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A choice in the matter

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

8 F E AT U R E

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Improving the efficiency of older doors

14 T I M E PA S S A G E SMemories from our members

14A COOPERATIVE CONNECTIONInformation and advice from your localelectric cooperative

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From ho-hum to yum-yum

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

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Sealing up your home and saving money

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O N T H E C OV E RThis mural near Schellsburg inBedford County is one ofseveral similar paintings alongthe Lincoln Highway as itcrosses through Pennsylvania.The roadside mural project wascoordinated by the LincolnHighway Heritage Corridor.Photo by Kathy Hackleman

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A choice in thematterAMERICANS like having a choice,that’s for sure. Having a choice is part ofour heritage, our very identity as a dem-ocratic nation. Your electric cooperative,a local organization that is led by indi-viduals chosen by you, is an example ofthat principle in action.

Today, choice abounds in Americanculture, in ever-increasing fashion. Takea stroll down the cereal aisle of yourlocal grocery store to see what I mean.For example, when I was growing up,there was only one kind of Cheerios® —the toasted oat little “O’s” in the brightyellow box. These days, you can takeyour pick from 14 different varieties,everything from Honey Nut Cheerios toCinnamon Burst Cheerios to Dulce deLeche Cheerios (I’m not making thisup). That’s a lot of choices.

Choice has even worked its way intothe energy industry. Today, electricitycustomers in Pennsylvania have a choiceabout who supplies their electric genera-tion. In 1997, when the state deregulatedthe electric utility industry, it created acompetitive marketplace in which elec-tricity customers could switch genera-tion providers. Your local electric com-pany would still deliver the electricity,but the generation — the “juice” that

powers your lights and appliances —could be purchased on the open market.

Seeing it as an opportunity for con-sumers to potentially achieve cost sav-ings, electric cooperatives were at theforefront of efforts to ensure their mem-bers would have a choice in this market-place. Cooperatives proactively advocatedfor a competition statute to allow forelectric cooperative participation, open-ing the door for alternative electric gen-eration suppliers (EGSs) to offer retailchoice in cooperative service territories.

Today, you, as a cooperative consumer,have a choice — in principle. Unfortu-nately, in practice, that choice has neverreally been there for you. Here’s why:over the past 17 years in this retail mar-ketplace, no EGS has offered competitiveservice to any cooperative consumer.

But this isn’t necessarily all badnews. There has been no EGS interestfor one reason — cooperative generationrates have been consistently among thelowest and most stable in the region.Alternative suppliers simply can’t com-pete with your generation rates. This isa direct result of the member-focusedcooperative business model, which isbuilt on the concept of providing thegreatest value for the consumer.Through this model, cooperatives areable to band together, aggregate theirenergy needs, and procure the least-costand most reliable energy available in thewholesale marketplace — resulting inuniquely stable and affordable rates fortheir consumers. Additionally, coopera-tives in Pennsylvania also own nearly 70percent of the total generation resourcesrequired to serve their needs, protectingconsumers like you from the volatility ofthe ever-changing energy marketplace.

If you’ve seen the news reports thispast winter about high bill complaintsfrom customers of private power compa-nies, you know what I mean aboutvolatility. A lot of these complaints werefrom folks who took advantage of electric

choice and switched providers. In manycases, they switched to suppliers withvariable rates, which have skyrocketeddue to this winter’s cold temperaturesand soaring demand. With thousands ofcomplaints flooding the state’s PublicUtility Commission, the agency has hadto look into its retail choice program.

Fortunately for cooperative con-sumers, cooperative generation rates arefixed annually and not subject to sea-sonal upheaval. In fact, while privatepower companies were busy contendingwith this winter’s volatile marketplace,electric cooperatives were already look-ing ahead and finalizing a wholesalepower contract that will ensure a reli-able flow of power for the next severaldecades.

This member-driven focus on long-term stability has been one of the rea-sons electric cooperatives have been suc-cessfully serving the needs of theirmembers for more than 75 years —through all kinds of changes in theindustry. Though the intention of theelectric competition statute for coopera-tives was to provide consumers cost-sav-ing options, history has shown that thecooperative business model has provento be the most effective in providing safe,reliable and affordable electricity to elec-tric cooperative members.

This brings us to the question: isretail choice right for electric coopera-tives? Being in this marketplace subjectscooperatives to certain costs, includingthe cost to develop and maintain billingsystems associated with retail choice.Despite this investment, cooperativesand their consumers — over the past 17years — have yet to see any benefit toretail choice.

It may be time to ask for a real choicein the matter, like whether or not electriccooperatives should remain in this mar-ketplace. After all, paying to have achoice only in principle doesn’t seem tobe much of a choice.l

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bers) exemplified such courage and brav-ery that day as they sacrificed themselvesto protect others and to rally our nation;they were indeed the first warriors in thiswar on terrorism,” Myers said. “Todaywe come together as families, but mostlyas Americans to celebrate and witnessthis momentous occasion and wish theUSS Somerset and her crew Godspeed.”

Marcellus Shale production continues to grow

The Pennsylvania Department ofEnvironmental Protection is reportingthe state’s gas production increased inthe final six months of 2013 comparedto the first six months of the year.

Drilling firms reported production of 3.1trillion cubic feet of gas from the MarcellusShale and other unconventional formationsin 2013; 1.4 trillion cubic feet was producedJanuary to June and 1.7 trillion cubic feetwas produced July through December.

At the July-December rate, Pennsylva-nia wells produced an average of 9.2 bil-lion cubic feet of natural gas per day. TheU.S. Energy Information Administrationestimates total natural gas consumptionin the United States will average 70.2 bil-lion cubic feet per day this year.

The largest production numberswere reported in northeastern Pennsyl-vania with Susquehanna County pro-ducing the most gas, followed by Brad-ford and Lycoming counties.

