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Trickling downRural residents contend with impacts ofMarcellus Shale development

12 E N E R GY M AT T E R SBeyond swirly bulbs

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14A COOPERATIVE CONNECTIONInformation and advice from your localelectric cooperative

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

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Hearty hominy

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The perils of goose huntingCrawling critters find motionless hunter lyingin wait

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Due to budget cuts, ExtensionOffices will be cut back

Penn State University, which operatesthe Commonwealth’s Cooperative Exten-sion offices, faces a 19 percent cut in statefunding for the 2011-12 fiscal year, mean-ing there will be less money for the pro-gram that links farmers and Penn State’sCollege of Agricultural Sciences.

Exactly how the budget cut will affectthe Cooperative Extension program hasnot been announced, but a collegespokesman notes it will probably includestaff layoffs. With layoffs, there will befewer staffers out visiting farmers, butalso fewer people to do research.

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not funded by tuition, so recent tuitionhikes will not benefit the program.

Oil well celebrates 150th anniversary

A Venango County oil well on Aug. 16,2011, celebrated its 150th anniversary,making it theworld’s oldestcontinually pro-ducing well.Dozens of peo-ple gathered inRouseville tomark the occa-sion at McClintock Well No. 1.

The well was drilled on Aug. 16, 1861.It produced about 175 barrels of oil a day

for years, before slowing to 50 barrels aday. It still produces about 40 barrels ofoil a year for the American RefiningGroup in Bradford.

The wellsite was declared an “Ameri-can Treasure” by the National Park Serv-ice in 1999.

Flight 93 Memorial announcesfundraising match

The National Park Foundation Boardof Directors has announced it will matchdollar for dollar up to $2 million in dona-tions to the Flight 93 Memorial in Somer-set County.

As of mid-August, the Flight 93National Memorial Campaign had raised

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“I wanted to express my sincere gratitude for the articleabout ticks and the symptoms of Lyme disease. For severalweeks, I had been experiencing headaches, fever and fatigue. Iassumed I had caught something from my children and tookNaproxen and continued with my normal routine. After readingyour article, I decided to get a blood test. My results for theLyme test and Western Blot, a more detailed testing for Lyme,both came back positive. I am currently taking a powerful antibi-otic twice a day for a month. My health is beginning to improveand the symptoms are fading with each passing day. I urgeeveryone to seek medical attention and testing if you have simi-lar symptoms. I knew something was wrong, however I never sawa tick or tick bite anywhere on my body. Thanks for printing sucha relevant article at the right time. My family and I are trulygrateful.” — Daphne McNamara, Coudersport

“You have done all of us victims of Lyme disease a great serv-ice … I personally can vouch for and relate to all of the experi-ences of those you interviewed for the article. … It’s refreshingand encouraging to learn that finally some legislators are takingaction. I can fully remember how I wrote letters from my bed toour legislators way back in the summer of 1997 to try to getsome action started, all to no avail. …” — Polly Fanus, New Holland

“Thank you so much for your absolutely excellent piece onLyme disease. You hit just the right note with solid informationand a leavening of personal stories that bring home the conse-quences of not paying early attention to the potential danger. … I

have a very keen personal interest in thissubject: my daughter is very ill with late-stage Lyme. … Because the doctor refusedto entertain the possibility of tickborneinfections, in spite of an impressive array ofsymptoms, diagnosis was delayed, leadingto the present catastrophic situation. …”— Faith Vis, New Milford

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“Who would have thought of the good that’s coming out ofyour excellent article? The magazine was copied and distributedat the last Lyme Support Group meeting. You have done anexcellent service in terms of Lyme education and also in helpingothers get connected with those with whom they might findappropriate treatment. …” — Pat Snyder, Shippensburg

“My husband, who operates a veterinary clinic, has seen anddiagnosed many dogs with Lyme disease and the rate is increas-ing. … He recommends anyone who lives in a rural area, camps,hikes, or even sees bunnies or deer in their neighborhood shouldhave their dog vaccinated against Lyme in addition to the use ofa topical tick preventative. … Please ask your veterinarian if yourdog is protected. If the answer is no, consider adding a Lymevaccine to their arsenal. Our county is one of the lowest riskareas of Pennsylvania, but we still test and confirm a lot of Lymedisease in dogs.” — Caroline Bloomquist, Huntingdon County

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about $52 million in public and privatefunds toward its goal of $60 million.The first phase of the memorial

opens Sept. 10-11, 2011, with specialobservances to commemorate the 10thanniversary of the Flight 93 crash nearShanksville in Somerset Rural ElectricCooperative territory.

