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4 KEEP ING CURRENTNews items from across the Commonwealth

8 FEATURE

Making tracksFamily fuels dirt track dreams

14 T IME PASSAGESMemories from our members

14A COOPERATIVE CONNECTIONInformation and advice from your localelectric cooperative

16 T IME L I NESYour newsmagazine through the years

18 ENERGY MATTERS

Backyard power packs: the challenge of integrating solar energy into the grid

20 COUNTRY K I TCHEN

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21 POWER PLANTS

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22 CLASS I F I EDS

24 SMART C I RCU I TS

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25 OUTDOOR ADVENTURES

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26 PUNCH L INES

Thoughts from Earl Pitts–Uhmerikun!Earl puts out the Gone Fishin’ sign

27 RURAL REFLECT IONS

Beauty surrounds us

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ON THE COVERDakota Foor, a BedfordRural Electric Cooperativemember, races No. 31D inthe ‘pure stock’ division atBedford Speedway. Photo by Jason Walls

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The event will include a Fridayevening panel discussion with Gettys-burg historians. Civil war historians,National Park Service rangers, and bat-tlefield guides will present a series oflectures on Saturday and Sunday at var-ious locations in Gettysburg. Guidedbattlefield walks and horse tours will beoffered. A light dinner on Saturdaynight will include music and a presenta-tion by historian David Kincaid, bestknown as a consultant and performer inthe movie, “God and Generals.”There is a fee to participate in the

seminar, which is limited to 240 people.For more information or to register, goto the park’s website at www.nps.gov/gettor call 717-334-1124, extension 3251.

Projections show Pennsylvania’spopulation increasingThe population of Pennsylvania is

projected to increase between 2010 and2040 with 48 counties projected to gainpopulation and 19 counties projected to

Greig seeks to expand markets for ag productsPennsylvania Department of Agricul-

ture Secretary George Greig targetedemerging markets in Northeast Chinaduring a recent agricultural productstrade mission. Undertaken in partnership with

Pennsylvania’s Department of Commu-nity and Economic Development’s Officeof International Business Developmentand the U.S. Department of Agricul-ture’s Foreign Agricultural Service, thetrip included meetings with Chinesebuyers and government leaders to estab-lish connections and determine potentialtrade partnerships with Pennsylvaniacompanies.

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Pennsylvania shipped $238 million inagricultural products to China in 2013,up 41 percent from 2012. China is thesecond-largest market for Pennsylvaniahardwoods, importing $163.1 million inlumber, logs, furniture and paper prod-ucts in 2013.The trade mission was privately

funded by the Team Pennsylvania Foun-dation, a nonprofit that works with gov-ernment to enhance Pennsylvaniathrough business growth, education andworkforce development, and govern-ment efficiency.

2014 Gettysburg Seminar to focus on unfinished workThe 2014 Gettysburg Seminar, “The

Unfinished Work: Abraham Lincoln,David Wills and the Soldiers’ NationalCemetery,” is scheduled for Sept. 12-14.Sponsors are the Gettysburg NationalMilitary Park, the Gettysburg Founda-tion and Harrisburg Area CommunityCollege - Gettysburg Campus.

HISTORY AT GETTYSBURG: The 2014 Gettysburg Seminar includes discussions about the Soldiers’ NationalCemetery.

TRADE MISSION: Pennsylvania Agriculture SecretaryGeorge Greig, left, and U.S. Department of AgricultureUnder Secretary for Farm and Foreign AgricultureService Michael Scuse hold Snyder’s of Hanovercheddar cheese bites in a Chinese Sam’s Club. Themanufacturing plant is located in York County.

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lose population, according to a recentstudy by Penn State Harrisburg’s Insti-tute of State and Regional Affairs for theCenter for Rural Pennsylvania. By 2040,according to the projections, the state’spopulation will exceed 14 million.Rural counties are expected to experi-

ence a 4 percent population increase;while urban counties are projected to seea 14 percent increase. The increase isdue in large part to in-migration (peoplemoving into the state) with more than 85percent of the in-migration coming frompeople moving to the state from othercountries.For more information, visit the cen-

ter’s website, www.rural.palegislature.us.

‘Kids in Nature’ program unveiledThe Pennsylvania Department of

Conservation and Natural Resources hasunveiled a new program, “Kids inNature,” that renews a focus on gettingPennsylvania’s families to spend moretime enjoying the outdoors.

Child advocates are concerned thatthe lack of outdoor activities has a detri-mental effect on children’s mental andphysical health, and environmental stew-ards worry that the younger generation’sdisconnect to the outdoors will meanthat as adults they will be less likely to bepersonally committed to the protection

of the state’s natural resources.The program has a new website,

www.PaNatureKids.org, which is aimedat raising the awareness of existingopportunities in Pennsylvania’s parksand forests for connecting children tothe wonders of nature, as well as gettingthem actively involved in recreation andeducational programs.

Vehicle traffic on rural roadsdecliningVehicle traffic on rural county road-

ways declined 6 percent from 2008 to2012, according to the PennsylvaniaDepartment of Transportation. In urbanareas, the decline in the number of dailyvehicle miles traveled was 8 percent.Pennsylvania ranked second among the26 states with declines in annual vehiclemiles traveled.The counties with the highest

decrease in daily vehicle miles traveledwere Allegheny (21 percent), Juniata (21percent), and Erie (18 percent), while thecounties with the highest increase indaily vehicle miles traveled were Brad-ford (22 percent), Sullivan (11 percent),and Tioga (8 percent).During the same time period, there

has been a 2 percent increase in thenumber of rural licensed drivers and a 3 percent increase in the number ofurban licensed drivers. The number of registered vehicles in

the state has also increased (2 percent inrural counties and 1 percent in urbancounties).

Record-low number of hunting-related shooting incidentsFor the second consecutive year,

hunters in Pennsylvania have rewrittenhistory as it relates to safe hunting. ThePennsylvania Game Commission (PGC)reports a record low 27 hunting-relatedshooting incidents in 2013.PGC officials have been tracking inci-

dents since 1915, and before 2013, there

had never before been fewer than 33incidents reported during a calendaryear (there were 33 incidents reported in2012). Officials say rules that requirehunters to wear orange during many ofthe hunting seasons, plus ongoinghunter-education efforts, are behind thetrend.Two of the incidents reported in 2013

were fatal, and nine of the 27 incidentswith an identified offender resulted fromindividuals with 10 or fewer years ofhunting experience. The leading causesof hunting-related shooting incidents in2013 were unintentional discharge of afirearm and a victim being in the line offire (each accounting for one-third of thetotal).

