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4 K EEP ING CURRENTNews items from across the Commonwealth

6 ENERGY MATTERSDon’t fall victim to energy scams

8 F EATUREHistory lessonsOne-room schools continue to educate aboutrural past

12A COOPERATIVE CONNECTIONInformation and advice from your localelectric cooperative

13 POWER PLANTSA place for pollinator bees

14 T IME L INESYour newsmagazine through the years

16 OUTDOOR ADVENTURESBear trap time machine

18 COUNTRY K I TCHENEat your greens

19 SMART C I RCU I TSUnderstanding home heat loss,heat gain

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ON THE COVERThe restored, one-roomCoulter School, nowlocated on the grounds ofthe Southern HuntingdonCounty MiddleSchool/High School, isused as a learning lab.Photo by Kathy Hackleman

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YESTERDAY TO TODAY: LorraineHamilton, a retired teacher andmember of Valley Rural ElectricCooperative, opposite page, holds aChristmas ornament depicting theone-room Coulter School. The orna-ments, made of the tin from theschool’s original roof, are sold toraise funds for the continuedrestoration and maintenance of theschool. Coulter School, originallylocated in Huntingdon County’s TellTownship, near left, is now locatedon the grounds of the SouthernHuntingdon County MiddleSchool/High School near ThreeSprings.

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E ileen Pisaneschi remembers walking to theFrenchville School — a one-room schoolhouse

located near her family’s rural home in ClearfieldCounty — to attend class, but her childhood memoriesdon’t end there. She can still hear the older studentsreciting their lessons, and she remembers walking to aneighbor’s house to fetch drinking water. She can closeher eyes and see herself rocketing down a high hill on asled during winter lunch breaks.Today, she stands on the same rise and marvels at

how small the hill really is. Sixty-five years after shefirst set foot in the Frenchville School as a student, sheowns the house she grew up in, as well as the one-room schoolhouse where she attended grades onethrough six.

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“There are a lot of good memorieshere,” she says. “We got a good education.The little ones sat in the front. When theolder ones were having class in the back,the little ones were paying attention.”

Family historyPisaneschi’s history with the school

goes back before her first day of school in1950. In fact, her mother’s perfect atten-dance record for the 1915-16 academic yearhangs on the schoolhouse wall. Edith Per-rot Voinchet spent all eight years of hereducation at the Frenchville School. Due tolack of transportation, she did not go on tohigh school, as was typical a century ago.Pisaneschi’s uncle and aunt also went to

the Frenchville School, along with her foursiblings. By the time she entered school, itheld only first through sixth grades, withbetween 30 and 35 total students.“I remember we would all come in in

the morning,” she says. “The first thing wewould do is say the Lord’s Prayer, read theBible and pledge to the flag. Lessons wouldstart with the younger kids and go backthrough the older ones. We had arithmetic,grammar, reading and penmanship.”Students dispersed to their nearby

homes for lunch, except during the win-ter, when they would bring food in alunchbox, eat, and then have recess. “There were two coat rooms, one for

boys and one for girls,” she recalls. “Inthe winter, we would leave our lunches inthere. Sometimes, our lunches wouldfreeze and we would put them by thestove to defrost before we could eat.”Pisaneschi, a member of DuBois-based

United Electric Cooperative and a cooper-ative director since 2003, completed herpublic school education in Clearfield, andwent on to become the business managerand board secretary at the ClearfieldCounty Career & Technology Center. The Frenchville School, which was

built in 1914, closed in 1961 with schoolconsolidation. It was sold by ClearfieldSchool District to the township, whichused it for meetings and communityevents until 1990, when the township sold

the building through a bid process. “I wanted it because it represented so

much of my childhood and my commu-nity,” Pisaneschi says. She and her late husband, Francis,

submitted the high bid and became thenew owners of the little brick school-house. Her mother, who had served foryears as the school board secretary, wasthrilled, Pisaneschi reports. So were for-mer students and their families, whobegan to gift Pisaneschi with schoolrecords and other memorabilia.“Many of the official records were

destroyed years ago when there was aflood where they were stored inClearfield,” she says. “When I bought theschoolhouse, people would call me andsay, ‘I have some of the records,’ and theywould bring them to me. I bought desks,or people gave them to me. If people didn’tgive it to me, I bought it.”Twenty-five years after purchasing the

building, Pisaneschi has a restored one-room schoolhouse with period desks,books, maps and wall hangings. Sheopens the building to anyone interestedin viewing it, and also hosts an openhouse during the biennial reunion of all

MY OLD SCHOOL: Eileen Pisaneschi, a member ofUnited Electric Cooperative, remembers walking toFrenchville School, a one-room school located nearher family’s home in rural Clearfield County toattend first through sixth grades. Pisaneschi, nowthe owner of the school, opens it to the public forreunions and tours.

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one-room schools in Covington Town-ship (the next one is in September 2016).Former students and guests sign theirnames on the blackboard, which is cov-ered with signatures, many of peoplewho have since passed on.The blackboard signatures provide a

pleasant memory for Pisaneschi,although not all of her blackboard memo-ries are that enjoyable.“I remember having to stand in the

corner,” she recalls with a chuckle. “Theteacher would draw a circle on the boardand I would have to stand on tiptoe withmy nose in the circle as a reminder that Ishouldn’t talk so much.”