Wright’s Fallingwater consideredfor heritage list U.S. Interior Secretary Ken Salazar has

proposed that 11 Frank Lloyd Wright build-ings, including Fallingwater in FayetteCounty, be considered as U.S. nominationsfor the U.N. World Heritage List.Fallingwater is located between the vil-

lages of Mill Run and Ohiopyle on Route381. Designed for the family of Pittsburghdepartment store owner Edgar J. Kauf-

mann, the house is constructed over awaterfall. Now a National Historic Land-mark, the house exemplifies Wright’s con-cept of organic architecture in the harmo-nious union of art and nature.Construction on the residence began

in 1936. The house, complete with a guest

and service wing, was completed in 1939.It was built by local craftsmen usingsandstone quarried on the property. Thestone separates reinforced concrete traysdramatically cantilevered over the stream.Fallingwater was the weekend home

of the Kaufmann family until 1963, whenthe house, its contents and grounds wereentrusted to the Western PennsylvaniaConservancy by Edgar Kaufmann Jr. It isthe only major Wright work to come intothe public domain with its setting, origi-nal furnishings and artwork intact.Advance ticket purchase or reserva-

tions are required for tours of Fallingwa-ter. The 2011 regular season continues withdaily tours (except Wednesdays and holi-days) through Nov. 27. Hours are 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Tours are available Fri-days, Saturdays and Sundays in Decemberfrom 11:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. Fallingwater is

closed for tours in January andFebruary. For more informa-tion about in-depth tours,hours or ticket prices, checkonline at www.fallingwater.org.Information about various 75thanniversary celebrations is alsoposted online.

Thousand Cankers Disease detected inPennsylvaniaThousand Cankers Dis-

ease has been detected for thefirst time in Pennsylvania,according to the Pennsylva-nia State Department of Agri-culture, which has initiated aquarantine restricting themovement of wood fromBucks County and otherstates known to have the dis-ease, effective immediately.The disease is caused when

walnut twig beetles, whichcan carry a fungus, tunnelbeneath the bark of walnuttrees, causing small cankers to

form. As more beetles attack the tree, thenumber of cankers increases, slowlystarving the tree of nutrients and causingthe tree to die within 10 years of the ini-tial infestation. There is no known cure.The disease was found in a black

walnut tree in Plumstead Township,

Bucks County, and was verified by boththe state and federal Departments ofAgriculture. The disease poses a signifi-cant threat to the state’s hardwoodsindustry, and the quarantine is designedto keep the disease from spreading. Thequarantine restricts the movement of allwalnut material, including nurserystock, budwood, scionwood, green lum-ber and firewood. It also covers walnutmaterial — living, dead, cut or fallen —including stumps, roots, branches,mulch, composted chips and uncom-posted chips. Due to the difficulty in dis-tinguishing between species of hard-wood firewood, all hardwood firewoodis considered quarantined, according todepartment officials.Nuts, processed lumber and finished

wood products without bark are exemptfrom the quarantine.Thousand Cankers Disease was first

diagnosed in walnut trees in Colorado in2003, and has caused widespread deathof black walnut trees in many westernstates. Other species such as Arizonawalnut, English walnut and Californiawalnut have shown varying degrees ofsusceptibility to the fungus.Early symptoms of the disease

include yellowing of leaves and foliage-thinning of the upper crown of the tree.As the disease progresses, larger limbsdie followed by the trunk.People who suspect they have seen

Thousand Cankers Disease or walnuttwig beetles should contact their localcounty cooperative extension office or callthe department’s automated toll-free pesthotline at 866/253-7189. For more infor-mation about Thousand Cankers Disease,visit www.agriculture.state.pa.us.l

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THERE’S no question Marcellus Shalenatural gas development has had a sig-nificant impact on Pennsylvania.Whether those impacts are positive ornegative is not as easily answered.

“With the increase in Marcellus Shaledrilling, the opportunities have expanded,but so have the problems,” states KevinBarrett, one of Bradford County’s AsylumTownship supervisors and a landownerwho has leased property to the gas com-panies. “The changes are already hereand the best we can do is to manage thosechanges to the best of our ability.”

