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OCTOBER Vol. 47 • No. 10 Peter A. Fitzgerald EDITOR

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Come prepared to vote Katherine Hackleman S E N I OR E D I T O R / W R I T E R

James Dulley Janette Hess Barbara Martin Marcus Schneck

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Political spotlight Supporting cooperative candidates

C ON T R I B U T I N G C O L U M N I S TS

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Cooperative scholars

Vonnie Kloss A D V E R T I S I N G & CI R C U L A T I O N

Winners of statewide electric cooperative scholarships announced

Michelle M. Smith M E D I A & M A R K E T I N G S P E CI A L I S T

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Tapping a trend Pennsylvania’s craft brewers bring ‘local flavor’ to beer industry

16A C O O P E R AT I V E C O N N E C T I O N Information and advice from your local electric cooperative

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TIME LINES Your newsmagazine through the years

20 E N E R G Y M AT T E R S Stay charged 22 C O U N T R Y K I T C H E N Here’s to beer

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24 S M A R T C I R C U I T S Cool breeze, cooler electric bills Ceiling fans, when used properly, can help lower electricity use

25 P O W E R P L A N T S Happenin’ & hoppin’ place Board officers and staff, Pennsylvania Rural Electric Association: Chairman, S. Eugene Herritt; Vice Chairman, Kevin Barrett; Secretary, Lanny Rodgers; Treasurer, Leroy Walls; President & CEO, Frank M. Betley © 2012 Pennsylvania Rural Electric Association.

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26 C L A S S I F I E D S 28 O U T D O O R A D V E N T U R E S Eat, grow, eat, grow, transform 29 R U R A L R E F L E C T I O N S Final call for 2012 photos 30 P U N C H L I N E S Thoughts from Earl Pitts– Uhmerikun!

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29 ON THE COV E R Rural electric cooperatives take an active role in the political process through endorsements by the Action Committee for Rural Electrification (ACRE).

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Come prepared to vote Voter ID requirement comes to Pennsylvania

PETER FITZGERALD Editor, Penn Lines

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ELECTIONS ARE nothing new to Pennsylvania’s electric cooperative members.

After all, democratic member control is a core cooperative principle, and cooperative members have a long history of exercising their right to vote. That is nothing new.

But with another presidential election nearly upon us, there is something new for voters in Pennsylvania.

Starting this Nov. 6, you must bring valid photo identification with you to the polling booth.

This year, Pennsylvania has joined a growing number of states that have enacted voter ID laws. According to the National Council of State Legislatures, more than 30 states have some form of voter ID law, and the trend has gained momentum in recent years.

In 2011, voter ID legislation was introduced in 34 states, consisting mainly of proposals for new laws in states that did not already require ID, and proposals to strengthen existing laws to require photo ID at the polls.

In fact, only three states (Oregon, Vermont and Wyoming) without a voter ID law on the books didn’t take up the legislation for consideration in 2011.

That trend continued in 2012, with legislation introduced in 32 states, including new voter ID proposals in 14 states, proposals to strengthen existing voter ID laws in 10

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states, and bills in 10 states to amend existing laws, many of them new voter ID laws passed in 2011.

Voter ID law is a hot-button issue in many states, with a number of court challenges to the legislation. Opponents claim the laws disenfranchise certain would-be voters, particularly those without the means to secure proper identification easily. Voter ID supporters argue the laws ensure voting integrity by deterring voter fraud.

Pennsylvania’s voter ID law has also been the subject of controversy ever since it was passed in March 2012.

Though later upheld by the Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania, the decision was appealed to the state Supreme Court. In September, the Supreme Court returned the case to the Commonwealth Court to determine whether the new law disenfranchises any voters, and if ID cards can easily be obtained.

Despite these court challenges, it looks like some form of identification will eventually be required of Pennsylvania voters, especially given recent trends. As the courts iron out the details, it pays to be aware of what the new law requires of voters.

While some states do not call for a photo form of identification, Pennsylvania is among the 17 states with a requirement that the ID presented at the polls must show a photo of the voter.

According to the law as it currently stands, voters must show “an acceptable photo ID” on Election Day. Acceptable IDs include a Pennsylvania driver’s license; Pennsylvania state, county or municipal government employee ID; military ID; U.S. passport; Pennsylvania university or college ID; or Pennsylvania health care facility-issued ID. Those without one of these IDs may obtain a Pennsylvania Department of State photo ID card free of charge from the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation. Proof of identification, including a Social Security card and other documentation, is required. Provisional ballots will also be available for those unable to obtain a photo ID by Nov. 6.

Voting is a right exercised with great pride among cooperative members. It’s how members take part in the decisions of the cooperative — decisions that help shape the course of their organizations. Decisions that build better communities and improve lives in rural areas. No matter what changes come to voting in Pennsylvania, cooperative voters are sure to be among those prepared to make their vote count.

For more information on Pennsylvania’s new voter ID law, including ways to obtain an acceptable ID for voting purposes, visit www.votespa.com. l

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Political spotlight Supporting cooperative candidates The Action Committee for Rural Electrification (ACRE) — the political action arm of electric cooperatives — endorses the following 10 congressional and 51 legislative candidates to represent electric cooperative service areas in Pennsylvania and New Jersey. The recommendations are based on the candidates’ support for and voting record regarding rural electrification and their stance on various rural and consumer concerns, in accordance with ACRE bylaws.

By voting for these men and women on Nov. 6, you will help ensure your local electric cooperative has a voice before Congress and the state legislature.

In the following list, incumbents endorsed or actions taken on seats held by incumbents are listed in boldface. Actions taken on open seats are indicated in bold italics. Electric cooperatives represented are noted after each state House, Senate or congressional district.

U.S. Senate (Pa.)

U.S. Senate (N.J.)

No endorsement

Bob Menendez (D)

U.S. House of Rep. (N.J.) Scott Garrett (R) 5th District (Sussex REC)

U.S. House of Representatives (Pa.) Mike Kelly (R)

Mark Critz (D)

Glenn Thompson (R)

Thomas Marino (R)

5th District (Central EC, Northwestern REC, REA Energy, Tri-County REC, United EC, Valley REC, Warren EC)

10th District (Claverack REC, Sullivan County REC, Tri-County REC)

Scott Perry (R)

Bill Shuster (R)

4th District (Adams EC)

9th District (Adams EC, Bedford REC, New Enterprise REC, REA Energy, Somerset REC, United EC, Valley REC)

Lou Barletta (R)

Tim Murphy (R)

11th District (Adams EC, Claverack REC)

18th District (Somerset REC)

3rd District (Central EC, Northwestern REC, REA Energy, United EC, Warren EC)

12th District (REA Energy, Somerset REC)

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Gene Yaw (R)

Pat Vance (R)

15th District (Adams EC)

23rd District (Claverack REC, Sullivan County REC, Tri-County REC)

31st District (Adams EC)

Scott Hutchinson (R)

Joe Scarnati III (R)

Richard Alloway (R)

21st District (Central EC, Northwestern REC, United EC, Warren EC)

25th District (REA Energy, TriCounty REC, United EC, Warren EC)

33rd District (Adams EC, Valley REC)

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John Wozniak (D) 35th District (REA Energy, Somerset REC, Tri-County REC, United EC)

Kim Ward (R) 39th District (REA Energy)

Pennsylvania State Senate, cont.

