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4 F IRST WORDCome prepared to vote

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Political spotlightSupporting cooperative candidates

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Cooperative scholarsWinners of statewide electric cooperativescholarships announced

12 KEEP ING CURRENTNews items from across the Commonwealth

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Tapping a trendPennsylvania’s craft brewers bring ‘localflavor’ to beer industry

16A COOPERATIVE CONNECTIONInformation and advice from your localelectric cooperative

18 T IME L I NESYour newsmagazine through the years

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ON THECOVERRural electriccooperatives take anactive role in thepolitical processthrough endorsementsby the ActionCommittee for RuralElectrification (ACRE).

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PETER FITZGERALD Editor, Penn Lines

FIRSTword B y P e t e r A . F i t z g e r a l d

ELECTIONS ARE nothingnew to Pennsylvania’s elec-tric cooperative members.After all, democratic mem-ber control is a core coopera-tive principle, and coopera-tive members have a longhistory of exercising theirright to vote. That is nothingnew.

But with another presi-dential election nearly uponus, there is something newfor voters in Pennsylvania.Starting this Nov. 6, youmust bring valid photo iden-tification with you to thepolling booth.

This year, Pennsylvaniahas joined a growing numberof states that have enactedvoter ID laws. According tothe National Council of StateLegislatures, more than 30 states have some form ofvoter ID law, and the trendhas gained momentum inrecent years.

In 2011, voter ID legisla-tion was introduced in 34states, consisting mainly ofproposals for new laws instates that did not alreadyrequire ID, and proposals tostrengthen existing laws torequire photo ID at the polls.In fact, only three states(Oregon, Vermont andWyoming) without a voterID law on the books didn’ttake up the legislation forconsideration in 2011.

That trend continued in2012, with legislation intro-duced in 32 states, includingnew voter ID proposals in 14states, proposals to strengthenexisting voter ID laws in 10

states, and bills in 10 states toamend existing laws, many ofthem new voter ID lawspassed in 2011.

Voter ID law is a hot-but-ton issue in many states, witha number of court challengesto the legislation. Opponentsclaim the laws disenfranchisecertain would-be voters, par-ticularly those without themeans to secure proper iden-tification easily. Voter ID sup-porters argue the laws ensurevoting integrity by deterringvoter fraud.

Pennsylvania’s voter IDlaw has also been the subjectof controversy ever since itwas passed in March 2012.Though later upheld by theCommonwealth Court ofPennsylvania, the decisionwas appealed to the stateSupreme Court. In Septem-ber, the Supreme Courtreturned the case to theCommonwealth Court todetermine whether the newlaw disenfranchises any vot-ers, and if ID cards can eas-ily be obtained.

Despite these court chal-lenges, it looks like some formof identification will eventu-ally be required of Pennsylva-nia voters, especially givenrecent trends. As the courtsiron out the details, it pays tobe aware of what the new lawrequires of voters.

While some states do notcall for a photo form of iden-tification, Pennsylvania isamong the 17 states with arequirement that the ID pre-sented at the polls mustshow a photo of the voter.

According to the law as itcurrently stands, votersmust show “an acceptablephoto ID” on Election Day.Acceptable IDs include aPennsylvania driver’slicense; Pennsylvania state,county or municipal govern-ment employee ID; militaryID; U.S. passport; Pennsyl-vania university or collegeID; or Pennsylvania healthcare facility-issued ID.

Those without one ofthese IDs may obtain aPennsylvania Department ofState photo ID card free ofcharge from the Pennsylva-nia Department of Trans-portation. Proof of identifi-cation, including a SocialSecurity card and other doc-umentation, is required. Pro-visional ballots will also beavailable for those unable toobtain a photo ID by Nov. 6.

Voting is a right exercisedwith great pride amongcooperative members. It’show members take part inthe decisions of the coopera-tive — decisions that helpshape the course of theirorganizations. Decisions thatbuild better communitiesand improve lives in ruralareas. No matter whatchanges come to voting inPennsylvania, cooperativevoters are sure to be amongthose prepared to make theirvote count.

For more information onPennsylvania’s new voter IDlaw, including ways toobtain an acceptable ID forvoting purposes, visitwww.votespa.com.l

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The Action Committee for Rural Electrification (ACRE) —the political action arm of electric cooperatives — endorses thefollowing 10 congressional and 51 legislative candidates to rep-resent electric cooperative service areas in Pennsylvania andNew Jersey. The recommendations are based on the candi-dates’ support for and voting record regarding rural electrifi-cation and their stance on various rural and consumer con-cerns, in accordance with ACRE bylaws.

Paid for by the Action Committee for Rural Electrification.

No endorsement

U.S. Senate (Pa.)Bob Menendez (D)

U.S. Senate (N.J.)Scott Garrett (R)5th District(Sussex REC)

U.S. House of Rep. (N.J.)

Pat Vance (R)31st District(Adams EC)

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

Pennsylvania State SenateNo Endorsement15th District(Adams EC)

John Wozniak (D)35th District (REA Energy, Somer-set REC, Tri-CountyREC, United EC)

RichardAlloway (R)33rd District (Adams EC, ValleyREC)

Joe Scarnati III (R) 25th District (REA Energy, Tri-County REC, UnitedEC, Warren EC)

ScottHutchinson (R)21st District (Central EC, North-western REC, UnitedEC, Warren EC)

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

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

Glenn Thompson (R)5th District (Central EC, North-western REC, REAEnergy, Tri-CountyREC, United EC, ValleyREC, Warren EC)

U.S. House of Representatives (Pa.)Mike Kelly (R)3rd District (Central EC, North-western REC, REAEnergy, United EC,Warren EC)

Mark Critz (D)12th District (REA Energy, Som-erset REC)

Lou Barletta (R)11th District(Adams EC, Clav-erack REC)

Bill Shuster (R)9th District (Adams EC, BedfordREC, New EnterpriseREC, REA Energy,Somerset REC,United EC, Valley REC)

Scott Perry (R)4th District (Adams EC)

Tim Murphy (R)18th District (Somerset REC)

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

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

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Joseph Petrarca (D)55th District (REA Energy)

