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ANZA ELECTRIC COOPERATIVE

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Roselyn Bever

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Diane Junion

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Inside

May 2016 Vol. 51, No. 3

Lots of Garden in a Little Space 12 Also In This Issue Plugged In 6 Side Roads 10 In the Kitchen 16 At Home 18

Outdoor Pursuits 20 Great Picture Hunt 22 Marketplace 26 Parting Shot 30

Your local utility pages: 4-5, 8, 25, 28-29, 32

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Anza Electric

Anza Electric Cooperative, Inc. Announces Rate Change Most AEC members will enjoy rate reduction Effective June 1, Anza Electric Cooperative Inc. will make changes to its residential rates. The new rates will reduce bills for all monthly residential members using less than 1,000 kilowatthours. Simultaneously, higher energy tier rates will increase slightly to accommodate the costs of system improvements for additional demand capacity AEC's distribution system. The following new rate schedule applies to all residential (Domestic D-1) accounts: Tier 1 (0-400 kWh)

$.13 per kWh

Tier 2 (400-700 kWh)

$.14 per kWh

Tier 3 (700-1,000 kWh)

$.16 per kWh

Tier 4 (1,000-2,000 kWh)

$.17 per kWh

Tier 5 (above 2,000 kWh) $.188 per kWh

Demand charges for all residential (Domestic D-2) accounts will increase from $9.25 per kW to $15 per kW on all demand exceeding 15 kW per month. “Typical bill impacts will be very limited,” says AEC General Manager Kevin Short. “Seventy-eight percent of our members will see their bills reduce by a few dollars each month, while higher use accounts with high demand will see an increase. This change is necessary to pay the cost of an expansion in our import capacity due to several recently added high-demand accounts on our residential D-2 rate. Our elected board of directors feels strongly that, since our existing rate structure is based upon cost causation, the correct method to recover this cost is by shifting the burden to these accounts. “For example, a 400-kWh bill will reduce by $2.80. A 700-kWh bill will go down by $3.40. This is about our system average-sized residential bill. Even a 4

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What’s changing: 78 percent of residential accounts will have lower monthly bills. XX More capacity is needed from Southern California Edison and this comes at a cost of approximately $400,000. It will take about two years to complete. XX Monthly bills will increase for large loads, which will include higher demand charges. XX Large loads will be subject to power curtailment during peak times to avoid service interruption to residential accounts. XX

1,000-kWh bill will enjoy a $2.50 lower monthly cost. At 2,000 kWh, which is about three times our average, the increase is limited to $10.50 per month.” The import capacity increase will expand AEC’s system from 14 megawatts to 19 megawatts total demand capability. This expansion, which consists of upgrades to the Southern California Edison interconnection to AEC, will incur additional annual operating costs of approximately $400,000 and take about two years to complete. AEC’s current contract with SCE provides for 14 MW of power. Last summer, AEC came dangerously close to reaching that ceiling due to an increase in service to well loads. To avoid reaching that ceiling and allow AEC to continue to provide uninterrupted service, a new program will be implemented in May to curtail high-demand use. These large accounts will have limited capacity during high-peak times. The curtailment allows AEC to keep residential consumers' power on and avoid service disruptions. AEC representatives will be at a public meeting to discuss the rate change with

members Monday, May 9, at 4 p.m. at Anza Community Hall, 56630 Hwy. 371. For more information, attend the meeting, drop by the office, visit www. anzaelectric.org or send an email to aec@ anzaelectric.org. n

New Residential Rate Change Effective June 1, 2016 If your bill is currently 400 kWh, it will be reduced by $2.80. If your bill is currently 700 kWh, it will be reduced by $3.40. If your bill is currently 1,000 kWh, it will be reduced by $2.50. If your bill is currently 2,000 kWh, it will increase by $10.50. If your bill is currently 3,000 kWh, it will increase by $31.50. If you bill is currently 4,000 kWh, it will increase by $52.50.

Join us for a Public Meeting Monday, May 9, 4 p.m. Anza Community Hall 56630 Hwy. 371

Receive Outage Notifications Via Text or Email

When power outages occur, you want to know what is happening—and fast. Anza Electric Cooperative has a messaging system in place for text messages and emails. Sign up online at www.trumpia.com/ onlineSignup/anzaelectric/signup or visit www. anzaelectric.org and select “messaging” from the Member Services tab. Once your information is entered, you receive an email and/or text message asking for your confirmation. Be sure to respond to get your name into the system. If you are only interested in receiving text messages, type “Anza” to short code 99000. This short code is a like a cell phone number except it is only six digits long. For more outage information, follow us on Facebook or check for updates at www.anzaelectric. org. n

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Plugged In

Using Electricity Safely and Efficiently

Ground-fault circuit interrupters, or GFCIs, have saved thousands of lives during the past three decades. The outlets cut off power before an electrical shock can occur. Photo by Mike Teegarden

Behind-the-Scenes Safety Electrical codes are designed to keep people safe and meet their increasing demands By Jennifer Brown

Treating electricity with respect is key to staying safe around a force so powerful it can start fires and end lives. As you practice day-to-day safety measures such as using extension cords correctly and keeping appliances away from water, key features in your home are simultaneously keeping your family safe without any additional effort from you. These features are often thanks to the National Electric Code. The NEC codifies the minimum requirements for safe electrical installations in a single, standardized source. While the NEC is not itself a U.S. law, the NEC is commonly mandated by state or local law. Where NEC is adopted, anything less is illegal. The NEC is revised by the National Fire Protection Association’s Committee on the National 6

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Electrical Code, which consists of 19 code-making panels and a technical correlating committee. It takes three years for revisions to be approved— and then the process starts over. “When codes are being revised, cost, safety, convenience and usability are taken into account,” says Brett Brenner, president of Electrical Safety Foundation International. “The process is foolproof.” American life has changed drastically since the NEC was first established in 1897. In 1911, only about 25 percent of American homes were electrified. Today, the average home has more TVs than people. The electrical demands of homes and businesses are greater today than ever before. “We have electrical codes to keep up with technology and energy demands,” Brenner says. “They evolve as technology evolves to keep people safe and meet the needs of our lives.”