Deer harvest up in 2013-14The Pennsylvania Game Commission

reports in an early estimate that huntersin the state harvested nearly 353,000 deerin the 2013-14 season, an increase of about3 percent from the previous year.

The total includes about 134,280antlered deer, similar to the total reporteda year earlier, and about 218,640 antler-less deer, a 4 percent increase comparedto the 2012-13 season.l

USS Somerset commissioned inPhiladelphia

The USS Somerset, the U.S. Navy’snewest amphibious transport dock, wascommissioned during a formal cere-mony at Penn’s Landing in Philadelphiaon March 1.

Hundreds of Somerset County resi-dents were among the thousands of atten-dees at the ceremony for the ship that wasnamed to honor the heroic actions of the40 passengers and crew members ofUnited Airlines Flight 93. The planecrashed on Sept. 11, 2001, in SomersetCounty during a series of coordinated ter-rorist attacks on the United States.

The ship’s commanding officer, Capt.Thomas L. Dearborn, spoke of the crewand the heroic actions of those the shipis named after.

“We are here today to not only honorand pay tribute to the heroes of UnitedFlight 93, but also to celebrate the com-missioning of this great ship USS Somer-set,” Dearborn said. “Somerset will leavea legacy that will never be forgotten by

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At the conclusion of the officialremarks, the ship’s sponsor, Mary JoMyers, the wife of former Joint Chiefs ofStaff Air Force Gen. Richard Myers(retired), gave the time-honored command,

SHIP COMMISSIONED: USS Somerset Commanding Officer Capt. Thomas L. Dearborn speaks at the commis-sioning of the amphibious transport dock on March 1. Carline Mitchell, director of marketing and memberservices at Somerset Rural Electric Cooperative, top, stands beside a display on board the ship after thecommissioning ceremony. A copy of the January issue of Penn Lines, which featured the USS Somerset, isshown in the display beside her.

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in 1913. Construction on the country’sfirst coast-to-coast highway that spannedthe entire width of Pennsylvania on itsway toward joining Times Square in NewYork City and San Francisco, Calif.,would go on for several years.

Historic highwayNow beginning its second century,

the historic highway — which includesmuch of the current Route 30 in Penn-sylvania — passes through territoriesserved by Gettysburg-based Adams

BACK IN the early 1900s, as automo-biles were becoming more available —and more affordable — to increasingnumbers of Americans, construction ofroads and highways for these vehiclesbegan in earnest. Gasoline stations,roadside motels and diners to servethose travelers were soon added. “Americans no longer had to journey

only where railroad tracks took them,and the travel and tourism industry aswe know it today was born,” says OlgaHerbert, executive director of the Lin-coln Highway Heritage Corridor, basedin Latrobe.Pennsylvania landed right in the mid-

dle of that early travel and tourism indus-try when developers, led by Carl Fisher,created the Lincoln Highway Association

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Historic corridor starts its second centuryB 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

Electric Cooperative, Huntingdon-basedValley Rural Electric Cooperative, Bed-ford-based Bedford Rural Electric Coop-erative and Somerset-based SomersetRural Electric Cooperative. (In Bedford,the cooperative’s office is even locatedon the Lincoln Highway.)Modes of travel have changed signifi-

cantly in the past 100 years, but manylocations along the Lincoln Highwayretain some of that initial mystiquefound by the early tourist in his motorvehicle, Herbert notes. As it meandersacross the state, the Lincoln Highwaypasses through a variety of scenes fromrelatively flat farm fields to forested

SHIP IN THE NIGHT: One of artistKevin Kutz’s favorite spots topaint along the Lincoln Highway,the Grand View Point Hotel (alsoknown as the Ship Hotel), lights upthe night in this painting publishedin the book, “Kevin Kutz’s LincolnHighway.” Kutz is a member ofBedford Rural Electric Cooperative.

mountains, and small communities tolarge cities. Sometimes the road is nar-row, and vehicles are few and farbetween, but the Lincoln Highway alsopasses through the state’s most-con-gested population centers of Philadel-phia and Pittsburgh.Early travelers heading west on the

Lincoln Highway would have seen suchhistoric sites as the Adams Countyfields where the Battle of Gettysburgwas fought in 1863; the Franklin County

towns of Chambersburg, rebuilt afterbeing burned in 1864 by the Confeder-ates, and Fort Loudoun, an authenticFrench and Indian frontier period fortwhere the first armed uprising againstroyal troops took place in 1765; and Bed-ford County’s Jean Bonnet Tavern, anearly French fort and trading post on theonly road that connected Pennsylvaniawith the Ohio River and territories tothe west. Those sites are all still there, along

with another, more recent additionmarking our nation’s history. Theentrance to the Flight 93 National Memo-rial in Somerset County is off of Route30. Located at the site of United AirlinesFlight 93 crash of Sept. 11, 2001, part of acoordinated terrorist attack against theUnited States, the site memorializes thepassengers and crew members whofought back during the fourth and finalhijacking that took place that day.

Show on the roadMany sites focus on the historical

aspects of specific areas along the Lin-coln Highway, but there are also manylocations geared just toward entertain-ment. In addition to the golf courses,theaters, parks and shopping centers,there are also more unusual features.Visitors to Mr. Ed’s Elephant

Museum and Candy Emporium, locatedon Route 30 midway between Gettys-burg and Chambersburg, are encour-aged to act like “a kid in a candy store.”The shop’s selection includes more than70 flavors of homemade fudge, alongwith all the old favorites many seniorswill remember from the days of “pennycandy.” But that’s not all — visitors cancheck out the more than 12,000 ele-phants in owner Ed Gotwalt’s museumcollection, and wander through severalwhimsical outdoor gardens, each with adifferent theme.And who wouldn’t want to have their

photo taken beside an 18-foot high coffeepot? Now located at the entrance to theBedford County Fairgrounds (relocatedfrom its original, nearby spot), the coffeepot, built in the 1920s as a restaurant,was restored about a decade ago by theLincoln Highway Heritage Corridor.Businesses along the Lincoln High-

way take their connection to the historichighway seriously. Karen Brantner, owner of Travelers

