathleen Reitinger, Warren CountyRegional Main Street coordinator, whonominated ROY for the Townie Award,says the organization has been the driv-ing influence in the already completedimprovements in downtown Youngsville,as well as plans for the future.

“Youngsville is a small communitywithin the Warren County RegionalMain Street program,” Reitinger states.“With a population of fewer than 2,000residents, it is one of the most organizedrural communities in Pennsylvania.”

As vice president of promotions,Cohan’s job is to alert the Youngsvillecommunity and those outside the com-

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NEW BUILDING: The borough of Youngsville is con-structing a new building that will greet visitors asthey enter town.

CORNFEST: Organizers of the 2009 Cornfest in Youngsville had this photo taken to inspire community spirit.

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munity about what the area has to offer.She’s quick to point out that the commu-nity offers enough different businessesand services that residents do not have togo outside the community to have theirneeds met. Residents and visitors canpurchase restaurant meals, groceries,gifts, artwork, flowers, medicine, sport-ing goods, automotive supplies, gardensupplies, gasoline and hardware. Theycan bank in Youngsville, hold a funeral,go to the doctor, get a haircut, wash theircar, and check out a book from thelibrary. Plus, anyone can take advantageof the natural beauty of the area throughfishing, hunting, hiking, biking, kayak-ing, camping, picnicking and skydiving.

“Youngsville has so much potentialfor growth, and the revitalization projectand its members strive to make as manydreams come true as possible,” Cohanreports.

One of those dreams that is about tocome true is the anticipated change tothe community’s downtown area, thedesign of which was developed throughOviatt’s committee.

“The biggest job that the Design Com-mittee had was consolidating the verbalwishes of the community into a workableplan from which E.G.&G., the engineeringfirm hired to develop the physical plan forthe streetscape, could work,” Oviattreports. “That task required many publicmeetings, phone conversations and manycommittee meetings. The Design Commit-tee then made the recommendations as tothe style of streetlights,benches, crosswalks, side-walk surfaces, etc.”

While that committeewas soliciting residents’input for the actual design,Probst’s committee wassurveying local businessesto determine their needs.

“In general, businessesexpressed a need for moreconsumer traffic,” Probststates. “The EconomicRestructuring Committee(ERC) and all of ROY’sother committees haveaddressed this in variousways — introducing events,increasing marketing, pro-

viding business training, andplanning for a new streetscapeto make the downtown attrac-tive and accessible.”

Responding to the needs ofseveral area manufacturers,the ERC members workedwith county and state leadersto earmark funding for con-struction of a rail siding in theYoungsville area.

“Although suitable propertywas not available, the group’sefforts raised awareness at thestate level of the need for bet-ter access to rail transportationin the Youngsville area,”Probst reports.

ERC also petitioned theYoungsville Borough Councilto adopt ordinances or plansaddressing zoning issues,stormwater management andblighted properties to makethe community more attrac-tive to businesses.

Commitment to community

Holmberg is quick to point out thatlocal officials have been on board withROY’s objectives from the beginning.

Terry Williams, borough manager,adds, “The borough council has been verysupportive of ROY and not just in saying‘We support them,’ but in providingmoney and time, and working to make

our zoning more business-friendly. We’re all in thistogether. Anything that ben-efits the community and itsresidents benefits the bor-ough and vice versa.”

The borough is in theprocess of constructing anew borough building,which Williams expects tobe occupying before Christ-mas. The building is locatedon the main street intoYoungsville from Route 6,and will serve as a welcom-ing face to the community.

Although Warren Elec-tric Cooperative does notprovide electricity to the

downtown area of Youngsville, its mainoffice is located there, and the cooperative’sgeneral manager, Gary Franklin, is activelyinvolved in the efforts of ROY. He serves asthe organization’s treasurer and also as amember of the Economic RestructuringCommittee. In addition, the cooperativealso participates in ROY events, includingproviding vehicles for parades withemployees handing out candy to children.

“I think it is important that the cooper-ative reach out to all of the communitiesthat it is involved in, whether we serve thecommunity or whether it’s where we arelocated,” Franklin emphasizes. “That’spart of the cooperative philosophy.”

It’s not just in Indiana andYoungsville — all across Pennsylvania,volunteers and business leaders aredonating their time, energy and moneyto revitalization programs to ensure thecommunities they live in are safe,friendly, family-oriented and economi-cally healthy. They want to be a part ofthe positive step forward into the futureof Pennsylvania where main streets areonce again where people come togetherto live, work and play. l

PETS ON PARADE: AshleighBowman, daughter of JessBowman, Indiana, snuggles arabbit prior to a pet parade,which was held as part of the“Lovin’ Downtown EverySecond” event on Sept. 11,2011, in downtown Indiana.

WORKING DOWNTOWN: Employees of Don Huey Remodeling arespiffing up an empty downtown Indiana building in preparationfor its new occupants.

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TIMElines Y o u r N e w s m a g a z i n e T h r o u g h t h e Y e a r s

1970 A section of a pole barn under construc-tion at the Evan Wilcox Farm near Landerdemonstrates a modern, free-stall installation,the latest innovation in the automatic opera-tion of dairy barns.

