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8 E N E R GY M AT T E R SEnergy efficiency doesn’t have to be expensive

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14 T I M E PA S S A G E SRemembering when the lights came on

14A COOPERATIVE CONNECTIONInformation and advice from your localelectric cooperative

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

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M A R C H 2 0 1 1O N T H E C OV E RShoppers visit the ‘FreshFarm Market by the White House,’ whereToigo Orchards, Shippensburg, setsup a booth every Thursday afternoonfrom early spring through late fall.White House chefs are regularcustomers at the market.(Photo Courtesy of FreshFarm Markets)

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President Obama visits Penn StatePresident Barack Obama, in a visit to

Penn State University on Feb. 3,launched a new energy conservationprogram called the Better Buildings Ini-tiative. The program addresses bothenergy efficiency and innovation — andhow to combine them — in a plan todramatically improve the energy effi-ciency of American buildings.

President Obama chose Penn StateUniversity as the site of his announcementbecause a consortium led by the univer-sity is the recipient of a $122 million fed-eral grant. The U.S. Department of Energyin August 2010 granted funds for theGreater Philadelphia Innovation Cluster(GPIC) to set up an Energy InnovationHub at the Navy Yard in Philadelphia.

GPIC’s goal is to provide the solutionto the nationwide problem of the lack ofenergy efficiency in U.S. buildings, andultimately to contribute to nationalenergy independence.

The GPIC project was featured in theFebruary 2011 issue of Penn Lines.

Public Utility Commission to consider petitions

The Pennsylvania Public Utility Com-mission (PUC), in response to more than40 petitions, recently agreed to reopenthe issue of assigning a new area code tosome areas now served by the 814 areacode in northwest Pennsylvania.

In December 2010, the PUC announcedthat a new area code — 582 — would beeffective Feb. 1, 2012, for areas of the 814 area code including Jefferson, Elk andMcKean counties and areas to the west. Itwould include Erie, Crawford, Warren,Forest, and Clarion counties, as well asportions of Clearfield, Armstrong, Mercer,and Indiana counties.

There is no statutory deadline for thePUC to make its final decision. However, adecision is expected to be made in time tohave a new system in place before theremaining 814 area code numbers areexhausted. That scenario has been pre-dicted to occur in the first quarter of 2013.

Big whoop? Pennsylvania, Maineboth claim gooey dessert

Maine’s state Legislature is consider-ing naming the whoopie pie as the offi-cial state dessert, a move that has sometypically sweet-natured Pennsylvaniansready to take up their stirring spoonsin revolt.

The whoopie pie — a dessertmade of two round pieces ofchocolate cake with a sweet,creamy filling layered betweenthem — has traditionally been afavorite in both Pennsylvania andMaine, and both states have festivalsthat feature the culinary delight.

But traditionalists in Pennsylvaniabelieve they hold the biggest spoonwhen it comes to who has the right toclaim the whoopie pie.

In a recent article in The (Harrisburg)Patriot News, Brad Igou, president of theAmish Experience at Plain & FancyFarm in Lancaster County, put it thisway: “When you say Maine, what popsinto your brain? Lobster? Blueberries?Not whoopie pies. This is Pennsylvaniafor crying out loud. … We’ve hadwhoopie pies forever!”

The Pennsylvania Dutch Conventionand Visitors Bureau has even posted a

“Help Save Our Whoopie!” petition onits website at www.padutchcountry.com.

Meanwhile, back in Maine, stateRep. Paul Davis (R-Sangerville) contin-ues to drum up support for his plan toensure the sweet treat has a place inthat state’s history books. A recenthearing for the bill featured freshwhoopie pies, along with a song dedi-cated to the product and a personwearing a whoopie pie costume.

New quarter honors GettysburgNational Military Park

A new quarter unveiled Jan. 25, 2011,honors the 6,000-acre GettysburgNational Military Park, the site of a mas-sive, three-day Civil War battle in July1863. Taking part in the ceremony wereBob Kirby, park superintendent; Sue Cor-bett, Pennsylvania’s first lady; and B.B.Craig, U.S. Mint associate sales director.

The coin, which fea-tures the 72nd

PennsylvaniaMonument atCemeteryRidge, is part ofthe “Americathe Beautiful”

series authorizedby the America the

Beautiful NationalParks Quarter Dollar Coin

Act of 2007. It is the sixth quarter in theseries of 56 quarters designed to connectAmericans to their national parks,forests, fish and wildlife refuges, andother national sites. The “head” of eachof the 56 planned quarters has a com-mon design: a portrait of George Wash-ington by artist John Flanagan.

The U.S. Mint is offering rolls andcollectible bags containing the Gettys-burg quarter. Call 1-800-USA-MINT, orlog onto www.usmint.gov/catalog formore information about how to obtainGettysburg quarters. l

KEEPINGcurrent

PENN STATE RECOGNIZED: President Barack Obamaannounces a new energy conservation program onFeb. 3 at Penn State University.

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IN HIS State of the Union address inJanuary, President Barack Obamaemphasized his goal of having theUnited States be the first country to put1 million high-mileage, advancedtechnology vehi-cles on the road by2015.

A day later,Vice President JoeBiden under-scored that goal inhis visit to Ener1,Inc., (Ener1) aGreenfield, Ind.,manufacturing firm that producesadvanced lithium-ion battery systemsfor electric vehicles, grid energy storageand industrial electronics.

Ener1 received a $118.5 million grantfrom the U.S. Department of Energy aspart of the American Recovery andReinvestment Act of 2009, often calledthe stimulus bill. The grant allows Ener1to expand production of advanced bat-teries for hybrid and electric vehicles.With the grant, the company expects toexpand from 336 employees to morethan 1,000 by 2013.

The Indiana plant was chosen as thesite of Vice President Biden’s visit to high-light the administration’s three-partadvanced technology vehicle plan thatincludes supporting electric vehicle manu-facturing and adoption through invest-ments in research and development, con-sumer rebates, and a program to encourage

community invest-ment in infrastruc-ture to support elec-tric vehicles.

What about electric vehicles?Electrification of America’s automo-

bile fleet has been hailed as a great stepforward in reducing pollution and curb-ing our nation’s dependence on foreignsources of oil.

Not everyone believes that electricvehicles are the answer, at least in theimmediate future.

When it comes to all-electric vehicles,choices are currently limited to the Chevro-let Volt, the Nissan Leaf, and a growingnumber of specialty manufacturers orretrofit kits. Other auto makers, though,have electric car offerings in the wings.

