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♦ TUESDAY, OCTOBER 24,2006 2A 'J§| , s r; * Submitted Oct, 14, the Houston County District Attorney’s Office held the drawing for the raffle contest at the Georgia National Fair. Prizes to be given away included water safety equipment, water toys, a fishing pole and the grand prize, a swimming pool. The two winners for this year’s contest are Hugh McKinney and Tommy Little. Grand Prize Winner McKinney, left, of Lizella won the swimming pool and a life vest. Runner Up Tommy Little of Warner Robins won the fishing pole, a flotation device and an underwater flashlight. Preparing your pipes from the cold By Brad Haire University of Georgia Freezing temperatures likely hit Monday. It’s time to think about properly win terizing outdoor pipes and lawn sprinklers. A few pre cautions now can save a lot of time, money and head aches later. Freezing temperatures can cause the water in an exposed pipe to expand. If the water expands too much, the pipe bursts. “With home irrigation sys tems, you probably wouldn’t know you had any pipe dam age until you turned it on for the first spring water ing,” said Kerry Harrison, a University of Georgia Cooperative Extension irri gation specialist. Most in-ground sprinkler pipes will be OK. Only the top two inches of the ground will freeze in most of Georgia. Pipes should be well below this level. Other irrigation components, such as back flow-prevention valves, are at ground level, though, and could be in danger. If any exposed valves or pipes are around your home, tape them up or “use a good old sack to wrap them,” Harrison said. Home- improvement stores have many tapes, foams and gadgets to keep these pipes warm on cold, winter nights. The tips of sprinkler heads can hold water. When frozen, they can rupture. The whole sprinkler system holds water, too, even when it isn’t being used. Don’t forget to drain the system, Harrison said. If you don’t drain it properly in the winter, your sprinkler could be a geyser when you turn it on next spring. “Arrangements should have been made in the installation process to have a way to drain those lines that would hold water through a buried valve in a pit,” he said. If you bought a home with an installed irrigation system, find this drain valve. Some systems are equipped with automatic drain valves. Don’t forget about outside water hoses. Just do one of two things: ■ Leave the hoses hang ing outside. But disconnect them from faucets. ■ Disconnect, drain and store hoses someplace with a constant temperature. This will prolong the life of the hoses. If you leave hoses und rained outside in the winter, don’t move them or touch them in freezing weather. Frozen hoses are fragile. You could be the one to break them. DA prize winners Private water users and rural residents with wells should check out their main water pump. 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