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

Pennsylvania State House of RepresentativesNo Endorsement3rd District (Northwestern REC)

Kathy Rapp (R)65th District (Central EC, North-western REC, UnitedEC, Warren EC)

Jeff Pyle (R)60th District (Central EC, REAEnergy)

Mike Reese (R)59th District (Somerset REC)

Daryl Metcalfe (R)12th District (Central EC)

Curt Sonney (R)4th District (Northwestern REC,Warren EC)

Sam Smith (R)66th District (REA Energy,United EC)

MicheleBrooks (R)17th District (Northwestern REC)

No Endorsement5th District (Northwestern REC)

Martin Causer (R)67th District (Tri-County REC)

Dave Reed (R)62nd District (REA Energy)

Frank Dermody (D)33rd District (Central EC)

Brad Roae (R)6th District (Northwestern REC)

Donna Oberlander (R)63rd District (Central EC, REAEnergy, United EC)

Keith Gillespie (R)47th District(Adams EC)

RichardStevenson (R)8th District (Central EC)

R. Lee James (R)64th District (Central EC, North-western REC)

Tim Mahoney (D)51st District (Somerset REC)

Jaret Gibbons (D)10th District (Central EC)

No Endorsement49th District(Northwestern REC)

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

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Matt Baker (R)68th District (Claverack REC, Tri-County REC)

Carl Metzgar (R)69th District (Bedford REC, Somerset REC)

Bryan Barbin (D)71st District (REA Energy)

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C. Adam Harris (R)82nd District (Valley REC)

Matt Gabler (R)75th District (United EC)

Ron Miller (R)93rd District(Adams EC)

Kerry Benninghoff (R)171st District (Valley REC)

No Endorsement74th District (REA Energy,United EC)

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

No Endorsement92nd District(Adams EC)

Will Tallman (R)193rd District(Adams EC)

Paid for by the Action Committee for Rural Electrification.

Garth Everett (R)84th District (Sullivan County REC,Tri-County REC)

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

Stan Saylor (R)94th District(Adams EC)

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

Mark Keller (R)86th District(Adams EC, Valley REC)

Dick Hess (R)78th District (Bedford REC, NewEnterprise REC,Valley REC)

Seth Grove (R)196th District(Adams EC)

StephenBloom (R)199th District(Adams EC)

Karen Boback (R)117th District (Claverack REC)

Dan Moul (R)91st District (Adams EC)

Jerry Stern (R)80th District (Bedford REC, New EnterpriseREC, REA Energy,Valley REC)

Gary Haluska (D)73rd District (REA Energy,United EC)

Sandra Major (R)111th District (Claverack REC)

Rob Kauffman (R)89th District(Adams EC)

No Endorsement79th District (Valley REC)

Frank Burns (D)72nd District (REA Energy, Som-erset REC)

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Pennsylvania Rural ElectricAssociation Scholarship inMemory of William F. MatsonTen Pennsylvania Rural Electric

Association Scholarships in Memory ofWilliam F. Matson were recentlyawarded to outstanding students whosehomes are served by rural electriccooperatives.The recipients of the scholarships

this year are: Branson Allen, AdamsEC; Tanner Bulkley, Claverack REC;Sydney Crago, Northwestern REC; ErinDean Swank, Claverack REC; TylerFisher, Bedford REC; Torrie Garner,Valley REC; Meighan Henry, North-western REC; Dana McCurdy, CentralEC; Karlee Moyer, Claverack REC; andStephanie Wilusz, Somerset REC.

Branson Allen, sonof Stan and CathyAllen, Shippensburg, isa 2012 graduate ofShippensburg AreaHigh School, where hewas a three-sport ath-lete and an honors stu-dent. He graduated

with eight varsity letters and ranked inthe top 5 percent of his class. Bransonwas a member of National Honor Soci-ety, Internet Safety Alliance, Environ-mental Club and Fellowship of Chris-tian Athletes. He has volunteered at alocal food bank and hospital, and as astudent representative on the Shippens-burg Area School Board. Branson haswon the following awards: football andwrestling All-Conference nominations,multiple Public Opinion “Athlete of theWeek” designations, ShippensburgRotary Club Student of the Month, andthe title “Biggest Heart” as voted on byhis classmates. Branson is attendingLock Haven University, Lock Haven,majoring in health science. He is plan-ning to become a physician assistant.He is a member of Adams EC.

Tanner Bulkley, amember of ClaverackREC, is a 2012 graduateof Troy Area HighSchool, where he grad-uated in the top 10 per-cent of his class andserved as a class officer.

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Tanner is a certified EMT and a life-guard. He is a student at MisericordiaUniversity, Dallas, where he is enrolledin the newly created physician assistantprogram and is a member of the univer-sity’s first football team. Tanner is theson of Mark and Faith Bulkley,Granville Summit.

Sydney Crago, amember of Northwest-ern REC, is the daugh-ter of Lisa and DavidCrago, Townville. Agraduate of MaplewoodHigh School in GuysMills, she participatedin a wide variety of

activities including concert band,marching band, show choir, FrenchClub, National Honor Society, TigerPaw Productions and Hi-Q Team. Sheis a member of the Little Cooley Coo-lettes 4-H Club and recently wrote anddirected her first play at the MeadvilleCommunity Theatre. She is majoring inEnglish at Baldwin Wallace University,Berea, Ohio.

Erin Dean Swank,the daughter ofMichelle and PhillipSwank, Edinger Hill, isa 2012 graduate ofWyalusing HighSchool, where shegraduated in the top 10 percent of her class

as a member of National Honor Society.A member of Claverack REC, she partic-ipated in the 2011 Youth Tour in Wash-ington, D.C., where she was selected asPennsylvania’s Outstanding Youth TourStudent to represent the state on theNational Rural Electric CooperativeAssociation’s Youth Leadership Council.She also attended the Hugh O’BrianYouth Leadership Seminar, the NationalYouth Leadership Forum on Medicineand the Daniel Fox Youth Scholars Insti-tute at Lebanon Valley College. She isattending King’s College, Wilkes-Barre,majoring in physician assistant studieswith minors in neuroscience and Span-ish. She also is playing on the college’svolleyball and lacrosse teams.