1980 In the first of a series of articles exam-ining the conflict between the environment andthe need to supply energy demands while rely-ing less on foreign oil, Penn Lines focuses on therole of coal.

2000 Electric cooperatives step forward toaddress Pennsylvania’s rural wastewater crisisbecause of their long-standing commitment toprotecting the interests of rural residents andthe environment.

TWENTY YEARS AGO, the latest news in energy efficiency was com-pact fluorescent lighting. In November 1990, Penn Lines reported thatcompact fluorescent lamps combine the versatility of regular incandes-cent bulbs with the low energy consumption of fluorescent lights whileeliminating the annoying characteristics associated with fluorescentlighting (the hum, flicker and harsh light). And even better, it was beingreported that the new compact fluorescent lamps would not generatemuch heat, would last nine times longer than incandescent bulbs andwould use less electricity.

Back then, there were three types of compact fluorescent lighting:twin or double twin (quad) tube lamps, globe and cylinder types, andcircular. Although the current popular version of the compact fluores-cent lightbulb — the twisted bulb — was not available 20 years ago, theadvice on how to buy the bulbs is similar to today’s advice.

Tips for buying bulbs include: light intensity (look for lumens — themeasure of the brightness of the bulb — not watts), light quality (trydifferent lightbulbs to find the quality of light that you like best); andbulb size (choose the correct size for the use).

Today, an Energy Star-qualified compact fluorescent lightbulb —most often known as a CFL — can save more than $40 in electricitycosts over its lifetime; uses about 75 percent less energy than standardincandescent bulbs and lasts up to 10 times longer; and produces about75 percent less heat so it is safer to operate.

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OUTDOORadventures b y M a r c u s S c h n e c k

THERE ARE three seasonalbooks that I read every year:Dickens’ “A ChristmasCarol,” beginningThanksgiving night; “AVisit from St. Nicholas,”which I know is morecommonly known as “TheNight Before Christmas,”and which I know is apoem not a book (but mycopy is in a neat little, beau-tifully illustrated book),closer to Christmas; and“The Pennsylvania TrappingManual” in mid-October.

That third choice — a 96-page guide to trapping andfur-handling techniqueswritten by the late PaulFailor for initial publicationin 1957 by his employer, thePennsylvania Game Com-mission, and eventuallyavailable in nine editionsthrough 1979 — may seem anodd addition to the list. How-ever, that small, dog-eared,often-mended volume has

more power to bridge theyears back to my youth andtap into deeply felt memoriesthan the other two combined.

A copy of that book,richly illustrated inside withan abundance of scene-cap-turing illustrations and cov-ered by a full-color red fox inwinter by the great NedSmith, was my Bible everyfall from the first time I pre-pared to run a muskrat trapline at age 6.

It not only instructs ineverything the trapper needsto know, it shares the mindof a man who has been

there, facing the challenge ofoutwitting a cunning wildthing at its own game and onits home turf. I’ve always feltthat trappers are more inti-mately aware of the habits,idiosyncrasies and travels ofwild things than any othergroup of outdoor enthusi-asts, and Failor’s book doesnothing to dispel thatimpression.

The book touches onlybriefly on the history, legendand lore of trapping, but allof that, including a gut-levelconnection with the moun-tain men of another age, forme, lies between the lines ofthe simple how-to manual.The art by one known forproducing work that drawsin the viewer doesn’t detractfrom that feeling.

Inside the pages of thatbook, although without anactual mention, are a hun-dred or more wet and freez-ing feet inside leaky hip

waders, the sweet scent ofwintergreen and anise luresfor muskrat and the pungentodor of bottled fox urine, andcountless fingers pinched bythe too-soon snap of steel-trap jaws. Also, without aprinted mention but in therenonetheless are the well-agedand ever-sweeter memoriesof time on the trap line withmy now-passed father andmy matchlessly skilledbrother.

Again this fall, I pulledFailor’s little manual from aplace of honor on a bookshelfthat sees no mundane, dailytraffic and made the tripback to the autumns ofanother age. And then Ipassed the book over to myson, fulfilling a newer fall rit-ual that we established adozen or so years ago. l

SCHNECK , is outdooreditor for The (Harris-burg, Pa.) Patriot-News,a contributor to manyoutdoor publicationsand websites, andauthor of more thantwo dozen books.

HOLDING MEMORIES: Worn manualhas everything a wanna-be trapperneeds to know, plus memories.

Caught intimeTrappingmanual holdsplace of honor onbookshelf

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1/2 cup (1 stick) unsalted butter, softened

1/4 cup vegetable shortening

1 1/4 cups granulated sugar

1/4 cup brown sugar

3 eggs1/2 cup milk

1 teaspoon Mexican vanilla extract (coconut

extract may be substituted)

1 1/2 cups flour

1/4 teaspoon baking powder

1/4 teaspoon salt

1/2 cup flaked, sweetened coconut, plus 1 additional cup for toasting

In mixing bowl, blend butter and shortening. Add sugar in small amounts.

