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ON THE COVERDavid and Tandi Landolfi,members of Adams ElectricCooperative, and their daughters,Kelsey and Kamie, are shownwith two of the family’s rodeohorses. The Landolfis competein rodeo events across the stateand surrounding areas. Photo by Michelle M. Smith

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tors over 2012. The nearby EisenhowerNational Historic Site reported 59,180visits.Gettysburg National Military Park

preserves and protects the resourcesassociated with the Battle of Gettysburgand the Soldiers’ National Cemetery, and

2012 ag census provides snapshot of farm lifeThe Center for Rural Pennsylvania

has crunched the numbers in the 2012Census of Agriculture, which wasrecently released by the U.S. Depart-ment of Agriculture’s National Agricul-tural Statistical Service. The census isconducted every five years. Some of thecenter’s findings include:k In 2012, there were 59,309 farms inPennsylvania, a decrease of 6 percentfrom 2007. Nationwide, there weremore than 2.1 million farms, adecrease of 4 percent from 2007.

k Nearly 12,000 of the Pennsylvaniafarms recorded annual sales in excessof $100,000 in 2012, while over 15,000recorded annual sales of less than$1,000. The average net cash incomeper farm in Pennsylvania in 2012 was$29,593.

k Potter, Philadelphia and Wayne coun-ties showed the highest increases inthe number of farms during the five-year period as each had an increase ofmore than 16 percent. Elk, Forest andGreene counties each had a decreaseof 28 percent or more, making themthe counties with the largestdecreases.

k In 2012, Pennsylvania farms soldmore than $7.4 billion in agriculturalproducts with 52 percent of the salesoccurring in these seven south-centralcounties: Adams, Berks, Chester,Franklin, Lancaster, Lebanon andYork. Pennsylvania ranked 22nd outof the 50 states in agricultural sales.

k The highest average market value ofland and buildings (per farm) was inChester, Lehigh and Franklin countieswith an average farm market value ofmore than $1.2 million. The lowestaverage market value was in Elk,McKean and Warren counties with anaverage farm market value of lessthan $325,000.

k In 2012, Pennsylvania had 581 organic

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farms (1 percent of all farms in thestate), ranking it fifth in the UnitedStates in total number of organicfarms.

k Pennsylvania farmers were 56.1 yearsold, on average, in 2012, more thantwo years younger than the nationalaverage age of 58.3.

k Fulton County was the only Pennsyl-vania county that had more cattlethan people, while nationally, 1,113counties (35 percent of the nation’scounties) had more cows than people.More information about the 2012

Pennsylvania Census of Agriculture isavailable at www.nass.usda.gov/pa/.

Gettysburg anniversary broughtpeople, dollars to townMore than 1.2 million people visited

Gettysburg National Military Park in2013 (the 150th anniversary of the Battleof Gettysburg) and spent $73.2 million incommunities near the park, according toa recent report released by the NationalPark Service (NPS). That represented a7 percent increase in the number of visi-

FULTON COUNTY RECOGNIZED: The only Pennsylvania county with more cows than people is Fulton County,according to the 2012 Census of Agriculture.

TOURISM UP: Visits to Gettysburg NationalMilitary Park were up 7 percent in 2013, the150th anniversary of the Battle of Gettysburg.

Data source: Table 11, Inventory/Cattle and Calves, 2012 from the 2012 U.S. Census of Agriculture, USDA’s National Agricultural Statistics Service; andPopulation Estimates, U.S. Census Bureau.

Counties with more cows than people

U.S. Counties with More Cows than People, 2012

FultonCounty, PAPop = 14,748Cows = 18,344

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provides an understanding of the eventsthat occurred there within the context ofAmerican history. More information isavailable at www.nps.gov/gett.

Eisenhower National Historic Sitepreserves and protects the resourcesassociated with the presidential homeand farm in order to promote under-standing and appreciation of the life,work and times of Dwight David Eisen-hower. For more information, go towww.nps.gov/eise.

Thousand Cankers Diseasespreading in walnut trees

Four counties have been added to thewood and wood products quarantine inPennsylvania due to the detection ofThousand Cankers Disease in walnuttrees in Chester County. Chester,Delaware, Montgomery and Philadel-phia counties join Bucks County in thequarantine. The quarantine is an effortto keep the disease from spreading fur-ther into the state. There is no knowncure.

Other states known to have the dis-ease (which also are covered under thequarantine) are: Arizona, California,Colorado, Idaho, Indiana, Maryland,Nevada, New Mexico, North Carolina,Ohio, Oregon, Tennessee, Utah, Virginiaand Washington.

Pennsylvania Secretary of Agricul-ture George Greig notes that the diseaseposes a significant threat to Pennsylva-nia’s nation-leading hardwoods industryas walnut trees produce highly valuedlumber for woodworking and furnituremaking. Walnut tree nuts are consumedby both humans and wildlife.

The disease is caused when walnuttwig beetles tunnel beneath the bark ofwalnut trees, causing small cankers toform. The beetles, which are dark brownand about the size of a poppy seed, aredifficult to detect. As more beetles attackthe tree, the number of cankersincreases. This eventually starves thetree of nutrients, causing it to die.

Early symptoms are yellowing ofleaves and thinning of foliage on theupper crown of the tree. As the diseaseprogresses, larger limbs die, followed bythe trunk.