Tyler Fisher graduated as the vale-dictorian of the Class of 2012 at Bedford

High School. The son ofJim and Debbie Fisher,Bedford, Tyler was amember of NationalHonor Society andpresident of the Tech-nology Student Associ-ation. He also was amember of the high

school’s marching and concert bands inthe percussion section. He was inductedinto the Bedford County Regional Edu-cation Foundation Scholastic Hall ofFame in May 2011, and became an EagleScout in March 2011. He is attendingPenn State University, where he ismajoring in engineering. He is a mem-ber of Bedford REC.

Torrie Garner, aresident of James Creekand the daughter ofCharles and Jill Garner,graduated as the vale-dictorian of her class atHuntingdon Area HighSchool, where shereceived the President’s

Award for Educational Excellence. Shewas a member of National Honor Soci-ety, Prom Committee and Key Club. Shealso played on the girls’ varsity volley-ball team and was honored as First-Team All-Conference and First-TeamAll-District 6AA selections, as well asLeague Most Valuable Player. Duringthe off-season, she participated in clubvolleyball, weightlifting and dance. Shecompeted twice at the state level ofNational History Day competition,advancing to national competition once.She is active in the community, volun-teering with several organizations. Sheis attending Susquehanna University,Selinsgrove, where she is majoring inbiology with a minor in health carestudies, and playing volleyball. Sheplans to become an optometrist. She is amember of Valley REC.

Meighan Henry, a2012 graduate ofSaegertown Junior-Sen-ior High School, is thedaughter of Eric Henryand Angela Crawford,and the stepdaughter ofMilan Crawford,

Branson Allen

Sydney Crago

Meighan Henry

Erin Dean Swank

Tyler Fisher

PREA announces scholarship winners

Tanner Bulkley

Torrie Garner

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Saegertown. In high school, she was amember of National Honor Society,Allegheny Arts Immersion and Envi-rothon. She was senior class treasurer,Key Club editor, Campus Club treasurer,French Club president and History Clubsecretary. She has been involved in GirlScouts, Campus Life and numerous soc-cer programs. She is a certified emergencymedical technician and lifeguard, and isan active volunteer for the Saegertownand Hayfield fire departments. She isattending Penn State University, whereshe is enrolled in the school of nursing.She is a member of Northwestern REC.

Dana McCurdy,daughter of Brian andKathryn McCurdy, But-ler, graduated with hon-ors from Butler AreaHigh School, where shereceived varsity letters insoccer and rifle team andwas the rifle team cap-

tain. She also received letters as a memberof National Honor Society and orchestra,where she was concert mistress. She par-ticipated in track and field, and played inthe pit orchestra for school musicals. Theline leader for the Butler Strolling Strings,she also belongs to two 4-H clubs. She vol-unteers at multiple community serviceactivities. She is attending WashingtonState University, Pullman, Wash., in thehonors program, where she is majoring inpre-veterinary animal sciences. She is amember of Central EC.

Karlee Moyer,daughter of Wendy andMiller Moyer, Canton, isa student at the EberlyCollege of Science atPennsylvania State Uni-versity. A graduate ofCanton Area Junior-Senior High School, she

participated in chorus, band and footballcheerleading. She was the treasurer ofNational Honor Society and a member ofStudents Against Destructive Decisions.An academic and athletic letter winner,she was a volunteer with the AmericanRed Cross Blood Drive and Canton Giv-ing Tree. She is the recipient of multiplecommunity and school awards. She is amember of Claverack REC.

Stephanie Wilusz,who graduated as vale-dictorian of her class atWindber Area HighSchool, is attendingSchreyer Honors Col-lege at PennsylvaniaState University whereshe is pursuing a con-

current major in philosophy, and bio-chemistry and molecular biology. Thedaughter of Darlene and Ernest Wilusz,Windber, she is a member of SomersetREC. She plans to attend graduateschool to obtain a doctorate in biochem-istry and work as a medical research sci-entist. In high school, she was treasurerof the National Honor Society, and amember of Student Council, SeniorClass Council, Students AgainstDestructive Decisions, Spanish Club andconcert band. She also served as StudentRotarian for the Conemaugh TownshipRotary Club and was a member of theSomerset County Band. Honorsincluded Language DepartmentalAward, Advanced Biology SubjectAward and Spanish IV Subject Award.She has been a dance student for 14years and regularly volunteers with Bestof Friends, a therapeutic horseback rid-ing program, Relay for Life and Wind-ber Medical Center.PREA Scholarships are awarded

each year to students from rural electriccooperative service areas in Pennsylva-nia and New Jersey. Selection is basedon academic excellence, cooperativemembership, community involvementand need. The scholarship program isnamed for William F. Matson, whoserved for 22 years as president ofPREA and Allegheny until his death inJune 1986. More than 425 studentsapplied for scholarships this year.

Jody Loudenslager Memorial ScholarshipTwo former Rural Electric Youth

Tour participants have been named JodyLoudenslager Memorial Scholarshiprecipients. They are Lindsey Harrison,Adams EC, and Ben Kopchick, REAEnergy Cooperative.

Lindsey Harrison, daughter of Timand Yvette Harrison, Hanover, is a senior

at Cedar Crest College,Allentown. A graduateof Littlestown HighSchool, she is majoringin nursing. After gradu-ation in 2013, she plansto work at a large teach-ing hospital on a pedi-atric unit. Eventually,

her plans include more education so shecan become a nurse practitioner. In col-lege, she has played field hockey and hasbeen active in the following programs:Cedar Crest Ambassador, OvernightHostess, Student Nurses Association andCedar Crest Christian Fellowship. Shehas received multiple honors in sportsand academics, including induction intoChi Alpha Sigma (athletic honor society)and Delphi (academic honor society). Sheworks as a certified nursing assistant atHanover Hall Rehabilitation and NursingCenter. She is also active in communityprojects and mission trips. She is a mem-ber of Adams EC.