Don White (R) 41st District (Central EC, REA Energy, United EC)

No Endorsement 49th District (Northwestern REC)

Pennsylvania State House of Representatives No Endorsement 3rd District (Northwestern REC)

Brian Ellis (R) 11th District (Central EC)

Curt Sonney (R)

Daryl Metcalfe (R)

4th District (Northwestern REC, Warren EC)

12th District (Central EC)

No Endorsement

Michele Brooks (R)

5th District (Northwestern REC)

17th District (Northwestern REC)

Brad Roae (R)

Frank Dermody (D)

6th District (Northwestern REC)

33rd District (Central EC)

Joseph Petrarca (D)

Kathy Rapp (R)

55th District (REA Energy)

65th District (Central EC, Northwestern REC, United EC, Warren EC)

Mike Reese (R)

Sam Smith (R)

59th District (Somerset REC)

66th District (REA Energy, United EC)

Jeff Pyle (R)

Martin Causer (R)

60th District (Central EC, REA Energy)

67th District (Tri-County REC)

Dave Reed (R)

Matt Baker (R)

62nd District (REA Energy)

68th District (Claverack REC, Tri-County REC)

Carl Metzgar (R)

Richard Stevenson (R)

Keith Gillespie (R)

Donna Oberlander (R)

8th District (Central EC)

47th District (Adams EC)

63rd District (Central EC, REA Energy, United EC)

Jaret Gibbons (D)

Tim Mahoney (D)

R. Lee James (R)

Bryan Barbin (D)

10th District (Central EC)

51st District (Somerset REC)

64th District (Central EC, Northwestern REC)

71st District (REA Energy)

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Frank Burns (D)

No Endorsement

Rob Kauffman (R)

Sandra Major (R)

72nd District (REA Energy, Somerset REC)

79th District (Valley REC)

89th District (Adams EC)

111th District (Claverack REC)

Gary Haluska (D)

Jerry Stern (R)

Dan Moul (R)

Karen Boback (R)

73rd District (REA Energy, United EC)

80th District (Bedford REC, New Enterprise REC, REA Energy, Valley REC)

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Mike Fleck (R) 81st District (New Enterprise REC, Valley REC)

74th District (REA Energy, United EC)

Matt Gabler (R)

C. Adam Harris (R)

75th District (United EC)

82nd District (Valley REC)

Mike Hanna (D)

Garth Everett (R)

76th District (Tri-County REC, United EC)

84th District (Sullivan County REC, Tri-County REC)

Dick Hess (R)

Mark Keller (R)

78th District (Bedford REC, New Enterprise REC, Valley REC)

86th District (Adams EC, Valley REC)

91st District (Adams EC)

117th District (Claverack REC)

No Endorsement

Kerry Benninghoff (R)

92nd District (Adams EC)

171st District (Valley REC)

Ron Miller (R)

Will Tallman (R)

93rd District (Adams EC)

193rd District (Adams EC)

Stan Saylor (R)

Seth Grove (R)

94th District (Adams EC)

196th District (Adams EC)

Tina Pickett (R)

Stephen Bloom (R)

110th District (Claverack REC, Sullivan County REC, Tri-County REC)

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PREA announces scholarship winners Pennsylvania Rural Electric Association Scholarship in Memory of William F. Matson Ten Pennsylvania Rural Electric Association Scholarships in Memory of William F. Matson were recently awarded to outstanding students whose homes are served by rural electric cooperatives.

The recipients of the scholarships this year are: Branson Allen, Adams EC; Tanner Bulkley, Claverack REC; Sydney Crago, Northwestern REC; Erin Dean Swank, Claverack REC; Tyler Fisher, Bedford REC; Torrie Garner, Valley REC; Meighan Henry, Northwestern REC; Dana McCurdy, Central EC; Karlee Moyer, Claverack REC; and Stephanie Wilusz, Somerset REC. Branson Allen, son of Stan and Cathy Allen, Shippensburg, is a 2012 graduate of Shippensburg Area High School, where he was a three-sport athBranson Allen lete and an honors student. He graduated with eight varsity letters and ranked in the top 5 percent of his class. Branson was a member of National Honor Society, Internet Safety Alliance, Environmental Club and Fellowship of Christian Athletes. He has volunteered at a local food bank and hospital, and as a student representative on the Shippensburg Area School Board. Branson has won the following awards: football and wrestling All-Conference nominations, multiple Public Opinion “Athlete of the Week” designations, Shippensburg Rotary Club Student of the Month, and the title “Biggest Heart” as voted on by his classmates. Branson is attending Lock Haven University, Lock Haven, majoring in health science. He is planning to become a physician assistant.

He is a member of Adams EC. Tanner Bulkley, a member of Claverack REC, is a 2012 graduate of Troy Area High School, where he graduated in the top 10 percent of his class and served as a class officer.

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Tanner is a certified EMT and a lifeguard. He is a student at Misericordia University, Dallas, where he is enrolled in the newly created physician assistant program and is a member of the university’s first football team. Tanner is the son of Mark and Faith Bulkley, Granville Summit.

Sydney Crago, a member of Northwestern REC, is the daughter of Lisa and David Crago, Townville. A graduate of Maplewood High School in Guys Sydney Crago Mills, she participated in a wide variety of activities including concert band, marching band, show choir, French Club, National Honor Society, Tiger Paw Productions and Hi-Q Team. She is a member of the Little Cooley Coolettes 4-H Club and recently wrote and directed her first play at the Meadville Community Theatre. She is majoring in English at Baldwin Wallace University, Berea, Ohio.

Erin Dean Swank, the daughter of Michelle and Phillip Swank, Edinger Hill, is a 2012 graduate of Wyalusing High School, where she Erin Dean Swank graduated in the top 10 percent of her class as a member of National Honor Society.

A member of Claverack REC, she participated in the 2011 Youth Tour in Washington, D.C., where she was selected as Pennsylvania’s Outstanding Youth Tour Student to represent the state on the National Rural Electric Cooperative Association’s Youth Leadership Council.

She also attended the Hugh O’Brian Youth Leadership Seminar, the National Youth Leadership Forum on Medicine and the Daniel Fox Youth Scholars Institute at Lebanon Valley College. She is attending King’s College, Wilkes-Barre, majoring in physician assistant studies with minors in neuroscience and Spanish. She also is playing on the college’s volleyball and lacrosse teams.

