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Board officers and staff, Pennsylvania Rural Electric Association: Chairman, Leroy Walls; Vice Chairman, Tim Burkett; Secretary, Barbara Miller; Treasurer, Rick Shope; President & CEO, Frank M. Betley © 2018 Pennsylvania Rural Electric Association. ON THE COVER All rights reserved. Reproduction in whole or in part without written permission is prohibited. This wagon wheel star pattern used by barn builder Visit with us at Penn Lines Online, Josiah Werner is located located at: www.prea.com/Content/ at 1416 Pine Hill Road, pennlines.asp. Penn Lines Online provides Garrett, Pa. It is on one of 19 an email link to Penn Lines editorial staff, barns featured on a barn star information on advertising rates, and an tour in Somerset County. archive of past issues. Photo by Kathy Hackleman

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Another DMA established over 100,000 trees. implement recom- to counter spread of CWD The unique volunteer initiative is mendations related The Pennsylvania Game Commission a joint venture between the Nation- to prevention, edu- has established Disease Management al Park Service, the National Park cation, surveillance Area (DMA) 4 after a deer tested posi- Foundation and the Friends of Flight and awareness. tive for chronic wasting disease (CWD) 93 National Memorial. The trees are The Centers for Disease Control and at a captive deer farm in Lancaster planted as a living memorial to the 40 Prevention reports there were 8,988 County. The area covers 346 square passengers and crew members of Flight confirmed cases of Lyme disease in miles in parts of Lancaster, Lebanon 93 who died when the plane crashed Pennsylvania in 2016, with another and Berks counties, including State on Sept. 11, 2001, during a coordinated 2,455 probable cases (2017 statis- Game Lands 46, 220, 225, 274 and 425. terrorist attack on the United States. tics are not yet available). The next Special rules apply within DMAs in Walk-in volunteers are not accepted; highest state tally was in New Jersey an effort to slow the spread of the dis- interested persons must pre-register with 3,332 confirmed cases and 1,018 ease, which is always fatal to deer, elk probable cases. and other cervids. It was first detected in Pennsylvania in 2012 at a captive State works on pothole deer farm in Adams County. repairs on roadways DMA 1, covering portions of Adams Pennsylvania Department of Trans- and York counties, was eliminated due portation (PennDOT) crews are work- to no finding of CWD ing to address the growing number of in wild deer after potholes on state-maintained roads. several years. DMA 2 Officials said the winter’s dramatic covers 2,845 square LIVING MEMORIAL: Volunteers are working to temperature swings have caused more miles in parts of Ad- plant 150,000 trees in memory of the victims of potholes than usual. ams, Bedford, Blair, the Flight 93 crash. Through the end of February, Cambria, Clearfield, Cumberland, PennDOT crews had used more than Franklin, Fulton, Huntingdon and online at flight93friends.org. Registra- 9,627 tons of asphalt repairing pot- Somerset counties. DMA 3 includes tion is open and available on a first- holes statewide, equal to the weight of 350 square miles in parts of Clearfield, come, first-served basis and will close roughly 627 PennDOT dump trucks. Indiana and Jefferson counties. when all volunteer spots are filled. Vol- In comparison, by the same time in Information on CWD and Pennsyl- unteers must be at least 14 years old to 2017, PennDOT had used 6,133 tons vania’s DMAs, including maps of all participate in this rain-or-shine event. of asphalt, with 3,607 tons being used DMAs, is available at pgc.pa.gov. in the same time period in 2016. Governor seeks more PennDOT crews are responsible for Tree-planting program funding for Lyme disease maintaining nearly 40,000 miles of state- continues at Flight 93 battle in Pennsylvania owned roadways. Repairs are made National Memorial Governor Tom Wolf included first to areas with higher traffic levels. More than 400 volunteers will gath- $2.5 million in his proposed 2018-19 During the winter and early spring, er at the Flight 93 National Memorial state budget for a coordinated attack potholes are repaired using a temporary on April 27 and 28 for the annual on Lyme disease. Pennsylvania leads mixture, with permanent repairs com- “Plant a Tree at Flight 93” event. The the nation in cases of the tick-borne pleted when the weather is warmer. goal of the massive reforestation effort disease. Report potholes and other high- is to plant 150,000 new trees at the If approved by the legislature, the way-maintenance concerns on state memorial in Somerset County. In the funding would allow the Pennsylvania roads at customercare.penndot.gov or past six years, volunteers have planted Department of Health to hire staff to by calling 800-349-7623. l

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ear Pat: We hired a contractor to give us an energy-efficient Drenovation. How do we man- age the job to make sure the project turns out right? — Bridget and Neil

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ifteen years ago, Somerset resi- By Kathy Hackleman STAR AND SHUTTERS: This white barn with dent Fred Will decided he would Senior Editor/Writer blue shutters and a medallion star also has devote a few hours to uncov- cupolas with shutterwork. It is located at F 542 Marts Road, Friedens, Pa. ering the story behind the decorative and I’m still looking for information.” barn stars so prevalent in rural Somer- What he has discovered is just a set and Bedford counties. At that time, small part of what he now believes found on barns in central and eastern Will was a member of his local histor- may already be lost to the past. Pennsylvania. ical society board, and the Somerset “There is some oral history of “From the stories I have heard, it Historical Center had recently obtained conversations passed down through seems the barn stars started appearing a large barn star for its collection of families, but I have spent years looking in Bedford County and progressed local memorabilia. That star is now the for written documentation, and I just through Somerset County, with a few first stop on a 19-stop barn star driving haven’t been able to find it,” he adds. in Washington County,” Will says. tour sponsored by the Somerset Coun- Although the decorative barn art is “You can almost define the county ty Chamber of Commerce. not always a traditional five-point star, lines by where the barn stars are.” it most often is in the shape of a star From his research, Will believes the “Back when the center got the first or has the shape of a star within the first barn stars were installed in the barn star, no one really knew much design. The barn stars of Somerset and area in the 1870s and continued to be about the history of the barn stars, so Bedford counties are always cut out added to area barns through the early I took it upon myself to research this,” and applied, as opposed to the more 1900s. Some of the ones he has found Will reports. “I thought it would take common Pennsylvania Dutch “hex show similarities, although even the a month or so. That was 15 years ago, signs,” which are painted decorations similar ones have different details. The

8 | APRIL 2018 still stands as a testament to the con- father was 9 years old when the barn struction methods used a century ago. was built in 1899. Today, the barn is used to store hay “I don’t know, but I suspect my and house dairy cattle. The barn star great-grandfather’s brother supervised still watches over it all. the construction of the barn,” Airsman The Scott barn at 1717 Causeway says. “It is my understanding that he Drive, Friedens, is one of the barns built barns.” featured on the Somerset County tour As a child, Airsman played in the of barn stars and decorations. barn and later worked in it, feeding While many of the barn stars on the and milking the family’s dairy cattle, tour are original, some are replicas of and hauling manure out of it. Today, the originals. the barn is used to store hay and house That’s the case for Dale Airsman, the Airsmans’ three horses. who like the Scotts, lives in his childhood home on Airesman Road, Preservation efforts Boswell, and is a member of Somerset While he works to maintain the old Rural Electric Cooperative. According barn, Airsman notes it takes both a lot to his family’s history, Airsman’s grand- of time and “deep pockets” to keep LOOK FOR THE STARS: This medallion features dozens of tiny cutout stars within its design. It is located at 566 Airesman Road, Boswell, Pa. stars range in size from about 8 feet in diameter to the largest he has researched — the nearly 15-foot star that first piqued his interest at the museum. He suspects — but has no confir- mation — that the barn stars (as well as decorative shutters that sometimes appear with the stars) are the intri- cate work of a craftsman or two who created the designs and sold them to the barn owners to be installed as the barns were constructed. “The stars serve no purpose other than decoration,” he says. “As for the shutters, some are part of a louvered ventilation system, but there is a lot that are simply for decoration only.”

