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‘Tis the season for family,fellowship – and lots of cooking

7 T I M E L I N E SYour newsmagazine through the years

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On LocationPennsylvania sets the scene for movie magic

12A COOPERATIVE CONNECTIONInformation and advice from your localelectric cooperative

14 T I M E PA S S A G E SMemories from our members

16 C O U N T R Y K I TC H E N

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O N T H E C OV E RThe limited edition print, “The Judy,” is available for $60 unframed - $15 S&H; $275 framed - $40S&H; from: The Renfroe Collection of Fine Art, 916 Holly Hills Road, P.O. Box 867; Hartwell, Ga.30643-0867. You can also reach the gallery by phone at 706-376-5707 or email,renfroeart@comcast.net. (This reflects only a portion of the full print; for a full view of the print,go to: www.pamelarenfroe.com). All prints are guaranteed and major credit cards are accepted.

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calculated as the number of miles ofroad multiplied by the number of lanes(a one-mile section of four-lane roadwould equal four snow-lane miles).Motorists can check conditions on

the state-maintained highways by visit-ing www.511PA.com, which is free andavailable 24 hours a day. The site pro-vides traffic delay warnings, weatherforecasts, traffic speed information andaccess to more than 700 traffic cameras.511PA is also available through smart-phone apps and regional Twitter alerts.PennDOT urges travelers to prepare

for winter driving by carrying an emer-gency kit that includes non-perishablefood, water, first-aid supplies, warmclothes, a blanket, cellphone chargerand a small snow shovel. Kits should betailored to specific needs of the travelers(consider such items as baby supplies,

extra medication, pet supplies or chil-dren’s games, depending on who is trav-eling in the vehicle).When motorists encounter snow- or

ice-covered roads, they should slowdown, increase their following distanceand avoid distractions. PennDOT offi-cials report that during last winter, therewere 427 crashes resulting in two fatali-ties and 130 injuries on snowy, slushy or

New invasive insect found inPennsylvaniaAn invasive insect new to the United

States has been discovered in BerksCounty, Pennsylvania, prompting theimmediate quarantine of several town-ships and boroughs in the county. The spotted lanternfly, an inch-long,

black, red and white spotted insect, hasthe potential to impact grapes, fruit

trees, pine trees and hardwood trees.Native to China, India, Japan and Viet-nam, the invasive insect has alreadyattacked 25 plant species in Korea thatalso grow in Pennsylvania.Adults often cluster in groups and

lay egg masses containing 30-50 eggsthat adhere to flat surfaces, includingtree bark. Freshly laid egg masses have agray, waxy, mudlike coating, whilehatched eggs appear as brownish, seed-like deposits in four to seven columnsabout an inch long. Trees attacked bythe spotted lanternfly will show a grayor black trail of sap down the trunk.The general quarantine of the town-

ships and boroughs restricts movementof any material or object that can spreadthe pest. This includes firewood, woodproducts, brush or yard waste, remodel-ing or construction materials and waste,packing materials like boxes, grapevinesfor decorative purposes or as nurserystock, and any outdoor household arti-cles like lawnmowers, grills, tarps, and

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any other equipment, trucks or vehiclesnot stored indoors.Businesses in the general quarantine

area need to obtain a Certificate of Lim-ited Permit from the PennsylvaniaDepartment of Agriculture in order tomove articles.Secretary of Agriculture George

Greig is encouraging all Pennsylvaniansto watch for the spotted lanternfly, andoffered these suggestions:k If you see eggs: Scrape them off thetree or smooth surface, double bagthem and throw them in the garbage,or place eggs in alcohol or hand sani-tizer to kill them.

k If you collect a specimen: Turn in theadult specimen or egg mass to thedepartment’s entomology lab in Har-risburg for verification (first, place thesample in alcohol or hand sanitizer ina leak-proof container). Greig notesthat county Penn State Extensionoffices are often a closer, faster optionfor rural residents.

k If you take a photo: Email the photoof adults or egg masses tobadbug@pa.gov.

k If you report a sighting: Call the “BadBug” hotline at 866-253-7189 withdetails of the sighting and contactinformation.For additional information, visit

www.agriculture.state.pa.us and search“lanternfly.”

PennDOT prepares for winterThe Pennsylvania Department of

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NO MATTERwhat or how you cele-brate, energy use tends to increase overthe holiday season. With more guests inyour home and more activities takingplace, your electric meter spins a littlefaster than usual, costing you moremoney. Start the New Year off right. Cel-ebrate the holidays efficiently so youdon’t have to worry about a high electricbill.

Decoratingk If you choose to decorate with strings

of lights, consider LED (light-emittingdiode) options. They use about 80 per-cent less energy than traditionalstrings of lights and have a longer life.Make sure to purchase high-qualitystrings from reputable sources. Safetyand the lifetime of the light can becompromised in less-expensive LEDstrands.

k Solar-powered lighting options arealso worth considering for decora-tions. Instead of having a plug handy,make sure you have a proper locationfor the solar panel that powers them.

k Place strands of electric lights ontimers so they automatically turn onin the evening after the sun sets andturn off when you retire for the night.You won’t have to spend time thinkingabout plugging and unplugging them,and you won’t have to spend moneypowering them when you can’t enjoythem.

k Decorate with less lighting. Consider anatural, vintage feel for your decora-tions. Use items like pinecones, green-ery, candy canes, popcorn strings andgingerbread. The whole family can get

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By Kat i e Kothmann Haby, C CC

involved with decorating the homewith these safe and festive items.

Cookingk Cook with your microwave, toaster

oven or slow cooker whenever possi-ble. Small appliances cook quicklyand more efficiently than your oven.

k When you do use the oven, cookmore than one item at a time. Have aham, sweet potato casserole and rollsthat all need to cook in the oven?Make some adjustments to cookingtemperatures and times, and put allyour dishes in at once to take fulladvantage of the heat that’s beingproduced.

k Don’t peek. It’s tempting to open theoven door to check on holiday treats.Use the oven light instead, and keepthe door closed. This will keep theheat where it belongs — inside theoven.

k Glass and ceramic dishes allow you tocook food at a lower temperaturethan metal baking dishes. If the

‘Tis the season forfamily, fellowship –and lots of cooking

recipe calls for a metal baking panand you substitute glass or ceramiccookware, reduce the temperature byabout 25 degrees Fahrenheit.

k Defrost food before you cook it. Sim-ply planning ahead can cut cookingtimes and energy use in half. Placeany frozen dishes in the refrigeratorthe night before so they are ready togo in the oven the next morning.