Changing timesOne-room schoolhouses like

Pisaneschi’s were once scattered through-out much of rural America. Education,once thought to be the responsibility offamily, began to be considered a commu-nity responsibility in the early to mid-1800s, and small schools were constructedto educate the area’s youth. As automo-biles, and motor transportation in general,became more prevalent after World WarII, there was a shift toward larger, central-ized schools, and one-room schools thatwere not turned into residences, hunting

camps or community buildings began tofall into disrepair. The final few remainingone-room public schools in Pennsylvaniawere closed in the 1960s during a reorgan-ization of the state’s school districts.Decades before the state reorganization,

the Shanksville-Stony Creek School Districtwas formed in Somerset County, bringingtogether many smaller schools into one dis-trict in 1929. That the Glade School, locatedsouth of Berlin, survives and even thrivestoday as a monument to living history is amatter of it being in the right place at theright time. Located down the hill from theUnity United Church of Christ, the schoolsat empty for a couple of years before theowner donated it to the church in 1931. Thechurch attached the schoolhouse to its sanc-tuary and used it as a social hall and Sun-day school room until 2001.While its schoolhouse character was

altered, the building was well-maintainedby the church for 70 years until the for-mer Glade School no longer fit into thechurch’s building plan. The church thenoffered the building and an acre of landto the Berlin Area Historical Society if itwas willing to restore the school.Coincidentally, Somerset Rural Elec-

tric Cooperative member Bob Schmucker,a childhood church attendee, had retired

from teaching in the Pittsburgh area andmoved back to Somerset County. Heheard about the church’s offer and wasdetermined to make sure the restorationplan was approved.“I thought we should do it, and I said

that if the historical society decided to goahead with the project, I would see that itgot done,” Schmucker says. “Being ateacher and the son of a teacher who taughtin a one-room school, I thought we neededto recognize the era of one-room schoolteachers and students. I felt strongly thiswas a period of education history thatwould soon be lost if it was not preserved. Ididn’t have a clue how I was going to do it,but I had it in my mind that if it could bedone, I was going to do it.”“Because Shanksville-Stonycreek was

the first Pennsylvania school district toconsolidate, there were only a few livingformer students,” Schmucker says. “In2001, we found only 11, but they wereinvaluable in the restoration. Unfortu-nately, none of them are left.”But it was their input that would

guide Schmucker and the historical soci-ety. The structure’s main level is anauthentic replication of the school, whilea basement — not true to the originalplan — provides storage and displayareas for period memorabilia.When it was attached to the church,

the building had modern oak flooring,which Schmucker removed to allow theoriginal floor to anchor the room.“What you see is what it was like orig-

inally,” he says. “The building is paintedred because I stripped it down paint layerby paint layer to see what the originalcolor was. I did the same inside; it wasdark blue.”Most of the work to move the struc-

ture across the road and onto its newfoundation was done by volunteers. Stu-dents from the Somerset Technology

PRESERVING HISTORY: BobSchmucker, a member ofSomerset Rural ElectricCooperative, holds a calendarfeaturing the Glade School, nowlocated near its original locationsouth of Berlin. Schmucker wasthe driving force behind theBerlin Area Historical Society’swork to restore the school, inset.

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Center built the foundation and prisonersfrom the Pennsylvania Department ofCorrections Outreach Program spent sixmonths on the finish work.“We could not have done it without the

volunteers, the vo-tech boys and the pris-oners,” he says. “When we needed some-thing done, someone appeared to do it.” As far as furnishings, many area resi-

dents donated period items, including

desks, maps, kerosene lamps, books,report cards, a pot-bellied stove, watercoolers and dippers, bells, and otheritems, from the Glade School, or otherarea one-room schoolhouses. One atten-dance book has Schmucker’s father’sname listed among the students.Today, Glade School offers area stu-

dents a glimpse of what life was like morethan 100 years ago. It is open for groupsor individuals who want an authenticview of education in a traditional one-room school. Its ongoing maintenancecosts are funded through an endowmentwith the Berlin Area Historical Society.

Education continuesSome 65 miles northeast of Glade

School, another group — this time aneducation foundation — holds the keys tothe front door of another restored school.Managed by the Southern Huntingdon

County Education Foundation, the one-room Coulter School was moved severalmiles from its original location in TellTownship to the Southern HuntingdonCounty School District’s MiddleSchool/High School near Three Springs. Just as one teacher spearheaded the

Somerset County project, so did anotherteacher lead the restoration of the CoulterSchool. In Huntingdon County, it was

Rick Knepper, a retired history teacher.“This project began as a history

department project that ballooned intothe entire district faculty,” Knepperreports. “I wanted to find a one-roomschool, transport it here and refurbish itinto a working classroom. I wanted thekids to be able to see what it was like tobe in a one-room school.”It took the group only a couple of

months to locate a one-room school-house, and the owner, Stephen Hill ofChambersburg, was willing to donate itto the foundation. Knepper says the structure was in bad

shape, but volunteers forged ahead,removing the roof, cutting the sides intosections, removing the rafters and trans-porting it all across the county. In orderto meet code requirements at its newlocation, parts of the building had to bereplaced, but the foundation used asmuch of the original building as possible. With the combination of volunteer

labor and hired help, the foundationrestored the building, dedicating it in May2006. Funding was obtained through acombination of donations and fundraisers,including the sale of Christmas ornaments

made in the school’s shape from the origi-nal tin roof, pavers with donor’s namesinscribed on them, and even a cookbookcompiled by students’ families. Most of theperiod furnishings were donated. Co-curators Roy and Peggy Stevens,

who are members of Valley Rural ElectricCooperative, report the school holds anopen house every fall before the district’shomecoming football game (this year,from 5 to 7 p.m. on Oct. 9), and it’s alwaysavailable for classroom visits and com-munity events. Peggy Stevens, a retired teacher, and