Family history When Somerset Rural Electric Cooperative member Janet Schrock Scott looks toward her barn, she sees the same star she remembers from her childhood. Although she and her husband, Glenn, now 90, live on the farm that was Glenn’s childhood home, she was, as she calls herself, “the girl next door.” She sees more than an old barn decorated with a star — she sees her family’s history. Her grandfather, STILL IN THE FAMILY: This white barn at 1717 Causeway Drive, Friedens, Pa., built by Ezra Scott Homer Schrock, and her husband’s and Homer Schrock, is now owned by Glenn and Janet Shrock Scott (Ezra’s son and Homer’s grandfather, Ezra Scott, built the barn that daughter).

| APRIL 2018 9 pletely, and the decorations with them, because of the cost of maintenance and upkeep,” Will says. “But many of the individuals are trying to maintain them and keep them in good order.”

Barn tour The chamber’s barn star and decoration driving tour is designed to be a random sampling around Somerset County of barns that are easily accessi- ble and can be seen from a major road- way, but tourists are reminded that the barns and surrounding grounds are private property. As for the barn star that originally sent Will on his journey of discov- ery, the large star is displayed at the historical center on a wall painted to look like the wall of the barn it first decorated. Mark Ware, the center’s executive director, reports it came from a barn at the Jacob Glessner farm in Somerset County’s Stonycreek Township. The barn is believed to have been built in 1889 or 1890 by carpenter Edward Landis and then remodeled in 1912 by Michael Snyder and John Calvin Scott, at which time the barn star was added. “When the barn was torn down a number of years ago, an antique dealer bought the star, which the historical society acquired a number of years LOTS OF DECORATIONS: This barn on Barron Church Road, Rockwood, Pa., features a ventilated later,” he says. “We also have a copy medallion star and shutters, along with applied bracketwork and columns. of an original barn star (the Schrock/ Scott barn star) in our archives that a structure like that in tip-top shape. residents in the area. has a similar, but not identical, pattern One of the parts of his barn that dete- “He had the foresight to buy the to ours.” riorated over the years was the original stars, take them off and sell them as Although the Schrock/Scott pat- barn star. A few years ago, when an antiques,” he says. “He would make a tern is not available to the public, the antique dealer sought him out, Airs- brand new copy of the barn star and historical society’s gift shop does sell a man agreed the dealer could have the install the reproduction. The ones number of tiny barn star replicas cast original barn star if he provided a new that went back up are supposedly the into pewter ornaments. reproduction and installed it. original pattern, but a lot of them were For more information about the “If I hadn’t done that, the star would taken off, sold and never replaced.” barn star driving tour, contact the have fallen apart and I would have had Through the decades, many barn Somerset County Chamber of Com- a gaping hole in the side of the barn,” stars have been lost to the scrap heap merce or go to somersetcountycham- he says. “(The dealer) rented a bucket as the farms change hands and new ber.com (click on “Visit,” then “Area truck and took the old star down, and owners, especially if they are not Attractions,” then “Barn Stars Driving contracted with a cabinet maker in family members, don’t have the same Tour”). Maryland who made the replica out of sentimental attachment to the aging Anyone who has historical infor- cedar so it wouldn’t rot.” barns and their embellishments, Will mation about the area’s barn stars or Will says the same antique dealer says. shutters is asked to contact Will at made similar deals with a number of “We are losing some barns com- [email protected]. l

10 | APRIL 2018 Lineworker Appreciation Day April 9, 2018

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REA ENERGY The power behind your power One of 14 electric cooperatives By Chad Carrick, MBA, CFPC serving Pennsylvania and New Jersey President and CEO

As April arrives, it brings with it the lineworkers perform, their job today showers that produce spring flowers. It goes far beyond climbing to the top of also heralds the beginning of a poten- a pole to repair a wire. They are also tially stormy season that can inher- information experts who can pinpoint ently include power outages. While an outage from miles away and restore Chad Carrick REA Energy Cooperative, Inc. strives power remotely. Line crews use mobile President & CEO to provide reliable electricity to our workforce technology to map outages, REA Energy Cooperative, Inc. members, there are times when Mother take pictures of the work they have 75 Airport Road • P.O. Box 70 Indiana, PA 15701-0070 Nature has other plans. Most of us can done and troubleshoot problems. In 724-349-4800 • 800-211-5667 ride out a storm from the comfort and our community, 25 lineworkers are Ebensburg District Office convenience of our homes. However, responsible for keeping 2,657 miles of 127 Municipal Road there is a group of professionals that lines across seven counties working in Ebensburg, PA 15931 814-472-8570 springs into action when the weather order to bring power to your home and Website: www.reaenergy.com takes a turn for the worst — co-op our local community 24/7, regardless Email: [email protected] lineworkers. of the weather, holidays, or personal Staff considerations. Barry Baker One of the most While some of the tools that line- Indiana Operations Manager Erin Bauer dangerous jobs workers use have changed over the ACRE Coordinator Braving stormy weather and other years, namely the use of technology, Shane Cribbs the dedication to the job has not. Being Network & Systems Manager challenging conditions, lineworkers Dave Daugherty often must climb 40 or more feet in a lineworker is not a glamorous pro- Safety & Right of Way Manager the air, carrying heavy equipment to fession. At its essence, it is inherently Jeff Dishong dangerous, requiring them to work Ebensburg Operations Supervisor restore power. Listed as one of the 10 Lisa Gardill most dangerous jobs in the U.S., line- near high-voltage lines in the worst of Accounting & Finance Manager workers must perform detailed tasks conditions, at any time of the day or Stacy Patterson-Hilliard, CCC night. During blizzards, high winds or Communications & Marketing Supervisor next to high-voltage power lines. To Local Pages Editor help keep them safe, lineworkers wear storms, crews often work around the Chris Masterson specialized protective clothing and clock to restore power. While April is Reliability Supervisor known for spring showers, there is also Patrick McAndrew equipment at all times when on the Manager of Engineering job. This includes special fire-resistant a day set aside to thank a lineworker. Bryon Roland clothing that will limit potential inju- Lineworker Appreciation Day is Purchasing & Facilities Manager April 9. So during April, if you see a Brendan Short ries from burns and sparks. Insulated Right-of-Way/Forestry Supervisor and rubber gloves are worn in tandem lineworker, please pause to say “Thank Renee Spalla to protect them from electrical shock. you” to the power behind your power. Supervisor of Consumer Services Let them know you appreciate the hard Chris Weller While the gear performs a critical func- Load Management Supervisor tion, it also adds additional weight and work they do to keep the lights on, Outages & Emergencies bulk, making the job more complex. regardless of the conditions. l 1-800-332-7273 In addition to the highly visible tasks 724-463-7273 Office Hours Indiana Office: 7 a.m. - 3:30 p.m. Ebensburg Office: 7 - 11 a.m. and 11:30 a.m. - 3:30 p.m. Monday - Friday | APRIL 2018 16a rea energy cooperative, inc

