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SUPPLEMENT TO THE McHENRY PLAINDEALER PAGE 22 WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 11,1977 Free-standing fireplace fights frostbite and rising fuel bills! A FIREPLACE THAT CONSERVES ENERQY and serves as an auxiliary heat source is the new Provider, made by Preway. The high-volume fan, built in to the back of the fireplace, circulates air through a heating chamber and returns it to the room, providing efficient rapid heating. There's almost nothing so cheery as a fire in the grate on a winter's evening. For the first time, a free­ standing, pre-fabricated fire­ place is available that con­ serves energy while serving as a supplementary source of heat. This highly efficient fire­ place, aptly named the Pro­ vider, is made by Preway, Inc. of Wisconsin Rapids, Wise. It combines an air cir­ culating system with a built- in, high-volume fan for rapid room heating. The fan, which operates either manually or automati­ cally through thermostatic control, circulates the air through a large heating chamber, and back into the room through side louvers to provide faster and more efficient heating. Glass doors minimize the escape of warm air from the room and at the same time radiate additional heat. With an adjustable front damper to control the air intake, a lower "burn rate" can be achieved for greater energy efficiency and additional saving of fuel. When the fireplace is not in use, a positive seal flue damper prevents cold out­ side air from entering the room. An optional version of the Provider affords even further conservation of energy. With the addition of the Energy Mizer Outside Air Intake Kit, combustion air is drawn from outside the home through a vent connected to the bottom of the fireplace. With the glass doors (stan­ dard equipment), the firer place box is completely sealed off from the room and warm room air is not lost up the chimney. The Provider fan can be used in warm weather as well as cool. With no Are in the unit, the fan will circulate the air and help cool the home. Jan. 121314th BUY NOW For Future Improvements and f ^ufsji/y nillion buses state VINYL| ASBESTOS [tileI \\V> \W\ $$ $AVE $$$ Handsomely designed in the functional European style, the Provider is avail­ able with red, black or olive green hoods. All fire boxes are black. Both the Provider and the Provider Energy Mizer will handle any fireplace fuel. Both are U.L. Listed, and the Energy Mizer version is U.L. Approved for mobile and modular housing. Feds Check Out Very Few Trucks There are around 4 millior commercial trucks and which operater across lines and theretbre. are sub­ ject to safety inspections from the U.S. Department of Transportation. But in fact, in a typical year, fewer than one per cent of that national fleet is actually looked at by a Federal inspector. In fact, says a new report on the subject from the Gen­ eral Accounting Office, the investigatory arm of Con­ gress, the situation may be getting worse. Before DOT was formed, the truck inspec­ tion-job was assigned to the Interstate Commerce Com­ mission, which had one in­ spector for each 22,000 ve­ hicles it was supposed to be watching over. Last year, DOT's Bureau of Motor Carrier Safety had one in­ spector for each 32,000 inter­ state trucks and buses. The infrequency of inspec­ tion may be serious: GAO found that in the most recent years, one out of three ve­ hicles that BMCS did check out had such serious safety problems that they were taken out of service immedi­ ately, until needed repairs were made. One out of five highway fatalities involves a truck or bus, although the GAO study found that driver fatigue was more often the cause of trouble than faulty equipment. The GAO report is putting DOT under pressure to as­ sign more technically quali­ fied civil servants to truck* inspector slots. But the American Trucking Associ­ ations says that if more than a tiny percentage of inter­ state fleets are going to get safety checks annually, the individual states are going to have to do the job. The trade group has actually worked up a model state in­ spection program, and is now lobbying in individual state capitals to get it adopted. 5002 West Route 120 McHeniy, III ^ < « t J 4 * 4 4 m « M5/.38W3M Free Flackery The "Federal Highway Ad­ ministration is hoping that automobile commuters will emulate the animals in Noah's ark. The connection: "shar­ ing the ride is a very good idea." That's the slogan on a cartoon poster that the agency is giving away free of charge in hopes of pro­ moting car pooling; it attri­ butes the endorsement of shared transportation to such diverse creatures as elephants and mice, camels and snakes. The full-color posters in two sizes--8" x 11" and 17" X 22"--are available from FHWA offices in Washing­ ton; Atlanta; Denver; San Francisco; Portland, Oregon; Baltimore; Kansas City, Mis­ souri; Albany, New York; and Homewood, Illinois.