In July, the Governor’s MarcellusShale Advisory Commission released areport assessing the impact of the indus-try in Pennsylvania. The commission setup work groups to study major areasimpacted by the natural gas boom: infra-structure; economic and workforcedevelopment; local impacts and emer-gency response; and public health, safetyand environmental protection.

For years, gas companies have beenleasing land to obtain the rights to naturalgas buried deep in the Marcellus Shale,but when the gas rush finally did come, itwas fast and furious, especially in Brad-ford, Tioga and Susquehanna counties.According to the Department of Environ-mental Protection, permits for drilling inthe Marcellus Shale in Bradford Countyincreased from 84 in the 12-month periodfrom July 2009-June 2010 to 253 in the six-month period between July 2010-Decem-


ber 2010 (the latest period for which fig-ures are available). Similar increaseswere reported in Tioga County (66 and194 in the same time frames) and Susque-hanna County (91 and 200).

InfrastructureA drive through the Towanda-Wysox

area on Route 6 reveals one of the mostimmediate impacts of Marcellus develop-ment. What used to be a 10-minute com-mute into town from his home nearTowanda now takes Tom House, presidentof the Asylum Township Planning Com-mission, 30 to 45 minutes thanks toincreased traffic. The gas rush also broughtmore work for House, a volunteer.

“A few years ago, Asylum Townshipwould have had a land developmentplan every four or five years,” Housenotes. “In the first seven months of 2011,we have had eight. … Pretty much every-thing we are getting is commercial orindustrial, so they are extremely detailedand time-consuming.”

Before the drilling frenzy, Barrett,who serves as chairman of the ClaverackRural Electric Cooperative (REC) Boardof Directors and vice chairman of thePennsylvania Rural Electric Association,would have described his township as anagriculture-based, bedroom community.

“The change came hard and fast forus,” Barrett notes. “Now, there are stripsof ag land that are turning into industrialparks. We even have a power plant look-

Trickling downRural residents contend with impacts of Marcellus Shale development


ing to locate here.”While Barrett has some concerns

about how development will ultimatelychange his township, his feelings aboutthe traffic are pretty clear.

“It used to be a treat to go to town;now it rates up there with going to thedentist,” he explains with a smile.

But Barrett is pleased with anotherresult of the traffic.

“Asylum Township roads have neverbeen better,” he asserts. “You have toremember many of the roads aroundhere were horse and buggy trails thatwere turned into roads, and finally madeinto what we call pie-crust roads withjust a thin layer of asphalt on top.”

Those roads fell apart quickly withtraffic from heavy drilling-related equip-ment, but gas companies are busyrebuilding them.

Along with new roads, developmentis bringing other changes to the area.

“We always used to say we exportedmilk, timber and our youth from BradfordCounty,” Barrett points out. “Now thereare opportunities for young people to stayand make a substantial living. There arelots of companies crying for help.”

Economic and workforce development

In the counties most affected by gasdrilling, “Help Wanted” signs are every-where, with some even screaming “TOPWAGES.”

The governor’s advisory commission’sreport notes unemployment is droppingrapidly in counties with a high concentra-tion of natural gas drilling activity, andstates more than 500 businesses wereadded in Pennsylvania’s Marcellus Shale-

related industries between the end of 2007and the end of 2010 (the latest date statefigures are available). The average wagefor core Marcellus Shale industries was$73,150 and the average wage for ancillaryindustries was $63,871 in the fourth quar-ter of 2010 — a time when the averagewage in Pennsylvania was $45,747.

Such wages make it difficult for localbusinesses to hire employees. Such is thecase with Lewis Crawford Sr. and his sonand wife, Clint and Caron Crawford, ofCrawford Septic Service & Portable Toi-lets. Lewis owns the equipment to cleanseptic tanks, while the younger coupleowns the portable toilets. Members ofClaverack REC, both businesses have sky-rocketed thanks to the gas industry. But itcomes at a price; they do most of the work

because employees are hard to come by.“This is the first time in my lifetime

that I have seen so many ‘Help Wanted’signs,” Clint observes. “We are workingseven days a week. … Because there is somuch work, we are seeing a lot of compe-tition coming in. … Competition is good,it makes us all do a better job.”