The quarantine restricts the move-

ment of all walnut material, includingnursery stock, budwood, scionwood,green lumber and firewood. It also cov-ers other walnut material, living, dead,cut or fallen, including stumps, roots,branches, mulch, and composted oruncomposted chips. Because of the diffi-culty in distinguishing between speciesof hardwood firewood, all hardwoodfirewood is quarantined. Nuts,processed lumber and finished woodproducts without bark are exempt fromthe quarantine.

Anyone who suspects they have seenThousand Cankers Disease or walnuttwig beetles should contact their countycooperative extension office or call theDepartment of Agriculture hotline at866-253-7189. More information is avail-able at www.agriculture.state.pa.us(search Thousand Cankers).

Pennsylvania dove seasonexpands this fall

Changes in the state’s early migratorybird seasons will provide dove huntersan additional three weeks in the fieldthis fall. The first segment of dove sea-son opened Sept. 1 and will run throughNov. 15. In past years, the first segment

started and ended in September.In addition to the longer first seg-

ment, two short-season segments willbe retained. They run from Nov. 22-29and Dec. 27-Jan. 1.

Daily bag limit in each of the dove-hunting segments is 15, with a posses-sion limit of 45.

For more information about the migra-tory bird seasons, hours, and migratorygame bird licenses and duck stamps, visitthe Pennsylvania Game Commission’swebsite at www.pgc.state.pa.us. Huntersare encouraged to report leg-bandedmigratory game bird recoveries online atwww.reportband.gov or call 800-327-BAND.

Bay pollution reduced, but morework still needed

The Chesapeake Bay Foundation andthe Choose Clean Water Coalition haveanalyzed select milestones and foundthat bay pollution is being reduced;however, they report some jurisdictionshave not implemented practices thatwould reduce bay pollution. The mile-stones — two-year commitments madeby states — are a key part of the Chesa-peake Clean Water Blueprint.

The report shows significantprogress in reducing pollution fromsewage treatment plants, with not asmuch progress in reducing pollutionfrom agriculture, and urban and subur-ban runoff.

States that ultimately dump waterinto the bay and the U.S. EnvironmentalProtection Agency set pollution limitsdesigned to restore water quality in localrivers, streams, and the bay. Each statedeveloped a plan to meet those limits,which included two-year milestone com-mitments that would show progresstoward the final goal.

The report presented state-specificfindings. The Pennsylvania reportshows the state exceeded its interimphosphorus goal, but fell short of reach-ing its interim overall nitrogen pollutionreduction goal. The state exceeded itsgoals for barnyard runoff controls,stormwater infiltration practices, waste-water treatment plants and conservationplans. It did not meet the goals for forestbuffers, conservation tillage, nutrientapplication management, and erosionand sediment control.

Complete copies of all the state-spe-cific milestone analyses can be found atwww.cbf.org/milestones.l


LONGER SEASON: Dove hunters can take advantageof a longer season in 2014.

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Devices such as TVs and DVD playerswill often have power settings in thesetup menu. Try to find that menu andadjust the settings to save more power.Generally this will cause the device totake a few more seconds to start. Manymanufacturers have power settingsturned off by default.

Microwaveovens and alarmclocks, which userelatively smallamounts ofstandby power, areacceptable to leaveplugged in. A digi-tal video recorder (DVR) uses a fairlysignificant amount of power whenturned off, but if you record programsfrequently, you will want to leave itplugged in, too.

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Of course, using a power strip is amanual process and is an all-or-nothingoption. A variation on the power strip isthe “smart strip.” Smart power stripsallow you to plug devices into a speciallymarked section of the power strip sothey will still have power when turnedoff. Other devices that can be turned offsafely are plugged into the rest of thestrip. This allows you to turn off parts ofa home entertainment system, such asthe stereo, DVD player, or home theater

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is kind of bred into me since my momand dad also rodeo.”The younger of two daughters of

David and Tandi Landolfi, members ofGettysburg-based Adams Electric Coop-erative, Landolfi competes in barrel rac-ing, pole bending, breakaway roping, goattying, and team roping. She especiallylikes team roping since she gets to ropewith her best friend.“You make a lot of friends through

rodeo, and I love to be around the horsesand cattle,” Landolfi says.

SECONDS.Eight to be exact. That’s all ittakes to make or break a cowboy’s bullride at any given rodeo across the country.The results of other rodeo events alsohinge on seconds, as timing is the differ-ence between a good ride and a bad ride. Kamie Landolfi, a 14-year-old cowgirl

from Dover, Pa., has been racing againstthe clock in rodeo competitions since shecould handle a horse.“I’ve been riding all my life and started

rodeoing when I was 3,” Landolfi says. “It

Riding High:Pennsylvania’srodeo traditionB y M i c h e l l e M . S m i t hP e n n L i n e s Wr i t e r

Rodeo’s roots date back hundreds ofyears to Spanish cowboys who wereskilled in horseback riding and herdinglivestock. Today’s rodeo events arose out ofthe working practices of those cowboysand are designed to test the skill and speedof the modern-day cowboy and cowgirl.A farrier by trade, David has been rid-

ing horses since before he can remember,taking after his cowboy father.“The first half of my life I had a job

just so I was making money to buy morehorses, to pay for more entry fees, and toput tires on my truck,” David says. “Now(rodeo) is my entire life. You don’t knowwhat you would do if it wasn’t a part ofyour life.”

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AROUND THE BARREL: Kamie Landolfi competes inbarrel racing, a popular rodeo event where a horseand rider run around three barrels set in a cloverleaf pattern in the shortest time possible withoutknocking over any of the barrels.