Tyler Fisher graduated as the valedictorian of the Class of 2012 at Bedford

High School. The son of Jim and Debbie Fisher, Bedford, Tyler was a member of National Honor Society and president of the Technology Student AssociTyler Fisher ation. He also was a member of the high school’s marching and concert bands in the percussion section. He was inducted into the Bedford County Regional Education Foundation Scholastic Hall of Fame in May 2011, and became an Eagle Scout in March 2011. He is attending Penn State University, where he is majoring in engineering. He is a member of Bedford REC. Torrie Garner, a resident of James Creek and the daughter of Charles and Jill Garner, graduated as the valedictorian of her class at Huntingdon Area High Torrie Garner School, where she received the President’s Award for Educational Excellence. She was a member of National Honor Society, Prom Committee and Key Club. She also played on the girls’ varsity volleyball team and was honored as FirstTeam All-Conference and First-Team All-District 6AA selections, as well as League Most Valuable Player. During the off-season, she participated in club volleyball, weightlifting and dance. She competed twice at the state level of National History Day competition, advancing to national competition once.

She is active in the community, volunteering with several organizations. She is attending Susquehanna University, Selinsgrove, where she is majoring in biology with a minor in health care studies, and playing volleyball. She plans to become an optometrist. She is a member of Valley REC. Meighan Henry, a 2012 graduate of Saegertown Junior-Senior High School, is the daughter of Eric Henry and Angela Crawford, and the stepdaughter of Milan Crawford, Meighan Henry

Saegertown. In high school, she was a member of National Honor Society, Allegheny Arts Immersion and Envirothon. She was senior class treasurer, Key Club editor, Campus Club treasurer, French Club president and History Club secretary. She has been involved in Girl Scouts, Campus Life and numerous soccer programs. She is a certified emergency medical technician and lifeguard, and is an active volunteer for the Saegertown and Hayfield fire departments. She is attending Penn State University, where she is enrolled in the school of nursing.

She is a member of Northwestern REC. Dana McCurdy, daughter of Brian and Kathryn McCurdy, Butler, graduated with honors from Butler Area High School, where she received varsity letters in Dana McCurdy soccer and rifle team and was the rifle team captain. She also received letters as a member of National Honor Society and orchestra, where she was concert mistress. She participated in track and field, and played in the pit orchestra for school musicals. The line leader for the Butler Strolling Strings, she also belongs to two 4-H clubs. She volunteers at multiple community service activities. She is attending Washington State University, Pullman, Wash., in the honors program, where she is majoring in pre-veterinary animal sciences. She is a member of Central EC. Karlee Moyer, daughter of Wendy and Miller Moyer, Canton, is a student at the Eberly College of Science at Pennsylvania State University. A graduate of Canton Area JuniorKarlee Moyer Senior High School, she participated in chorus, band and football cheerleading. She was the treasurer of National Honor Society and a member of Students Against Destructive Decisions.

An academic and athletic letter winner, she was a volunteer with the American Red Cross Blood Drive and Canton Giving Tree. She is the recipient of multiple community and school awards. She is a member of Claverack REC.

Stephanie Wilusz, who graduated as valedictorian of her class at Windber Area High School, is attending Schreyer Honors College at Pennsylvania Stephanie Wilusz State University where she is pursuing a concurrent major in philosophy, and biochemistry and molecular biology. The daughter of Darlene and Ernest Wilusz, Windber, she is a member of Somerset REC. She plans to attend graduate school to obtain a doctorate in biochemistry and work as a medical research scientist. In high school, she was treasurer of the National Honor Society, and a member of Student Council, Senior Class Council, Students Against Destructive Decisions, Spanish Club and concert band. She also served as Student Rotarian for the Conemaugh Township Rotary Club and was a member of the Somerset County Band. Honors included Language Departmental Award, Advanced Biology Subject Award and Spanish IV Subject Award.

She has been a dance student for 14 years and regularly volunteers with Best of Friends, a therapeutic horseback riding program, Relay for Life and Windber Medical Center.

PREA Scholarships are awarded each year to students from rural electric cooperative service areas in Pennsylvania and New Jersey. Selection is based on academic excellence, cooperative membership, community involvement and need. The scholarship program is named for William F. Matson, who served for 22 years as president of PREA and Allegheny until his death in June 1986. More than 425 students applied for scholarships this year.

Jody Loudenslager Memorial Scholarship Two former Rural Electric Youth Tour participants have been named Jody Loudenslager Memorial Scholarship recipients. They are Lindsey Harrison, Adams EC, and Ben Kopchick, REA Energy Cooperative.

Lindsey Harrison, daughter of Tim and Yvette Harrison, Hanover, is a senior

at Cedar Crest College, Allentown. A graduate of Littlestown High School, she is majoring in nursing. After graduation in 2013, she plans to work at a large teachLindsey Harrison ing hospital on a pediatric unit. Eventually, her plans include more education so she can become a nurse practitioner. In college, she has played field hockey and has been active in the following programs: Cedar Crest Ambassador, Overnight Hostess, Student Nurses Association and Cedar Crest Christian Fellowship. She has received multiple honors in sports and academics, including induction into Chi Alpha Sigma (athletic honor society) and Delphi (academic honor society). She works as a certified nursing assistant at Hanover Hall Rehabilitation and Nursing Center. She is also active in community projects and mission trips. She is a member of Adams EC. Benjamin Kopchick, the son of Patrick and Harriet Kopchick, Clarksburg, graduated as the valedictorian in the Class of 2009 at Saltsburg High School, where he participated in track Benjamin Kopchick and field and basketball for Saltsburg High School and cross country for Blairsville High School. He also was a member of National Honor Society, Science Olympiad and Quiz Bowl. He is a senior at Washington & Jefferson College, Washington, majoring in physics and minoring in mathematics. He is a member of Sigma Pi Sigma (physics honor society) as well as Alpha Lambda Delta (freshmen honor society). He also runs on the cross country and track and field teams. He plans to attend graduate school to earn his doctorate in medical physics or physics. He is a member of REA Energy Cooperative.

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Vice President Joe Biden and Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar spoke at the 11th anniversary observance of the Sept. 11, 2001, airliner crash in rural Somerset County. The Flight 93 National Memorial was dedicated last year on the 10th anniversary of the terrorist attacks that also brought down the World Trade Center in New York City and hit the Pentagon in Washington, D.C. The United flight that crashed near Shanksville was the fourth and final plane to crash that day. It was hijacked on its way from Newark, N.J., to San Francisco. Investigators have said the plane was headed for Washington, D.C. The ceremony included the reading aloud of the names of 40 passengers and crew members at 10:03 a.m. — when the plane crashed after passengers and crew fought to take control of the aircraft.