Around the housek Turn down your thermostat a few

degrees. Extra people bustling aroundthe home and the oven warming foodwill heat up your home a few extradegrees. Adjust your thermostataccordingly. You will save somemoney on your bill, and your guestswill still be comfortable.lKatie Kothmann Haby writes on con-

sumer and cooperative affairs for theNational Rural Electric Cooperative Associ-ation, the Arlington, Va.-based service armof the nation’s 900-plus consumer-owned,not-for-profit electric cooperatives.

ENERGYmatters

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

1974 The ideal time to provide adequate insula-tion is during initial construction of a building.Heat loss can also be reduced by upgrading — oreven weather stripping — windows and doors.

1994 Battling for their lives, chronically ill babiesreceive gifts of color and comfort from a group ofrural electric cooperative quilters through the At-Risk Babies Crib (ABC) Quilts programs.

2004 The Public Utility Commission approves amulti-party settlement designed to help reversedeclining electricity delivery service reliability pro-vided to cooperatives by private power companies.

QUILTSwere found in humble cottages and kings’ castles, underknights’ armor and inside Egyptian tombs. Marie Antoinette took one toFrance in her trousseau, and the American pioneers took them west,where they were used for everything from mattresses to window cover-ings to payment when cash was short.

Quilts — sandwiches made of layers of fabric with filling in betweenthem and held together with stitching — were used at least as far back asthe Middle Ages. They have been part of life in rural Pennsylvania sincecolonial times.

Early Europeans quilted whole pieces of fabric and decorated theirquilts in many different ways, but when the colonists brought quilting tothe New World, they invented a new approach. Since they had to makedo with whatever they had, they saved every worn or leftover scrap offabric they could find to piece together their quilts. Thus was born apurely American folk art: patchwork.

As times got better, people created prettier and more elaborate patch-work patterns. Today, the different ways to design and sew quilts are lim-ited only by imagination.

Patchwork consists of small pieces of fabric sewn edge to edge to makea larger design. Applique is the art of attaching small pieces onto a largerbackground. The crazy quilt, quite popular during the Victorian era, ismade by sewing together different sizes and shapes of fabric in no partic-ular pattern. And “whole cloth” quilts get their decoration entirely fromthe quilting stitches, as the quilt is made of only one piece of fabric.

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Heidi Havens, from the PennsylvaniaDepartment of Community and Eco-nomic Development. “Pennsylvania hasit all … something that cannot be foundanywhere else.” Pennsylvania has the look of the

quintessential American locale. It’s filledwith charming small towns off ruralhighways, but it also has stunningindustrial-era urban architecture, and ishome to Philadelphia’s history as “thebirthplace of America,” as Havens putsit. Some argue that Pennsylvania was

also the birthplace of the movies, or atleast, they believe the state played amajor role. The earliest movie theaters,the Nickelodeons, originated in Pitts-burgh in 1905. They got their namebecause admission cost only a nickel.Movies were short, lasting only arounda minute, but they played in a continu-ous loop. The movies were so popularthat they spread throughout the nation,and small theaters using what wascalled “The Pittsburgh Idea” flourisheduntil the construction of the larger

PENNSYLVANIA has always played abig part on the big screen, from therolling fields of Gettysburg, to the scenicLaurel Highlands with its streams andrivers, to the farmlands in the Pennsyl-vania Dutch country, and in the steeltown ambiance of Pittsburgh and thebustling urban neighborhoods ofPhiladelphia. Pennsylvania has been the produc-

tion location for several iconic Ameri-can films. It was the backdrop for such“classics” as “Flashdance,” “The Nightof the Living Dead,” and “Philadel-phia,” as well as blockbusters like thelatest Batman films and a recent“Transformers” movie. Increasingly, thestate is becoming one of the most in-demand destinations for Hollywoodfilm crews. With 10 distinctive regions, and a

strong infrastructure of film profession-als, the Keystone State is a great settingfor just about any movie genre. “We have areas of spectacular land-

scapes to metropolitan areas such asPittsburgh and Philadelphia,” says

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movie palaces in the 1920s.

Now filming in PittsburghThese days, Pittsburgh has arguably

become the film production center ofthe state. Dawn Keezer, the director ofthe Pittsburgh Film Office, says the cityis on track to have its busiest year ever.Keezer has been at the helm of the Pitts-burgh office for 20 years, and she attrib-utes Pittsburgh’s growing film industryto economic incentives and the diversityof its locations. She says, “The only thing we don’t

have is a beach or desert. If they need abeach, we’ll send them up to Erie. Thedesert, we’re still working on!” Pittsburgh has the ability to double

for many major cities. Its urban sceneryhas been a stand-in for Paris, San Fran-cisco and Manhattan. “We do Manhattan better than Man-

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hattan,” Keezer says. “We have walk-upbrownstones, locations that look justlike midtown, and we recently used theMellon Square as New York City’s Rock-efeller Center.”Pittsburgh is a great alternative shoot-

ing location for other major cities becausefilm crews there can control the streets.Permits in other places may not allow thesame kind of control and access.Lately in Pittsburgh, it’s not unusual

to see five feature films shooting at onetime. And the city is also host to televi-sion shows and commercials. The Pitts-burgh region has been the location fortelevision series like “The Guardian”with Simon Baker and recently, “ThoseWho Kill” starring Chloe Sevigny, inaddition to reality series like the outra-geous “Dance Moms,” “Farm Kings,”and most recently, “The Chair” for theStarz network. In fact, “The Chair” is about the film

industry in Pittsburgh. It’s a documen-tary series, not quite “reality television,”that features two first-time directors asthey embark on a filmmaking experi-ment. Both directors are given the samescript and the same budget — $600,000— to shoot and produce their films. If

that seems like a lot of money, it’s not.It’s a shoestring budget by industrystandards. The series follows the two directors

as they work with local filmmakers andactors in regional locations during thefreezing winter of early 2014. The showfeatures the city’s distinctive characterwith downtown brick offices and jour-neys to the suburbs and to now-defunctfactory locations that somehow manageto have a haunting beauty. Perfect forcapturing the region’s distinctive visualsplendor on film.