Benjamin Kopchick,the son of Patrick andHarriet Kopchick,Clarksburg, graduated asthe valedictorian in theClass of 2009 at Salts-burg High School, wherehe participated in trackand field and basketballfor Saltsburg High

School and cross country for BlairsvilleHigh School. He also was a member ofNational Honor Society, Science Olympiadand Quiz Bowl. He is a senior at Washing-ton & Jefferson College, Washington,majoring in physics and minoring inmathematics. He is a member of Sigma PiSigma (physics honor society) as well asAlpha Lambda Delta (freshmen honorsociety). He also runs on the cross countryand track and field teams. He plans toattend graduate school to earn his doctor-ate in medical physics or physics. He is amember of REA Energy Cooperative.The Loudenslager Scholarship was

created by the PREA Board of Directorsin memory of Jody Loudenslager, a 17-year-old Youth Tour alumna who diedon July 17, 1996, when TWA Flight 800exploded shortly after takeoff from NewYork City.l

Karlee Moyer

Dana McCurdy

BenjaminKopchick

Stephanie Wilusz Lindsey Harrison

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Biden, Salazar speak at Flight 93Memorial observanceVice President Joe Biden and Secre-

tary of the Interior Ken Salazar spokeat the 11th anniversary observance ofthe Sept. 11, 2001, airliner crash in ruralSomerset County. The Flight 93National Memorial was dedicated lastyear on the 10th anniversary of the ter-rorist attacks that also brought downthe World Trade Center in New YorkCity and hit the Pentagon in Washing-ton, D.C.The United flight that crashed near

Shanksville was the fourth and finalplane to crash that day. It was hijackedon its way from Newark, N.J., to SanFrancisco. Investigators have said theplane was headed for Washington, D.C. The ceremony included the reading

aloud of the names of 40 passengersand crew members at 10:03 a.m. —when the plane crashed after passen-gers and crew fought to take control ofthe aircraft.The ceremony capped a four-day

schedule that included a “Learning Cen-ter Without Walls,” presentations fromthe perspective of people connected tothe crash. Speakers included panelistswho explored how children experiencedthe terrorist attacks, and how artallowed the children to express theirfeelings; journalists who wrote andbroadcast the first stories about thecrash; FBI agents who were on the sceneshortly after the crash; and people whowere in the U.S. Capitol, the intendedtarget, on the day of the crash. Construction at the memorial is

ongoing. Construction on the visitorcenter will begin next spring with itscompletion anticipated in 2014. The finalphase will include a learning center andtower at the entrance. The tower willhave 40 wind chimes, one for each of thepassengers and crew members. Park officials report more than

200,000 visitors are expected at the

memorial this year. The national memorial is located 20

miles northeast of Somerset at 6424 Lin-coln Highway (U.S. Route 30) in Stoys-town. It is open from 9 a.m. to 7 p.m. (lastentry at 6:30 p.m.) from April 1 throughthe second Sunday in October; from thesecond Monday in October to March 31, itis open from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. (last entry at4:30 p.m.). There is no admission fee. Formore information, visit www.nps.gov/flni.

National Park Service considerschange at GettysburgThe National Park Service (NPS) has

been gathering public comment regardingits proposal to demolish the GettysburgCyclorama building on North CemeteryRidge in the Gettysburg National MilitaryPark.The plan is part of a NPS project to

rehabilitate North Cemetery Ridge to itshistoric 1863-era appearance. The projectalso would include returning monumentsto their historic locations, rebuilding com-memorative pedestrian pathways and

rebuilding historic fences.The NPS was ordered by a U.S. Dis-

trict Court to undertake a site-specificanalysis before demolition of the Cyclo-rama building, which is eligible for theNational Register of Historic Places. Theprocess of gathering public comments ispart of that analysis. Once the analysis iscomplete, three alternatives will be con-sidered. Alternative A involves no action(mothballing the building), Alternative Binvolves the demolition and removal ofthe building (the alternative preferred bythe NPS), and Alternative C involves relo-cation of the Cyclorama Building outsideof 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 March31. The museum and visitor center is opendaily with the exception of ThanksgivingDay, Christmas Day and New Years Day.Its operating hours are 8 a.m. to 6 p.m.April 1 through Oct. 31, and 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Nov. 1 through March 31.

KEEPINGcurrent

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

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IT’S OCTOBER, and for beer drinkerseverywhere, that means parties with anOktoberfest theme. For Pennsylvania’scraft brewers — creative entrepreneurswho brew beer as a labor of love as wellas a business — it means gearing up forone of their busiest seasons.Paul Gatza, director of the Brewers

Association, a national organization basedin Boulder, Colo., reports that in 2011,Pennsylvania was No. 2 in the volume ofbeer produced by craft (small, traditional)brewers, second only to California.According to Pennsylvania Liquor Con-trol Board records, at the end of 2011 therewere 102 licensed breweries in the state,with an additional 15 added by the end ofAugust 2012.Siblings Dustin and Devin Kelly are

the general managers and co-owners ofone of Pennsylvania’s newest beer ven-tures — Timber Creek Tap & Table at11191 Highline Drive in Meadville — alongwith Dustin and Devin’s father, Ed Kelly,and Jeff Boswell. The brewery and restau-rant, located in Cambridge Springs-basedNorthwestern Rural Electric Cooperativeterritory, opened in May.

Farm fresh approachAlthough the brewery is new to the

Kellys, they have been operating anotherrestaurant, Creekside Bar & Grille inCochranton, since 2005. Only in theirmid-20s, the brother-and-sister pairlearned the value of hard work and thetaste of good food from their parents, Edand Julie.“We have both always had an interest

in restaurants,” Dustin Kelly explains.“We both worked in restaurants while wewere growing up and in high school. Wewere raised on a produce farm where weraised strawberries, sweet corn and toma-toes. We worked as children and devel-oped an ethic of hard work, thanks to ourparents. But we also developed an under-standing of food and what goes into qual-ity food and drink. … We use the freshestand finest quality ingredients that we canfind. We like to explore new possibilitiesand create new and exciting items, both inour food and our beer.”Once they decided to expand to

