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4 KEEP ING CURRENTNews items from across the Commonwealth

6 ENERGY MATTERSCyber security patrols

7 TECH TRENDSThe great outage detective

8 FEATURE

Red, white & bluegrassAmerican music traditions in theCommonwealth

12A COOPERATIVE CONNECTIONInformation and advice from your localelectric cooperative

14 T IME L I NESYour newsmagazine through the years

16 POWER PLANTS

Crank up the awesome

17 COUNTRY K I TCHEN

An ice cream event

18 OUTDOOR ADVENTURES

Good fencerows make goodneighbors

19 SMART C I RCU I TS

Hot water can heat housesTry a reverse cycle chiller with your home’sheat pump

20 CLASS I F I EDS

22 PUNCH L INES

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ON THE COVERDanny Stewart Jr., who plays bassfor the Nashville, Tenn.-based LarryStephenson Band, performs at theNortheast Pennsylvania BluegrassFestival in Tunkhannock, Pa.Stewart’s father, a member ofClaverack Rural ElectricCooperative, is the festival promoter.(Photo by Kathy Hackleman)

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State works to upgrade unsafedams across Commonwealth

The Pennsylvania Fish and Boat Com-mission has released an update on itshigh-hazard, unsafe dam revitalizationprogram. The commission manages 18dams that were, or currently are, consid-ered as high-hazard, unsafe dams.

High-hazard, unsafe dams are damsthat have deficiencies of such a naturethat if the dams were to fail, substantialproperty damage and a probable loss oflife could occur.

Of those 18 dams, two have beenremoved from high-hazard, unsafe status;six are 100 percent funded with construc-tion under way; one project is 100 percentfunded with repair work scheduled tobegin this year; and two projects arescheduled for repairs in 2013 and 2014.

Of the original estimate of $86 millionneeded to address the problems at all 18 dams, it is now estimated that $34.5 mil-lion is still needed to address the sevenremaining projects.

The two dams removed from high-hazard, unsafe status are Stevens Lake in

Wyoming County and Virgin Run Lakein Fayette County.

Dams with work currently under wayor scheduled are Belmont Lake in WayneCounty, Canonsburg in WashingtonCounty, Dutch Fork in WashingtonCounty, Leaser Lake in Lehigh County,

Lower Hereford Manor Dam and UpperHereford Manor Dam in Beaver County,Opossum Lake in Cumberland County,Lower Woods Lake in Wayne Countyand Lake Nessmuk in Tioga County.

Work is not scheduled on Colyer Lakein Centre County, Donegal in Westmore-land County, Glade Run in Butler County,Kyle Lake in Jefferson County, Minsi Lakein Northampton County, Lake Somersetin Somerset County, and Speedwell Forgein Lancaster County.

DCNR forests, parks to managedeer population

Some of the state’s forests and parks willbe participating in the 2012 Deer Manage-ment Assistance Program sponsored by thePennsylvania Department of Conservationand Natural Resources (DCNR). The goal ofthe program is to encourage antlerless deerharvests in some areas so that DCNR andprivate landowners can more effectivelymanage white-tailed deer populations andcurtail damage to forests and crops in thoseareas.

Participating parks are: Bald Eagle,Centre County; Beltzville, Carbon County;Blue Knob, Bedford County; CanoeCreek, Blair County; Codorus, YorkCounty; Cook Forest, Clarion County;Gifford Pinchot, York County; HickoryRun, Carbon County; Keystone, West-moreland County; Kings Gap, Cumber-land County; Moraine, Butler County;Nescopeck, Luzerne County; Ohiopyle,Fayette County; Oil Creek, VenangoCounty; Presque Isle, Erie County; PrinceGallitzin, Cambria County; RaccoonCreek, Beaver County; Ricketts Glen,Luzerne County; Ryerson Station, GreeneCounty; Shawnee, Bedford County; andTobyhanna, Monroe County.

Permits can be obtained fromlicense-issuing agents or the Pennsyl-vania Game Commission’s website atwww.pgc.state.pa.us. More informa-tion is available by contacting theBureau of Forestry Ecological Services

Station at 717/787-3444 or by emailingra-askdcnr@state.pa.us.

Susquehanna River now a part ofnational water trail

U.S. Secretary of the Interior KenSalazar announced in May that theSusquehanna River has been designatedas a new historic connecting componentof the existing 3,000-mile-long Capt. JohnSmith Chesapeake National Historic Trail.

As a designated portion of the nationaltrail, the Susquehanna River will be eligi-ble for state and national funding, techni-cal assistance, resource management,facility enhancement, interpretive trailroute marking and promotion.

The historic trail was designated byCongress in 2006; it follows the Chesa-peake Bay and its numerous tributaries.

The Susquehanna River component ofthe trail is a 552-mile system of watertrails along the main river and its westbranch. It begins in New York, travelsthrough Pennsylvania and into Maryland.

Bucknell University students and fac-ulty were involved in research thathelped lead to the designation. Bucknell’sinvolvement began several years ago withthe translation of 18th-century missiondiaries from the Moravian Archives inBethlehem, Pa. Those diaries detailed therelationship between the Moravians andNative Americans in the area, and toldthe story of the Susquehanna River’simpact on the area. l

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YOUR HOME probably has several secu-rity features — door locks, bolts and analarm system. When it comes to cybersecurity, electric cooperatives follow thesame principle — building and reinforcingmultiple layers of protection to safeguardyour personal data from attacks.

Securing digital data on an electric dis-tribution system is a continual process ofevaluating and addressing risks. While it’sdifficult to thwart a determined computerhacker, with constant vigilance electriccooperatives can significantly minimizethe possibilities and keep our members’information secure.

Nationally, cooperatives are bulking upcyber security with tools from the Coopera-tive Research Network (CRN), the researcharm of the Arlington, Va.-based NationalRural Electric Cooperative Association(NRECA).

“Electric cooperatives have made sub-stantial progress in cyber security withoutadditional regulation because they owe itto their members to protect system relia-bility and prevent unauthorized access topersonal information,” explains GlennEnglish, NRECA’s CEO.

