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The annual Mountaineer Days celebration was held Saturday at the entrance to the Old Shook School. Started in the late 1960s as “Old Timer’s Day,” the annual festival was renamed Mountaineer Days in the early 1970s. Last year, the number of attendees and participants was affected by COVID-19…

A semi traveling east bound in Interstate 24 crashed near the 128 mile marker around 1 p.m. Friday afternoon.

Last week, the Lady Jackets traveled to Franklin County where they played four sets against the Rebels.

Monteagle will honor those lost in the terrorist attacks of 9/11 Saturday, Sept. 11, for anyone interesting in attending. Program begins at 8:30 a.m. but sirens will begin blaring at 7:46 a.m.

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A semi traveling east bound in Interstate 24 crashed near the 128 mile marker around 1 p.m. Friday afternoon.

Warm late summer and early fall days can turn chilly once the sun goes down—enough that you might be tempted to run your air conditioning during the day and then turn on the heat at night.

If it’s hot enough during daylight hours for the a/c and cool enough overnight for the heat, there’s really no harm in using both on the same day.

It’s a good idea to ease one system off before switching on the other, however. Here are a few tips for a good transition:

• Air conditioning systems run in cycles. Once the house reaches the temperature you have set on your thermostat, it will cycle off. You’ll hear it when that happens. Before you turn your a/c off, listen for it to complete its cycle. Short-cycling can cause the a/c compressor to lock up.

• Wait five minutes after you turn the a/c off before you switch on the heat. This grace period will give the refrigerant in the a/c to a chance normalize and that could prevent any circuits from tripping if the transition to the heater is too abrupt.

• Avoid drastic thermostat changes. Once the a/c is off, raise the temperature just a few degrees and then wait for the heat to rise to that temperature before raising it anymore. This prevents your heating system from overworking, which is inefficient.

Once heating season is here, follow these six tips to keep your energy use—and your utility bills—in check as the weather gets cooler.

1. Check for gaps in your walls around windows, doors and holes in exterior walls where cords and cables enter the house. Cool air that leaks into the house through those gaps can compete with the warm air your heating system pumps. Keeping cool air outside where it belongs will mean your heating system doesn’t have to work as hard to keep your family comfortable.

2. Set the thermostat at 68 degrees. At bedtime and before everyone leaves the house for the day, dial it down between 7 and 10 degrees. Lowering the temperature by that amount for eight hours a day can save up to10% on heating costs, according to the U.S. Department of Energy

3. Install a programmable thermostat. The easiest way to ensure that the thermostat rises and lowers depending on whether anyone is in the house is to program it ahead of time to automatically change temperatures.

4. Reverse the direction that your ceiling fan blades spin. A clockwise movement pushes warm air back down into the room, which can make people in the room feel warmer.

5. Replace or clean the filters in your heating and air conditioning systems. A clogged filter blocks air from flowing through, which makes your HVAC system work harder and use more energy.

6. Make an appointment with an HVAC service to inspect your heating system and repair any problems before it gets really cold outside. Spending a little on maintenance now could head off a more costly problem later.

For more energy efficiency information visit: www.svalleyec.com.

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