Meadville, they decided to add a breweryto the business mix.“We have always had a passion for and

an interest in craft beer, but it wasn’t untilwe had the idea for the new restaurantthat we really started to explore the ideaof opening a brewery,” Kelly recalls. “Wefound some local, young men who reallyhad an understanding of this market, sowe got them some more schooling andtraining, and with their initiative, theyhave come a long way.”Their brewmaster is Jake Vorisek and

his assistant is John Mangine. Thefounders of the Meadville HomebrewClub, Vorisek and Mangine have beenfriends for years. Under the direction of theKellys, the brewers use the best ingredientsand brew in state-of-the-art equipment.The two men hone their craft in full

view of crowds at the restaurant’s adja-cent tap room. Kelly explains that at first,they planned to have a glass wall separat-ing the brewing quarters from the tap-room, but because of space limitations,the glass wall became a glass floor. Now,customers can stand on the glass floorand look straight down into the basementbrew room.Timber Creek Tap & Table offers a

lineup that includes a light beer, a Ger-man lager, an India Pale Ale (IPA) and aBlack Bear Porter, as well as seasonal fla-vors. On tap now is an Oktoberfest beer,which will be followed by a limited batchof pumpkin ale and later, a Christmas ale.The restaurant offers a wide variety of

food featuring as many local ingredientsas possible, including local Black Angusbeef. It is open seven days at week at 11 a.m. Closing time is 10 p.m. Mondaythrough Saturday and 9 p.m. Sundays.The taproom opens every day at 4 p.m.The bar is usually open an hour after therestaurant closes.

Hopping to itThe Liquid Hero Brewery in York,

where Gettysburg-based Adams ElectricCooperative has a district office, is just afew months older than the Kellys’ ven-ture. This month, as the three owners —Matt DePrato, Christian Quinlivan andJosh Hoke — brew a pumpkin ale fortheir Oktoberfest special, they will be cel-ebrating one year in operation in theircurrent downtown location at 50 EastNorth Street in York.Liquid Hero Brewery started in 2008

as a tiny homebrew operation out of agarage, but it has grown to a full-fledged

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BEHIND THE SCENES: Josh Hoke, head brewer atLiquid Hero Brewery in York, prepares to brewanother batch.

Pennsylvania’s craft brewers bring ‘local flavor’ to beer industryB y K a t h y H a c k l e m a nS e n i o r E d i t o r / Wr i t e r

POUR ME ANOTHER ONE: Cody Kelly, shift managerat Timber Creek Tap & Table, draws a pint for acustomer at the Meadville location.

Tapping a trend

microbrewery producing between 10 and15 barrels a week (a barrel is approxi-mately 31 gallons). They sell onsite, as wellas wholesale to 14 local bars and restau-rants. They make ales from IPAs to stoutsand porters and everything in between.Beer, DePrato reports, has only four

main ingredients — barley, hops (theflower of the plant Humulus lupulus usedfor flavor), water and yeast.“To make beer, first you take the barley

and crush it,” he says. “You fill the mashtun (a vessel used in the mashing process)with warm water and dump the crushedgrain into it, and let it steep like tea forroughly an hour. During that time, it isbreaking down the starches into sugars.Then you transfer the liquid, which iscalled wort, into a new kettle and startboiling it. We are really just concentratingthe liquid and the flavors. We add thehops, which counterbalances the liquid soit’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 tem-perature as quickly as possible, and thenput into fermenters, where yeast is added.“It’s up to nature at that point,”

DePrato says. “Theyeast eats up thesugar and convertsit to CO2 and alco-hol. That’s whereyou get the alcoholcontent. It fermentsfor about a month.Then we put it intokegs and add car-bonation. It sits fortwo weeks andthen it’s ready togo.”In addition to all

their ales, Liquid Hero Brewery alsooffers seasonal beers, with pumpkin ontap now.Although all three of the brewery’s

founders can talk knowledgably about theart of brewing beer, that wasn’t always thecase.“During the summer of 2008, we were

all three sitting around watching the ‘His-tory Channel’ and drinking beer,” DePratorecalls. “They were doing a program onthe history of brewing. None of us knewanything about brewing beer. We onlyknew we liked drinking it. We all thought

we could do that. So we just started fanta-sizing about opening a brewery. We evencame up with the name the Liquid HeroBrewery. We hadn’t even brewed a singlebatch of beer, but we already had the namefor 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.

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

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“You will see the variety,how it changes weekly ormonthly, and you will see howlocally procured ingredientscan make a huge difference inthe product that you enjoy,” hesays.Pennsylvania’s growth in

the craft beer industry is mirrored in thePacific Northwest, Colorado and GreatLakes areas, according to Gatza.“Overall, Americans are very inter-

ested in food and beverage items with lotsof flavor,” he notes. “Think about whatoptions we had for coffee or bread 25years ago. Coffee came ground in cans in asupermarket; bread came in wheat orwhite, and you’d be lucky to find a rye orpumpernickel. Now there are coffee shopsselling coffee for $4 a cup on several cor-ners of most towns. Artisanal bakeriesnow exist in most communities. Brew-eries, taprooms and restaurants are partof that same idea of coming together at alocal business for food, beverage and con-versation.”Beer drinkers, he says, are in various

stages of evolution and more and moreare tasting interesting beers and learningabout beer styles. Beer wholesalers andretailers are also doing their part, he adds,listening to customers and finding roomfor craft-brewed beer on shelves and attaps.Gatza expects the craft brewery busi-

ness will continue to grow as long as beerdrinkers continue to support it.“Within the craft brewing community,

the investment in capacity shows thatmost feel that craft-brewed beer sales areon their way to at least 10 percent of thebeer market, and many are thinking craftsales can go much higher,” he adds.l

Meanwhile, all three of the brewery’sfounders still hold full-time jobs: DePratoas an investment counselor, Quinlivan asa sales manager for a manufacturing com-pany and Hoke as a painter at a local cardealership. They brew beer and sell itevenings and weekends.“We love this,” DePrato notes. “This is

our entertainment now, but we plan even-tually for this business to be full-time forall of us.”