Three rural electric cooperativeslocated in the heart of the active drillingarea are finding they have new issues.

Bobbi Kilmer, president & CEO ofClaverack REC headquartered in Brad-

THE GOOD AND THE BAD: Landowners in MarcellusShale drilling territory are reaping financial bene-fits and jobless rates are down with the drillingindustry providing lots of good-paying jobs.Others look at the drilling sites like this one inBradford County and see only problems relating topublic health, safety and environment.

ENVIRONMENTAL CONCERNS: Phil Swank, executive director of the Endless Mountains Heritage Region,works hard to preserve the clean air and water, heritage resources, recreational opportunities and sceniclandscapes of the region. He is concerned about the potential harm to those resources as gas drilling con-tinues to expand. From his office in Towanda, he can see both the scenic Susquehanna River and the Route6 bridge (behind him), that is now regularly clogged with semis and other industry vehicles.

Most of the drilling in Sullivan Countyis in the north or south. While there aresome who are protesting the drilling,Harting says most residents are support-ive of the industry, although they remainconcerned about water quality issues.What the drilling industry has done, headds, is help the employment picture.

“Quite frankly, there are a lot morehigh-paying jobs,” Harting notes. “Andit’s a rising tide that has lifted all boats toa certain degree, including housing,rentals, restaurants. In general, there’sjust a lot more activity in this area thanthere used to be.”

Word is that there may end up beingthousands of wells in Sullivan County.While Sullivan County REC waits to seeif there will be a local growth spurt,neighboring Tri-County REC, based inTioga County, already knows. Mansfield,

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where Tri-County’s main office islocated, has changed significantly.

“While people say Mansfield haschanged overnight, in reality it has takenthree to four years,” Tri-County RECPresident & CEO Craig Eccher notes.“Mansfield was always a small townwith a nice little college. Now we are see-ing lots of chain stores coming in. It justkeeps growing and growing.”

The major change to Tri-County REC’soperations has been the increase in work-load, some of which is now being out-sourced.

“PA One Call requests to mark under-ground lines have increased 200 per-cent,” Eccher reports. “We have also seena growth in electric sales and new cus-tomers. We have seen a lot of ancillarybusinesses, such as water suppliers andsand storage facilities. We also see new

ford County, reports additional time hasto be built into service calls as traffic is sounpredictable. Approximately 45 percentof the cooperative’s construction betweenJune 2010 and May 2011 related to thedrilling industry and ancillary businesses.PA One Call activities during the past 12months resulted in 703 field visits totaling7,328 labor hours for Claverack RECemployees.

“Kilowatt-hour sales have not beenhugely impacted, although we expectgrowth there when the businesses arefully up to speed,” Kilmer notes.

“The vast majority of our PA OneCall requests are for gas-related items,”reports Steve Allabaugh, ClaverackREC’s director of engineering. “Other-wise, typical calls are about servicerequests for new construction at a wellsite, compressor station or water extrac-tion site. These projects take a lot ofeffort and engineeringas we can be looking atconstructing miles ofline to accommodatetheir requests.”

With an eye towardthe future, ClaverackREC is carrying outlong-range planning soit can be prepared fornew electric loads.

“(Development)makes it more difficultto determine when we will need substa-tion or major line upgrades,” Allabaughstates. “We have to think about howmuch capacity we will build into a newline. Maybe the need isn’t there today, butwill it be tomorrow?”

Allabaugh isn’t alone in wishing for acrystal ball. Craig Harting, CEO of Sulli-van County REC, headquartered in Sulli-van County, would like to see where thisis all heading.

The only new load Sullivan CountyREC has added is a well cementing com-pany, but the county is right betweentwo major drilling centers — Bradfordand Lycoming counties — so it’s difficultto predict what changes are yet to come.

“The biggest direct impact to the co-opso far has been requests to move lines fordrill pads and repairing lines that have beentorn down accidentally,” Harting notes.

CO-OP CHANGES: The workloads of Tri-County RuralElectric Cooperative, Claverack Rural ElectricCooperative and Sullivan County Rural ElectricCooperative, all located in the northern part ofPennsylvania, have expanded due to Marcellus Shaledrilling. Tri-County crews, above, upgrade lines for aMarcellus-related business. One of Tri-County’s newelectric loads is a personnel housing unit, left,called a “man camp” by local residents, where280 industry employees are housed in Sayre.

homes going in for people who are mov-ing here, as well as new homes andbarns being built by longtime memberswho have benefitted from royalty andlease payments.”

