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Countdown to Arkansas General Assembly 2009

n Joan Gould is “Living History”

n Securing the Promise of Renewables

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Lawmakers will head to the state Capitol on Jan. 12 for the 87th Arkansas General Assembly. To learn more about the issues that will be discussed, see the Electric Cooperatives of Arkansas’ editorial on page 3 of this issue.

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Past-Time. . . . . . . . . . . 24

Family favorites . . . . . . 28

Reflections . . . . . . . . . . 34

Crossword puzzle . . . . 36

Calendar of events . . . . 42

12 Farm Family of the Year

22 Double up on window panes

30 Cooking with kids

40 Securing the promise of renewables

The 87th Arkansas General Assembly will convene on Jan. 12 with several key issues to be considered. From how to set up the newly approved state lottery to whether to remove the sales tax on natural gas used in electricity generation, the session promises to be filled with much debate and difficult decisions for policymakers.

At the Winter Conference for directors of the Electric Cooperatives of Arkansas, which took place in Little Rock on Dec. 8-9, a panel of four state lawmakers – Sen. Shane Broadway, D-Bryant; Sen-elect Johnny Key, R-Mountain Home; Rep. Robert Moore, D-Arkansas City; and Rep. Bruce Maloch, D-Magnolia – confirmed that work on organizing the state lottery will likely be a major issue, if not the top issue, during the session. Broadway noted that the legislators will be looking at other states that have instituted a lottery to get ideas on how best to establish one here in Arkansas.

Another big issue concerns the newly passed constitu-tional amendment that calls for annual sessions of the state Legislature. It is expected that the lawmakers will consider legislation to repeal the amendment, as well as how to implement the changes necessary to have annual sessions.

Lawmakers also expect to see proposed legislation from the Governor’s Commission on Global Warming. On Nov. 1, the commission released a report that contained 54 recommendations designed to help the state reduce greenhouse gas emissions. The cost of the report’s recommendations was estimated at $3.7 billion over 17 years, an amount some have said has been woefully underes-timated. The Electric Cooperatives of Arkansas support many of the recommendations, especially those that seek to promote more efficient use of energy without placing undue financial hardships on Arkansans. Some of these include:

• Improving the state’s building codes to specify minimum energy efficiency requirements for new buildings or existing buildings undergoing major renovations.

• Providing energy audits, weatherization and energy-conservation programs for low-income Arkansans.

• Increasing measures to reduce use of electricity during periods of peak power demand through what are known as demand-side management practices.

• Upgrading the transmission system to reduce bottlenecks and improve efficiency to allow for the delivery of diverse and renewable energy sources located outside of the state.

Unfortunately, there are several recommendations with which we cannot agree. For one, we strongly disagree with the recommendation to place a moratorium on new coal-fired power plants until carbon dioxide emissions can be captured and sequestered. That technology will not be available for another decade or longer and the costs versus the benefits for Arkansans have not been determined. At the same time, we need to build new generation to meet the growing demand for electricity in our state and nation.

We believe we cannot turn our back on coal as a fuel for electricity generation. It remains the cooperatives’ lowest cost fuel and it is abundant with reserves of more than 250 years in the ground here on American soil. If America is ever to become energy independent, and this is a matter of national security, we must continue to use coal. Today’s ultra-super critical power plants are cleaner than ever and new clean-coal technologies will continue to be developed in the years to come that will further reduce emissions.

Another energy related issue expected to be addressed during the upcoming session concerns the sales tax on natural gas used in electricity generation. Some independent power producers are seeking to remove this double taxation and the cooperatives would support this because it would benefit our members. Currently, the tax amounts to about $30 million annually. As it stands now consumers pay the tax on the gas first when it is delivered to the power plant and again when the electricity is delivered to their homes and businesses.

In addition to these issues we can expect numerous other bills of undetermined nature to be introduced throughout the session. Your electric cooperatives will be monitoring each piece of legislation and working in the best interests of our membership to keep low-cost and reliable electric service available to you. We will ensure that our members’ voices are heard in the days ahead as our lawmakers begin to make decisions that affect all of our lives.

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We believe we cannot turn our back on coal as a fuel for electricity generation. It remains the cooperatives’ lowest cost fuel and it is abundant with reserves of more than 250 years in the ground here on American soil.

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The Electric Cooperatives of Arkansas held their directors’ winter meeting in Little Rock the first week in December. Douglas White, vice president of Systems Services, was master of ceremonies. Gary Voigt, beginning his 13th year as AECI/AECC President/CEO, presented a panel discussion on the Industry Update with staff members Michael Henderson, vice president/CFO, and Pat McClafferty, vice president, utility sales and services. Bret Curry, manager, residential energy marketing, gave an overview on the Energy Efficiency Home Makeover completed recently. Arkansas’ Youth Leadership Council Representative Amy McKenzie, of Strawberry, North Arkansas Electric, reported on the 2008 Youth Tour. A panel

on Legislative Session 2009 Issues was moderated by Carmie Henry, vice president of governmental affairs. Panelists included Senator Shane Broadway, Senator-elect Johnny Key, and Representatives Robert Moore and Bruce Maloch. Ending the program was Dr. David Lipschitz, executive director, Longevity Center at St. Vincent Infirmary, speaking on “Don’t Believe Everything Your Doctor Tells You.”