Beat in eggs, one at a time. Mix dry ingredients and add alternately with

milk and vanilla extract, beginning and ending with dry ingredients. Stir in

coconut. Spoon batter into a greased, floured loaf pan. Bake at 350

degrees for 1 to 1 1/4 hours, or until a knife or toothpick inserted into the

cake comes out clean. Cool in pan. Slice and serve with custard sauce or

a dollop of sweetened, whipped cream. Garnish with toasted coconut.

To toast coconut, spread 1 cup flaked, sweetened coconut on cookie sheet.

Toast on top rack of oven at 325 degrees for approximately 10 minutes,

stirring frequently. Remove from oven when lightly browned.

OLD-FASHIONED POUND CAKE

1 cup (2 sticks) unsaltedbutter, softened1 1/2 cups granulated sugar3 eggs6 tablespoons milk2 cups flour1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract1/2 teaspoon almond extractPinch of salt (1/16 teaspoon)In mixing bowl, blend butter and sugar until creamy. Add eggs one

at a time, beating well after each addition. Add flour alternately with

milk and extracts. Add salt. Beat 1 minute. Spoon batter into a

greased, floured loaf pan. Bake at 325 degrees for 1 1/2 hours, or

until a knife or toothpick inserted into the cake comes out clean.

Cool in pan. Top with fruit and whipped cream, if desired. This recipe

may be doubled and baked in a large tube or angel food cake pan.

3 tablespoons granulated sugar1 tablespoon cornstarch1 1/2 cups light cream (“half and half”)2 egg yolks, slightly beaten1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract

Combine sugar and cornstarch inmedium saucepan. Blend in creamand egg yolks. Cook and stir overmedium heat until mixture thickens,about 15 minutes. Remove from heat and add vanilla. Serve chilled.

CUSTARD SAUCE (CRÈME ANGLAISE)

A pound of cure

COUNTRYkitchen

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COCONUT POUND CAKE

A FAMOUS Pennsylvania resident once wrote, “An ounceof prevention is worth a pound of cure.”

Benjamin Franklin, also known as Poor Richard, didn’thave pound cake in mind when he penned that oft-repeated maxim, but, then again, he probably didn’t spendmuch time in the kitchen. He was too busy writing, pub-lishing, legislating and inventing.

And that’s too bad, because Ben could have added“famous cook” to his list of accomplishments if he’d hadaccess to this month’s recipes. We now know that a fewounces of tasty pound cake can prevent the dessert dol-drums — or even cure them, if necessary.

Originally, a “pound cake” was just that — a pound of but-ter, a pound of flour, a pound of sugar and a pound of eggs.These days, however, the term is used to describe any numberof dense, buttery cakes. These cakes usually are not frosted.Instead, they’re eaten plain or paired with a scoop of icecream or a spoonful of sauce. To turn pound cake into a ver-sion of short cake, simply top individual pieces with sliced,sweetened fruit and add whipped cream or custard sauce.

So head to your kitchen and cook up a cure! Althoughthe result will be rich, it still will be healthier than flying akite in a thunderstorm. lA trained journalist, JANETTE HESS focuses her writing on interesting people and interesting

foods. She is a Master Food Volunteer with her local extension service and enjoys collecting,

testing and sharing recipes.

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PEOPLE don’t often think about lightingand energy efficiency when it comes tobathroom remodeling, but it’s as importantas installing the proper vanity or plumbingfixtures. Today’s modern master bath-rooms and dressing areas are often as largeas some second bedrooms and are morethan just a place to shower, shave, etc.

If the lighting in your bathroom is likemost older bathrooms, it consists of anoverhead light, perhaps built into a vent fanif there is no window. If there is a windowin the bathroom, very few builders went tothe expense of installing a vent fan. Today,vent fans are almost always installed toaddress indoor air quality concerns inmodern, more airtight houses. Whileremodeling, definitely install a vent fan.

The lighting for children’s bathrooms issimpler. A basic overhead light should beadequate until they get old enough toshave or wear makeup. There’s likelyalready an incandescent overhead light-only or fan/light fixture. In either case,replace it with a new Energy Star ®-quali-fied fan with a compact fluorescent light-bulb (CFL). It will use 75 percent less elec-tricity than a comparable incandescentbulb and the fan will be much quieter thanthe old builder-quality vent fan.

Since children tend to forget to turnlights or vent fans off when they leave thebathroom, select a vent fan with a motionor humidity sensor to automatically shut itoff at the right time. If you have only a lightfixture, use a motion-sensing switch. Thisallows you to program the length of timethe light stays on after no motion isdetected.

Planning efficient and effective lighting

SMARTcircuits b y J a m e s D u l l e y

JAMES DULLEY is a nationally syndi-cated energy management expert. Youcan reach him at James Dulley, c/o PennLines, 6906 Royalgreen Drive, Cincinnati,OH 45244.

for a master bathroom and dressing area isa bit more complicated. Use the basic light-ing design technique called layering to pro-vide proper lighting for various activities.

The three basic lighting layers are task,ambient, and accent or decorative. Bath-rooms are relatively task oriented (shower-ing, shaving, applying makeup, generalgrooming, etc.), so adequate task lighting ismost important. Other than showering orbathing, the task lighting at the mirror andvanity is most often used.