PSU students take top honors innational wind energy competition Student members of the Remote

Wind Power Systems Unit from ThePennsylvania State University (PennState) received top honors at the firstCollegiate Wind Competition, held May 5-7, 2014, in Las Vegas. Held in con-junction with the American WindEnergy Association’s annual conference,the competition calls for the designing,testing, and building of a small windturbine. The Penn State team competed

against nine other collegiate teams toclinch the championship with the high-est cumulative score. Teams put theirwind turbines through rigorous per-formance testing, developed businessplans, and delivered formal presenta-tions on market opportunities for theirdesigns. In addition to their overall win, the audience awarded the PennState team with the People’s ChoiceAward for the best business pitch pres-entation. The winning turbine is displayed at

the U.S. Department of Energy head-quarters in Washington, D.C., thismonth.l

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Chamberlain Foor and former race cardriver Jeff Foor, and cousin of currentdrivers Rick Chamberlain and ChrisChamberlain.

Dakota’s race car was built by his greatuncle, Miles Chamberlain, and his shop,as well as his cousin Chris’ shop, islocated at his grandfather’s house. All ofthe Foors and Chamberlains live in theEverett-Bedford area and are members ofBedford Rural Electric Cooperative.

“I grew up around the race track and Ilove racing,” Dakota says. “I still get chillsevery time we pull into the pits. It’s anexciting feeling, and I am happy to behere every single week. I dread the off-season, and I look forward to Friday-night races all week.”

Family connectionsIn addition to providing a shop loca-

tion for Dakota’s car, Darrel Chamberlainalso has provided much inspiration for

IF ANYONE was destined to be a racecar driver, it was 21-year-old Dakota Foor,who is in his second year of competing inthe pure stock class at Bedford Speedway.

“My mom tells me that she brought mehome from the hospital, changed myclothes and we all went to the races,”Dakota says with a laugh.

His earliest memories involve sittingon a pickup tailgate on the BedfordSpeedway backstretch, watching hisheroes fly around the dirt track. His child-hood bedroom was decorated with photosof local racing great Jack Pencil.

While it’s often said that people whoare involved in dirt track racing are like a“family,” Dakota’s relatives actually docomprise one of south central Pennsylva-nia’s best-known racing families. He is thegrandson of Darrel Chamberlain, the firstof three racing Chamberlain brothers thatinclude Gerald and Miles, son of Lori

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JUST A BLUR: Drivers in the 410 Sprint class aremoving fast at the April 5 race at LincolnSpeedway in Abbottstown. Lincoln Speedway isserved by Adams Electric Cooperative.

his grandson over the years. In additionto helpful tips, he also provided what hasproven to be invaluable advice: “Go outand learn from your mistakes.”

These days, Darrel Chamberlain, acancer survivor, is always with Dakota inspirit even if he’s not at the track watch-ing the race. The word “Pap,” a salute tothe grandfather who has been instrumen-tal in helping him live his dream, is writ-ten on Dakota’s roll bar where he sees itevery time he enters or exits his race car.

Family connections also live on in thenumber of Dakota’s race car: 31D. Severalfamily members — starting back two gen-erations ago — also ran under the number31, and his older cousin Chris, who drivesin the semi-late class, uses the number 31C.

Saying he does not take a moment ofhis dream for granted, Dakota neverthe-less is already planning to expand hishorizons. His short-term goal is to win aheat race, then a feature. Longer term, hewants to move beyond his hometowntrack in a semi-late, a step up from hispure stock class. When that happens, his16-year-old sister, Delayne Foor, has hereye on the current red, white and blue No.31D. The siblings’ brother, Dylan, 18,spends his time at the track helping thedrivers.

Dakota’s dad, Jeff, heads up his son’sbehind-the-scenes team. In addition toworking at the track on race days, Jeff alsospearheads the work involved in gettingteam sponsors and setting up their adver-tising logos on Dakota’s car.

He backs his son’s goals 100 percent,and feels confident that Dakota is on hisway to achieving them. As a former racecar driver himself, he knows the highsand lows that come with dirt track racing.But it also provides him with the back-ground to understand that, while racingprovides an adrenaline rush, the sport

actually is much safer than it mightappear at first glance.

“I know the cars are safe,” Jeff empha-sizes. “Of course, there is a danger factorinvolved in racing, and that’s a choice wemake. But from being around Miles(Chamberlain) when he builds the cars, Iknow the car is safe. Miles doesn’t buildanything that isn’t safe.”

Staying focusedPaul Kot, a United Electric Cooperative

member from Brockway, is also from a

racing family. The 32-year-old Kot racesalmost exclusively these days at Hum-mingbird Speedway in Reynoldsville. Inhis 10th year of racing, Kot usually runs asteel-block, late-model car, but this yearhe’s also racing a street stock car ownedby his brother, Joe, as Joe is sidelined from

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FOR THE FAMILY: Claverack Rural ElectricCooperative member Chad Hollenbeck races atmultiple tracks in Pennsylvania and Maryland,always driving car No. 4-D’s in honor of his fourchildren (Devin, Dempsey, Dylan and Delaney).

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been a driver,” Kot reports. “When Iswitched classes, I learned from watchingother people, searching the internet andgetting pointers from fellow racers whowere willing to help.”

He’s been lucky, he says, as he haswrecked, but not badly enough to be seri-ously injured or do serious damage to hiscar. He feels safe because of the way racecars are designed, although he says focusis critical to surviving — and thriving.

“There’s a lot going on while you’re outon the track,” he says. “You’re thinking,

‘Stay smooth, stay focused on others soyou don’t get caught up in a wreck, go asfast as you can.’ We don’t have spotters ormirrors in the cars, and there might bepeople beside you and behind you. Youhave to always keep an eye on them tokeep them from passing you, while at thesame time try to figure out how to passthe guy in front of you.”

In his late-model, Kot gets up to 90 to95 miles an hour at the entry to a corner,providing an adrenaline rush that hecompares to making a high school football

a shoulder injury. The siblings’ father,Mike, is a former race car driver whoassists his sons in the pit.

Kot began racing in the pure stockclass back in 2003. He raced in that classfor four years, then took a year off andreturned in the late-model class. He sayshe found there is a significant differencein the classes in driving style, horsepower,wheel size, how the cars react and level ofcompetition.

“Initially, my dad was able to give metips in the pure stock class because he had

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THERE’S NO question that dirt trackracing is a popular weekend sport — itinvolves the drivers and the crowds whocome to cheer them on at nearly 1,500race tracks across the country, includ-ing dozens of tracks in Pennsylvania.But it’s also a business for the full-time,behind-the-scenes participants.

Hummingbird Speedway owner LouisCaltagarone, a member of DuBois-basedUnited Electric Cooperative, is a formerrace car driver, but he has spent twodecades focusing on his role as trackowner. Those two decades, however,were separated by 25 years. The speed-way originally opened in 1964, thenclosed in 1975, and reopened in 2000.

The 1/3-mile track in Reynoldsvillehosts different combinations of latemodels, limited late models, steel-blocklate models, street stock, pure stock,front-wheel drives and 270 Sprint carson Saturday nights from early Aprilthrough September.