The intricacies of the NEC are complex. But a few simple examples illustrate the lifesaving potential underlying the code’s perpetual revision and adoption. Ground-Fault Circuit Interrupters A ground fault is an unintentional electrical path between a power source and a grounded surface. This leakage in current usually occurs when an electrical appliance is damaged or wet, causing electrical current to flow outside of the circuit conductors. Ground-fault circuit interrupters are electrical safety devices designed to protect people from electric shock and electrocution caused by ground faults. GFCIs prevent this shock by quickly shutting off power to the circuit if the electricity flowing in the circuit differs—even slightly—from that which is returning, indicating a loss of current. First mandated in 1971, NEC has continually expanded its GFCI requirements to all kitchens, bathrooms, garages, basements, crawlspaces and outdoors. “The additions of GFCIs in bathrooms have prevented countless electrocutions in the bathroom,” Brenner says. “They have saved numerous lives.” Tamper-Resistant Receptacles According to ESFI, more than 2,400 children— seven children a day—are treated at hospital emergency rooms every year for injuries caused by inserting objects such as keys or hairpins into electrical outlets. Statistics confirm that devices such as plastic outlet caps are ineffective deterrents for young children, and can pose a choking hazard. One study conducted by Temple University’s Biokinetics Laboratory reported that 100 percent of children ages 2 to 4 years old were able to remove plastic outlet covers from the sockets in fewer than 10 seconds. These injuries can be prevented with tamperresistant receptacles. These devices look like traditional electrical outlets, but feature internal receptacle coverplates designed to prevent children from sticking foreign objects into slots, while still allowing plugs to be inserted and removed. These receptacles feature an internal shutter that only opens when pressure is simultaneously and equally applied to both sides of the shutter, such as when a plug is inserted. Otherwise, the shutter

remains closed and cannot be penetrated with such things as keys, paperclips or hairpins. Since 2008, TRRs have been required in all electrical outlets and receptacles installed in newly constructed homes. Official estimates suggest the associated increased cost per average new home is less than $50.

Tamper-resistant receptacles resemble regular receptacles but feature built-in safety shutters that block foreign objects from being inserted. Photo by Julie Chavanne

Arc-Fault Circuit Interrupters The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission estimates arc-fault circuit interrupters could prevent roughly 50 percent of electrical fires annually. An arc fault is a dangerous electrical problem caused by damaged, overheated or stressed electrical wiring or devices. AFCIs offer enhanced fire protection capabilities by recognizing when a hazardous arcing situation occurs in a home’s wiring and immediately cuts power to the circuit before a fire can start. AFCIs prevent fires rather than just mitigate their damage. AFCIs were first introduced to the NEC in 1999, yet the NEC continues to seek expansion of their use by encouraging their presence in every room of the house. Ultimately, electrical safety is each individual’s concern. But consumers can rest a little easier knowing the NEC makes electrical safety an up-todate priority. n M AY 2 0 1 6

Anza Electric

Plan to Attend AEC’s 65th Annual Membership Meeting

Saturday, July 16, at Hamilton High School It is going to be BIG!

• Touchstone Energy Hot Air Balloon (rides available, • •

weather permitting) Barbecue Music by the Barnyard Boyz

Look for more information in the July issue of Currents

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The Captioning Telephone converts phone conversations to easy-to-read captions for individuals with hearing loss.

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in your home, you must have standard telephone service and high-speed Internet connectivity where the phone will be used. Callers do not need special equipment or a captioning phone in order to speak with you. Finally… a phone you can use again. The Captioning Telephone is also packed with features to help make phone calls easier. The keypad has

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Do you get discouraged when you hear your telephone ring? Do you avoid using your phone because hearing difficulties make it hard to understand the person on the other end of the line? For many Americans the telephone conversation – once an important part of everyday life – has become a thing of the past. Because they can’t understand what is said to them on the phone, they’re often cut off from friends, family, doctors and caregivers. Now, thanks to innovative technology there is finally a better way.

Side Roads

Discoveries Oﬀ the Beaten Path

Hooked on Carving Fish By Craig Reed

The details of the rainbow trout carving give it a lifelike look. The green and red colors of the fish shine, as if it is swimming through a pristine lake or river. The body is curved, as if moving. The trout—enclosed in glass to protect its clean and natural look—is the creation of wood carver and painter Franz Dutzler. The 75-year-old artist’s work on hundreds of fish during the past few decades has earned him the title “The Trout Master.” In his words, Franz has been “crazy about fish and fishing” since he was a kid in Austria. After a short stint working at a railroad job and many years working as a chef,

Happenings Out West

Juneau Jazz & Classics Festival, May 6-21

Juneau Jazz & Classics is known for its unique, nontraditional concert venues. Photo courtesy of Juneau Jazz & Classics

Alaska’s capital city hosts the annual Juneau Jazz & Classics Festival May 6-21. This year’s event features dozens of concerts, workshops and other activities throughout its 16-day run. It is a fundraising event for its educational, outreach and other programs. For more information, visit www.jazzandclassics.org. 10

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Franz Dutzler outlines details on a fish at his workshop. He uses black walnut and attention to detail to create natural-looking carvings of trout and other fish, such as those in the background of this photo.

Franz became confident enough in his artwork to make it a full-time profession. He combines the natural beauty of black walnut and attention to detail to create a natural medium for displaying wild trout, frogs and other aquatic animals in their habitats. “Since I was a little kid, I’ve watched trout—swimming, chasing each other,” Franz says. “I’ve been fascinated by them. I just love the colors of the rainbow trout. There are some really neat colors—red, green, purple. All the spots on them are colorful. I was just intrigued by trout behavior.” Franz began honing his carving skills while working as a chef at a resort in the Snowy Mountains in Australia and then at the Milford Hotel at Milford Sound, New Zealand. His first sculpture was made from butter, wire and wood. In 1966, he and Launa, his wife of 50 years, married and soon immigrated to the U.S., settling in the Yakima, Washington, area. Franz worked as a chef in the Chinook Hotel and continued to carve butter and ice for table displays. While there, he met a man who carved

upland game birds out of wood and painted them. He encouraged Franz to carve, but something other than birds. Franz began carving fish as a hobby. A skiing accident left him bedridden for a while, which gave him time to carve and to think about how he could improve his artistry. He began to study “Trout and Salmon of North America,” a thesis written by a fish biologist in Colorado. “I studied that thesis to improve my knowledge of the fish,” Franz says. And he continued to improve his wood-carving skills. Once he was back on his feet and fishing, he put trout he caught in a clear plastic tank to study up close the fish’s mouth, fins and coloring. He took photos of the fish. In many cases, he released the fish back into the water where he had caught it. “He went out and did his own research,” Launa says. “Carving and painting from a photo of a live fish, not a dead one, is why I think his carvings have so much life to them. He was happy with what he had at first, but obviously he has improved over time.”

Franz eventually was confident and proud enough of his work that he submitted his fish carvings to the Favell Museum in Klamath Falls, Oregon, then to an art show in Eugene, Oregon, and steadily to other shows. When a man bought a whole table of Franz’s carvings at a Spokane show, the artist decided to go full time as a carver and painter. Franz set up a workshop area at his La Pine, Oregon, home. He created more carvings of fish and took his artwork to more shows around the West. He traded some of his artwork for trips to Alaska, where he was able to experience salmon fishing. His daughter hooked a 50-pound salmon on one of those trips, and Franz landed the fish. He then carved a replica of the fish. It sold for $7,000. Another Franz creation—two steelhead in a 5-foot-long display—sold for $12,000. Launa became her husband’s business manager, doing the bookwork and helping with sales created by the business’ website, www.thetroutmaster.com. “I support him wholeheartedly,” she says. “I think he has a wonderful talent. A lot of people see his fish and think it’s taxidermy. His fish look so realistic, they think it’s real.” While Franz has slowed down some in his shop and does not visit art shows anymore, he still takes orders from his website, and has fish carvings on display and for sale at The Wooden Jewell in Sunriver and at a few fishing lodges in Oregon and Idaho. After living in the La Pine area for the past 25 years, the Dutzlers recently moved to Utah to be closer to their grown children and grandkids. Franz has a workshop at his new residence. “It’s been a real blessing that Franz has been able to do something he loves and make a living at it,” Launa says. “Not many people get that opportunity. He’ll be carving until he dies.” n

Jozee Rooz Indoor Petting Zoo owners Donny Miller and Debbie Dolittle Penwell of Tacoma, Washington, enjoy raising animals, and teaching children and adults about their handling and care.