Lorraine Hamilton, also a retired teacherand a member of Huntingdon-based ValleyRural Electric Cooperative, used to team-teach in the one-room school every year.“We would bring third-graders here for

the day,” Hamilton explains. “I would dressin period clothing for the day. When wearrived, the boys and girls would line upseparately like they would have done backthen. Each student was assigned the nameof a student who had gone to school hereand that’s the name they used all day.”Hamilton and Stevens would present

lessons from the late 1800s and early1900s, focusing on arithmetic, science,memorization, vocabulary, reading andwriting (using quill pens Hamiltonmade). They usually made butter orapplesauce, not that students would havecooked at school, but it would have beensomething they did at home.In addition to serving as a learning

lab, the school also is used for foundationmeetings, teacher in-service days, andother meetings and alumni visits duringreunions. “It’s a very unique resource that most

districts don’t have access to,” Kneppernoted. “Teachers were the driving forcebehind it, but without the communitysupport, we wouldn’t have been able todo it.”l

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TO TOUR the one-room schools or tomake a donation, contact: FrenchvilleSchool — Eileen Pisaneschi at 814-263-4491; Glade School — Bob Schmuckerat 814-233-0072 or the Berlin AreaHistorical Society at 814-267-5987; andCoulter School — Roy and PeggyStevens at 814-448-3764 or LorraineHamilton at 814-259-3339.

LEARNING LAB: Members of the SouthernHuntingdon County Education Foundation, fromleft, Rick Knepper, Peggy Stevens, LorraineHamilton and Roy Stevens, are dedicated to main-taining the one-room Coulter School, served byValley Rural Electric Cooperative, as a learning labfor students and a meeting place for adults.

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HONEY BEES are dying off.These small insects are criti-cal to our food chain — cru-cial to the growth and devel-opment of many fruits andvegetables, as well as certainforage crops. Any step we cantake to help bees thrive is astep in the right direction.

A few simple changes toyour landscape can make a bigdifference. Penn State MasterGardeners offer a PollinatorCertification Program to helpeducate the public about nur-turing both domesticated andnative bees, complete withguidelines and helpful plantlists. You’ll notice that the “pol-linator-friendly” guidelinesparallel those for butterfly andwild bird habitats, a wonderfulbonus!

Bees aren’t “warm andfuzzy.” Bees terrify some; oth-ers are deathly allergic to beestings. But most bees prefer toforage for nectar and pollenand leave people alone. Tocalmly observe a cloud of“busy bees” working a field of

blooms is a sight (and sound!)never to be forgotten.

Familiarity with pollina-tors increases our respect fortheir contribution to our well-being. Which is what,exactly? They carry pollenbetween the flowers of manyfruits and vegetables. Withoutthat, we would harvest noapples, no peaches, no cher-ries. No melons or cucum-bers, no pie pumpkins. Nosunflowers, no clover oralfalfa for our dairy cows orpet bunnies. And no honey.

Whether you are a veg-etable and/or flower grower,landscaper or homeowner,you are invited to help out thepollinators.

With gentle guidance, yourproperty can live up to its fullvalue, serving as your per-sonal connector to nature,your own natural resource: arepository of wildlife, a seedbank, and now a valuable“bug bank” full of pollinators,too.

Beyond any do-gooderaims, we can easily extend theseasonal interests in our yardsby exploring bee-friendlynative plants. This is an excit-ing expansion of our plantpalette, enhancing estheticswhile serving the greater com-munity around us.

By including more nativeplants, we may also loosenour grip on the clippers, trim-mers and sprayers, and thewater hose. We might relaxand allow faded flowers andseed-heads to remain untilspring, thus offering shelter tooverwintering beneficials.

With pollinators on ourradar, we begin focusing onall the insects we encounterand learn to distinguishfriend from foe. Eventuallywe must face our knee-jerk,violently negative response tostinging insects.

I notice that the more beesI encounter, the more butter-flies and birds are present aswell. Children especially arefascinated by all of these crea-tures who by their presenceenrich our day, layering ourexperience with surprises,serendipity and yes, somehard lessons, too.

The more varied the habi-tat can offer, the more varietyoccurs “out there” — so muchactivity happening in thatvast microcosm of daily life ofthe garden as it is linked tothe yard, meadow and woods.

Honey bees protect theirhoney within the hive, pre-senting a mix of both dangerand guarded, hidden treasure.It amazes me how honey pro-duction is so closely inter-woven with the workings ofour orchard, berry patch,herb garden, the veggies, theflowers, and yes, even some of

the trees we so appreciate.This urgent and problem-

atic bee loss pushes me toconsider how we might betterco-exist. We need them. Andnow, perhaps, they need us.Can we retrain ourselves andteach our children to respectthe pollinators? To allowworker bees safe passagewithout interference?

Whether we maintain apleasure garden or we gardenfor food, how many bees mustwe tolerate and possiblyencourage year-round?

Catering to bees may bringboth intended and unin-tended consequences, butthere is no happier sound tomy ears come January thantheir gentle “thrum” workingthe blooms on the nativewitch hazel, surrounded bysnow reflecting the mid-win-ter sunlight. Magic.