Caltagarone says keeping the trackin top-notch operating condition is alabor of love, but one that requires a lotof hours.

“We work to keep a good clay sur-face (even though the term ‘dirt track’racing is commonly used, most tracksfeature a clay surface), and throughoutthe week, our work includes cutting thegrass, cleaning the area and makingsure the entire area is safe for specta-tors and drivers,” he says.

But the key to keeping the business

afloat, he notes, is his time spent sellingadvertising, especially since he tries tokeep admission costs low enough so itis affordable for families and senior citi-zens. He wants as many people as pos-sible to be able to experience the worldof dirt track racing that he first joinedback in the 1960s as a driver. Even afterhe opened Hummingbird Speedway in1964, he continued to work on cars,designing safer models.

“I looked at some of the cars thatwere running at the track, and I thoughtI could build a better, safer car,” herecalls. “I made a model of a car andbraced it up in different ways in case it

rolled over. I welded it all around and putgussets in the corners. I made a car thatyou could roll over 10 times in and youcould stay in it without getting hurt.”

Caltagarone has always stressed theimportance of attention to detail andkeeping people safe, first during his ownracing career, then as a builder of racecars, and now as a speedway operator.

“The key is keeping everyone safe,”he says, noting that he has upward of20 members of the Falls Creek FireDepartment onsite during a race to pro-vide firefighting services and emer-gency care.

Across the state, it’s a different race-

BEHIND THE SCENES: John Goshorn, a member of Valley Rural Electric Cooperative and the owner ofGoshorn Racing Supplies, stands in his parts trailer. Goshorn takes the parts trailer and tire trailer(shown in the background) to Port Royal Speedway, Bedford Speedway and Hesston Speedway.

Hitting pay dirtThe business of dirt track racingB y K a t h y H a c k l e m a nS e n i o r E d i t o r / Wr i t e r

touchdown.“Everyone is standing up and cheering

for you,” he says. “It makes you feel ontop of the world.”Kot took one checkered flag for a first-

place finish in 2013. That place in the win-ner’s circle is one he wants to repeat in2014.

Late startWhile many race car drivers — like

Foor and Kot — grew up attending dirttrack races and have family members

who have backgrounds in racing, Claver-ack Rural Electric Cooperative memberChad Hollenbeck is a first-generation racecar driver. Despite that disadvantage, hehas succeeded at community dirt tracksand usually races in the super late-modelclass twice a week now at the tracks inSelinsgrove and Port Royal in Pennsylva-nia, and Hagerstown, Md.“I have to say I was totally unaware of

racing until I was about 29 years old,” headmits. “That has been a disadvantage forme. My crew knew very little about rac-

ing. We were just a group of guys whohad a common interest who had to learnthe hard way as we went along.”Hollenbeck credits — or blames,

depending on his mood — former Claver-ack Rural Electric Cooperative employeeJamie Griffiths with getting him involvedin racing. Hollenbeck, who began work inthe early 1990s as a cooperative linemanworking alongside Griffiths, says Griffithswould come to work every Monday morn-ing describing his weekend of racing.“I would say to him, ‘Jamie, I don’t

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track — Lincoln Speedway atAbbottstown — but the backgrounds ofmany of the people involved in thetrack are similar.Wayne Harper is the announcer and

advertising salesman for Lincoln Speed-way, a member of Gettysburg-basedAdams Electric Cooperative, a 3/8th-mile banked clay oval that has beencontinuously operating since 1953 offer-ing weekly Sprint car racing.Harper has been involved in racing

since he was a kid, hanging out atWilliams Grove Speedway, a 1/2-mile ovaltrack in Mechanicsburg where his dadworked as a security guard. Harper beganhis announcing career at Williams Groveback in 1980. An avid race fan himself,Harper for years worked three nights aweek at area race tracks. He would callplay-by-play for radio/internet at WilliamsGrove Speedway on Fridays, do publicrelations work at Lincoln Speedway onSaturdays and announce at what is nowSusquehanna Speedway Park on Sun-days. He now serves as communicationsdirector at Trail-Way Speedway nearHanover on Fridays and track announcerat Lincoln Speedway on Saturdays.He’s seen some changes through the

years — the cars are faster now, hesays, sometimes hitting 130 miles anhour down the stretch with 85-90 com-mon in the turns — but there aren’tmany other changes.“The sport itself stays pretty much

the same,” Harper says. “This area ofPennsylvania is known as a hot bed ofdirt track racing. All kinds of well-knowndrivers started at tracks like this. JeffGordon, Dave Blaney, Kasey Kahne, TonyStewart. They all came out of Sprintcars, a lot of them out of this division.”Speaking of Kahne, the well-known

NASCAR Sprint car driver who has racedoften in central Pennsylvania is behindthe creation of the “Dirt Classic Pre-sented by Kasey Kahne” on Sept. 27 atLincoln Speedway. The Sprint car racewinner will receive $20,000, the largestsingle-race payout in the track’s 60-yearhistory. The total purse will top $50,000.Two drivers — the winners of pre-qualify-ing races (June 1 at Roaring Knob Motor-sports Complex in Markleysburg andJune 8 at Bedford Speedway) — are guar-anteed starting spots in the Dirt Classic.In addition to the tracks themselves,

there are associated businesses. ValleyRural Electric Cooperative memberJohn Goshorn, owner of Goshorn Rac-ing Supplies in Blairs Mills, currentlysells racing equipment, tires and fuelfrom parts trucks and trailers at PortRoyal Speedway in Juniata County andBedford Speedway in Bedford County

(and Hesston Speedway in HuntingdonCounty, which is closed due to thedeath of one of the owners, however itis expected to reopen at a future date).Goshorn also has stationary trailers fullof equipment, where drivers or theircrew members come during the week ifthey need supplies. A retired math and science teacher,

Goshorn first was involved in racing asa driver back in the early 1960s. Even-tually, he and all three of his sons —Matthew, Kevin and Mark — would race.Although he doesn’t have any immedi-ate family currently racing (Matthewhelps him out with his supply business),the tracks still call out to Goshorn. “I watch every race I can watch,” he

says. “I even watch NASCAR, and Iwent to Daytona (Florida) this year. Ilove the sport, going fast, the competi-tion, winning.”l

CHECKERED FLAG: Paul Kot, a member of United Electric Cooperative, takes a victory lap around thetrack after winning in the late-model class at Hummingbird Speedway in Reynoldsville. The track is alsoserved by the cooperative.