Rest Motel, located four miles east ofEverett, and the president of the LincolnHighway Heritage Corridor Board ofDirectors, proudly calls her countrymotel a part of the “roadside museum”that is the Lincoln Highway.“My late husband’s family has had

the motel since 1947,” the Bedford RuralElectric Cooperative member explains.“Of course, it’s undergone some changesand upgrades during the years, but westill have some of the original metal fur-niture in the rooms.”Brantner, who lives at the motel, also

boasts of having the first all-electricbuilding served by her local cooperative.The A-frame, built in 1964, was con-structed to be the motel’s front office, aswell as living quarters for the family.The unusual, all-electric facility was fea-tured in the Bedford Rural Electric

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Economic developmentBoth the Travelers Rest Motel and

Aero Energy were selected as sites for adisplay that includes a model of an oldgas pump. The pumps are scatteredalong the Lincoln Highway in 22 loca-tions to draw the eye of the motoringpublic to historic sites as they pass by.The gas pump project is just one

such undertaking initiated by the Lin-coln Highway Heritage Corridor. One of12 designated heritage areas in the Com-monwealth, the Lincoln Highway Her-itage Corridor is basically a museumthat stretches across the miles that makeup the historic Lincoln Highway.

“Our mission is economic develop-ment through tourism,” Herbert notes. To accomplish that goal, the organi-

zation coordinated the gas pump dis-plays, installed interpretive exhibits(plaques on pedestals), and arranged forartists to create murals on buildingsalong the Lincoln Highway corridor.There also are a number of displayswhere people can stand, and have their

photos taken in costumes typical of thehighway’s early days. There are alsohundreds of Lincoln Highway signs toalert travelers to look for nearby dis-plays.“These projects all gave us the oppor-

tunity to work with different municipal-ities along the corridor,” Herbertexplains. “Many people, when they aretraveling, they just are driving along andthey don’t really pay attention to whatthey are seeing. We wanted to drawattention to significant sites along the

Cooperative’s newsletter, Hi-Line News,in the fall of 1965. Brantner opens her10-room motel from mid-April throughearly December each year for touristswho are traveling the Lincoln Highway.In a nod to the past, she encouragestourists to sit on the porch and watchthe antics of nearby donkeys, chickensand goats. The motel also has books,cards, puzzles and board games avail-able for their guests.Aero Energy, a subsidiary of Adams

Electric Cooperative located along theLincoln Highway in New Oxford, alsokeeps reminders of its early days as agasoline station — Aero Oil Companyowned by D.M. De Tar — on hand. “The company was founded in 1929

in this same location,” says Tom Wash-burn, Aero Energy manager. “The origi-nal building is still here, and still usedas offices, even though it was movedback from the highway a few yearsago.”The company has expanded several

times through the years, but maintainsits ties to the past with displays of a 1929Fleetwing gas pump, old photos andother memorabilia that tell the tale ofthe company’s 85-year history along thehistoric Lincoln Highway.

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HISTORIC TRAIL: Fort Loudoun, served by ValleyRural Electric Cooperative and located along theLincoln Highway in Franklin County, is only one ofseveral historic sites along the trail. Others includethe site of the Battle of Gettysburg in AdamsCounty, the Jean Bonnet Tavern, an early Frenchfort and trading post in Bedford County, and theFlight 93 National Memorial in Somerset County.

TAKE A SECOND LOOK: Huge murals, including this one in Somerset County, depicting life along theLincoln Highway decades ago are scattered along the Pennsylvania section of the historic highway.Painted by different artists, the murals were coordinated by the Lincoln Highway Heritage Corridor.

A QUARTER FOR YOUR THOUGHTS: Designed and built by the students of the Bedford County TechnicalCenter, this much-larger-than-life quarter in Bedford County is one of the “roadside giants” installed inrecent years to add interest along the historic Lincoln Highway.

highway.”Herbert says

the most inter-est in the high-way and itsattractions tra-ditionallycomes frompeople who are55 and older. Inan effort to cre-ate a new set offans, herorganization setout to workwith technol-ogy students infive area schooldistricts to cre-ate a new cropof “roadsidegiants” thatwould tell thetale of the Lin-coln Highwayin a fresh way.

Future travelersIn 2008, the

supersizedsculptures —designed and

created by each school’s graphic arts,welding and building trades students —were unveiled. From east to west, theyinclude: a 1921 Selden pickup by theFranklin County Career and Technologystudents located west of Chambersburg,a half-ton quarter by the BedfordCounty Technical Center students

located east of Everett, an 1,800-poundbicycle built for two by the SomersetCounty Technology Center studentslocated near the junction of Route 30and Route 219, a 25-foot high, 4,900-pound replica of a 1940s Bennett gaspump by the Eastern WestmorelandCareer and Technology Center located atthe intersection of Route 30 and Route259 near Latrobe, and a 12-foot high1920s Packard car and driver by theCentral Westmoreland Career and Tech-nology Center located on Tollgate HillRoad near Greensburg.

“For the rest of their lives, the kidswho were involved in these will drive byand say, ‘I was a part of that,’” Herbertsays. In addition to all of the displays along

the highway itself, the Lincoln HighwayHeritage Corridor has a museum nearLatrobe in a 200-year-old building thatwas originally a stagecoach stop. Themuseum, which is open on weekdays,houses displays related to the highway.Visitors can view an award-winning, 13-minute DVD that is a “through the

PICTURE YOURSELF ON THE LINCOLN HIGHWAY:

Travelers on the Lincoln Highway can stop, puttheir faces in the openings and have their photostaken in clothes reminiscent of long ago. Thisphoto stop is located at the Lincoln Motor Courtnear Manns Choice in Bedford County.

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Road signs

Kevin Kutz didn’t start out to document sites along the Lincoln Highway. It justturned out that way.