Though I might not misszucchini, a world withoutapples is unthinkable. I’ll dowhat I can for the bees.l

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

1975 The Keystone Reptile Club holds a rat-tlesnake hunt in Potter County to demonstrate howto handle snakes, as well as educate the publicabout the vipers.

1985 Canada is building vast hydroelectric facili-ties with the intent of selling millions of dollars’worth of electricity to consumers in the UnitedStates.

1995 Rural electric cooperatives do more thanjust supply power — they also initiate economicdevelopment projects that benefit entire ruralcommunities.

ON SEPT. 30, 1911, a dam constructed by the Bayless Pulp &Paper Company broke apart, releasing a crushing torrent ofwater, lumber and debris that devastated the rural Potter Countycommunities of Austin and Costello — a tragedy largely forgottentoday.

Completed by the Bayless Pulp & Paper Company in Decem-ber 1909 to provide a steady supply of water for the company’soperations, the concrete structure spanned the narrow valley ofFreeman Run, one mile upstream from the borough of Austin andthree miles north of the village of Costello. At the time, the 540-foot-wide dam — then the state’s largest — was designed to holdback 200 million gallons of water, but its actual volume was muchhigher.

After multiple problems were reported since its construction,at around 2:15 p.m. on Sept. 30, 1911, the dam gave way. The delugeof water and wood stored at the plant killed at least 78 people anddestroyed approximately $14 million in property. It was enough toforce state lawmakers to pass the nation’s first dam safety lawstwo years later.

Today, the Austin Dam Memorial Association owns a 75-acresite near the site of the dam collapse. Located along State Route 872just north of Austin, a memorial park offers visitors a chance toview the weathered concrete, remember the flood victims and enjoythe beauty of Potter County.

2005

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?

Clogged and Smelly – Scranton, PA

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

ONE VARIATION on theconcept of a time-travelmachine first popularized byH.G. Wells in his 1895novella, “The TimeMachine,” has been in therecent, silliness movies of the“Hot Tub Time Machine”franchise. Another, and onethat I much prefer, lies in anoutdoor antique show andsale.

Old, rusty bear traps ofimmense proportion; intri-cately carved and painted,wooden fish decoys; fishinglures of nearly uncountablewood and plastic and metalvariation; and more are atrue time machine, allowingour imaginations and collec-tive memories to slip backinto another era of the out-door pursuits that fire ourpassions.

As the proverbial, “old-timey” journalist with inkrunning through his veins,who can remember the dayswhen he wrote his stories ona typewriter and had not yettouched a video camera, theprint products at these

shows — the old magazines,books, catalogs, posters, pho-tos and the like — draw mycollector’s money.

I’m not a great collector.The print products I bringhome are soon out of theirprotective, plastic envelopes.The pages are turned, some-times resulting in minortears and damage to theancient bindings. Whatevervalue as an antique the mag-azine or book may have hadat the antique show is soongreatly diminished in myhands.

It’s not that I don’t valuesomething that’s beenaround 50, 60, 70, 100 yearsor more. It’s just that while Ican marvel at a productformed of paper and ink solong ago, I enthuse evenmore over the words andideas captured on those old,yellowing pages.

I know I could hit one ofour dwindling supply oflibraries to get at the sameinformation, but that’s differ-ent than having the old bookor magazine on some shelf inmy own home, waiting at myleisure to impart its messagesfrom the past. That’s differ-ent from a research trip tothe library.

For example, I picked up a70-year-old copy of Pennsyl-vania Game News, the officialpublication of the Pennsylva-nia Game Commission, at arecent hunting and fishingshow. That September 1945magazine features a JacobBates Abbott painting of anopossum raiding the fruit of

a persimmon tree under thelight of the full moon on itsfront cover. The back coverfeatures no art, just the mes-sage “Buy more bonds andhold onto them,” whichreveals a lot about the worldin fall 1945, a month after the end of fighting in WorldWar II.

Inside the magazine, wesee that the PennsylvaniaGame Commission andsportsmen were strugglingwith some of the same issueswe have yet to resolve eventoday: the then-newly cre-ated County Soil Conserva-tion Districts and the loss ofsoil productivity; landownerrelations and keeping privatefarmlands open to publichunting and recreation;melding timber operationswith wildlife habitat needs;

involving youth in our out-door pursuits; and learningto live with birds of preyrather than blasting everyone of them from the skiesout of a fear they will com-pete for game.

It can be depressing to seehow much we have not pro-gressed in 70 years, so here’sthe punch line from a cartoonthat appeared in the 1945magazine. The artworkdepicts two hunters trudgingacross a field. The one says tothe other, “I just go for theexercise. It’s unsportsmanliketo shoot them while they’resitting and I can’t hit themwhile they’re moving.”l

MARCUS SCHNECK isthe outdoor writer forThe (Harrisburg) Patriot-News and its website,PennLive.com. He alsowrites for many outdoorpublications and is theauthor of more than

two dozen books. Keep abreast of his adven-tures and writings at www.marcusschneck.com.

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GREEN CHILI SQUARES

1 12-ounce can evaporated milk8 eggs, lightly beaten2 4-ounce cans (or equivalent) mild dicedgreen chilies

2 cups (8 ounces) grated cheddar, marbledcheddar or Colby-jack cheese

1/2 teaspoon saltCooking sprayCayenne pepperSalsa, for serving

Combine evaporated milk, eggs, chilies, cheese and salt. Prepare 9- by 13-

inch baking dish with cooking spray. Pour mixture into dish. Dust with

cayenne pepper. Bake at 325 degrees for 50 to 55 minutes, or until eggs

are set and lightly browned. Cut into 12 squares. Serve with salsa.