Ideally, place lighting on both sides ofthe mirror and perhaps also on top forthree-direction lighting that will eliminateshadows. If the mirror is not too wide,wall-mounted vertical fluorescent tubelighting on each side of the mirror is best.

Several companies offer efficient deco-rative T2 or T5 fluorescent fixtures. Someare designed to be attached to wide mir-rors, and decorative sconces with CFLs areeffective around narrow mirrors. Daylight-type CFLs provide the best color renditionfor makeup. Halogen bulbs may also beused; they offer a longer life, are somewhatmore efficient than standard incandescentbulbs, and provide a whiter light.

For over-the-mirror task lighting, trythe new decorative rail light design. It is

similar to track lighting with three or fourdirectional fixtures, but they are mountedon a rail that hangs down a couple ofinches from the ceiling. It mounts to theceiling over a standard ceiling electricalbox. Several of the rail fixtures use super-efficient, long-lasting white light-emittingdiode (LED) bulbs.

For the bath/shower area, recessedoverhead task lighting works well.Recessed light fixtures with built-inexhaust fans are efficient because excessmoisture is drawn from the shower stallbefore it enters the room.

For ambient and accent lighting, lower-wattage incandescent fixtures — eitheroverhead or sconces — are effective. Thesecan be controlled by dimmer switches tosave energy. As the lights are dimmed, anLED on the faceplate changes from red togreen to remind you to dim the lights tosave energy. On some models, the switchalso functions as an efficient night light. l

Remodeling a bathroom? Make smart lighting decisions

Layer bathroomlighting to save

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BY NOVEMBER we can seethe bare bones of our yards,our countryside, our towns.By bare bones, I mean thehardscape or the man-madeelements such as paving andfences.

We notice the materialsthese improvements are madeof. We notice whether or notthings are aligned correctly.We can tell if a fence iscrooked or where a wall wob-bles. We also see the majordesign elements, such aspathways and focal points,the shapes of planting bedsand the expanses of lawnareas. This is a good time tolook around and wonder ifthings might be improved.

Sometimes our improve-ments are based in simplecleaning up. This could meantrimming a hedge straighteror clearing away last sum-mer’s now-frozen dead annualflowers. It might mean remov-ing an errant shrub or care-fully pruning a wayward tree.

It might mean shoring up ashed that has begun to lean.

Improvements can be major— perhaps deciding to install apatio or deck or reposition thefront entry to the house and re-align and widen the front walkthat leads to it. Or we mightthink the vegetable gardenwould be more attractive witha permanent wooden fencearound it, and possibly a rosearbor could connect it visuallyto the garage while also hidingthe laundry line. Perhaps theplay area could be set up justoutside the kitchen window, ora new spacious dog run wouldfit just right on the shady sideof the house.

It’s always fine to observeand dream and sketch thingsout on paper. Why not snap afew photos and take somemeasurements so you havethem handy when the plan-ning phase turns serious.

We might notice smallerdetails, too. Perhaps theplacement of climbing roses isout of balance with the facadeof the house, or we mightdecide the view out the win-dows would be improved byadding a flowering tree in theyard. Or we might realize thatour unwelcome view into theneighbor’s place could beobscured by a carefully sitedevergreen tree.

Sometimes only a subtletweak is needed to make a bigimprovement. For instance, wemight use permanent concreteurns out front rather thanflimsy plastic window boxes.Or we might consider a per-manent metal edging strip to

crisply separate the lawn froma planting bed. We might won-der how it would look if wereplaced the front yard lightwith a different style. Perhapsa different color or style ofshutter would be better suitedto the style of the house? Howabout adding a fountain,sculpture, arch or gardenpond to improve the view?

Just as we look at thesetypes of improvements andstylistic tricks at home, wecan also examine the roughedges of our neighborhood.Are we good stewards of thegreater landscape? Does ourzoning direct growth anddevelopment to the most suit-able areas and identify areaswe would like to preserve?Are we protecting our topsoiland water resources? Is therea place nearby for studyingand appreciating nature?

Are we maintaininghealthy trees in our publicspaces? Have we planted treesand shrubs and installed theoccasional bench or picnictable so we can enjoy ourparks? Do we keep litter

picked up and control invasive,exotic weeds along our roads?

In late fall, when the leavesare down and we feel the coldweather descending, the land-scape is stark. It is as thoughthe land is naked and sud-denly we see all the warts,bald spots and imperfectionsthat summer’s green foliagehid. We also sense the solidground under our feet, just aswe breathe in the beauty ofthe countryside and appreci-ate the man-made spaces sur-rounding and sheltering us.

As much as we are thank-ful in this season for thebounty of summer and theharvest we now enjoy, it’s asgood a time as any to takestock of where we can makeimprovements, either simpleor elaborate. It’s never tooearly to begin planning aheadto next year’s yard and gar-den — at home and in ourcommunity.

Happy Thanksgiving! l

POWERplants

BARBARA MARTIN ,who says she begangardening as a hobby“too many years ago tocount,” currently worksfor the National Garden-

ing Association as a horticulturist. A formermember of Gettysburg-based Adams Elect-ric Cooperative, her articles appear in mag-azines and on the internet.

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Landscapesnear and dear:yours, mineand ours

TAKE A GOOD LOOK: It’s the time ofyear to take a good look at your gardento see if you can make it even better.