The ceremony capped a four-day schedule that included a “Learning Center Without Walls,” presentations from the perspective of people connected to the crash. Speakers included panelists who explored how children experienced the terrorist attacks, and how art allowed the children to express their feelings; journalists who wrote and broadcast the first stories about the crash; FBI agents who were on the scene shortly after the crash; and people who were in the U.S. Capitol, the intended target, on the day of the crash.

Construction at the memorial is ongoing. Construction on the visitor center will begin next spring with its completion anticipated in 2014. The final phase will include a learning center and tower at the entrance. The tower will have 40 wind chimes, one for each of the passengers and crew members.

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Biden, Salazar speak at Flight 93 Memorial observance

REMEMBERING 2001: Vice President Joe Biden speaks on Sept. 11, 2012, at the Flight 93 National Memorial in Somerset County. Listening to his remarks are, from left, Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar, Patrick White, president of the Families of Flight 93, and Jeff Reinbold, superintendent of Western Pennsylvania Parks.

memorial this year.

The national memorial is located 20 miles northeast of Somerset at 6424 Lincoln Highway (U.S. Route 30) in Stoystown. It is open from 9 a.m. to 7 p.m. (last entry at 6:30 p.m.) from April 1 through the second Sunday in October; from the second Monday in October to March 31, it is open from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. (last entry at 4:30 p.m.). There is no admission fee. For more information, visit www.nps.gov/flni.

National Park Service considers change at Gettysburg The National Park Service (NPS) has been gathering public comment regarding its proposal to demolish the Gettysburg Cyclorama building on North Cemetery Ridge in the Gettysburg National Military Park.

The plan is part of a NPS project to rehabilitate North Cemetery Ridge to its historic 1863-era appearance. The project also would include returning monuments to their historic locations, rebuilding commemorative pedestrian pathways and

rebuilding historic fences.

The NPS was ordered by a U.S. District Court to undertake a site-specific analysis before demolition of the Cyclorama building, which is eligible for the National Register of Historic Places. The process of gathering public comments is part of that analysis. Once the analysis is complete, three alternatives will be considered. Alternative A involves no action (mothballing the building), Alternative B involves the demolition and removal of the building (the alternative preferred by the NPS), and Alternative C involves relocation of the Cyclorama Building outside of the park by a non-NPS entity.

Park grounds are open daily from 6 a.m. to 10 p.m. April 1 through Oct. 31, and 6 a.m. to 7 p.m. Nov. 1 through March 31. The museum and visitor center is open daily with the exception of Thanksgiving Day, Christmas Day and New Years Day. Its operating hours are 8 a.m. to 6 p.m.

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Tapping a trend Pennsylvania’s craft brewers bring ‘local flavor’ to beer industry

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IT’S OCTOBER, and for beer drinkers

Farm fresh approach

everywhere, that means parties with an Oktoberfest theme. For Pennsylvania’s craft brewers — creative entrepreneurs who brew beer as a labor of love as well as a business — it means gearing up for one of their busiest seasons.

Paul Gatza, director of the Brewers Association, a national organization based in Boulder, Colo., reports that in 2011, Pennsylvania was No. 2 in the volume of beer produced by craft (small, traditional) brewers, second only to California.

According to Pennsylvania Liquor Control Board records, at the end of 2011 there were 102 licensed breweries in the state, with an additional 15 added by the end of August 2012.

Siblings Dustin and Devin Kelly are the general managers and co-owners of one of Pennsylvania’s newest beer ventures — Timber Creek Tap & Table at 11191 Highline Drive in Meadville — along with Dustin and Devin’s father, Ed Kelly, and Jeff Boswell. The brewery and restaurant, located in Cambridge Springs-based Northwestern Rural Electric Cooperative territory, opened in May.

Although the brewery is new to the Kellys, they have been operating another restaurant, Creekside Bar & Grille in Cochranton, since 2005. Only in their mid-20s, the brother-and-sister pair learned the value of hard work and the taste of good food from their parents, Ed and Julie.

“We have both always had an interest in restaurants,” Dustin Kelly explains.

“We both worked in restaurants while we were growing up and in high school. We were raised on a produce farm where we raised strawberries, sweet corn and tomatoes. We worked as children and developed an ethic of hard work, thanks to our parents. But we also developed an understanding of food and what goes into quality food and drink. … We use the freshest and finest quality ingredients that we can find. We like to explore new possibilities and create new and exciting items, both in our food and our beer.”

Once they decided to expand to Meadville, they decided to add a brewery to the business mix.

“We have always had a passion for and an interest in craft beer, but it wasn’t until we had the idea for the new restaurant that we really started to explore the idea of opening a brewery,” Kelly recalls. “We found some local, young men who really had an understanding of this market, so we got them some more schooling and training, and with their initiative, they have come a long way.”

Their brewmaster is Jake Vorisek and his assistant is John Mangine. The founders of the Meadville Homebrew Club, Vorisek and Mangine have been friends for years. Under the direction of the Kellys, the brewers use the best ingredients and brew in state-of-the-art equipment.

The two men hone their craft in full

BEHIND THE SCENES: Josh Hoke, head brewer at

Liquid Hero Brewery in York, prepares to brew another batch.

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view of crowds at the restaurant’s adjacent tap room. Kelly explains that at first, they planned to have a glass wall separating the brewing quarters from the taproom, but because of space limitations, the glass wall became a glass floor. Now, customers can stand on the glass floor and look straight down into the basement brew room.

Timber Creek Tap & Table offers a lineup that includes a light beer, a German lager, an India Pale Ale (IPA) and a Black Bear Porter, as well as seasonal flavors. On tap now is an Oktoberfest beer, which will be followed by a limited batch of pumpkin ale and later, a Christmas ale.

The restaurant offers a wide variety of food featuring as many local ingredients as possible, including local Black Angus beef. It is open seven days at week at 11 a.m. Closing time is 10 p.m. Monday through Saturday and 9 p.m. Sundays.

The taproom opens every day at 4 p.m.

The bar is usually open an hour after the restaurant closes.

Hopping to it The Liquid Hero Brewery in York, where Gettysburg-based Adams Electric Cooperative has a district office, is just a few months older than the Kellys’ venture. This month, as the three owners — Matt DePrato, Christian Quinlivan and Josh Hoke — brew a pumpkin ale for their Oktoberfest special, they will be celebrating one year in operation in their current downtown location at 50 East North Street in York.

Liquid Hero Brewery started in 2008 as a tiny homebrew operation out of a garage, but it has grown to a full-fledged POUR ME ANOTHER ONE: Cody Kelly, shift manager at Timber Creek Tap & Table, draws a pint for a customer at the Meadville location.

microbrewery producing between 10 and 15 barrels a week (a barrel is approximately 31 gallons). They sell onsite, as well as wholesale to 14 local bars and restaurants. They make ales from IPAs to stouts and porters and everything in between.