The rural landscapeKeezer notes that the rural areas of

Pennsylvania are the backdrop for inter-esting cinematic scenes. The PittsburghFilm Office partners with the Pennsyl-vania Film Office and covers 10 countiesin the state’s southwest region, includingAllegheny, Armstrong, Beaver, Butler,Lawrence, Westmoreland, Fayette,Greene, Washington, and Indiana. Theservice areas of REA Energy Coopera-tive and Somerset Rural Electric Coop-erative include several of those counties. But the film office is not limited to

those counties, and is happy to moveoutside of them when the scene calls forit. On their website (www.pghfilm.org),they have a library of photographs thatdocument the region, and the office doestake submissions to its photo library.

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HOLLYWOOD EAST: The filming of “She’s Out ofMy League” goes on in Pittsburgh. The movie, aromance/comedy released in 2010, stars Alice Eveand Jay Baruchel.

ON THE RUN: Actor Taylor Lautner sprints down the street in this scene from “Abduction.” The actionthriller, released in 2011, was filmed in western Pennsylvania with scenes shot in Pittsburgh, Sutersvilleand Brownsville.

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Wing.” In the episode, thepresident, played by MartinSheen, campaigns on a trainstop in Iowa. Keezer wasthrilled to transform Penn-sylvanian farmlands intoIowa. “We worked with the

tourism office, local FarmBureau offices, and evenlooked at crop reports,” shesays, adding that the produc-ers requested a soybean fieldwith plants that were at least knee-high.But the Pittsburgh region is also

known for its industrial roots and work-ing class sensibility. “Out of the Fur-

nace,” the 2013 film starring ChristianBale and Woody Harrelson, was shot inBraddock, a rust belt town outside ofPittsburgh that features abandoned fac-

“We’re always looking for more pic-tures,” Keezer says. “If anyone knows ofa great farm, or a great small town, oran interesting landmark or location, letus know.” Filmmakers usually request specific

scenes — 1996’s “Kingpin” starringWoody Harrelson needed bowlingalleys. Keezer says they looked at everyold bowling alley in the region beforesettling on one in Carrick, south of Pitts-burgh. Each production requires scouting

the territory for the perfect location. Infact, one of Keezer’s favorite locationswas featured in the season four pre-miere of the television show, “The West

TAKING A BREAK: Russell Crowe, star of “Next Three Days,” left,takes a break during filming of the vigilante thriller in Pittsburgh.

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ZOMBIES. Despite being more popular than ever, they proba-bly aren’t the first thing that comes to mind when you thinkabout the rural farmlands of Pennsylvania. But the modernzombie hails from the grassy fields and rural highways of ButlerCounty. Zombies sprang to life in their modern form in GeorgeRomero’s 1968 film, “Night of the Living Dead.” It was shot in and around Evans City and quickly became

a cult classic,influencing count-less other films inthe horror genreand beyond. In thedocumentary, “TheAmerican Night-mare,” film profes-sor Adam Lowen-stein calls thefilm’s ending “oneof the most power-ful sequences thatwe have … in film.”It wasn’t just the

powerful endingthat struck audi-ences, but themonsters them-selves. Zombies show

no signs of dyingoff anytime soon.One of cable televi-

sion’s most-watched shows is the zombie drama, “The WalkingDead.” And zombie films are more popular and prolific in Holly-wood than even vampires. The sequels to “Zombieland,” “WorldWar Z” and yet another “Day of the Dead” are reportedly in pro-duction.

The creatures might be macabre, but surprisingly, they get alot of affection.Just ask Jim Krut, a retired employee of Gettysburg-based

Adams Electric Cooperative and former Penn Lines editor, whois also known as “The Helicopter Zombie.” If you’ve seen 1978’s“Dawn of the Dead,” you probably remember a scene near theend when the zombie played by Krut seriously injures the topof his head. Perhaps you can guess how. Hint: it involves heli-copter blades! The scene has become important to countless fans in the

U.S. and abroad. Krut makes appearances at horror film con-ventions throughout the world, where he comes face to facewith the profound influence of the zombie monster. “Fans are universal and cross-national,” he says. “Zombies,

and they weren’t always called that, have an influence thatflows through our culture’s veins.” He is often surprised by how young his fans are. Many of

them weren’t even born when “Dawn of the Dead” came out. “But they’ve seen the helicopter scene!” he remarks. Krut spent two days on the “Dawn of the Dead” set, much

of it during the creation of the prosthesis on his head, madefrom a plaster cast. “I had to breathe out of a straw,” Krut recalls. His scene was shot in one take, and the special effects

involved hidden pumps (to provide the gore). Though the sceneis gruesome, it also has a strong element of humor. In fact,Krut finds humor to be a major facet of the horror film. Hesays the humor helps audiences reimagine trauma in new, less-awful ways. Though the violence is explicit, tension is relievedwhen the audience knows it’s just make-up. “Horror is an illusion,” Krut comments.Krut always had an interest in acting. He has acted and

directed for the Gettysburg Stage Ensemble, and has had rolesin several horror films throughout the years. Recently, he’sbeen in such films as “ZOMBthology,” “Flesh of the Living” andanother, forthcoming “Night of the Living Dead.” His website iswww.helizombie.com.

Pennsylvania’s famous movie monster

LIFE AS A ZOMBIE: Adams Electric Cooperativemember Jim Krut displays a model of his char-acter, “The Helicopter Zombie,” from the 1978film, “Dawn of the Dead.”

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tories and the blue collar vibe the area isknown for. Johnstown in CambriaCounty has a similar working-classlook, and it was the featured location for1983’s “All the Right Moves” with TomCruise.

“The Mothman Prophecies,” athriller with Richard Gere, was shot inPittsburgh, with the rural scenes takingplace in and around Kittanning in Arm-strong County. The 2010 action film“Unstoppable,” with Denzel Washingtonand Chris Pine, features a runawaytrain shooting across Pennsylvania.Parts of it were shot around Blair,Cameron and McKean counties.

“The Road,” a bleak 2009 film star-ring Viggo Mortenson, was partiallyshot on an abandoned stretch of thePennsylvania Turnpike. The highwaystands in for a desolate apocalypticworld in the miles that run betweenBreezewood in Bedford County andHustontown in Fulton County. MattDamon’s “Promised Land” used Avon-more in Westmoreland County as thesmall farm town needed for the movie— a drama that examines the issues offracking in the production of naturalgas and its effects on small rural com-munities.

Economic incentivesHollywood filmmakers are also

drawn to the state because of its taxincentive — a 25 percent tax credit toproductions that spend at least 60 per-cent of their budget in the state. Major

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Pennsylvania’s rich and vast land-scapes possess a vibrant cinematicquality that really can’t be found in anyother place. That’s one of the state’squalities that allow its film industry toflourish.