the linemen who maintain his util- Hook, line ity lines on a few local fishing holes & sinker in the area. By Marissa Cronauer Yanov’s Bait and Tackle initially Marketing Specialist opened in 2002 In 1937, REA Energy Cooperative as a small live began providing electricity to rural bait shop during areas in southwestern Pennsylvania. the busy fishing The word rural can be defined as “a seasons. Over characteristic of the country, country the years, Joseph life, or country people,” and this truly has expanded his defines our members. shop to include Throughout our service area, we not everything from INSPECTION: Owner Joseph Yanov explains to REA Energy Cooperative, only provide electricity to residential rods and reels to Inc. lineman Nick Cronauer how he inspects every live bait package before members, but also local businesses. coolers full of live it leaves his shop with a fisherman. One of the businesses we provide bait. The largest accomplishment of and tackle to the local mentored youth electricity to is a bait this growing business is the trout days and consistently supports and tackle shop in year-round, honor-system, the Traditional Anglers of Pennsylvania Portage, Pa.: Yanov’s live bait porch for his cus- (TAP). Bait and Tackle. In tomers’ convenience. REA was created to provide rural addition to being a Like most local business- people with electricity and what they cooperative member, es, a satisfied customer’s do with it afterwards is in their hands. they also participate word of mouth is the best Joseph Yanov is one example of many in the Co-op Con- advertisement. who took advantage of this opportuni- nections program, Joseph says, “I’ve been ty, and he certainly has his hands full. offering an addition- known to lend out a bucket Whether you already enjoy fishing or al 5 percent off their to those who forget, and it would like to begin a new hobby, we already low prices. always gets returned; that’s encourage members to visit Yanov’s Owner Joseph Yanov the camaraderie of the Bait and Tackle and share a passion the recently took time business.” country people cherish. l out of his busy WELCOME: The shop is located With the statewide open- at 239 Munster Road, Portage, PA schedule to show us 15946; phone: 814-736-8431. ing day of trout just around around his shop as the corner (April 14), many he gears up for the upcoming season. REA Energy members will be loading Joseph even gave some tips to one of their gear and heading out to spend some time along numerous creeks and streams. With combination of the first day of trout and the Wilmore Dam being located mere minutes from the shop, Joseph can expect to be spending long hours working very soon. This bait and tackle shop supports the country life our rural people enjoy so much, and Yanov’s Bait and Tackle does its part GOOD DEAL: Visit Yanov’s Bait and Tackle and receive an ad- and more when it comes to ditional 5 percent off the already low prices through the Co-op keeping this rural lifestyle FOR CUSTOMERS: The shop has a 24-hour, Connections program. afloat. Joseph donates bait 7-day-a-week, year-round, honor-system porch.

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Lineworker Appreciation Day April 9, 2018

Remember to #ThankALineworker Lives on the line America’s electric cooperatives have designated the second Monday of April as National Lineworker Appreciation Day. We depend on our entire staff to keep REA Energy running smoothly, but on April 9, 2018, we honor our lineworkers who often find themselves in dangerous and challenging situations, so our lives may be a little bit brighter and safer every day. These brave men repair damaged lines and maintain critical infrastructure for our communities. Without their hard work and commitment to the job, our co-op would not thrive. No matter the time — day or night, week- day or weekend — if the lights go out, so do they. Perhaps you have seen them raising their bucket trucks in howling winds and torrential rains, or in freezing, icy conditions. They work around the clock near high-voltage power lines until electricity is restored to every member in our co-op community. In addition to aiding members in our local service territory, lineworkers are always willing and eager to volunteer when a neighboring community, county or state is in need after a major outage occurs. Our lineworkers are brave, committed and critical to our success. We hope you will join us in thanking the many lineworkers — both locally and around the world — that light our lives. Remember, your power works because they do! Use #ThankALineworker on social media to show your support.

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New face at REA Energy Santana Olp started in the position of member services representative I on Feb. 26, 2018. Some of her duties will include: welcoming and assisting customers, new member sign up, answering the cooperative’s main line, and processing service orders and payments. Santana has an associate degree in specialized business and accounting. She is currently working on completing two bachelor’s degrees — criminal justice human services and accounting. In her free time, she enjoys spending time with her family, volunteer work, kayaking, airbrushing, shopping and travelling. Santana Olp, Member Services Representative I

Right-of-way management and facility construction news 2018 area meetings REA Energy contractors will be completing tree-trim- In 2018, there will be two Area Meetings held in May. ming work in the following areas in April: This year, the meetings will be held for Directorate Dis- k Contractor crews from Asplundh Tree Expert Co. will be trimming the rights-of-way of the Kenwood tricts 7, 8 and 9. Substation area, in addition to emergency mainte- Members in Districts 7 and 9 will be invited to at- nance areas. Crews from Penn Line Service will be tend a meeting at the Kovalchick Convention Complex. trimming the right-of-way of the Uniontown Substa- Members in District 8 will be invited to a meeting at the tion area. Carrolltown Fire Hall. Notification of work will be made to members in the areas affected. Contractors will perform all right-of-way District 7 includes the following township in Indiana work per REA Energy specifications. All contractor County: White. employees will carry employee identification cards and District 8 includes the following townships in Cambria their vehicles will display their company name. County: Barr, Blacklick, Clearfield, Dean, East Carroll, If you have any questions, call 724-349-4800, or view West Carroll and White. District 8 also includes Beccaria the specifications at: www.reaenergy.com. Township in Clearfield County. District 9 includes the following townships in Arm- REMINDER TO STAY BACK! strong County: Kiskiminetas, Plumcreek and South Bend. REA Energy wants to stress to NEVER touch District 9 includes these townships in Indiana County: any downed lines; there is no way to tell if there Armstrong, Conemaugh, and Burrell, and in Westmore- is power running through it. Please contact 911 land County: Derry and Loyalhanna. and the local utility. Only trained personnel should If you live in any of the townships mentioned above, you complete the task of moving any downed line. may receive an invitation in the mail soon.

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Michael J. Bertolino Wayne Farabaugh Robert P. Neese Herman Blakley Sam Eckenrod Anthony Enciso Howard Terndrup John R. Learn J.R. “Rick” Shope Chairman Vice Chairman Secretary/Treasurer District 9 District 1 District 7 District 4 District 6 District 2 District 3 District 8 District 5