Beer, DePrato reports, has only four main ingredients — barley, hops (the flower of the plant Humulus lupulus used for flavor), water and yeast.

“To make beer, first you take the barley and crush it,” he says. “You fill the mash tun (a vessel used in the mashing process) with warm water and dump the crushed grain into it, and let it steep like tea for roughly an hour. During that time, it is breaking down the starches into sugars.

Then you transfer the liquid, which is called wort, into a new kettle and start boiling it. We are really just concentrating the liquid and the flavors. We add the hops, which counterbalances the liquid so it’s not as sweet. The more hops you add, the more bitter the final product will be.”

After boiling the ingredients for about an hour, the mixture is cooled to room temperature as quickly as possible, and then put into fermenters, where yeast is added.

“It’s up to nature at that point,”

DePrato says. “The yeast eats up the sugar and converts it to CO2 and alcohol. That’s where you get the alcohol content. It ferments for about a month.

Then we put it into kegs and add carbonation. It sits for two weeks and then it’s ready to go.”

In addition to all their ales, Liquid Hero Brewery also offers seasonal beers, with pumpkin on tap now.

Although all three of the brewery’s founders can talk knowledgably about the art of brewing beer, that wasn’t always the case.

“During the summer of 2008, we were all three sitting around watching the ‘History Channel’ and drinking beer,” DePrato recalls. “They were doing a program on the history of brewing. None of us knew anything about brewing beer. We only knew we liked drinking it. We all thought

UNUSUAL FLOOR: Customers at Timber Creek Tap & Table, Meadville, can watch their beer being brewed through the floor inset.

we could do that. So we just started fantasizing about opening a brewery. We even came up with the name the Liquid Hero Brewery. We hadn’t even brewed a single batch of beer, but we already had the name for our new brewery.”

First, they began brewing at home in five-gallon batches. When that went well, they expanded to 10-gallon batches, then 15.

Now they are making 150 gallons at a time.

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“We love this,” DePrato notes. “This is our entertainment now, but we plan eventually for this business to be full-time for all of us.”

Hoke, the head brewer, agrees.

“My favorite part is being able to be expressive and creative, and try different things,” he says. “It’s really neat to be here and interact with people when they taste a beer you have brewed and see how much they appreciate the taste of it. ... The recipes we use were converted from when we were homebrewing into big batches. …

I am comfortable enough with brewing now that I know I won’t make a bad batch. Some may be better than others, but none will be bad.”

Quinlivan enjoys all parts of the brewing business, beginning with the milling of the grain, but his favorite part is interacting with the customers. Well, that and drinking the beer.

“We knew after we made the first batch at home that this was something we could be really good at,” Quinlivan notes.

“Right away, we said, ‘Yeah, we can do this.’”

Keystone craft The Meadville and York breweries are riding the wave of breweries opening across Pennsylvania, notes Fran O’Brien with the Pennsylvania Beer Alliance.

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“You will see the variety, how it changes weekly or IT’S WORK, BUT IT’S FUN: Matt DePrato, Liquid monthly, and you will see how Hero Brewery, left, cleans up in preparation for locally procured ingredients brewing another batch of beer, while Christian can make a huge difference in Quinlivan, above, keeps the beer flowing to custhe product that you enjoy,” he tomers. At right, the brewing equipment at says.

Timber Creek Tap & Table, is state-of-the-art.

Pennsylvania’s growth in sion of new craft breweries, the craft beer industry is mirrored in the microbreweries (smaller brew- Pacific Northwest, Colorado and Great eries) and even to the point of Lakes areas, according to Gatza. what is called nano breweries “Overall, Americans are very inter(even smaller),” O’Brien ested in food and beverage items with lots remarks. “There’s lots of interof flavor,” he notes. “Think about what est in craft beers, new styles and new options we had for coffee or bread 25 combinations. Craft brewers can pay years ago. Coffee came ground in cans in a more attention to individual details supermarket; bread came in wheat or because they are brewing in smaller white, and you’d be lucky to find a rye or quantities.” pumpernickel. Now there are coffee shops Perhaps due to the whole “buy local, selling coffee for $4 a cup on several corbuy quality” trend, O’Brien said craft ners of most towns. Artisanal bakeries breweries have taken on a life of their own now exist in most communities. Brewin Pennsylvania in recent years. Dating eries, taprooms and restaurants are part back to the early 1800s when what is now of that same idea of coming together at a Yuengling beer first was brewed, Pennsyl- local business for food, beverage and convanians have always had an appreciation versation.” for smaller-scale breweries.

Beer drinkers, he says, are in various “Yuengling, while it’s large, is still a stages of evolution and more and more small brewery when you look at the size are tasting interesting beers and learning of global brewers,” O’Brien noted. “But about beer styles. Beer wholesalers and it has inspired a lot of people in Pennretailers are also doing their part, he adds, sylvania and that’s part of what has pro- listening to customers and finding room moted the beer culture here. … With the for craft-brewed beer on shelves and at smaller breweries, you have smaller taps. inputs, so you can experiment. You can Gatza expects the craft brewery busisay, ‘Let’s try this.’ If it’s really horrible ness will continue to grow as long as beer or you don’t like it, you haven’t lost a lot drinkers continue to support it. of money. These experiments lead to “Within the craft brewing community, new ideas.” the investment in capacity shows that O’Brien says that anyone who has most feel that craft-brewed beer sales are never gone to a microbrewery should go on their way to at least 10 percent of the because they will never look at beer in the beer market, and many are thinking craft same way again. sales can go much higher,” he adds. l

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1992 THE COOPERATIVE commitment to political action is just as strong today as it has ever been. The Action Committee for Rural Electrification (ACRE), which was started in 1966, has been a constant voice for rural electric cooperatives in the political arena.

Organized to ensure that legislators at both state and federal levels understand the issues affecting rural electric cooperative consumers, ACRE seeks out candidates who are willing to go the extra mile to preserve the rural quality of life. As a bipartisan organization, ACRE bases its endorsements on the voting record of candidates, their outstanding service to our rural areas, and their overall understanding of cooperative values.

Beginning in 1980, and every two years since, the ACRE Management Committee, which is made up of cooperative representatives from across the state, has been making endorsements of federal and state legislators.

Endorsements are made every election year for those running for U.S. Senate, U.S. House of Representatives, Pennsylvania Senate and Pennsylvania House of Representatives. ACRE does not endorse in races for the president of the United States, governor, statewide row offices or judicial seats.

From 2000 to 2010, the ACRE Management Committee has marked a 96 percent success rate on endorsed candidates that were elected to office.

Please take a look at pages 6-8 of this issue to see the endorsements made by the ACRE Management Committee for the 2012 general election.