RUNAWAY TRAIN: “Unstoppable,”an action thriller released in2010 and starring DenzelWashington and Chris Pine, is thestory of a runaway train. Sceneswere filmed in and around StateCollege, and a number of otherPennsylvania communities.

AVAILABLE SHOOTING LOCATIONS: The Pennsylvania Film Office maintains a large file of “location pho-tos” that movie producers can review as potential shooting sites. Among them are (clockwise from topleft): Prince Gallitzin State Park in Cambria County, which is served by REA Energy Cooperative; thecourthouse in Warren County, where Warren Electric Cooperative is located; and a city street in DuBois,where United Electric Cooperative is located.

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Pennsylvania has always been a gold mine for Hollywood tal-ent. Many of the biggest and most significant movie stars hailfrom the Keystone State, although most of them come fromthe big cities. Stars such as Bradley Cooper, Will Smith, KevinBacon, and Grace Kelly come from Philadelphia, while MichaelKeaton, Jeff Goldblum, Zachary Quinto, and Gene Kelly used tocall Pittsburgh home.

However, one of the most iconic stars of all time hails froma small Pennsylvania town. The star is the inimitable JimmyStewart, and the town is Indiana, which is also where REAEnergy Cooperative is based. Stewart was born in 1908 to afamily of means. His father owned and operated the local hard-ware store where he often used the “bartering” system for pay-ments from townspeople, once collecting a boa constrictor ascompensation from a customer with a traveling circus.

Jimmy Stewart is one star who always carried a little bit ofhis small town roots with him. And on the big screen, Stewart’spersona shows through. Part of his appeal in films like “It’s aWonderful Life,” “Mr. Smith Goes to Washington” and the Hitch-cock classics, “Rear Window” and “Vertigo,” lay in his ability toconvey something of his own personal character. And Stewartwas always a nice guy, a genuine “everyman” with strong fam-ily values the audience could identify with and root for.

“He was a role model,” says Timothy Harley, executive direc-tor at the Jimmy Stewart Museum in Indiana.

Despite his awe-inspiring Hollywood fame, Stewart never for-got his home community. He made multiple donations, manyanonymously, to support programs and groups in his home-town. In his will, he left a $500,000 Indiana County Endow-ment. His generosity still reaches the local community today.

Harley finds that Stewart’s influence is not relegated to thepast. Stewart’s timeless impact continues with the “CharacterEducation” program at the museum. The program encouragesconversations among both students and adults about ethicsand values — many of which are inspired by Stewart’s roles onfilm, as well as in his real life.

Harley is a strong advocate of Stewart’s lasting legacy. Andthe museum provides a great way to highlight Stewart’s vitalsmall town heritage for a new generation.

The Jimmy Stewart Museum is the largest drawing attractionin Indiana County. It can be accessed online at www.jimmy.org.

“Nice people come here,” Harley says. “They come from all

over the world.”THREE MORESTARS FROM CO-OP COUNTIES

Other notableactors who arefrom areas servedby Pennsylvaniacooperativesinclude SharonStone, CharlesBronson and CraigSheffer.

Actress SharonStone was born inMeadville, CrawfordCounty, an areaserved by Cam-bridge Springs-based Northwest-ern Rural ElectricCooperative. Shegraduated fromSaegertown High School in 1975 before moving to New York topursue a modeling career. The height of her fame came in 1992with the thriller “Basic Instinct,” also starring Michael Douglas,and known for its provocative love story. Stone went on to star inseveral major motion pictures, even garnering an Oscar nod forher role in “Casino” in 1995.

The late Charles Bronson, best known for the vigilante filmfranchise that began with “Death Wish” in 1974, is from Ehrenfeldin Cambria County, areas of which are served by Indiana-basedREA Energy Cooperative. Bronson grew up in a small coal patchtown and worked as a miner when he was a teenager after hisfather died. He served in the U.S. Air Force in World War II beforemigrating to Hollywood in the 1950s and starring in nearly 100films over the course of his career.

Craig Sheffer, known for leading roles in “A River RunsThrough It” and “Nightbreed,” comes from York County, areas ofwhich are served by Gettysburg-based Adams Electric Coopera-tive. He has had a notable career in feature films and on televi-sion, as a guest actor, and as a regular in the television series“One Tree Hill.”

Indiana’s own: Jimmy Stewart

HOMETOWN STAR: Jimmy Stewart, one of the bigscreen’s most well-known stars of yesterday, isremembered in his hometown of Indiana with theJimmy Stewart Museum, located at 835Philadelphia Street.

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feature films, in addition to televisionand commercials, are eligible to apply.

Keezer says the Pittsburgh FilmOffice brought in $75 million in film-maker dollars to the state in 2013 andwas on track to be close to that in 2014.Some of the most popular Americanfilms in recent memory were filmed inthe Pittsburgh region. “Jack Reacher,”starring Tom Cruise, was shot in Pitts-burgh, as were the recent popular teen

dramas “The Fault in Our Stars” and“The Perks of Being a Wallflower.”Major motion pictures starring RussellCrowe, Vin Diesel, Will Smith and JakeGyllenhaal were shot in Pittsburgh thisyear. The city boasts around 300 work-ing film professionals, or four ready-to-go film crews, who benefit from thework that productions bring to thearea.

Since 2007, the tax credit program

has brought $1.5 billion to the Com-monwealth’s economy. Haven reportsthat during 2012-13, $462 million wasspent in film production in Pennsylva-nia, creating over 2,500 jobs across thestate.

With the tax credit, the ready-to-gofilm professionals, and its unparalleledcinematic beauty, Pennsylvania is ontrack to be a major Hollywood player foryears to come.l

I have a family that gives me endless strength.

At your electric cooperative, we get our strength from a family as well. It’s a familyof over 700 cooperatives — who all work together. And together, we have strength. Wehave a greater ability to provide a reliable source of electricity. We also have greater purchasing power, which enables us to keep costs in check. Together, we’ll always belooking out for you, your family, and your community.

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(EDITOR’S NOTE: In observance of 50 years of the electric cooperative Youth Tourprogram in Pennsylvania, throughout the year Penn Lines will feature personalaccounts of former Youth Tour participants. To share your Youth Tour memories, writeStephanie Okuniewski at Penn Lines, P.O. Box 1266, Harrisburg, PA 17108 or emailStephanie_Okuniewski@prea.com.)