Hoke, the head brewer, agrees.“My favorite part is being able to be

expressive and creative, and try differentthings,” he says. “It’s really neat to be hereand interact with people when they taste abeer you have brewed and see how muchthey appreciate the taste of it. ... Therecipes we use were converted from whenwe were homebrewing into big batches. …I am comfortable enough with brewingnow that I know I won’t make a badbatch. Some may be better than others,but none will be bad.”Quinlivan enjoys all parts of the brew-

ing business, beginning with the millingof the grain, but his favorite part is inter-acting with the customers. Well, that anddrinking the beer.“We knew after we made the first

batch at home that this was something wecould be really good at,” Quinlivan notes.“Right away, we said, ‘Yeah, we can dothis.’”

Keystone craftThe Meadville and York breweries are

riding the wave of breweries openingacross Pennsylvania, notes Fran O’Brienwith the Pennsylvania Beer Alliance.“Pennsylvania has enjoyed an explo-

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sion of new craft breweries,microbreweries (smaller brew-eries) and even to the point ofwhat is called nano breweries(even smaller),” O’Brienremarks. “There’s lots of inter-

est in craft beers, new styles and newcombinations. Craft brewers can paymore attention to individual detailsbecause they are brewing in smallerquantities.”Perhaps due to the whole “buy local,

buy quality” trend, O’Brien said craftbreweries have taken on a life of their ownin Pennsylvania in recent years. Datingback to the early 1800s when what is nowYuengling beer first was brewed, Pennsyl-vanians have always had an appreciationfor smaller-scale breweries.“Yuengling, while it’s large, is still a

small brewery when you look at the sizeof global brewers,” O’Brien noted. “Butit has inspired a lot of people in Penn-sylvania and that’s part of what has pro-moted the beer culture here. … With thesmaller breweries, you have smallerinputs, so you can experiment. You cansay, ‘Let’s try this.’ If it’s really horribleor you don’t like it, you haven’t lost a lotof money. These experiments lead tonew ideas.”O’Brien says that anyone who has

never gone to a microbrewery should gobecause they will never look at beer in thesame way again.

IT’S WORK, BUT IT’S FUN: Matt DePrato, LiquidHero Brewery, left, cleans up in preparation forbrewing another batch of beer, while ChristianQuinlivan, above, keeps the beer flowing to cus-tomers. At right, the brewing equipment atTimber Creek Tap & Table, is state-of-the-art.

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

1972 President Richard Nixon and Sen. GeorgeMcGovern speak out on the issues facing ruralAmericans as the presidential election drawsnearer.

1982 October is Co-op Month — a month set asidefor cooperative members, directors and employeesto reflect upon the importance of a special kind ofbusiness in their lives and the life of this nation.

2002 Pennsylvania gubernatorial candidates stateAttorney General Mike Fisher (R) and formerPhiladelphia Mayor Ed Rendell (D) describe the ruralpolicies they would like to pursue if they are elected.

THE COOPERATIVE commitment to political action is just as strongtoday as it has ever been. The Action Committee for Rural Electrification(ACRE), which was started in 1966, has been a constant voice for ruralelectric 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 pre-serve the rural quality of life. As a bipartisan organization, ACRE basesits endorsements on the voting record of candidates, their outstandingservice to our rural areas, and their overall understanding of cooperativevalues.Beginning in 1980, and every two years since, the ACRE Management

Committee, which is made up of cooperative representatives from acrossthe 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 Pennsyl-vania House of Representatives. ACRE does not endorse in races for thepresident of the United States, governor, statewide row offices or judicialseats.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

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battery energy storage unitfor use during outages, or ifyou have a renewable energysystem you’d like to integratewith battery backup, be sureto contact your electric coop-erative before investing toensure that the system isapproved and will be hookedup correctly. In many cases,you will need to enter into aninterconnection agreementwith your co-op before thedevice can be put in.l

Douglas Danley is a techni-cal liaison and consultant spe-cializing in renewable energyfor the Cooperative ResearchNetwork (CRN), a service of theArlington, Va.-based NationalRural Electric CooperativeAssociation.

HOME BATTERY energy storage sys-tems are a convenient alternative orsupplement for emergency generators.But consumers should be careful andconsult their local electric cooperativebefore buying one.In their simplest form, battery

energy storage systems are larger ver-sions of uninterruptible power suppliessold to back up home computers.Because of the expense to power anentire household during an outage —especially one that has a heat pump orcentral air conditioning — a home bat-tery energy storage system usually con-nects to an isolated “subpanel.” Thesubpanel, in turn, allows power fromthe batteries to flow to identified criticalloads, such as refrigerators, well pumps,home security systems, computers, andtelevisions. When the power goes out, battery

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Happy anniversary“Research Matters,” a blog about

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cultural College of Pennsylvania awardedthe nation’s first baccalaureate degree inscientific agriculture in 1861. Two yearslater, it was designated as the Common-wealth’s only land-grant college, which itstill remains.

Conservation tax credits availablePennsylvania farmers can now apply

for a portion of $7 million in tax credits topurchase on-farm conservation equip-ment or install facilities meeting best man-agement practice standards through theResource Enhancement and Protectionprogram.The tax incentive program is for agri-

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by Ja n e t t e H e s sCOUNTRYkitchen

2 cups plus 1 tablespoon baking mix (for biscuits and

pancakes)2 ounces finely grated sharp or

extra-sharp

cheddar cheese

1/2 teaspoon dried dill

1 teaspoon dried chives

2/3 cup beer at room temperature

4 tablespoons melted butter, divided

Garlic powder

In medium bowl, combine baking mix, grated cheese, dill and chive

s. Add

beer and stir just until soft dough forms. Turn onto floured surface

and pat

into 6-inch square. Cut into 9 square biscuits. Coat bottom of 9- by

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glass baking dish with 2 tablespoons melted butter. Carefully transfe

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cuits are

nicely browned. Remove from oven and brush tops with remaining 2

table-

spoons melted butter. Sprinkle with garlic powder. Serve hot.

Here’s to beerONCE upon a time, before anyone knew of the existenceof microbes, beer was a beverage of choice. Earlydrinkers observed that water made them ill while beerdid not. Unbeknownst to them, the heat of the brewingprocess killed the virulent microbes sometimes presentin 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

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alike can enjoy cooking with beer. The following recipeswere tested with “malty” beers, as opposed to “hoppy,”or more bitter, beers. Take your experimentation a bitfurther by braising brats or a corned beef brisket in beer.Delicious! lA trained journalist, JANETTE HESS focuses her writing on interesting people and

interesting foods. She is a Master Food Volunteer with her local extension service and

enjoys collecting, testing and sharing recipes.

