SOCIAL ACTION/ENVIRONMENT
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Nymore Soup Kitchen
HUUF hosts the Nymore Soup Kitchen the first Tuesday of every month. There are two 2 hour shifts you can volunteer for either from 3-5 and from 5-7. Contact Terry Anderson-Weir if you plan to be there. Children, families and teens are welcome. NO EXPERIENCE NECESSARY!
Highway Clean-up
Our section is on Route 2 west of Bemidji near Wilton for the State of Minnesota Transportation Department Adopt a Highway Program. We hope you will volunteer when the clean-up call goes out. As one man told me "Many hands make light work."
Food Shelf - Collect food and money
Take Back the Night
Our Fellowhip takes part in this each year.
Environment
Letters to editor; urged environmentally and socially sensitive use of the south shore of Lake Bemidji.
Earth Communion with commitment to make 2 environmental improvement changes in your life, May 8, 2005
Junk Mail
(1) If you want to get off most national marketing lists, you can register with the Direct Marketing Association’s Mail Preference Service (PO Box 9008, Farmingdale, NY 11735-9008). You may register online ($5 fee) at http://dmaconsumers.org/cgi/offmailinglistdave or by mailing your name, home address, and signature in a letter to the address above. Registration is good for five years. (I have done this a long time ago and receive practically no junk mail now, Neen.)
2) There’s also a toll-free number to stop mailing of credit card offers. One call to 1-888-5-OPT-OUT will reach the major national credit bureaus, Equifax, Experian and Trans Union.
Received from Lynn Baum’s Brother
TIPS ON PUMPING GAS
My line of work for 31 years has been in petroleum, so here are some tricks to get more of your money's worth for every gallon of gas.
Only fill up in the early morning when the ground temperature is coldest. Storage tanks are buried below ground and the colder the ground the more dense the gasoline. When it gets warmer gasoline expands. In the petroleum business, the specific gravity and the temperature of the gasoline, diesel, or ethanol play an important role. A 1-degree rise in temperature is a big deal.
When you fill up do not squeeze the nozzle trigger to fast mode. The trigger has three stages: low, middle and high. You should be pumping on low, thereby, minimizing the vapors that are created. All hoses have a vapor return. If you are pumping on the fast rate some of the gas becomes vapor. Those vapors are sucked back into the underground storage tank so you're getting less for your money.
One of the most important tips is to fill up when your gas tank is HALF FULL or HALF EMPTY. The more gas you have in your tank the less air occupying the empty space. Gasoline evaporates faster than you can imagine. Gasoline storage tanks have an internal floating roof. This roof serves as zero clearance between the gas and the atmosphere so it minimizes the evaporation. Where I work every truck load is temperature compensated so that every gallon is actually the exact amount, but the service stations do not have temperature compensation at the pumps.
Another reminder, if there is a gasoline truck pumping into the storage tanks when you stop to buy gas, DO NOT fill up--most likely the gas is being stirred up and you might pick up some of the dirt that normally settles on the bottom. Hope this will help you get the most value for your money.
WHERE TO BUY GAS-- If you may want to know where it is coming from, the information is available from the Department of Energy and each company is required to state where they get their oil from and how much they are importing.
Churches United
HUUF has been a member of this group which provides help to needy persons.