Emily Docter represented Northwestern Rural Electric Coopera-tive on the Youth Tour in 2012. A graduate of Cambridge SpringsHigh School, she expects to graduate from Laurel Technical Institutein May 2015 with an associate degree in administrative office tech-nology.

Penn Lines: How did your Youth Tour experience helpwith your career direction?

Emily Docter: Youth Tour hasimpacted my life in so many ways Inever thought about back then. I choseto get into the business field becausethere are so many directions I could gowith my degree. I want to move when Igraduate and travel (a lot). I realized atYouth Tour how big the world really isand how many people are out there. Imet so many new friends and still keep

in touch with some of them.Penn Lines: What advice would you give to someone

going on Youth Tour today?Emily Docter:My advice to anyone who has the opportu-

nity to be a part of Youth Tour would be to throw yourself intoit 100 percent. Get out of your comfort zone and talk to asmany people as you can. At first, it’s kind of intimidating tomeet so many new people at once, but everyone else is just asnervous as you are, so don’t worry. Also, be sure to pack moreclothes than necessary or you’ll run out of clothes like I did.Whoops!

Penn Lines: In what ways has your Youth Tour experi-ence helped you as a person?

Emily Docter: I learned that I would have missed out onan amazing opportunity had I not been a part of Youth Tour.To this day, I still thank my mom for convincing me to go.

Penn Lines: What did it mean to you to have theopportunity to meet with your congressional representa-tive?

Emily Docter:Meeting our congressional representativewas a first for me. It was a great experience to have someonewho has so much influence listen to us and hear what we hadto say.

Penn Lines: What would you change about Youth Tourif you could?

Emily Docter: If I could change one thing about Youth

Tour, I would have to say,making it two weeksinstead of one. There is somuch to see, do, and learnon this trip that soaking itall up in one week is achallenge, but one wellworth it.

Penn Lines: What isyour favorite memoryfrom Youth Tour andwhy?

Emily Docter:Myfavorite memory from

Youth Tour was the dinner-dance. The dinner-dance was onenight where all of the Youth Tour kids, and I mean ALL of us,had dinner together, mingled and talked, met new people fromall over the nation, and then danced the night away with peo-ple you’d probably never see again, but for that one night, wewere all together. That was my favorite part. So again I willsay to anyone who might be interested in going on the YouthTour, go for it, because it really is a once-in-a-lifetime opportu-nity. I am so glad I was able to experience it.

Braden McClain represented Warren Electric Cooperative on theYouth Tour in 2012. A graduate of Corry Area High School, he is astudent at Edinboro University majoring in cinema with a minor inEnglish.

Penn Lines: How did your Youth Tour experience helpwith your career direction?

Braden McClain: It made it easier to talk to people.Penn Lines: What advice would you give to someone

going on Youth Tour today?Braden McClain:Make sure to embrace the experience. It

is a great experience that very few people in the world willever get to experience. Live it up, make some friends, gainsome connections, and just have fun.

Penn Lines: In what ways has your Youth Tour experi-ence helped you as a person?

Braden McClain: Youth Tour helped me become a moresocial and open member of society. Going on the trip, I saw itas a practice run to invent a “new me.” These kids had nevermet me before, didn’t know what I was like, so I could become

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Emily Docter in 2014

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Emily Docter, second from left, on YouthTour in 2012

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anyone I wanted. I choseto become more open,more outgoing, morelively. I opened myself toexperience a new reality,and it wouldn’t havehappened if it weren’tfor the Youth Tour.

Penn Lines: How hasthe opportunity tomeet people from allover the country influ-enced you?

Braden McClain: Ibecame more personableand experienced in talk-ing to strangers. I cannow talk to a randomperson for hours,whereas my past self

wouldn’t have even been able to make eye contact.Penn Lines: What did you learn on Youth Tour that

surprised you?Braden McClain:We went to the U.S. Holocaust Memorial

Museum. For anyone who has been there, they’ll know what Ilearned and felt.

Penn Lines: How would your life be different todayhad you not gone on Youth Tour?

Braden McClain: I would be a shell of a person, living inmy dorm room eating week-old ramen, looking out my win-dow thinking, “I should really go talk to one of those people.”But then retreating to watch another season of “Sons of Anar-chy” on Netflix.

Penn Lines: What is your favorite memory from YouthTour and why?

Braden McClain: The friends I made. I still keep in contactwith two of them, and they’ve honestly been some of the bestpeople I’ve met in the past decade. It just goes to show youwhat will happen once you step out and take a chance. It’s asmall world, but it sure knows how to keep us entertained. lBraden McClain, center, on Youth Tour in 2012

ice-covered roads where aggressive-driv-ing behaviors, such as speeding or mak-ing careless lane changes, were factorsin the crash.

For more information on PennDOT’swinter preparations and additional win-ter-driving resources for motorists, visitthe department’s “Ready for Winter”website at www.dot.state.pa.us/winter.

Flight 93 National Memorial suffers significant losses in fire

The National Park Service reportsthere were a significant number of itemslost in the Oct. 3 fire that destroyed theFlight 93 National Memorial headquar-ters. The cause of the fire is still underinvestigation. There were no injuries.

Among the items lost in the fire wereobjects being prepared for exhibit in thenew visitor center. In all, 334 originalphotographs and 25 recovered items andpersonal mementoes of passengers andcrew members of United Airlines Flight93 were destroyed. The photos had beenloaned to the memorial by family mem-bers for digital reproduction. The digitalreproductions of all of the photos wererecovered.

Some items donated by the FBI andothers who responded to the crash of

Flight 93 on Sept. 11, 2001, were alsodestroyed, along with 110 boxes of trib-ute items left at the temporary and per-manent memorials since the crash. TheAmerican flag that flew above the U.S.Capitol on Sept. 11, 2001, was among theitems destroyed.

At the time of the fire, items sched-uled to be displayed in the new visitorcenter were in the temporary curatorialstorage and processing area at the head-quarters in preparation for a visit fromexhibit fabricators. The long-term stor-age of the collection is at a high-securityfacility in the Pittsburgh area.

The fire destroyed three buildings,which served multiple functions for theoperation of the memorial, includingadministrative and staff offices for theNational Park Service and the Friends ofFlight 93, conference facilities, and tem-porary storage of some of the memorial’scollection.