In Touch With the Wild Side By Rick Stedman

With a collection of animals from many parts of the world, the Jozee Rooz Indoor Petting Zoo in Tacoma, Washington, offers visitors a chance to interact with animals they may otherwise only see on TV. The brainchild of Debbie Dolittle Penwell and Donny Miller, the petting zoo has been a resounding success in its first year. “The neighborhood loves us,” says Debbie. “We get a lot of local business as well as from surrounding areas like Seattle, Olympia, Gig Harbor and other cities.” With more than 50 animals in their menagerie, Debbie and Donny are always on the go. The actual number of animals varies, but the current lineup includes 14 goats and kids, six lambs, seven rabbits, one pig, six piglets, two wallabies, one wallaro, a zebu calf, a yak calf, one jersey calf, a noisy cockatiel, four budgies, three mini/

banty chickens and a reindeer. “We also have a mini donkey, a mini horse and ponies we bring in for rides,” Debbie says. “We chose the name of our first wallaby, Jozee Rooz, as the name of our business.” She says the petting zoo is a great place to teach children how to respect animals, starting with gentle touching. “We teach them to pet and brush the animals gently, and to not touch their faces,” she says. “If the animal moves away, don’t chase after them, just find another animal to pet. I also like to teach kids that none of us like strangers touching our faces, and the animals don’t either. Most of us like a good back rub or scratching, though.” Debbie credits her mother for her love of animals. “I can’t think of a time when I didn’t have animals in my life,” she says. n For more information about the Jozee Rooz Indoor Petting Zoo, call (253) 539-5011 or (877) 570-3346, or visit www.indoorpettingzoo.com.

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Nature’s Pantry Beckons Wild plant foragers find plenty of choices, from front yard to the forest By Dianna Troyer

Hannah Hynes-Petty browses around Foraging for wild greens, her yard, searching for fresh salad roots, flowers, mushrooms and ingredients. She plucks chickweed, berries in yards, along streampurslane and dandelion greens. banks and in forests is gaining “There’s a misconception that forpopularity for several reasons. aging takes place out in a forest or far “It’s an easy way to supplement away from home,” says the 24-year-old your diet with free nutrientEugene, Oregon, resident who teaches rich food,” Hannah says. “On a ethnobotany and herbalism for Wolf deeper level, it’s a way to engage Camp and the Conservation College. with nature. Plants, their proper“Foraging can happen right in your ties and botanical patterns are own backyard.” fascinating.” Whether the search starts in a A growing desire by consumbackyard or deep in the wilderers to learn about wild edibles Doug Deur with salal. Both the berries helped propel rural coastal ness, foragers nationwide are gaining and flowers are tasty. The leaves are hands-on experience from experts Oregon author Doug Deur to the used in medicines traditionally made by Northwest tribes. who have found a passion for nature’s New York Times bestseller list of Photo by Faith Deur free edible offerings. From camps to travel books two years ago. classes to books, seasoned foragers are Sales are still steady for “Pacific Northwest share expertise and hope to help people return to Foraging: 120 Wild and Flavorful Edibles from their gathering roots. Alaska Blueberries to Wild Hazelnuts.” “Many plants considered to be weeds are highly “The interest in gathering wild plants is rapidly nutritious and delicious,” says Hannah. “It seems expanding nationwide, involving a much wider range counter-intuitive to weed out these plants from of people than was the case even a few years ago,” says yards and gardens when they’re beneficial.” Doug, an anthropology professor at Portland State Hannah’s classes focus on which plants are safe University. “Consumers are becoming increasingly to eat, where to find them, when to pick them and concerned with the healthfulness of their food in light how to fix them. Purslane’s succulent leaves taste of industrialized, chemically based agricultural pracsimilar to a tangy cucumber. Chickweed tastes simi- tices. At the same time, our technological world tends lar to corn silk or a light grass. Dandelion greens to disconnect people from their natural world.” provide vitamins and minerals, and often are boiled Doug believes another reason for his guidebook’s to remove a bitter flavor or sautéed in olive oil. popularity is his inclusion of Native Americans’ eons-old foraging philosophy. “Tribes I’ve worked with—from the Southwest to the Arctic—believe people should take care of the plants, and they will take care of you,” Doug says. “If you gather, you’re obligated to spread a few seeds and to not overharvest. Their reverence toward harvesting wild plants makes us think about our modern land-use practices.”

Author John Kallas teaches a wild edible plant class at a park outside Portland, Oregon. Photo by Liz Crain

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Qualified Instructor Hannah tells novice foragers to take a class from a qualified instructor or to accompany a knowledgeable person, and invest in a quality field guide. Her favorites include “Plants of the Pacific Northwest Coast,” by Jim Pojar and Andy MacKinnon, and “Edible Wild Plants: Wild Foods from Dirt to Plate” by Portland-based author John Kallas. The region provides a vast classroom offering a

24/7 pantry, with plants growing in diverse microclimates, from lush forests to dry grasslands. More than 2,000 mushroom varieties thrive in the region, with many growing only in the Northwest. “We have thousands of plants to pick from,” says John, who estimates he has taught wild edible plant classes to 10,000 students regionally and nationally in rural and urban settings during the past 35 years. “There are more than 60 types of sea weeds alone.” In addition to workshops, he shares advice at www.wildfoodadventures.com. As if scanning a grocery list, John names a few of his favorite wild spring edibles. “There are cattail shoots, oxeye daisies, mustards, sweet pea, carrots and burdock,” he says. “Coastal sea vegetables are out year-long, although there are seasons and permits required for gathering them.” John advises students to get permission to forage on public as well as private lands. He emphasizes to avoid picking near roads, where plants absorb vehicular exhaust fumes, or along railroad tracks, where toxic chemicals have spilled and heavy metals may contaminate the soil. “Always be positive of a plant’s identification,” he says. “A pleasant taste is not an indicator of edibility.” Timeless Tradition Identification of edible plants has been passed down for generations among Native Americans, who have foraged for thousands of years. “They still gather food in a specific, respectful way to perpetuate the life of the plants,” says Thomas

Backman of Kamiah, Idaho, who teaches science at the Nez Perce campus of Northwest Indian College. During a spring lab, students use a traditional long, sharp, digging stick to carefully extract edible roots. “The idea is to dig a specific root without disturbing surrounding plants,” he says. “The plants’ seeds are then sprinkled in the hole, so new plants will grow and continue the life cycle.” “Our saying is to tread softly when digging the roots,” adds Nez Perce language teacher Bessie Walker. “Each family has a traditional spot to dig.” Like the roots, berries are picked carefully. “It’s frustrating that some non-native pickers damage a huckleberry bush by cutting off an entire branch to pull off the berries later at home or at a campsite,” Thomas says. “Others have dug up bushes and planted them at home, which eventually kills the plant. We still can’t replicate the symbiotic relationship a huckleberry plant has with fungi in the soil where it grows. They’re best left in place.” Mushroom Mania The Pacific Northwest’s wild mushrooms have become world renowned. They are especially coveted in Japan, where mushroom habitat has disappeared due to land-use practices. No one can predict how a season will unfold. “There are so many factors with snowpack, summer rain and humidity, it’s impossible to forecast,” says Kim Traverse, president of the Puget Sound Mycological Society and a mushroom hunter for 40 years. “Every season has its surprises.”