David last competed professionallymore than a decade ago, but recentlyreactivated his professional card statuswith the Colorado-based ProfessionalRodeo Cowboys Association (PRCA). Hewas the Pennsylvania-based AmericanProfessional Rodeo Association (APRA)tie-down roping champion in 1998-1999.Despite his own success in the rodeoarena, David says his greatest rodeoaccomplishment has been helping allthree of his “girls:” wife Tandi, 21-year-olddaughter Kelsey, and Kamie win all-around championships in their respectivedivisions.

A family affairTandi met her husband at a Pennsyl-

vania rodeo more than 20 years ago andwon the APRA all-around championcowgirl award the same year David wonhis championship. She agrees that youdon’t really choose to compete in rodeo; itis something you are born to do. “You don’t all of a sudden decide to

rodeo,” Tandi says. “It’s something inside

you. You can’t create the desire and youcan’t turn it off.”Even though they both work full-time

jobs, the Landolfis maintain a five-plus-acre farmette where they house and carefor several horses, goats, and cattle. Theyhave a large arena on one end of the prop-erty, complete with proper footing andcattle chutes so the family can practiceroping cattle and running barrels. To theLandolfis, it’s a sport like no other sport.“Rodeo is like soccer on steroids,” he

says. “Instead of soccer balls and cleatsthat you have in a closet, you’ve got abarn full of horses, and cattle in the pas-ture. There is no down time; it’s your life,there is no day off. Even when it is arainy, cold, and miserable day, you stillneed to get out to the barn and feed andgroom the horses. That’s one of theirteammates out in the barn.”The rodeo circuit keeps the family on

the road many weekends as they travel to20-plus rodeos a year. The Landolfisrecently returned from Des Moines, Iowa,where Kamie cinched ninth place in

breakaway roping among nearly 100 con-testants from the United States, Canadaand Australia at the Colorado-basedNational High School Rodeo Association’s(NHSRA) 2014 National Junior HighFinals Rodeo. A member of the Pennsylvania High

School Rodeo Association (PHSRA),Kamie was the 2013-2014 All-Around Jun-ior High Champion. The PHSRA, open tostudents from sixth through 12th grades,promotes western heritage in Pennsylva-nia, high academic standards and sports-manship.While there is risk involved whenever

you sit atop a 1,200-pound animal and ridethat animal at a high rate of speed, the Lan-


BREAKAWAY ROPING: Fourteen-year-old KamieLandolfi competes in breakaway roping — a rodeoevent where the rider attempts to lasso a calfthat has been released from a chute using a ropetied to the saddle horn with a piece of string.Once the calf is roped, the rope is drawn taughtand the string breaks, releasing the rope from thesaddle horn. The rider completing the event cor-rectly with the fastest time wins.

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care of her horses.“When you’re in school and doing the

more traditional sports, you go to school,you go to practice or games, and then yougo home,” Tandi says. “Because (rodeo) isan entire lifestyle, Kamie has had to learnhow to juggle her responsibilities.”Working toward a college rodeo schol-

arship, Kamie hopes to become the firstfemale team roper at the PRCA’s presti-gious Wrangler® National Finals Rodeo(WNFR) in Las Vegas. Of course, if thatdoesn’t pan out, Kamie concedes that chi-ropractic school is another option.

Putting on the showIf there is anyone who knows anything

about putting on a rodeo, it’s the Weller

family, owners of the Flying W Ranch inKellettville, Pa., which is managed by Daleand Margaret Weller. The Wellers havebeen in the rodeo business for more than30 years. Billed as “The Greatest Show onDirt,” this year’s three-day event in lateJuly marked the 35th anniversary of theAllegheny Mountain ChampionshipRodeo at the Flying W Ranch.Nestled in the Allegheny National For-

dolfis take every precaution to ensure theirsafety, as well as that of their horses. Davidnotes they are constantly checking theirequipment, keeping their horses in topshape and paying attention to the details.“I always tell my girls that team roping

is notorious for ripping fingers off,” Davidsays. “When you are dallying the rope(wrapping it around the saddle horn), andwhen in doubt, let go of the rope. You canwin a truck, a trailer, money, and bucklesanother day, another year.” Although the Landolfis admit that it

takes considerable time and resources toparticipate in rodeos, it is something theyenjoy and it connects them as a family.Rodeo life has also brought other benefits. “Kelsey had always been a very shy,

quiet kid growing up,” David says. “Beingin front of large crowds (at rodeos) hastaught her to be more forthcoming, com-municate with people better, and helpedher mature and grow.”David also reports that while competing

at the National High School Rodeo Finalsher senior year in high school, Kelsey net-ted a scholarship to a Texas-based college. Tandi notes that while Kamie has

never been shy, preparing for rodeos hastaught her to organize and balance herresponsibilities between school and the


WARMING UP: Before practicing rodeo events ather family’s home in Dover, Pa., Kelsey Landolfiwarms up two of the family’s horses. Kelsey andher father, David, compete professionally in teamroping, a timed event in which two horseback rid-ers attempt to rope a steer. One rider ropes thesteer around the head while the other rider ropesthe steer around the hind legs.

