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Show Thursday, May .23, 2002 Times Newspaper Orem Golden "K" Kiwanis Club Home, yard improvements Page B8 yWM'nMB - tea T'tr.. jg'.: Arbor Day offering... Orem s Golden Klwanls Club members stand near the ginkgo tree (right foreground) fore-ground) that the group planted recently at City Center Park in honor of Arbor Day 2002. Pictured are (front row, left to right) LeGrand Christensen, LeRoy Heaton, Dwayne Belt, Tom Adams, Chuck Loris, Ed Lewis, Milton DeGerlng, and Joel Moss. (Back row, left to right) Lowell Christensen, Jack McClaskey, Zane Alder, Therald Beckstrand, Farr Hatch, Dick Hodson, Pete Workman, Frank Stevens, Wallace Kendall, Boyd Asay, Paul Berrett, Connie Hodson, Wally Grant. JLr f ) it A growing legacy... Charter and long-term members of the Orem Golden "K" Klwanls Club pose for a picture in front of what is believed to be the first tree planted by the group in 1979. The tree is located just north of the Orem Senior Friendship Center. Club members cooperate with the City of Orem in planting a new tree in City Center Park annually. Pictured are (back, left to right) Tom Adams, Lowell Christensen, Fred Gourdin, Boyd Asay, Wally Kendell, and Milton DeGerlng. (Front, left and right) Chuck Loris and Ed Lewis. Continued from page B7 buried underground to help keep our customers cus-tomers away from danger, so plan your work to stay as far away from these as possible." Utah Power offers the following safety tips on common home and garden projects: When painting houses or trim, note where power lines connect to the house and keep ladders, lad-ders, scaffolding and other equip- ment away. If moving, adjusting or installing an antenna or satellite dish, keep well away from electrical wires. Note the location of overhead electrical wires both while working and when moving equipment when you're installing, removing, cleaning, or repairing gutters. If using electrical tools while mowing, trimming or edging, do so only in dry weather after inspecting the cords and any extension cords. And, do not allow the electrical cords to lay in water. Use a ground fault circuit interrupter (GFCI) available from most hardware stores. Also, be sure to wear eye and hearing protection protec-tion while working with and around electrical tools. Check for nearby electrical wires when pruning trees. If lines run through or near your tree, don't attempt to cut. Instead, call Utah Power at 1-888-221-7070. Be sure to plant flowers, shrubs, trees, or bushes away from meters, power poles, switching cabinets and boxes transformers on the ground. Aside from roots damaging underground under-ground cables, eventual growth can block view of the meter for reading or making access for repairs or maintenance mainte-nance difficult and dangerous for utility workers. If building a fence or digging a hole for planting, call for utility locator loca-tor service before digging to be sure not to hit underground power, gas, water, cable or telecommunications lines. If you don't know the number for your area, call Utah Power at 1-888-221-7070. Contacting underground under-ground electric cables can be just as dangerous as contacting overhead lines. If planting trees near overhead lines, choose species that grow no higher than 25 feet at maturity. Utah Power has a free small tree for small places booklet. Call 1-888-221-7070 to order. To order free Utah Power safety education materials, call 1-800-791-6093 or visit www.utahpower.net Compost--a rottin' job FREE ADMISSION ELECTRIC PARK inaugural DectroMagjc Fest spot5g!rtif$ local higti school, ccflege and newer technologies from the Wasatch Front AmatoRbnFesuValattla rWLlOCSTJieatre-MusaiinofiUxientlife Award-wimtng entries from the bti Moru-Media Arts Festival at SLCC and from the Utah High Sdraol Tecfinoiogy Fair at UVSC Experience new technology, hands-on! PartJctpate in fun competitions! KiteFestivaE WbiKizesfttirapartMpirvHloTs! QUANTUM ;uu'l0TjP",Ti That forest-fresh scent we love so much that we try to put it in deodorant, shampoo and those stinky things we hang from rear view mirrors is actually the sweet result of composting. Mother Nature does some of her lest composting in the forest. In fact, the reason most of those plants thrive in the forest is because of all the wonderful compost com-post covering the forest floor. Composting, done properly, has no strong odor, says Jerry Goodspeed, Utah State University Extension horticulturist. horticul-turist. This process takes raw organic matter such as leaves, wood, paper and manure and breaks it down into smaller, more useable material. This end product, prod-uct, when incorporated into soil, improves the ability to drain, hold water and nutrients and make plants healthier and happier. hap-pier. There are a couple of tricks to making a compost pile successful and not unpleasant for the neighborhood, Goodspeed says. First, make sure you have the right ingredients. To start, you need organic matter such as leaves, manure, shredded wood products and table scraps from vegetables, fruits and grains. Avoid putting meat or dairy products into a compost pile. The next ingredients for a successful suc-cessful pile are microbes, he adds. These wonderful little creatures crea-tures are found throughout all soils. Their whole existence is to eat organic matter, and while doing it, they break it down into a useable product. Microbes do best in moist environment, he says. Too much water limits their air and they start to die out. Keep a compost pile about as damp as a wrung out sponge. Microbes need to breathe, he continues. If their oxygen becomes depleted, they again let you know by their stench. Oxygen can be added to the pile in a couple of ways. One of the easiest is to use a pitch fork and "fluff the pile about once a week. The pile can also be turned over with a shovel, making a new spot right next to the old one. Much like humans, microbes need nutrients to build proteins for strength, Goodspeed says. The most critical nutrient for them is nitrogen. Without enough nitrogen, microbes become weak and slow. Nitrogen can be added in a number of ways. The natural way is to put on nitrogen-rich organic matter such as fresh manure( rabbit, cow, horse, sheep, pig or poultry), grass clippings (just a little at a time) or alfalfa meal. It can also be added by sprinkling a little nitrogen fertilizer throughout the pile. Microbes work best when the pile's temperature is between 90 and 140 degrees F, he says. Active microbes normally keep the temperature right were they want it. It also helps to keep the pile in a sunny location. If the pile cools down it is either finished, fin-ished, or needs one of the essential essen-tial elements listen earlier that are required to keep microbes happy. If a compost pile is maintained main-tained correctly it is neither smelly nor unsightly, Goodspeed says. So, go by your compost pile and take a deep breath. 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