Security sweepElectric cooperatives have been working

with the Department of Energy (DOE), theNorth American Electric Reliability Corpo-ration (NERC), the Federal Energy Regula-tory Commission (FERC), the U.S. Depart-ment of Homeland Security, the ObamaAdministration, and the electric utilityindustry to strengthen and bolster cybersecurity. An assault on a cooperative, for

example, could be a prelude to,or part of, a coordinated cyberstrike on the country’s powergrid as a whole. Last year,NERC, the nation’s electricityreliability watchdog, conductedan exercise dubbed “GridEx” toidentify cyber security concernsand encourage utilities and gov-ernment agencies to worktogether to mitigate issues.

“GridEx provided a realisticenvironment for organizationsto assess their cyber responsecapabilities,” observes BrianHarrell, NERC manager of criti-cal infrastructure protectionstandards, training and aware-ness. “Through the interaction,participants forged relationshipsacross the cyber security community.”

A report on the test notes most utilitieshave adequate response plans, but moretraining and updated guidelines were sug-gested.

To prevent would-be hackers from dis-covering security lapses, teams of gridguardians routinely scour electric distri-bution systems to find and fix weak spots.

“I look for vulnerabilities in control sys-tem software,” remarks May Chaffin, acyber security researcher at the IdahoNational Laboratory. “I try to get themrepaired before someone takes advantage.”

Lessons learned from the GridEx activ-ity and researchers like Chaffin have beenincorporated into CRN’s cyber securitytoolkit.

Regulating securityThe possibility of cyber mischief

undermining automated digital technolo-gies used by utilities has Congress, theWhite House, and regulators consideringthe right balance of security and emer-gency response initiatives.

“There is no question that there will besome kind of legislation,” predicts English.“It’s important that policymakers make a

distinction between what’s appropriatesecurity for bulk power versus distributionsystems. The question is whether what’sput forward makes sense, if it will be overlyburdensome, and if it will make electricityless affordable for our members.”

NRECA cyber security experts believeany legislation should focus on encourag-ing federal agencies to routinely provideactionable, timely intelligence about cyberthreats and vulnerabilities to utility indus-try experts.

“Hackers are getting smarter, and forsome, much of the fun is the challenge ofbeating your system,” observes CRN Pro-gram Manager Maurice Martin. “Co-opsunderstand cyber security isn’t a one-timething. Improved communications aboutpotential trouble is key to this effort.”

Electric cooperatives are building cyberbarricades and fashioning plans addressingcurrent and future dangers. But in a rap-idly evolving cyber environment, there’s nosuch thing as perfect security.l

Sources: Idaho National Laboratory,CRN, NRECA, NERC

Megan McKoy-Noe, CCC, writes on con-sumer and cooperative affairs for the NationalRural Electric Cooperative Association.

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SECURITY CHOICES: Sandia National Laboratories computer scien-tists Ron Minnich (foreground) and Don Rudish have successfullyrun more than 1 million Linux kernels as virtual machines, anachievement that will allow cyber security researchers to moreeffectively observe behavior found in compromised computers.

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The greatoutage detective

after it happens, cooperatives can fix apotential problem ahead of time.

An electric cooperative in Tennesseehas been testing a DFA system designedby Texas A&M University and the Elec-tric Power Research Institute, a Palo Alto,Calif.-based non-profit consortium whosemembers include cooperatives. Otherelectric cooperatives have signed up totest DFA’s potential through the Coopera-tive Research Network, an independentresearch and development service of theArlington, Va.-based National Rural Elec-tric Cooperative Association.

Another down-line tool that could go along way toward improving electric relia-bility entails using robots to check out thecondition of transmission lines. Like DFA,robots seek to prevent outages. But unlikeDFA, robots directly inspect cables andother components rather than waveforms.

Innovation is a key part of our coopera-tive DNA. It embodies the same spirit thatdrove rural residents to find ways to over-come seemingly insurmountable hurdlesand bring central station electric service toall corners of America.

Our not-for-profit, consumer-orientedbusiness structure ensures all decisionsfocus on our core mission: providingmembers with a safe, reliable and afford-able supply of power.

In sprawling, rugged service territo-ries, down-line automation can substan-

tially lower costs by reducingtruck rolls. Following massivestorms, the ability to targetoutage locations from theoffice and efficiently dispatchline crews can significantlyspeed up getting the lightsback on.

Innovation — it’s proofpositive, if there was anydoubt before, that cooperativesbuild a better world.l

Maurice Martin is senior pro-gram manager specializing intransmission and information tech-

nology for the Cooperative Research Network.Brian Sloboda is senior program man-

ager specializing in distribution operationsfor the Cooperative Research Network.

IN KEEPINGwith their tradition ofinnovation, electric cooperatives areworking hard to introduce new technolo-gies that will increase service reliability,decrease outage time, and improve safety.

One of the major areas where advance-ments are taking place involves down-lineautomation. An umbrella term describingthe use of digital meters and equipment,software applications, and two-way com-munications, down-line automationallows electric cooperatives to monitor theflow of electricity in near real-time; iden-tify voltages out of allowed ranges; pin-point outages; and transmit signals totransformers, capacitors, circuit breakers,and other devices to initiate diagnostic orcorrective actions that can isolate, reroutepower around, or even remotely repairthe cause of a power interruption.

With down-line automation, coopera-tives can decrease the number of mem-bers who lose power and the duration ofan outage, as well as reduce “line losses”— electricity that dissipates in the processof distributing it over power lines.

One of the most promising advances indown-line automation, distribution faultanalysis (DFA), taps high-resolution moni-tors installed on electric lines and cutting-edge algorithms to zero in on hard-to-findelectric system trouble spots before theymorph into full-blown outages. In its purestform, DFA “reads and identifies” specificfault signatures in a waveform — such as acracked insulator or a tree limb occasionallybrushing a line and causing a blink. Insteadof learning about an event, like an outage,

ROBOT AT WORK: ‘Ti,’ a 140-pound robot being developed by theElectric Power Research Institute, hangs gondola-style from powerlines and rides slowly from tower to tower, monitoring the conditionof the lines. Robots like Ti seek to prevent power outages.

