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March 9, 2007. NEW! Discovery Channel films Kerr-Cole Sustainable Living Center for the DAILY PLANET Canadian TV series. Discovery Channel Canada visited the Center for a full day of filming, interviews with Barbara Prosser Kerr and Jim Scott -- and hours of hands-on demonstrations of solar and windmill appliances, technologies and lifestyle. The segment will be included with the Daily Planet special on Sustainable Living, airing March 26-31, 2007 throughout Canada. The program will be seen by Discovery Channel USA and Discovery Channel UK in upcoming months. Thanks, Rob and Michael Davidson, for a wonderful experience and opportunity to share the vision.

18 March 06, New Videos. The mid-west TV show "Here's Help" hosted by Larry Rice has aired three 1/2 hour shows featuring interviews with Barbara Kerr and Jim Scott at the Kerr-Cole Center. The show is produced in conjunction with the Missouri Renewable Energy Center (MORE) and The New Life Evangelistic Center in St Louis MO. More information is available at 1-800-228-5284 or www.moreenergy.org.

Earth Day: 22 April 06, Solar Cooking Workshop. Barbara Kerr taught solar cooking techniques. Benefits of solar cooking. How to use different types of simple solar cookers. Adaptation of recipes discussed. Solar recipe books were available. Silver Creek Northland Pioneer College Campus, Taylor Arizona.

11 March 06, Open House and Workshop Events. Snowed out today, but the four previous events went very well with two dozen or more attendees at each.

01 March 06, Grenada Conference Papers. http://www.solarconference.net/. We have submitted two research papers for presentation at the International Solar Cookers and Food Processing Conference in Grenada Spain, July 12 to 16, 2006. Use of the Solar Panel Cooker for Medical Pressure Steam Sterilization presents Barbara Kerr's research work to demonstrating a practical method for situations where fuel is in short supply. Applications for a Boiling Glycol / Water, Flat-Plate Collector Solar Cooker describes Jim Scott's ongoing evaluation and development of the Butler Solar Hotplate with emphasis on making it practical to use.

14 Jan 06, Open House and Workshop Events. We are now scheduling events the 2nd and 4th Saturday of each month, with publicity by posters, radio announcements and newspaper articles/advertisement. Initially all sessions all will be open house tours at the Center. April and thereafter, open house tours will continue on the 2nd Saturday, but a series of workshops will be given on the 4th Saturday of each month.

04 Dec 05, Expanded Board. The board of directors has expanded from the original three to six persons. This is in conformance with the desire to extend the scope of Center activities; the additional minds and energies will allow the implementation of more facets of our wish list for development of programs and facilities. Monty Cunningham brings business management experience and concern for community emergency preparedness. Barbara Hockabout brings her educational and writing expertise. Clark Hockabout brings his knowledge of real estate and land issues to guide campus development. The new members complement the strengths of the returning board members – Barbara Kerr for her vision and knowledge of sustainable practices, Richelle Bender for her publications skills, and Jim Scott for his research and development role. As a team we now possess the abilities to move forward in areas critical to our growth and to the perpetuation of the practices we espouse.

07 May 04, Solar Wall Oven Do-It-Yourself Guidelines. Detailed dimensions, materials, constriction hints, installation, etc for built-in or freestanding versions now available. Do-It-Yourself Guidelines

01 May 04, Solar Wall Oven Design. Jim Scott's visit to the Solar Oven Society (SOS) in Minnesota this winter ended up lasting 4 months, during which time he designed a production prototype for the Solar Wall Oven. The same basic cooker might also be adopted by SOS www.solarovens.org eventually. The SOS version would be mass produced for distribution in the third world as freestanding rather than wall mounted unit. The present plan is for The Kerr-Cole Center to make a limited number in a pilot run for the USA. The Center will be seeking an outside enterprise to take over the envisioned volume manufacturing for the domestic market.

16 Dec 02, Video Tape Transcript. An audio transcription for the video: "A Visit with Barbara Kerr and Sherry Cole at the Kerr-Cole Sustainable Living Center" has been posted on this site. The voice track is in places is difficult to understand. The transcript clarifies what was said, and includes revisions to correct or re-word certain errors, omissions or unclear meanings.

19 May 02, 501(c)(3) Status. The IRS has granted the Center tax exempt status under the provisions of section 501(c)(3) of the Federal Tax Code. This means that donations are now tax deductible. More importantly, this makes us eligible for grants from funding sources which will allow us to expand our program.

Revised: 30 Nov 2007 07:38:07 -0700