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Attorney General Mike Fisher (R) and former Philadelphia Mayor Ed Rendell (D) describe the rural policies they would like to pursue if they are elected.

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But consumers should be careful and consult their local electric cooperative before buying one.

In their simplest form, battery energy storage systems are larger versions of uninterruptible power supplies sold to back up home computers.

Because of the expense to power an entire household during an outage — especially one that has a heat pump or central air conditioning — a home battery energy storage system usually connects to an isolated “subpanel.” The subpanel, in turn, allows power from the batteries to flow to identified critical loads, such as refrigerators, well pumps, home security systems, computers, and televisions.

When the power goes out, battery energy storage systems automatically provide generation for appliances connected to the subpanel as long as stored energy lasts. Battery sets have the advantage of being quiet and extremely reliable, but they typically boast sufficient capacity only for a few hours of load and carry a hefty price tag — up to 10 times the cost of an emergency generator.

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Underwriters Laboratories (UL) standards, and to have the systems installed and inspected by a licensed electrician. Like emergency generators that run off gasoline, diesel fuel or natural gas, adequate ventilation remains important because even “sealed” batteries can give off harmful gases if something goes wrong with the charging process.

With the popularity of residential solar panels and small wind turbines increasing, some companies are combining these “backyard” renewable power systems with interactive battery storage setups. During an outage, the solar array or wind turbine can be used to extend the life of the batteries.

If you are considering a battery energy storage unit for use during outages, or if you have a renewable energy system you’d like to integrate with battery backup, be sure to contact your electric cooperative before investing to ensure that the system is approved and will be hooked up correctly. In many cases, you will need to enter into an interconnection agreement with your co-op before the device can be put in. l Douglas Danley is a technical liaison and consultant specializing in renewable energy for the Cooperative Research Network (CRN), a service of the Arlington, Va.-based National Rural Electric Cooperative Association.

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BATTERY INTEGRATED SYSTENM: Homeowners can integrate a battery storage unit into their renewable energy systems and other power sources for backup power during an outage.

KEEPINGcurrent (continued from page 12) For more information about the park, go to www.nps.gov/gett.

Happy anniversary “Research Matters,” a blog about events at Penn State University, notes that 2012 is a milestone year in the university’s history: 150 years ago, the Farmers’ High School — the name under which the university was incorporated in 1855 — became the Agricultural College of Pennsylvania (changed to Pennsylvania State College in 1874 and finally, The Pennsylvania State University in 1953).

The blog further notes that the Agricultural College of Pennsylvania awarded the nation’s first baccalaureate degree in scientific agriculture in 1861. Two years later, it was designated as the Commonwealth’s only land-grant college, which it still remains.

Conservation tax credits available Pennsylvania farmers can now apply for a portion of $7 million in tax credits to purchase on-farm conservation equipment or install facilities meeting best management practice standards through the Resource Enhancement and Protection program.

The tax incentive program is for agricultural producers who provide private support to reduce erosion and sedimentation that impacts Pennsylvania’s watersheds. The program, administered by the Pennsylvania State Conservation Commission, helps producers with the purchase of conservation equipment and materials to help protect the environment.

Producers with proposed or completed projects can submit applications immediately. The projects are considered on a first-come, first-served basis. Farmers can receive tax credits of up to $150,000 per agricultural operation for 50 or 75 percent of the total project cost. The most common projects approved are for no-till planting equipment, materials for waste storage facilities, manure management plans and protecting heavy animal use areas like barnyards.

For information regarding qualifications for the program and applications, check online at www.pda.state.pa.us/REAP under “Forms” or call 717/787-8821. l

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COUNTRYkitchen b y J a n e t t e H e s s

Here’s to beer ONCE upon a time, before anyone knew of the existence of microbes, beer was a beverage of choice. Early drinkers observed that water made them ill while beer did not. Unbeknownst to them, the heat of the brewing process killed the virulent microbes sometimes present in the water supply. Quite literally, those early beers — which had a very low alcohol content — were lifesavers.

These days, we enjoy a variety of non-contaminated beverage options. For many Pennsylvanians, one current favorite is the tasty, small-batch beers brewed in a growing number of local and regional craft breweries.

Additionally, beer drinkers and non-beer drinkers alike can enjoy cooking with beer. The following recipes were tested with “malty” beers, as opposed to “hoppy,” or more bitter, beers. Take your experimentation a bit further by braising brats or a corned beef brisket in beer.

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CHEESE SOUP WITH BEER AND BACON 2 tablespoons butter 2 tablespoons finely diced onion 2 tablespoons finely diced carrot 2 tablespoons finely diced celery 3 tablespoons flour 3 cups milk 8 ounces sharp cheddar cheese, grated 4 slices bacon, fried crisp and crumbled 3/4 teaspoon seasoned salt 1/2 cup (4 ounces) beer at room temperature (may substi tute chicken stock, if desired)

Melt butter in soup pot; add diced vegetables. Sauté vegeta bles in butter until soft, approximately 10 minutes. Stir in flour. Add milk.

Cook and stir over medium to medium-high heat until mixture is thicken ed, approximately 15 minutes. Remove from heat and quickly whisk in grated cheese.

Add crumbled bacon and seasoned salt. Return to low heat and whisk in beer; heat thoroughly but do not boil. Serve with crusty bread. Makes 6 servings.

A 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.

HERBED BEER BISCUITS TRADITIONAL BEER BREA D 3 cups self-rising flour 3 tablespoons sugar 1 1/2 cups (12 ounces) beer at room temperature 6 tablespoons melted butter, divid ed Pour 1 to 2 tablespoons melted butt er into loaf pan; tilt to coat. In medium bowl, combine self-rising flour and sugar. Add beer and stir gently to create soft dough. Transfer to loaf pan. Pour remaining butter over top of dough. Bake at 350 degrees for 50 to 60 minutes, or until top of loaf is browned. Loosen edges with sharp knife and invert onto cooling rack.

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mix (for biscuits and 2 cups plus 1 tablespoon baking pancakes) or extra-sharp 2 ounces finely grated sharp cheddar cheese 1/2 teaspoon dried dill 1 teaspoon dried chives ture 2/3 cup beer at room tempera ded divi ter, but ted 4 tablespoons mel der pow lic Gar es. Add mix, grated cheese, dill and chiv and pat In medium bowl, combine baking ace surf red flou onto gh forms. Turn 13-inch beer and stir just until soft dou by 9of are biscuits. Coat bottom into 6-inch square. Cut into 9 squ melted butter. Carefully transfer bisoons glass baking dish with 2 tablesp l biscuits are rees for 8 to 10 minutes, or unti deg 450 at e Bak . pan into s cuit ng 2 tableaini rem with tops h oven and brus nicely browned. Remove from hot. with garlic powder. Serve spoons melted butter. Sprinkle

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Cool breeze, cooler electric bills Ceiling fans, when used properly, can help lower electricity use CEILING FANS can cut your electric bills year-round. But before you run out and buy a few, it’s important to understand how they save energy. If you install a ceiling fan and don’t adjust your thermostat settings accordingly, you may be more comfortable, but it actually increases your summertime electric bills.