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DANNY STEWART JR. really had nochoice. Born to bluegrass-loving parents,the 23-year-old Laceyville, Pa., nativewas bound to follow that sound. ForStewart, like for so many other Pennsyl-vanians inured in that uniquely Ameri-can folk and bluegrass tradition, it wasmore of a calling. “Dad taught me to play the mandolin

starting when I was 8,” explains Stew-art, whose parents, Christa and DannyStewart Sr., are members of Wysox-based Claverack Rural Electric Coopera-tive.From there, it didn’t take Stewart

long to figure out what he wanted to dowith his life.

“At 14, I started to play acoustic gui-tar. After that, it was easy to learn thebass, and I began playing in a lot of littlebands in the tri-state area (Pennsylva-nia, New Jersey and New York),” headds. Along with support from his parents,

Stewart received training from talentedteachers — both at Wyalusing HighSchool and at East Tennessee State Uni-

versity. Combinedwith his naturalability and a lot ofhard work, Stew-art has been ableto follow hisdream of making aliving by makingmusic. “About two and

one-half years ago,I heard Larry (ofthe LarryStephenson Band)was looking for abass player,” herelates. “It was aword-of-mouth

thing. So I contacted him and went tohis house and auditioned, and I washired.”Stewart returned to northeast Penn-

sylvania in early June with Stephenson’snationally known, Nashville, Tenn.-based band to play bass at his father’sbluegrass festival. The Northeast Penn-sylvania Bluegrass Festival, created andpromoted by Danny Stewart Sr., is heldannually the first weekend after Memo-rial Day.At this year’s festival in Tunkhan-

nock, as the younger Stewart performedin front of a crowd that included mem-bers of his family, high school friendsand former teachers, he couldn’t havebeen happier with his music-filled life.“Music is what I do every day,” he

explains. “I wake up thinking about it

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ON STAGE: Granite Hill Camping Resort, a member of Gettysburg-basedAdams Electric Cooperative, hosts bluegrass festivals at the resort nearGettysburg each year in mid-May and late-August. Rich and CyndieWinkelmann are the campground owners and festival promoters.

IN TUNE: The trio, ‘Cardinal, Palomino and Otter,’performs at the Maple Harvest Festival atShaver’s Creek Environmental Center, which is amember of Huntingdon-based Valley RuralElectric Cooperative. Trio members are, from left:Bill Voigt, Matt Marsden and Paul Brigman.Marsden is also a member of the cooperative.

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and I think about it all the time. It’s notlike a job where I get up and go to workand punch a time clock. It is work; it’shard on your body to drive so much andtravel all the time, but it’s so much a partof me that I don’t even think of it as ajob.”Stephenson and the members of his

band travel the United States in a 40-foottour bus that three of the band members— including Stewart — take turns driv-ing. Their busy season is the late spring,summer and early fall, when bluegrasspromoters across the country book themfor festival gigs. Stewart fills his time during the win-

ter teaching a few classes at his almamater, East Tennessee State University,which offers a major in bluegrass, old-time and country music in its Depart-ment of Appalachian Studies. He alsorecords with Stephenson and plays bassfor recordings for other musicians, aneasy task these days when he can recordhis track anywhere and email it off to becombined with other instruments andvocals to a make a complete recording.Stewart emphasizes his happiness at

being able to do what he loves.“When I was a child, my family spent

all of the time listening to bluegrass,” heremembers. “My dad and I went to abluegrass festival every single weekend,and you would see the same people atthose festivals. I like the closeness;everyone feels like family. … When I seepeople tapping their foot, clapping theirhands and smiling, that’s the best feelingin the world. It’s a natural high.”

Continuing traditionBluegrass and folk music often go

together, especially in Pennsylvania.Folk, as a music genre, is so old thatmost attempts to provide a history of itdon’t even date it. For centuries, oral his-tories — stories of people and their sur-roundings — have been set to music andpassed along from performer to per-former. And that tradition continues inthe folk music of today.Bluegrass is a newer, more special-

ized kind of music, combining hints offolk, gospel, country and blues that fea-tures acoustic instruments and distinc-tive vocal harmonies. It was popularizedby the late singer Bill Monroe, who inthe late 1930s named his band “BillMonroe and the Blue Grass Boys” after

his home state of Kentucky (the Blue-grass State). Like Stewart, Huntingdon County

resident Matt Marsden loves bluegrass,as well as folk music. But as much asMarsden loves the rhythm of the music,it’s the stories behind the lyrics thatreally captivate him. Hundreds of yearsfrom now, people will still know histhoughts and dreams, thanks to thespirit that moves him to write themdown and set them to music. “I love keeping the old songs alive,”

says Marsden, a member of Valley RuralElectric Cooperative. “These songs areabout the way things were before elec-tricity and technology came along andchanged things. They are about hardwork … timeless songs that old peopleand young people can both connect to.… It’s amazing to think a song I writeabout one of my experiences might stayalive for hundreds of years.”Marsden credits his love of folk and

bluegrass music to his family, whoalways had the dial of the car radio setto “oldies” when he was a child.“At some point, I realized there was a

difference between the music of todayand its one-hit wonders and older musicwhere people put a lot into the whole

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CARE TO DANCE?: The Cherry Flats Ridge Pluckers, a group that includes Ron Markell, a member ofMansfield-based Tri-County Rural Electric Cooperative, center, plays old-time, country barn dance musicderived from the hills of Appalachia. In this style, the banjo is not finger-picked as in most bluegrassmusic; it is played claw-hammer style, and is pluck-strummed with the hand formed like a bear claw.