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PENNLINESclassified

AMMUNITION

SABOT 12 GAUGE SHOTGUN SLUGS only 85 cents each. Nowyou can See How at www.slugsrus.com.

AROUND THE HOUSE

“COUNTRY COOKING,” Volume 2 — $8, including postage.“RECIPES REMEMBERED,” Volume 3 — $12, including postage.Both of these cookbooks are a collection of recipes from menand women of the electric co-ops of Pennsylvania and NewJersey. Payable to: Pennsylvania Rural Electric Association, P.O. Box 1266, Harrisburg, PA 17108. Write Attention: Cookbooks.Volume 1 of “Country Cooking” is SOLD OUT. *HOLIDAYSPECIAL — BOTH COOKBOOKS FOR $15.*

OUTSIDE WOOD HEATER - $1,595. Forced air system. Rated100K BTU. Heats up to 2,400 square feet. Houses, mobiles orshops. Low-cost shipping. Easy install. 417-581-7755 Missouri.www.heatbywood.com.

CLOCK REPAIR: If you have an antique grandfather clock,mantel clock or old pocket watch that needs restored, we canfix any timepiece. Macks Clock Repair: 814-749-6116.

PIANO TUNING & REPAIR — Kevin Luke’s Piano Serviceoffering piano tuning, repairs, regulation, restoration andrebuilding. Serving all of Central Pennsylvania. 814-944-6031.www.lukepiano.vpweb.com

FOR SALE — QUILTS — Double, Queen, King-size. Call 814-371-3823.

BUILDING SUPPLIES

STEEL ROOFING AND SIDING. Discount Prices. “Fall Sale” —Residential roofing $1.95/lineal foot. Also seconds, heavygauges, odd lots, etc. Located in northwestern Pennsylvania.814-398-4052.

METAL BUILDINGS — 24 x 40 x 8, $9,900 installed. 30 x 40 x 8,$11,900 installed. Includes one walk door and one garage door. Allsizes available. 800-464-3333. www.factorysteelbuildings.com.

FACTORY SECONDS of insulation, 4 x 8 sheets, foil back. Alsoreflective foil bubble wrap. 814-442-6032.

26-GAUGE METAL SHEETING — Large selection of seconds.Many colors available. $1.50 per linear foot, 36-inch width.Corle Building Systems, Imler, PA. Call 814-276-9611. Ask forJoe Fink. jfink@corle.com.

BUSINESS OPPORTUNITIES

PIANO TUNING PAYS — Learn at home with American Schoolof Piano Tuning home-study course in piano tuning and repair.Tools included. Diploma granted. Call for free brochure 800-497-9793.

Be your own Boss! Part or full-time. $500/day. State of the artrecession-proof service. FREE 16-page report. Promo code CL33306.Call 800-507-7222. www.WagerCarpetCleaningCareers.com.

CHURCH LIFT SYSTEMS

Make your church, business or home wheelchair accessible.We offer platform lifting systems, stair lifts, porch lifts andramps. References. Free estimates. Get Up & Go Mobility Inc.724-746-0992 or 814-926-3622.

CONSULTING FORESTRY SERVICES

NOLL’S FORESTRY SERVICES, INC. performs Timber Marketing,Timber Appraisals, Forest Management Planning, and ForestImprovement Work. FREE Timber Land Recommendations. 30years experience. Call 814-472-8560.

CENTRE FOREST RESOURCES. Maximizing present and futuretimber values, Forest Management Services, Managing TimberTaxation, Timber Sales, Quality Deer Management. FREETimber Consultation. College educated, professional, ethical.814-867-7052.

CORN PELLET STOVES

BIXBY CORN or PELLET Stoves — Save with tax credit. Will heat2,200 square feet. No chimney needed. Burn shelled corn andsave over pellets. 717-776-5237. Email: blume@pa.net.

FENCING

FREE Fence Guide/Catalog – High-tensile fence, horse fence,rotational grazing, twine, wire, electric netting – cattle, deer,garden, poultry. Kencove Farm Fence Supplies: 800-536-2683.www.kencove.com.

GIFT AND CRAFT IDEAS

“COUNTRY COOKING,” Volume 2 — $8, including postage.“RECIPES REMEMBERED,” Volume 3 — $12, including postage.Both of these cookbooks are a collection of recipes from menand women of the electric co-ops of Pennsylvania and NewJersey. Payable to: Pennsylvania Rural Electric Association, P.O. Box 1266, Harrisburg, PA 17108. Write Attention: Cookbooks.Volume 1 of “Country Cooking” is SOLD OUT. *HOLIDAYSPECIAL — BOTH COOKBOOKS FOR $15.*

GARDNERS CANDIES OF BEDFORD has Christmas gifts foreveryone on your list — employees, clients, family. Prices to fitany budget. Corporate gifts are our specialty. Free gift wrapping.Call 814-623-1882. www.GardnersCandiesBedford.com.

HANDCRAFTED FURNITURE

COUNTRY CRAFTED bentwood oak/hickory rockers. Swings,gliders, double rockers, coffee/end tables, bar stools, kitchensets, cedar log outdoor furniture, log bedrooms, SPECIAL queenlog bed, $599. 814-733-9116. www.zimmermanenterprise.com.