Arkansas Electric Cooperatives, Inc. (AECI) is the statewide service organization and Arkansas Electric Cooperative Corporation (AECC) is the generation and transmission cooperative that supplies wholesale power to the state’s 17 electric distribution cooperatives.

Winter directors’ meeting

Douglas White Gary Voigt Michael Henderson Pat McClafferty Bret Curry Amy McKenzie

Dr. David Lipschitz Carmie Henry Shane Broadway Johnny Key Robert Moore Bruce Maloch

Ross receives McMath AwardThe Electric Cooperatives of Arkansas presented the second Sidney S. McMath

Public Service Leadership Award to U.S. Rep. Mike Ross, D. Ark.“It is with great honor that the Electric Cooperatives of Arkansas name

Congressman Mike Ross as the second recipient of the Sidney S. McMath Public Service Leadership Award,” said Carmie Henry, vice president of governmental affairs for the Electric Cooperatives of Arkansas. Rep. Marion Berry, D. Ark., received the first award in 2006.

The Sidney S. McMath Public Service Leadership Award was created by the Electric Cooperatives of Arkansas to recognize outstanding leadership by a public official that results in improvements to the quality of life of rural Arkansans. “McMath’s unwavering support of the electric cooperative movement in Arkansas, along with his other accomplishments on behalf of Arkansans, set the standard for public service in Arkansas, Henry said.

“Congressman Ross has worked hard and courageously for the people of the fourth district. In addition to supporting the cooperatives on issues ranging from funding for the Rural Utilities Service’s loan guarantee programs to protecting the Power Marketing Administrations (PMA’s) and the hydropower resources they provide to cooperatives,” Henry said. “Mike Ross has been an important advocate in the House Energy and Commerce Committee for rural causes.”

Henry added that when it came time for a tough call on legislation to put the railroads under the same antitrust laws that the rest of American businesses have to obey and to reform the Surface Transportation Board, Congressman Ross supported the electric cooperatives position, even though the rail industry has a large presence in his district.”

Honorees are presented a statue of McMath that depicts his dedication to the electric cooperative movement.

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Trivia• “Auld Lang Syne” is sung at the stroke

of midnight in almost every English-speaking country in the world to bring in the new year. At least partially written by Robert Burns in the 1700’s, it was first published in 1796 after Burns’ death. Early variations of the song were sung prior to 1700 and inspired Burns to produce the modern rendition. An old Scotch tune, “Auld Lang Syne” literally means “old long ago,” or simply, “the good old days.”

• More people suffer heart attacks and more car breakdowns on Monday than on any other day of the week, while 50 percent of all bank robberies take place on Friday.

• When a domestic cat goes after mice, about one pounce in three results in a catch.

• U.S. congressmen expressed surprise on learning in 1977 that it takes 15 months of instruction at the Pentagon’s School of Music to turn out a bandleader, but merely 13 months to train a jet pilot.

• The moonrat is not really a rat but part of the hedgehog family.

• The world’s smallest mammal is the bumblebee bat of Thailand, weighing less than a penny.

• Beards are the fastest growing hairs on the human body. If the average man never trimmed his beard, it would grow nearly 30 feet long in his lifetime.

• You burn more calories sleeping than you do watching television.

• Walt Disney was afraid of mice.

• In most American states, a wedding ring is exempt by law from inclusion among assets in a bankruptcy estate. This means that a wedding ring cannot be seized by creditors no matter how much the bankrupt person owes.

• “He has all the virtues I dislike and none of the vices I admire” --Winston Churchhill

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. . . . . . . . . . . . . The Electric Cooperatives of Arkansas Pioneer honorees

The Electric Cooperatives of Arkansas presented plaques at their December meeting to honor four directors for their long years and unselfish service to the rural electric cooperative program. They have served 35 years (1973-2008). The honorees were Linwood Wells, Craighead Electric; Jerry Bolinger and Larry Baggett, Ozarks Electric; and G.E. “Bud” Crabtree, Southwest Arkansas Electric.

Linwood Wells Jerry Bolinger Larry Baggett Bud Crabtree

AECC officers for 2009Charles Burdine of Vendor, was elected chairman of the board of directors

of Arkansas Electric Cooperative Corporation (AECC) at the Cooperative’s annual board meeting in December. Burdine, chairman of Carroll Electric, succeeded Larry Hellums, president/CEO of Mississippi County Electric, in the post. Ronald S. Moore of Hamburg, general manager of Ashley-Chicot

Electric, was elected vice chairman and Samuel W. Davis, a board member of Arkansas Valley Electric, was named secretary-treasurer.