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Connie Green picks mushrooms for use by celebrity chefs. Photo by Sara Remington, courtesy of Viking Studios

Making Money Out of Mushrooms By Dianna Troyer Connie Green walks with ease in diverse worlds. As a professional forager, she hunts wild mushrooms in northern California for celebrity chefs and harvests sea beans in estuaries. She is equally at home in a kitchen, where she makes pickled sea beans that have won prestigious awards. Connie wrote “The Wild Table: Seasonal Foraged Food and Recipes” to share her decades of expertise and love of wild foods. She helped establish a market for the Pacific Northwest’s wild mushrooms nearly 40 years ago. “I’m probably the earliest and longest surviving mushroom foraging business in the West,” says Connie, 65, who lives in the hills near Napa and has a network of foragers throughout the Northwest and Alaska. “I’ve gathered chanterelles from the exact same trees for more than 30 years. “Some days you hike for eight hours and come back with nothing, while other days you find a perfect patch.” Prices vary depending on the type, their rarity and quality. “A pound of chanterelles at the height of the season may sell for $12 to $15 a pound retail, while porcini may be worth $18 to $24 a pound,” she says, noting the highly prized matsutake—with its distinctive spicy aroma—may sell 14

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for up to $45 a pound. “That’s in an extreme year when mushrooms haven’t produced well in China or Korea due to weather, so buyers turn to the U.S. for their supply.” To share her love of local wild mushrooms, Connie began selling them to chefs in the Bay Area in 1979. By word of mouth, demand grew. She opened Wineforest Wild Foods in 1981, adding black walnut oil, nuts, pickled products, syrups and a rub made from juniper berries to her offerings. Her pickled sea beans were selected for a Good Food Awards earlier this year and in 2014. Her wild elderberry shrub syrup won in 2012 and 2015. Sea beans, one of her favorite foods, grow along coastlines. “Their stems are salty and succulent, a lot like celery, but with a hint of brine,” she says. “They can be sautéed, steamed or stir-fried.” Connie’s appreciation for foraging was instilled as a child. She says she never tires of gathering what nature has grown. “I invited some chefs to my home the other day and made a salad for them from dandelion greens, chickweed, oxalis and purslane,” she says. “They loved the flavors, but didn’t recognize the greens and wondered where they came from. They were amazed when I told them right here in my yard. There are so many wonderful plants around us.” n

The value of the Northwest’s wild mushroom crop has been estimated at $23 million to $40 million annually, with thousands of pickers obtaining permits from the U.S. Forest Service. “It’s amazing how little is actually known about the commercial wild mushroom trade,” says Langdon Cook, a Seattle-based author. “It’s a fascinating, invisible economy and has been referred to as the largest legal cash business in the U.S.,” says Langdon, who worked in remote Northwestern forests alongside commercial pickers to write his book, “The Mushroom Hunters: On the Trail of an Underground America.” Lori Froehlich of Goldendale, Washington, has no desire to pick commercially. For her, finding morels in spring and golden chanterelles in fall is a priceless tradition shared with family and friends. As a child, her dad taught her where to look. She learned to carefully slice mushrooms at the base of their stems to not damage the mycelium—the rootlike network from which they grow. “It was worthwhile whether we came home emptyhanded or with our bags full,” Lori says. “Those experiences instilled in me a lifelong love of the woods.” She describes autumn chanterelles as meaty and aromatic—“a bright golden spot in a forest of green, like finding a pot of gold or forest candy.” Lori says to check with a U.S. Forest Service office to know where to hunt and how many you can gather. Leaving Enough While many wild mushrooms, plants and berries appear to be abundant, foraging advocates advise frugal harvesting so the plants continue to thrive. Whenever Hope Stanton picks red huckleberries, thimble berries and blackberries near her home in Nehalem, Oregon, to make pies, jams and berry vinegar, she leaves enough for birds and other wildlife and seeds for a new generation of plants. “It’s great that folks are relearning the value of our native plants,” says Hope, a member of the Native Plant Society of Oregon. “Let’s not trample and destroy them in the process.” Hannah reminds her students to harvest honorably. “Have a purpose in mind, and gather only as much as you will use and process,” she says. “Allow the biggest and best plants to remain so they can continue to propagate the healthiest population. Harvest about one-third or less of a plant and leave some root. Make clean slices, so the plant will heal.” She looks forward to future outings. “Spring is a wonderful time to harvest because plants are producing new buds and shoots,” Hannah says. “There are so many wonderful choices.” n

Wild Plants Appeal as Meals, Medicine By Dianna Troyer

For generations, Alaska’s native elders have advised drinking a tea brewed from fresh tender spruce tree tips as a springtime tonic. That advice and other knowledge about the state’s wild edible plants is being passed on through a popular ethnobotany class offered through the University of Alaska Fairbanks. “Students learn that spruce tea is rich in vitamin C,” says Rose Meier, assistant ethnobotany professor in Fairbanks. She administers an ethnobotany certificate program offered through the Kuskokwim campus in Bethel. It is the first program of its kind in Alaska and one of a handful in the United States, says Rose, who facilitated its approval in 2009 in response to community interest. Leah Walsh, a former student and ethnobotany program assistant, says she enrolled because she “sees a time when it will be of growing importance to again intimately know our water, know our food and know our medicine.”

Classes have become popular with non-degree-seeking students in Fairbanks. “We have quite a few students with college and postgraduate degrees who are taking classes because they want to learn about wild plants and their edible and medicinal properties,” says Rose. “It’s also a way for them to connect with the vast natural world at our doorstep.” Employees at UAF meet monthly to share experiences making teas, tinctures, cooking with native plants and using them medicinally. The ethnobotany classes are taught via a telecommunications network, enabling students to learn in their homes from professors and elders. One of the most popular plants in rural Alaska is the cloudberry or salmonberry, which produces plump orange, mildly tart fruit in July and August. In an online class manual, Katherine Hart, an elder in St. Mary’s, recalls how people stored the berries inside seal guts buried in pits. The berries were mixed with fish livers and seal oil, or with dried salmon eggs and seal oil.