3 cups self-rising flour3 tablespoons sugar1 1/2 cups (12 ounces) beer at roomtemperature

6 tablespoons melted butter, dividedPour 1 to 2 tablespoons melted butterinto loaf pan; tilt to coat. In mediumbowl, combine self-rising flour and sugar. Add beer and stir gently tocreate soft dough. Transfer to loaf pan. Pour remaining butter overtop of dough. Bake at 350 degrees for 50 to 60 minutes, or until topof loaf is browned. Loosen edges with sharp knife and invert ontocooling rack.

2 tablespoons butter2 tablespoons finely diced onion2 tablespoons finely diced carrot2 tablespoons finely diced celery3 tablespoons flour3 cups milk8 ounces sharp cheddar cheese, grated4 slices bacon, fried crisp and crumbled3/4 teaspoon seasoned salt1/2 cup (4 ounces) beer at room temperature (may substitute chickenstock, if desired)

Melt butter in soup pot; add diced vegetables. Sauté vegetables in butteruntil soft, approximately 10 minutes. Stir in flour. Add milk. Cook and stirover medium to medium-high heat until mixture is thickened, approxi-mately 15 minutes. Remove from heat and quickly whisk in grated cheese.Add crumbled bacon and seasoned salt. Return to low heat and whisk inbeer; heat thoroughly but do not boil. Serve with crusty bread. Makes 6servings.

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skin by creating a downward breeze,which should make you feel comfortableenough to turn up the air conditioner afew degrees. Look at the pitch of theblades to determine which rotationdirection makes the air blow downward.Setting the thermostat higher savesmuch more electricity than the ceilingfan consumes.In general, during summer, run the

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the diameter of the blades. This is moreimportant during summer when youwant to feel the breeze on your skin. Acommon sizing rule of thumb is to use a36-inch fan for rooms up to 150 squarefeet, a 48-inch fan for up to 300 squarefeet, and a 52-inch fan for up to 450 squarefeet. For larger rooms, use two fansspaced about one-quarter of the way infrom opposing walls.Price is often a good indication of the

quality of a ceiling fan. Better ceilingfans typically have a greater pitch (twist)on the blades. This requires a morepowerful motor, but it moves more air at

a lower rotation speed. Lower speedresults in less sound and less chance ofannoying wobble. Some motors usemore copper wire in the windings, up toseveral miles’ worth, so they have ahigher price.A hand-held remote control is a con-

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CALL ME naive, but I’vealways thought we gardenersgrow fruits and veggies forsolid nutritional reasons, andbecause it’s satisfying to feedour families, friends and com-munities, and also becausegardening is a great hobbythat dovetails with home can-ning and preserving. How-ever, there is another time-tested reason. Besides being arich source of vitamins, min-erals and healthy fiber, and allthe goodness of fresh flavor,your fruit crop can also yield,for lack of a better word,“likker!” Meaning alcoholicbeverages, primarily in theforms of wine and beer.This gives us (me) a whole

new view of the scope of a gar-dener’s full potential contribu-tion to society. Beyond puttingfood on the table, some gar-deners also apply a basicknowledge of chemistry and afew pieces of specializedequipment, along with someelbow grease and, oh yes,some patience, to yield a more

“potent” product than freezerbags full of green beans andcolorful jars of jams and jellies.Historically, people com-

monly fermented and pre-served their own wines,beers, mead (from honey) andassorted other alcoholicdrinks at home. This skill is anatural to revive todaythrough our current enthusi-asm for local, alternative andsustainable living. It may justbe time to dust off those oldcopies of Mother Earth Newsmagazine for recipes andpractical how-to instructions— or do careful research onthe internet. Either way, I sus-pect we’ll probably see moreexperimentation and innova-tion happening in the arenaof homebrewing and simplewinemaking.Off the top of my head, I

can think of home-madewines, brandies and liqueursflavored with wild-crafted orhome-grown ingredientsincluding: elderberry anddandelion; apple, peach, plumand cherry; flowers includingroses (hips, petals) and violetsand assorted herbs; andgrapes, too.Let’s consider a favorite

home-grown fruit, the apple.We typically associate appleswith non-alcoholic cider andapple juice. Yet apples can bemade into wine, and theirhistorically significant usewould be in alcoholic or“hard” cider.In the wild-crafting sphere,

many alcoholic beers can bemade from collected roots andbarks: think root beer, birch

beer, and sarsaparilla forexample. A beverage can bemade out of maple sap as well,with end-of-the-season maplesyrup used for making analcoholic maple beer.Modern beer is usually fla-

vored with farm-grown hops.Not technically a fruit, hops(Humulus lupulus) is a crophome gardeners could growas long as there is enoughspace for the brawny vines toclimb, clamber, and sprawl,and a reliable method of dry-ing the harvest quickly.Brewers use dried hop

“flowers” (technically strobiles)as the source of a bitter flavor-ing agent, plus grain, yeast andother ingredients in beer. Spe-cialty and microbrewers, alongwith small-scale home brew-ers, blend a variety of differentand surprising flavors bytweaking recipes.Home winemaking is

another finicky process opento fine tuning. Fruit is themain flavoring ingredient;then you might add an acid

such as citrus juice and/orsugar and/or yeast so fermen-tation will occur and toenhance the flavor. Mix well,allow fermentation, clarify it,then bottle and age it to per-fection.Chemistry and the palate,

as well as the variety andquality of the fruit, combineto determine the specificrecipe, procedures and thetiming. Some might go so faras to term this home liquorproduction process an art.Quite honestly, I have no

idea where the “revunooers”stand on home-made booze,but if you find the idea ofhomebrewing and home wine-making using home-growningredients compelling, dosome research and get towork.If you succeed in making a