New Year’s resolution: Save $75The New Year always brings a resolve to save more and spend less, and that

could be especially true during this difficult economy. Still, it’s a resolution you can keep. How? Replace one major home appliance with an Energy Star appliance, and you can save $75 this year on your energy bills.

You may have heard that home appliances carry two price tags. The first is the price you pay to buy the appliance. The second is the amount you will pay every year over the life of the appliance for the energy and water needed to operate it.

Energy Star appliances are designed to use 10 percent to 50 percent less energy and water than other models. The Energy Star label is part of U. S. government’s effort to encourage energy conservation. Though Energy Star appliances may cost a little more to buy than other models, you will reap the savings in operating costs over the life of the appliance.

The most energy-efficient clothes washers, dishwashers, refrigerators, air conditioners and water heaters have earned the Energy Star label.

Another label to look for when you shop for a new appliance: the yellow EnergyGuide. This label tells you how much energy the appliance uses every year and compares that number to similar models. The lower the operating cost, the more you’ll save on your monthly energy bill.

Charles Burdine Ronald S. Moore Samuel W. Davis

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Joan Gould is

“Living History”By Jan Fielder Ziegler

Joan Gould never met a country road she didn’t like, and she has met more than a few. If it were possible to depict her life in a single image, that image would surely be a map – a map crisscrossed with remote, barely accessible, near primitive country roads. And each of those country roads would lead to a house, or what once was a house, a structure, as Joan would term it, that stands as a fragile but insistent sentinel to the families who once lived there and to the hopes and dreams, the joys and the tears that define the spirit of these pioneering people.

The 1895 vernacular farm house that grew from a log pen core.

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Between the ancient logs, embedded in the crumbling mortar, scribbled on the stonework, and tucked away under the tight-winder stairs are the stories that Joan ferrets out with all the tenacity of the thistles and honeysuckles taking over the overgrown yards. These stories, along with the structures that both conceal and convey them, are the jewels reflected in the animated twinkle of Joan’s green eyes when she explains the discoveries made through her journeys on the country roads. Little wonder, then, that the preservation historian and owner of Preservation Matters currently calls home just such a structure on just such a country road in rural Washington County.

She “met” the house where she now lives while making trips from her home in Little Rock to northwest Arkansas. She was there doing volunteer work, researching and recording properties on those country roads for nomination to the National Register of Historic Places. “Allen Ferguson knew about the Middle Fork Valley, one of the earliest areas of settlement in northwest Arkansas,” she explained. He and his wife, Kathy, introduced Joan to the house on Kathy’s family farm, which they were using

only for farm storage. A “vernacular farm house that grew from a log pen core,” the house still held emotional attraction for its owners, whose names are forever etched in a youthful “Kathy loves Allen” proclamation on one of the exterior doors of the house. It was the magnificent chimneys, beautiful sandstone edifices from the bounty of stone on Bear Mountain, which first beckoned to Joan. On one of the three chimneys a date stone carries the initials of the young man, then-seventeen-year-old Wade Lester Wood, who, in 1904 constructed the third addition to the house.

In her “real job” at that time, Joan was working as a nurse in the pediatric cardiac unit at Arkansas Children’s Hospital in Little Rock. She owned a cottage home in the capital city’s Quapaw District. Her mother’s declining health meant Joan was juggling her work, her passion for historic preservation, and her responsibilities to her mother back home in southwest Iowa. She knew she needed to be closer to her mother, to be free to come and go for extended periods of time, and she knew her volunteer efforts in preservation had morphed

into something much more than just a pastime.During this time of transition in her life, that old house

at the foot of Bear Mountain, just below the Fergusons’ modern home up on the hillside, was becoming like a new friend, giving up to Joan its stories and introducing her to those it had sheltered even before Kathy’s family purchased this farm. Kathy’s father, Leo Ammons, had bought the house, along with the 600-acre farm fronting the Middle Fork of the White River. Henry Madison Woods, Wade’s father, built the central part of the house. Through her research Joan learned that Woods had returned home, having served with the Texas Rangers following the Civil War, and in 1875 constructed the single log pen core home. The family was a part of what is known as a “cluster settlement,” she explained. In the late 1870s, the Woods family expanded the home with a frame addition. This work was graced with the practiced penmanship of young daughter Jane, whose tentative “Jane-Jane-Jane” still “marches all the way across the porch,” Joan points out. The Fergusons appreciated the history and the significance of the house, and had considered restoring it themselves, Joan explained, but didn’t really know where to begin. “They knew it was breaking my heart” to see the house in decline, she said, “and so when I called them and said maybe there was a way

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An ancient stone Indian grinding bowl unearthed during an addition to the back of the house.

Rope mattress and one of the beautiful sandstone fireplaces.

Joan acquired this old wood-burning cookstove at her great Aunt Emme’s estate sale.