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anger, but the joy is the thing I relish themost. When I am playing and other peo-ple are enjoying it, I enjoy it.”He reports, “There is a hominess to

album, not just one hit,” he reports.“There is definitely a difference in lyricsand influences.”Marsden began playing an electric

guitar in high school, but soon moved toacoustic instruments like the banjo andmandolin. Since then, he’s added drums,piano, violin, harmonica, bodhran (anIrish drum) and is now learning to playbagpipes. He performs with “A 3-InchWide Band,” a group of organic garden-ers/farmers who chose the band namefrom the instructions on the back of aseed packet that often say “Plant in a 3-inch wide band.”An employee of Penn State Univer-

sity’s Shaver’s Creek EnvironmentalCenter in Huntingdon County, alsoserved by Valley Rural Electric Coopera-tive, Marsden often performs at the cen-ter as part of a folk/bluegrass trioknown as “Cardinal, Palomino andOtter.” He is Cardinal, while Paul Brigman, a

graduate assistant at the center, isPalomino, and Bill Voigt, whose wife,

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Joann, works at the center, isOtter. All three men tookwhat they call their “naturenames” from their connec-tions to the environmentalcenter. The trio members areso dedicated to the center thatthey have recorded a CD,which is on sale at the center,called “Naturally Unplugged,Shaver’s Creek.” Proceeds goto the center.

International languageVoigt, who has been a vol-

unteer at the environmentalcenter for more than 15 years,shares his love of music withthe thousands of visitors whocome to the center to learnabout the environment. “Music is an international

language, a way to connect with peopleall over the globe,” Voigt says. “Musiclightens your load. Music can convey alot of different things, from sadness to

ANNUAL MEETING ENTERTAINMENT: ‘Pickin@bluegrass,’a group of friends who play together just for fun, enter-tains the crowd at this year’s Somerset Rural ElectricCooperative Annual Meeting at Seven Springs MountainResort. The performers all play regularly in other bands,but enjoy each other’s company and playing style.

STANDOUT PERFORMER: Rhonda Vincent and her band, ‘TheRage,’ have won more than 70 top awards, including the cov-eted Entertainer of the Year Award from the InternationalBluegrass Music Association, along with seven associationawards for Female Vocalist of the Year. Here, she performs atthe Gettysburg Bluegrass Festival at Granite Hill CampingResort, a member of Adams Electric Cooperative.

the music I play. Most people can relateto the songs. … When you have aninstrument, no matter where you are,and you run into another person withan instrument, it doesn’t take longbefore you are both sitting down play-ing. You share your music and theyshare their music, and you learn differ-ent techniques from one another. Musicis another way to communicate. It’sanother language.”Voigt’s love of music began in grade

school when his parents scheduled himfor piano lessons. From there, hebranched out into guitar, banjo and har-monica. Although he loves all types ofmusic, including symphony and classi-

cal, he usually performs folk and blue-grass with the center trio, or countrygospel with a band called “HeavenlyRoad.”Tri-County Rural Electric Coopera-

tive members Ron and Bridgette Markellalso are affiliated with two bands, eachof which has a different focus. TheColumbia Crossroads couple has beenperforming gospel with their children,Riah, Amara, Hanna, Ben and Alya, as“The Markell Family Band,” since thekids were old enough to talk (they nowrange in age from 16 to 25).Ron, Ben and Riah join with Wanda

Irion, Aubrey Irion, Bruce Smith andJohn O’Donnell to perform old-time,

folk music withthe “Cherry FlatsRidge Pluckers.”Bridgette does thescheduling andpublicity for thegroup (aptlynamed as theyfirst performed ona hill overlookingthe Tioga Countycommunity ofCherry Flats andthey all “plucked”instruments).The Markell

family is keptbusy as they prac-tice with each oftheir groups on aweekly basis, withperformances atlocal festivals,weddings, dancesand benefit con-certs scheduled ontop of theirrehearsals. “Playing music

is a wonderfulway to bring outlife,” Bridgettenotes. “There’s areason why theysay music soothesthe savage beast.Being able to makemusic is a joy forall of us.”

Festival funTo spread that joy to others, Somer-

set County resident Tim Custer and hiswife, Brenda, along with his brother,Kevin Custer, who is a member of Som-erset Rural Electric Cooperative, and hissister, Cindy Newman, hold the Cole-man Station Bluegrass Festival on thefourth weekend of July each year at 1144Coleman Station Road, Friedens. Custercleared 20 acres of his farm — five acresfor a natural amphitheatre and 15 acresfor campers and RVs.The family brings in national and

regional bands, and intersperses themwith local bands for the three-day festi-val held in honor of the Custer brothers’father, Kenneth “Slab” Custer, a well-known bluegrass musician and radiopersonality who died in 1998.The two Custer brothers also per-

form with Pickin@bluegrass. Althoughall five of the members of the group per-form with other groups, they come

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GETTING READY TO PERFORM: Kevin Custer, amember of Somerset Rural Electric Cooperative,prepares to play as part of ‘Pickin@bluegrass’ atthe cooperative’s annual meeting in May.

HAVING FUN WITH MUSIC: Members of the ‘Goldwing Express’ from Branson,Mo., entertain the crowd at the Northeast Bluegrass Festival in Tunkhannockwith tales of their Native American background. The annual spring festival issponsored by Danny Stewart Sr., a member of Wysox-based Claverack RuralElectric Cooperative.

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state’s residents live out of reach of aweekend music festival. Danny Stewart Sr., a part-time musi-

cian now playing mandolin with “LouieSetzer and the Appalachian MountainBoys,” is representative of entrepreneurswho focus their business efforts on thepromotion of bluegrass music festivals.Stewart takes it a step further, though,as he also provides annual winter blue-grass cruises for the die-hard fans whocan’t make it from fall to spring withoutsome bluegrass.Held every year for the past five

years on the weekend after MemorialDay, the Northeast Pennsylvania Blue-grass Festival at the Lazy Brook Park inTunkhannock is Stewart’s brainchild.Featuring both local and national per-formers, the four-day event has twotypes of bluegrass venues. Traditionalbluegrass with all-acoustic instrumentsis available on one side of the park at the

same time progressive bluegrass is beingperformed on the other side of the park.There, no rules govern the type of musi-cal instruments permitted.“I started off small,” Stewart

explains. “That first year, I had all localbands. It was a low-risk venture. But thepeople came and that first year was amajor success. So every year, it hasexpanded. This year, we had headlinersfrom Nashville, Tenn., and Branson, Mo.… There are festival attendees who gofrom festival to festival all summer long.It’s a community of people who arefamiliar with each other. If I go to abluegrass festival anywhere, I will seepeople I know.”For bluegrass and folk music lovers,

finding that community is easy: you justhave to follow that sound.“The music community is a great

community,” Marsden says. “It is opento anyone who enjoys music.”l

together sometimes to play just becausethey are friends and enjoy playing blue-grass together. Such was the case whenthey performed at Somerset Rural Elec-tric Cooperative’s annual meeting inMay at Seven Springs Mountain Resort.Pickin@bluegrass is made up of the

