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Show B11 WASATCH COUNTY COURIER Perr nner naan 7 NOVEMBER 15, 2000 technician ‘can tell you that throwing the water level out of ~ most: of ay ae appli- lift the low side of the appli‘ancé until that leg extends to are several Preyer devices ‘ing a friction-fit gasket. Lacking a fdarjaade solution, use wire or duct tape to. secure the. hose. ‘A loose proper height. ‘discharge hose can do hunTo keep the finish on 1 water damihe ‘appliances looking» _ dreds of dollars in : good, wash them regularly - age. (the - regularly for bread sack fas- -]° teners, small measuring | is to keep its door gasket and — ‘spoons or other kitchen items. {| © spray arms clean and fish out - ‘Not only can these items be © baked onto the heating elethe kitchen jetsam from under - ment, they might break up the heating element. and chip the food-grinding While the door gasket ‘impellers located in the drain. ‘may appear clean where it is Finally, make sure some plainly visible, there’s a good _keep it in good working order with a mild ‘detergent. © - Clothing dyes can stain the “insides of washers and dry- ers, so Clean their drums fre- Because diet: aoiais so much lint, you'll need to pay particular attention the lint trap and the to dryer quently, especialiy after | vent tube. Remove and clean the lint trap with each load. ' washing new clothes. Some components, such as the fab- Failing to clean the lint trap ric softener reservoir on a washing machine, can be regularly can ee pee < cause —| the TELL water remains in the base of chance its bottom section is the dishwasher. If you seldom _ covered with a slimy dirt that use your dishwasher, add can cause the door to leak. water periodically. If left to dry ances he encounters are Hold a hand mirror to the completely out of level. In bottom of the door to reveal . out, the pump seals might leak And, finally, you should faswhen the dishwasher is used. some cases, ‘‘self-leveling” any accumulation of dirt. legs compound the problem, . ten the washer discharge hose When it comes to mainUse a strong, nonabrasive to the plumbing stand pipe. A _as they don’t always level the and ~ household cleaner to remove . | taining your washer washer discharge pump is dryer, the best you can do for appliance, but extend to. the dirt. from the gasket and capable of moving 50 to 60 galclose the gap between themthese appliances is to keep door panel. You might also lift selves and the floor. | lons of water per minute. That the water level float from the _ them level and clean. If they Place a small level on the _ much pressure has a tendency are out of level their moving | eee dryer to overheat and can start a fire. It also affects effi removed for better cleaning. The reservoir is often held in © ciency. ; Also, check the vcue tube place by a friction ring. Just _ twice a year, especially if your lift this ring and the reservoir dryer vents up, as most dryers ~ will detach from the agitator. located in basements do. Pull CTL LE ’ Also check the drain area’ j _ the dryer out to get behind it. Then pull the vent from the dryer connection. This will allow you to shake any lint and — — _ debris accumulation from the tube. | ed results based on them and on selected sample precincts designed: to _ , -. AP SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT election, always has been intensely competitive, among. newspapers long before the escalated rivalry of the tele- and when to make their own election calls. The AP and the networks vision : all — AP put word on its wire advising that the — oe fined suspense can produce count of votes in Florida had put that call a plot more worthy of Survivor" than " in question, and the state went back into _ of the highest exercise of American the undecided column. The televisions democracy. networks rescinded their calls, too. ‘It just did. But the real problem came later, For the first time in the era of elecwell after midnight, when it was clear tion projections based on voter polling, that Florida's 25 electoral votes wouldoften broadcast before the counting of - determine whether Bush or Gore “any, or many, real ballots, the. presiwould-be president. dential race was incredibly close in Bush was leading .in the aed count of Florida ballots, and at 2:16 a.m. state after state. In Florida, the process and the elec-. EST, Fox News Channel declared him toral judgments it requires failed twice. _ the winner and thus the president-elect. The printed word was not always Within minutes the three major broadthe right word. There were premature _ cast networks and CNN were, too. His headlines declaring George W. Bush name and his face, with the legend “Winner,” or “President-elect” flashed the winner in some Wednesday éditions, overtaken later by accurate across the screens of anyone who was accounts saying it was too close to call. still watching television at that hour. None of that will affect the outcome. The AP was counting Florida votes, That depends on the real vote. checking past election patterns in the But the off and on, won or not dec- © areas that had reported and, as impor-. larations and reversals on national teltant, those that had not. In that old evision may affect the way some peo- S fashioned exercise, Bush's Florida lead was shrinking. At 2:37 a.m. ple accept this presidential verdicts. Partisans on both sides already are - Wednesday, with television trumpeting stirring suspicions that their candidate | a Bush victory, the AP reported the did not get a fair count. _ race’still up for grabs. At 3:11 a.m., the - Voter News Service, composed of AP advisory reported the still dwinfive television news organizations and dling Bush lead and the possibility it - The Associated Press, is the organizamight not stand. .