The important thing to remember is that the fan itself does not cool air or things — fans cool people, so they should be turned off when the room is empty.

During summer, ceiling fans cool the skin by creating a downward breeze, which should make you feel comfortable enough to turn up the air conditioner a few degrees. Look at the pitch of the blades to determine which rotation direction makes the air blow downward.

Setting the thermostat higher saves much more electricity than the ceiling fan consumes.

In general, during summer, run the ceiling fan on medium or high speed to create the cooling effect.

During winter, flip the small switch on the side of the ceiling fan housing to reverse the blade rotation. Run the fan on low speed so it creates a gentle upward breeze (away from people in the room), which will force the warm air — which naturally rises — back down where it’s needed. Then, you can set your furnace a few degrees lower and save energy there, too.

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remote thermostat/control. It functions the same way as a standard ceiling fan during summer. During winter, it automatically reverses rotation when it is switched to the heating mode. The heater allows you to take advantage of zone heating.

The size of a ceiling fan is rated by the diameter of the blades. This is more important during summer when you want to feel the breeze on your skin. A common sizing rule of thumb is to use a 36-inch fan for rooms up to 150 square feet, a 48-inch fan for up to 300 square feet, and a 52-inch fan for up to 450 square feet. For larger rooms, use two fans spaced about one-quarter of the way in from opposing walls.

Price is often a good indication of the quality of a ceiling fan. Better ceiling fans typically have a greater pitch (twist) on the blades. This requires a more powerful motor, but it moves more air at

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A hand-held remote control is a convenient feature included with both inexpensive and pricier models. Natural wood blades are attractive, but inexpensive ones made of synthetic materials are generally well balanced. A rubbermounted hub reduces noise and vibration. Even the best ceiling fans may require you to attach small balancing weights to stop wobble at high speed. l Have a question for Jim? Send inquiries to JAMES DULLEY , Penn Lines, 6906 Royalgreen Drive, Cincinnati, OH 45244 or visit www.dulley.com.

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Happenin’ & hoppin’ place CALL ME naive, but I’ve always thought we gardeners grow fruits and veggies for solid nutritional reasons, and because it’s satisfying to feed our families, friends and communities, and also because gardening is a great hobby that dovetails with home canning and preserving. However, there is another timetested reason. Besides being a rich source of vitamins, minerals and healthy fiber, and all the goodness of fresh flavor, your fruit crop can also yield, for lack of a better word, “likker!” Meaning alcoholic beverages, primarily in the forms of wine and beer.

This gives us (me) a whole new view of the scope of a gardener’s full potential contribution to society. Beyond putting food on the table, some gardeners also apply a basic knowledge of chemistry and a few pieces of specialized equipment, along with some elbow grease and, oh yes, some patience, to yield a more BARBARA MARTIN , who says she began gardening as a hobby “too many years ago to count,” currently works for the National Gardening Association as a horticulturist. A former member of Gettysburg-based Adams Electric Cooperative, her articles appear in magazines and on the internet.

“potent” product than freezer bags full of green beans and colorful jars of jams and jellies.

Historically, people commonly fermented and preserved their own wines, beers, mead (from honey) and assorted other alcoholic drinks at home. This skill is a natural to revive today through our current enthusiasm for local, alternative and sustainable living. It may just be time to dust off those old copies of Mother Earth News magazine for recipes and practical how-to instructions — or do careful research on the internet. Either way, I suspect we’ll probably see more experimentation and innovation happening in the arena of homebrewing and simple winemaking.

Off the top of my head, I can think of home-made wines, brandies and liqueurs flavored with wild-crafted or home-grown ingredients including: elderberry and dandelion; apple, peach, plum and cherry; flowers including roses (hips, petals) and violets and assorted herbs; and grapes, too.

Let’s consider a favorite home-grown fruit, the apple.

We typically associate apples with non-alcoholic cider and apple juice. Yet apples can be made into wine, and their historically significant use would be in alcoholic or “hard” cider.

In the wild-crafting sphere, many alcoholic beers can be made from collected roots and barks: think root beer, birch

beer, and sarsaparilla for example. A beverage can be made out of maple sap as well, with end-of-the-season maple syrup used for making an alcoholic maple beer.

Modern beer is usually flavored with farm-grown hops.

Not technically a fruit, hops (Humulus lupulus) is a crop home gardeners could grow as long as there is enough space for the brawny vines to climb, clamber, and sprawl, and a reliable method of drying the harvest quickly.

Brewers use dried hop “flowers” (technically strobiles) as the source of a bitter flavoring agent, plus grain, yeast and other ingredients in beer. Specialty and microbrewers, along with small-scale home brewers, blend a variety of different and surprising flavors by tweaking recipes.

Home winemaking is another finicky process open to fine tuning. Fruit is the main flavoring ingredient; then you might add an acid

HOP TO IT: Hops are used as one of the main ingredients in making beer.

such as citrus juice and/or sugar and/or yeast so fermentation will occur and to enhance the flavor. Mix well, allow fermentation, clarify it, then bottle and age it to perfection.

Chemistry and the palate, as well as the variety and quality of the fruit, combine to determine the specific recipe, procedures and the timing. Some might go so far as to term this home liquor production process an art.

Quite honestly, I have no idea where the “revunooers” stand on home-made booze, but if you find the idea of homebrewing and home winemaking using home-grown ingredients compelling, do some research and get to work.

If you succeed in making a drinkable batch, remember to toast the gardener who made it all possible. Cheers! l

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Eat, grow, eat, grow, transform OBSERVERS at Hawk Mountain Sanctuary on the Berks-Schuylkill county line counted 2,806 monarch butterflies on a Monday in early September, a one-day record for the site, which usually concentrates on the hawk migration.

Although no one was really counting at these other spots, on the same day, valleys on both sides of the mountain, and in some other spots in Pennsylvania, also were playing host to strong numbers of the migrating insect.

That was quite a bit of converted milkweed moving through the state.

The winged adult butterflies are nectar drinkers, but the caterpillars that transformed into them a few weeks earlier ate milkweed, and nothing else. Each one eats a lot of milkweed in the nearly three weeks from egg to adult.

As a monarch caterpillar MARCUS SCHNECK is outdoor editor for The (Harrisburg, Pa.) PatriotNews and a contributor to many outdoor publications and websites, and author of more than two dozen books..

A guide to his writing and photography appears at www.marcusschneck.com.