Not all electric vehicles are alike. TheNissan Leaf, for example, boasts a driv-ing range of roughly 100 miles. Once its24-kWh lithium-ion batteries aredrained, you better be at your destina-tion and near a 110-volt power outlet for

recharging, or have the phone numberfor roadside assistance handy.

The Chevy Volt offers a gasolinesafety net for its pack of 16-kWh lithium-ion batteries. The car will run on acharge for 40 miles. Once the batteriesare exhausted, a gasoline-powered gener-ator produces electricity to keep the carrolling — at least until you run out of gas.

The Volt can also be recharged by plug-ging it into a traditional 110-volt outlet. Thisdiffers from traditional gasoline-electrichybrid vehicles like the Toyota Prius,where much smaller 1.3-kWh nickel-metalhydride batteries are recharged only by thegasoline engine and a regenerative brakingsystem (in hybrids, batteries essentiallysupplement the gasoline motor).

Several electric co-ops are testing plug-in hybrid SUVs and bucket trucks — spin-offs of hybrid technology — that canswitch between a gasoline or diesel engineand 9-kWh to 16-kWh lithium-ion batter-ies. Gettysburg-based Adams ElectricCooperative unveiled the first-ever, plug-inhybrid electric vehicle (PHEV) electric util-

ELECTRIC VEHICLES ARE NOT ALL ALIKE: The Nissan Leaf, above, has adriving range of about 100 miles. Then it must be recharged using a 110-voltpower outlet or a heavier-duty charging station.

DrivewayRevolutionPresident Obama wants 1 millionadvanced technology vehicles onthe road by 2015, but is that arealistic goal?

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ity bucket truck in March 2008.All-electric vehicles carry higher price

tags than comparable conventional gas-fueled versions — typically $10,000 to$15,000 more, even after federal tax incen-tives ranging from $2,500 to $7,500 (depend-ing on battery capacity) are included. Overtime, batteries should become cheaper tobuild, lowering electric vehicle costs.

As a quick comparison, the Coopera-tive Research Network, a service of theNational Rural Electric CooperativeAssociation, examined the 2011 FordFocus (manufacturer’s suggested retailprice $16,640) and the Chevy Volt($32,780 after tax credits). Both are four-door sedans roughly the same size.

Chevy estimates the average Volt driverwill spend $1.50 per day for electricity.Meanwhile, the average Focus owner willspend almost $2.90 on gasoline daily. At $3per gallon for gas, the average Volt driverwould save $550 annually — but wouldneed to rack up that amount for 32 years toequal the difference in sticker price.

However, if gas rose to $5 per gallon,a Volt driver would save more than$1,200 annually, lowering the payback

window to 13 years. Of course, actualsavings depends on the number of milesdriven and car options.

Charge!Electric cars can be recharged using a

traditional 110-volt outlet found inhomes. Under this method, referred toas Level 1 charging, it takes at least eighthours to charge a Volt and more than 20hours for a Leaf.

Since those are long standby times,consumers may decide to purchase acharging station to speed things along. Acharging station enables Level 2 chargingby way of a dedicated 240-volt circuit,similar to that used for electric clothesdryers. According to Edmunds Car Buy-ing Guide (www.edmunds.com), Level 2charging for the all-electric Leaf takesfour hours, while the Volt can be ready tohit the highway in as little as three hours.

Today’s charging standards allow forpower delivery of up to 16.8 kilowattsdelivered at 240 volts and up to 70amperes. The Volt’s Level 1 charging at1.4 kilowatts is roughly equivalent to theload of a toaster; its Level 2 charging,

estimated to be 3.5 kilowatts, is similar tothe load of a heating and air conditioningsystem. Heavier-duty charging stations,like the ChargePoint from CoulombTechnologies, draw about 7 kilowatts.

Charging stations must be installed bya licensed technician, and in many areasof the country the work requires reviewby a local building inspector. Chevy esti-mates putting in a charging station willusually run between $1,200 and $1,500.

ImpactStudies by the Electric Power Research

Institute, a non-profit research consortiummade up of electric utilities, including elec-tric cooperatives, headquartered in PaloAlto, Calif., show electric vehicles willreduce overall emissions of various air pol-lutants, even when taking into accountemissions from power plants needed toproduce the energy for recharging. In fact,plugging in cars at night when power costsand demand are at their lowest actuallyhelps an electric system run more effi-ciently by trimming line losses. Down theroad, some co-ops may offer special ratesto encourage electric vehicle owners torecharge during these “off-peak” hours.

Currently, electric vehicles are beingreleased on a limited basis. Chevy plansto roll out only 50,000 Volts in this, thefirst model year. It won’t be until 2012, atthe earliest, that individuals will be ableto go to dealerships to purchase an all-electric vehicle without first getting on awaiting list.

Whether an electric vehicle fits yourlifestyle depends on a few questions:k How many miles do you drive every day?k Can you afford the cost difference

between an electric and gas-burning car? k How many amenities do you want

your vehicle to have?Only time will tell if the peace and

quiet ignition of an electric car willreplace the traditional engine’s roar. l

Contributors include Brian Sloboda andAndrew Cotter, program managers for theCooperative Research Network (CRN), aservice of the Arlington, Va.-based NationalRural Electric Cooperative Association. TheCRN monitors, evaluates, and applies tech-nologies that help electric cooperatives con-trol costs, increase productivity, andenhance service to their consumers.

GASOLINE SAFETY NET: The Chevy Volt, below,can run about 40 miles before the gasoline-pow-ered generator kicks in to produce enough elec-tricity to keep the car running for a while. TheVolt can be recharged at a traditional 110-voltoutlet or a charging station.

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IT’S EASY to get overwhelmed by twowords: energy efficiency. What should Ido? How should I do it? Do I have toreplace my entire heating and coolingsystem to see savings?

The easy answer is no, you can do alot of upgrading with little money.

On your next trip to the home improve-ment or local hardware store, take thisshopping guide with you. It lists five areaswhere a few simple energy efficiency invest-ments will produce savings right away.

LightingSince lighting accounts for about 11 per-

cent of home energy use, switch yourtraditional incandescent lightbulbs withcompact fluorescent lightbulbs (CFLs).An Energy Star-qualified CFL usesabout 75 percent less energy than a tra-ditional bulb, lasts up to 10 times longer,and can save about $40 in energy costsover its lifetime. A four-pack of 14-wattCFLs (equivalent to a 60-watt incandes-cent) runs about $6.