Kutz, a member of Bedford Rural Electric Cooperative, is an award-winningartist who began painting at the age of 8. Although his subjects are many andvaried, he has become well-known in Pennsylvania for his scenes of the historiccross-country highway that bisects his hometown of Bedford. Many of his highway

paintings are featured in the book,“Kevin Kutz’s Lincoln Highway,”published in 2006 by StackpoleBooks, Mechanicsburg.

As his hobby turned into a full-time painting career back in the1980s, Kutz began spending moretime on the road, which oftenturned out to be the Lincoln High-way. His favorite technique by far isplein air (a French phrase meaning“in the open air”) painting, wherehe sets up an easel onsite and set-tles in to paint for as long as thelight is right. He does both oil andwatercolor.

“I began painting interestingthings, things that caught my eye,”Kutz recalls. “I wasn’t aware for a

while that all the places I had been painting were on the same road. Then later, Ithought it would be interesting to document the road, how it has evolved.”

As the decades have passed, many of the scenes he has painted along the Lin-coln Highway have changed, or even disappeared.

One of his all-time favorites remains the Grand View Point Hotel, named forthe area’s sweeping vistas, but better known as the “Ship Hotel” for its nauticalshape. The Bedford County landmark burned in 2001.

“I could stand at that hotel and paint for days,” he says. “It and some of theother historic buildings along the highway are gone now, but I feel like my paint-ings are a form of preservation and a tribute to the people who built them, awhole era of people who were individual thinkers, before chain restaurants andhotels became commonplace.”

Samples of Kutz’s paintings may be viewed at www.kevinkutzart.com, but hesays the easiest way to purchase a piece is to contact him by writing Kevin Kutz,134 Somerset Avenue, Bedford, PA 15522. His 128-page, paperback book is avail-able online through www.amazon.com or www.barnesandnoble.com.

ALL ABOUT THE HIGHWAY: “Kevin Kutz’s LincolnHighway” features paintings and drawings of scenesalong the highway by the Bedford Rural ElectricCooperative member. The book is published byStackpole Books, Mechanicsburg.

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1920S GAS PUMP: AdamsElectric Cooperative mem-ber Rhonda Thomas, anemployee of Aero Energy, asubsidiary of the coopera-tive, shows the height of a1920s gas pump on displayin the Aero Energy office.Located along the LincolnHighway in New Oxford,Aero Energy still uses itsoriginal gas station build-ing as an office.

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ENERGY LOSS from inefficient entrydoors can account for a significant por-tion of your monthly utility bills. Whenleaky doors create drafts, people tend toset the furnace thermostat higher. Thiswastes even more energy.

There are ways to improve the effi-ciency of old doors, but don’t immediatelyeliminate the possibility of installing newones if your older ones are inefficient.The cost of some well-insulated steel andfiberglass doors, especially those for theback door without glass, is very reason-able. A pre-hung door in its own frame isnot difficult to install yourself.

Before making a decision, carefullyinspect your old doors. If they are in verybad condition, it will be difficult toimprove their efficiency by a meaningfulamount. First, make sure the wood door isnot rotting. Then place a long straight edgeacross the door to see if it is badly warped.

The most common problem withmetal doors is rust, not warping. The firstplace to check is along the bottom by theweatherstripping on either side. Rainwa-ter tends to collect there, and it is notalways painted well.

If you find small holes rusted through,they can be repaired with car body fillerand then painted. First, try to determinethe reason water is collecting there and cor-rect the problem. Clean out as much rust aspossible and fill with automobile body filler.

If the doors are reasonably sound,check for the location of the air leaks. Atnight, have someone shine a flashlightfrom outdoors around the seals and checkfor light indoors. This will highlight sig-nificant leaks. On a windy day, move astick of lighted incense around the seals

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and watch the trail of the smoke to findthe minor leaky areas. Check the astragalon double doors. This is usually the raisedhalf-round overlap where pairs of doorsmeet that acts as a seal between them.

Often with wood doors, especiallyones with compression weatherstripping,the main problem is simply the latchplate is not holding the door tightlyclosed against the weatherstripping.

One solution is to reposition the latchplate. This will require filling in the oldscrew holes and drilling new ones. Chiselaway some of the wood in the recess forthe latch plate. Another option is to installan adjustable latch plate. You may want toreposition it for summer and winter asthe door and frame expand and contractfrom seasonal temperature and humidity.

Steel doors should feature magneticweatherstripping, so this is not a majorissue because the weatherstripping isdrawn against the door edge. Just makesure the surface of the door and theweatherstripping are clean and smooth.Paint on the door edge can sometimescome loose in small pieces and create agap that leaks air.

Check the condition of the hinges, andreplace them if needed. If the hinges andpins are worn, the door will not hang

square in the opening, and therefore, willnot seal properly. There are many differentsizes of hinges, so take an old one along tothe store and get an exact match. Don’t justbuy the cheapest ones, because there aremany to choose from, and quality varies.

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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.)

Sisters Adriene and Lindsey Walls represented New Enterprise RuralElectric Cooperative on Youth Tour in 2011 and 2006, respectively.Adriene is currently a sophomore at California University of Pennsyl-vania studying for a degree in business administration with a concen-tration in marketing. Lindsey has an associate degree in dental hygienefrom Allegany College of Maryland and will graduate this spring fromColorado State University with a degree in health care administration.

Penn Lines: How did your Youth Tour experience helpwith your career direction?

Lindsey Walls: Youth Tour made me more familiar withWashington, D.C., and gave me a greater appreciation for his-tory, and those who work hard every day to keep it alive. I

would say Youth Tour made me amore well-rounded individual and,because of that, resulted in my choos-ing a career path where I can helpothers.

Penn Lines: How did your YouthTour experience influence youreducational goals?

Adriene Walls: I came to the real-ization that one day I want to get adegree that allows me to lead businessendeavors, and this trip opened myeyes to having a career in business.