Gettysburg gets $1.8 million toprotect battlefield

The National Park Service hasannounced Gettysburg National MilitaryPark is the recipient of approximately$1.8 million in grants from the Land andWater Conservation Fund to help pre-serve land at the Civil War battlefield.Another $420,000 is being distributed toprotect land at the Manassas, North

Anna and Rappahannock Station battle-fields in Virginia.

The grants are funded through rev-enue from federal oil and gas leases onthe Outer Continental Shelf through aprogram that purchases land, water andwetlands for the benefit of all Ameri-cans. They are administered by theNational Park Service’s American Bat-tlefield Protection Program, one of more

than a dozen programs administered bythe National Park Service that providestate and local communities technicalassistance, recognition and funding tohelp preserve shared history.

In Gettysburg, nearly 20 acres of landthat was in danger of being developedwill be purchased.l

FEDERAL GRANT: Nearly 20 acres of battlefield willbe preserved at Gettysburg National Military Parkthanks to a recent grant.

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

ALMOND BALLS

1 cup butter, softened2 cups flourDash of salt, if using unsalted butter

1 1/4 cups powdered sugar, divided

1 cup blanched, ground or finely

processed almonds (approximately

4 ounces)1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract

1/2 teaspoon almond extract

18 maraschino cherries, halved and blotted dry (or 9 large, quartered)

Combine butter, flour, salt and 3/4 cup powdered sugar. Add almonds and

extracts. Mix well. Divide dough into 36 portions. Press cherry piece into

center of each portion. Finish forming ball. Bake at 325 degrees for

approximately 35 minutes, or just until edges begin to brown. While still

warm, roll in remaining 1/2 cup powdered sugar. When completely cool,

store in single layer in airtight container. Makes 36 cookies.

PECAN STICKS1 cup ground or finely processed pecans(approximately 4 ounces)

1 cup butter, softened1 egg yolk1 teaspoon vanilla extract1 cup powdered sugar, divided2 cups flour4 teaspoons unsweetened cocoa powder, if desiredMix ground pecans with butter. Stir in egg yolk, vanilla extract, 1/2 cup pow-dered sugar and flour. Divide dough into 48 pieces and roll into short sticks.Bake at 325 degrees for 20 to 22 minutes, or until just beginning to brown.Leave hot cookies on sheets. While still slightly warm, roll in remaining 1/2 cup powdered sugar. For chocolate-coated sticks, roll sticks in 1/2 cuppowdered sugar mixed with 4 teaspoons unsweetened cocoa. When com-pletely cool, store in single layer in airtight container. Makes 48 cookies.

Nuts for the holidaysJUST WHEN you’ve been craving homemade cookies,December comes around to give you an excuse to pull outthe mixing bowls and fire up the oven. This season, focuson nuts — almonds, pecans and walnuts — to give yourcookies plenty of holiday gravitas.

With their winning combination of almonds and cher-ries, melt-in-your-mouth Almond Balls will alwaysdeserve a spot on your ultimate holiday cookie platter.Take these cookies to a party and watch them disappear.Pecan Sticks, because they are not overly sweet, perfectlyshowcase pecans, a favorite nut for winter baking. Old-fashioned Thumbprint Cookies will give you the opportu-nity to creatively customize the flavor and appearance ofeach cookie.

When making cookies of any type, remember that thecolor of the baking sheet may affect the look of the fin-ished product. This month’s cookies were baked on light-colored sheets, as dark-colored sheets sometimes result inoverly browned cookie bottoms. If dark-colored sheets are

used, just keep a close eye on your cookies.This December, make, share and enjoy

cookies with nutty goodness. 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.

THUMBPRINT COOKIES1 cup butter, softened1/2 cup brown sugar2 egg yolks, lightly beaten2 teaspoons vanilla2 cups flour1/2 teaspoon salt2 egg whites, lightly beaten1 to 1 1/4 cups chopped pecans, walnuts oralmondsFillings of choice (see suggested combinations below)Mix together first 4 ingredients. Stir in dry ingredients. Roll dough intoballs the size of small walnuts. Dip in lightly beaten egg whites and roll inchopped nuts of choice. Place about 1 inch apart on ungreased bakingsheet. Bake at 375 degrees for 5 minutes. Remove from oven and quicklypress thumb on top of each cookie. Return to oven. Bake 8 to 9 minuteslonger, or just until edges of cookies begin to brown. Cool. Fill eachthumbprint with jam or jelly before serving. Makes 24 to 28 cookies.COMBINATIONS:Chopped walnuts or pecans with apricot jamChopped almonds or pecans with cherry jelly or seedless raspberry jam

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CorrectionThe cooking temperature for the Custard Rice Pudding

printed in November’s Penn Lines was omitted from therecipe. Bake the pudding at 350 degrees for 60 minutes. Weapologize for the inconvenience this omission caused. To viewthe full recipe, please go to our website at www.prea.com andfollow the links to the November issue.

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DO YOU follow a regular cal-endar, or do you follow theflower and garden calendar?For instance, December isdominated by our focus on thetraditional and time-honoredChristmas tree, a needled ever-green with a triangular silhou-ette. We particularly prize thebalsam fir for its lingering fra-grance, and most of us arefamiliar with holly leaves andberries.

Perhaps you might also rec-ognize the season by the scentof paper whites? Thesespritely narcissus bulbs aretypically forced to bloomindoors for the winter holi-days.

Speaking of holiday plants,how about the unassumingmistletoe? I have never noticedthat it has a fragrance, but Icould be wrong.

Many of us associate thevibrant red of the hothousepoinsettia with the winter hol-idays. (Modern poinsettiasinclude many colors besidesthe old standby red.) We alsoenjoy the massive red bloomsof amaryllis, another bulb

forced to flower indoors inwinter.

How lively and passionatered can be! It’s no wonder wesend red roses for Valentine’sDay and plant special rosebushes on Mother’s Day. Rosesand fragrance are certainlylinked in our minds, too, per-haps thanks to the often-quoted line from Shakespeare’s“Romeo and Juliet:” “A rose byany other name would smell assweet.” And yet, among mod-ern roses, many are scentlessor nearly so.

Among the most reliablyfragrant of seasonal flowersare the giant bloominghyacinth bulbs sold aroundEaster. The ultra-fragrant pur-ple, pink and white hyacinthblossoms proclaim spring ishere, their scent wafting easilyacross a room. The fragrantwhite Easter lilies also markthe season.