Eccher points out that the miles ofelectric line people see going in, as wellas line upgrades, are funded by gas com-panies with no financial impact to exist-ing members.

Eccher says it’s hard to imagine whatthe future holds.

“I think we’re going to need morecapacity,” he states. “One of the areas Iworry about is our transmission infra-structure. If this is just the beginning ofthe gas boom like some say, who knows

what will happen. We could see triple,even quadruple, the sales of electricity. Orit could shut down overnight if there issome kind of environmental catastrophe.”

Public health, safety and environmental protection

It is that potential — however real orimagined — for an environmental catas-trophe that concerns many, and it’s anissue the governor’s advisory committeestudied. Issues include the effect of largewithdrawals of water, potential contami-nation of groundwater and surfacewater, earth disturbance issues and airquality issues.

The potential for environmental harmweighs heavily on Phil Swank, executivedirector of the Endless Mountains Her-itage Region (EMHR), a non-profit, state-designated heritage area headquarteredin Towanda.

Swank grew up in the Wilkes-Barrearea and knows well the effects ofanthracite coal mining.

“The mining was not managed appro-priately and the results were devastatingto the landscape,” Swank, amember of Claverack REC,notes. “That is my greatestconcern. … Having lived in theEndless Mountains my entireadult life, I appreciate theclean air and water, heritageresources, recreational oppor-tunities and scenic land-scapes.”

EMHR partnered with thestate in a $1 million project torestore the Marie AntoinetteOverlook on Route 6 inWyalusing Township a fewyears ago. Today, there is awell pad in the middle of theview from the scenic over-look. That bothers Swank, asdoes the practice of flatteningmountain ridges and chang-ing their contour for a well pad.

“How do you restore that?” he asks.“You could reforest it, but it will beimpossible to restore the original contourand unique characteristics, and that iswhat sets the Endless Mountains apart.… People talk about the potential forwater contamination, demands on aging

infrastructure, increased emergencyresponse needs, all of which I am con-cerned about, but what you don’t hear isabout the diminished landscapes thatfolks have enjoyed for centuries.”

Local impacts and emergencyresponse

The Wyalusing Valley Junior-SeniorHigh School has felt the impact of theindustry in a number of ways.

“Last year, several bus routes wereaffected because of damage to roads,”reports Jeffrey LaFrance, Wyalusing Val-ley guidance director. “We also have asignificant number of juniors and seniorswho go to vo-tech classes in Towanda.We had numerous days when studentsdidn’t get back to the high school in timeto catch their buses to get home becauseof traffic delays, and we have found wehave to dismiss kids an hour earlier toget to sporting events on time.”

Though district enrollment has not beenaffected because many transient workersdon’t bring families, the district is grapplingwith other drilling-related issues.

“From a career perspective, there arebenefits,” notes Brock Edwards, Wyalus-ing Valley guidance counselor and Clav-erack REC member. “I had never had astudent express an interest in petroleumengineering until this year, and now it’sbecoming more common. There’s also


WHAT THE FUTURE HOLDS: Tom House, left, president of theAsylum Township Planning Commission in Bradford County, andKevin Barrett, Asylum Township supervisor, chairman of theClaverack Rural Electric Cooperative Board of Directors and vicechairman of the Pennsylvania Rural Electric Association, reviewplans at the scene of a proposed natural gas power plant intheir township.

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SIGN OF THE TIMES: Many residents in drillingareas are not happy with the new industry that hascome to change their quiet rural communities. Thissign is an outward demonstration of that concern.


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That same sense of wonder can befound in labs as scientists refine theprocess of making light-emitting diodes(LEDs) — highly efficient lightbulbscomparable to a firefly’s glow. LEDshave been commonly used as solitarysensor lights in electronics; now manu-facturers are searching for economicalways to contain a colony of LEDs in asingle lighting shell.

Starting in January 2012, 100-watt (W)incandescent bulbs — a technology devel-oped in the United States by Thomas Edi-son in 1878 and largely untouched since— must become more energy efficient.