Penn Lines: What did it mean toyou to have the opportunity to meet with your congres-sional representative?

Lindsey Walls:Meeting our congressional representativewas something I wasn’t particularly excited about, but the endresult turned out to be very rewarding. I learned a lot aboutmy representative, and even got to see Hillary Clinton walkingdown the street after we finished.

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

Adriene Walls:Youth Tour challenged me to step outsideof my box and not only meet new people from all over theworld, but to really get to know them and their stories. The tripshaped me into a very social person who is not afraid to talk toanyone who crosses my path in life.

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

Lindsey Walls:Don’t miss out on anyopportunities to partici-pate in all the wonderfulevents going on. There issomething for everyone,and it is a very reward-ing trip that you willremember for a lifetime.

Penn Lines: Howhas the opportunity tomeet people from allover the countryinfluenced you?

Adriene Walls:Liv-ing in the same area all ofmy life, you tend to clingto your county and even your state, but you don’t get to see whoelse is out there in the country. Youth Tour allowed me to meetteenagers from all over, and aided in my understanding of the factthat, even though we may live in different areas of the country,we are still one, and maybe this country really is a small world.

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

Lindsey Walls: I wish the trip could have been longer; wegot to see and do so much but after you meet so many greatpeople, it’s hard to leave.

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

Adriene Walls: I was surprised to learn everything aboutco-ops and the electricity that powers our homes.l

TIMEpassages m em o r i e s f r o m o u r m e m b e r s

Adriene Walls, top, andLindsey Walls in 2014.

IN WASHINGTON:

Left: Lindsey Walls,left, is shown onYouth Tour in 2006.

Below: Adriene Walls,center, is shown onYouth Tour in 2011.

Youth Tour memories

IN MANY back yards, thefunctional areas are clearly laidout: here is the seating area,the lawn, the vegetable garden.But if you are new to yourproperty or new to landscap-ing, such designations aren’tclear yet. And if you’ve gar-dened in one place for decades,it may be time to reassess. Solet’s review the basics for sitingvegetable gardens.

As a rule, vegetable plantsrequire sun and lots of it. Fullsun all day long is optimal; sixhours or more, including thehour of noon, is good. If yourveggie patch tends to beshaded much of the day, youcan’t grow a full selection ofvegetables. Sad, but true.

Next, root competition hin-ders vegetable production.Planting next to a hedge orbeneath/beside a tree forcesthe little vegetable roots tocompete against the well-estab-lished, large and greedy rootsof the woody plants. Lousyrooting leads to lousy yield.

Next basic issue: find out ifthe soil at your proposed site isdecent. Check texture, drainage

and soil test results. If not, con-sider a raised-bed setup.

How much space do yourvegetables need? Many opti-mistic gardeners begin withtoo much space and end upfeeling overwhelmed and dis-couraged. Some hard-workinggardeners harvest all theygrow, but end up disappointedwhen the yield is insufficientfor freezing or canning inquantity. The real questionhere is: why are you growingyour own vegetables?

You will only need a smallarea under intensive cultiva-tion to enjoy a few home-grown fresh greens andyummy salad tomatoes duringthe growing season. If youwant to grow most of the freshvegetables your family eatsfrom spring through fall, youwill need to cultivate a largerarea. And for the ambitiousgardener who wants all of thefresh food above plus amplequantities of vegetables bestsuited to freezing, canning andpreserving for winter use, therequired space is even moresubstantial.

A tiny plot about 4-foot-by-8-foot can produce a surpris-ingly large amount of freshvegetables when planted usingintensive square-foot garden-ing techniques.

A moderate plot of 30-foot-by-40-foot planted in wide/matted rows and using succes-sive planting methods can pro-duce plenty of fresh vegetablesfor a family to eat during thegrowing season.

But if you wish to grow vir-tually all of your vegetables for

the year, meaning to eat freshand to preserve for later, thenyou need a much larger gar-den space. If your ultimategoal is to raise all your ownvegetables for year-round eat-ing, locate your starter gardenin a spot where it can beexpanded over time.

Besides seasonal and quan-tity concerns, your growingmethods also determine howmuch space is needed. Keep inmind that using wide pathsand planting each crop in asingle file straight line of indi-vidual plants set out one byone takes far more space thanplanting by either wide/mattedrow or square-foot techniques.

Yet another caveat is thatsweet corn requires a relativelyhuge space. If you are able topurchase fresh sweet cornfrom local growers, considerdoing that.

Another consideration inlocating the vegetable garden isconvenience. Vegetablesrequire constant tending; youwill be bringing your harvestinto the kitchen (or storage

space such as a root cellar), soa spot near the house is good.You will also need water forirrigation and a place to storetools and equipment. Finally, itsaves time if your compostingoperation is nearby.

In terms of design and aes-thetics, the general shape andsize of the vegetable plotshould mesh seamlessly intoyour overall master plan. High-light the garden perimeter witha good-looking fence toenhance the winter view —and exclude deer, groundhogsand rabbits. Select trellis, edg-ing, path materials and so on tocoordinate with other featuresin your yard.

When the springtime hoursI’ve set aside for gardening turnout to be either rainy or the soilis still too wet to be worked, I’llbe using the so-called “down”time for some detailed plan-ning. How about you?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.

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Food forthought

PLANNING IS IMPORTANT: Considerthe basics of siting a garden anddetermining your needs before youbegin to plant.