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PANCAKE SAVE $ 99 36-1/4" to 50-1/4" • 21" L x 10-1/8" H NOW $ 99 ITEM 60637/61615 $ 99 COMPARE TO $ 99 99 • Crane height adjusts 95275 shown $ 99 99 $ 99 SAVE NOW 139 329 $ 119 COMPARE TO 17 HONDA MODEL: GX200UT2QX2 Customer Rating from 82" to 94" 99 $119 230 BRIGGS & $17933 NOW COMPARE TO $ COMPARE TO $ MODEL: 20600 YOUR CHOICE 60 SAVE ITEM 62281 199 SAVE ITEM 60363/69730 STRATTON 99 299 MODEL: DCBL790B $ NOW 99 $ DEWALT MODEL: DW1369 DEWALT $299 99 • Air delivery: $39 83% 61637 shown 79 ITEM 63284 ITEM 69727 shown, CALIFORNIA ONLY ITEM 63255/63254 shown SAVE 0.6 CFM @ 90 PSI Customer Rating $500 $99 1 CFM @ 40 PSI $ 99 SAVE 399 LIMIT 8 - Coupon valid through 8/16/18* LIMIT 5 - Coupon valid through 8/16/18* LIMIT 3 - Coupon valid through 8/16/18* LIMIT 4 - Coupon valid through 8/16/18* COMPARE TO $ 99 $ 99 $ COMPARE TO $ 62 COMPARE TO $ 99 799 429 80 $ 99 98 SAVE $ 99 699 SAVE ITEM 64046 /64045 SUPER COUPON SUPER COUPON BEATS DEWALT SUPER SUPER DIRECT-LIFT MODEL: 873100 MODEL: PCFP02003 WARN $ COUPON ITEM 69904/68892 shown ITEM 69512/61858/69445 shown 179 PORTER-CABLE 59% 57 MODEL: 96820 400 63770 shown COUPON 72" x 80" Customer Rating 225 PIECE 20 VOLT LITHIUM CORDLESS Customer Rating MECHANIC'S 3/8" x 50 FT. LIMIT 3 - Coupon valid through 8/16/18* LIMIT 4 - Coupon valid through 8/16/18* LIMIT 3 - Coupon valid through 8/16/18* LIMIT 5 - Coupon valid through 8/16/18* MOVING TOOL SET 1/2" COMPACT DRILL/DRIVER KIT RETRACTABLE SUPER BLANKET • 576 in. lbs. of torque AIR HOSE REEL SUPER COUPON LIFETIME WARRANTY SUPER COUPON COUPON SUPER COUPON • 2.5 amp hour battery • Weighs 3.6 lbs. 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MULTI-VEHICLE 750 LB. SOLAR LED LIGHTS RATCHETING TIE DOWNS BATTERY FLOAT SUPER SUPER COUPON SUPER COUPON SUPER COUPON CHARGER HIGH LIFT JACK COUPON • 400 lb. Customer Rating Customer Rating 12" SLIDING COMPOUND Customer Rating 12 VOLT MAGNETIC 1500 WATT DUAL Customer Rating WIRELESS SECURITY working load DOUBLE-BEVEL TOWING LIGHT KIT TEMPERATURE HEAT GUN ALERT SYSTEM • 750 lb. H-frame capacity MITER SAW • Laser Customer Rating NOW guide (572°/1112°) 99 • 500 lb. saddle capacity Customer Rating • Huge 23" max. lift height NOW NOW $4 99 NOW NOW NOW 99 99 99 99 $8 COMPARE TO $6 $9 NOW SAVE $ 99 ITEM 63298 $179 $129 99 ATE TOOLS 82% $ 99 9 SAVE $ 99 $ 88 12 COMPARE TO $ 75 SAVE SAVE $ 99 11 $7 40 ITEM 63057/63056/63094 ITEM 64284/69955 425 $ $ 99 $ 99 33% MODEL: 33079 MOJACK MODEL: PRO 245 $ 99 70% $ 99 NOW 14 15 ITEM 60561/69462 shown 90984/60405/63150/61524 shown 69594/42292 shown SAVE 50% 219 194 COMPARE TO $ 06 SAVE COMPARE TO Blade sold separately. 18 99 28 $ 99 SAVE COMPARE TO $ COMPARE TO BLACK & DECKER MODEL: HG1300 23 SAVE ITEM 61969/61970 $ 59 9 67% SWANN MODEL: SWHOM-DRIVEA 58% 299 $ OPTRONICS 33 $ LIMIT 7 - Coupon valid through 8/16/18* LIMIT 8 - Coupon valid through 8/16/18* LIMIT 9 - Coupon valid through 8/16/18* LIMIT 4 - Coupon valid through 8/16/18* KOBALT MODEL: SM3055LW 169 69684 shown MODEL: TL21RK ITEM 63100 ITEM 62340/62546/63104/96289 shown ITEM 61910/62447/93068 shown BEATS SUPER SUPER COUPON DEWALT COUPON SUPER COUPON SUPER COUPON LIMIT 4 - Coupon valid through 8/16/18* LIMIT 9 - Coupon valid through 8/16/18* LIMIT 8 - Coupon valid through 8/16/18* LIMIT 7 - Coupon valid through 8/16/18* 4-1/2" ANGLE GRINDER Customer Rating 13 PIECE, 1/2" DRIVE 10" PNEUMATIC 60" HARDWOOD WORKBENCH SUPER COUPON SUPER SUPER COUPON Customer Rating DEEP IMPACT COUPON SUPER COUPON TIRE WITH 4 DRAWERS SOCKET SETS 7 PIECE PLIERS SET 7 AMP ELECTRIC POLE SAW WELDING 9 PIECE, 1/4", 3/8" Customer Rating LIFETIME WARRANTY 9.5" BAR STORAGE CABINET AND 1/2" DRIVE Customer Rating WOBBLE SOCKET Customer Rating EXTENSION SET 6 ft. to 8 ft. 10" NOW LIFETIME WARRANTY NOW TYPE ITEM NOW Customer Rating NOW 99 99 NOW Item 99 Customer Rating $3 99 SAE 69280/69333/69560 69560 YOUR CHOICE 99 34 shown 33" $ $59 $149 Tools sold separately. $129 METRIC 69279/69332/69561 99 NOW $ 99 LIFETIME WARRANTY $19 Customer Rating SAVE COMPARE TO $ 99 COMPARE TO $ $ 99 $ 99 $ 99 39 $ SAVE SAVE NOW 80 $ 99 COMPARE TO $ 10 5 415 $ $ 99 COMPARE TO $ 51 9 79 169 ITEM 61278 59 SAVE ITEM 63052 FARM & RANCH MODEL: FR1055 60% GRIZZLY MODEL: H7723 285 SAVE 33-1/2" 9 55 99 shown $ 159 $ 99 67971 MODEL: H2DSAEI11PCSR DEWALT MODEL: DWE401 shown HUSKY 63% COMPARE TO $ 79 SAVE COMPARE TO $ 98 SAVE COMPARE TO $ 99 19-1/2" 40% 62556 ITEM 69385/62388/62409/62698/30900 shown ITEM 93454/69054/63395/62603 shown 24 34 $8 99 229 COMPARE TO HUSKY MODEL: 97019 MODEL: WG309 $ KLUTCH MODEL: 48348 $ 99 SAVE 74% WORX 39 Welders, tools & supplies 19 $ 99 ITEM 62275/ 61705 shown sold separately. 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hft_pennlines_0418_spread_M-REG127992.indd All Pages 2/22/18 3:08 PM SUPER COUPON SUPER SUPER COUPON SUPER COUPON SUPER COUPON COUPON SUPER COUPON • 8100 cu. in. of storage ® 30", 5 DRAWER AIRLESS 10 FT. x 10 FT. PORTABLE SHED RAPID PUMP 3 TON HEAVY DUTY MECHANIC’S CARTS • 700 lb. capacity STEEL FLOOR JACK • Weighs 139 lbs. PAINT SPRAYER KIT Customer Rating ITEM 64031 850 Stores Nationwide • HarborFreight.com • Lifts from 5" to 18-1/4" ITEM 64061/64059/64060 shown Customer Rating • Weighs 74 lbs. FREEWITH ANY PURCHASE Customer Rating SUPER COUPON BEATS Snap-on SUPER COUPON Customer Rating 7 FUNCTION NOW 3500 WATT SUPER QUIET 20 VOLT LITHIUM CORDLESS YOUR CHOICE 99 DIGITAL NOW OF COLOR INVERTER GENERATOR Customer Rating EXTREME TORQUE 99 169 Customer Rating MULTIMETER % 99 $ 1/2" IMPACT WRENCH KIT 20 $169 NOW $74 $ 99 1200 TORQUE • 3.5" LCD Display ITEM 64032/64030/64033 shown FT. LBS. BOLT BREAKAWAY • Battery Included $ 99 99 87 $ 99 NOW 159 COMPARE TO $ 27 SAVE 214 99 NOW $139 135 COMPARE TO $ $ 99 COMPARE TO $ 89 SAVE POWERBUILT MODEL: 647593 $ SAVE COMPARE TO $ SAVE • 4.0 amp COMPARE TO 236 60 1,175 $ 199 299 ITEM 62915 99 $ SNAP-ON MODEL: KRSC33APBO $ $699 PROSKIT SHELTER LOGIC MODEL: 70333 96 ITEM 63297 ITEM 69227/62116/62584/68048 shown 1005 GRACO MODEL: 262800 129 60600 shown hour battery ANY $239 $ 51 SINGLE 13 ITEM* $ 99 $ 99 MODEL: MT-1210 COMPARE TO 259 LIMIT 4 - Coupon valid through 8/16/18* LIMIT 5 - Coupon valid through 8/16/18* LIMIT 3 - Coupon valid through 8/16/18* LIMIT 5 - Coupon valid through 8/16/18* 749 SNAP-ON OFF ITEM 63584 ITEM 63604/63758 $ 85 SUPER SUPER COUPON SUPER COMPARE TO $ 710 SAVE 98025/69096/63759/90899 shown COUPON SUPER COUPON COUPON 1,999 $ MODEL: CT8850PDB, $ LIMIT 1 coupon per customer per day. Save 20% on any 1 item purchased. *Cannot be HONDA MODEL: EU3000iS1A used with other discount, coupon or any of the following items or brands: Inside Track SAVE 1299 CTB8185, CTC720 470 ITEM 63852/63537 shown Club membership, Extended Service Plan, gift card, open box item, 3 day Parking Lot Sale 6.5 HP (212 CC) OHV item, compressors, ﬂ oor jacks, safes, saw mills, storage cabinets, chests or carts, trailers, 29 PIECE TITANIUM DRILL BIT SET 1750 PSI ELECTRIC Customer Rating trenchers, welders, Admiral, Ames, Bauer, Cobra, CoverPro, Daytona, Earthquake, Fischer, Cannot be used with other discounts or prior purchases. Original coupon must be presented. Hercules, Icon, Jupiter, Lynxx, Poulan, Predator, Tailgator, Viking, Vulcan, Zurich. Not valid on HORIZONTAL SHAFT PRESSURE WASHER Valid through 8/16/18 while supplies last. Limit 1 FREE GIFT per customer per day. prior purchases. Non-transferable. Original coupon must be presented. Valid through 8/16/18. 