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To tackle this issue, Congress passedthe Energy Information and SecurityAct of 2007 (EISA). By 2014, household40-W to 100-W lightbulbs will need toconsume at least 28 percent less energythan traditional incandescents, savingAmericans an estimated $6 billion to$10 billion in lighting costs annually. Thelaw also mandates lightbulbs become70 percent more efficient than classicbulbs by 2020.

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Is this a bulb ban?Contrary to popular belief, EISA does

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1 teaspoon minced garlic

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LYING IN a stubbly hayfield, camo netting pulledover top, trying to remainmotionless, waiting for thenext flock of early-seasonCanada geese to drop overthe decoys, a hunter becomesfamiliar with the crawlingfauna of the field.

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Spiders — daddy longlegs,stalking wolf spiders, smalljumping spiders and others —often are the first to explore

the potential of what appearsto be new hunting grounds.Stone-cold stillness is a realtest of nerve when a spidercrawls along your arm.

Beetles, mostly black, non-descript segmented shellswith equally black, non-descript segmented legs,amble on by, while ants ofvarious size and coloringscurry this way and that insearch of something tasty toshare with their fellows.

Dragonflies, darting andhovering and perching theirway across the field, snaggingsmall, airborne insects intheir legs folded like a prey-trapping basket below theirbodies, draw the eye to theirseemingly jeweled bodies andstrangely transparent wings.

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just a few years ago, buzz theremaining wildflowers, gath-ering the last available nectarof the retreating summer.While the number of non-hiving solitary bees may beincreasing with reduced pes-ticide use, the beleagueredhoney bee — not a nativespecies, but a naturalized res-ident of great importance toour food supply — hasdropped almost to the pointof being a rare and specialsighting.

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To paraphrase: Life iswhat happens all around youwhile you’re waiting for aflock of geese to appear onthe horizon. l

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But there also are negative effects.“We’ve had multiple kids leave high

school early to pursue a career in the gasindustry,” Edwards reports. “Their logicis that they’ll always have a job. We say,‘What if you physically can’t do it? Whatwill you fall back on?’”

There’s also the issue of longtime resi-dents not being able to afford to live inthe district.

“Because of the influx of people andmoney, rent has skyrocketed,” LaFrancenotes. “We don’t have a lot of housing.People in the gas industry can pay moreso we are beginning to see a certain seg-ment of our population having to moveout. … We are concerned we will begin tolose students because of that.”

The futureState Sen. Gene Yaw (R-Lycoming)

was elected by residents of Bradford,Lycoming, Sullivan, Susquehanna andUnion counties in 2008, when talk of theMarcellus was in its infancy. He’s worked

hard to learn about the industry, and heestimates nearly 85 percent of his staff’stime is related to drilling activities.

Initially, as gas leasing picked upsteam, he didn’t think much about it.

“Remember, the land in my districthas been leased off and on for 60 years,”

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HELP WANTED: Lewis Crawford Sr., left, and Clintand Caron Crawford, owners of Crawford SepticService & Portable Toilets, members of ClaverackRural Electric Cooperative, are inundated withwork. In addition to their regular customers, theyboth have picked up extra work from MarcellusShale drilling companies.

he points out. “I think many people, andI was among them, thought this wouldbe the same as it had been in the pastwhen nothing ever happened after thelease. When the first drilling rigs camein, I began to think this time it would bedifferent.”

As for the future of the industry, hesays a lot depends on the economy.

“I am not sure Pennsylvania has rec-ognized it is bigger than just Pennsylva-nia,” Yaw explains. “We are involved in aglobal market for natural gas, and I thinkthis is something new to Penn-sylvania to be a potential leaderin that respect.”

With Pennsylvania in thatrole, Yaw believes the gasindustry will thrive — whilekeeping the land intact.

“I think we have a tremen-dous opportunity,” Yawexplains. “I am pretty confidentthe character of rural Pennsyl-vania is not going to changesignificantly. Having said that, Ihave noticed in my travels thatresidents have new tractors,new balers, new outbuildings,and I think that is very posi-tive. It definitely has been asavior of the family farm inmany, many cases.”

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RURAL RUSH HOUR: The most obvious change brought by thedrilling activities is the increase in traffic problems in affectedcounties. A short commute in the Wysox area that once took lessthan 10 minutes now can take upwards of an hour.