Custer brothers, Ray Bruckman, BradFoust and Tim’s rock-‘n-roll-playingbuddy from his high school days, JohnLarimer. Tim Custer is a three-timeMaryland state banjo champion cur-rently playing with “Mountain Therapyand Mac Martin.” Foust performs with“Blue Shades,” and Bruckman playswith the “Wheeling Jamboree HouseBand,” “Full Steam Ahead,” a blue-grass band out of Pittsburgh, and aCivil War re-enactment band called“The Acoustic Shadows of the Blue &Gray.”The bluegrass festival path is a popu-

lar one in Pennsylvania and few of the

Tri-County REC member Greg Smith, a banker by day, plays bass in a blue-grass band called “Corn Pone Sally” after an old folk song about a notoriousmountain woman of the same name, and in a jazz band, “The Mike Tester Band.”

But in addition to his practice and performance time, Smith also spends muchof his free time in another musical pursuit. He repairs and builds instruments,including guitars, hammered dulcimers, mandolins, and now is working on a bass.

After graduating from college with a degree in music in 1976, Smith workedfor about five years in a Lawrence, Kan., music store, building and repairinginstruments. In the decades since then, he’s perfected his own techniques.

“I pretty much make the instruments the same way they were made hundredsof years ago,” Smith reports. “I use some power tools, but mostly just to get thewood to the rough size. After that, I use hand tools. I joke that I start with a pileof wood and remove everything that doesn’t look like an instrument, but that isreally pretty much how you start. … I was fortunate that I was able to work withpeople who were accomplished instrument makers who set me on the right path.”

Making an instrument requires following more than one path — Smith mustconsider the exterior appearance of the instrument, and of course, the quality ofthe sound it makes is critical.

“For guitars, I generally use some kind of rosewood or mahogany for the backand sides,” Smith notes. “Tops are always made out of spruce of some kind. Thebass I am working on now, the top came from Alaska. I get some of my woodfrom Europe. The wood you choose is really important. Then you have to have agood plan and a good understanding of how to make an instrument sound good.”

Smith’s creations are not rush jobs. He figures it takes about 150 hours ofsteady work to make a guitar, while a violin takes longer and a mandolin evenlonger. His current bass project is his first, so he’s not sure how many hours he’ll have in the completed instrument.

“I also don’t know what it will sound like,” he admits. “The design is an Italian one from 1819. I have plans that are fromsomeone who took an existing instrument and copied all the dimensions and shapes. That’s what I am basing it on.”

Smith has kept several of his creations, and sold others. He explains that a nice, handmade guitar or mandolin would startat about $2,500 while a good, handmade bass would sell for between $10,000 and $50,000. A bass is expensive because itrequires about 10 times as much wood as a violin and takes about four times as long to make.

Picker, banker, instrument maker

MAKING MUSIC A DIFFERENT WAY: Greg Smith, amember of Tri-County Rural Electric Cooperative,plays in a bluegrass band called ‘Corn Pone Sally,’but he also builds instruments. His current projectis this bass.

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1982More of America’s farmers, who are used toplaying with a deck of wild cards, are folding underthe pressure of factors far beyond their control.

2002 Mites, global market pressures and disin-terest by young people combine to create a cloudyfuture for Pennsylvania’s apiary industry.

PEOPLE IN rural Pennsylvania want high levels of quality healthcare — including hospitals, doctors, mental health and other services— for two important reasons, according to Charles O. Crawford, whowas director of the Pennsylvania Office of Rural Health in 1992.

First is the desire to have care when they or their family, friendsand neighbors need it. They would like to be close (not more than 20minutes away) to health care providers. They want care to be accessi-ble to them at times that are convenient, and they want a variety ofhealth care payment options, including Medicare, Medicaid, privatehealth insurance, and a sliding scale adjusted to income.

A second major reason rural Pennsylvania residents want goodhealth and medical care is to spur community and economic develop-ment. Rural leaders are well aware that if they want to improve theircommunity and/or attract industry, they need to show prospectiveemployers they have available and accessible health and medical serv-ices.

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IF YOU’VE been feeling a lit-tle bored with your yard andgarden routines lately, take afresh look at the old home-stead and your maintenanceprocess. A few easy changeswill pull you out of yard dutydrudgery and reawaken yourenthusiasm.

Every property can benefitfrom an update of one sort oranother. Change can be madeto rectify a problem, addfunctionality or enhance yourenjoyment. Some changesrender a complete overhaul,while others polish and refinewhat is already working well.With a little thought andeffort, you can identify newoptions in terms of mainte-nance, or overall design, oreven different ways to use thespace as it is now.

It’s hot out, so start easy.Take an afternoon to sit back,relax, and let your eyes andmind roam. Compare andcontrast your ideal landscapewith the one you actuallyhave.

Simple changes can yieldmajor rewards. For instance,

a well-worn path across thelawn could be reseeded, butmaybe it could become anofficial path resurfaced withstepping stones or gravel.Would the sound of a splash-ing waterfall liven up theback yard? If that’s too muchto take on, try a birdbath witha fountain.

Could the year-round viewof the vegetable garden beimproved by installing a moreattractive fence? Instead ofredoing the whole thing, con-centrate on the one side yousee most often. Might newfencing be more effective atexcluding unwanted crittersand protecting the produceyou work so hard to raise?Perhaps you could modify theexisting fence.