Filling the cracksA tube of caulk and a roll of weather

stripping can go a long way toward sav-ing money on your electricity bill. It’seasy to find where cold air leaks inaround doors and windows — simplyhold your hand out and feel. Caulkaround windows, dryer vents, and fansfor about $2 a tube, and weather striparound doors for about $4 a roll.

There are also some not-so-obviousplaces for air to flow in and out of yourhome, notably outlets and behind switchplates. To see if you have air flowing

through your outlets or switch plates,light a stick of incense, hold it in front ofthe outlet or switchplate, and watch forthe smoke to be disrupted. You can findspecial sealing kits for outlets and switchplates for about $2.

And don’t forget about applyingweather stripping around your attichatch or pull-down stairs. You may alsowant to install an insulator box to placeover the opening. A kit costs around $40.

Sealing these cracks can save youaround $200 a year, according to Togeth-

erWeSave.com, a website by TouchstoneEnergy® Cooperatives, the brandingprogram of the nation’s electric co-ops,that shows how little changes add up tobig savings.

Programmable thermostatBeginning at $40, a programmable

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SAY GOODBYE to tilling, digging andcostly garden chemicals. Say hello to no-dig gardening, a proven way to growvegetables and flowers naturally — andwith less work.

No-dig gardeners realize that worms,bugs and microbes are necessary fornutrients and prevention of disease.Plants deliver part of the carbon energythey produce into the soil. Microbesconvert this energy into organic materi-als and minerals that plants need.

The rationale for traditional row gar-dening and tilling is to remove weeds,loosen and aerate the soil, and buryorganic matter. Tilling can remove exist-ing weeds, but it almost always bringsdormant weed seeds to the surface wherethey can germinate. When organic mate-rials are moved deeper, less oxygen isavailable for converting the materials intonutrients. Then the nutrients need to bereplaced. Traditional gardeners usuallyrely on synthetic fertilizers to amend thesoil and replace the lost nutrients.

No-dig gardening lets nature do thework. One strategy is first to remove allweeds and grass from a garden area.Materials such as rotten manure, decayedsawdust or compost go straight on the sur-face as a layer of mulch 2 to 6 inches deep.Worms, beneficial bugs and microbes getbusy beefing up the soil. They create ahealthy habitat for roots to flourish.

Celebrated no-dig gardening authorPatricia Lanza bubbles over with enthusi-asm when she explains why gardenersshould consider the shovel-free approach.

“As an old hand at this game of gar-dening, I remember my own ‘AHHHH!’moment when I put all the piecestogether that allowed me to make won-derful growing spaces without the use ofpower tools or purchased material,”Lanza says. “Whether you choose tolayer, grid, mulch or straw bale, you

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B y J o h n B r u c e can’t go wrong. Just do it!” Lanza says with no-dig methods,

there’s less fuss over the planting area.Free organic material, such as grass clip-pings and compost, are used in layers ontop of a newspaper ground cover. (Don’tcut through the paper before planting.)

First, Lanza recommends picking aspot and marking it (a garden shouldreceive six to eight hours of sunlight andnot be subject to strong wind). Cover thearea with thick layers of wet newspa-pers, overlapped. Cover the paper withseveral inches each of peat moss, com-post, grass clippings, chipped leaves,humus, spoiled hay, seaweed, agedmanure or whatever is handy.

Water the layers of organic materialuntil they feel like a squeezed-outsponge. Pull the layers back to the paper.Place the plants on the paper and pullthe organic material back around the

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NO BENDING REQUIRED: Raised-bed gardens provide several advantages over traditional gardening.(Photo courtesy of B. Blechmann)

plant roots. Press the soil to push outthe air and water. Try to use one partnitrogen-rich material (grass clippings,compost or manure) to four parts car-bon-rich material (chopped leaves, peatmoss, straw, spoiled hay or peat humus)for a perfect mix.

A similar no-dig method is sheetmulching. Newspaper or cardboard isspread out on the garden area andtopped with landscape mulch. Again,weeds should be removed first if there’sno time to let them die out and decayunder a new blanket of sheet mulch.

Sheet mulch blocks daylight and suffo-cates existing grass and weeds that, overtime, decompose (before the actual sheetsdo) to become part of the biosphere thatgarden plants need to thrive. Ideally, thenewspaper or cardboard should be spreadout before a heavy rain, but otherwise agarden hose can do what’s necessary to

The no-dig (and less-sweat)gardening alternative

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No-dig gardening is hailed by manyas the foundation of “permaculture,” analternative agriculture movement. Per-maculture is believed to be rooted in acentury-old concept called “permanentagriculture,” proposing that conven-tional farming destroys vast quantities oftopsoil and requires large amounts of oilfor all the equipment, fertilizers, pesti-cides and other chemicals. l

John Bruce is a professional writer whogardens in Columbia, S.C.

keep the sheet thoroughly wet. Whenready to plant, use a hand shovel to cutout holes for planting seeds or seedlings.

Straw-bale gardening is a simpletwist to the no-dig method. As withother types of no-dig gardening, straw-bale gardening requires no herbicides,insecticides or fungicides. A wide vari-ety of vegetables (except top-heavy oneslike corn), fruits and flowers can beplanted in conditioned straw bales.

On the minus side, the bales eventu-ally need to be replaced, and the aes-thetics might not be suitable for yards inareas like suburban subdivisions.

The bales need to be placed over amesh or other barrier to prevent pestssuch as moles from pilfering the plants. Itis important to place the bale so that thetwine binding runs parallel (around thesides of the bale) to the surface (usuallyground) and that the twine does not comein contact with the surface to help pre-serve the bale’s shape. Thoroughly water-ing the bale and adding a high-nitrogenfertilizer on top begins the conditioningprocess, lasting five to seven days.

Keeping the straw bale moist is amust. A layer of nursery mix, gardensoil or compost on top creates a plantingmedium for seedlings and seeds. Onebale can host a pair of tomato plants orhalf-dozen cucumber plants or a dozenbean plants.

Raised-bed gardening — essentiallyplanting in containers made of wood ormasonry and filled with compost or man-ufactured soils — has been in practice forcenturies. Like other no-dig approaches,raised-bed gardening keeps soil aerated,allows for more crops to grow in lessspace, reduces weeding and requires lessfertilizer than traditional row gardens.

Square-foot gardening is a spin on theraised-bed method. A typical square-footgarden consists of a framed 4-foot-squareraised-bed, divided into 16, 1-foot squares— ideal for limited space. Wooden stripsdivide the bed into a grid that providesplants in each square enough growingroom, as well as separation. Each sectionis planted with a different crop. Thenumber of seeds or seedlings per squarevaries according to plant size.