CROWD GATHERS: Rodeo contestants and spectators arrive at the35th annual Allegheny Mountain Championship Rodeo at the FlyingW Ranch in late July. Served by Warren Electric Cooperative, theKellettville-based Flying W Ranch’s rodeo draws thousands of spec-tators and nearly 200 contestants during the three-day event.

est in Forest County, the 600-acre ranchis served by Warren Electric Cooperative.Sanctioned by the PRCA and the Col-orado-based Women’s ProfessionalRodeo Association, the event has growninto one of the most popular rodeos inthe state. It draws approximately 8,000 to10,000 spectators, and from 160 to 180rodeo contestants competing over thethree-day period for a total of up to$50,000 in prize money.“Many times we have cars backed up

two miles to get into the rodeo,” says RonWeller, rodeo marketing director. “We getletters all the time from people telling ushow much they enjoyed their time here.”In addition to the usual rodeo fare of

bull riding, barrel racing, saddle broncriding and the like, the rodeo also fea-tures a specialty act and a live countryband on the rodeo grounds. Jen (Weller) Wagonseller, who serves

on the rodeo planning committee alongwith other family members, says there

are many spectators who return yearafter year. “(Rodeo) is one of those tough-guy,

kind of daredevil things that people do,especially when these guys ride the bulls,”Wagonseller says. “It’s an exciting thingwhen the athletes try to defeat all odds,and it is the skill that it takes for all thecontestants and their commitment to thesport, that draws people to the events.”The Allegheny Mountain Champi-

onship Rodeo draws its contestants by

your hand in everything,” Wagonsellersays.Weller agrees, noting that organization

is one of the keys to the success of a well-run rodeo.“A lot of work goes into putting on the

rodeo,” Weller says. “We have to reallywork together.”Part of that organization is provided

by another family member, Dixie Haney(Weller’s niece), who along with being aplanning committee member, is responsi-ble for making the rodeo informationmore accessible to the public through

HERE’S WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW: Greg Simas, aprofessional rodeo announcer from Danville, Pa.,serves as the rodeo announcer at the recentAllegheny Mountain Championship Rodeo. Usuallyannouncing from horseback, Sima’s job is to keepthe audience informed of what is going on in anentertaining and informative fashion.


making it possible for themto come in for one or twodays and run back-to-backperformances, whichallows them to move onquickly to their next rodeo.“That is the real attrac-

tion for the contestants,and our rodeo counts

toward (qualifying for) the NationalFinals Rodeo,” Wagonseller notes.As a fourth-generation, family-run

business, the Wellers rely upon eachother to successfully plan and executeeach year’s rodeo. Several family mem-bers also work at the ranch and duringthe rodeo – from managing the gift shopto working in the Flying W Restaurantand “Longhorn Saloon.”“Because we are a small family busi-

ness doing a lot of big things, you have

READY TO RIDE: Jake Morehead, on horseback, from Three Hills Rodeo,Inc., the stock contracting company for the Allegheny MountainChampionship Rodeo, assists in getting ready to open the gate behindwhich a bareback rider is preparing to ride a bucking horse.


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advertising and on Facebook (AlleghenyMountain Championship Rodeo).Planning the following year’s rodeo

begins almost before the current one haseven ended. The rodeo committee lines upthe stock contractors who provide the ani-mals needed for some of the events, andselect the dates for the next year’s rodeo.Every so often in early December, some ofthe family members travel to Las Vegas tothe PRCA’s national finals (the Wrangler®National Finals Rodeo) to review andselect specialty acts for future rodeos.

Three Hills Rodeo, Inc., a family-runstock contracting company owned byDavid and Marla Morehead of Bernard,Iowa (who are members of Anamosa,Iowa-based Maquoketa Valley ElectricCooperative), have provided rodeo servicesto the Flying W Ranch for the past severalyears. Fifteen staff members from the Iowacompany, which has been in business formore than three decades, make the nine-hour trip to Pennsylvania, using four trac-tor trailer rigs, hauling in approximately 40horses, 25 bulls and 20 calves for the rodeo

When it comes to bull riding, Jason M. Smith has been onboth sides of the bull. As a Professional Rodeo Cowboys Asso-ciation-carded professional bullfighter, it is Smith’s job toensure the safety of a bull rider after he has been bucked off.Smith hails from Beech Creek, Pa., in Clinton County, a portionof which is served by Tri-County Rural Electric Cooperative. Hebecame a bullfighter quite by accident.

“I went to a rodeo with a few friends back in 2000 with theintention of riding bucking horses, but they didn’t have anyavailable, so I decided to ride a bull instead,” Smith says. “Afterriding bulls for three or four years, I got frustrated with it anddecided to work on the other end of bull riding as a bullfighter.”

Being a bullfighter is not for the faint of heart as the job of abullfighter is to put himself between the bull and the bull rider.Smith explains that his main tool is his body, using a combinationof moves and yells to distract the bull away from the bull rider.

“If the bull is coming around toward the cowboy in what wecall ‘inside the well,’ it’s my job to prevent that from happening,whether I got to take the hit for the cowboy and jump in

between them,”Smith says. “Weare the lifeline ofdefense against thebull. A lot of peoplecall us ‘cowboy life-savers.’”

Smith, a 33-year-old, first-gen-eration bullfighter,says his familyalways had horses,but they did notcompete in rodeos.While they are sup-portive of hischoice to fightbulls, they may notalways understandthe desire.

“Some of my family thinks I am nuts (to fight bulls),” Smithsays with a laugh. “It gets inside your blood. You live it, youbreathe it, you sleep it, it’s hard to get rid of.”