National Park Service botanist Sarah Stehn, right, introduces Effie Kokrine Early College Charter School students to plants of the boreal forest and research methods of vegetation ecology at Denali National Park. Photo by Lisa Strecker

Gloria Simeon, center, shares her knowledge of wild plants with students during a summer field lab in Quinhagak. Photo courtesy of University of Alaska

A traditional dish, uqumyak, was made with cloudberries mixed with snow. Another elder, Modesta Myers of Pilot Station, told of suffering from a serious cough. Her mother boiled leaves from Labrador, a woody low shrub that grows on the tundra, and Artemisia in water in a covered pan until the tea was concentrated. She drank half a cup twice a day until she improved. Rose says Artemisia, a plant in the sunflower family, and roseroot, a low-growing succulent, are two of the state’s most intriguing plants. “They’re both considered a go-to plant to maintain health,” she says, noting some species of Artemisia have

been studied for their antiinflammatory, antimicrobial and antiviral properties. Rose says the program does not advocate using plants as natural medicines, but provides information. “We study how plants have been used both historically and today,” she says. “There are many powerful plants that should only be used by those who understand their medicinal properties.” A highlight of the ethnobotany program includes a two-week summer field lab. “Magic happens when you’re outdoors learning hands-on about the many ways that local plants have improved and continue to improve our lives,” Rose says. n M AY 2 0 1 6

In the Kitchen

Recipes That Satisfy

Potato cakes topped with apple dip add a tasty addition to any Mother’s Day brunch.

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6 tablespoons canola oil 1 cup plain Greek yogurt 1 tablespoon fresh lime juice 1/2 cup grated crisp tart/sweet apple 2 tablespoons chopped cilantro and extra whole pieces for garnish

Curried Potato Cakes with Apple Cilantro Dip

Peel potatoes and cut into 1-inch chunks. Put potatoes, coconut milk, 1 cup of the regular milk, bay leaves and 1 teaspoon of salt into a medium saucepan; heat to simmer. Continue simmering, on medium to medium-high heat, until potatoes are tender and can be easily pierced with a fork—about 18 to 25 minutes. Stir occasionally to prevent scorching. Reserve ¼ cup of milk mixture. Drain potatoes, but do not rinse. Move potatoes to a medium mixing bowl and discard the bay leaves. Add butter to potatoes. Using a potato masher, mash until potatoes are broken down and there are no pieces left bigger than a pea. The mash does not

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need to be smooth. Add reserved ¼ cup of milk mixture, cayenne, ½ teaspoon salt, garlic, ½ cup of flour and egg. Stir to combine. Mix in curry powder. To form potato cakes, divide mixture into 12 equal portions, rolling each into a ball and dredging in remaining flour. Press lightly into pancake shape (3- to 4-inch diameter) and reserve on a plate. Heat 3 tablespoons oil in a large nonstick frying pan. Add half of patties and fry for about 5 minutes, turning once, until golden brown on both sides and cooked through. Put cooked patties on a plate lined with paper towels. Repeat with remaining patties. Make yogurt dip by combining yogurt, lime juice, apple, 1/8 teaspoon salt and cilantro. Top each potato cake with dip and garnish with whole cilantro. Courtesy of United States Potato Board

Black tea combined with sorghum syrup makes a refreshing drink.

Sweet Sorghum Tea 6 cups water 4 black tea bags 3/4 cup sorghum syrup 1/4 cup sugar 1/4 cup bourbon (optional) Juice of 1 orange 1 orange, washed and sliced Mint for garnish

Boil water. Remove from heat. Add tea bags and steep for 5 minutes. Remove tea bags and stir in sorghum syrup and sugar. Pour into a pitcher and refrigerate until cold. Stir in bourbon and orange juice. Add sliced oranges to pitcher. Serve over ice and garnish with mint. Courtesy of HealthySorghum.com.

Spicy Latte 2 teaspoons instant espresso powder or instant coffee granules 2 teaspoons unsweetened cocoa powder 11/2 teaspoons sugar Pinch of ground cinnamon Pinch of ancho, chipotle or cayenne chile pepper 1 cup fat-free milk

In a serving mug, stir together espresso,

Asparagus, Swiss cheese and eggs come together for a tasty casserole.

cocoa, sugar, cinnamon and pepper. Stir in 2 tablespoons milk to make a paste. Heat remaining milk in a saucepan until very hot. Pour milk into a mug and stir to blend with paste. Serve immediately. Courtesy of MilkPEP

Mini Fresh Fruit Cups with Pastry Topper 1 refrigerated pie crust 1 teaspoon sugar ½ teaspoon cinnamon 11/2 cups fresh fruit 2 teaspoons wheat germ Honey (optional) Colorful, decorative sprinkles (optional)

Heat oven to 375 F. Mix sugar and cinnamon together in a small bowl. Using a cookie cutter (3 inches or smaller), cut pie crust into shapes. Sprinkle shapes with sugarcinnamon mixture. Bake on parchmentlined cookie sheet for 10 to 12 minutes, until lightly browned. Top with decorative sprinkles. Cool. Slice fruit into a medium bowl and mix with wheat germ. Add honey, if desired, for additional sweetness. Divide fruit into 4-ounce ramekins. Let sit until pie crust

is cool, then top fruit with one pie crust shape per dessert. You will have several pieces of leftover crust. Courtesy of Wheat Foods Council

Asparagus and Swiss Bake 2 cups cut (1-inch) asparagus spears ½ cup chopped red bell pepper ½ cup medium green onions, sliced 2 cups shredded Swiss cheese, divided ¾ cup Bisquick mix 1½ cups milk 1 teaspoon lemon-pepper seasoning salt 3 eggs

Heat oven to 350 F. Spray an 8-inch square glass baking dish with cooking spray. In a 1-quart saucepan, heat 1 inch water to boiling. Add asparagus; cook uncovered for 2 minutes. Drain. In a baking dish, mix asparagus, bell pepper and onion. In a medium bowl, combine 1½ cups of cheese and remaining ingredients until blended. Pour into baking dish. Bake, uncovered, for 35 to 40 minutes, until knife inserted between center and edge comes out clean. Sprinkle with remaining cheese the last 5 minutes of baking. Courtesy of Betty Crocker M AY 2 0 1 6

At Home

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I am looking to buy an Elmira High School yearbook. I prefer 1997, but am willing to buy the 1996 edition. This would mean a lot to my son who graduated in 1997. Thank you. Jeff Greif 89296 Territorial Road Elmira, OR 97437 biznobar@earthclick.net

In search of a book, but cannot remember the title. Read the story to my sons. The story line is about a boy in the early 1900s who lives in Washington. His parents die and he goes to his grandparents’ ranch in British Columbia, Canada. The boy grows up, learning to hunt from a native of B.C. Thank you for your help. Mary Glaves P.O. Box 1363 Sterling, AK 99672

Linda Thomas P.O. Box 85 Owyhee, NV 89832

Odds I need to know if anyone knows someone who buys old coins. Also, would like the recipe to the apple vinegar diet. Thank you. Ruth Hornelaz 227 E. Powerline Rd. Safford, AZ 85546-8213

Need help finding ways to keep cats off furniture and out of flower beds. We’ve tried oranges and coffee grounds. Don’t want to hurt the animals. Also looking for 5-10 glass blocks to decorate for a wedding reception. Judy Davis P.O. Box 453 Heppner, OR 97836

Have Box Tops for Education and foreign and domestic stamps. Please send a selfaddressed envelope to me.