HEALTH AND NUTRITION

Tired of all those medicines — Still not feeling better? Do youwant to feel better, have more energy, better digestion, lessjoint stiffness, healthier heart/circulation and cholesterollevels? Find out how to empower your own immune system —start IMMUNE-26 today! It’s safe, affordable, and it works. Call800-557-8477: ID#528390. 90-day money back on first timeorders. When ordering from Web, use Option #3.www.mylegacyforlife.net/believeit.

HEALTH INSURANCE

DO YOU HAVE THE BLUES regarding your Health Insurance?We cater to rural America's health insurance needs. For moreinformation, call 800-628-7804 (PA). Call us regardingMedicare supplements, too.

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HELP WANTED

We have appraisers earning over $80,000/year part time. Ifyou have an agricultural background, you may be qualified tobecome a certified livestock or farm equipment appraiser.Classroom or home study courses available. For information,call the American Society of Agricultural Appraisers 800-488-7570 or visit www.amagappraisers.com.

INFRARED SAUNAS

Removes toxins, burns calories, relieves joint pain, relaxesmuscles, increases flexibility, strengthens immune system.Many more HEALTH BENEFITS with infrared radiant heat saunas.Economical to operate. Barron’s Furniture, Somerset, PA.814-443-3115.

LADYBUG/CLUSTER FLY SOLUTIONS

Ladybug Problems? Cluster Fly Problems? We have the answer!Pesticide-free powder traps. Over 200,000 satisfied customers.To order call 814-494-4122 or visit www.4pestsolutions.com.

LAWN AND GARDEN EQUIPMENT

RESIDENTIAL & COMMERCIAL – SALES – SERVICE – PARTS.Compact Loaders & Attachments, Mowers, Chainsaws, Tillers, etc.We sell BCS, Boxer, Dixon, Ferris, Hustler, Grasshopper, Shindaiwaand more. HARRINGTON’S, Taneytown, MD. 410-756-2506.www.harringtonsservicecenter.com.

LIVESTOCK AND PETS

GERMAN SHEPHERD puppies $900-$1,500. Young Adult $800and Adult dogs $500 from imported blood lines. 814-967-2159.Email:rick@petrusohaus.com Web: www.petrusohaus.com.

PEMBROKE WELSH CORGI Puppies — AKC, adorable,intelligent, highly trainable. Excellent family choice.Reputable licensed breeder guaranteed “Last breed you’llever own.” 814-587-3449.

AKC GERMAN SHEPHERD puppies — Black/silver, Black/red, Ultrawhites. 570-924-3650. www.thesecondwindgermanshepherds.com.

LOG CABIN RESTORATIONS

VILLAGE RESTORATIONS & CONSULTING specializes in 17th and18th century log, stone and timber structures. We dismantle,move, re-erect, restore, construct and consult all over thecountry. Period building materials available. Chestnut boards,hardware, etc. Thirty years experience, fully insured. Call 814-696-1379. www.villagerestorations.com.

MAPLE SYRUP

STEVEN’S PURE Maple Syrup, Liberty, Pa. Plastic from 3.4ounces to gallons. Glass containers for gifts and collectors.Maple Sugar, Maple Cream, Maple Candy, Maple Bar-B-QueSauce, Maple Salad Dressing, and Gift Baskets for anyoccasion made to order. Wholesale or retail prices. NEWNumber: 570-324-2014 or email: buymaple@epix.net.

MISCELLANEOUS

BECOME AN ORDAINED MINISTER, Correspondence study. Theharvest truly is great, the laborers are few, Luke 10:2. Freeinfo. Ministers for Christ Outreach, 7549 West Cactus Road,#104-207, Peoria, AZ 85381. www.ordination.org.

PROPANE GAS REFRIGERATOR ideal for remote cabin orhunting camp. About four years old, used very little. I paid$1,200 for it, would like to have $600. 717-359-5932.

REFRIGERATOR, FREEZER, Weed Eater, Holly Carburetor, Batchand a half mortar mixer with Honda motor, five complete setsof scaffold, generator, metal table. Call for prices 717-436-6010.

MOTORCYCLE-SNOWMOBILE INSURANCE

For the best INSURANCE RATES call R & R InsuranceAssociates from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. at 800-442-6832 (PA).

P2000 INSULATION SYSTEM

Out of 20,000 homes, Energy Star found this one to be themost energy efficient home ever tested in PA, NJ, NY & DE.Stops cold, heat, wind and moisture. Vapor barrier andsheathing all in one. Residential - Commercial – Hobby - Shops– Farms – Pole Buildings. Burkenhaus Distribution Center,Thomasville, PA. 717-801-0013. JoeBurkeyp2000@comcast.netor visit www.P2000insulation.com.

REAL ESTATE

RAYSTOWN LAKE — $375,000, 35 acres, build-ready,mountaintop vista, close to boat launch. Call 814-599-0790.

HUNTING PARADISE! 81 acres includes: 30 tillable acres, 51wooded acres, a 16 x 24 hunting cabin, frontage on two roadsand adjoins hundreds of acres of gameland. Lease income,OGM rights and gorgeous view included. Canadohta Lake area,Crawford County. REDUCED $199,900. Call 814-881-2751.