40 VOLT LITHIUM CORDLESS LIMIT 3 - Coupon valid through 8/16/18* LIMIT 4 - Coupon valid through 8/16/18* Customer Rating GAS ENGINE • 1.3 GPM • Adjustable spray nozzle SUPER SUPER SUPER Battle SUPER BRUSHLESS BLOWER Customer Rating COUPON COUPON COUPON Tested COUPON Customer Rating NOW Customer Rating 1000 LB. CAPACITY 1 TON CAPACITY 3 GALLON, 100 PSI OIL-FREE 12,000 LB. ELECTRIC WINCH NOW NOW 99 MOTORCYCLE LIFT FOLDABLE A AIR COMPRESSORS WITH REMOTE CONTROL Customer Rating 99 99 $79 • Diamond plate steel platform and ramp SHOP CRANE A. HOT DOG AND AUTOMATIC BRAKE $9 $99 • Lift range: 7" to 29-1/2" B ITEM 69269/97080 shown • Weighs 86.4 lbs. • Boom extends from B. PANCAKE SAVE $ 99 36-1/4" to 50-1/4" • 21" L x 10-1/8" H NOW $ 99 ITEM 60637/61615 $ 99 COMPARE TO $ 99 99 • Crane height adjusts 95275 shown $ 99 99 $ 99 SAVE NOW 139 329 $ 119 COMPARE TO 17 HONDA MODEL: GX200UT2QX2 Customer Rating from 82" to 94" 99 $119 230 BRIGGS & $17933 NOW COMPARE TO $ COMPARE TO $ MODEL: 20600 YOUR CHOICE 60 SAVE ITEM 62281 199 SAVE ITEM 60363/69730 STRATTON 99 299 MODEL: DCBL790B $ NOW 99 $ DEWALT MODEL: DW1369 DEWALT $299 99 • Air delivery: $39 83% 61637 shown 79 ITEM 63284 ITEM 69727 shown, CALIFORNIA ONLY ITEM 63255/63254 shown SAVE 0.6 CFM @ 90 PSI Customer Rating $500 $99 1 CFM @ 40 PSI $ 99 SAVE 399 LIMIT 8 - Coupon valid through 8/16/18* LIMIT 5 - Coupon valid through 8/16/18* LIMIT 3 - Coupon valid through 8/16/18* LIMIT 4 - Coupon valid through 8/16/18* COMPARE TO $ 99 $ 99 $ COMPARE TO $ 62 COMPARE TO $ 99 799 429 80 $ 99 98 SAVE $ 99 699 SAVE ITEM 64046/64045 SUPER COUPON SUPER COUPON BEATS DEWALT SUPER SUPER DIRECT-LIFT MODEL: 873100 MODEL: PCFP02003 WARN $ COUPON ITEM 69904/68892 shown ITEM 69512/61858/69445 shown 179 PORTER-CABLE 59% 57 MODEL: 96820 400 63770 shown COUPON 72" x 80" Customer Rating 225 PIECE 20 VOLT LITHIUM CORDLESS Customer Rating MECHANIC'S 3/8" x 50 FT. LIMIT 3 - Coupon valid through 8/16/18* LIMIT 4 - Coupon valid through 8/16/18* LIMIT 3 - Coupon valid through 8/16/18* LIMIT 5 - Coupon valid through 8/16/18* MOVING TOOL SET 1/2" COMPACT DRILL/DRIVER KIT RETRACTABLE SUPER BLANKET • 576 in. lbs. of torque AIR HOSE REEL SUPER COUPON LIFETIME WARRANTY SUPER COUPON COUPON SUPER COUPON • 2.5 amp hour battery • Weighs 3.6 lbs. HEAVY DUTY FOLDABLE STEP STOOL/ 125 AMP FLUX-CORE WELDER SOLAR ROPE LIGHT Customer Rating Customer Rating ALUMINUM WORKING PLATFORM • Great outdoor accent lighting NOW EVERYTHING 99 SPORTS CHAIR Customer Rating YOU NEED • Super bright light NOW Customer Rating TO WELD $99 NOW Customer Rating NOW 99 99 Customer Rating 99 COMPARE TO $99 $9 BLUE HAWK NOW $ 99 $59 NOW NOW $ 99 SAVE 99 $ 99 109 COMPARE TO $ SAVE 99 19 $ 99 99 $ 99 NOW MODEL: 77280 70% COMPARE TO $ SAVE 129 COMPARE TO $ 99 SAVE KOBALT MODEL: SGY-AIR184 39 $ 99 • SAVE 8 $5 199 $ ITEM 64367 179 $ 79 350 lb. 99 MODEL: DCD780C2 $ KOBALT MODEL: 86756 DEWALT $19 99 $ 99 ITEM 69505/62418/66537 shown 99 62664 shown 80 ITEM 63381 ITEM 69265 /62344/93897 shown $ 99 capacity $19 66% 13 29 COMPARE TO $ 55 SAVE $ 99 COMPARE TO $ 97 COMPARE TO $ 99 SAVE 57 COMPARE TO $ 99 109 29 LIMIT 9 - Coupon valid through 8/16/18* LIMIT 4 - Coupon valid through 8/16/18* LIMIT 5 - Coupon valid through 8/16/18* LIMIT 3 - Coupon valid through 8/16/18* 49 ITEM 62314/63066 GPL MODEL: H-21 65% 179 SAVE ITEM 63583 HAMPTON BAY MODEL: 82056-055SR COLEMAN MODEL: 2000020293 $ 99 $ 60% 66383 shown ITEM 62515/66911 shown IRONTON MODEL: 45433 80 63582 shown ITEM 62533/63941/68353 shown SUPER 29 SUPER COUPON COUPON SUPER COUPON SUPER COUPON HIGH PERFORMANCE LIFT SOLUTIONS Customer Rating Customer Rating AUTOMATIC HEAVY DUTY LIMIT 7 - Coupon valid through 8/16/18* LIMIT 6 - Coupon valid through 8/16/18* LIMIT 5 - Coupon valid through 8/16/18* LIMIT 9 - Coupon valid through 8/16/18* 3 PIECE DECORATIVE 4 PIECE, 1" x 15 FT. MULTI-VEHICLE 750 LB. SOLAR LED LIGHTS RATCHETING TIE DOWNS BATTERY FLOAT SUPER SUPER COUPON SUPER COUPON SUPER COUPON CHARGER HIGH LIFT JACK COUPON • 400 lb. Customer Rating Customer Rating 12" SLIDING COMPOUND Customer Rating 12 VOLT MAGNETIC 1500 WATT DUAL Customer Rating WIRELESS SECURITY working load DOUBLE-BEVEL TOWING LIGHT KIT TEMPERATURE HEAT GUN ALERT SYSTEM • 750 lb. H-frame capacity MITER SAW • Laser Customer Rating NOW guide (572°/1112°) 99 • 500 lb. saddle capacity Customer Rating • Huge 23" max. lift height NOW NOW $4 99 NOW NOW NOW 99 99 99 99 $8 COMPARE TO $6 $9 NOW SAVE $ 99 ITEM 63298 $179 $129 99 ATE TOOLS 82% $ 99 9 SAVE $ 99 $ 88 12 COMPARE TO $ 75 SAVE SAVE $ 99 11 $7 40 ITEM 63057/63056/63094 ITEM 64284/69955 425 $ $ 99 $ 99 33% MODEL: 33079 MOJACK MODEL: PRO 245 $ 99 70% $ 99 NOW 14 15 ITEM 60561/69462 shown 90984/60405/63150/61524 shown 69594/42292 shown SAVE 50% 219 194 COMPARE TO $ 06 SAVE COMPARE TO Blade sold separately. 18 99 28 $ 99 SAVE COMPARE TO $ COMPARE TO BLACK & DECKER MODEL: HG1300 23 SAVE ITEM 61969/61970 $ 59 9 67% SWANN MODEL: SWHOM-DRIVEA 58% 299 $ OPTRONICS 33 $ LIMIT 7 - Coupon valid through 8/16/18* LIMIT 8 - Coupon valid through 8/16/18* LIMIT 9 - Coupon valid through 8/16/18* LIMIT 4 - Coupon valid through 8/16/18* KOBALT MODEL: SM3055LW 169 69684 shown MODEL: TL21RK ITEM 63100 ITEM 62340/62546/63104/96289 shown ITEM 61910/62447/93068 shown BEATS SUPER SUPER COUPON DEWALT COUPON SUPER COUPON SUPER COUPON LIMIT 4 - Coupon valid through 8/16/18* LIMIT 9 - Coupon valid through 8/16/18* LIMIT 8 - Coupon valid through 8/16/18* LIMIT 7 - Coupon valid through 8/16/18* 4-1/2" ANGLE GRINDER Customer Rating 13 PIECE, 1/2" DRIVE 10" PNEUMATIC 60" HARDWOOD WORKBENCH SUPER COUPON SUPER SUPER COUPON Customer Rating DEEP IMPACT COUPON SUPER COUPON TIRE WITH 4 DRAWERS SOCKET SETS 7 PIECE PLIERS SET 7 AMP ELECTRIC POLE SAW WELDING 9 PIECE, 1/4", 3/8" Customer Rating LIFETIME WARRANTY 9.5" BAR STORAGE CABINET AND 1/2" DRIVE Customer Rating WOBBLE SOCKET Customer Rating EXTENSION SET 6 ft. to 8 ft. 10" NOW LIFETIME WARRANTY NOW TYPE ITEM NOW Customer Rating NOW 99 99 NOW Item 99 Customer Rating $3 99 SAE 69280/69333/69560 69560 YOUR CHOICE 99 34 shown 33" $ $59 $149 Tools sold separately. $129 METRIC 69279/69332/69561 99 NOW $ 99 LIFETIME WARRANTY $19 Customer Rating SAVE COMPARE TO $ 99 COMPARE TO $ $ 99 $ 99 $ 99 39 $ SAVE SAVE NOW 80 $ 99 COMPARE TO $ 10 5 415 $ $ 99 COMPARE TO $ 51 9 79 169 ITEM 61278 59 SAVE ITEM 63052 FARM & RANCH MODEL: FR1055 60% GRIZZLY MODEL: H7723 285 SAVE 33-1/2" 9 55 99 shown $ 159 $ 99 67971 MODEL: H2DSAEI11PCSR DEWALT MODEL: DWE401 shown HUSKY 63% COMPARE TO $ 79 SAVE COMPARE TO $ 98 SAVE COMPARE TO $ 99 19-1/2" 40% 62556 ITEM 69385/62388/62409/62698/30900 shown ITEM 93454/69054/63395/62603 shown 24 34 $8 99 229 COMPARE TO HUSKY MODEL: 97019 MODEL: WG309 $ KLUTCH MODEL: 48348 $ 99 SAVE 74% WORX 39 Welders, tools & supplies 19 $ 99 ITEM 62275/ 61705 shown sold separately. 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1998 In an effort to shorten emergency response times, Clarion County’s 911 control center begins assigning street addresses to all rural homes.