Is anyone interested in Story Book dolls from the late ’40s and ’50s? I have some in much-handled condition that I will gladly give away, and will pay postage. Leila McClearly P.O. Box 479 Ellensburg, WA 98926 lomccleary@gmail.com

Looking for people to visit with who have trekked the Oregon section of the Pacific Crest Trail. Heading out this year. Thanks. Tammy Plank 103 Sleepy Lane Grangeville, ID 83530 tammy_plank@yahoo.com

Thanks We would like to give a heartfelt thanks to all who generously gave to our Little Dresses for Africa Journey 2015. We received more than 184 packages. Never expected the overwhelming response. I started out sewing 300 dresses when Ron decided to join me. We met our new goal of 2,015 plus. We

Olivia Staley 12717 2nd Ave. Court E. Tacoma, WA 98445

continue to sew for little girls in need around the world. Thank you all so very much. Ron and Bobbi Thomson Redmond, Oregon

Thanks to all who sent the threads I requested. You are appreciated. Melissa Brown Selawik, Alaska

Thanks to all who responded to my request for a fruitcake bar recipe. And thanks to Mary Barney and Joyce Schalz for finding it. Brought back memories. Bonny Wasley Clatskanie, Oregon

I was truly overwhelmed and so touched by the response for bird calendars. Thank you to everyone who was so thoughtful and generous. These pictures will be used for years to come. Linda Kanzinger Appleton, Washington

Many thanks to all of the folks who sent me information on John Day. Your responses were truly amazing. Brent Wolfe Tri-Cities, Washington

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Ron and Bobbi Thomson received 184 packages of dresses for Little Dresses for Africa Journey 2015. Photo by Bobbi Thomson

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Change Can Be a Good Thing Fishing is like anything else: If you keep doing it the same way, don’t expect a different result. Let’s face it. We all fall victim to routine: fishing in the same places, using the same lures, doing the same things over and over. Every once in a while, it’s beneficial to reassess how we do things and change it up when it makes sense. Here are five tips that may offer a refreshing and rewarding change: • Reorganize your tackle box. Arrange it so you can find everything quickly. Also, remove ineffective and rarely used lures and other tackle. • Lighten up. That goes for rod, reel, line and sinker. Fishing with light gear can be more challenging, and many anglers consider it to be more satisfying as well. • Start anew. If you’re too attached to that banged up old reel or just making due with a rod that has seen its better days, take the plunge and replace it. Don’t skimp on quality. Invest in gear and tackle that will last, do its job and not fail you at a critical moment.

• Don’t be afraid to experiment. Have an open mind to new tackle and new techniques, and take the time to thoroughly test them in the field before adopting or rejecting them. • Go for a change of scenery. Fight the habit of driving to the same old, triedand-true fishing holes. Take a risk and venture into the unknown. Sure, you may get skunked a time or two, but you also might find the next great sweet spot. Fun Fish Facts • Catfish have 27,000 taste buds, nearly four times as many as humans. • The oldest fish hook is 16,000 to 23,000 years old. The hook was found in a limestone cave in East Timor

Many of Curtis Condon’s fondest memories involve outdoor adventures with friends and family, whether fishing with old school buddies, backpacking in the mountains of the Northwest with his sons, or bird watching along the coast with his wife. He feels fortunate having the opportunity to write about the outdoors and other subjects for more than 30 years.

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The Great Picture Hunt

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“And that’s not all,” the excited voice in the advertisement squawks. “Act today and you’ll also receive ...” Hoping to entice buyers by sweetening the deal, the seller “adds value” to the package. Like the bonus of a comb or carrying case, small details in your photo compositions can be the difference between an average photograph and one that evokes an emotional response, inviting viewers to return again and again. A dark figure walking in the background, a flag awakening in a breeze, an unexpected shaft of light breaking through a bank of dark clouds, or small gestures like the tilting of a head or positioning of a hand can transform an ordinary picture into something special. The difference between a good picture and a great picture is often found in the smallest of details. Like spices seasoning a meal, accents should not overpower your primary subject. They must quietly enhance the visual flavor and add to the

The addition of a bird to a static photo of a bridge is just enough spice to give the image some life. Photo by David LaBelle

overall content of your main photographic dish. Too much seasoning can overwhelm the flavor of a meal, and too much random, unrelated clutter can ruin a photograph. “See all corners of the frame” is the advice many photography teachers tell students learning composition. Be deliberate. Position every element where you want it before you press the shutter. None of this “I’ll crop it later stuff,” they grouse. Composition is the stage you build in your viewfinder while waiting for a performance to begin. It is a deliberate act. Documentary photography is about capturing fleeting

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Director Candidate Petitions Available One board seat is up for election this year Anza Electric Cooperative is governed by seven directors representing its three service area districts. One seat, currently held by Paul Elmore, is open for election in July. AEC’s democratically elected board of directors is responsible for setting policy for the only electric distribution cooperative in Southern California. Directors are committed to policies that result in a safe and reliable electric system, fair rates, financial responsibility and superior member service. Each year, eligible AEC members can seek nomination for director positions up for election through the petition process established by AEC’s bylaws. Each position on the board of directors

is held by a cooperative member, and each term consists of three years. The AEC board meets once a month. At times, directors are asked to represent the cooperative at additional meetings. Directors are expected to travel and attend educational seminars leading to board certification. If you are interested in having your name on the ballot, you can pick up a candidate packet containing a petition, declaration of eligibility and resume form at the cooperative office, or download the packet from the AEC website at www.anzaelectric.org. Thirty valid member signatures are required for each candidate petition. If two names are listed on a membership account, only one person is eligible to sign the petition. All AEC members in good standing and residing within the co-op’s service area

may become a director, except for employees of the cooperative and those who are in any way employed or financially interested in a competing enterprise or business selling electrical energy or electric or plumbing appliances to the co-op. The deadline for returning petitions is May 18, 2016. The director positions will be filled when the election results are announced at the annual membership meeting Saturday, July 16, 2016. n

Director Responsibilities Mission and Purpose The board regularly evaluates whether decisions and policies help the cooperative successfully further its commitment to serving our communities by providing excellent member services, and safe and reliable energy services at a competitive price. Governance The cooperative’s board of directors approves and may amend business rules and rates, which govern the cooperative’s dealings with members. Legal and Ethical Accountability AEC board members adopt and enforce policies, resolutions and actions governing ethical conduct, accountability and compliance with applicable laws and regulations. Financial Oversight The board of directors establishes financial targets and goals and approves the cooperative’s budget. Board members also review and approve significant investments, loans and acquisitions, and the rates and terms for providing electric service to cooperative members. The board is responsible for evaluating periodic financial statements, reports and information, and considering internal control procedures. Operational Oversight The board discharges its duty to manage the affairs of the cooperative by delegating day-to-day management responsibilities to the general manager. The general manager is hired by and answers to the board. Board members consider and approve AEC business initiatives.