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understand why you do this. You work sohard on this car, and put so much timeand money into it. What drives you to dothis?’” Hollenbeck recalls. “Years later, hefinally said to me, ‘Come and run one ofthese cars in a race and see what it’s like.’He gave me a car to run, so I hopped in,and I was hooked after the first race.”Hollenbeck now has two cars, seem-

ingly identical, although he prefers one tothe other for reasons he calls “supersti-tions,” both with 860-horsepowerengines. He hauls the cars on a 38-foottrailer pulled behind a motor home outfit-ted with a dual rear axle. He calls himself an “amateur driver

striving to become a professional.” Now44, he decided about four years ago to getserious about his driving. The way to dothat, he says, is to devote more time andmoney to the sport. Having a good crew isessential, and he has that in CharlesWelch, Dan Stone and Curt Tunilo. Thecrew has a lot of responsibility, as there ismaintenance of the engine, whichincludes pulling, inspecting, cleaning andreplacing parts weekly due to the mudfactor from running on a dirt track, aswell as any body work that is needed. In his years of racing, Hollenbeck has

found himself in the middle of somepretty serious accidents, but he’s beenable to walk away from all of them.“I feel safer in my race car than I do in

my pickup driving down the road,” hesays. “That’s because of all of the built-insafety factors and the safety equipmentwe have. We have fire-retardant clothing,helmets, gloves, and the HANS (a head

and neck support device that goes overthe driver’s shoulder and connects to thehelmet to cut down on neck injuries).Plus, race cars are designed in such a waythat they crumple before the energy getsto a driver. When the car strikes some-thing, it will collapse and absorb theenergy of the wreck.”Looking back on his career as a race

driver, Hollenbeck says with a laugh, “Iwasn’t an adrenaline junkie until Jamie(Griffiths) got ahold of me. There just isn’ta rush like being in a car with an 860-horsepower engine, driving 120 miles anhour straight at a wall, and being able tomake it turn at the right time.”

Even though Hollenbeck is a first-gener-ation driver, he has plenty of family aroundhim when he races. His car is numbered 4-D’s (he and his wife, Shelly, have four chil-dren: Devin, 21; Dempsey, 15; Dylan, 12; andDelaney, 10, whose photos are plastered onHollenbeck’s car right behind his seat), anda race weekend includes camping with theentire family. There may be at least one sec-ond-generation Hollenbeck racer in thewings as both Dempsey and Dylan haveshown an interest in the sport. Dempsey isscheduled to drive in a parade lap later thisyear during a special fundraising race, andDylan is already showing a keen interest inracing.l

CAR WITH A HISTORY: Ray Smith, New Enterprise Rural Electric Cooperative (REC) member from Hopewell,displays a Ford Mustang he restored at the April 6 car show at the Bedford Speedway. The car was originallyowned by Barry Hoenstine, father of current Bedford REC director Don Hoenstine, and was raced by MilesChamberlain, also a Bedford REC member. Several years ago, Smith went looking for an original Chamberlainrace car and found this one in Hollsopple. Smith and Chamberlain did all of the restoration work themselves.

IT TAKES WORK: Pit crew members work to get Alan Krimes’ 410 Sprint car ready to race at the LincolnSpeedway on April 5. Krimes, a second-generation sprint car driver, is from Denver, Pa.

I WANT ONE OF THESE: Braxton Beckett, 3-year-old son of Bedford REC member StephanieFleegle of Fishertown, takes a look into a one-half scale, cyclone late-model race car that wason display at the Bedford Speedway car show onApril 6.

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(EDITOR’S NOTE: In observance of 50 years of the electric cooperative Youth Tourprogram in Pennsylvania, throughout the year Penn Lines will feature personalaccounts of former Youth Tour participants. To share your Youth Tour memories, writeStephanie Okuniewski at Penn Lines, P.O. Box 1266, Harrisburg, PA 17108 or emailStephanie_Okuniewskil@prea.com.)

Robert Carpenter participated in YouthTour in 2012 as a representative from Tri-County Rural Electric Cooperative. Whileon Youth Tour, he collected pins fromevery participating state, left. Originallyfrom Ulysses, Pa., he is currently a studentat Thiel College in Greenville, Pa., wherehe is studying early childhood educationand special education.

Penn Lines: How did yourYouth Tour experience help withyour career direction?

Robert Carpenter: By the opportunity of meeting adiverse range of future friends from all around the UnitedStates, I was able to appreciate and observe how students act.Also, I was able to pick up leadership skills that I will need asa future teacher.

Penn Lines: How did your Youth Tour experienceinfluence your educational goals?

Robert Carpenter: The Youth Tour gave me the courage toachieve the impossible, because nothing is impossible if youonly believe.

Penn Lines: What advice would you give to someonegoing on Youth Tour today?

Robert Carpenter: Be open to all the possibilities the touroffers and appreciate every moment because it goes by way toofast. As much as we sometimes feel comfortable with just acertain few, open up to new people. Also try something newand be yourself. This Youth Tour gives you an opportunity tofind out who you are!

Penn Lines: In what ways has your Youth Tour experi-ence helped you as a person?

Robert Carpenter: Coming from a very rural area, thistour has helped me to appreciate and indulge myself in theworld around me. It has also showed me that there are millionsof people who all have a different story; listen and share yours.

Penn Lines: What did it mean to you to have the oppor-tunity to meet with your congressional representative?

Robert Carpenter:Having the opportunity to meet Con-gressman Glenn Thompson was truly amazing. Not only was itvery educational, we were also able to get to know our con-gressman. It made me feel like if I ever had an issue, he wouldgreet it with open arms. And being able to go with him aroundwhere he works in Washington, D.C., being just a small kid

from Ulysses, Pa., I thought that would never be possible.Penn Lines: How has the opportunity to meet people

from all over the country influenced you?Robert Carpenter:Being able to meet and greet people that

were strangers and have the privilege to this day to call them fellowfriends has been truly a blessing. It has opened my eyes to appreci-ate what I have been given, even if I like it or not. And also the dif-ferent cultures and traditions and lifestyles are truly remarkable. Istill remember to this day, on the Potomac Boat cruise, I was anOklahoman for the night. Looking back, it truly gave me a differ-ent view on life. It also taught me to never close a door because Imight just want to go back. A year later, I needed help with aschool project and my friend in Oklahoma helped me out with it.

Penn Lines: What did you learn on Youth Tour thatsurprised you?

Robert Carpenter: That there are truly a lot more differentpeople and cultures in this world to like and appreciate. Andalso coming from a very rural area, there is a lot more to lifeout there; it is all just waiting to be your adventure and for youto make the move.

Penn Lines: How would your life be different todayhad you not gone on Youth Tour?

Robert Carpenter:One, I would not have had the amazingprivilege to have every state’s pin on my badge, because I wouldnot have had the chance to meet anyone. Overall, I would nothave had the privilege and pure blessing to make positive con-nections to last a lifetime.

Penn Lines: What would you change about Youth Tourif you could?

Robert Carpenter: I wish we could have had more time tointeract with students from different areas because time wentby too fast. This trip was also so joyous and gave you a deepermeaning into life that it would always be nice to have a chanceto come back.