Smith’s wife, Prella, and their 3-year-old son, Hayze, some-times travel with him to his rodeo gigs. He participates in morethan 20 rodeos per year when not working his full-time job asa truck driver. Smith notes it is sometimes hard to strike a bal-ance between bullfighting and family life, especially after hisson was diagnosed with cystic fibrosis, a life-threateninggenetic disease that affects the lungs and digestive system.

“I am not going to quit (bullfighting) until personally I feellike I’m done,” Smith says. “If I don’t want to do it anymore orif I don’t have the drive or the will to do it anymore, or if I gettoo old where my body won’t take the hits anymore, thenmaybe I’ll walk away from it.”

Although Smith says that while it is the adrenaline rushthat initially hooked him on bullfighting, it is really the connec-tion to his rodeo friends that keeps him coming back for more.

“It’s like a family at the rodeo,” Smith says. “It’s almost likea reunion when you go to these rodeos. You look forward togoing down the road and seeing your friends.”

His rodeo family supported Smith’s own family by helpingthem raise money for a cystic fibrosis cure through the fam-ily’s “Hope for Hayze” fundraising campaign. This past June,the Pilesgrove, N.J.-based Cowtown Rodeo where Smith fre-quently fights bulls, held an eBay auction for a signed westernrodeo shirt. All proceeds were donated to the Cystic FibrosisFoundation in honor of Hayze.

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TINY RODEO FAN: Hayze Smith, 3-year-old son ofJason and Prella Smith, is all smiles as he rides ahorse with his father before the grand entry at aPilesgrove, N.J., Cowtown Rodeo. Pick-up man,Donald "Mouse" Godfrey, helps them on theirway into the arena.

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HANDS FULL: Bullfighter Jason M. Smith puts his hands on a charging bull inan attempt to distract it away from a fallen bull rider. As a bullfighter, Smithdoes whatever he needs to do to keep the bull from injuring a bull riderafter he has been bucked off.

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1984 Better times and economic recovery mayhave touched many industries, but the family farmhas had little to cheer about lately.

1994Many rural residents are finding their privatewells to be polluted at the same time small ruralwater companies are drowning in a sea of red tape.

2004 Soaring above troubles facing major air travelhubs, rural airports like the Brokenstraw Airport inWarren County provide a boost to local development.

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Too many accidents occur every day due to the simple lack of safetyplanning.

September means students are back in school and should, for adultsand children both, mean an intensified emphasis on safety. National safetyreports say about one-third of accidents at school occur on the playground,an alarming fact considering the relatively short amount of time childrenactually spend on the playground. Other typical student accidents involveswinging doors, unsupervised hallways and personal issues (platformshoes, long pants with wide cuffs or running in the building).

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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 [email protected].)

Siblings Luke Harteis, Jonathan Harteis and Lindsey Harteis par-ticipated in Youth Tour in 1999, 2001, and 2002, respectively, repre-senting REA Energy Cooperative. Luke, who attended ShippensburgUniversity, is an art teacher in Shepherdstown, W.Va. Jonathan, whoattended Penn State University, lives in Rockville, Md., and managesa building supply company. Lindsey attended Franklin and MarshallCollege and Temple University Law School, and now works as a liti-gation associate at Reed Smith LLP in Philadelphia.

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

Luke Harteis: I am an art educator who works with stu-dents of various skill levels who come from all walks of life.Youth Tour helped reinforce my beliefthat I work well in a group setting withdiversity. I got to meet and have experi-ences with people from all over America.This helped broaden my view of ourcountry and my role in it. It took meyears to find my calling, but it is experi-ences like Youth Tour that help fosterpersonal growth.

Penn Lines: In what ways has yourYouth Tour experience helped you asa person?

Jonathan Harteis: It helped me torealize that it was important to be con-nected with people, to meet new peopleand to share new experiences.

Penn Lines: What did it mean to youto have the opportunity to meet withyour congressional representatives?

Lindsey Harteis: As someone with akeen interest in government, it meant somuch to me to be able to see and hearfrom U.S. Sen. Rick Santorum in person.It was one of those larger-than-life expe-riences — meeting him on the steps ofthe Capitol — that you never forget.

Penn Lines: How has the opportu-nity to meet people from all over the country influencedyou?

Luke Harteis: It helped build a connection to locations Ihad never visited. Now I can align a place with the face of aperson I met on Youth Tour. I became more empathetic of peo-

ple and happenings in our country.Penn Lines: What advice would you give to someone

going on Youth Tour today?Jonathan Harteis: I would say to have an open mind and

to meet as many people as possible, and to make the most ofthe experience.

Penn Lines: What did you learn on Youth Tour thatsurprised you?

Lindsey Harteis: I was reminded of the gravity of the sac-rifices that members of the armed forces have made through-out our nation’s history. You can read about them, or watchfilms and documentaries, but something about the deafeningsilence at Arlington National Cemetery makes it the loudest

reminder of these sacrifices.Penn Lines: How did

your Youth Tour experi-ence influence your educa-tional goals?

Luke Harteis: YouthTour participants tend to begoal-driven. Up to this point,I had not considered myfuture educational goals.When overhearing my peersdiscussing college options, Irealized I had some catchingup to do!

Penn Lines: What is yourfavorite memory fromYouth Tour and why?

Jonathan Harteis:Myfavorite part of Youth Tourwas getting to meet other stu-dents from across the UnitedStates. It was interesting andfun to meet and spend timewith different people fromdifferent areas of the country.