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we could do something jointly, and just to think about my idea, they didn’t hesitate. Five minutes later they phoned me back and said that yes, I could live in the house and work on restoring it, and I could stay there as long as I want, though the house still belongs to them. It’s a cooperative venture in saving a historic property,” she concluded.

The venture has preserved not only the property itself but also an essence of those who lived there before. In this case, this was a house where the Woods’ four children were born. One of them, according to Joan’s research, weighed only two and one-half pounds at birth. She survived. Another of the children died at age eight. “When you know those stories about where you live, that is to me a very spiritual thing – that connection to all seasons of life,” she said. That connection includes also a visit to the farmstead by descendants of Jane Woods. “That visit,” said Joan, “was very special to me.” Also special to Joan is an ancient stone Indian grinding bowl unearthed near the house during an addition to the back of the house. “It is quite old,” she said lovingly, “many thousands of years old, actually. I’ve placed it here near the back door as near as possible to its resting place. When I look at it, it is such an humbling feeling to know that in prehistoric times, native Americans lived here on this little knoll where this house stands, overlooking the valley beside the river.”

The influence of family, both those early inhabitants of

this house and those of Joan’s Iowa childhood, abound inside and outside the farmstead, which is still “a work in progress.” A split rail fence, welcoming porch, massive shade trees, wild and cultivated flowers, even a windmill, evoke memories of another time. To step inside the modest dwelling is also to step back in time, a time of wood-burning cook stoves and stone fireplaces, a time when the beds graced the windowless corners of the rooms, when chifferobes, not closets, held the clothing. Joan calls it “ Lifestyle Interpretation,” interpreting the house according to the time period of its former occupants. She has a story for every item, an explanation for every piece of historic furniture, some of it linked to the farmhouses where she grew up among other Swedish families, some of it linked to the time years ago when she had a part-time antiques business.

The house still consists of only three basic rooms, though a small galley-size kitchen and bathroom are modern additions at the rear. The logs of the original pen are exposed, and the house’s ceiling remains in its original state. In spite

of its antiquities, the interior of the home, not unlike its present day occupant, is an interesting blend of past, present and future. A footstool in front of the old but comfortable Brewster Farm chair is positioned to warm her feet with the fire from the functioning fireplace while Joan sits reading, or visiting with a guest seated on the other side of the lamp table. On the other side of her chair, a large basket filled with her favorite books and DVDs. A quick glance around the small living room reveals no TV set, but Joan teasingly removes a large antique bread board concealing a TV/VCR setup in the corner.

Opening into this room is the part of the house Joan has converted into an office, though its earlier function as a bedroom is clear from the old bed in the corner. From here the researcher can connect with anyone

anywhere, sending documents via e-mail to graduate students or archeologists just a few miles away at the university, or sending final reports to grant-giving agencies in Washington, D.C. From here she can confirm an upcoming visit to the Museum of Appalachia to research early log building trends. From here she maintains contact with a family who has donated its 200-year-old loom to a historic restoration project she has initiated. And from here she can do Internet research to learn who might be the most knowledgeable expert in weaving and looms from whom to seek assistance in the conservation and restoration of such a valuable piece of history.

The office opens into the third primary space, the area that serves Joan as a bedroom. Each of the three rooms was once warmed by a fireplace; it is in this one where the stone stands as reminder of its craftsman and the date of his work more than 100 years ago.

Modern heat and air conditioning are among the accommodations to make life easier, but these comfort intrusions are not obvious. She had actually ordered a new

Ancient pecan grove on the farmstead.

View from the living room through an old screen door.

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electric cookstove for the small kitchen. But when, in the meantime, she acquired, at the estate sale of her great aunt Emma, the old wood-burning cookstove she remembered so well from her childhood, Joan canceled the order for the new stove, installed the old one, and settled for a few countertop appliances for cooking. She was rewarded with the discovery in the old stove of family recipes, yellowed papers with recipes written in the recognizable handwriting of her grandmother.

Her immersion in historical research seems to flow naturally from Joan’s keen attachment to her own family history and remembered experiences of a life that began in 1942, in Page County, Iowa. She and her brother, Jon, attended High Prairie, the same one-room school attended by their Swedish grandmother and mother before them. “Jon was my best buddy, only eleven months younger, cut of the same fabric as me,” she said. The siblings shared a love of history. They were taught together in that one-room school by their mother before moving on to a community high school. Joan would graduate from the University of Nebraska with a degree in nursing, would marry, eventually moving with her family to Arkansas.

The young mother spent the ensuing years raising her children, taking them on “road trips” on the state’s country roads to see old farm houses. She eventually began volunteering and working part-time and later full-time in Social Studies with the Little Rock Public Schools’ Volunteers in Public Education program. Her longtime passion for history led also to Joan’s volunteer work with the state’s Historic Preservation program, an encounter that would prove pivotal in her evolution as a preservationist. This work opened wider for Joan the world of log structures. “My great-great-grandfather from Sweden had built a log cabin,” she said, “so I had always been fascinated with them.” She now began to focus on their construction and on their cultural settings. She also began writing nominations of rural structures – houses that might not otherwise be noticed – to the National Registry.