Another limited-space, no-dig alter-native is a hanging (upside-down) gar-

den. Five-gallon buckets are good fortomatoes and cucumbers. Essentially itinvolves drilling a two-inch hole in thebottom, placing a slit coffee filter overthe hole, inserting an inverted seedlingthrough the slit (so the root ball facesup), filling the bucket with a compost-soil mixture and hanging the bucketfrom a tall post in a sunny spot. Lowgrowing spices or flowers can go in thetop of the bucket. Optionally, kits aresold for upside-down gardening.

ANOTHER USE FOR NEWSPAPERS: Dave Wood, husband of no-dig gardening author Patricia Lanza, demon-strates how to set up a no-dig garden. (Photo courtesy of Patricia Lanza)

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By Kathy HacklemanClarence Toigo decided back in 1971 that he would expand his

horizons past his engineering profession by buying and operat-ing an orchard. At the same time he continued to work in Wash-ington, D.C., he and his wife also bought a farm near Shippens-burg. Their new venture began with a few apple and peachtrees.

Forty years and many expansions later, his family’s fruit andvegetables have provided tasty, nutritious food for thousands ofpeople. Among those customers: the White House chefs whoare looking for the best of the best for the nation’s first family.

Toigo, who operates Toigo Orchards near Shippensburg withhis wife, Mary, and his son, Mark, is a member of Adams ElectricCooperative.

The family started out with a simple orchard on 300 acres.Today, the Toigos, with the assistance of 10 full-time employeesand up to 40 seasonal workers, grow produce on their own farmplus an additional 250 leased acres. They sell fruit and vegeta-bles at their farm at 750 S. Mountain Estates, and they selldirectly to restaurants in the Gettysburg, Hanover, Chambersburgand Carlisle areas. But it’s the 25 farmers markets they partici-pate in that bring in the majority of their profit – and their mostfamous customers.

“We sell at the Washington, D.C., farmers market near theWhite House,” Toigo explains. “The chefs from the White Housecome over and buy what they need for a couple of days. Some-

times they ask us to deliver on other days, and we do that.”Pat Lute, publicist for FreshFarm Markets, which operates

that market, as well as 10 others in the Washington, D.C., area,explains that the market, formally known as the FreshFarm Market by the White House, is open on Thursday afternoons

Feeding the world, one bite at a time

By John BruceWhether for the landscape, lawn or garden, native plant

species offer homeowners a natural alternative to enrich theirlives and save time and money.

WHY CHOOSE NATIVE PLANTS? BECAUSE THEY:k Are less likely to be invasive or overly competitive than

non-native plants.k Provide nectar, pollen, seeds, leaves and stems

for butterflies, insects, birds and other wildlife.k Reduce the need for mowing when used in

landscapes.k Reduce or eliminate the need for pesti-

cides.k Enhance aesthetics and visual quality.k Provide biodiversity and stewardship of our

natural heritage.What is the best way to start with native

plants? Your local cooperative extension service isa good place to start. Also, the Pennsylvania NativePlant Society, an educational organization headquartered inState College, offers tips at www.pawildflower.org.

OTHER SITES THAT OFFER STATE-SPECIFIC INFORMATIONINCLUDE:k Plant Conservation Alliance, a consortium of federal agen-

cies and private interests, offers online links to many nativeplant landscaping resources at www.nps.gov/plants.

k The Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center, at www.wild-flower.org/plants, offers an interactive map with state-spe-cific listings of recommended native plants.

k PlantNative, a Portland, Ore.-based group dedicated to pro-moting the awareness of native plants, identifies plantsnative to Pennsylvania and lists nurseries where they are

sold at www.plantnative.org. Can native plants be part of a vegetable garden?Absolutely. In “Gaia’s Garden: A Guide to Home-

Scale Permaculture, Second Edition,” authorToby Hemenway suggests that “guilds” of veg-etables grown together yield more nutritiousfood, better harvests and require less waterand fertilizer than crops grown in isolation. Infact, Native Americans for millennia have

been planting with one such method called“the three sisters,” shown in the design at left.

This approach is gaining popularity today.The grouping combines heirloom varieties of

squash, corn and low-growing pole beans — all nativeplant descendents. When planted together in a mound ofsoil, the broad, low-growing leaves of squash plants shadethe soil and keep it moist, while corn stalks support climbingpole beans.

And while corn, beans and squash might sound boring tosome, there are so many different varieties of each of thesevegetables that the combinations are almost endless.

Go native!

EARLY TOMATOES: Clarence Toigo gets an early start on his vegetable crop byusing hydroponic methods.

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from April through November just north of Lafayette Square. “First Lady Michelle Obama, who has gone on record promot-

ing the benefits of eating fresh, healthy foods, was one of the mar-ket’s first customers,” Lute adds. “The location near the WhiteHouse is a popular, growing market even though it’s in an areawhere there are only office buildings with no residential housing. …Our customers know we have producer-only markets, which means we have donethe farm visits and we know how thosegreens were grown, so they come to us tobuy their produce.”

The Toigo family’s road to the WhiteHouse kitchen has been a long one. Inthe early 1970s when they were just get-ting started, Clarence and Mary grewapples and peaches, which they sold toprocessors and apple packers out of Vir-ginia and West Virginia.

“Due to economic conditions, we hadto do something to expand our profitbase because we were having a hardtime breaking even,” Toigo explains. “Wedecided to go with hydroponic (grown in a nutrient solution ofwater and fertilizer) tomatoes so we could get an early start ontomatoes. Then we branched out into farmers markets.”

“Now we do 25 farmers markets a week during the season

throughout Maryland, Virginia, Washington, D.C., and New YorkCity,” he goes on. “We grow almost every kind of popular fruitand vegetable. ... We only sell at markets where the participantsmust be the producers. That way, customers can see the peoplewho grew the produce, and they can be sure that what they arebuying is the freshest items picked at just the right time.”

The family’s decision to focus on pro-duce was a timely one as the popularity offresh, locally grown produce continues toincrease. In fact, the National RestaurantAssociation, which surveys professionalchefs annually regarding “hot” trends,reports that “locally grown produce” issecond only to “locally sourced meats andseafoods” as the hottest trend in 2011.Locally grown produce actually fits intoeight of the top 20 hottest trends. Theothers include: No. 4, nutritionally bal-anced children’s dishes; No. 5, hyper-localfoods; No. 9, simplicity/back to basics; No.10, farm/estate-branded ingredients; No. 14,organic produce; No. 15, nutrition/health;

and No. 18, fruit and vegetables as children’s side items. Toigo Orchards is open at 750 S. Mountain Estates, Shippens-

burg, from April through Christmas. Apples and prepared items areavailable by appointment year-around by calling 717/532-4655.