drinkable batch, remember totoast the gardener who madeit all possible. Cheers!l

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

OBSERVERS at HawkMountain Sanctuary on theBerks-Schuylkill county linecounted 2,806 monarch but-terflies on a Monday in earlySeptember, a one-day recordfor the site, which usuallyconcentrates on the hawkmigration.Although no one was

really counting at these otherspots, on the same day, val-leys on both sides of themountain, and in some otherspots in Pennsylvania, alsowere playing host to strongnumbers of the migratinginsect.That was quite a bit of

converted milkweed movingthrough the state.The winged adult butter-

flies are nectar drinkers, butthe caterpillars that trans-formed into them a fewweeks earlier ate milkweed,and nothing else. Each oneeats a lot of milkweed in thenearly three weeks from eggto adult.As a monarch caterpillar

moves from tiny hatchling,barely large enough to beseen with the unaided eye, toan end-stage caterpillar oftwo inches or so, it will eatenough milkweed leaves togain about 2,700 times itsoriginal weight. According to some

observers, a large caterpillarcan munch its way throughan entire leaf in four minutesand about 18 inches worth ofmilkweed plant from egg tochrysalis. A large milkweedplant can support three orfour caterpillars.The caterpillar of the

monarch has just one func-tion: to eat to grow. It doesthat nearly round-the-clockfrom the time it emerges fromits egg, pausing briefly justfour or five times to shed itsold skin to allow for moregrowth.Each chomp is laced with

cardiac glycoside poisonsfrom the milkweed, whichgives the monarch caterpillar,and later the winged butter-fly, the poisonous quality thatdeters most natural preda-tors. (The bright coloring ofthe insect advertises that toxi-city to birds and other would-be predators.)When the caterpillar has

grown about as much as it can— about 2 inches — it finds asheltered spot, often awayfrom the milkweed plant ithad been eating, and attachesitself with a silky mat to someoverhanging structure. Thereit hangs, upside down in theshape of a “J,” for a day or so,as it sheds its skin again.

It moves from the caterpil-lar stage into the chrysalis, orpupal, stage. An inch-long cas-ing is exposed as the last shed-ding slips away, and within anhour, that casing hardens intoa shimmering, jade-green, pro-tective shell, marked with arim of golden spots.Inside the chrysalis, over

the next two weeks or so, thepupa transforms into theadult butterfly. At the conclu-sion of that transformation,the shell splits open and outcrawls the butterfly, althoughit’s hardly recognizable as

such. The wings are shriv-eled, crumpled, wet facsimi-les of themselves for the nexthour or so, until the insecthas pumped a blood-like sub-stance known as hemolymphthrough them. The hemolymph expands

the wings into their orange-and-black glory, structurescapable of carrying monarchbutterflies over heights likeHawk Mountain on a migra-tion of thousands of miles.l

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

A guide to his writing and photographyappears at www.marcusschneck.com.

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Final call for 2012 photosIT’S hard to believe it’s October already, but it is. And thatmeans all amateur photographers need to take one last lookat their photos and send them in soon because the 2012Rural Reflections contest requires entries to be postmarkedby 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 contestcategories: most artistic, best landscape, best human subject,best animal and editor’s choice. Entries received after theOct. 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 ofPenn Lines.To be eligible for the contest, amateur photographers are

asked to send photos (no digital files, please) to Penn LinesPhotos, P.O. Box 1266, Harrisburg PA 17108-1266. On theback of each photo, include your name, address, phone num-ber and the name of the electric cooperative that serves yourhome, business or seasonal residence. (The best way toinclude that information is by affixing an address label to theback of the photo. Please do not use ink gel or roller pens towrite on the photo as they bleed onto other photos.)Please note: photos will not be returned unless a self-

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Thoughts from Earl Pitts,UHMERIKUN!

PUNCHlines

I had to laugh the other day whenI heard this story ‘bout a New York Citygrocery store that said they opened theworld’s first “man aisle.” They got oneaisle in their store there loaded up witheverything a man shops for. Beer, ice,bacon, chips, barbecue sauce — all on thesame aisle. They said on account’a mendon’t like to wander up an’ down aisleswhen they shop.Yeah, that’s cute. But stupid. Stupid

on account’a we already got a whole manstore. 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 ina hurry. Like, let’s say you just finished win-

nin’ a atomic-hot wing-eatin’ contest withyour buddies. An’ you need some Alky-seltzer — fast. But you just need a pouchwith two tablets. You ain’t gonna findthat at the Costco.I remember I had a headache one

time so I went into a convenience storean’ bought a pack a’ two Tylenol. That’swhere they got the name — convenient.Where else but at a convenience store

can you find a can a’ motor oil, aTwinkie, an air freshner, a Baby Ruthbar, stencils and a scratch-off lott’ryticket — all within the space of 10 feet?They got beer in the cooler, smokesbehind the counter, an’ the lott’rymachine just waitin’ fer your numbers.Hot coffee an’ fresh donuts in the

mornin’. A variety of dried meats foryour afternoon snack, an’ a six pack a’Blue Ribbon on the way home. Fact is —if there was only men in the world, allwe’d need is convenience stores. It’s yourliquor store, your auto parts store, yoursmoke shop an’ 24 hour diner — allrolled into one.Wake up, America. Convenience store

workers are the miracle workers of Amer-ica today. Us men salute every one of you.An’ give us 30 bucks on pump five.

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

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

A convenience store isthe only miracle a manreally needs

house, right? An’ what do they complainabout second most? When we help outaround the house. How are you gonnawin that?I’ll tell you what — my wife, Pearl,

has been ridin’ me like a Triple Crownjockey the last month, askin’ me howcome I don’t help out around the house?How come she’s got to do all the house-work? It’s like a broken record.So she went somewheres with the

neighbor-lady, Naomi, last weekend. So Ithought I would shut her up. So I put aload 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 youdo?”I go, “I was helpin’ out around the

house. I put the clothes in the washer foryou.”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 moredetailed than I would have suspected.I go, “That’s what I get for tryin’ to

help out? Here you are tired an’ all woreout, so I’m pitchin’ in, tryin’ to showsome support. Do I get a thank you? Nosir. I even put the chicken in the oven soyou 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 Isaid — you just can’t win.

I’m Earl Pitts, Uhmerikun.l

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