To make a breakfast sandwich, place a warm Green Chili Square and a slice

of ham or Canadian bacon on a toasted English muffin.

Eat your greensIF YOUR pantry doesn’t currently hold several cans of dicedgreen chilies, make haste to the supermarket! These littlegreen “flavor bombs” serve as the make-or-break ingredientin a wide variety of autumn-friendly casseroles, soups, saucesand appetizers. This month’s recipes were tested with mildgreen chilies, but if you are particularly adventurous, trythem with medium green chilies.

Green Chili Squares are delicious for breakfast, brunch orlunch. They even may be cut into tiny squares and served ashors d’oeuvres.

In Baked Chili-Cheese Spread, the recipe substitutes greenchilies and taco seasoning for the traditional sugar and vanillaextract in a cheesecake-like concoction. The result is a savoryappetizer that, when served with chips and crackers, has thepower to please any hungry crowd. Ole’!

Green Chili with Potatoes is a fall-friendly dish that con-tains a variety of green ingredients — green chilies, salsa

verde, dried cilantro and even sliced greenonions, if desired. “Eating your greens” just tookon a flavorful new meaning! lA trained journalist, JANETTE HESS focuses her writing on interesting

people and interesting foods. She is a Master Food Volunteer with her

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

BAKED CHILI-CHEESE SPREAD2 8-ounce packages cream cheese, softened2 cups (8 ounces) shredded sharp cheddar cheese3 eggs1 1/2 cups sour cream, divided2 tablespoons taco seasoning (from packet)2 4-ounce cans (or equivalent) mild dicedgreen chilies

1/4 teaspoon saltAny or all of the following, for garnish: Black olive slicesJalapeno pepper rings (from a jar)Salsa

Beat cream cheese and cheddar cheese until fluffy. Beat in eggs, one at atime, scraping bowl as needed. Fold in 1 cup sour cream, taco seasoningand 1 can green chilies. Transfer to 9-inch springform pan. Use spreader orknife to smooth top. Bake at 350 degrees for 35 to 40 minutes, or untilcenter is just set. Remove from oven and cool for 10 minutes. Combineremaining sour cream, remaining can of green chilies and salt. Spread overtop of “cheesecake” and bake an additional 8 minutes. Cool completely onwire rack before refrigerating at least 4 hours. To serve, cut around sidesof pan with sharp knife; release and remove ring. Add garnishes. Use appe-tizer spreader for serving, or cut into thin slices. Good with crackers orany style of corn chips. This appetizer will serve a large crowd!

GREEN CHILI WITH POTATOES

1 1/2 pounds trimmed pork (center-cut roast or loin),

cut into 1/2-inch cubes

1 tablespoon vegetable oil

2 cups diced onion3 cloves garlic, minced4 cups chicken broth16 ounces mild, diced green chilies

(4 4-ounce cans or equivalent)

1 10-ounce can diced tomatoes and green chilies

1 cup salsa verde2 tablespoons dried cilantro

2 teaspoons ground cumin

3 potatoes Salt and pepper, to taste

Any or all of the following, for garnish:

Sliced green onionsGrated cheeseSour cream

Heat oil in large, non-stick soup pot or Dutch oven. Cook pork in single

layer, working in batches if necessary, until pork is lightly browned. Add

onions and garlic. Cook and stir until onions begin to soften. Add all

remaining ingredients except potatoes, salt and pepper. Peel and very

finely grate 1 potato. Add to pot. Slowly simmer for 1 hour. Peel and cube

remaining potatoes. Add to pot. Continue simmering until pork is fall-

apart tender and potatoes are cooked. Adjust seasoning with salt and

pepper. Serve with garnishes. Makes 10 to 12 servings.

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IT NEVER hurts to be as informed aspossible about projects you are consider-ing, especially if you don’t have a thoroughknowledge of how a home loses and gainsheat. Using just a few of the proper termsand displaying some knowledge can keepa contractor from attempting anythingunnecessary or unethical.

There are many do-it-yourself (DIY)books about efficiency improvements,which would be a great starting point.Each home is unique, so what books rec-ommend in general may not provide thebest payback for your specific living space.

The most common misconceptionabout a home is that heat rises. Heat doesnot rise. Instead, heat, which is a form ofenergy, flows equally in all directions.What does rise is warm air because it isless dense than cool air. This is importantto keep in mind when determining where,how much and what types of insulation touse for various areas of your home.

The basic types of heat flow, out ofyour home during winter or into it duringsummer, are conduction, convection, radi-ation and air infiltration (leakage). Con-duction is probably the most commontype. This is how the handle on a cup getshot from the coffee, or how heat flowsthrough the wood studs inside the walls.

The amount of heat lost or gained fromconduction is primarily a function of thetemperature difference between theindoor and outdoor surfaces of an outsidewall. If the outdoor temperature drops sothat the temperature difference is twice aslarge, twice as much heat will be lostthrough the wall.

The insulation level of a home alsoaffects heat loss. If the insulation R-value

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is doubled, the amount of heat loss is cutin half.

Convection refers to heat flow from afluid, such as air or water, moving over asurface. The heat lost by convection willalso double if the temperature differencedoubles, but it will increase even more asthe air blows faster.

Radiation is heat flow, which movesthrough space or air. This is how the sunwarms us. Just as it warms you, yourhome also loses radiant heat to the out-doors, especially on a clear cold night.