Besides veggies,fruits are anothernative plant optionfor the garden.Native fruit cropssold commerciallyinclude cranberries,American grapesand blueberries.The wild strawberryis a native Ameri-can fruit thatthrives from coastto coast. A ground-hugging plant, it isfound in patches infields and dry open-ings. Wild strawber-ries produce fine,sweet fruit thatmany prefer overits hybridizeddescendent.

What about using native plants for lawns, landscapes orflower gardens?

Switchgrass is often recommended as an accent plant. It iseasy to find in the nursery trade and is drought-tolerant. It is

available in many cultivars and grows in a wide range of set-tings across the eastern U.S.

Many colorful species of phlox, although not all, are nativeAmerican perennial flowering plants. Native to woodlands,phlox is planted as a ground cover for its profuse blooms anddeep-carpet growth habit.

Blue wild indigo or blue false indigo is native to much ofeastern North America. Gaining popularity among gardenersfor its deep blue flowers, indigo is low-maintenance andhardy. Its seedpods are used in flower arrangements, andearly European settlers borrowed the American Indian use ofindigo as a source of blue dye.

Another eye-catching native plant is the rhododendron(native azalea), with numerous deciduous and evergreenspecies, as well as a huge variety of bloom colors and sizesavailable.

A close cousin of the rhododendron, mountain laurel orspoonwood grows wild in the highlands of most easternstates. In late spring and early summer, mountain laurel putson a spectacular show with profuse blooms of white, pink,maroon or multi-colored flower clusters.

Native plants are not only beautiful, they can be used asphyto-remediation for taking out toxins and cleaning ourwater via riparian buffers, rain gardens (ground waterrecharge) and bogs, offering an attractive alternative to stoneor rip rap.

John Bruce is a professional writer who gardens in Columbia, S.C.

FIRST FAMILY EATS FRESH: First lady MichelleObama visits the farmers market near the WhiteHouse, where Toigo Orchards has a booth. (Photo courtesy of FreshFarm Markets)

NATIVE BLOOMS: The rhododendron is an eye-catching plant native to the eastern UnitedStates. (Photo courtesy of Forest and Kim Starr)

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When the lights came on

(EDITOR’S NOTE: In observance of 75 years of rural electrification in Pennsylvania,throughout the year Penn Lines will feature personal accounts of “when the lights came on”from our readers. This is one of those accounts.)

MY GREAT-GRANDFATHER was Isaac Marshal Clayton.Always known as Marshal Clayton, he lived his entire life inHuntingdon County. The first property he owned was in Blox’sHollow, Tell Township, followed by a slightly larger farm nearNossville. In 1926 or 1927, he bought his last farm in Shade Val-ley, Tell Township. Grandpap and his wife, Sophia MaeMcCullen Clayton, lived on this farm for more than 40 years.

An innovator, Grandpap Clayton was always a step or twoahead in many ways. He purchased the first steam engine touse for threshing grain in Shade Valley and went from farm tofarm using this newfangled machine. This revolutionized theharvesting of grain in the valley forever.

Grandpap knew electricity was eventually coming to therural areas through rural electric cooperatives, but he knew itcould be a very long time and he decided to find a way to“electrify” his farm. A lot of the details of where he boughtthe equipment and exactly when have been lost, but what thefamily does know is — Grandpap Clayton purchased whatwas known as a “Delco plant.” The plant consisted of threerows of large glass cubes, open at the top. These glass con-tainers then had lead plates placed inside and then batteryacid was poured over the plates until they were covered. Thiscreated a battery. There were 10 or 12 of these batteries in arow. These rows of batteries — 30 to 36 batteries total — wereconnected to each other and they created enough electricity togive light in the house and lights in the cow stable, stalls andthe milk house. (Keeping up with this system was difficult as)the batteries had to be “topped-off” with battery acid everycouple of days to keep them working properly. Neighborsand people from surrounding areas came to stare in amaze-ment at the electric lights. Some people were afraid, thinkingthat if they got too close, they could be electrocuted, or thatthe buildings would burn down, or that electricity wouldcause people to lose their minds.

Years later, when rural electric cooperative lines started to bestrung in the Huntingdon area, my father, Theodore Mefferd,who grew up on the last farm in Huntingdon County on Route35 just before entering Juniata County, was hired by a companyfrom Texas to help when the first rural electric cooperativepoles were placed and wires were strung in Shade Valley.

I remember two stories Dad told about his time as a line-man. One story was about climbing a pole with spikes on hisboots. He said he was nearly at the top of the pole when hisspikes slipped and he slid down the pole. He picked splintersout of his chest and arms for weeks.

His second story was about the Texas crew boss. Dad was a

big, strong farm boy, 6’3”, 19or 20 years old and all mus-cle. The crew boss was toughas nails and pushed all themen very hard. They woulddig holes to place the poles byhand. After the pole was set,they would climb the poleand attach the cross arm,then they would string thewire. They started the wire atthe farthest ends andattached the wire to the endpoles, then worked their waypole to pole to the middle. Asthe wire advanced from theends to the middle pole, thetension increased dramati-cally.

Lifting the wire on yourshoulder on spikes on thatcenter pole was very hard todo. Dad was sent up to lift thewire over the cross arm onthe center pole, as he haddone many times before. Hesaid he tried with all of hismight and could not get thewire over the cross arm. Thecrew boss yelled up at himand told him to come down,that he would do it. The crewboss went up the pole andwas unable to lift the wireover the cross arm. Dad wentback up the pole and together he and the crew boss werefinally able to get the wire over the cross arm. The boss thenasked Dad to hire on with his company and travel the countrysetting poles and stringing wire.