The logs of the original structure are exposed.

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Massive shade trees, wild and cultivated flowers, even a windmill, evoke memories of another time.

Old but comfortable Brewster Farm chair, where Joan reads or visits with guests.

Originally chifferrobes, not closets, held clothing.

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As she considered how the compass of her life’s journey kept pointing her in that direction, she realized the time had finally come to face what her heart was trying to tell her. And so, when, at this pivotal point in her life, the house at the base of Bear Mountain opened the door to its past and its future to her, Joan simply walked in, both feet finally firmly planted in the world of historic preservation. She is now a veteran historical consultant and vital player for several preservation projects, including the restoration of the Wolf House in Norfork, restoration of the 1907 mill structure on Flint Creek in the Cherokee Nation in Oklahoma, the Early Arkansas Settlement Study, Part I and II, and several Missouri historic preservation efforts. Current projects include continued work with the Cherokee Nation and with REACH (Researching Early Arkansas Cultural Heritage), an undertaking of Black River Technical College to restore two historic territorial-era log structures in Randolph County.

Her work today as a full-time historic preservationist is sufficiently multi-faceted and rich in opportunity for “discovery,” another of Joan’s favorite terms, that she figures “the current projects (REACH and the Cherokee project) are so huge, there’s enough there to go way beyond my life span. That’s the thing about research,” she explains. “One road leads to another, one county leads to another, and you have to go back to the origins, the parent county.” Sometimes the journey takes her far away to distant libraries or court houses or museums for evidences and clues to corroborate or refute the findings. But first and foremost, Joan insists it is the country roads that yield up the treasures. “I don’t know where they’re going to take me, but I learn something every time I go down one.”

Fortunately, so do the rest of the people of Arkansas and beyond.

Joan Gould and her historic Washington County Home are served by Ozarks Electric Cooperative.

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Orelan and Tena Johnson of England (Lonoke County) are Arkansas’ 2008 Farm Family of the Year. The award was announced Dec. 12 at a luncheon honoring the county and district Farm Families of the Year.

The Johnsons farm cotton, corn, wheat, rice and soybeans. Cotton usually makes up more than half of their acreage. Orelan is a 1960 graduate of England High School and earned an agri-business degree from the University of Arkansas at

Monticello in 1964. He began farming with his father in 1965.Soil conservation is a priority for the Johnsons. They’ve used no-till production methods wherever possible for 15 years.

No-till dramatically reduces topsoil erosion. The Johnson’s have documented a 98-percent decrease in soil erosion.Cotton yields average 1,200 lbs./acre, corn 200 bushels/acre, wheat 70 bushels/acre, rice 185 bushels/acre, and soybeans

45 bushels/acre. The Johnsons also maintain 200 acres in woodlands, much of it planted through the Conservation Reserve Enhancment Program. They also flood their rice fields during winter to provide habitat for migrating waterfowl.

The Johnsons have two children who also help on the farm. They are Wade Johnson, 42, and Angela Ward, 38. Wade has farmed full-time with Orelan since 1990. He is now part owner and manager of their operation. Angela helps with office duties and bookkeeping.

The Johnsons also run Laser Level, Inc. The company is involved in land leveling, and building fish ponds, reservoirs and tailwater recovery ponds.

As Arkansas’ Farm Family of the Year, the Johnsons will compete in next year’s 10-state Swisher Sweets/Sunbelt Expo Southeastern Farmer of the Year program. The competition is held in Moultrie, Ga. Last year’s Arkansas Farm Family of the

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The Johnson family of England was named on Dec.12 as the Arkansas Farm Family of the Year. Pictured are Tena and Orelan Johnson – seated (L-R) Drew Johnson, Chance Johnson, Kirsten Johnson, Brandy Johnson, Wade Johnson, Angela Ward, Rachel Ward, Rhett Ward.

Johnson family is

Arkansas Farm Family of the Year

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Year, the Kirksey family of Alpine (Clark County), is the reigning Swisher Sweets/Sunbelt Expo Southeastern Farmer of the Year.

The Johnson family is a fine example of Arkansas’ agricultural producers. They have deftly blended conservation practices into their production techniques and consistently maintained high outputs. The Johnsons are served by First Electric Cooperative.

The Arkansas Farm Family of the Year program is the longest-running farm family recognition program of its type in the United States. Farm families are the foundation of our economy and culture. For more than 60 years, the Farm Family of the Year program has showcased outstanding agriculture, and the Electric Cooperatives of Arkansas are proud to be a part of that.

We congratulate the Johnsons and each of the county Farm Families of the Year.Orelan Johnson is a member of Lonoke County Farm Bureau, the England Masonic Lodge, is a Scott Products board

member and has donated land-leveling services to build a city pond for England. The Johnsons are members of First Baptist Church.