1988 Local libraries offer a starting point for persons interested in researching their family’s history.

s young men, former astronaut and U.S. Sen. John Glenn and actors Walter Matthau, Danny Thomas, Raymond 1978 ABurr and Robert Mitchum lived lives that were very Tourism is a similar to the lives of millions of men of their era. They were all significant source participants in the Civilian Conservation Corps, better known of employment in Pennsylvania as as the CCC, which kicked off its nationwide effort to combat the Commonwealth unemployment in the early 1930s. offers a rich variety The CCC was one of a group of “alphabet programs” initiated of historical sites, during the presidency of Franklin D. Roosevelt. They included athletic events and the NRA (National Recovery Administration), the WPA (Works entertainment. Progress Administration), the REA (Rural Electrification Admin- istration), the TVA (Tennessee Valley Authority) and the CCC. CCC enrollees enlisted for six-month stretches with pay of $1 per day. Enrollment could not exceed two years. Nearly 5,000 1968 camps of 200 enrollees each were set up across the U.S., with the President Lyndon men living in tents or barracks near their project sites. Johnson addresses Approximately 3.5 million men — most between the ages of the 26th annual 17 and 28 — participated in the CCC program, which lasted meeting of the Na- tional Rural Electric until June 1942. They were most often assigned to forestry and Cooperative Associ- flood prevention work in rural areas in an effort to enhance the ation in Dallas. value of the country’s natural resources. The work they per- formed is valued at an estimated $8 billion in 2008 dollars.