For a young Pennsylvania farm boy, the lure of big moneyand traveling to distant places was tempting, but that youngman had an eye on Violet Clayton — a young farm girl at theother end of the valley — so he chose to stay, and in 1938 theywere married. They celebrated 60 years together. l

Submitted by Trudie M. Seagrist, Shade Gap (great-granddaugh-ter of Isaac Marshal Clayton and daughter of Theodore Mefferd)

EARLY ADOPTERS: Isaac MarshalClayton and his wife, Sophia MaeClayton, and daughter, Abigail Clayton,shown in this 1890s photo, lived on afarm in Tell Township, HuntingdonCounty. Always an innovator, Claytoncouldn’t wait to light his world, so hepurchased a “Delco plant” even beforeValley Rural Electric Cooperative wasformed. Abigail’s daughter, Violet, whowas raised by her grandparents afterher mother died, married TheodoreMefferd, who worked to install polesand lines in the late 1930s for ValleyRural Electric Cooperative inHuntingdon County. (Photo submittedby Trudie M. Seagrist, Shade Gap, great-granddaughter of Isaac Marshal Claytonand daughter of Theodore Mefferd)

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WHEN BUILDING a new house, it’s wiseto think about the livability of a house inaddition to efficiency measures. Buildinga small, simple house with thick insula-tion and very few windows would saveenergy, but it likely would not suit mostAmerican families. You should balance ahome’s energy efficient aspects with com-fort and convenience. Often, by makingminor lifestyle changes, your family candramatically reduce utility bills, even in aless-efficient house.

The typical “to-code” stick-built house— a home constructed entirely or largelyon-site — is not very energy efficient, butthis does not necessarily mean all stick-built homes are inefficient. With adequateinsulation, high-quality windows anddoors, and attention to constructiondetails, a typical lumber-framed housecan be very efficient.

Several new construction methods aremore efficient than a rectangular lumberstick-built house, including round-panel-ized, geodesic dome, steel-framing, foamblock/concrete, structural-insulated-panel, and post-and-beam houses.

A round house is particularly energyefficient. A circle provides the greatestamount of indoor floor space with the leastamount of exterior wall surface area, andless wall area results in less potential heatloss. Also, wind tends to flow smoothly overthe exterior resulting in fewer air leaks.

A circular panelized house typicallyuses a series of eight-foot flat panels.These panels are made to your houseplans and are delivered to your buildingsite ready to assemble. A combination of

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Geodesic dome houses are the ultimatein circular design for the least overall exte-rior surface area, but the interior livingspace is quite different from a typicalhouse. The most efficient and strongestones are made of a combination of trian-gular foam pieces covered with concrete.Because of their shape, both circular pan-elized and dome houses are resistant todamage from severe weather such as hur-ricanes.

Although it seems counterintuitivebecause metal conducts heat, steel-framedhouses can be very energy efficient. Sincethe steel members replace the lumber inthe walls, these houses can look identicalto a standard stick-built lumber house.

The most efficient steel-framed housesuse large steel-framing members (calledred iron) spaced very far apart. Thisgreatly reduces the amount of thermalbridges (no insulation at studs) inside thewalls.

Foam block houses are assembledsomewhat similar to hollow Legos. Thelightweight foam blocks are stacked on

top of one another to create walls withopen channels. A concrete truck pumpsconcrete into the top of the wall and itflows throughout the wall. This construc-tion method offers much architecturaldesign flexibility and the homeowner caneasily help with the basic construction.

Structural insulated panels are strongpanels with thick insulating foam in thecenter. They are also called stress skinpanels because the interior and exteriorskins provide the structural strength forthe house. These long panels are factory-crafted to fit your house plans. With thehigh insulation level and few jointsneeded between the panels, these housesare efficient.

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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

1971 While government and industry jointogether with enough power to ignore any otherinterests, individuals can make a difference byrelaying their concerns to government officials.

1981 As a new administration takes over inWashington, D.C., word leaks out about a “black book”listing 143 federal programs the book’s author wouldlike to see delivered to the political chopping block.

2001 Concern over the health of hemlocks stemsfrom more than their aesthetic value and role asPennsylvania’s state tree — hemlock forests providegreat environmental benefits, too.

IN HIS 2011 State of the Union address, President Barack Obama empha-sized the need for high-speed rail to be available to a majority of Ameri-cans. Twenty years ago, Penn Lines described “maglev” technology — tech-nology that used “mag”netic energy to “lev”itate a train-like vehicle over aguide rail, moving people with incredible speed from one point to another.

“Science fiction?” the article asked. The answer was: “No, it’s maglev,and a growing number of legislators, businessmen and engineers saythe technology required to build the line is available now (in 1991). Onlythe will of government and business is needed, they claim, to makesuch a modern railroad a reality.”

In 1991, rail promoters were calling for the Pennsylvania maglev tomirror the existing trans-state path used by Conrail and Amtrakbetween Pittsburgh and Philadelphia, with connections at those pointsto anywhere in the United States.

They anticipated that running time using the maglev technology for thetrip between Harrisburg and Pittsburgh — including five stops along theway — would be one hour and 29 minutes. In 2011, the Amtrak scheduleshows it takes 5 hours 25 minutes to travel by train between Harrisburgand Pittsburgh.

Today, Pennsylvania continues to be served by Amtrak’s Pennsylvanianservice between Pittsburgh and New York City by way of Philadelphia withconnecting service to points beyond those cities, while Amtrak’s Keystoneservice operates between Harrisburg and Philadelphia with connectingservice to other cities.

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

AS I WRITE THIS, thelong-range forecast is offer-ing temperatures in the high40s, maybe even the mid-50s,by the end of the week, witha steady rise from our cur-rent position in the teens inthe intervening days.

Any smidge of confidenceI still held in the talkingheads in front of the elec-tronic weather board of mylocal television station maynot have caused much in theway of enthusiastic anticipa-tion of that balmy prognosti-cation. But, the birds outsidemy door offered a boost tothe possibilities of the nextseven days.

Despite the still rock-hard,ice-crusted snow across thelandscape, chickadees,nuthatches, titmice and cardi-nals were belting out theirterritorial songs. A couple ofthe resident mockingbirdswere doing their best tomimic the smaller birds. Theentire front yard seemed tobe sounding.

If I were inclined to assignhuman qualities to animalbehavior, I would haveassumed some joy lay inthose notes. Regardless ofmy accuracy in making nosuch assumptions, the avianresidents certainly impartedplenty of joy to this humanobserver. Maybe the weath-erman on TV was getting itright this time around.Maybe all this aged and dirtysnow would be transitioninginto a more liquid state nextweek.

The birds, of course, werenot responding to anyhuman-generated weatherforecast or to any instinct orspecial organ that gave themmystical or supernatural abil-ities to know the weatheraround the corner.

No, despite the morning

boost they provided for me intheir “almost spring” song, thebirds were simply respondingto the very natural progres-sion of the seasons.

Winter likely will hold onfor another month or so andcould easily blast us withseveral substantial storms ofsnow or ice or some blend.However, change was inmotion. The increasinglength of each day’s period ofdaylight was on the march.