Radiant heat flow is different in thatwhen the temperature difference is dou-bled, the heat flow increases by 16 times.On a clear night, outer space is minus460 degrees Fahrenheit, so the heat lossincreases. You may have noticed howchilly you feel standing by a window atnight. On a summer afternoon, a blackshingle roof can easily reach 160 degreesFahrenheit, which radiates heat downthrough the insulation and the ceiling.

Now that you have this backgroundknowledge, make a list of problem areas,such as a persistently chilly room. If theroom is located on the northwest side of

the home, convection losses and air infiltra-tion from winter winds could be a factor.Erecting some type of windbreak can help.

Since heat moves down as well as up,check the lumber band joist, which restson the foundation. If it is not insulated,which is not uncommon, much heat canbe lost by conduction moving out of it. Ifthis is the case, I recommend insulatingthe joint. While the insulation is beinginstalled, caulk where the joist rests onthe top of the foundation.

Installing shades and closing them atnight can block the direct radiant heatflow to the cold night sky or from the hotafternoon sun. This is much less expen-sive than installing new windows. Havelow-emissivity, reflective foil stapled underthe roof rafters. This dramatically reducesthe radiant heat flow downward on hotsummer afternoons.l

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ALPACA PRODUCTS

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AROUND THE HOUSE

SPECIAL OFFER — BOTH COOKBOOKS FOR $12. “CountryCooking” — $5, including postage. “Recipes Remembered” —$7, including postage. Both of these cookbooks are a collectionof recipes from men and women of the electric co-ops ofPennsylvania and New Jersey. Payable to: Pennsylvania RuralElectric Association, P. O. Box 1266, Harrisburg, PA 17108. WriteAttention: Cookbooks.

BUILDING SUPPLIES

STEEL ROOFING AND SIDING. Over 25 years in business. Severalprofiles — cut to length. 29 and 26 gauge best qualityresidential roofing — 40-year warranty. Also, seconds, heavygauges, accessories, etc. Installation available. Located -northwestern Pennsylvania. 814-398-4052.

FACTORY SECONDS of insulation, 4 x 8 sheets, foil back. R-Value 6.5 per inch. Great for pole buildings, garages, etc. Alsoprime grade A foil bubble wrap insulation. 814-442-6032.

BUSINESS OPPORTUNITIES

TIRED of the Rat Race? Want to own your business? Low cost,high-end leadership company has open positions! 814-603-0231.

EARN RESIDUAL INCOME on monthly sales for the rest of yourlife! Free mentoring. Entrepreneurs who enjoy marketing andwant to build a six figure income contact Catalogbus@aol.com.

BUSINESS OPPORTUNITIES — Older retired couple has completeantique shop. Inventory in storage. Great for younger retiredcouple. Ready to open. Great stuff. Call 814-624-5197.

CHURCH LIFT SYSTEMS

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

CONSULTING FORESTRY SERVICES

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

CENTRE FOREST RESOURCES. Forest Management Services,Wildlife Habitat Management, Timber Sales, Appraisals. Collegeeducated, professional, ethical foresters working for you. FREETimber Consultation. 814-571-7130.

CRANE SERVICE

NEED A LIFT? Crane service for all your lifting needs.Experienced, fully insured, Owner-Operated and OSHACertified. Precision Crane LLC, Linesville, PA 814-282-9133.

ELECTRIC MOTORS

FARM, COMMERICAL, INDUSTRIAL, NEW AND USED MOTORSALES. Complete repair facility with over 30 years experience.Most sizes in stock. Emergency repair available. LudwigElectric LLC. 814-948-4471.

FENCING

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

FINANCIAL FREEDOM

AWESOME OPPORTUNITY TO GENERATE CASH! No buying — Noselling — No boss. View 7-step video. Jim 314-614-6039.www.smileyougotcash.com.

GIFT AND CRAFT IDEAS

SPECIAL OFFER — BOTH COOKBOOKS FOR $12. “CountryCooking” — $5, including postage. “Recipes Remembered” —$7, including postage. Both of these cookbooks are a collectionof recipes from men and women of the electric co-ops ofPennsylvania and New Jersey. Payable to: Pennsylvania RuralElectric Association, P. O. Box 1266, Harrisburg, PA 17108. WriteAttention: Cookbooks.

HEALTH AND NUTRITION

Tired of all those medicines — Still not feeling better? Do youwant to feel better, have more energy, better digestion, lessjoint stiffness, healthier heart/circulation and cholesterollevels? Find out how to empower your own immune system —start 1-26 today! It’s safe, affordable, and it works. Call 800-557-8477: ID#528390. 90-day money back on first time ordersor call me 724-454-5586. www.mylegacyforlife.net/believeit.

HEALTH INSURANCE

DO YOU HAVE THE BLUES regarding your Health Insurance? Wecater to rural America's health insurance needs. For moreinformation, call 844-591-2797 (PA). Call us regarding Medicaresupplements, too.

HUNTING

VERGONA OUTDOORS: Gear up for hunting season! We sellgame cameras, crossbows, binoculars, scopes, rangefinders,blinds, archery targets, packs and many other items. 814-967-4844. www.vergonaoutdoors.com.

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HUNTING CAMP

ELK COUNTY, MEDIX RUN — 3 miles from Benzett. Twobedrooms with third added on back. Outbuilding for storage.Washer and dryer. Well and septic. Call 717-677-8601 or emailintheholler22@embarqmail.com.