Penn Lines: How wouldyour life be different today

had you not gone on Youth Tour?Lindsey Harteis: I would have missed out on making so

many friends, having countless laughs and having the oppor-tunity to see so many national landmarks in such a shortperiod of time. l

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SOMEWHERE, in some out-of-the-way nook or cranny, innearly every room of myhome, you will find a flash-light or a lantern or both. Inthe living room, next to theraised fireplace mantle,there’s even a Colemanlantern that converts intofour individual flashlights.

In my home, we tend tocarry preparedness a bit far,particularly when it comes topower outages, which loomlarger than life for a house-hold with well water and sep-tic tank both electrically pow-ered, but always seem to befirst noticed when the lights,television, and computers gooff.

We’ve experienced onlyone or two short outagesannually in recent years, butan unusual, multi-day Hal-loween outage of a few yearsback colors our perceptionsand makes us realize thatMother Nature can deal eventhe best-run utility a badhand.

At our house, we love ourelectrical service and we are

reluctant to endure even afew moments of sitting in thedark or stumbling and trip-ping into the next room tofind a flashlight or lantern. Inour decades of camping, theportable source of light wasalways among the mostessential of creature com-forts, and that attitude seemsto have followed us home.

You’ll notice that my refer-ences are “we,” “us” and“our,” which I use becausenot all of this enforced-dark-ness phobia is of my making.It is very much a joint proj-ect.

On the other hand, thereis something very “Quest forFire” in not wanting to be leftin the dark. Maybe youremember the 1981 flick star-ring Ron Perlman and RaeDawn Chong, in which a trioof prehistoric men go insearch of a new source of fireto replace the source of heatand light lost by their tribe. Ifnot, there you have the wholemovie pretty much summa-rized. Along the way they aremenaced by saber-toothedcats, mammoths and canni-bals.

While no one speaks any-thing other than made-upcaveman languages in themovie, opening title linesexplain, “80,000 years ago,man’s survival in a vast,uncharted land depended onthe possession of fire. Forthose early humans, fire wasan object of great mystery,since no one had mastered itscreation. Fire had to be stolenfrom nature; it had to be kept

alive, sheltered from windand rain, guarded from rivaltribes. Fire was a symbol ofpower and a means of sur-vival. The tribe who pos-sessed fire, possessed life.”

As campy and unrealisticas “Quest for Fire” may havebeen, it also may have gottento the heart of somethingvery primitive in our sharedhuman discomfort anduneasiness in the dark ofnight. While some may fightagreement in defense of theirmanly image, at some level allhumans fear the darkness.The ability to generate andharness fire, and the lightthat comes with it, are part ofwhat defines modernhumans. Discoveries byprimitive humans in the tech-nology of fire led to the abil-

ity to cook and preserve awider variety of foods, staywarm in more disagreeableclimates, hold the wild thingsat bay, and chase away atleast some of the things thatgo bump in the night.

I think I’ll make a checkon the batteries in the flash-lights and lanterns aroundthe house. And, maybe addsome wood to the stack bythe fireplace. One neverknows when one might needit, because it’s a sure thingthere will be more storms inPennsylvania. And we alsoknow that no matter howhard the line crews work, it’sinevitable that some of thosebeautiful, big tree branchesthat we so admire will fallonto the power lines andleave us in the dark. l

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SPECIAL OFFER — BOTH COOKBOOKS FOR $12. “CountryCooking,” Volume 2 — $5, including postage. “RecipesRemembered,” Volume 3 — $7, including postage. Both ofthese cookbooks are a collection of recipes from men andwomen of the electric co-ops of Pennsylvania and NewJersey. Payable to: Pennsylvania Rural Electric Association,P. O. Box 1266, Harrisburg, PA 17108. Write Attention:Cookbooks. Volume 1 of “Country Cooking” is SOLD OUT.

We carry COAL FURNACE PARTS including kidneys, firebrickand grates for Hunter, Lennox, Luxaire, Armstrong. We carryparts for boilers such as National, Burnham, AmericanStandard and many more. We also carry new, old-style coalfurnaces. 814-236-0720. www.curwensvilletruevalue.com.

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BUILDING SUPPLIES

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FACTORY SECONDS of insulation, 4 x 8 sheets, foil back. R-Value 6.5 per inch. Great for pole buildings, garages, etc. Alsoprime grade A foil bubble wrap insulation. 814-442-6032.

BUSINESS OPPORTUNITIES

PIANO TUNING PAYS — Learn at home with American School ofPiano Tuning home-study course in piano tuning and repair. Toolsincluded. Diploma granted. Call for free brochure 800-497-9793.

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CONSULTING FORESTRY SERVICES

NOLL’S FORESTRY SERVICES, INC. performs TimberMarketing, Timber Appraisals, Forest Management Planning,and Forest Improvement Work. FREE Timber LandRecommendations. 30 years experience. Call 814-472-8560.

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CRANE SERVICE

NEED A LIFT? Crane service for all your lifting needs.Experienced, fully insured, Owner-Operated and OSHACertified. Precision Crane, Linesville, PA 814-282-9133.

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4 cups chicken stock1 pound fully cooked sausage (such as kiel-

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2 large potatoes, peeled and cubed

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OKTOBERFEST HAM1/2 fully-cooked, bone-in, smoked ham(8 to 10 pounds)

2 teaspoons dried marjoram2 teaspoons caraway seeds1 1/2 teaspoons garlic powder1/2 teaspoon paprika

Place ham, cut side down, in shallow roasting pan. Rub seasonings ontoham. Cover loosely with aluminum foil. Bake at 325 degrees for 20 min-utes per pound, or until internal temperature of ham reaches 135 to 140degrees. Remove from oven and baste with pan juices. Re-cover with foiland allow ham to “rest” for at least 15 minutes before carving.If desired, reserve pan juices to drizzle over ham slices. Skim fat beforeserving. If too salty, dilute with hot water.