BRADFORD COUNTY — $87,500, 3.25 acres, deep well, A-frame, two bedroom and loft, new roof, approximate 920’meadow, septic system designed/approved. 910-322-1856.

MOUNTAIN LODGE — Owner will help finance. 3.75 acres,Raystown Lake area. 2,000 square feet plus deck, screenedporch, workshop, implement shed. Everything stays. Justbring food and toothbrush. $245,000. 717-558-9053.

Nice wooded BUILDING LOTS in N.E. Florida from $7,900 withowner financing. With new home from $98,000. Have use oflarge lake and State Forest. Owner 717-532-4882.

ALLEGHENY COUNTY — West Mifflin Borough, one mile fromcounty airport, 10 wooded acres, possible gas lease, allutilities including sewers, no structures, potential fordevelopment. $42,500. Call 301-831-3781.

28.8 ACRE Raised Ranch Home. Secluded with gorgeous viewsof the mountains, 2 ponds, with cathedral ceilings and openfloor plan. Two-car garage, three bedrooms, three baths,updated home. Food plots for wildlife. Blairsville, IndianaCounty. $335,000. Call 267-772-0835.

FOR SALE $16,000 — Eight acres more or less. No gas ormineral rights. Penn Township, Clearfield County, PA. Phone814-236-0188 or write to: 147 Ross Road, Grampian, PA 16838.

ENDLESS POSSIBILITIES — Ranch home previously licensed foreleven residents, two-car detached garage. Almost four acres,barn, four stalls, another outbuilding, cute fake outhouse,blacktop drive. Quiet! 814-259-0058.

RECIPES AND FOOD

“COUNTRY COOKING,” Volume 2 — $8, including postage.“RECIPES REMEMBERED,” Volume 3 — $12, including postage.Both of these cookbooks are a collection of recipes from menand women of the electric co-ops of Pennsylvania and NewJersey. Payable to: Pennsylvania Rural Electric Association, P.O. Box 1266, Harrisburg, PA 17108. Write Attention: Cookbooks.Volume 1 of “Country Cooking” is SOLD OUT. *HOLIDAYSPECIAL — BOTH COOKBOOKS FOR $15.*

SAWMILLS

USED PORTABLE Sawmills and COMMERCIAL SawmillEquipment! Buy/Sell. Call Sawmill Exchange 800-459-2148.USA and Canada. www.sawmillexchange.com.

SEA HAG SOAPS & ART MERCANTILE

Great OLD RESTORED BARN hosts local regional fine art andcraft. We manufacture handmade soap on premise. Open yearround. Always worth the trip. We wholesale our soaps. 570-663-2297. www.seahagsoaps.com.

SHAKLEE

FREE SAMPLE Shaklee’s Energy Tea. Combination red, green andwhite teas that are natural, delicious, refreshing, safe. For sampleor more information on tea or other Shaklee Nutrition/WeightLoss Products: 800-403-3381 or www.shaklee.net/sbarton.

TIMBER FRAME HOMES

SETTLEMENT POST & BEAM BUILDING COMPANY uses time-honored mortise, tenon and peg construction paired withmodern engineering standards. Master Craftsman and owner,Greg Sickler, brings over two decades of timber-framingexperience to helping you create your dream. We use high-quality timbers harvested from sustainable forests for all of ourprojects. Visit our model home, located on Historic Route 6,Sylvania, in North Central Pennsylvania. For more informationphone 570-297-0164 or go to www.settlementpostbeam.com orcontact us at cggksick@epix.net.

TOOLS AND EQUIPMENT

PROFESSIONAL SHARPENING. Clipper blades. Scissors forfabric, groomers and stylists. Knives, chisels and small tools.Aires Eickert factory trained to sharpen beauty shears. Scissorsales and service. 814-267-5061 or www.theScissorGuy.net.

TRACTOR PARTS – REPAIR/RESTORATION

ARTHURS TRACTORS, specializing in vintage Ford tractors, 30-years experience, on-line parts catalog/prices, shipped via UPS.Contact us at 877-254-FORD (3673) or www.arthurstractors.com.

TREE TRIMMING/REMOVAL

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VACATIONS AND CAMPSITES

VACATION PROPERTY — For rent ocean front condo, MyrtleBeach, SC. Excellent condition. Close to major attractions.Booking for 2011. Please call 814-425-2425 or visitwww.oceanfrontmyrtlebcondo.com.

FLORIDA VILLAGES — Two bedroom, two bath, two bikes. Fullyfurnished. One hour from Disney World. Rent two weekminimum or monthly, $1,700 (October to December). Call 716-536-0104. Great entertainment. Dancing nightly.

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FOR SALE BY OWNER — Wyndham Vacation Timeshare –770,000 points yearly – deeded at Ocean Boulevard, N. MyrtleBeach, S.C. Vacation and rental opportunity. 814-793-3879.

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Thoughts from Earl Pitts,UHMERIKUN!

PUNCHlines

Earl takes issue withcurrent crop of footballannouncers

This is one of my favorite seasonsoutta the whole year on account of foot-ball. It’s giant men crashin’ into othergiant men. It’s like sumo, only with morepaddin’.

