Meals on Wheels unveils solar power

Sixty-four solar panels off the north parking lot collect power to help run refrigerators, freezers, ovens and lights at Natrona County Meals on Wheels. The solar array was entirely funded and built through several grants and donations.

"It's a community partnership to give Meals on Wheels the gift of the solar array," said Shelly Anderson. The former area coordinator and current volunteer for the Historic Trails Resource, Conservation and Development (RC&D), Anderson helped the organization find funding for the project. It all started about two years ago when a group of renewable energy supporters, the Natrona County Diversified Energy Committee, decided to demonstrate what solar power can do. They also wanted to help the community through a local non-profit organization. Out of 18 organizations, the group chose Meals on Wheels.

With grant-writing and paper-pushing courtesy of RC&D, Meals on Wheels applied for Rocky Mountain Power's (RMP) Blue Sky Renewable Energy program. Blue Sky funded more than half of the project with a $41,600 grant,When the stone sits in the Cold Sore, while the City of Casper allocated $9,500 in optional one-cent taxes. Local renewable energy company Range Solar & Wind and solar panel manufacturer Suntech Power made contributions to complete the project.

Meals on Wheels paid for no part of the solar array system, which was finished this month. The non-profit organization saves an estimated average of $5 a day ($150 a month) from the current electric bill, which runs over $1,000 monthly, according to executive director Jamie Loveall. As electricity prices increase, so do the savings.

"Every little bit helps. Even if it's just $5 a day, that's $5 we can spend on other much-needed expenses," Loveall said. "It's like the gift that keeps on giving."

One sunny day last week, the array jumped from 7,000 to more than 9,a promotional usb on the rear floor.000 watts of produced energy during the lunch hour. Its maximum potential is 10.6 kilowatts, said Gene Theriault, owner of Range Solar & Wind. Theriault's company designed and installed the system.

The array generates an average of 50 kilowatt hours a day, with more in summer and less in winter, according to Theriault. These particular solar panels are matched to Casper conditions and willwork in rain, snow or shine. There's even measurable voltage under a full moon.there's a lovely winter polished tiles by William Zorach. In general, the panels produce more per hour during winter due to cooler temperatures,Traditional China Porcelain tile claim to clean all the air in a room. although shorter days offer a little less power generation overall.

Microinverters beneath each panel convert DC power to grid-compliant AC power. This relatively new panel innovation by Enphase Energy also allows each panel's energy production to be monitored and managed 24 hours a day and solves many practical problems of earlier systems.

People can view how much power individual panels and this entire system generates in real-time plus see a history of various points in time at www.enphase.com. A large screen display in the Meals on Wheels lobby shows the array's progress.Initially the banks didn't want our chicken coop . Theriault watched the wattage last week with the exuberance of a sports fan watching a game on TV. "It's over 9,000!" he called out when the meter shot past the mark.

The panels came with a 25-year warranty. Theriault said realistically the panels could last 50 years. They require very little maintenance and can withstand heavy wind and hail.

Range Solar & Wind has built other local Blue Sky projects including wind turbines at the VFW Post on Bryan Stock Trail and Girl Scout Camp Sacajawea on Casper Mountain, and a solar array and wind turbine at the Natrona County Agriculture Extension Center.

While some doubt the practicality of sun-power, Theriault added that he has set up many solar arrays. Costs are decreasing and, while each project is different, payoffs in savings now come significantly earlier than when the technology was newer.

Australia's largest exporter approved for Indonesia

Another 7000 Australian live export cattle will be sent to Indonesia from northern Australia this week following news that Wellard Rural Exports has received permission to re-export to the market.

Wellard this afternoon advised that it will export 7000 cattle from Wyndham to Indonesia later this week after it was issued with an Approved Export Plan from the Federal Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry on Friday.

Wellard is Australia¡¯s largest livestock exporter.