The Farm Family of the Year program, now in its 62nd year, begins with selection of the top farm family in each county. Then, eight district Farm Families of the Year are selected. The process concludes with a banquet honoring each county winner, and the selection of the state Farm Family of the Year.

The competition is judged on production, efficiency and management of their farm operations, family life and rural/community leadership and values.

The 2008 District Farm Family of the Year winners included:

Wayne and Kristi Hays, Alma (Crawford County), Northwest DistrictTerris and Kim Matthews, Wynne (Cross County), Northeast DistrictReed and Becky Koger, Rosston (Nevada County), Southwest DistrictOrelan and Tena Johnson, England (Lonoke County), East Central DistrictRick and Rita Foster, Viola (Fulton County), North Central DistrictJ&M Farms, Gillette (Arkansas County), Southeast DistrictDavid and Connie Ruhl, Dardanelle (Yell County), Western DistrictKyle and Dana Cowart, Glenwood (Pike County) West Central District Arkansas Farm Bureau, the Arkansas Press Association, AgHeritage FCS, Farm Credit of Western Arkansas, Farm Credit

MidSouth, and Electric Cooperatives of Arkansas are primary sponsors of the annual recognition program. Additional program support is provided by the Arkansas Department of Workforce Education; the University of Arkansas Division of Agriculture’s Cooperative Extension Service; and the USDA’s Farm Service Agency, Natural Resources Conservation Service, and Rural Development.

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Orelan (left) and Wade Johnson (right) of England, Ark. are part of the 2008 Arkansas Farm Family of the Year. Their use of no-till conservation practices for 15 years while farming cotton, soybeans, wheat and corn has helped maintain precious topsoil resulting in strong yields.

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If your home still has single-pane windows, stand next to one to feel how much precious heat you’re losing through it.

Installing storm windows or double-pane windows can make your home feel more comfortable while reducing your energy costs.

Adding storm windows won’t increase the insulation of your existing windows, but can help reduce air movement. They come in glass, plastic or plastic sheets and should seal tightly against the existing window. Interior storm windows are more convenient than exterior ones and often are more efficient.

If you can afford to add storm windows – especially more expensive exterior ones – you may also be able to afford to upgrade to more energy-efficient windows.

New windows with double or triple panes also have special coatings or gas fillings that prevent heat loss. Replacing single-pane windows with high-efficient windows can save you more than $400 by keeping your heated and air-conditioned air from leaking out-and from keeping the weather from seeping in.

Consider these factors when considering window upgrades:• You can choose from aluminum, metal, fiberglass,

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This month we will feature the comments of Dr. Richard Ford, a professor of economics and finance at the University of Arkansas at Little Rock and a member of the Governor’s Commission on Global Warming. He has raised a number of questions about the economics of any public policy that would address climate change in Arkansas. I have invited him to address electric cooperative members on this important subject.

In November, the Governor’s Commission on Global Warming released 54 recommendations, and the publication of its final report. The recommendations will go to the governor and will no doubt be submitted to various committees of the upcoming Arkansas General Assembly. I served on this commission and I feel compelled to share some of the concerns I have about the process and the recommendations.

From the very beginning, some commission members had trepidation about the fashion in which the commission conducted business. Commission members were asked to approve the employment of a consulting firm, the Center for Climate Strategies (CCS), with virtually no consideration for alternatives. After CCS was hired, commissioners learned the decision also meant almost total power over the agenda, proceedings, and the policy options considered was relinquished to this advocacy group.

The advocacy position of CCS was clear after the first meeting managed by the consultants. Though promoted as an impartial, nonpartisan group, CCS constrained genuine debate while pushing the same set of question-able positions it sold in many other states. Commissioners were assigned to subcommittees with no input from the commissioners as to which of these Technical Working Groups they thought best fit their respective expertise. Commissioners also had to follow convoluted voting procedures, in that every initiative that was proposed was assumed to be approved, unless enough people voted against it. This created an atmosphere of peer pressure and discouraged open, honest debate.

But the worst part of the process was to ignore the very law that created the global warming commission. Commissioners did not, as Act 696 of 2007 requires, “conduct an in-depth examination and evaluation of the issues related to global warming and the potential impacts of global warming on the state…,” nor did commissioners “study the scientific data, literature and research on global warming to determine whether global warming is an immediate threat to the citizens of the state …” Because commissioners did not deliberate on these issues, it was impossible for the commission to discuss and evaluate the benefits that might be associated with the options presented by CCS for consideration. This left the commission suggesting public policies without even a pretense of conducting a cost/benefit analysis.

Nevertheless, this CCS-dominated commission recommended 54 options with an undoubtedly underes-timated $3.7 billion price tag, but with no estimation whatsoever as to how much the citizens of Arkansas might benefit or possibly be harmed. For starters, I am concerned that the commission recommends establishing an entirely new state bureaucracy to track global warming matters.