By June, our customary giftflowers like potted azaleas andflorist mums are usurped bythe blooms surrounding usoutdoors — the fragrant, old-fashioned lilacs, peonies, thesweetly scented stock, lavender,clove pinks, or sweet violets.

Summer flowers can com-memorate all kinds of eventsfrom the patriotic red, whiteand blue bedding schemes forthe Fourth of July to pastels forgarden weddings. Exotic rosegardens have been favored astrysting spots for centuries,and every gardener welcomesthe hum of bees, butterflies,and hummingbirds swirlingthrough a colorful and fragrantflower garden on a warm and

sunny afternoon.In summer, the ubiquitous

Hall’s honeysuckle vines emita heavy fragrance. I notice itmost in the evening when theperfume is held by humidityand drawn in through an openwindow. Add the scent of fra-grant flowering tobacco, andnothing says late summermore, except the gleamingwhite moonflowers openingwide as saucers at dusk andletting loose their scent.

By fall, we enjoy seasonalmums, ornamental kale andpansies. But I look forward tothe native autumn witch hazelflowers, their soft scent draw-ing us close to marvel at thespidery blooms. I also monitorthe later — or should that beearliest — blooming witchhazels from mid-Decemberonward. These, like the calen-dula, bloom off and on duringwarm spells like the Februarythaw. And of course, as thespring advances, the larger-flowered, mainstream witchhazels come into their own,

perhaps blooming in fabulouscombination with the mysteri-ous hellebores. It’s excitingenough to make the gardener’spulse race.

Now, no greenhouse-grower can rival nature her-self, doing what she does bestin her own time with elusiveblooms like those witch hazels.But I admit to eagerly antici-pating indoor flowers on thesunny windowsill. Take, forexample, the pristine andultra-fragrant blooms of thejasmine vine. I watch it like ahawk. As every winter-crazedgardener knows, that first jas-mine bloom’s perfume marksthe season beginning to turn.

It’s nearly time to turn thepage on the calendar, too.Here’s to the coming new gar-dening year — may it be filledwith all manner of flowers,fruits, fragrance, wonder anddelight!l

POWERplants

BARBARA MARTIN ,who says she began gar-dening as a hobby “toomany years ago tocount,” currently worksfor the National Garden-

ing Association as a horticulturist. A formermember of Gettysburg-based Adams Elect -ric Cooperative, her articles appear in mag-azines and on the internet.

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Telling timewith plants

IT’S POINSETTIA TIME: A sure sign thatthe holidays are approaching is theappearance of shelves of poinsettias.

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ELECTRIC-RESISTANCE heating sys-tems are expensive to use for heating ahome. This is why most homes with all-electric heating use heat pumps, whichare more energy efficient. Geothermalheat pumps can be several times moreefficient than resistance heating and pro-vide inexpensive central air-conditioning.

Electric in-floor heating, which can beused under tile, carpeting and hardwood,is technically no more efficient than anelectric-resistance furnace. However, it canbe less expensive to operate because itpinpoints and improves comfort. Andbesides, what’s better than stepping onto aheated-tile bathroom floor in the morn-ing?

A home loses less heat through thewalls, ceiling and windows when theindoor temperature is lower. The amountof electricity used is typically several per-centage points less for each degree thethermostat is set lower. With improvedcomfort from in-floor heating, you shouldbe able to lower the thermostat settingconsiderably and not feel chilly.

Another energy-saving advantage ofin-floor heating is the fact that each roomcan have a separate thermostat, allowingyou to set different temperatures in vari-ous rooms and heat as needed.

Instead of heating the room air, awarm floor radiates heat upward to yourbody. When one’s feet are warm, yourentire body feels warm. In-floor heatingreduces the extent of heat stratificationwhere the hot air from a forced-air fur-nace naturally collects near the ceiling.

In-floor heating is most commonlyused in a concrete or tile floor with highthermal mass, but some types are specifi-cally designed to be used under carpeting,hardwood or laminate flooring. It canactually provide better comfort under car-

Have a question for Jim? Send inquiriesto JAMES DULLEY , Penn Lines, 6906Royalgreen Drive, Cincinnati, OH 45244 orvisit www.dulley.com.

In-floor electricheating options

pet and hardwood because their low ther-mal mass allows the system to respondfaster to thermostat changes.

In a concrete slab or under a tile floor,electric heating cable is usually laid in aserpentine pattern. In one design, longcable guides are nailed along the outeredges of the floor. Selecting how manyslots to skip between cables determinesthe total cable length and heat output. Italso simplifies even spacing. Once thecable is in place, it is covered with con-crete or thinset for tiles.

For use with carpeting, thin mats orsheets with electric cable embedded inthem are placed on the floor before thecarpeting is laid. The manufacturer cancalculate the amount your rooms need,and the cable is available in 120 or 240voltages.

There is one type designed with thinelectric heating cables embedded in astrong fiberglass mesh. This is particularlyeffective for use under hardwood flooringand laminate. If you’re thinking about thisoption, first check with the hardwood-flooring manufacturer about the maxi-mum allowable temperature to avoidexcessive drying of the wood. Considerinstalling a special programmable thermo-

stat with a laminate and engineered woodsetting to protect the materials.

Another design uses a low-voltageheating mesh. This mesh is only aboutone-eighth inch thick and is stapleddirectly to the subflooring. There also arewafer-thin heating kits that are placedbetween the pad and the carpet.

With in-floor heating, you do not haveto cover your entire house (or even anentire room), so you can add to the systemas your budget allows.

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

“SPIDERMAN,” “TheAvengers,” “RoboCop” and“Frankenstein” were amongthis year’s offerings from ourcurrent generation of whiz-kid moviemakers, who seemto be in some sort of race tosee which superhero originstory they can retell the mosttimes. I think “Spiderman” iscurrently in the lead at 5,783remakes, probably becausethey love that tortured soul atthe heart of the character’ssecret identity.

My numbers for theremake tallies may be a bit onthe high side. But, the questionthat this trend of one remakeafter another of the same storybegs is this: Why keep goingback to the same origin storyof the same character againand again? And, for the out-door community, the realquestion is, can’t you remakesome of our favorite movies?

For example, couldn’t the

greatest movie ever madeabout man’s experience in theoutdoors, “Jeremiah John-son,” benefit from moderntechnologies and effects? Itwas released in 1972, a goodfive years before even “StarWars.” On the other hand,that particular classic hasRobert Redford in the star-ring role; Will “Bear Claw”Geer in a role that includeslines like “Skin that one, pil-grim, and I’ll get youanother;” and a deep authen-ticity from the legendaryHawken rifle to the highlyceremonial, but also deadly,mano-a-mano battles betweenJohnson and a stream ofNative American warriors.