But here’s the deal, I think this yearI’m gonna watch with the sound turneddown on the TV. ‘Cause these bloviatin’bone-heads on the tube already jumpedon my last nerve.

Here’s some a’ what I’m talkin’about. This one guy — he done this zig-zaggin’, loopdy-loo runnin’ all over thefield an’ scored a touchdown. An’ thisnim-rod in the booth, he goes, “Thatwas a tremendous demonstration of his‘physicality.’” What? “Physicality” isnot a word. Look that up in your Funkan’ Wagnels, but I can tell ya, it ain’t inthere!

An’ besides, if 11, 300-pound dudeswas chasin’ you all over creation tryin’ tohurt you, you’d probably be skitter-bug-gin’ a little, too. That wasn’t physicality;that was a tremendous demonstration ofhis will to live!

Here’s another one. Now — I beenwatchin’ football my entire life an’ thisone just popped up in the last year ortwo. An’ it’s already drivin’ me nuts. Theywant to get the ball to the receivers inspace. Yeah — he’s got to get the ball inspace. Am I watchin’ football or astro-nauts? What the heck’s with the “space”thing?

Did we have a kick-off — or a blast-offwhen I wadn’t payin’ attention?

Then one time the quarterback waschecking down his receivers against anickel defense, threatening a casino blitz.Uh-huh. I felt like Refrigerator Perry justsat on my head — an’ squished out theimportant parts.

Wake up, America! You know whatscares me the most? The only doofustalkin’ football I understand anymore isTerry Bradshaw. He’s simple-minded,just like the rest of us.

Social commentary from Earl Pitts —— a.k.a.GARY BURBANK , a nationally syndicatedradio personality —— can be heard on thefollowing radio stations that cover electriccooperative service territories in Pennsylvania:WANB-FM 103.1 Pittsburgh; WARM-AM 590Wilkes-Barre/Scranton; WIOO-AM 1000 Carlisle;WEEO-AM 1480 Shippensburg; WMTZ-FM 96.5Johnstown; WQBR-FM 99.9/92.7 McElhattan;WLMI-FM 103.9 Kane; and WVNW-FM 96.7 Burnham-Lewistown.

Once again we’re goin’ out of ourway to make our children wimps. That’swhat we do anymore, you know. We han-dle them like they was diamonds. Pre-cious little children. HA!!!

I heard this story about some schooldistrict in West Virginia that took out allthe swing sets on their playgrounds onaccount a’ some little girl jumped off aswing last year an’ broke her arm. An’ herparents sued the school. So the new ruleis no swing sets for no kids at no time.

You know — maybe for recess, insteadof gettin’ their coats on, we could wrapevery little kid with bubble-wrap an’ send’em outside.

Now, when I was a kid, your play-ground was basically your obstaclecourse a’ death. There wasn’t one pieceof equipment on the playground thatcouldn’t kill you.

We had swing sets. An’ yes, they can bedangerous. I have jumped off a swing inmid-air. An’ I nearly broke my neck. But,it’s the only chance a kid gets all day to fly.

Now, take your teeter-totter. That canbe an innocent and fulfilling experience.But what fun is that? No sir. That is a 6-year-old’s launch pad. If you don’t landbehind the guy on the other side, youain’t doin’ it right.

We had a merry-go-round. We called itthe vomit comet. You get the queasy girls onthere, spin it hard until they either spit upor fly off into the gravel. Yeah, what does an8-year-old know about centrifical force?

An’ then there was my favorites — thejungle gym an’ the monkey bars. I’ll tellyou how much I loved them bad boys — Idislocated my shoulder two times in fifthgrade.

Wake up, America. When we gotdone with recess there’d be so muchblood on the ground, the playgroundlooked like a war town. An’ we survived.Well, most of us.

I’m Earl Pitts, Uhmerikun. l

Robin LittleAdams EC

RURALreflections

Tim ReeseSomerset REC

NOVEMBER is the traditional time for giving thanks, andwe want to thank everyone who submitted photos for our2010 “Rural Reflections” contest, which is now closed. Win-ning photos, chosen by a panel of judges, will be printed inthe January and February issues of Penn Lines.

You can now begin submitting your photos for the 2011contest. If your photo wins top honors, you could receive a$75 prize in one of our five contest categories: most artistic,best landscape, best human subject, best animal and edi-tor’s choice.

Send photos (no digital files, please) to: Penn Lines Pho-tos, P.O. Box 1266, Harrisburg, PA 17108-1266. On the backof each photo, include your name, address, phone numberand the name of the electric cooperative that serves yourhome, business or seasonal residence. The best way toinclude that information is by affixing an address label tothe back of the photo.

Remember, our publication deadlines require that wework ahead, so send your seasonal photos in early. Weneed spring photos before mid-January, summer photosbefore mid-April, fall photos before mid-July and winterphotos before mid-September. Photos that do not reflectany specific season may be sent at any time. Please note:photos will not be returned unless a self-addressed, self-stamped envelope is included. l

Anne S. HoehnTri-County REC

Giving thanks

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Thad J. CorwinUnited EC