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Charter/Guides Let’s go fishing. Experience Oregon’s Umpqua with “Hannah Fishing Trips.” Since 1968. (541) 459-7922; oregonangler@aol.com; www.theoregonangler.com. 0516

Community Events High Prairie Firehouse Sale, May 13-15, 701 Struck Rd. near Lyle, Washington. Rummage, food, auction, raffles, car show, pancake breakfast. (509) 980-1330; www.highprairie.us. Camas Festival. May 28, 2016, Weippe, Idaho, presents “Living Through the Fire.” Also includes music, vendors, games, fun run. Visit weippe. com. 0516

Equipment/Tools REDI Driver distributor. Portable. Lightweight Honda gas-powered post driver. Drives grounding rods up to posts 2-7/8" OD. Demos at www.redidriver.com. $1,599. (208) 791-8081.

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Miscellaneous Internment package: double-grave site, lawn crypts, 16x24 bronze Matthew marker, bronze vase, internment. Fir Lane Memorial Park, Spanaway. Value $6,782, offering $5,000 OBO. Isabella, (253) 208-5172. We buy burl. Big leaf maple, green, no cracks, within 50mi of Gaston, Oregon. Send photos & dimensions to service@nwfiguredwoods.com. (800) 556-3106. 0516 Cemetery markers, both granite & bronze. Also offering bronze plaques, signage. All at affordable prices. Shipping available. Call Joe Plass for more info, (541) 815-8906; www.highdesertmemorials.com. 0716

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Real Estate Excellent land investment. 4 20ac parcels 30mi east of Goldendale, Washington, next to Bickleton Hwy. $90,000 for all, third down, payments. Call (360) 590-9724. 0516 0.29ac lot. Charming Elkton, Oregon. River, mountain views. Ocean nearby. Sportsman’s paradise. All utilities. Custom home area. $49,950. Custom home build available. (541) 580-2211; www.roseburghomes.com. 0516 Anderson Island, Washington. Puget Sound, on golf course. 1,808sqft, 2bdr, 2ba, bonus room, garage, new roof, lakes, low HMO. $185,000. Text or call, (206) 913-9433; smaly049@hotmail. com. 0516 Monument, Oregon, lot for sale w/3bdr older mobile on lot. Center of town. Price reduced to $31,000. Contact (541) 934-2061 for info. North Idaho elk country. Usable 110ac adjoining timber company land. Timber, hay, class I stream. 25gpm well, great water. Marlette home, 2 garages/shops. $600K. (208) 245-1780. Ellis, Idaho. 16ac, 1,680sqft shop. Power, well, mountain, river, valley views. Borders BLM. ½mi to Salmon River boat launch & Pahsimeroi hatchery. $100K. (208) 520-2817. 0516 6ac alpaca ranch, ranch home + 2 rentals, barn, shop, sheds. 3 businesses: rentals, breeding, alpaca products store. Roy, Washington, area. Turnkey operation. $1,195,000. (253) 208-2107. FSBO: Lovely well-kept 1,600sqft modular home. .5ac landscaped, fenced. Views. 3bdr, 2ba, central AC/heat, high ceilings, well, septic. Quiet Gisela, Arizona. $150,000 cash. (928) 474-9374. Off-grid seasonal A-frame cabin, in Colorado (10,000 ft), 2bdr, 1ba on 5.9ac. Aspens & wildlife. $74,900. (541) 729-0374, (541) 729-3198. 0916 Granite Falls, Washington. Two big continuous full-service lots in a 90ac gated park. $20,000 for both. Outbuildings. (425) 306-0588. 0516 Central Oregon coast. Blossoming art, antique community. 2,000sqft restored commercial w/ home. 100' Hwy 101 & Nestucca River. Xl fish, hunt. 10min to beach. $275,000. (503) 329-8345. New small summer cabin, on 4+ac in the Cooper River valley near Glenallen, Alaska. Electric, septic, water. Fantastic salmon fishing & hunting. $120,000. (907) 450-9812. 0616 Rufus, Oregon, 6,000sqft lot. City water, sewer, 200amp power. Perfect to build or manufactured home. Close to Columbia River. $40,000. kridenshall@earthlink.net. 0616

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Apache Generating Station Tours are a Valuable Tool Legislators, other stakeholders learn about valuable resource first hand By Geoff Oldfather goldfather@azgt.coop

Tours of the Apache Generating Station near Cochise, Arizona, have become a valuable tool to educate the public, state legislators, regulators, members of Congress and other key stakeholders about the challenges facing providers of electric power in an era of mounting regulation. Since February 2015, Apache has hosted a member of the Arizona Corporation Commission, a state legislative subcommittee formed to review the impacts of the EPA’s Clean Power Plan, a group of high school engineering students, senior staff members with Arizona Sen. John McCain, and Rep. Martha McSally, (R-CD2), who toured Apache only 51 days after taking office. Arizona Corporation Commissioner Andy Tobin, who toured Apache in March with two staff members, called Apache “critical” to grid reliability and the power supply of the entire state of Arizona, and not just the rural areas it directly serves. “The value and the contribution and the level of sophistication of the co-ops is truly an asset for the state of Arizona,” Tobin said. “These are incredible facilities and there is an amazing dynamic here, especially when you 28

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think about what you’ve had to achieve with the pressures that have been put on you.” As a member of the ACC, one of Tobin’s responsibilities is to review rate cases submitted by Arizona’s electric utilities. Arizona G&T Cooperatives (AzGT) and Apache employees have worked to control costs and keep rates stable. In October 2013, AzGT was granted a combined 5.85 percent decrease in its wholesale generation and transmission rates, something utilities are not known to do often. Tobin took note of that decrease and says he is committed to a balance between the need to control costs while maintaining reliability on Arizona’s power grid. He also said coal generation has to remain as a viable option in the state’s energy mix if reliability is to be maintained. “My view is this: I’ve sworn to protect this energy grid, which can’t happen without the co-ops,” said Tobin. “It’s going to take everybody to make sure we have for our kids and our future an energy grid that’s workable, and affordable, and has all the pieces to accomplish that.” Tobin’s tour on March 22 was preceded by a tour for state legislators who were on a fact-finding trip to determine the possible impacts of the U.S. Envronmental Protection Agency’s Clean Power Plan on Apache.

Director of Power Production Mike Nelson, right, explains Apache operations to Arizona Corporation Commissioner Andy Tobin, center, and ACC staff members Matt Gress, left, and Ron Bellus. Photos by Geoff Oldfather

During that tour in December 2015, members of the Joint Legislative Review Committee on State Plans Relating to Carbon Dioxide Emissions from Existing Power Plants heard testimony about the potential impacts of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s Clean Power Plan during a public hearing at the Benson AzGT administrative headquarters. The public hearing followed a tour of the Apache Generating Station for members of the committee and legislative staff and other ACC staff. The U.S. Supreme Court issued a stay against implementing the plan in February, which could delay it by several years. Many utilities— including those in Arizona— as well as the Arizona Department of Environmental Quality, are moving forward

with contingency planning on the assumption that some version of the CPP will eventually be mandated. The proposed CPP issued in June 2014 was so restrictive on carbon emissions, it could have forced closure of every coal power plant in Arizona by 2020. The revised plan—and the one that is now on hold— is less onerous, but still sets a limit on carbon emissions that will require most, if not all Arizona utilities, to build or buy new natural gas generation at a cost of hundreds of millions of dollars, as well as the investment of hundreds of millions of dollars more in alternative sources of energy. If implemented as written, the CPP final rule requires Arizona’s coal plants to reduce CO2 emissions to an average of 1,173 pounds per megawatt hour between 2022 and 2030.