But perhaps the most egregious idea of all is to require K-12 public schools to teach global warming awareness. Two thoughts come to mind when this proposal is considered: Where does the teaching stop and political activism begin? This issue was considered when an English court prevented schools from showing Al Gore’s “An Inconvenient Truth” film without proper balance. Plus, since schools are already loaded down with mandated curriculum, what will this proposed mandate replace? Math?

Let us hope that our governor and other political leaders have better judgment than the commission and will reject the most outrageous and expensive proposals, while keeping any that would benefit Arkansas.

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If you have an issue that you would like Carmie to address, mail it to: P.O. Box 194208, Little Rock, AR 72219-4208 or e-mail chenry@aeci.com

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Well, I trust that you all had a good holiday season

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There are a lot of things happening in our country today that I do not understand. I do not understand how I bought gas at $1.49 a gallon in December when I paid $3.99 just a few months earlier. I don’t understand how wealthy corpora-tions now have to have billions of dollars from the taxpayers to stay afloat. And I could mention many other things I simply don’t understand. It is better that I stay with the things I do understand. I know that making energy improvements is the best investment in the country today. I know that it is the only thing in your house that will save you money month after month and will have a payback. I also know that your home will be more comfortable as a result of these improvements.

On a recent show, Mr. Tom Hunt, who is my co-host on the Home Remedies radio show, said he is saving $50 per week on the cost of gasoline compared to a few months ago. He said that added up to $200 per month. “What if we took that $200 per month and made energy improve-

ments to our house?” he said. I responded: “Tom, you are a genius.”

Well, folks, both Tom and I don’t need these commandments because we built our houses to be super efficient from the beginning. So, please remember that these columns are for you and we, like your electric co-op, want to help you.

Energy Commandment No. 2: “Thou Shalt Invest.” Whether it is $5 per month or $200 per month, start setting some money aside for energy improvements. It is perfectly all right to do the least costly items first. For $20, you can buy and install several compact fluorescent lights. For $40, you might buy all the caulk you need to seal up air leaks as we discussed in the November column.

Now open your mind and think of this.For an investment of less than $100 and a few hours of elbow grease, you might well reduce your average monthly utility bill by $10, $20, $30 or more a month. Where else could you invest $100, get your money back in three to 10 months and continue getting that savings forever?

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So fluffy, moist, and flavorful. The choice for “father’s” oven dinner.Make same as Swedish Meat Balls above, except use ground pork in place of ¼ pound of the beef, soft bread crumbs instead of dry, ½ cup unsweetened applesauce for the milk, and omit nutmeg. Form into 2” balls. Brown in hot fat, then place in baking dish and pour over them a mixture of ¼ cup catsup and ¼ cup water. Cover. Bake at 350 degrees for 1 ½ hours. Serve hot.

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1 teaspoon vanilla *1 oz. square unsweetened chocolate

1 ½ lbs. ground beef ½ teaspoon salt ¼ teaspoon pepper 2 eggs

½ teaspoon chopped onions or green peppers 2 slices bread, cubed ½ of 8 oz. can tomato sauce

1 large box raisins ¼ cup flour

½ cup sugar

1 cup peanut butter 1 cup white Karo syrup

1 ¼ cups sifted powder sugar 1 ½ cups dry milk

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Drain maraschino cherries on paper towel; cut or tear in half. Set aside. Prepare brownie mix according to package directions, using oil, water and eggs. Spread melted butter in a 13x9-inch pan. Cover bottom of pan with a layer of graham crackers. (If necessary, cut crackers with serrated knife to make them fit pan). Spread brownie batter over crackers.Bake in a preheated oven 5 minutes less than directed on the package. Sprinkle chocolate chips,

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By Jennifer TaylorSince the 1970s, electric co-ops have been actively engaged

in promoting renewable energy resources like wind, solar, hydropower, and, biomass (including landfill gas, livestock waste, timber byproducts, and crop residue). Today, nearly 90 percent of the nation’s 900-plus electric co-ops provide electricity produced by renewable sources, all playing a key role in powering rural America while increasing our nation’s energy independence.

“Renewable energy makes up approximately 11 percent of

all co-op kilowatt-hour use (10 percent hydro and 1 percent non-hydro), as compared to 9 percent for the nation’s entire electric utility sector,” says Kirk Johnson, vice president of environmental policy at the National Rural Electric Cooperative Association (NRECA), the Arlington, Va.-based service arm of the nation’s 900-plus consumer-owned, not-for-profit electric cooperatives.

The Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI), a non-profit, utility-sponsored organization whose members

include electric co-ops, released a study in 2007 outlining a seven-step plan for how U.S. electric utilities could reduce carbon dioxide emissions to 1990 levels by 2030, while still meeting a 40 percent boost in electricity consumption. One of these measures includes increasing non-hydro renewable energy sources, primarily wind and solar, from 24,000 MW to 94,000 MW

by 2030. So, what needs to be done to enable a far

greater use of renewable energy?Currently, 150 electric co-ops either own

wind turbines or buy output from wind farms, most of which are located in America’s “wind tunnels”–the Upper Midwest and Great Plains, as well as down the spine of the Alleghenies in the East. However, wind and solar power face

challenges: transmission; intermittency and the need for advancements in storage technology; and

increased construction costs and delays. Overcoming these challenges is not impossible but will require strong leadership and investment from government.