NEW CHALLENGES: Bobbi Kilmer, president & CEO of Claverack Rural Electric Cooperative, left, visits withstate Sen. Gene Yaw (R-Lycoming) at the cooperative’s annual meeting in July. Yaw reports that approxi-mately 85 percent of his Senate staff’s time is now related to drilling activities.

Commission recommendationsThe advisory commission’s report

includes 96 recommendations, includingtougher regulations for drilling,increased fines for violations, creatingjobs for Pennsylvanians and promotingthe use of natural gas. It also includes arecommendation for a local impact fee.

The 137-page report is expected toplay an important role in this fall’s leg-islative session, during which the gover-nor intends on making Marcellus Shaledevelopment a high priority.l

FALL IS the perfect season tothink about lawns. The quickversion of the lawn careprimer would be this: early fallis a prime season for seriouslawn work — if your lawnneeds it. If soil tests show alime application is required toraise the ph from overly acidicto near-neutral, or tests indi-cate specific nutrients are lack-ing, or if the soil could benefitfrom aeration and a top dress-ing of compost, this is a goodtime to perform these chores.

The fall rains wash the sur-face treatments into the soil.Thus the well-tended lawngoes into winter pre-primedfor that spring growth spurt.

If you seed now, the sea-son’s rainfall helps keep thesoil moist so you can waterless, and the cooler seasonaltemperatures are less stressfulon the new grass than summerheat. The gradually decreasingtemperatures may slow downthe top growth, but the rootswill thrive until the soil freezes.

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Most of us automaticallyassume a generous lawn areashould be the most prominentfeature of any home landscape.To some extent, we do thisbecause that is what we expectto see. It is traditional thathome builders include a lawnto grace your new home aspart of the package. And we’veall been taught that the perfect,weed free, close-clipped andexceedingly green lawn is abadge of pride of ownership.

Somehow we’ve forgottenearly lawns were the result ofsheep grazing on meadows,that a lawn provided a barrieragainst fire, snakes and otherhazards. We’ve forgotten thehome landscape initiallyserved specific purposes: a safecorral for domesticated ani-mals, a place to grow valuableherbs (for medicine, householdand kitchen) and a designatedplace to raise fruits and vegeta-bles to feed the family.

Over time, our expectationshifted to focus on the visualeffect of that open green space.

Please don’t get me wrong. Amanicured lawn is beautiful —and can create a magical set-ting for a home.

And yet, how much of thatpastoral vision is based on thegrowing of the grass itself?Could that open green spacebe covered in a less-demand-ing plant than grass? Some-thing that stays short withoutfrequent cutting, somethingthat is not as thirsty as lawngrass, something more toler-ant of low soil fertility andsomething that takes less workand fewer inputs?

The answer might be no,we need that high mainte-nance lawn area planted ingrass because we use it as aplay area for the kids, or thedogs run there, or we justplain like the look of it. How-ever, I ask you to pause for amoment and consider whatproportion of the area youmaintain as lawn is trulyrequired to be planted in lawngrass? Could you reduce thegrassy lawn and replace someof it with a lower maintenance

planting of a low-growing,evergreen groundcover? Orgive over some of that grassyarea to a low-maintenanceshrub planting offering multi-season appeal through itsflowers, fruit and fall foliageeffects? Or perhaps encouragea more natural, wooded areato develop into a habitat forwildlife? Of course, there is nosingle “right answer” here.

There are so many differentways to use and enjoy the landin our landscape. Whether wemeasure it in acres or insquare feet, we are the stew-ards of possibility.

And for the area you defi-nitely do wish to preserve asformal lawn, why not putthis window of opportunityto good use? Next spring,when you are so busy withall those other home, gardenand yard chores, you’ll beglad you did!l

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Are you considering an Oil and Gas or Wind Energy Lease? Naturalresource leases can last for decades and be worth hundreds-of-thousands of dollars to the landowner, and even more to thecompany leasing those rights. Unfortunately, these contracts aredevised by the same leasing companies. We review these typesof documents and provide informed and specific advice tolandowners seeking our counsel. We can quote a flat fee forreviewing an instrument and issuing a detailed opinion, or workon an hourly basis to negotiate the lease directly with thecompany on the landowner’s behalf. Call the Natural ResourceProfessionals at Reese Law Firm before signing away valuableproperty rights. 724-638-8080 or visit www.timberlawyer.com.

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RAYSTOWN LAKE — 19 acres build-ready, new septic, utilities, fiveminutes from boat launch. $129,500. Call 814-599-0790.