Penn Lines: What is your favorite memory from YouthTour and why?

Robert Carpenter:There were too many favorite experi-ences; to choose and have only one would be taking away fromthe meaning of the trip. I would have to say the meaning behindmy name tag truly is one of my most favorable and meaningfulparts of the trip. With that, I not only was able to meet a widevariety of people, but with each state sticker or pin I gathered, Iwas able to have a life-changing memorable experience. Becauseof all the people who were involved in putting this trip together, Iam truly thankful for the opportunity.l

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

1974 During June, dozens of outstanding young menand women from Pennsylvania represent their localcooperatives during a visit to the nation’s capital aspart of the Rural Electric Youth Tour.

1994 Due to legislation, one-third of Pennsylvania’spublic schools must begin implementing outcome-based education reforms in 1994, with another one-third by 1995, and the final third by 1996.

2004 Valley Rural Electric Cooperative memberJohn Goshorn is the owner of one of nearly 1,000deer farms in operation throughout Pennsylvania.His farm is located in Huntingdon County.

OVER THE years, rural electric cooperatives have prided themselves onbeing more than just a utility. In the early days of rural electrification, stafffrom the Pennsylvania Rural Electric Association spent a substantialamount of time conducting workshops for cooperative members. Many of those workshops focused on how to wire the members’ homes,

their barns and other farm outbuildings. Others taught welding or how tobrood chicks and pigs under heat lamps, a positive byproduct of electricitythat substantially improved the survival rate of the farm animals.Through the years, electricity has played an increasingly important role

in the success of farming operations. When the lines were first installed,many predicted that the typical farmer would only use a 40-watt light-bulb, a radio and a toaster, and that would be all. How surprised would those people be today to see the many inventions

that run on electricity?Beyond simply providing electricity, rural electric cooperatives have

participated in and encouraged activities that improve the livability andquality of life in rural areas. Decades after the lights first came on in ruralAmerica, the same community spirit that formed the cooperatives toimprove everyone’s standard of living now helps to enrich life for coopera-tive members.This concern for cooperative consumer-members and the rural com-

munities where they live extends to the legislative halls in Harrisburg andWashington, D.C., for legislation can help — or harm — the chance ofimproving the quality of life for rural electric cooperative members.

1984

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into homes. But today, for a home orsmall business with solar panels, it canflow in different directions at differenttimes of day. When the sun is shining, aresidence with solar panels can providepower for itself and direct any excesspower onto the grid. Residential solar isa piece of what the utility industry calls“distributed generation,” that is,smaller, embedded sources of powergeneration separate from central powerplants. The rules governing distributed gen-

eration and, in particular, payments forexcess power that will flow onto thegrid vary from state to state and utility-to-utility. Consumers who are interestedin residential solar installation shouldalways contact their local electric coop-erative first. No matter how it’s handled, this new

direction for power flow is changing afundamental part of the power busi-ness. Apart from states’ specific legalregulations, cooperatives across thecountry are working with their mem-bers to find ways to accommodate thenew sources of power generation,including residential solar, while pre-serving the safety and reliability of thesystem and ensuring fair rates for allmembers.

Backyard powerpacks: the challengeof integrating solarenergy into the grid

As the research and development arm of the National Rural Electric Cooperative Association, CRN pursues innovative solutions that hel

electric cooperatives deliver safe, reliable, and aordable power to their consumer-members.

“The co-ops that have had to dealwith increasing amounts of residentialsolar have found the technical chal-lenges aren’t any greater than otherchallenges they’ve faced,” says AndrewCotter, a program manager for theNational Rural Electric CooperativeAssociation’s (NRECA) CooperativeResearch Network (CRN). “When mem-bers coordinate with their co-op, the co-op has the skill set to maintain asafe, reliable grid. It’s something they’revery good at.” So, how are cooperatives meeting this

new challenge? The beautiful Hawaiianisland of Kaua’i feels far removed frommany of the problems of today’s world,but when it comes to distributed genera-tion, the island provides a glimpse into amore complicated future. On Kaua’i there is no national power

grid, just the island’s small, self-con-

THE IDEA of getting your power fromthe sun is appealing on many differentlevels. It’s clean energy — it seems sim-ple (no moving parts!), and, importantto many, it promises freedom — you’regenerating your own electricity, andseemingly not as dependent on the grid.But the truth is, residential solar

power isn’t as simple as it seems, andunless you’re willing to invest in anexpensive battery system and backupgeneration, the average household can’tsever its cord from the nation’s grid. After all, the sun only shines part of

the day, and yet modern life demandselectricity 24/7. For this reason alone,most homes with roof-top solar arraysneed to remain connected to their localpower lines. But as solar and, to a lesserdegree, other renewable forms of energygrow in popularity, they are changingthe relationship between the grid andmany residential electrical users.Once, power flowed just one way:

down your electric co-op’s lines and

By R e ed Kara im

HARNESSING THE SUN: Adams Electric Cooperativeworks closely with Hundredfold Farms nearCashtown in Adams County as it has evolved into aphotovoltaic-based housing development tied to thecooperative’s distribution system. The houses getmost of their heating and electrical power from thesun. The development, which operates under themotto, “An old-fashioned community with a greenfuture,” also includes a community garden and acentral wastewater treatment facility.

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danger is called “islanding.” This canoccur when an outage brings down thelocal grid, but a line continues to be livebecause power keeps feeding in fromdistributed generation. Islanding can bea safety hazard for linemen working toget the power back on and can causeproblems when the grid does powerback up.

These and other aspects of distrib-uted, renewable generation can impacta power system’s overall stability if theright measures aren’t taken. KIUC, forexample, has operating parameters itsmembers must follow with their powerinverters, which convert direct currentfrom a solar cell into alternating currentused on the grid, and with the relaysthat connect solar panels to the net-work.

Another challenge of distributedgeneration is that solar power is highlyvariable. The energy generated regu-larly rises and falls during the day andcan plummet or climb hour by hourdepending on the weather. For coopera-tives and other utilities, integrating thisvariable supply into the overall powerrequirements of a local system takes

planning and experience. Craig Kieny is the sen-

ior power resource plan-ner for Vermont ElectricCooperative, based inJohnson, Vt. VermontElectric has about 350members with solar pan-els that can feed into theco-op’s system, and thatnumber is growing. WhenKieny is planning howmuch power his co-op willneed from its suppliers, heuses models that look atsolar generation patternsalong with data on howmuch is on, or soon tocome on, his own system.

“It can be hard to do,”

he says, “but we do it.”That attitude describes the co-op

approach toward distributed generationin general. From 2009 to 2013, the per-centage of cooperatives that purchaseexcess power generated by membersgrew from 20 to 45 percent, accordingto an NRECA survey. About two-thirdsof all co-ops now interconnect withmember-generated power.