• Transmission – Renewable resources are abundant in rural areas, but that also means they are

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located far from the concentrated power needs of cities and towns. To move electric generation from renewable sources (i.e., wind farms), new transmission lines will need to be built to enable greater availability of renewable power sources.

• Intermittency – Most renewable sources are intermit-tent: The sun doesn’t always shine, and the wind doesn’t always blow. Improved storage system technology would make it possible to store electricity produced by a wind turbine or solar system. When a storm cloud rolls up, stored solar power could be ready and waiting. Electric co-ops are studying ways to boost storage technology, although major breakthroughs have yet to be made.

• Increased Costs/Delays – Construction costs for power plants of all types are rising, and renewable sources are no exception. Three years ago it was estimated that a wind farm would cost about $1,000 per kW of capacity to build – today that estimate has doubled. In addition to increased costs, the skyrocketing demand for wind turbines has led to a manufac-turing backlog of two years or more. For solar panels, costs for installation and operation can run five times higher than a traditional coal plant of comparable size.

To help electric cooperatives further tap into renewable opportunities, a National Renewables Cooperative Organization (NRCO) was formed in April 2008.

“Electric co-ops remain committed to an overall goal of fostering domestic energy independence while benefiting the environment and assisting rural economic growth,” concludes NRECA CEO Glenn English. “While no single approach or policy is appropriate for every co-op, we see renewable generation as an important part of our future. It will not be easy, but it is needed.”

Electric cooperatives are also asking Congress to seek out balanced solutions to energy and climate change. NRECA has introduced a public campaign, “Our Energy, Our Future: A Dialogue With America,” to ensure that the voice of coopera-tives and their consumer-members is heard as debates over energy and climate change legislation rage in state legislatures and Congress.

For more information about this campaign, visit www.ourenergy.coop.

Sources: National Rural Electric Cooperative Association, Electric Power Research Institute, U.S. Department of Energy.

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Feb 1-28: Eureka Springs Month of Romance, 479-253-7679

Feb 1-28: Black History Month, Imperial Dinner Theatre, Pocahontas, 870-892-4661

Feb 1-Mar 1: Eagles Over Harbor, Mount Ida, 870-867-2191

Feb 5: Free Dinner to thank Tornado First Responders, Clinton, 501-592-3454

Feb 6: Gallery Walk, Hot Springs, 501-624-0550

Feb 6-8: Arkansas RV Show, Little Rock, 501-376-4781

Feb 6-7: Mena FFA, 479-394-1144

Feb 7: Gun & Knife Show, Hot Springs, 501-767-2855

Feb 7: Remember When…, St. Francis County Museum, Forrest City, 870-261-1744

Feb 13-14: Valentine’s Dinner, Washington, 870-983-2684

Feb 13-15: Home & Outdoor Show by US 97, Hot Springs, 501-525-9700

Feb 13-15: Imperial Dinner Theatre’ – Valentine Day Special, Pocahontas, 870-892-0030

Feb 13-26: “Kiss Me Kate,” Rogers, 479-925-1743

Feb 14: The Greening of the Garden, Fayetteville, 479-750-2620

Feb 14: Valentine Dinner and Show, Mountain View, 870-269-3851

Feb 14: Larry Gatlin in Look Homeward Honky Tonk Angel, Texarkana, 903-792-4992

Feb 14-15: Hikes, Hearts and Hugs, Morrilton, 501-727-5441

Feb 16-Mar 8: Daffodil Days, Hot Springs, 501-262-9300

Feb 17: Spring Classical Concert, Conway, 501-269-1066

Feb 19: Eureka Gras Hookers & Jokers Ball, Eureka Springs, 479-981-9551

Feb 19-21: Quilter’s Retreat, Mountain View, 870-269-3851

Feb 20-22: Frontier Days, Washington, 870-983-2684

Feb 21: Winter Bluegrass Show, Hope, 870-777-3640

Feb 21-22: Survival Skills, Little Rock, 501-868-5806

Feb 23: The Guarneri String Quartet, Conway, 501-450-4545

Feb 26-Mar 1: Arkansas Flower & Garden Show, Little Rock, 501-821-4000

Feb 27: The Passing Zone, Fayetteville, 479-443-5600

Feb 28: Mardi Gras in Paradise, Lakeview, 870-431-7043

Feb 28: Spring Hayride & Campfire Stories, Little Rock, 501-865-5806

Feb 28: Sunset Kayak Tour, Star City, 870-628-4714

Feb 28: Loon Watch, Little Rock, 501-868-5806

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