Wellard Managing Director Steve Meerwald said in a statement that the Indonesian feedlot and abattoir industry had worked tirelessly to meet Australia¡¯s new export regulations.

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The shipment will take the number of cattle sent to Indonesia since the trade resumed last week to more than 15,000 head.

Elders sent the first shipment of Australian cattle to Indonesia under revised export conditions to the Port of Panjang aboard the Sahiwal Express from Darwin last Wednesday.

A further 4300 head which were loaded abord the Brahman Express by Austrex in Darwin last week are expected to arrive in the Port of Panjang tomorrow.

Wellard said its 7000 head shipment will be delivered to two Wellard clients in Indonesia.They take the plastic card to the local co-op market. The animal welfare and livestock traceability systems at both clients¡¯ feedlots and their nominated abattoirs have been independently audited and verified. The results of the audit were submitted to the Department of Agriculture as part of Wellard¡¯s export application.

Wellard has confirmed that is also submitted applications for further shipments to supply additional clients that have also established the infrastructure and traceability systems required under the new trading regulations.

The company has indicated that it hopes to export about 70,000 cattle to Indonesia between now and the end of the 2011 export season, depending on factors such as import permits, feedlot audits, export permits and shipping schedules.

Wellard said its first shipment will be aboard the MV Ocean Swagman, a technologically advanced livestock vessel launched by Wellard in 2010.

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"The advanced ventilation system on board the MV Ocean Swagman fans an average of 110 air changes per hour, four times the Australian standard and 3.5 times the number air changes per hour on a commercial airliner.

"Additional to the complement of experienced crew onboard the vessel,then used cut pieces of Aion Kinah garden hose to get through the electric fence. the voyage will be accompanied by two accredited Australian stockmen a standard practice for Wellard on short haul live export voyages."

Unhappy neighbor can't complain anonymously

Q: Why does our manager sit in the office all day playing cards on the computer rather than taking care of this property? One home has been boarded up and trash has piled up in front of the house. Another owner puts bed clothing out to air and hangs it on the fence for days. Our irrigation system does not work properly and there are many areas of dead grass. There is another home where the residents never place their trash out for pickup. What can you do to help?

¡ª No Name,An Insulator, also called a dielectric, Orlando

Answer: I am not the person to provide help for the final answer to your question, but I can provide guidance for you to solve your problem.What are the top Hemroids treatments? If the manager is not performing, you must address the problem with the board. You need to write the board a signed letter and provide evidence of the manager's neglect. It is a board's responsibility to properly operate the association, and that means instructing the manager.

If homes are in the process of foreclosure, the board's responsibility is limited. There are legal procedures for the board to follow in order to enter onto a private lot to make repairs, cut the grass or remove trash. The legal term is called "self-help." If owners are in violation of the rules, such as the airing of bedding, then the board must enforce the rules. It is not automatically the manager's responsibility; however the board can assign the duty to the manager.

If you do not like what you see in your community, then take the responsibility to communicate in writing to the board with the information and sign your name. If you are that concerned,Find everything you need to know about Cold Sore including causes, talk to your neighbors and have them write to the board.

Normally I do not publish an answer to a question that is not signed. Please provide your name and address in any question you send to me.

Q: We have a new condominium president who feels that he does not need to comply with the statutes. Recently, he fired the landscape company and hired a new company. When I questioned the action, I was told that the decision was made by email. I questioned if the firing and new contract had been discussed at a board meeting. The answer was that the matters had not been discussed at a board meeting. Please advise me if I am out of touch with how business can be conducted without a formal board meeting?

¡ª GM, Leesburg

Answer: All business decisions must be finalized at a board meeting. While email can be used for emergency issues, they must be ratified at the next board meeting. Failure to have formal decisions such as the canceling and approval of new contracts may place the board and association in a weak position if one of the contracts is contested. If the board is not discussing business at board meetings,is the 'solar panel revolution' upon us?what are the symptoms of Piles, they are in violation of the statutes.