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

2 to 2 1/2 pounds boneless pork loin or pork roast

2 teaspoons salt1 teaspoon garlic powder

Freshly ground pepper

1 1/2 cups pineapple juice

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1 tablespoon liquid smoke

20-24 cocktail buns, lightly buttered and

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Place pork in slow cooker and rub with salt, garlic powder and freshly

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GRILLED SANDWICHES WITH RED PEPPER CHEESE3/4 cup chopped roasted red peppers(approximately 6 ounces drainedweight)

1 1/2 cups (6 ounces) shredded mildcheddar or Colby cheese1 cup (4 ounces) shredded sharp ched-dar cheese2 generous tablespoons finely diced pepperonciniGenerous 1 tablespoon finely minced red onion1/3 to 1/2 cup regular or reduced-fat mayonnaise1 teaspoon horseradish1 teaspoon Dijon mustard16 slices French breadSoft butter or butter spreadDrain and rinse roasted red peppers. Discard any charred pieces before chop-ping. Combine with cheeses, pepperoncini and red onion. In separate bowl,combine 1/3 cup mayonnaise, horseradish and mustard. Stir into pepper andcheese mixture, adding additional mayonnaise as needed to create an easilyspreadable mixture. Divide among 8 slices of bread. Top with remaining slices.Butter and grill until bread is nicely browned and cheese is warmed.

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Drain tuna and combine with remaining ingredients. Spread on slices oflightly toasted Italian bread. Top with provolone cheese. Place under broileruntil cheese begins to melt. Serve immediately.

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From ho-hum to yum-yumWHEN circumstances call for a sandwich, why not skip theho-hum deli meat and instead concoct a more flavorful filling?

Pulled pork is an easy favorite, but instead of going thebarbecue route, try slow-cooking the pork in pineapple juiceand serving it with internationally inspired sauces. It’s beena long winter, so it’s time to let your taste buds travel!

Red Pepper Cheese, often called Pimento Cheese, is a ver-satile treat that may be served as a sandwich or a partyspread. Either way, jazz it up with chopped pepperoncini,red onion and horseradish. If you choose to grill it betweenslices of buttered French bread, “ho-hum” definitely is not aphrase that will be used to describe the hot, cheesy result.

Tuna salad can be traditional or it can be unexpected, sowhy not, in honor of a new season, go with the unex-pected? Wake up your sandwich with the flavors of Italy.The tuna salad, of course, may be served in the traditional

style between two slices of soft, fresh bread, orit may be turned into something a bit morespecial under the broiler. Yum! lA trained journalist, JANETTE HESS focuses her writing on interesting

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local extension service and enjoys collecting, testing and sharing recipes.

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1974U.S. Sen. Richard Schweiker (R-Pa.), reacting tothe Nixon Administration’s attempt to end the RuralElectrification Administration’s low-interest loan pro-gram, writes about the importance of cooperatives.

1984 Pysanky (from the Ukrainian word meaning“to write”) is a seasonal art form that involves intri-cately decorated eggs rich in symbolism often givenas gifts to celebrate Easter and the arrival of spring.

1994 Woodland wildflowers like this white trilliumare among the signs that spring has arrived inrural Pennsylvania. This spring ephemeral is mostcommon in rich, mixed upland forests.

HUNDREDS of thousands of anglers annually pick up theirrods to try their luck at reeling in some trout, along with othertypes of fish, in streams across Pennsylvania. They have a goodchance of heading home with some fish thanks to a state trout-stocking program.

The stocking program — supported by revenue from fishinglicenses and trout stamps — is one of the largest in the nation asthe Pennsylvania Fish & Boat Commission raises and releasesover 4 million trout before and during the season.

The anglers add much to the economy of rural Pennsylvania,especially in some of the rural areas served by electric coopera-tives. Many of those dollars are spent at tackle and bait shops,along with general stores and gas stations.

Although the weather can limit the success of anglers, it sel-dom dampens opening day of trout season, which is traditionallyjust as much about ritual as it is about fishing. Some liken thestart of trout season with the first sighting of a robin in thespring — a sure sign of better days to come anticipated endlesslyby anglers during the long, bleak months of winter.

This year, opening day for 18 southeastern Pennsylvaniacounties was on March 29, but for the remainder of the state, thedate is April 12.

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windshield” view of the highway. Otherdisplays include gas pumps from earliereras, giveaways that used to be popularat gas stations, an exhibit of earlywomen drivers (including a “duster,”goggles and driving gloves worn by anearly female driver), along with artworkand memorabilia tied to the highway.They also sell gifts made by artisanslocated along the highway. Plans are inthe works to expand the museum with arestored diner and tourist cabin.The organization also plans at least

two bus trips along the Lincoln High-way each year. The 2014 trips are sched-uled for May 21 (heading west fromEverett) and Sept. 25 (heading west fromLigonier). For more information aboutthe trips or historic sites along the high-way, contact the Lincoln Highway Her-itage Corridor office at 724-879-4241. Herbert notes it is difficult to view all

of the historic sites in Pennsylvaniawithout a Lincoln Highway guide, as theroute does stray slightly off Route 30 in

numerous places. Guides are available atthe organization’s office or online atwww.lhhc.org (under Lincoln HighwayRoad Trip Tour). Information about thehighway in other parts of the UnitedStates is available from the LincolnHighway Association at www.lin-colnhighwayassoc.org.“It’s important to tell the history of

the Lincoln Highway,” Herbert empha-

UNUSUAL DECORATIONS: There are numerous spots along the Lincoln Highway where unusual décor rulesthe day, including Mr. Ed’s Elephant Museum and Candy Emporium, located on Route 30 midway betweenGettysburg and Chambersburg.

Clogged, Backed—up Septic System…Can anything Restore It?DEAR DARRYL: My home is about 10 years old, and so is my septic system. I have always taken pride in keeping my home and property in top shape. In fact, my neighbors and I are always kidding each other about who keeps their home and yard nicest. Lately, however, I have had a horrible smell in my yard, and also in one of my bathrooms, coming from the shower drain. My grass is muddy and all the drains in my home are very slow. My wife is on my back to make the bathroom stop smelling and as you can imagine, my neighbors are having a field day, kidding me about the mud pit and sewage stench in my yard. It’s humiliating. I called a plumber buddy of mine, who recommended pumping (and maybe even replacing) my septic system. But at the potential cost of thousands of dollars, I hate to explore that option. I tried the store bought, so called, Septic treatments out there, and they did Nothing to clear up my problem. Is there anything on the market I can pour or flush into my system that will restore it to normal, and keep it maintained?