Members of the media were invited when Congresswoman Martha McSally (R-CD2) toured Apache in February 2015. Tours of Apache are a valuable tool in educating the public and key stakeholders about what it takes to produce safe, reliable and affordable electric power, and the growing mountain of regulatory challenges facing power producers.

The previous interim goal of 735 lbs/MWh was much stricter and would have been required to start in 2020. The CPP also requires a final limit of 1,031 lbs/MWh by 2030, a reduction of 29 percent. State Sen. Gail Griffin (R-LD14), co-chair of the committee, said during the hearing it is obvious the new rule will have wide-ranging impacts and will affect not only electric rates and reliability, but other sectors of the state’s economy, especially in rural areas. “Everybody needs to be involved in this issue because it affects our rural areas and our rural economies,

both directly and indirectly,” Griffin said. Committee co-chair Rep. Frank Pratt (R-LD23) said people need to understand how widespread the impacts of any CPP will be. “This kind of over-regulation is going to affect everyone in the area, and those effects won’t be limited to here, this will impact the economy of the entire state,” Pratt said. Approximately 400,000 rural electric cooperative memberconsumers in Arizona, California and New Mexico would be affected by any final CPP, with the most significant

impact being substantial rate hikes. The rule could lead to reliability issues, such as brownouts, if not phased in over a period of years. AzGT is already making a substantial investment at Apache of more than $32 million to comply with regional haze regulations by converting one coal unit to natural gas as the primary fuel. Any investment to comply with a version of the CPP would be added to that—and could be more than $200 million. Other recent tours include: A tour in November 2015 for 18 high school engineering students from Buena High

School in Sierra Vista. A tour in August 2015 for senior McCain staffers, Austin Kennedy and Shay Saucedo. A tour by Rep. Martha McSally in February 2015. As recently as March, McSally, at a state of the district luncheon, called AzGT and Apache “vital” to the economy and power supply for the state. “The overreaching EPA rule on energy producers could eliminate more than 240 jobs (at AzGT), spike rates, and cause rolling blackouts in rural Arizona,” McSally said. n M AY 2 0 1 6

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Mike Lindell Inventor & CEO of MyPillow®

The Pillow Was the Problem I bought every pillow on the market that promised to give me a better night’s sleep. After trying them all, with no success, I finally decided to invent one myself. I began asking everyone I knew what qualities they’d like to see in their “perfect pillow.” Their responses included: “I’d like a pillow that never goes flat”, “I’d like my pillow to stay cool” and “I’d like a pillow that adjusts to me regardless of my sleep position.” After hearing everyone had the same problems that I did, I spent the next two years of my life inventing MyPillow. In the early days, Mike and his family spent countless hours hand-making each MyPillow. This hard work and dedication to “doing it right” helped MyPillow become a classic American success story.

MyPillow® to the Rescue Flash forward eleven years and MyPillow, Mike Lindell’s revolutionary pillow design, has helped 12 million people improve the quality of their sleep. MyPillow has received thousands of testimonials from customers about how MyPillow has changed their lives. “Until I was diagnosed with various sleep issues, I had no idea why my sleep was so interrupted throughout the night. I watch Imus each morning and heard endless testimonials about MyPillow. I took his advice and ordered a MyPillow. Now I wake up rested and ready to conquer the day ahead. Thank you for helping me remember what it’s like to sleep like a baby!” - Jacqueline H.

Lindell has been featured on numerous talk shows, including Fox Business News and Imus in the Morning. Lindell and MyPillow have also appeared in feature stories in major magazines and newspapers across the country. MyPillow has received the coveted “Q Star Award” for Product Concept of the Year from QVC, and has been selected as the Official Pillow of the National Sleep Foundation. MyPillow’s patented interlocking fill allows you to adjust the pillow to your individual needs regardless of sleep position.

Unprecedented Guarantee and Warranty I do all of my own manufacturing in my home state of Minnesota and all materials are 100% made in the U.S.A. I’m so confident MyPillow will help you, I’m offering an unprecedented 60-day money back guarantee and a 10-year warranty not to go flat! I truly believe MyPillow is the best pillow in the world and that if everyone had one, they would get better sleep and the world would be a much happier place. God Bless.

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General Manager Kevin Short IMPORTANT DATES

Director candidate petitions due ..................... May 18 XXMemorial Day (co-op office closed)........ May 23 XXAnnual membership meeting .............................. July 16 XX

Need Help With Your Utility Bills? CAP Riverside/HEAP Program Anza Community Hall Wednesday, May 18 9:30 to 11 a.m. BRING COPIES OF: XX Proof of household income XX Current electric and propane bills XX Proof of U.S. citizenship XX Picture ID for applicant XX Any disconnect/urgent notices (if applicable) XX Food stamps notice of action (current) For application information, visit www.capriverside.org or www. anzaelectric.org.

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A Message from the Manager

Lower Rates, Lower Bills for Most of Members Through the past several months, the nature of our loads has changed dramatically. We are faced with an unprecedented increase in high demand “service-to-well” loads that have brought us to the edge of our capacity. Our annual load forecast for 2015 indicated we had sufficient capacity to handle our projected load growth through 2024. This was a sufficient planning window to take the steps necessary for an increase in capacity within a few years. However, given the huge increase in the past year, we have been forced into decisions that previously were not under serious consideration, given the expense involved and the timing. To accommodate the increase in demand brought on by these new services, we are negotiating a 26 percent increase in our import capacity. This is necessary for the high demand of air conditioning, water pumping and lighting at peak times throughout the summer. The Kevin Short current projected cost for this increase is approximately $400,000 a year. To maintain our healthy financial position and continue to provide energy for all of our members at all times, the cost of this increase must be covered. Since our electric rates are based on cost causation, our elected board of directors voted unanimously for a rate change that reduces the impact on lower energy residential rate consumers and increases the rates on higher users. Other rates are not affected. To be clear, the increase in new load only affects us during peak times of the year. However, this additional capacity is always made available, and must always be paid for. Without it, we run the risk of system overload. Of our 4,295 residential members, 3,350 (78 percent) are responsible for only 46 percent of our energy demands. The remaining 945 (21 percent) cause 54 percent of the demand. Of that 945, 62 residential meters are responsible for 15 percent of the residential rate load. Rates and demand charges will increase for these 945 high-energy users to fully cover the cost of our system improvements. In addition, all new and existing “service-to-well” meters will be subject to capacity curtailment of 50 percent or more during peak demand times. This is a necessary step to ensure we can continually serve all of our members throughout the hot summer months. Thank you all for your continued support of the mission of Anza Electric Cooperative Inc.

ANZA ELECTRIC COOPERATIVE, INC. P.O. Box 391909 • Anza, CA 92539 Phone: (951) 763-4333 • Fax: (951) 763-5297 • aec@anzaelectric.org • www.anzaelectric.org Our crew is on standby 24 hours a day. To report an outage or other service problem, please call (951) 763-4333.

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