INFRARED SAUNAS

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

LAWN AND GARDEN EQUIPMENT

HARRINGTONS EQUIPMENT COMPANY, 475 Orchard Rd.,Fairfield, PA 17320. 717-642-6001 or 410-756-2506. Lawn & Garden equipment, Sales — Service — Parts.www.HarringtonsEquipment.com.

LIVESTOCK AND PETS

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

LOG CABIN RESTORATIONS

VILLAGE RESTORATIONS & CONSULTING specializes in 17thand 18th century log, stone and timber structures. Wedismantle, move, re-erect, restore, construct and consult allover the country. Period building materials available. Thirtyyears experience, fully insured. Call 814-696-1379.www.villagerestorations.com.

MISCELLANEOUS

BECOME AN ORDAINED MINISTER — Correspondence Study. Theharvest truly is great, the laborers are few, Luke 10:2. Freeinformation. Ministers for Christ Outreach, 7558 WestThunderbird Rd., Ste. 1 - #114, Peoria, Arizona 85381.www.ordination.org.

TWIN TRACK RAIDER SNOWMOBILE for sale. Early 70’s. Needswork. $700 OBO. Also, 500 gallon diesel fuel tank with electricpump. $400. 570-833-4494.

OLD LP RECORDS for sale. 33s, 45s, 78s. Call 814-793-4630 or814-937-0541.

MOTORCYCLE-SNOWMOBILE INSURANCE

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

PENNSYLVANIA HUNTING LAND WANTED

OUR HUNTERS WILL PAY TOP $$$ to hunt your land. Call for afree base camp leasing info packet and quote. 866-309-1507.www.BaseCampLeasing.com

REAL ESTATE

HOUSING LOTS — Near Cook Forest and Allegheny NationalForest. All utilities, township maintained cul-de-sac road,surrounded by 100 acres of woods. Internet and cableinstalled. 15 min. from Clarion. www.deerrunlots.com.

SW WARREN COUNTY Tidioute area – 37 acres with timber. OGMnegotiable. Completely remodeled house with large garage,other outbuildings. Access to PA game lands. Allegheny Rivernearby. For more information, call 814-484-3941.

RECIPES AND FOOD

SPECIAL OFFER — BOTH COOKBOOKS FOR $12. “CountryCooking” — $5, including postage. “Recipes Remembered” —$7, including postage. Both of these cookbooks are a collectionof recipes from men and women of the electric co-ops ofPennsylvania and New Jersey. Payable to: Pennsylvania RuralElectric Association, P. O. Box 1266, Harrisburg, PA 17108. WriteAttention: Cookbooks.

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

SHAKLEE

FREE SAMPLE Shaklee’s Energy Tea. Combination red, greenand white teas that are natural, delicious, refreshing, safe. Forsample or more information on tea or other ShakleeNutrition/Weight Loss Products: 800-403-3381 orwww.sbarton.myshaklee.com.

SOLAR GENERATOR

PEPPERMINT ENERGY SOLAR GENERATOR 500-2000 wattportable power source, emergency electricity backup; can beused indoors; no noise, smell, or fuel source. 800-927-6848.info@tallpinesfarm.com, www.tallpinesfarm.com.

TRACTOR PARTS – REPAIR/RESTORATION

ARTHURS TRACTORS, specializing in vintage Ford tractors, 30-years experience, online parts catalog/prices, Indiana, PA 15701.Contact us at 877-254-FORD (3673) or www.arthurstractors.com.

VACATIONS AND CAMPSITES

NEW SMYRNA BEACH, Florida condo rental. Two bedrooms, twobaths, pool. 200 yards from beach. NA February. No pets. $500weekly, $1,800 monthly. Call 814-635-4020.

THINK PENN STATE FOOTBALL!! 50 minute drive to stadium.House rental. Sleeps 11, four bedrooms, table for 12, 2 TVs, 2flbaths, 2 hfbaths, linens/towels provided. Call 814-931-6562.Visit www.laurelwoodsretreat.com.

Wilderness cabin for rent on a thousand acres of private landwith views of elk, deer, turkey and great fishing on creekbehind cabin and hiking on the north slope of the largest flattop mountain in the world – THE GRAND MESA. Rent is $500per week. Call Alan. 970-487-3321.

ALLEGHENY FRONT LOG CABIN RENTAL. New, fully furnished,linens, kitchenware provided. Three bedrooms, one and 1/2bath. Great room, million dollar view. Bedford Co. 814-754-4512. www.alleghenyfrontexperience.com.

FOR RENT — SEASONAL 2 or 3 bedroom cabins in Sugar Run,PA by day or week on Susquehanna River nearkayaking/canoeing launch/rental. Kitchen, bathroom. Call 570-833-0337.

AMISH BUILT POST & BEAM CABIN. Full kitchen, loft, spareroom. NLV Mifflin County. 24 acres. Fishing and hunting at itsbest. Call Dan 717-250-3587 or Ron 717-994-0099.

SCENIC RAYSTOWN VACATION RENTAL. Sleeps six, threebedrooms, one full bath, half bath with laundry, eat-in kitchen,deck. Close to Seven Points! Car and boat parking. Call Julie814-644-9242.

WANTED TO BUY

CARBIDE — Paying cash/lb. — Some examples of items thathave carbide pieces at their tips for cutting or drilling are: coalmining machinery — roof bits — road bits — gas/oil/water welldrill bits — machining inserts as well as many others. We willpick up your materials containing carbide pieces. We willextract the carbide item from the part in which it is held inmost cases. 814-395-0415.