— tion that delivers projections and BnOF Within the hour, by 4 a.m., the teleficial returns. vision networks and cable operations networks, and before there were sample precincts and polls to project outcomes. There were mis_ takes that made print; “Dewey Defeats Truman” was the 1948 classic. | dediared prematurely that Florida had gone for Vice President Al Gore. Two hours later, just before 10 p.m. EST, the hen a presidential election night is transformed into television drama, the manufac- are delivered to the AP and the five networks. organizations bined their exit polling and sample precinct operations into an outfit called Voter Research and Surveys, to cut costs and deliver them all the same results, in | part to avoid the risk of pressure-driven : errors in declaring election winners. ‘In 1993, the two organizations merged into- today’ s Voter News — Service. | VNS reports and projections — the _. The race to be first with news ne the winner, for president or in any other . decide whether -. BY WALTER R. MEARS ae their calls for Bush, putting é Florida back into the undecided column, again. : reflect a state at large. The projections The news Before exit polling voter polls also provide data on the issues and attitudes that led people to © vote as they did — have been accurate and sample in almost every election since. But not — precincts came into use, election night calls were based on the ballot count, with the winner declared when one candidate clearly had the votes to beat perfect. In 1996, VNS projections — showed Sen. Robert Smith of New Hampshire the loser to a. Democrat. He won, by three percentage points. While the system is the underpin- _. the other. Except in the closest of con— tests, that determined outcomes were _ based on partial returns. | The networks did it that way, too. But * | their intense rivalry to be first on the air began 3 changing the system. in 1964. _ That was the year CBS hired an army of had won the New Hampshire _ vision competition intensified. By the time of the California primary, nearly months Jater, all three networks _ were deploying people across the state - to call in returns. The cost was soaring. © So before the election that year, the | : networks and the wire services, then. _ including the AP and United Press. - International, joined to create News _ Election Service, to share the cost of collecting election returns. The AP continued to assemble its own returns, — _ — early Wednesday to congratulate him presidential primary on write-in votes. ‘Lodge faded after that, but the tele- Six reports, with their multicolored maps, their array of anchors and analysts, and their instant impact, dominate the _ Stage as the results are reported. declaring Bush the winner that led Gore to telephone the Texas governor _ Cronkite reported that Henry Cabot Lodge _ ning of newspaper as well as television election night reporting, the network _ Their impact is instant, and persuasive. It was the chorus of TV networks election night correspondents to deliver instant returns from the precincts of New Hampshire. They did, and. within minutes .of the poll closings Walter . ce oat | Presidential Debacle Instills Doubt In Voting Process Since 1994, VNS. has coddieeek exit interviews at the polls and project- ae eae TT tee ee mre your dishwasher, for example, usually all that’s needed to made for this problem, includ- -- case of the self-leveling legs, - y our maintenance. In the case of _ | a pair of tweezers: © — There as the winner. Gore was-in his motorcade, on the way to deliver a concession speech in the rain in Nashville, Tenn., when his campaign strategist got word to him not to do it, that the _ Florida vote was narrowing. — Gore called Bush back and retracted his concession. “You don't have to get snippy about this,” the vice president snapped when Bush sounded resentful. By the time the sun came up, a lot si of people were snippy about it all. EDITOR'S NOTE: Walter R. Mears has | and still does. In 1990, the television networks com- - reper household appli- ~ whack. While youre at it, check ances will work more the openings in the spray efficiently and have an _ arms for small shreds ‘of plas- increased useful service life if tic. Remove these shreds wis you perform simple routine lies. Then, thread the legs up or down accordingly, or in the ia - hose right parts will wear unevenly and - top frame of the appliance to | oie lift the distin excessively. Any’ service: _ determine where the problem | out of its plumbing pipe. — reported on Washington and national politics for The a — ee ne ree fe more than | ie wre hy) for dirt. If the float gets too dirty, it can’ stick. in place, ‘ie : jee of the cabinet to check’ _A HEARST MAGAZINE _ FOR AP SPECIAL FEATURES Peer ner BY POPULAR MECHANICS irper rny ~ Loving Your Appliances — |