SeptemberfestIN Southern Germany, Oktoberfest is celebrated from mid-September through the first weekend in October. Start cele-brating any time this month with hearty Oktoberfest BakedHam, Sauerkraut Soup or German Chocolate Dessert Bars.

Oktoberfest Baked Ham starts with a salt-free rub andfinishes with an extra tasty ham in savory pan juices.Although you and your family will want to gobble downevery slice, remember to reserve a portion for your batch ofthat perfect fall concoction, Sauerkraut Soup. Note that nei-ther recipe calls for added salt, because cured meatsalready contain enough to get the job done.

Just for fun, bake a batch of German Chocolate DessertBars. According to culinary lore, the original GermanChocolate Cake has absolutely no connection to Germanethnic cooking, so, by extension, neither do German Choco-late Dessert Bars. But these bars are a delicious combina-

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1 boxed brownie mix (approximately 18 ounces), mixed according to pack-age instructions 2 ounces sweet “German” chocolate OR semi-sweet chocolate1/4 cup butter1/2 cup white sugar1/2 cup brown sugar1/2 cup milk1/4 cup corn syrup1 teaspoon vanilla extract1/4 teaspoon salt3 eggs, lightly beaten1 cup finely chopped pecans1 1/2 cups sweetened, flaked coconutPrepare 9- by 13-inch glass baking dish with oil or cooking spray. Spreadbrownie batter in pan. Bake at 350 degrees for 15 minutes. While browniesare baking, melt chocolate and butter together over very low heat or inmicrowave oven. Cool slightly and then combine with remaining ingredi-ents. Carefully spread over brownie layer and return to oven. Bake anadditional 35 minutes, or until topping is set and toothpick inserted intocenter comes out clean. Cool before cutting. Store in refrigerator. Makes18 to 24 bars, depending on desired serving size.Note: Homemade brownies may be used in place of a mix for the first layer.Select a recipe that normally results in an 8- by 8-inch pan of brownies.


AFTER ENDURING the hotand steamy weather ofAugust, we welcome Septem-ber and its promise of milderweather. We feel more com-fortable, and with the first hintof fall rains and waning tem-peratures, the perennials sud-denly perk up, the blowsy,spring-blooming shrubs beginto stand taller, the roses re-bloom, and the annuals pushfor a last-gasp, grand showingbefore the killing frosts.

Heat-loving plants like theold-fashioned floweringtobacco, the loud, garish cannalilies, and even the commonmarigolds are spectacular inSeptember’s golden light.Always among my favorites,the wildly twining and viningmorning glories are indeedglorious this time of year, hav-ing grown from tiny seedlingsto luxurious lengths and stillblooming profusely.

Meanwhile, our favoritenative dogwood trees havebegun dropping a reddenedleaf here and there, the orna-

mental grasses are blooming,and we can see the acornsswelling on the oaks. Suchsure signs of what’s comingsoon; there is a briskness to theearly morning air, we can onceagain mark the hour by whenthe yellow school buses passby, just as we see the angle ofthe sunbeams moving lowerday by day. The bees and but-terflies are not as thick now.

I always want to linger inthe fall sunshine, and Septem-ber has some solid workinghours to it. We can still makegood progress on any numberof projects now, and theurgency of the season’s turn-ing gives us a renewed senseof purpose.

We might have a big projectto tackle or wrap up, perhapsone of the heavier jobs, such asinstalling a patio of pavers orbluestone, or preparing abrand new garden space andlugging in load after load ofcompost to improve the soil.Perhaps a new fence is inorder, and be assured that dig-ging the post holes deep pastthe frost line is heavy, hardwork. Correcting any gradingor drainage issues on the prop-erty and installing or repairingretaining walls, for example,are improvements well tendedto now and will pay big divi-dends over the years to come.

This is the prime season formajor lawn renovation work,as well as for performing a littlelawn TLC — core aeration, topdressing with compost, over-seeding, soil tests and so on.

Also, sharpening the edgesbetween beds and lawns, con-

trolling weeds before they seeddown for their fall growthspurt, and general tidying areall solid choices. Some of theroutine chores seem morepressing now. Give the com-post a last good turn, top upthe mulch in the shrub beds,rake and weed the gravel path-way. Think ahead to whatyour winter view will revealand hop to any chore that willkeep things looking tidythrough the winter when thegreen leaves are down.

For those lucky — or shouldI say hard-working enough —to be totally up-to-date onchores, we have less routinetasks to tackle: Organizing thegarden shed before we bring inall the paraphernalia of thegrowing season. Planning forthe next round of bulb plant-ing. Scanning the new inven-tory at the plant nursery just intime for fall planting, and ofcourse scouting the propertyand revisiting the establishedareas to consider changes andimprovements, and perhapsmeasuring and taking photos

to jog the memory during nextwinter’s planning sessions.

The adventurous may wantto experiment with late plant-ings of cold-tolerant vegetablessuch as spinach and garlic, orattempt to extend the seasonand possibly even overwintersome greens under a makeshiftcold frame. And why not potup some chives and start a fewtip cuttings from your favoritetropicals for the windowsillthis winter, and gather (andlabel!) those special non-hybridseeds you wish to save forplanting next year.