“It’s going to be a major force in theindustry in our lifetimes,” says Cotter.And as backyard generation grows inpopularity, electric cooperatives are alsotaking extra steps to make sure theirmembers’ needs are truly being served.

There were 140,000 new solar instal-lations in the United States last year,according to the Solar Energy Indus-tries Association, a 41 percent jumpfrom 2012. Not all those installations arehousehold systems, but as the cost ofsolar panels keeps falling, and morestates are providing generous incentivesfor solar, more consumers are consider-ing this option.

CRN has researched various ways tosafely integrate new excess power intothe grid, including the potential for bat-tery storage to smooth out the peaksand valleys that come with renewablegeneration.

Cooperatives are also working tomake sure their members have goodinformation when making decisionsabout their power. For consumers, ahome solar array can be an expensiveproposition, costing thousands of dol-lars to install. Vendors sometimes pro-vide plans that lower the up-front costs,but not all vendors are forthright inhelping consumers assess the costs andbenefits of a system.lReed Karaim writes on consumer and

cooperative affairs for the National RuralElectric Cooperative Association, theArlington, Va.-based service arm of thenation’s 900-plus consumer-owned, not-for-profit electric cooperatives.

tained grid. Diesel fuel for generationhas to be shipped in across the Pacific.That makes energy costs high andmeans Kaua’i has a lot of people withsolar panels on their roof.

As a result, Kaua’i Island UtilityCooperative (KIUC), the local powersupplier and distributor, deals with ahigher percentage of renewable distrib-uted generation than any other electricco-op in the nation. Roughly 2,000members have photovoltaic (solar)arrays that can send power back intothe co-op’s self-contained grid, amount-ing to about 20 percent of the co-op’sdaytime electrical load.

“It’s a technical challenge,” says MikeYamane, KIUC chief of operations.

To provide high-quality reliable power,electrical utilities control the frequencyand voltage of the current moving downtheir lines. But as more distributed gener-ation comes on line, says Yamane, thisprocess becomes more difficult.

“Photovoltaic systems aren’t reallymeant to regulate frequency or voltage,”he explains.

As the amount of distributed genera-tion on a line rises, another potential

CONNECTED: This 5-kilowatt solar array in Claverack Rural ElectricCooperative's service territory is the 100th consumer-owned renew-able energy project interconnected with a Pennsylvania or New Jerseyrural electric cooperative. The first consumer-owned renewable energyproject interconnected to cooperative lines was in 2006. Today thereare more than 300 interconnected projects.

COUNTRYkitchen by Ja n e t t e H e s s

Juice of 1 lime1/4 cup canola or other vegetable oil1/4 cup water2 teaspoons soy sauce1 teaspoon liquid smoke1 teaspoon salt1 teaspoon chili powder1/2 teaspoon ground cumin1/2 teaspoon garlic powder1/2 teaspoon onion powder

Combine all ingredients. Use in desired recipes. Whisk before measuring forrecipes, as ingredients will separate upon standing. Makes approximately3/4 cup (6 ounces) marinade.

MARINATED PORK ROAST

1 3- to 4-pound boneless pork shoulder roast

1 recipe marinade

Place pork roast in sturdy zip-lock bag. Add

marinade. Seal and store several hours or

overnight in refrigerator. After marinating,

place roast in slow cooker and pour mari-

nade from bag over roast. Cover and cook

for 8 to 9 hours, or until roast is very tender.

Transfer roast to large cutting board. When roast

is cool enough to handle, remove and discard fat. Shred and chop pork.

Strain broth and skim off fat. Moisten chopped pork with 1/4 cup broth.

More broth may be added as needed to maintain moistness. Makes 8 to 10

servings.

Serving suggestions: Serve shredded pork with soft tortillas, refried beans,

oven potatoes, salsa verde or warmed green chili enchilada sauce.

Ingredients also may be served as a layered casserole. Prepare a 9- by 13-

inch casserole dish with cooking spray. Spread 1 recipe of refried beans on

bottom of pan, reserving cheese and onions for topping. Over beans, layer

1 recipe oven potatoes, 3 to 4 cups shredded pork, 1 10-ounce can green

chili enchilada sauce and 2 cups (8 ounces) shredded Monterrey jack

cheese. Bake in 350-degree oven until heated through, approximately

25 to 30 minutes. Top with 4 diced green onions. Serve as a casserole with

soft tortillas or as a hearty dip with corn chips.

BAKED REFRIED BEANS

2 16-ounce cans refried beans

1/4 cup marinade1 cup shredded Monterrey jack

or Mexican-style cheese

2 green onions, dicedCooking spray

Combine beans and marinade. Prepare 8- or 9-inch baking dish with cook-

ing spray. Spread beans in baking dish. Sprinkle with cheese. Bake at 350

degrees for 15 to 20 minutes, or until beans are heated through. Top with

diced green onions.

SOUTHWEST OVEN POTATOESApproximately 2 pounds russet potatoes,peeled

1/2 cup marinadeFreshly ground pepperCooking spray

Cut peeled potatoes into dice-sized cubes and place in large, shallow bowl.Add marinade and stir. Allow flavors to blend at room temperature for 30minutes. Stir frequently. Prepare rimmed baking sheet with cooking sprayand, using slotted spoon, transfer potatoes to baking sheet. Sprinkle withpepper. Bake at 400 degrees for 35 to 40 minutes, stirring at least onceduring baking.

BASIC SOUTHWEST MARINADE

Southwest mix and matchAN EXCELLENTmarinade can add depth of flavor to awide variety of foods, so there’s no reason for pork or othermeats to always “hog” its savory capabilities.Originally concocted as a flavor-enhancer for a pork roast,

this month’s Basic Southwest Marinade makes an excellentaddition to Baked Refried Beans. It also serves as a tasty pre-soak for Southwest Oven Potatoes. Although they are preparedseparately, the pork, refried beans and potatoes “mix andmatch” splendidly for a delicious Southwest-style meal.