And, tiny photoreceptorsdeep in the brains of thosesinging birds were takingnotice of that change — thedecreasing length of eachday’s period of darkness, actu-ally — and converting thatinto some sort of avian aware-ness that gave rise to a veryearly spring fever of sorts.

The flood of information

and weather models that fuelthe TV weather guy’s fore-casts seem to be ever-evolv-ing and giving predictionsdifferent enough from theyear before as to prevent anyrealistic and historic interpre-tation by the viewer. But thatnatural progression of longerdays and shorter nightsremains rock steady.

As for verification ofwhat the birds had to say,it’s been months since Ispotted my last woolly bearcaterpillar and I have yet tosee any fresh soil atop thesnow around the den holeof the neighborhoodgroundhog. l

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author of more thantwo dozen books onnature, gardening andpets, is outdoor andnature writer for The Patriot-News inHarrisburg, Pa.

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AS WINTER lingers, you may find dreams of warmweather and tropical climes creeping into your wakinghours. Make those dreams a reality — in your kitchen, atleast — as you indulge this month in the tastes of the trop-ics — coconut, macadamia nuts, pineapple and bananas.

Island Chicken relies on macadamia nuts and coconutfor its rich, sweet coating. Crushed pineapple adds just theright texture to the sauce. Although you may be tempted,resist the urge to eat your Island Chicken in a gently sway-ing hammock. You might accidentally drop a few crumbs!

With Banana Bread Pudding, a mashed banana adds acreamy, mellow sweetness to an old-fashioned favorite.Relax and enjoy! With Pineapple Sheet Cake, assembly is abreeze, leaving plenty of time to indulge in pleasantthoughts of sun and surf. lA trained journalist, JANETTE HESS focuses her writing on interesting people and interesting

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2 cups flour

1 1/2 cups granulated sugar

2 teaspoons baking soda

1 20-ounce can crushed pineapple

with juice

2 eggs, lightly beaten

1 teaspoon vanilla extract

1/2 cup chopped pecans

Mix ingredients thoroughly by hand. Pour into greased, floured sheet-cake

pan. Bake at 350 degrees for 25 minutes, or until toothpick inserted in

center comes out clean.

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8 ounces cream cheese, softened

1/2 cup (1 stick) butter, softened

2 1/2 cups powdered sugar

1 teaspoon vanilla extract

Mix thoroughly. Frost cake while still slightly warm.

ISLAND CHICKEN4 medium-sized boneless, skinless chicken breasts1/2 cup panko (Japanese) bread crumbs or traditional bread crumbs1/2 cup shredded coconut, processed to fine1/2 cup macadamia nuts, finely chopped3/4 teaspoon salt, divided2 tablespoons butter, melted3 tablespoons flour

1 egg, lightly beaten4-5 drops hot pepper sauce1/3 cup prepared honey-mustardsalad dressing

1/3 cup crushed pineappleMix together bread crumbs, coconut, nuts and 1/4 teaspoon salt.Toss with melted butter; set aside. Pat chicken dry. Mix togetherflour and 1/2 teaspoon salt. In separate dish, mix egg and hot pep-per sauce. Dredge each chicken breast in flour mixture, then in eggmixture and finally in crumb mixture, pressing crumbs onto chicken.Place chicken in greased baking dish and bake at 375 degrees for 40 minutes, or until centers are no longer pink. While chicken is baking, mix together dressing and crushed pineapple. Warm throughand serve as a condiment with chicken.

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5 cups of torn home-style or country-stylewhite bread

3 eggs, lightly beaten1/2 cup granulated sugar2 tablespoons butter, melted1 banana, mashed2 cups milk2 teaspoons vanilla extract1/8 teaspoon saltGround cinnamon, if desired

Place torn bread in 8- by- 8-inch baking dish that has been prepared withnon-stick spray. Mix together eggs, sugar, butter, banana, milk, vanilla extractand salt. Pour over bread chunks. Using fingertips, work liquid into bread,breaking up any large pieces. Sprinkle with cinnamon, if desired, and bake at350 degrees for 1 hour, or until top is lightly browned and pudding is set.Immediately after removing pudding from oven, run sharp knife around edge.Pudding will deflate as it cools. Serve warm with caramel sauce.CARAMEL SAUCE5 tablespoons butter1/2 cup brown sugar1/2 cup heavy cream1 tablespoon rum (optional)

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WHEN does your year start?Most people start their year inJanuary, but gardeners starttheir year in March.

March is when we beginscouting daily for the firstsigns of spring: buds swellingon otherwise bare branches,tips of spring bulbs wigglingup through the soil, the sunbeing a tad higher in the sky.

Indoors, our plant catalogsand gardening magazines arewell-thumbed and we’resketching out our landscapingideas and plotting how we’llrotate the vegetables this year.The houseplants have finallybegun to perk up in responseto the lengthening days. Bestof all, it’s time to gather upseed-starting supplies andsow those early seeds!

By late winter/early springit can seem like the genuine,all-out bursting spring willnever arrive.

Our memories of all thatcrunchy fresh and deliciousproduce, sweet and juicyhome-grown fruit, beautiful

fragrant flowers and lushgreen lawn (and if we arehonest, those Japanese beetlesand pesky weeds, too) seemlike they are ancient history.How soon we forget!

It is an endless cycle of theseasons and the gardener’srhythm. March is the annuallull before the storm, the timeto rev the engines in headyanticipation before the racestarts.

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March — Run soil tests,do spring clean-up tasks, per-form earliest lawn care (crab-grass preventive) when theforsythia blooms, and startindoor seeds.

April — Once the groundthaws, plant woody plants,hardy perennials and cool sea-son vegetables, start indoorseeds, prep mower, do springclean-up tasks, and watch fordaffodils and early tulips.

May — Finally, the lastfrost for most of us; expectexuberant growth and themad rush of spring planting,lawn mowing, and springflowers galore.

June — It’s time for straw-berries! Begin harvesting ear-liest veggies, and plant warmseason vegetables and sum-mer bulbs.

July — Welcome summer!Summer vegetables begin toripen and annual flowers arein full bloom. It’s time forearnest weeding, pest patrolsand regular watering.

August — Plant your fallvegetable garden and enjoy

plenty of ripe, juicy tomatoesand melons!

September — Cooler nightsand more frequent rain signalearly fall, which means youcan continue to harvest veg-etables while making time toplant trees and shrubs; plantor divide and transplantperennials. Do fall lawn care.