Then there’s “Hatari,” that1962 John Wayne-Red Buttonsvehicle — mostly John Wayne,of course — about a misfitcrew in Africa collecting ani-mals for zoos, presumably“back in the States.” Thepotential imagery of the DarkContinent and the possibleaction sequences of animalcapture could rival “Avatar.”On the other hand, would it beworth it without The Duke?

“Mutual of Omaha’s WildKingdom,” the 1963-88 televi-

sion series — I know, it’s tech-nically not a movie — inwhich the host, MarlinPerkins, weekly subjected hislatest sidekick to brutality atthe claws or talons of the fea-tured beast in the name ofwildlife research and conser-vation, could provide the plot-line for a potentially interest-ing and visually dazzling flick.

With a crew willing toallow some restraint, 1972’s“Deliverance” might be a can-didate for remake. While Idoubt anyone would argueabout the potential forupdated action scenes, somemight disagree with mythinking that a new castcould prove interesting.Although I enjoy BurtReynolds as an actor andthink the stuntman comedy,“Hooper,” is one of the mostentertaining films ever made,I have always believed that“Deliverance” suffered fromReynolds’ stony acting.

“My Side of the Moun-tain,” the 1969 release thathad more than a few kids ofmy generation seriously con-sidering running away tomake a new self-sufficient,survivalist home for them-

selves in the forest, couldreally become a modern,moody character-study star-ring the latest flavor-of-the-second kid star.

“Those Calloways,” alsoknown as “Those Crazy Cal-loways” — the story of whattoday we would call an off-the-grid guy with a passionto establish a permanentsanctuary for migrating geeseis another prime prospect.That scene with youth actorBrandon de Wilde battlingthe wolverine in its den couldbe epic.

We could probably shootmost of them right here inPennsylvania.

On second thought, lookingback over my initial list, I’mworried that today’smoviemakers and young starsmight just muck up these greatold movies, not having grownup with them. So, maybe weshould keep this brainstormjust between you and me.

That said, I would like tohave your thoughts on addi-tional “old” outdoor-focusedmovies and why you thinkthey could stand a remake.Send them to me at mschneck@comcast.net. l

MARCUS SCHNECK isis outdoor and naturewriter at PennLive.com,the website of The Har-risburg, Pa., Patriot-News. He also writes fora range of magazinesand websites, and has

written more than two dozen books. For moreof his writing, visit www.marcusschneck.com.

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Surprise: Kids havethe best deal when itcomes to cereal choices

My little boy, Earl Junior (E.J.), wasmoping around the house last weekend.You know how teenagers get — kind oflike a hunting dog with worms. Movingaround like something’s bugging theminside, but they don’t know what.Anyways, he says to me that he can’t

wait to be an adult ‘cause being a kid stinks.So I sit him down, and I go, “Son,

you’re probably looking at the awesomeand exciting life your old man hereleads. And that might throw you off asto the true nature of being an adult.‘Cause let me clue you in — being anadult ain’t no bed of roses, neither.”He says, “You don’t got to go to

school. You don’t got homework everynight. You get to drive. Nobody tells youwhen you got to be home.”And I go, “Everythin’ you say there

might be true. But here’s somethingnobody ever tells you about being anadult. Adult cereal stinks.”I says, “When I was your age, I was up

to my eyeballs in Lucky Charms, Trix,Coco Crispies, Count Chocula and FruitLoops. Every breakfast, I got a sugar buzzand a toy surprise. And you know the sur-prise you pull out of a box of adult cereal?The surprise is — that they can even sellthis stuff. It’s a little biscuit of fiber thatlooks like they dried out something the catcoughed up. And have you ever seen a boxof granola, son? It’s like they sifted yardwaste through a screen — and whateverfell through — they put in the box.”When you’re a kid, you choose your

cereal based on the flavor and the toysurprise inside. When you’re an adult,you choose your cereal based onwhether you need your cholesterol low-ered or your pipes flushed out.Wake up, America! I know how to

get below the surface and have a deepfather-son talk. This is a bondin’moment E.J.’s not likely to forget.

Here’s the deal.No real manwants to stand in no stupid line. End ofstory. See, my better half, Pearl, and the

neighbor-lady, Naomi, was talkin’ aboutwhat discount store they wanted tostand in line for on Thanksgiving night.Then my boy and a couple a’ his bud-dies said they were gonna stand in lineat the video game store for some dimwitnew video game they got coming out.That’s when I decided to come up

with a list of things I WILL NEVERstand in line for. And it’s a pretty biglist. I will not stand in line for a stupidnew phone, a stupid new movie, a stu-pid sale, some stupid government hand-out, to see some stupid banshee-screamin’ idiot singer an’ her stupidloser band. Why? Because that’s stupid.I will not stand in line to be the first

to buy anything, see anything or go any-where. And I sure as heck ain’t gonnastand in line for a chance to see somehigh-horse political nitwit, even if he isshakin’ hands. I will not stand in line togo to the bathroom — that is, if the lineis outside and there is a tree, an alley ora parked car nearby.People ask me all the time, “Earl,

how come you don’t fly?”Well, No. 1, because there’s no place I

want to go. And, you guessed right; No. 2is that I don’t want to stand in line. Idon’t want to stand in line at the bank,at the grocery store and especially not atthe DMV. I know guys still in line at theDMV — that got in the line back in May.I’d rather pay the fine and court fees.And possibly a small amount of jailtime, if it comes to that.In fact, I hate lines so much that if the

Good Lord pulled my number right nowand there was a line at the Pearly Gates, Imight think twice. Of course the way thisworld’s going, I’m thinking the line downbelow is a lot longer. So, then again, Imight think twice about thinking twice.I’m Earl Pitts, Uhmerikun. Check out

my YouTube channel Earl Pitts — byEarl Pitts. Buy my book at earlpittsamer-ican.com. Like me on Facebook. Andyou can catch my new blog at Earl-pittsamerican.com.l

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Our 2014 “Rural Reflections” photo contest has endedand the winning photos in the categories of most artistic,best landscape, best human subject, best animal and edi-tor’s choice will be printed in next month’s issue of PennLines. Winners will receive a $75 prize.

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