Maybe your mowing jobcould go faster if you adjustthe outline of the lawn area tomatch an easy turning radiusfor your mower. Could youreplace some of the lawngrass with a lower mainte-nance ground cover?

How about a more conven-ient system to organize andstore your gardening andlandscaping tools and sup-plies? Might a different water-ing method cut both yourwork load and use less water?

How comfortable is thespot where you are sittingright now? Might a shade treeor vine-covered pergola helpto keep you (or your home)cool? An umbrella or awningmight make all the difference.

Changes make a great topicto research and discuss overan iced drink on the patio. Flip

through books and magazines.Check the internet for ideas.Chat it up with your garden-ing friends and family.

Visit nearby botanical gar-dens and display gardens.Besides appreciating the flow-ers and magnificent shadetrees, stroll through differentareas. Check out the herbsand gardening for wildlifeplantings, peek at the com-posting exhibit, or investigatehow to prepare for plantingthe fall vegetable garden. Youare sure to collect both inspi-ration and practical tips.

During your “improve-ment research” phase, head tothe garden center or nurseryand ask for ideas on ways tosimplify, do the job faster,cheaper or more easily. Thereare so many devices and toolsand design options, from pre-fabricated garden ponds andraised beds to self-wateringplanter boxes to new andimproved plants. Look forheat-loving plants on display

— vibrant potted tropicals,blooming summer bulbs, andexotic water lilies — andsnappy accessories.

Besides dreaming up proj-ects, summer gardening defi-nitely includes work we mightrather skip, such as mulchingor weeding or trimming. Whynot experiment by spending 15 minutes each day in the coolevening or early morning,devoted to these mindlesschores. A steady routineaccomplishes more than youwould think, and the quarterhour passes quicker than youwould expect.

With thoughtful, spot-by-spot improvements and dailywork parties, you’ll soon besurrounded by a showplaceworth celebrating. What a fineexcuse to throw a festive sum-mer barbecue — aka (dare wesay it) a garden party!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-

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Crank up theawesome

GARDEN PARTY READY: Consider afew changes that will make youryard ready for a party.

by Ja n e t t e H e s sCOUNTRYkitchen

4 cups blueberries (strawberries or raspberries may be

substituted)

4 cups milk, divided

4 cups heavy cream

2 cups sugar

Using a regular or immersion-style blender, blend

blueberries with 2 cups milk. Blend to desired con-

sistency, smooth or chunky. Pour into chilled ice

cream maker (freezer) can and add remaining ingredi-

ents. Churn and freeze according to manufacturer’s

instructions. Makes approximately 1 gallon ice cream.

An ice cream eventADMITTEDLY, homemade ice cream is a lot of work. It’smuch easier to grab a carton of the factory-made stuff at thelocal market. But assembling and churning ice cream athome using an ice cream maker (freezer) is an event — asweet, cold, creamy event. Don’t let the summer slip bywithout participating!

Blueberry Ice Cream is a simple concoction of fruit, milk,cream and sugar. What could be more basic and delicious?Vanilla Bean Ice Cream celebrates America’s most popularice cream flavor by utilizing vanilla in two forms: the beanand the extract.

In the not-too-distant past, most homemade ice creamcontained raw eggs. These days, however, cooks avoid raweggs because of concerns over salmonella contamination.The alternative is to cook the egg yolks in a custard base —or to avoid eggs altogether. In Easy Vanilla Ice Cream,instant vanilla pudding serves as an egg substitute. Theresulting ice cream is rich and satisfying.

Before starting any homemade ice cream project, consultthe manufacturer’s instruction manual that came with yourice creammaker (freezer). The ratio of ice to rock salt is criti-cal in the freezing process. Also, make sure you aren’t exceed-ing your ice cream maker’s (freezer’s) capacity, as ice creamexpands as it freezes. If necessary, halve the recipes. lA trained journalist, JANETTE HESS focuses her writing on interesting people and interest-

ing foods. She is a Master Food Volunteer with her local extension service and enjoys col-

lecting, testing and sharing recipes.

2 packages instant vanilla pudding6 cups milk1 cup sugar4 cups heavy cream4 teaspoons vanilla extract

Combine pudding mix and milk. Stir in sugar,cream and vanilla extract. Transfer to chilled icecream maker (freezer) can. Churn and freezeaccording to manufacturer’s instructions. Makesapproximately 1 gallon ice cream.

4 egg yolks6 cups milk, divided2 cups sugar1/8 teaspoon salt1 tablespoon vanilla extract1 vanilla bean, split3 1/2 cups heavy cream

In large bowl, beat egg yolks; set aside. In saucepan or microwavabledish, combine sugar with 2 cups milk. Bring just to boiling. Gradually pourhot mixture into egg yolks, stirring constantly. Transfer back to saucepanor, if needed, microwavable dish. Cook and stir an additional 3 minutes onstovetop or 1 minute in microwave oven. Remove from stove or microwaveoven; add salt and vanilla extract. Scrape seeds from vanilla bean andwhisk into mixture, taking care to break up any clumps. Immerse emptybean pod in mixture and chill thoroughly. To make ice cream, discard beanpod and pour mixture into chilled ice cream maker (freezer) can alongwith cream and remaining milk. Churn and freeze according to manufac-turer’s instructions. Makes approximately 1 gallon ice cream.

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

MY FAMILY’S home sits onthe corner of a 41-lot develop-ment that previously was afarmer’s fields and woodlots.Because our 4.5 acres is at theedge of the hillside that thedeveloper tore apart to createthe individual lots, eventuallyseeding them with grass andplanting them with ornamen-tal trees and shrubs, our lotincorporated a wonderful fea-ture of the former agricul-tural landscape.

We have some of thefencerows that once sepa-rated fields and lanes. Thelines of posts and wire thatcreated the setting, intowhich the fencerows grew,have largely disappeared. Bitsof rusted wire still cling torotting posts and tree trunksin some spots. But mostly it’sthe living fencerows that nowform the dividing lines.