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03_PL0418.indd 17 3/15/18 1:57 PM powerplants About those plant sizes… By George Weigel

he best gardening question with the worst answer is, “How big is Tthis plant going to get?” It’s a good question — especially heading into spring plant-buying time — because paying attention to size prevents too-big plants from quickly swallowing too-little spaces in the yard. Unfortunately, so many factors affect a plant’s size that the only accurate

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Out of hibernation By Janette Hess

Now that spring officially is here, our appetites are ready to come out of hibernation. Our stomachs are growling for fresh produce and brightly flavored dressings, A trained journalist, Janette Hess focuses her writing on interest- and this month’s salad combinations fit the culinary bill. Citrus Poppy Seed Dress- ing people and interesting foods. ing is the key ingredient in each salad, because its sweet, lemony essence blends She is a Master Food Volunteer perfectly with a spring rainbow of fruits and vegetables. with her local extension service and enjoys collecting, testing The recipe for Poppy Seed Slaw puts a seasonal spin on the traditional cabbage and sharing recipes. salad, while Citrus Spinach Salad features a unique blend of orange sections, avocado chunks and sliced red onion. Spring Chicken Salad proves that poppy seed dressing and rotisserie chicken were made for each other, especially when combined in a salad of greens, strawberries and toasted walnuts. These sweetly dressed salads are sure to rouse any drowsy taste buds! l

Citrus Poppy Seed Dressing Combine sugar and dry seasonings in large measuring pitcher. Whisk in oil, vinegar, juices and lemon zest. 1/3 cup sugar or white wine vinegar Stir in poppy seeds. Add to salad mix of choice. Makes 1 teaspoon dried 2 tablespoons lemon 1 3/4 cups dressing. mustard juice 1/2 teaspoon salt 2 tablespoons orange 1/4 teaspoon onion juice powder 1 generous teaspoon 1 cup canola or other fresh lemon zest vegetable oil 1 tablespoon poppy 1/4 cup tarragon vinegar seeds

Poppy Seed Slaw Place vegetables in large salad bowl. Starting with 1 cup, add desired amount of dressing. Toss to combine. 1 16-ounce package 6 green onions, with Makes 12 servings. slaw mix tops, diced 1 large carrot, grated 1 cup or more Citrus 3 stalks celery, very thinly Poppy Seed Dressing sliced

Citrus Spinach Salad Cut orange sections in half, trimming tough ends, if needed. Remove any seeds. Place oranges and all veg- 2 naval oranges, cleanly 1/2 cup thinly sliced etables in large salad bowl. Starting with 1/2 cup, add peeled and sectioned red onion desired amount of dressing. Toss lightly to combine. 8 ounces baby spinach, 1/2 cup or more Citrus Sprinkle with cheese, if desired, and serve immediately. tough stems removed Poppy Seed Dressing Makes 8 to 10 servings. 1 ripe avocado, peeled 1/4 cup crumbled feta and chopped cheese for garnish, if desired

Spring Chicken Salad Combine greens, chicken, strawberries, onions and walnuts in large mixing bowl. Starting with 1/2 cup, 8 ounces mixed salad 1/2 cup or more Citrus add desired amount of dressing. Add pepper to taste. greens Poppy Seed Dressing Sprinkle with cheese, if desired, and serve immediately. 2 cups shredded Freshly ground black Makes 8 to 10 servings. rotisserie chicken pepper to taste 2 generous cups sliced 1/4 cup crumbled blue strawberries cheese OR feta 4 to 6 green onions cheese for garnish, if with tops, sliced desired 1 cup roasted, coarsely chopped walnuts

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A (careful) day in the life of a lineworker By Paul Wesslund

arry’s typical day as an electric co-op lineworker actually Lstarted the night before. He was getting ready for bed when a woman reported her power was out. It was Larry’s weekly overnight to be on call, so the co-op truck was already in his driveway. He drove it to the woman’s house, identified a problem in the base of the meter, installed a temporary fix until an electrician could get out the next day and returned home two hours later. He would report for work at the co-op office by 7:30 the next morning.

“I like hunting down problems,” says Larry. “I know I’m doing something the members can’t do themselves. They depend on us.” Larry’s like a lot of electric utility SAFETY FIRST: Jacob Strausbaugh, Adams Electric Cooperative, left, and Robert Osterberg, REA Energy Cooperative, work under the direction of a Pennsylvania Rural Electric Association Job Training & Safety lineworkers, says Joe Selnekovic, man- instructor during an Advanced Rubber Glove School hosted at REA Energy Cooperative in Indiana, Pa. ager, job training & safety/environ- mental adviser for the Pennsylvania asked who was familiar with the area opened the meeting. She said that while Rural Electric Association, the statewide they were headed to and analyzed last catastrophic contact with electric cur- service arm of the 14 Pennsylvania and night’s ball game. rent is always a top concern, today’s New Jersey electric cooperatives. In addition to taking time to coor- meeting would focus on avoiding “slips, “There are more people who can’t do dinate the plans and paperwork, these trips and falls that can cause very big this work than can do it,” Selnekovic guys (and a few women among the issues.” says. “It takes specific skills and intesti- more than 15,000 co-op lineworkers A safety specialist told the group that nal fortitude. They’re a ‘get it done’ type around the country) need to keep track he disagreed with the common idea of personality.” of a lot of equipment. Neatly organized that a lineworker’s job is dangerous, Larry isn’t like a lot of lineworkers; shelves in the warehouse hold saws, saying, “It’s hazardous and unforgiving, he is a lot of lineworkers. He’s actually drills, climbing hooks, insulated work but it doesn’t have to be dangerous not a real person, but a combination poles, trash cans and binoculars. They if you follow the right procedures. of the real people I interviewed for this need to be wearing safety gear or have We have the tools, the rules and the story about a typical day for a line- it close at hand — hard hat, safety knowledge that can keep it from being worker. glasses, fire-retardant uniforms, steel- dangerous.” toed shoes, regular work gloves, and By mid-morning, the convoy was Following procedure hot-line safety gloves. ready. Three lineworkers drove three Larry started his day in a room with One more delay kept the crews from trucks: a service truck, a bucket truck the rest of the lineworkers, leafing driving off to their first jobs, and it was pulling a trailer with a large spool of through stacks of paper — checklists, probably the most important reason of wire, and a digger truck with a huge maps, work orders — planning the all — the weekly safety meeting. auger on top and pulling a trailer car- day’s work. They compared notes, The co-op’s safety coordinator rying a backhoe. They headed across

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ne hundred years is a mere blink of an eye relative to the length of re- of the United States during World corded human history, but the changes during that one century have been War I, planting, plowing and harvest- Omonumental. We know what is happening today — let’s review what was ing the fields; picking fruit and sorting happening 100 years ago. it for sale; as well as milking and caring for livestock. In early 1918, the Battle of Bear Val- World War II. Fewer are familiar with Created as a civilian “army” of ley — the final battle of the American “farmerettes,” young women who female farm workers formally known Indian Wars — was fought in Arizona; spread out across the rural landscape as the Woman’s Land Army of Amer- the 1918 flu pandemic — one ica (WLAA), the organization of the world’s deadliest natural was modeled after the Women’s disasters that would eventually Land Army of Great Britain. Few kill more than 50 million people had any experience in farm life. — was underway; and the Unit- Before taking on their new roles, ed States was embroiled in the most received some agriculture War to End All Wars — World training at local colleges and War I. Women were second-class universities, including Pennsyl- citizens, without even so much vania State College (later Penn as the right to vote in U.S. elec- State University) and the Penn- tions that would determine their sylvania School of Horticulture future. for Women (which eventually In the hills and valleys of became a part of Temple Univer- rural Pennsylvania, a workforce sity). Those same colleges and crisis was underway — as it was universities, along with other in many farming communities nonprofit organizations, funded across the nation. Young men, the WLAA. Some of the colleges who typically would be agricul- and universities used farmerettes ture’s main source of labor, went in their own farming ventures. off to war, leaving their families The WLAA was designed to struggle with the absence of so farmerettes were to be paid not only their loved ones, but the same wages as men would often their farmhands as well. be paid for the same job. The Most people are familiar with program, which was more “Rosie the Riveter,” the ste- popular on the East Coast and reotypical urban or suburban West Coast than in the Midwest female who stepped up to take or Southern regions, provided a factory job left unfilled as the workers for individual farms, young men left the cities to do as well as public gardens. Some battle in foreign lands during individuals were placed on