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RAYSTOWN LAKE — 75 acre farm. Nicest property on lake. 2000feet borders government ground. Level with beautiful lake viewsthroughout. 50 foot right-way for development, log home, logbarn, $990,000. 814-644-0476.

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RAYSTOWN LAKE — Nine acres, cedar three bedrooms, threebaths, two-car detached garage, mile to boat docks, stockedfishing pond, picnic area, Mt. Vista. $395,000. 610-850-2724.

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Me an’ my better half been fightinghere this whole last week. We ain’t seeneye-to-eye since I adopted the U.S. gov-ermint accountin’ principals for ourhousehold budget.

Like a couple nights ago when I gethome an’ I tell her, “Pearl, I’m gonna buyme a bass boat.” She goes, “You’recracked; where are you gonna get themoney to buy a bass boat?” An’ I go, “It’ssimple. I’m gonna use the money I savedNOT buyin’ a Cadillac Escalade.” An’ shegoes, “You weren’t never gonna buy noEscalade.” An’ I go, “That don’t make nodifference. I saved over $50,000.”

An’ she goes, “How in the world doesthat make any sense?” I go, “I don’tknow, but the govermint says they’resavin’ a trillion dollars not fightin’ inAfghanistan over the next 10 years. An’that’s a trillion bucks they didn’t have inthe budget to begin with. They put it inthe budget so they could take it out.”

An’ she’s shakin’ her head, sayin’,“How can you save money you wadn’tgonna spend in the first place?”

Obviously she don’t understand gov-ermint accounting.

She thinks a minute, an’ she says, “I’lltell you what, Earl, I’m not gonna go onthat Caribbean cruise with Naomi thisyear neither. So why don’t you throwthat 5,000 bucks on the money yousaved not buyin’ the Cadillac.”

I’m thinkin’ that’s pretty dang sweet;now I can get a new boat trailer, too.

Then she goes, “But here’s the thing,Earl. You know how you give me yourpaycheck every week an’ I give you 40bucks for smokes an’ bowlin’?” She goeson, “Startin’ this week, I’m only gonnagive you 20 bucks, so we’ll have moremoney.”

I’m thinkin’, “Hang on, sweetheart. Igot 20 bucks less a week to spend, andWE got more money???” She goes,“That’s right.” I repeat, “We got moremoney to spend, because I got lessmoney to spend???”

She looks at me an’ goes, “Earl, obvi-ously you don’t understand govermint

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accounting.”Wake up, America. I go, “Pearl, how

in the Sam Hill am I supposed to makeit through a week with just 20 bucks?”She goes, “Earl, spend some of that$50,000 you saved.”

I’m beginning to believe nobodyunderstands govermint accountin’.

You’ve probably heard about mypersonal war with our backyard squir-rel. I want you to know, I do honor myopponents, because we all got claim tothe yard. Technically, our backyard isnature, so may the best species win.

But you come in my house, it’s a dif-ferent story. You’re in MY house! Yeah, Igot a fly in my house. Oh man, I hate afly in the house.

I don’t know who left the door open,but I’m demandin’ a’ official investigation.One a’ them kids is gonna pay for this.

Here’s the thing I don’t understandabout flies. We got three differentgarbage cans in our house. We got a lit-ter box. A pile of dirty clothes. Dried upice-cream bowls on the coffee table, an’ afresh pie on the stove. An’ that fly isgonna land on my face.

I mean, I could be settin’ next to astatue of a homeless dude made out ofsugar, and that fly is gonna pick me!

Let me put it a better way — that flyis gonna make it his mission to land onmy face. He is like a’ insect version of aNavy SEAL, he is not gonna take no fora’ answer. It’s like my head is the moon,an’ he’s re-enactin’ the Apollo program.

Forget tryin’ to swat the little freaks.They got some kind’a kamikaze ju-jitsuflyin’ acrobatics they do in the air. You goto swat ’im, he pulls up, banks to the left,then dives to the right. He’s gotta bepullin’ five g’s. I don’t know how come hedon’t pass out. Man, I hate flies.

Wake up, America. I laid down thelaw last night on my kids. I said we’rekeepin’ them doors an’ screens shuttight. Or we’re gonna have to buy a frog.

I’m Earl Pitts, Uhmerikun. l

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