A rural landscape withouta healthy crisscrossing offencerows is a forlorn sight,particularly when it’s time tobag a few rabbits for a pot of

Brunswick stew or gather abasket of blackberries or set atrap along a regular travelroute of a red fox. The ongo-ing loss of fencerows leaves aless diverse, poorer ecosys-tem in its wake, for the wildthings and for us humans.

A fencerow is the land’sattempt to revert to what itwas before we carved it intosomething else. After wechopped the trees and clearedthe brush and plowed underthe weeds, nature’s process ofregrowing a new version ofthat same habitat beganalmost immediately if wedidn’t “keep on it.”

It all begins with the cou-ple or three strands of wirewe stretch around the newlycleared tract. Birds perch onthat wire, birds that ate theberries of pokeweed, black-berry, poison ivy, wildgrasses, thistle and more.And, when they perch, theydeposit the seeds from someof those berries under andnear the wires. Some of theseeds sprout, launching anew patch of weeds.

Mammals, like mice, chip-munks, squirrels, ground-hogs, rabbits and red fox,investigate the new spot ofhabitat. Some of them, intheir fur, will transport anddrop burrs from plants likeburdock, trefoil or ragweed.Some of those also willsprout, adding to the diver-sity of the developing plantcommunity.

Eventually, fast-growingshrubs/small trees like elder-berry and staghorn sumac

will find their way into thefencerow through similarbird and mammal move-ments. As they grow, the nextstage in the reverting habitatwill take hold.

And they will be followedby taller, slower-growing,longer-lasting trees. In Penn-sylvania, horse chestnuts,mulberry and crabapple arepart of this stage of develop-ment, often the end stagebefore someone removes thetrees to maintain thefencerow and eliminatebranch overhang that inter-feres with farm equipmentworking in adjacent fields.

In many fencerows, thehabitat never fully convertsfrom one stage to the next,even over many years. As aresult, the fencerow is a richmix of everything from lowgrasses and weeds to maturetrees, which supports adiverse range of animal life.

The fencerow functionsnot only as a convenient, pro-tected travel route for a vari-ety of species, but also as thenesting and feeding groundsfor many. Its mixed plant lifesupports a wider range ofanimal life than any of thestages of succession couldsupport on its own. It’s usu-ally connected to woodlots,woodlands or wetlands atboth ends, encouraging addi-tional animal species fromthose habitats to encroachout into the fencerow. Preyspecies attract their preda-tors, and a wider range ofprey species attracts a widerrange of predators.

From the perspective ofwildlife, fencerows are thevalue-added component of afarmer’s fields.l

MARCUS SCHNECK isoutdoor editor for The(Harrisburg, Pa.) Patriot-News and a contributorto many outdoor publi-cations and websites,and author of morethan two dozen books.

Goodfencerowsmake goodneighbors

FENCEROW HOMES: Many animalslive in the fencerows that dot therural landscape.

ALTHOUGH electric resistance heatingcan be relatively expensive to operate, it is100 percent efficient — that means all theelectricity you pay for ends up heatingyour house. With a gas or oil furnace, youlose some heat out the flue.

A heat pump can produce 3 Btu of heatfor your house for each 1 Btu on your elec-tric bill. This is because the heat pumpdoes not actually create heat directly. Ituses a compressor, coils, and other equip-ment to draw heat from the outdoor airand pump it into your house.

A reverse cycle chiller is a heat pumpsystem that basically uses a standardhigh-efficiency heat pump to produce heatduring winter and cool air in the summer.A typical air-source heat pump heats orcools a refrigerant that flows directlythrough an indoor coil. Air blows over thecoil to heat or cool your house. A reversecycle chiller heats or cools water in a small(20- to 40-gallon) insulated tank. Thewater then flows through the indoor coil.The entire system will cost 15 to 20 per-cent more to install than a standard heatpump/electric furnace combination.

The output capacity of a typical heatpump is sized for the cooling Btu require-ments of the house. In most parts of theUnited States, the heating Btu require-ments are greater. To make up the differ-ence, a backup electric resistance furnaceis required during very cold periods. Asthe outdoor temperature drops, the heatoutput of the heat pump also drops just asthe heating needs of your house increase.

You might think you could install alarger capacity heat pump to provideenough heat for your house even on very

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The primary advantage of a reversecycle chiller is it transfers heat to an insu-lated water tank. This allows you to installa heat pump with an extra large capacityfor adequate heating even in cold weatherwithout the associated summertime cool-ing issues.

During summer, this large heat pumpcooling capacity chills the water in theinsulated tank to 40 degrees or so. Thechilled water is run through a coil in theblower system, which cools and dehu-midifies indoor air just like a standardheat pump. The heat pump can cycle onand off as needed to chill the water inthe tank independently of the indoorblower.

Another key advantage of having theheated water tank is its wintertimedefrost mode. A heat pump regularlyswitches to the cooling mode to defrostice that collects on the outdoor con-denser coils. During this time, expensive

electric resistance heat comes on orchilly air blows out the registers.

With a reverse cycle chiller, the heat todefrost the coils comes from the heatedwater tank so warm air continues to blowout the registers.

In addition to eliminating or greatlyreducing the use of backup resistanceheating, a reverse cycle chiller providesoptions for efficient heating. Because theheat is coming from the insulated watertank, you can select different types ofheating for different rooms.

During summer, an optional refrigera-tion heat reclaimer (similar to a geothermaldesuperheater) can be used. Instead of theheat pump exhausting the heat to the out-door air in the cooling mode, it can be usedto heat your domestic hot water for free.During winter, the heat pump can be usedto heat your domestic hot water in addi-tion to the house.l

Hot water canheat housesTry a reverse cycle chiller withyour home’s heat pump

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LOG CABIN RESTORATIONS

VILLAGE RESTORATIONS & CONSULTING specializes in 17th and18th century log, stone and timber structures. We dismantle,move, re-erect, restore, construct and consult all over thecountry. Period building materials available. Chestnut boards,hardware, etc. Thirty years experience, fully insured. Call814-696-1379. www.villagerestorations.com.

