Vol. 13, Issue 3
The Carbon Valley Consumer Report—Bringing Residents Information About Area Businesses
5 Great Benefits of HVAC Maintenance Agreements
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One of the best things you can do for 11 yrs old are invited March 30th, 2013 your furnace and air conditioner is have them cleaned and inspected by a certified to join us! 3:00-4:30pm technician before each year's heating and The party will cooling seasons. Prairie’s Farm include: Many contractors, including Carbon at the south west Valley Heating offer HVAC maintenance Story Time corner of agreements that allow you to save time and Egg Hunts WCR 22 & 11 money on not only your inspections, but also the repairs and installations that you Tons of candy For more info call might need in between. Although the terms of HVAC 303-651-1640 maintenance agreements vary from business to business, these are five of the best benefits that you'll find in a valuable maintenance Meeting Sundays at Coal Ridge Middle School at 10:30 - www.prairiecc.org agreement: 1. Increased energy savings. Preventative maintenance will increase the a monthly fee, you'll make that money back efficiency of the equipment and lower their operating costs. on all kinds of savings from future costs on 2. Priority Dispatching. If your unit breaks down and you're parts and labor. in need of a quick repair, you'll get priority service over customers To learn about the specific advantages who aren't part of the maintenance agreement. of owning a Safety & Efficiency Agreements 3. Peace of Mind. With preventative maintenance, the client it’s time to contact your local expert for will always have peace of mind knowing their equipment is in top service, Carbon Valley Heating and Air has condition, ensuring their comfort and safety. been servicing local residents since 1999, 4. Increased service life. If you take care of your units by they can be reached at 303-833-4466, info@ taking advantage of a maintenance agreement, you could extend the CarbonValleyHeatingandAir.com or by visiting lives of your furnace and air conditioner by up to 50 percent. www.CarbonValleyHeatingandAir.com. 5. Discounted prices. Although maintenance agreements cost
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Carbon Valley Rotary
as a floral designer volunteer for the 2013 Tournament of Roses parade. Fiesta Parade Floats is an award winning and world Annual Easter Egg Hunt leading float building company that started working on the 2013 floats in February of 2012. Saturday, March 30th 1:00-3:00 I anxiously arrived in California December 25, 2012. I was one of the first floral designers to arrive at Fiesta Floats the next day and enjoyed a personal tour of the industrial warehouse. The organization and schedule was incredible. The employees, volunteers, gluing station, dry material station, flower delivery, flower inventory, flower processing, outdoor refrigerated semi truck (floral coolers), design elements and principles were Hart Park in Firestone meticulous. A food truck was also on site, catering throughout Grant Ave. & 4th Ave.-- 4 blocks East of Safeway off CR 13 the week to accommodate everyone. All ages welcome – Separate areas based on height to hunt. Hunts every 15 minutes! I went straight to work on the Kaiser Permanente-Dr. Seuss 7,500 candy filled plastic eggs with 500 special eggs – exchange for a free book! float on December 26 and worked from 8:00A.M to 10:30 P.M. FREE activities for children and the Fire Safety House The application process entails applying the dry material to the Volunteers and Candy Needed! float with Elmer’s glue by a paint brush and or Oasis glue. It For Information Contact: Beverly Mendel 303-596-7731 or www.carbonvalleyrotary.org was like painting by color. The object was painted in a light tint of a specific color to show the location of the material. You glue inside the color. I applied moss; orange lentil beans chopped purple static to the whimsical table for the tilted flower vase. Hundreds of pounds of dried natural materials and thousands of fresh flowers were used to cover the entire float. The Kaiser Permanente Float was a fun environment. I processed the flowers by removing the packaging, cutting the ends off, quick dipped the roses to help the hydrating process the world . They all and placed the roses in fresh water with floral food. The groupings have a passion for of the clustered rose spears were attached to piping covered in moss; their work, flowers and the roses were placed in the water hydrated Oasis foam spears. and imagination. I’m The large Liatris and green Dianthus arrangements were designed in very blessed to have large foam blocks covered in floral chicken wire for a base support. been a part of the The green apples were placed on a wooden picks that were softly global, Tournament hammered by a mallet into the floats decking base. of Rose Parade. I was privileged to work on the “Wonderful Indonesia” float, as I and an amazing well. Surrounded by thousands of fresh tropical flowers was a floral team worked on the designer’s paradise. The bottom edging of the Indonesia float was Kaiser Permanente designed to look like a tropical paradise using no flower pattern / recipe. Float with Dr. By grouping tropical foliage and flowers in a layering technique: to Seuss winning, create movement, bounce and clustering hues on the parade route to Theme Trophy/ catch your eye. Palms were cut into shapes and different sizes. I created best presentation the rose boarder with water picks for the back of the float. Our team of rose theme. The finished the float at 4:00 A.M. December 31, 2012. theme of the 2012 Off to the Hotel for a quick rest and back to the floats at 9:00 Tournament of Rose A.M December 31, 2012 to watch the pre judging take place. The floats come to life with Fresh flowers, animation, music, dancers and hard work with love. The morning of the January 1, 2013 my husband, Mark, and I watched the fabulous parade form the grand stand seating with thousands of on lookers in Pasadena California. The parade was incredible with excitement and beauty. Working on the Tournament of Rose Parade Floats was an amazing experience and opportunity. I grew as a floral designer and artist. I met many talented Fiesta Parade Floats; employees, Floral Designers, volunteers, artist and people who traveled from across
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Parade was Oh, the places you’ll go! – Dr. Seuss. We also worked on the Wonderful Indonesia Float winning the President’s trophy/ most effective use and presentation of flowers. Fiesta Parade floats created ten floats for the Rose Parade winning seven awards. Flowers by Maria provides Floral Arrangements & Design for Weddings, Special Occasions & Events. Remember, Prom and Mother's Day are just around the corner. Please call me, Maria Zabel at 303-815-6359 or visit
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child care please e-mail information to carbonvalley@gmail.com. This listing is free as space is available. The CVCR is not responsible for any errors or issues with individuals/services.
flowersbymariacolorado@gmail.com and like us at facebook.com/flowersbymariazabel. We can also set up an appointment for your special event.