All may be offered buffet-style with tortillasand sauces, or they may be combined in a sin-gle casserole for ease of serving. Delicioso!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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FOR GARDENERSwho thinkof daylilies (Hemerocallis) withdisdain — that common andrampant orange ditch lily —it’s time to reconsider. There isnow an eye-popping catalog ofterrific-named daylilies.Easy to grow, daylilies are

the backbone of many a peren-nial garden thanks to theirlush, grassy, green foliage;flowering heights from tall tomid to short; and excitingselection of flower colors andforms. Perhaps best of all,daylilies now offer a bloomingseason spanning from springright through to frost.Daylilies are reputed to be

survivor plants, easy and rela-tively low maintenance.Although true, please do notinterpret this as a license forneglect and still expect abun-dant blooms and generousclumps of foliage. Your plantswill perform better with goodcare, decent soil, adequatewater and a sunny spot.Average soil is fine, but

poor soil will hold them backsomewhat. Compost dug in atplanting time and subse-

quently applied as a top dress-ing, and routine use of anorganic mulch are good waysto augment the soil. Mulchingalso reduces the need forwatering during dry spells.Water is important, espe-

cially in the period beforeflowering. Although techni-cally drought-tolerant, theseplants definitely respond wellto supplemental water if theseason is a dry one.Some daylilies are actually

fussy keepers, while others arestolid garden performers inthat the clumps are generallyhealthy and increase at a goodpace, and the blooming is reli-able from year to year. Thebest way to identify locallygood performers is to visitdaylily gardens and talk toenthusiasts. The AmericanHemerocallis Society (AHS) isa great source for regionalinformation. Daylilies may be sold as

potted plants or as bare-rootedfans. Starts of at least threevigorous fans (or a hefty divi-sion dug from a friend’s gar-den) can bloom the first yearwith good care. Prices can lit-erally top $250 per fan, butolder and perfectly garden-worthy varieties can be hadfor a few dollars.Selecting daylilies for your

home garden is simple. Youmight shop the plant nurseryin late June and pick out “apretty one” blooming in a pot.Or tour a nearby AHS displaygarden and find a favorite. Ornotice a superb daylily flower-ing next door. Tune in todaylilies for one summer, and

suddenly you’re obsessingover a dozen gorgeous “musthave” varieties.Beyond the awesome col-

ors, gardeners can select bybloom season, bloom heightand size, fragrance, remon-tancy (re-blooming), diploid ortetraploid, and dormant, ever-green, or semi-evergreenfoliage. The mind spins.As you observe and begin

to distinguish between thetypes, you might becomeenamored of the diminutiveand dainty forms, or youmight fall in love with the cur-rently resurging squiggly, fin-gery, “spider”-form flowers.Perhaps you’ll take a liking tothe “veined” or the “eyed” orthe “ruffled” or the “doubled”types. Perhaps bi-tones orcrystallines will be your thing,or maybe “near whites” or“reds” or the newest in “pat-terns.” And so a collector isborn. I admit I covet them all.

How to choose? I prefer dor-mant foliage, for its tidiness inthe spring garden. I like fra-grant flowers. Tetraploidsseem more robust, but many

diploids and older introduc-tions tend to have the moredelicate appeal I appreciate inheirloom flowers. I’m on thefence about the rebloomers.And so many beautiful flow-ers! I try to select one (or two)early, early-mid, mid, mid-late,late and very late bloomersand include different colorsand forms representing a crosssection of what is available.And include some pinks, andsome very tall ones, and somespiders. And then a few old-time favorites. … You canguess where this is going.I still adore “Autumn

Minaret” — the 6-footmemento of the day I realizeddaylilies could be truly out-of-this-world spectacular.I’ve said it before and I’ll

say it again, every gardenshould include a favoritedaylily. (And just like a goodpotato chip or chocolate chipcookie, I bet you can’t stop atjust one!)l

POWERplants

BARBARA MARTIN ,who says she began gar-dening as a hobby “toomany 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.

b y B a r b a r a M a r t i n

Daylilies for all

DAYLILIES IN BLOOM: With just alittle planning, gardeners can ensureblooming daylilies each springthrough late fall.

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WITHALL the problems last winter withpropane shortages and the price uncer-tainty of natural gas, many people are con-sidering geothermal heat pumps. In fact, Ijust installed a variable-speed, WaterFur-nace 7-Series geothermal heat pump in myown home.In addition to extremely efficient and

comfortable heating, a geothermal heatpump also is the most efficient central air-conditioning system available. During sum-mer, when in the cooling mode, it providesfree water heating for additional savings.Even though the overall geothermal

heat pump installed cost is higher thanother heat pump systems because of theground loop, it will pay back its highercost in savings. Also, if one is installed by2016, there is a 30 percent federal tax crediton the total cost.The difference between a standard and

a geothermal heat pump is that the geother-mal unit uses liquid-filled (water/anti freezemix) piping in the ground instead of theoutdoor condenser unit. Since the groundstays at a fairly constant temperature, it isextremely efficient year-round. Most peo-ple install deep vertical loops, but I have alarge backyard, so I installed a 5-foot-deephorizontal loop.The big advantage during winter is the

heating output of a geothermal system doesnot drop as it gets colder outdoors. This iswhen your house also needs the most heat.For this reason, the expensive backup elec-tric resistance heating very seldom comeson with a geothermal heat pump.I chose the WaterFurnace model

because, with its variable-speed compres-

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optional hot water assist unit. During win-ter, excess heat being produced by thegeothermal heat pump goes into the stan-dard electric water heater. This heats thewater using just one-fifth as much electric-ity as the water heater elements.The variable-speed compressor in my

7-Series model is connected to its matchingthermostat to fine tune its heating andcooling output to the instantaneous needsof my house. This provides excellent com-fort and maintains even room tempera-tures and lower noise levels.By constantly varying the output, it

runs in more efficient, slower, quieter andlonger cycles. This is coupled with a vari-

able-speed blower that matches the airflow from the registers to the compressoroutput. This is why the comfort is so good.Another significant advantage of the

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

AT THE BASE of a small,round mountain in a small,thin valley at the southwesterntip of Schuylkill County, Penn-sylvania, for about a decade ofmy early-teen-into-early-20s’life, the bark-stripped,weather-beaten trunk of anancient oak was a landmarkfor my outdoor-centric life.Apparently missed by the sev-eral clear-cut logging opera-tions that had restarted theforest of that mountain multi-ple times since the coming ofEuropeans to North America,the tree had lost its limbs andbranches to the vagaries of ageand storm. But its massivetrunk — at least 5 feet in diam-eter — still jutted upward 20 or 30 feet, maybe more.

It was less than a stone’sthrow from the spot where Imissed my first buck with abow and arrow, doing every-thing wrong and nothingright, from setting up on theground right along the deertrail to drawing the bowmany minutes before

attempting the shot to staringinto the eyes of the little six-pointer at a dozen paces forfar too long before sendingthe arrow thudding into theground 100 feet or more overthe deer’s shoulder. It was thedominant force on the land-scape I overlooked for a treestand I later constructed in apine at the edge of a stand ofpines, where a flock ofturkeys once roosted in thebranches all around me.

The oak remnant, whichalways brought to mind thetree trunk home adopted bythe runaway Sam Gribley, heroin the 1959 Jean CraigheadGeorge work, “My Side of theMountain,” was the marker forthe spot where my family gath-ered the vining crowsfoot forhome décor every Christmas.

For the knowing eye, itmarked the turning spot forleaving the old dirt road thatcircled the base of the moun-tain 30 or 40 yards awayfrom the oak. There a turn tothe southeast would put thewoodsman on a well-worndeer trail that could lead todozens of other trails thattogether formed a foresthighway of foot-traffic (ani-mal and human) throughoutthe forests of that SchuylkillCounty valley.