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Thoughts from Earl Pitts,UHMERIKUN!

PUNCHlines

Social commentary from Earl Pitts —— a.k.a.GARY BUR BANK , a nation ally syndicatedradio per son ality —— can be heard on thefollowing radio stations that cover electriccooperative service territories in Pennsylvania:WANB-FM 103.1 Pittsburgh; WARM-AM 590Wilkes-Barre/Scran ton; WIOO-AM 1000 Carlisle;WEEO-AM 1480 Shippensburg; WMTZ-FM 96.5Johnstown; WQBR-FM 99.9/92.7 McElhattan;WLMI-FM 103.9 Kane; and WVNW-FM 96.7 Burnham-Lewistown. You can also find him atEarlpittsamerican.com.

Earl realizes his water-skiing efforts leavesomething to be desired

Today’s lesson is that you shouldbeware of bored rednecks during the finaldays of summer or you could get killed.

See, what happened was that me andthe Meeker boys was going fishin’ atMudd Lake on Saturday morning. So theypull into my yard pullin’ Junior’s bass boat,and Junior goes, “Don’t bring a lot of bait,Earl, ‘cause I got a surprise.”

I look in the back of his truck, and he’sgot a pair of water skis in there. And in mymind, I’m thinking, “Oh, no, not me!”

Don’t get me wrong — there is plenty ofopportunities for a redneck to get draggedbehind a boat. There is your knee-boards,there is your inner-tubes and there is yourgiant yeller bananers. And all of them gotone thing in common. You don’t got tohave no talent to ride them. All you need isthe willingness to do a 30-mile-an-hourface-plant. Which, it seems, is for mostreal Americans the definition of fun.

But as for standing up on actual waterskis — there are only two men alive I everrespected for doin’ that. Them would beone Mr. Alan Jackson and of course,Fonzie. And sadly, I do not rank up therewith either one of them gentlemen.

First one in the water was Dub. Nowapparently there is a secret weight-to-horsepower-to-drag ratio in boat-skiing.And Junior’s boat was obviously violatingit. I mean, that outboard was chuggin’ likeit was about to throw a propeller. So thatdidn’t last long.

Second in the water was yours truly. Istarted out with a couple 360s — completeturns with the rope behind my back. I dida loop-de-loop in the air, launching off thewake. I must have covered 90 feet in theair off the ramp, and then I finished upwith over 300 yards of barefoot skiing.

None of which was planned. And I wasscreamin’ the whole time.

Wake up, America! What was reallyimpressive was throwin’ the line in the air,carvin’ a 45-degree turn to the beach, hit-

tin’ the sand and human cart-wheelin’ intothe snow-cone shack. They’re still talkingabout that today.

I was listening to the radio station theother day and I heard this news story aboutwhere some scientifical geniuses out theresaid — get this — there is a high probabilitythat the first human to live to be 150 yearsold is already alive today.

I heard that and I thought, “Man, sci-ence and technology are amazing. There isnothing the human mind cannot achieve.Advancements in medicine and healthcare are astounding.”

My second thought was, “Gosh, I hopeit’s not me!”

Don’t get me wrong — I don’t want todie today. But I don’t wanna go anothercentury, neither. I mean — can you imag-ine living to be 150 years old? Can youimagine being the first person to do that?After about 110 years, people are gonna becheckin’ your room every morning.

Then after 120 years, there’s going to bea reporter wantin’ to talk to you every day.And they’re all gonna want to know thesame thing — how come you aren’t dead.

By time you hit 125, your Social Secu-rity checks are gonna stop and the govern-ment is gonna go after your grandkids,convinced you died 40 years earlier, andthey hid the body and kept collectin’ themoney. Can you imagine being 125 yearsold and trying to convince the governmentyou’re still alive? They will tie you up inappeals for the next 10 years.

Then you hit 130, and the funeral homein town sends you a letter sayin’ they soldyour pre-arranged cemetery plot becausethey got tired of waitin’.

Yeah, and at that point you still got 20years to go ...

Wake up, America! I don’t wanna liveso long that I get middle-age crazy in my90s. I’m Earl Pitts. Buy my books atearlpittsamerican.com. l

RURALreflections

Elizabeth SponsellerAdams EC

Paul FedornakREA Energy

Carefree summer days are historyEVEN THOUGH the calendar says it’s still summer, thedaylight hours are growing shorter and soon the leaves willbegin to change colors. But today, the grass is green and thedays are still warm, so enjoy the final weeks of summer. Justkeep your camera handy to take some photos for the 2015Rural Reflections contest.

This year, five amateur photographers will be namedwinners of our $75 prize in the categories of: most artistic,best landscape, best human subject, best animal subject andeditor’s choice. Runners-up in each category will receive a$25 prize.

To be eligible for the 2015 contest prizes, send your pho-tos (no digital files, please) to: Penn Lines Photos, P.O. Box1266, Harrisburg PA 17108-1266. On the back of each photo,include your name, address, phone number and the name ofyour electric cooperative. (The best way to include this infor-mation is by affixing an address label to the back of thephoto as ink can bleed onto the photos.)

Remember, our publication deadlines require that wework ahead, so send your seasonal photos in early. We needwinter photos before mid-September. (Hint: keep yourspring, summer and fall photos to enter in the 2016 contest.)Photos that don’t reflect a season may be sent at any time.Please note: photos will be returned if you include a self-addressed, stamped envelope.l

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