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moves from tiny hatchling, barely large enough to be seen with the unaided eye, to an end-stage caterpillar of two inches or so, it will eat enough milkweed leaves to gain about 2,700 times its original weight.

According to some observers, a large caterpillar can munch its way through an entire leaf in four minutes and about 18 inches worth of milkweed plant from egg to chrysalis. A large milkweed plant can support three or four caterpillars.

The caterpillar of the monarch has just one function: to eat to grow. It does that nearly round-the-clock from the time it emerges from its egg, pausing briefly just four or five times to shed its old skin to allow for more growth.

Each chomp is laced with cardiac glycoside poisons from the milkweed, which gives the monarch caterpillar, and later the winged butterfly, the poisonous quality that deters most natural predators. (The bright coloring of the insect advertises that toxicity to birds and other wouldbe predators.)

When the caterpillar has grown about as much as it can — about 2 inches — it finds a sheltered spot, often away from the milkweed plant it had been eating, and attaches itself with a silky mat to some overhanging structure. There it hangs, upside down in the shape of a “J,” for a day or so, as it sheds its skin again.

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

It moves from the caterpillar stage into the chrysalis, or pupal, stage. An inch-long casing is exposed as the last shedding slips away, and within an hour, that casing hardens into a shimmering, jade-green, protective shell, marked with a rim of golden spots.

Inside the chrysalis, over the next two weeks or so, the pupa transforms into the adult butterfly. At the conclusion of that transformation, the shell splits open and out crawls the butterfly, although it’s hardly recognizable as

RESTING MONARCH: A monarch butterfly rests on a butterfly bush.

such. The wings are shriveled, crumpled, wet facsimiles of themselves for the next hour or so, until the insect has pumped a blood-like substance known as hemolymph through them.

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RURALreflections Final call for 2012 photos IT’S hard to believe it’s October already, but it is. And that means all amateur photographers need to take one last look at their photos and send them in soon because the 2012 Rural Reflections contest requires entries to be postmarked

by Oct. 31 in order to qualify for this year’s competition.

Members of a rural electric cooperative in Pennsylvania have a chance to win a $75 prize in one of our five contest categories: most artistic, best landscape, best human subject, best animal and editor’s choice. Entries received after the Oct. 31 deadline will be entered into the 2013 contest.

Winning 2012 photos, chosen by an independent panel of judges, will be printed in the January and February issues of Penn Lines.

To be eligible for the contest, amateur photographers are asked to send photos (no digital files, please) to Penn Lines Photos, P.O. Box 1266, Harrisburg PA 17108-1266. On the back of each photo, include your name, address, phone number and the name of the electric cooperative that serves your home, business or seasonal residence. (The best way to include that information is by affixing an address label to the back of the photo. Please do not use ink gel or roller pens to write on the photo as they bleed onto other photos.)

Please note: photos will not be returned unless a selfaddressed, self-stamped envelope is included. l

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Thoughts from Earl Pitts, UHMERIKUN! A convenience store is the only miracle a man really needs

Social commentary from Earl Pitts —— a.k.a.

GARY BUR BANK , a nationally syndicated radio personality —— can be heard on the following radio stations that cover electric cooperative service territories in Pennsylvania: WANB-FM 103.1 Pittsburgh; WARM-AM 590 Wilkes-Barre/Scranton; WIOO-AM 1000 Carlisle; WEEO-AM 1480 Shippensburg; WMTZ-FM 96.5 Johnstown; WQBR-FM 99.9/92.7 McElhattan; WLMI-FM 103.9 Kane; and WVNW-FM 96.7 Burnham-Lewistown.

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I had to laugh the other day when I heard this story ‘bout a New York City grocery store that said they opened the world’s first “man aisle.” They got one aisle in their store there loaded up with everything a man shops for. Beer, ice, bacon, chips, barbecue sauce — all on the same aisle. They said on account’a men don’t like to wander up an’ down aisles when they shop.

Yeah, that’s cute. But stupid. Stupid on account’a we already got a whole man store. It’s called a convenience store.

You know how a handyman wears a tool belt? A convenience store is like that — they only have stuff you might need in a hurry.

Like, let’s say you just finished winnin’ a atomic-hot wing-eatin’ contest with your buddies. An’ you need some Alkyseltzer — fast. But you just need a pouch with two tablets. You ain’t gonna find that at the Costco.

I remember I had a headache one time so I went into a convenience store an’ bought a pack a’ two Tylenol. That’s where they got the name — convenient.

Where else but at a convenience store can you find a can a’ motor oil, a Twinkie, an air freshner, a Baby Ruth bar, stencils and a scratch-off lott’ry ticket — all within the space of 10 feet?

They got beer in the cooler, smokes behind the counter, an’ the lott’ry machine just waitin’ fer your numbers.

Hot coffee an’ fresh donuts in the mornin’. A variety of dried meats for your afternoon snack, an’ a six pack a’ Blue Ribbon on the way home. Fact is — if there was only men in the world, all we’d need is convenience stores. It’s your liquor store, your auto parts store, your smoke shop an’ 24 hour diner — all rolled into one.

Wake up, America. Convenience store workers are the miracle workers of America today. Us men salute every one of you.

An’ give us 30 bucks on pump five.

What do women complain about most? Us men don’t help out around the

house, right? An’ what do they complain about second most? When we help out around the house. How are you gonna win that?

I’ll tell you what — my wife, Pearl, has been ridin’ me like a Triple Crown jockey the last month, askin’ me how come I don’t help out around the house?

How come she’s got to do all the housework? It’s like a broken record.

So she went somewheres with the neighbor-lady, Naomi, last weekend. So I thought I would shut her up. So I put a load a clothes in the washin’ machine.

She gets home an’ looks in the machine.

You’d a thunk I put baby kittens in there.

She started screamin,’ “What did you do?”

I go, “I was helpin’ out around the house. I put the clothes in the washer for you.”

She goes, “Did you think to empty the pockets?”

Oh boy.

She goes, “The bottom of that washer looks like an old CoinStar machine.”

I go, “I’ll tell you what. Any money you find in there, you can keep.”

Her response was, “Thanks, Earl. If I find your red felt tip pen, can I keep that, too?”

Uh oh. Apparently there is a process to warshin’ clothes. It is much more detailed than I would have suspected.

I go, “That’s what I get for tryin’ to help out? Here you are tired an’ all wore out, so I’m pitchin’ in, tryin’ to show some support. Do I get a thank you? No sir. I even put the chicken in the oven so you wouldn’t have to come home an’ cook.”

She goes, “Earl, did you take the chicken out of the plastic wrapper?”

Man, I knew it didn’t smell like her chicken.

Wake up, America. It just don’t seem fair. When you finally pitch in an’ help, then they get all picky about it. Like I said — you just can’t win.

I’m Earl Pitts, Uhmerikun. l

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