26 | APRIL 2018 women who participated in both the WLAA and WLA, especially those who had not grown up doing farm chores or even lived on a farm, found the work to be difficult and physically challenging. A Mount Holyoke College (Mas- sachusetts) student who worked on a Pennsylvania farm in 1943 as part of the WLA was quoted in The New York Times Magazine in August 1943 (and later in “On the Farm Front: The Women’s Land Army in World War II” by Stephanie A. Carpenter) as saying, “If you have never threshed, you don’t know what physical labor is! Down by the barn they had a great machine that looked like a hideous, eternally greedy insect, run with a long belt attached to a tractor. A wagon piled with bundles of barley is drawn up beside the platform. Two people toss the bundles with pitchforks to the man who pitches them into the monster’s gaping jaws. I

e ss helped load 100-pound sacks of barley r into wagons. (Later) I stood on the wagon and placed the bundles as they

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rar better. There are drawbacks — you b i have to look out for pitchforks and it is the filthiest job I ever encountered, but it doesn’t give you blisters. And ded the by L it is a job of skill. You have to … put i ov the bundles in the right places so they rs pr don’t fall off. There is an art to it.” te l Po s POSTER GIRLS (AND BOYS): These are samples of posters used to recruit women to join in the effort The following letter from President to replace men who had left their jobs on farms to go to war. Woodrow Wilson was published in The New York Times on April 11, 1918: small farms where they worked alone, more than 3 million women during the To the Executive Committee of the WLA while others operated in groups, often 1940s as young men again went off to Mrs. Henry Wade Rogers, Chairman housed in camps near their worksite. fight, this time in World War II. The I am gratified to hear of the plan of the Woman’s Land Army to help increase Nearly 20,000 women in 30 states WLA was a federally funded program the food supply of our country and the — including Pennsylvania — took part organized through the U.S. Crop Corps allies through enrolling active and patriotic in the WLAA, although it is widely rec- — a division of the U.S. Department young women in self-supporting groups ognized that thousands of rural women of Agriculture — founded to help or units to aid in cultivating crops when have always labored on family farms alleviate the shortage of farm workers the farmers have need of them. I trust without formal training or connection during wartime, but it operated at the that our farmers, like the farmers of Great to any program. state and local level. Just as the WLAA Britain and Canada, will avail themselves The WLAA was disbanded in 1920 had done before, the WLA disbanded of this aid to the fullest extent practicable, after World War I veterans returned as young men returned from war and and that the response of our loyal young home to resume the jobs they held returned to their jobs in agriculture. women to this need, wherever it exists, will before deploying overseas. Although they volunteered to par- be generous and complete. Cordially and sincerely yours, A similar organization — the Wom- ticipate in these efforts to help their Woodrow Wilson en’s Land Army (WLA) — employed country in a time of war, some of the

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Don’t cheat me out of my fun By Earl Pitts, American

heard somethin’ the other day that the new Monopoly cheaters edition. That’s right, and I knew right then made me think. Y’all know the If you make cheatin’ part of the game, my whole life was goin’ to change when Igame of Monopoly, right? One a’ then it’s not cheatin’. It’s part of the I found out I had pre-pre-diabetes. them doofus, brain-dead board games game, right? In fact, the cheaters edi- She says, “Earl, you can take care of we played when we was kids. Well, tion of Monopoly ruins cheatin’ at this with diet and exercise.” they got a new version out called “The Monopoly. What the heck, man? Well, No. 1, I don’t got to exercise Cheaters Edition.” Wake up, America! No sir, we ain’t on account of I’m an ol’ guy who playin’ no cheaters edition of Monop- works for a livin’. If you find one Now you can get extra money, oly. That ain’t right. We’re gonna of them at the exercisin’ club, well, property and spaces by cheatin’. They cheat at regular Monopoly, just like that’s just somebody who found a pass out cheat cards before the game the good Lord intended. I’m Earl Pitts, Free Week coupon in his ValPak. No, starts. You might have to try to skip American. we’re not gonna make that a habit. We payin’ somebody rent or collect $200 sweat for a livin’ — we don’t gotta do even without passin’ go. They said so eople been askin’ me how come it for fun. many people cheat at Monopoly that I been irritable the last couple She goes, “Earl, your diet can make it would be fun to make it part of the Pdays. Well, I ain’t irritable, so a world of difference. Do you eat a lot game. shut the heck up! of bread?” Well, first of all, I am America’s Fact is, my better half, Pearl, has I says, “No, ma’am.” foremost Monopoly cheater. Especially been tweakin’ my diet. And if you Now, I can eat a whole bag a’ rolls when I played with my little boy, Earl throw an ol’ guy off his feed, he’s by myself. With butter. You ever get Junior, and his little buddies, who likely to be a bit off. one of them fresh baguettes at the just happen to be dumber than freshly See what happened was, I had to go Piggly-Wiggly? I’ll down one of them washed gravel. I remember one time for a physical to get my blood pressure suckers like it was a bread stick at the I told Junior that I passed go and col- pills renewed. That’s the deal these Olive Garden. But bread? No. lected 200 bucks three rolls in a row. days — you can’t just keep renewin’ Wake up, America! So then the doc Makin’ that even more impressive — them pills every year — you got to go asked me to put Pearl on the phone, we were playin’ Rack-O at the time. get checked out. and now I’m eatin’ a lot different. And I remember he couldn’t count But anyhow, the doc gets my blood yes, I might be just a tad irritable. I’m money good back then, so I’d give tests back and she gives me a call. Earl Pitts, starvin’ American. l him a couple of $5 bills for landin’ on She goes, “Earl, do you know any- Boardwalk. I’d tell him it was $5,000. thing about diabetes?” Social commentary from Earl Sometimes he would get frus- And I go, “Oh, my goodness, don’t Pitts — a.k.a. Gary Burbank, trated, and he’d say, “Daddy, are you tell me I got the diabetes.” a nationally syndicated radio personality — can be heard on cheatin’?” She goes, “No, don’t panic. But if the following radio stations that And I would act offended and say, your numbers get close, then you got cover electric cooperative ser- “Why, son, winners never cheat. And ‘pre-diabetes.’” vice territories in Pennsylvania: WANB-FM 103.1 Pittsburgh; cheaters never win.” And I was like, “Oh, my goodness, WARM-AM 590 Wilkes-Barre/Scranton; I think that’s a quote from Lance don’t tell me I got the pre-diabetes.” WIOO-AM 1000 Carlisle; WEEO-AM 1480 Armstrong, hisself. Of course, I was And she goes, “Settle down, Earl. Shippensburg; WMTZ-FM 96.5 Johnstown; WQBR-FM 99.9/92.7 McElhattan; WLMI-FM cheatin’ and winnin’ like I found a You don’t have pre-diabetes. But your 103.9 Kane; and WVNW-FM 96.7 Burnham- broken slot machine. blood test shows you are close to hav- Lewistown. You can also find him at earlpittsa- And this is my main problem with ing pre-diabetes.” merican.com.

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