If you are out of ideas, whynot tour a botanical garden orother displays for inspirationand real-life demonstrations ofwhat a well-planned and exe-cuted fall landscape can be.

Sometimes it seems there isno end to the gardener’s work,and that’s just the way I like it.Don’t you?l

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

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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Don’t putthose toolsaway yet

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Cooler temperatures provide theincentive to get some major projectsdone before winter sets in.


Thoughts from Earl Pitts,UHMERIKUN!

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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. You can also find him atEarlpittsamerican.com.

‘What’s the weathergoing to be tomorrow?’

Here’s what’s drivin’ me nuts today— your TV weather. My wife, Pearl, hadsome big plans for this weekend. Shesaid, “Let’s watch the weather tonightand see if it’s gonna be nice.”

I will submit to you that you can watchthe whole dang seven-minute TV weatherforecast — and still have no honkin’ ideawhat’s gonna happen the next day.

This is how come you get your weatherfrom the radio. Radio weather makessense. How hot is it gonna get? Is it gonnarain? And what’s the current temperature?That right there is a 15-second meteorolog-ical gold mine. Everything you could everpossibly need to know about the weather.

Fifteen seconds into a TV weatherforecast, and the weatherman is stillwarming up his satellite maps.

Now your TV weather forecast isgonna get delivered nightly by one of twopeople — it’s either a guy that thinks he’sa comedian. Or it’s a real good-lookin’ gal— a gal I like to call “weather eye-candy.”On the first one, you don’t notice theweather because he’s tryin’ so hard to befunny that you ain’t payin’ attention to thedetails. And the weather girl, you don’tnotice the weather because you’re payingway too much attention to lookin’ at her.

And then, they seem to take a lot ofjoy openin’ the weather report showin’you pictures of how beautiful it was atsomeplace where you’re not.

Then you watch dancin’ satellitefootage from outer space. A map of theweather in the entire United States, eventhough you live in one county in onestate. Then they’ll give you weather his-tory. Like it was a record 101 on this datein 1932. I’m not sure how we’d functionwithout that piece a’ knowledge.

Fifteen minutes later, Pearl goes,“What’s it gonna be like this weekend?”

I have to admit, “I have no idea.” So she says, “That’s OK; he gets it

wrong all the time anyway.”Wake up, America. Now, why didn’t

she mention that before she made me sitthrough a forecast where I didn’t learn athing?

Sometimes I have to work overtimeso’s Pearl doesn’t cost me my job, if youget my drift.

Anyways, she brung home the gro-ceries from the store last night, an’ I washelpin’ her put them away when I pull apackage of pecan sandies out of the bag.

I say, “What the heck is this?”An’ she says, “What’s wrong with

you? Them’s cookies, Earl! We can havesome tonight, an’ you can take some towork tomorrow.”

Now, I gotta tell you, there’s no way Iam takin’ pecan sandies to work. Let’sjust say that I would get laughed out ofthe breakroom. Cause, accordin’ to themguys, there’s only two acceptable cookies— chocolate chip an’ Oreos.

If you take any other kind of cookie into work with you, people start to whis-perin’ about how you think they are betterthan they are. I remember one time weworked with a guy who brung in Pep-peridge Farm Milanos for his lunch. Whatwas he thinkin’? We ribbed him so hard hequit his job, and I heard he had to move toa new town. I ain’t gonna be makin’ thatmistake.

For the record, your pecan sandies,fudge stripes, sugar wafers, ginger snapsan’ any cookie like them do not go intowork. Peanut butter cookies are OK, butonly if they’re obviously homemade. Now,don’t get me wrong, any of these cookiesare fine to eat at work if someone hap-pens to bring them in to share and you’rejust bummin’ a couple. You just can’t havepeople think you brought ‘em.

Wake up America! Oh yeah, I gottapoint out that you got your experimentalvariations of your acceptable cookies.This can get confusing. Double StufOreos, chocolate or mint-filled Oreos an’special anniversary Oreos are OK. Choco-late chip cookies with M&Ms instead a’chocolate chips — no, they’re too fancy.Hey, don’t look at me. I don’t make therules — I just live by them.

I’m Earl Pitts, Uhmerikun. Like meon Facebook. And you can catch mynew blog at Earlpittsamerican.com. l

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Summer soon to be a memoryTHE DAYLIGHT hours are growing shorter and soonthe leaves will begin to change colors, but for now, thegrass is green and the days are still warm, so enjoy thefinal weeks of summer even as you begin to prepare forautumn.

Rural Reflections has four categories of photos — mostartistic, best landscape, best human subject and best ani-mal subject — so amateur photographers are encouragedto send in their best photos in each category. At the end ofthe year, a winning photo will be chosen in each category,plus an “editor’s choice.” Each lucky winner will receive a$75 prize and winning photos will be published in PennLines.

Send your 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, phonenumber and the name of the electric cooperative thatserves your home, business or seasonal residence. (Thebest way to include this information is by affixing anaddress label to the back of the photo. Please do not useink gel or roller pens to write on the photo.)

Remember, our publication deadlines require that wework ahead, so send your seasonal photos in early. Weneed winter photos before mid-September. (Save yourspring, summer and fall photos for the 2015 contest.) Pho-tos that do not reflect any season may be sent at any time.Please note: we will return photos if you include a self-addressed, stamped envelope.l

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“What You Should NEVER Put in Your Will!”

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