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SeptiCleanse® Shock and Maintenance Programs are designed to work on any septic system regardless of design or age. From modern day systems to sand mounds, and systems installed generations ago, I have personally seen SeptiCleanse unclog and restore these systems in a matter of weeks. I highly recommend that you try it before spending any money on repairs. SeptiCleanse products are available online at www.septicleanse.com or you can order or learn more by calling toll free at 1-888-899-8345. If you use the promo code “PASEP4”, you can get a free shock treatment, added to your order, which normally costs $169. So, make sure you use that code when you call or buy online.

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sizes. “It was the first coast-to-coasthighway, but its story has not been told.It is 10 years older than Route 66 andtwice as long, but Route 66 is more well-known. It’s up to us who live, work andtravel on the Lincoln Highway to makesure people understand the historicalsignificance of the highway and how itremains a vital part of the economy ofPennsylvania.”l

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k Use insulated curtains to prevent fur-ther heat loss.

k Remove window air conditioning unitswhen summer is over. A quick walk around the outside of

your home will reveal other areas thatare prime candidates for quick and easyrepairs. Any time a hole is drilled into ahome, it creates an opportunity forenergy loss. Start by checking pipe andwire penetrations. They should besealed on the exterior and interior walls.This not only helps to prevent energyloss, but also will keep critters frommaking their home inside yours.

The ductwork of a forced air furnace,central air conditioning unit or heat pumpcan be another source of energy loss.According to Energy Star®, sealing andinsulating those ducts can improve theefficiency of your system by as much as20 percent. They recommend first focus-ing on ducts that run through uncondi-tioned areas such as crawl spaces, garagesand attics. You should first seal the ducts

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using a special duct sealant or metal tapethat can be found at most home improve-ment stores. Regular duct tape on your airducts just won’t work or last like sealantor metal tape. Once the ducts are sealed,check the connections at bends and theregisters, making sure connections aretight. Next, wrap the ducts in insulation.This is often a dirty and time-consumingjob. Many homeowners will turn to aHVAC company or professional to per-form this work.

Sealing your home doesn’t have to becomplicated or expensive. You can eventurn it into a fun activity. Have eachmember of the family explore the houseand write down how many problemareas they find. Whoever finds the mostareas to fix gets to be the foreman whilethe rest of the family is assigned to fixingthe problems. It is a creative and simpleway to get the entire family involvedwhile taking some of the boredom out ofan otherwise unexciting chore.l

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STAYING comfortable in your homeoften means turning up the heat or theair conditioning, but that is costly andwasteful if your home is not properlysealed from the elements. Since roughlyhalf of the energy a home uses goes toheating and cooling, detecting and seal-ing leaks can save you money.

Cold air seeps into homes throughsmall openings. To find those spots, takean incense stick or a lighted match andmove it around the edge of windows anddoors. Air infiltration will be obvious.There are several remedies for fixingproblems:k Add weather stripping to the edges ofwindows and doors. Stripping typi-cally uses sticky tape to adhere to theside of the window and fill the gaps.

k If your home uses single-pane win-dows, consider adding storm windowsto the exterior as an added barrierbetween you and the elements.

kRemove old cracked caulking andreplace with new caulking designed forthe application. Caulking can be desig-nated for exterior, interior, and bathroomapplications, and you don’t want to use

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SPECIAL OFFER — BOTH COOKBOOKS FOR $12. “CountryCooking,” Volume 2 — $5, including postage. “RecipesRemembered,” Volume 3 — $7, including postage. Both ofthese cookbooks are a collection of recipes from men andwomen of the electric co-ops of Pennsylvania and NewJersey. Payable to: Pennsylvania Rural Electric Association,P. O. Box 1266, Harrisburg, PA 17108. Write Attention:Cookbooks. Volume 1 of “Country Cooking” is SOLD OUT.

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OPEN HOUSE SHOP — Brookville, PA. Country and farmcustom-made tables. Buying and selling. Unusual Home Décor.814-541-1484. View on web: www.theopenhouseshop.com.

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BUSINESS OPPORTUNITIES

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

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HYDRAULIC POST DRIVER FOR RENT. Easy hookup andtransportation. Safe, simple operation. Convenient, cost-effective alternative for setting wood posts by hand. $200for first day, $175/additional day. 1-800-KENCOVE.

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LAKE FRONT CABIN for sale — Susquehanna County. Fullyfurnished. For more information call 215-350-9941 or see itby entering 490 SR 2005 Springville PA 18844 onwww.zillow.com.

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RAYSTOWN VACATION House Rental. Sleeps 11, four bedrooms,large dining table, central A/C, two full baths, two half baths,linens/towels provided, large parking area, near boat launch.Call 814-931-6562. Visit www.laurelwoodsretreat.com.

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NEW SMYRNA BEACH, Florida condo. Two bedrooms, twobaths. Heated pool. Lovely small historical town. 200 yardsfrom beach. $500 weekly, $1,800 monthly. Call 814-635-4020.

HEMLOCK HIDEAWAY CAMPGROUND only one mile fromRaystown Lake! Yearly full amenity campsites nowavailable. Rental campers, cabins, and campsites ready tobe reserved for upcoming camping season. We are a fullamenities resort: heated pool, mini-golf, store, ice creamparlor, game room, and much more!! 814-658-3663.www.hemlockhidecamp.com.

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

WITH THE kayaks beachedand tied off to trees, I setabout gathering firewood forthe night, an easy task giventhe abundance of bone-drydriftwood scattered across theisland. My partner rigged therods for an evening of catfish-ing and tossed the baited cray-fish-trap into the shallows.