October — The fall seasonis here bringing brilliant decid-uous color and leaf drop, color-ful blooming asters and mums,pumpkins, winter squashesand corn stalks, and a killingfreeze. It’s also time to plantyour spring flowering bulbs.

November — You’ll bedoing your last leaf raking.Once the big after-frost cleanupis done, it’s time to clean andstore away garden and land-scaping tools and equipment.

December — This marksthe last chance for final fall

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January — Gardeners lookindoors to houseplants, ter-rariums and dish gardenswhile perusing plant catalogsand doing a lot of bird-watch-ing. Dormant winter pruningis possible if there is a thaw.

February — After muchpencil chewing (or keyboardclicking), we send off our plantcatalog orders, enjoy garden-ing-related lectures, and beginto haunt our favorite nurseriesand garden centers to see“what’s new” for spring.

Come on, spring! l

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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.

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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.

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ENERGYmatters

raise the temperature during summerand lower it in the winter while you’re

out of the house. You can also programit to dip lower at night while you aresleeping. The thermostat can be set toautomatically revert to a comfortablesetting shortly before you arrive homeor wake up.

While programmable thermostats arehelpful, they’re not for everyone. Thesegadgets are best for people who areaway from home for extended periodsthroughout the week.

Sealing ductworkMore than 40 percent of your home’s

energy use goes for heating and cooling,so it’s important to keep that air in thehome. Leaky ductwork remains one ofthe main culprits of hot and cold airloss.

If your home’s ducts are exposed,inspect them for leaks and seal them.

Look for holes and joints that have sepa-rated, and then seal them with foil-backed tape, about $6 a roll, or mastic, a

type of sealant that costsabout $12 a tub.

You can apply the masticwith a regular paintbrush.Make sure the tape is markedwith the Underwriters Labo-ratories, Inc., “UL” symbol,which means it has beenindependently tested forsafety.

Properly sealing ductworkcan save about $170 a year,according to TogetherWe-Save.com.

Water heater insulationBlankets aren’t just for

keeping people warm. Awater heater blanket can saveyou 4 to 9 percent in waterheating costs — a big ticketitem since 12 percent of yourhome’s energy use goestoward water heating. Howdo you know if your waterheater needs more insulation?Touch it. If it’s warm, wrap it.Choose a blanket with aninsulating value of at least R-8, which run about $20.

TogetherWeSave.comreports that you can also save

more than $70 per year by keeping yourwater heater’s thermostat set at 120degrees Fahrenheit.

Larger projectsIf you want to make larger invest-

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Sources: U.S. Department of Energy(EnergySavers.gov), Energy Star, Together-WeSave.com, HomeDepot.com

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

SAVE ELECTRICITY AND DOLLARS: Sealing cracks arounddoors and windows can help save on your electric bill.

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Thoughts from Earl Pitts,UHMERIKUN!

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Earl thinks hisobsession with weathermeans he’s getting old

I finally figgered out how I couldtell I was gettin’ old. Check me on this an’see if it’s happenin’ to you, too. An’ here itis — I’m watchin’ way too much WeatherChannel.

Somehow I have become fascinatedwith the forces a’ nature. An’ you knowwhen this happened? It started to happena few years back when that giant hurri-cane hit Galveston.

I was flippin’ through the channelsone night, an’ there was Jim Cantoreknee-deep in a storm surge off GalvestonBay. Wind was beatin’ on him like he wasstandin’ behind a jet engine on take-off. Iswear to you, the boy was standin’ on a45-degree angle.

I watched them Jim Cantore reportsfor six straight hours. ‘Til 2 in themornin’. Now mind you, I do not live inGalveston. I do not know anybody wholives in Galveston. I never even been toGalveston. But Galveston was in myprayers that night. An’ so was Jim Can-tore.

Then I started to pick up the idea a’the Weather Channel. Anytime theweather crap hit the fan, Jim Cantore wasgonna be on live TV standin’ in it.

Again, this fascinates me. You got yourblizzards; oh, there’s Jim Cantore. Mudslides, Jim Cantore. Hurricanes, 20 inchesof rain in 24 hours — looks like a job forJim Cantore. He’s like the Evel Knievel a’meteorologists, that’s what he is.

You turn on the Weather Channel an’it’s like watchin’ a different disastermovie every night. It’s like drivin’ by a’accident — an’ you never have to leaveyour couch. Jim Cantore will do it foryou.

Wake up, America. An’ that’s howcome I think I’m gettin’ too old. I’m get-tin’ way too much pleasure out of themisfortune of others. Man, I hope there’sa blizzard from somewhere on tonight.

You know what makes me somad I just wanna pull all my teeth outwith a rusty pair a’ pliers? Because

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.

lemme tell you somethin’ — if you didn’thave no teeth, life would be a lot easier.As long as you wadn’t eatin’ a’ apple.

If you didn’t have no teeth, you wouldn’t have to go to the dentist. Rightthere, you’d be closer to heaven’ cause youwouldn’t have to lie about flossin’. Some-thin’ to think about. You wouldn’t neverhave no tooth-aches. You wouldn’t getnothin’ stuck ‘tween your teeth on theride home an’ spend 40 minutes withyour tongue tryin’ to double as a tooth-pick.

But the best thing is — if you didn’thave no teeth, you wouldn’t have to buyno toothpaste. Because I found out lastnight that toothpaste ain’t toothpaste nomore. I don’t know when this happened,but it has turned into a complex, oralhygiene management system.

Me’ an’ my better half was down at thelocal Wal-Mart last night an’ she tells meto run over an’ pick up a tube a’ Crest.Sounds innocent enough, don’t it? Even a’idiot like me couldn’t screw that up,right? Did you know they got two aislesfull ‘a Crest toothpaste now?

Like, did I want bakin’ soda an’ perox-ide Crest or multi-care whitenin’ gelCrest. Cavity protection Crest. Tarter pro-tection Crest with Scope mixed in it.Advanced formula Crest. SensitivityCrest. Liquid gel Crest. Tarter protectionwith enamel shield Crest. ExtraWhitenin’ with tarter protection Crest.Pro-health anti-cavity fluoride Crest withScope.

An’ them is just your different formu-las. We ain’t even got into flavors, yet. Allthem different toothpastes I just wentover; they all come in different flavorsincludin’ mint an’ cinnamon. I rememberwhen toothpaste used to come in one fla-vor: toothpaste!

Wake up, America. I stood there likea’ idiot for 10 minutes tryin’ to figger outwhat to get. Finally I panicked an’ got aColgate. Hey Crest, it’s toothpaste, notrocket science.

I’m Earl Pitts, Uhmerikun. l

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