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16’ FISHING BOAT with live well side console, stainless prop., 75H.P. Yamaha outboard, galvanized trailer. Price $5,000 – nice boat.Call at 570-596-4196 or after 5 p.m. 570-596-4951.

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SEVEN POINTS MARINA offers houseboat vacations, daily boatrentals, public sightseeing and dinner cruises aboard the Princess.Enjoy the hospitality of PA’s largest marina, voted #1 in the nation.Contact us at 814-658-3074 or tours@7pointsmarina.com.

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JUNIATA COUNTY — Secluded home on 20.6 acres with stream.Two – three bedrooms, 1 1/2 baths, pine interior, oversized two-car garage, shed, outhouse. Many unique features. $209,000.717-734-0170.

VERY PRIVATE two-story, four-bedroom log home. 3,200 squarefeet on 14 acres. Lake view with no neighbors. North Clarionschool district near Tionesta. Call 814-755-4520. Listed at$399,000.

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“COUNTRY COOKING,” Volume 2 — $8, including postage.“RECIPES REMEMBERED,” Volume 3 — $12, including postage.Both of these cookbooks are a collection of recipes from men andwomen of the electric co-ops of Pennsylvania and New Jersey.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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“The Heritage Cookbook; Recipes from the Heart.” 131 pagesof family recipes compiled by Crawford County NSDARmembers to benefit the education program. $20 includesshipping. 814-382-1415.

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STORAGE SHEDS — No credit check. Stained, painted or vinylsiding. Many sizes and options available. Monthly paymentsstarting at $53.47. Other products available — not rent-to-own —carports, trailers, lawn furniture pressure treated and plywood.Dillinger’s “Downtown” Conneaut Lake next to Pizza Hut andSheetz. 814-720-7375 or 814-720-4497. pjdillinger@gmail.com.

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House rental at Lake Raystown. Sleeps 11, fireplace, fourbedrooms, dining table for 12, central A/C, two Satellite TVs, twofull baths, two half baths, linens/towels provided, largerecreation room, large parking area, one mile from lake(Snyders Run). Minimum two nights. Call 814-931-6562. Visitwww.laurelwoodsretreat.com.

CAMP FOR RENT — Very private southern Clearfield County. Threebedrooms, full bath, wood burner outside fire pit, 80-foot decknear Prince Gallitzin Park, Rock Run Recreation. Weekly/weekendrental. 724-478-1930.

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I don’t know if y’all heard the story‘bout some nitwit in south Florida whotook his girlfriend wild boar huntin’ withhim. Well, he’s sittin’ in a blind, an’ hehears this rustlin’ in the brush. He fig-gers it’s a boar an’ just takes to wailin’away at it. Yeah, you figgered it out — itwas his girlfriend. She had left the blind.

It’s tough enough that he shot her inthe leg. He’s in even more trouble whenhe tells her it was because he mistookher for a pig! They say she’ll recover, butI don’t know ‘bout his chances.

An’ that’s why my Earl Pitts No. 1rule of the outdoors is — you never takeyour better half huntin’ an’ you nevertake her fishin’.

First off, on the huntin’ thing — acci-dents happen. You might accidentallyshoot your huntin’ partner. If you shootyour buddy, or your granddad, or yourUncle Eddie, that there is just chalkedup as a tragic an’ horrible accident.

If you shoot your spouse, it’s probablystill a tragic accident, but mark mywords. In four or five days, one a’ herfriends is going to the law to tell them,“They was havin’ marry-tile difficulties.”

Trust me, if you shoot your wife,you’re gonna go from grievin’ widower to“person of interest” in less than a week.

An’ here’s how come you never takeyour gal fishin’. Cause when you gofishin’ with your buddies, what you’redoin’ is fishin. Follow me on this —when you go fishin’ with your wife,what you’re doin’ ain’t fishin’. It’sspendin’ a day with your wife.

She wants to talk. You want to fish.She wants to go back to that cute dineryou passed for lunch. You want to fish.She wants to tell you what Charlene toldher about the neighbors. You want tofish. She wants to go for a walk. Youwant, ah, to take her huntin’.

Wake up, America. Me an’ Pearl fig-ger if we’re gonna have a long an’ happylife together, we gotta stay apart as muchas we can. It sounds wrong, but it works.

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.

No. 1 rule of theoutdoors: never takeyour gal hunting orfishing

Have any a’ you people out therenoticed that the older you get — the morestuff you lose? They say when you getold, you can lose your mind. But beforethat, you lose everything else.

The thing you lose fastest an’ mostoften is your way. You know how come allthem new cars got that fancy GPS mapgizmos in’em? That’s ‘cause your babyboomers is getting’ older — an’ we can’t betrusted to remember where anyplace is.

When I was a young man, I’d jumpin my pickup an’ I’d have a vague ideawhere someplace was. I’d gun theengine, peel out an’ 14 hours and threestates later, I’d be there. I never ever gotlost. Maybe a couple times where I wasgoin’ wasn’t where I thought it was, butI could figger it out.

I can’t do that no more. EverytimeI’m goin’ somewhere, I don’t knowwhere it is. An’ what’s the first thingyou do when you get lost? I don’t knowabout you people, but we argue.

“You went the wrong way, Earl. Youshould’a turned back there, Earl.”

One time I looked at Pearl an’ I went,“Do you even know where I’m going, Pearl?”

She goes, “I know exactly where you’regoin’ Earl if you don’t change your ways.”

I don’t think we was talkin’ ‘bout theMudd Lake Denny’s no more.

Then, besides losin’ your way, youalso start losin’ your stuff. Your keys,your readin’ glasses. I cannot begin totell you how many times I put somethingin a very particular place so I wouldremember where I put it, an’ then I for-got where I put it. An’ what’s the firstthing you do when you lose somethin’?We argue.

Apparently there’s a magical place inour house called “where it belongs.”

Wake up, America. Yeah, Pearl tellsme she put stuff “where it belongs,” butthat don’t mean I know where it is. Iwant my keys, Pearl. I don’t want to play“huckle buckle beanstalk” with you.

I’m Earl Pitts, Uhmerikun. l

Lise MillerAdams EC

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