The fire was soon blazing.A pot of coffee was nearing aboil. Skewers of potato, cattailroot, celery, carrot, pepperand tomato chunks wereready for the flames. Biscuitswere baking in aluminum-foil ovens. Fish baskets werewaiting for fresh-caught cat-fish. And, a large pot of OldBay-seasoned water washeating in preparation for amess of crayfish.

The over-abundant crus-taceans were quick to oblige,packing into the wire trap fora nibble of day-old catfishchunk — leftovers from ourisland meal the previousevening. In a scene that sadlycan be repeated along many

of Pennsylvania’s rivers andlarger streams today, the trapproduced a mass of writhingand clacking rusty crayfish.

Rusty crayfish, a larger,more aggressive species ofcrayfish, have been makingtheir way to the Northeastfrom their native streams inthe Midwest.

The non-native invadersmay be devastating many ofour river ecosystems, but theygrow big, and their tails andclaws boil into sweet, mini-lobster feasts, as well as anynative species they may havereplaced. Whenever we makea river float, we do our best toeat our way through as manyof the invaders as possible.

Every now and then, we’lladd fire-baked catfish filletsto the menu. And, back in theday, before frog populationsfell on hard times, we wouldhave a few pairs of tender,roasted legs. But we nolonger hunt frogs, and mostevenings on the river, thecrayfish are so easy to gather

quickly in abundance thatour catfishing becomes acatch-and-release sport.Beyond the ease and speed ofcollecting more than enoughcrayfish, there is the choice ofeating either fish or lobster,which has never been a toughdecision for me.

The meal was nearly pre-pared and daylight was mak-ing its escape to the west aswe erected our tents andtugged the sleeping bags fromtheir waterproof bags. Frogswere croaking. Birds weresettling into the trees on otherparts of the island. Unseenthings were splashing in thedusk-shrouded river.

The sounds of humancomings and goings werefaint and scattered, driftingfrom the highway along thefar side of the river and dissi-pating mostly on the oppositeside of the island beforevibrating our eardrums at agreatly diluted volume.

The rivers of Pennsylvaniaprovide one of the last

remaining wilderness experi-ences left in an otherwisehighly developed state. Withplanning, a river traveler canpass miles of shoreline bear-ing only a hint that otherhumans are already there.

As much as possible, wetry to make our float tripsnear the side of the river withthe least development, theside most removed from thehighways. We look for some-thing we describe as the back-sides of the islands. Mostriver islands have an east,west, north or south side fac-ing away from civilization toprovide that maximumwilderness feel.

An island without a back-side is just not as worthwhilein our mostly subconsciousrating system. I can’t remem-ber ever camping on anisland without a backside.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.

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INVADERS: Rusty crayfish havespread from their Midwest habitatinto Pennsylvania, and often displacenative crayfish.

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Remember, our publication deadlines require thatwe work ahead, so send your seasonal photos in early.We need summer photos before mid-May; fall photosbefore mid-July and winter photos before mid-Septem-ber (keep your spring photos to enter in the 2015 con-test). Photos that don’t reflect a season may be sent atany time. Please note: photos will be returned if youinclude a self-addressed, self-stamped envelope.l

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RURALreflections

Thoughts from Earl Pitts,UHMERIKUN!

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I was doin’ kind of a winter thing afew weeks ago. Wastin’ a whole day infront of the TV. The only thing gloomierthan the weather was my attitude. I can’teven tell you what I was watchin’ onaccount of — I was looking at it — but Iwasn’t watchin’ any of it.

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They got your hurry canes so you don’tfall over. They got your life-alert buttons incase you do. They got walk-in bathtubsand stair-lift chairs and motorized chair-scooters in case you’re not all that steady,and possibly could fall over. They even gota visiting angel that will come to yourhouse and show you how to smooth outthe rugs so you don’t trip and fall over.

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But here’s the scary part. Apparently atsome point in our lives, we’re gonna startfalling over. I mean, the way they make itsound, if you go to a bingo hall tonight,you’re gonna be stepping over bodies.

Wake up, America. I know whatyou’re thinking. You’re thinkin’, “That’snot for me; that’s for some old people.”

Well, guess what, Grandma. We’regetting there.

Somethin’happened down at theDuck Inn last night an’ well, let’s just callthis a cautionary tale we can all learn from.

We was sittin’ there, drainin’ long-

necks an’ watchin’ the big screen whensome ole boy walks in there madder thana wet hen.

He punches Junior Meeker in the arman’ then he goes, “Junior, you told mehow to fix my furnace an’ I dang nearblew up my house! I done everythingyou said, and I could’a blow’d up myentire family, you idiot!”

And he marches right back out,cussin’ to beat the band.

Me and Dub look at Junior, and I go,“Junior, you don’t know nothin’ aboutfurnaces. You ain’t no Dave Lennox, son.”

And Junior kind of shrugs an’ goes,“How tough could it be?”

And here’s the lesson, ladies and gen-tlemen. Never take fixin’ advice from aredneck. Because “I don’t know” is not inthe redneck vocabulary. We will tell youhow to do something — even if we don’tknow how to do it.

We will give you five minutes ofdetailed instructions on how to get yourcar runnin’ and we won’t even knowwhy it won’t. We will give you detaileddirections how to get someplace we ain’tnever been. We will crack open the backof your cell phone an’ start pullin’ littlepieces out, little pieces that we ain’t got aclue how to get back in there.

Hey, you want proof? Just go to a red-neck’s house. He’s got two cars in theyard that don’t run. A little TV on top ofthe big TV that don’t work. A washerthat don’t got a spin cycle. The only thingin his house running is the toilet. But ifyou got a problem, he’s “the helpfulhardware man.”

Wake up, America! The only stuff in aredneck house that does work is proba-bly McGyver’ed together with duct tapeand bread-bag twist ties. You mightthink you know a guy who knows howto fix stuff. But chances are, you don’t.

I’m Earl Pitts, Uhmerikun. And youcan catch my new blog at Earlpittsamer-ican.com. l

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