Practically in the shadowof that old tree trunk was thespot where a small spottedskunk — the species ofskunks that most peopledon’t even know exists —began following me almostdaily on my regular roundsof checking my line of fox

traps. The little mustelid wasso persistent in its unwanted,but nevertheless, interestingand intriguing, advances thateventually I had only watersets in that area, the type oftrapping set that would mostlikely not attract a skunk,unlike the more common andmore productive dirt-holeand scent-post sets.

The old tree trunk slippedfrom my active memory as Imoved into the early-adultstage of my life, which tookme to new stomping groundsin other parts of Pennsylva-

nia. By the time I revisitedthat forest landscape a coupleof decades later, the ancientguardian was gone, reducedto a decomposing mound offormer-wood, almost soil, butstill clinging to its memoriesof cellulose greatness.

A distant — very distant— relative of that oak wouldbecome a landmark of mylater life, but that’s a tale fornext month’s column.l

MARCUS SCHNECK isis outdoor and naturewriter at PennLive.com,the website of The Har-risburg, Pa., Patriot-News. He also writes fora range of magazinesand websites, and has

written more than two dozen books. For moreof his writing, visit www.marcusschneck.com.

A tale oftwo oaks,part one

OAK TALES: An old oak tree conjuresup memories of days gone by, actingas a landmark for past adventures.

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Thoughts from Earl Pitts,UHMERIKUN!

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Social commentary from Earl Pitts —— a.k.a.GARY BUR BANK , a nation ally syndicatedradio per son ality —— can be heard on thefollowing radio stations that cover electriccooperative service territories in Pennsylvania:WANB-FM 103.1 Pittsburgh; WARM-AM 590Wilkes-Barre/Scran ton; 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. You can also find him atEarlpittsamerican.com.

Earl puts out the GoneFishin’ sign

I ain’t got nothin’ to complain abouttoday. No belly-achin’, no futzin’ overnothin’. Today I am a happy man. That’sbecause I spent all last night settin’ up mytackle box to go fishin’ tomorrow.You know, you can tell a lot about a

man by his tackle box. You can tell hisattention to detail and his commitment tosuccess. You can tell his ability to preparefor all sorts a’ possibilities. Your tacklebox is your winder into a man’s soul.An’ No. 1, I don’t got me a normal

tackle box. No sir. Those would be foryour beginners an’ your amateurs. And Imade it myself. I took me a Craftsmanstand-up tool chest, 4-foot-high with 14drawers and I turned it into a travelin’bass-master pro shop. Then I weldedthat sucker onto a hand-truck I snuckoutta work. ‘Cause for your fisherman oftoday, it’s all about your mobility. Andthat, ladies an’ gentlemen, is the Cadillacof your fishin’ sports.It’s like when your surgeon is doin’

complex brain surgery, an’ he’s got allthem fancy gizmos, tools an’ doo-dadslaid out for him. I kind a’ got the same setup for fishin’ ‘cept none a’ my stuff issterilized. An’ my whole tackle box kinda’ smells like lake.Yes sir, them fish see me rollin’ up to

Mudd Lake with that bad boy, and some-times they’ll just throw up their fins andsurrender.A’ course every spring, you got to

clean that tackle box out an’ restock forthe new season. An’ for somethin’ thisbig, we’re talkin’ a major financial com-mitment. You got to restock your hooks,bobbers, sinkers an’ your swivels. Yougot to evaluate your poppers, jigs, an’spoons, an’ see if any of them got to becut from the team this year. ‘Cause youdon’t ride with Earl if you’re not pullin’your weight.Wake up, America. You got to be

ready for any possibility. For example, Igot one hook in there that’s so big that ifwe ever run into a great white shark in

Mudd Lake — or need to scale a castlewall — we’re ready. Happy fishin,’ folks.

This is springtime y’all, and you knowwhat that means. Besides the flowersbuddin’, an’ the trees turnin’ green, an’everything bein’ fresh an’ new again, Iwas thinkin’, that means it’s also road-killseason again.Let’s face it — this is the time a’ year

when God’s little creatures pop their littleheads out of their little burrows, smile atthe warmth of the sun and celebrate thegrace to survive the winter, and then stepin front of your car.Yeah, there’s something ironic about

survivin’ the harshest winter in decadesonly to get took out two weeks later by anF-150.Generally speakin’, you hit your deer

in the late fall or early winter. Everythingelse, you hit in late spring and early sum-mer.Now out where we live, we got so

many dead animals on the road rightnow, it’s like the county came throughand carpeted. ‘Cause out in the countrysendin’ critters to their maker comes sec-ond nature. I personally have hit skunks,possums, raccoons, an’ more rabbits an’cats than you can shake a stick at. I havehit turtles, snakes, groundhogs, squirrels,chipmunks. I have hit a couple things Ididn’t even know what they was. Onemay have been a Chubacabra. One thing my daddy taught me is to

never swerve to miss an animal on theroad. That’s dangerous. But never swerveto HIT an animal neither. That’s mean.Plus, you’ll hit more than your share

through pure, dumb luck anyways.Wake up, America. Thank the good

Lord I only hit one dog in my whole life.‘Cause that’s one that gets to you. Plus,the blind lady he was walkin’ wadn’t toohappy neither. I’m Earl Pitts, Uhmerikun. Like me

on Facebook. And you can catch mynew blog at Earlpittsamerican.com.l

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Beauty surrounds usAS LATE spring fades to early summer, take time to enjoy thebeauty that Pennsylvania offers at this time of year. Choosingto spend the day watching the animals in your own back yardor going for a walk in the woods is time well spent as the num-ber of daylight hours peaks this month.Be sure to take your camera along on your summer adven-

tures, and plan to share those photographs with “Rural Reflec-tions” readers. At the end of the year, five lucky amateur pho-tographers will receive a $75 prize in the categories of: mostartistic, best landscape, best human subject, best animal subjectand editor’s choice.To be eligible for the 2014 contest prizes, send your photos

(no digital files, please) to: Penn Lines Photos, P.O. Box 1266,Harrisburg PA 17108-1266. On the back of each photo, includeyour name, address, phone number and the name of the elec-tric cooperative that serves your home, business or seasonalresidence. (The best way to include this information is by affix-ing an address label to the back of the photo. Please do not useink gel or roller pens to write on the photo as they bleed ontoother photos.)Remember, our publication deadlines require that we work

ahead, so send your seasonal photos in early. We need fall pho-tos before mid-July and winter photos before mid-September(keep your spring and summer photos to enter in the 2015 con-test). Photos that don’t reflect a season may be sent at any time.Please note: photos will be returned at the end of the year ifyou include a self-addressed, self-stamped envelope.l

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