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Celebrate 65 years of “Keeping Cool” with Krauss & Crane

By DENISE BELIZAR

On the Treasure Coast, one company has been helping its customers keep cool for 65 years: Krauss & Crane. To celebrate its 65th anniversary, Martin County’s oldest air conditioning contractor is offering first-time residential customers a present: Just call 772-261-9AIR(9247) and mention this article, and you’ll receive your choice of a one-time A/C tune-up (usually $115) or a diagnostic ($95) for just $65.

Krauss & Crane has installed and maintained thousands of cooling and heating systems in Martin and St. Lucie counties since the business was founded in 1957. Back then, the company was also an electrical contractor – and air conditioners were primarily small window units.

Times and technology have certainly changed, yet throughout the decades, Krauss & Crane has remained at the forefront of its industry. The company carries Trane Air Conditioning Systems as its premier brand, and is the oldest Trane Comfort Specialist™ dealer in Florida. They also offer a range of reliable Trane systems, designed to fit any application and budget, and will help you choose the equipment that’s right for you. If you’re looking for air conditioning repair, then Krauss & Crane also services all makes and models.

You’ll be glad to know that today’s “smart” systems give you more control than ever over your environment – and your electric bill. Krauss & Crane carries a selection of digital, programmable controls and thermostats that allow you to achieve optimal comfort while maximizing your system’s efficiency. You can even control your unit remotely from your smart phone.

A Commitment to Excellence

The Krauss & Crane team is committed to excellence in every aspect of the business, from equipment installation through ongoing service and support. Their NATE (National American Technician

Excellence) certified technicians are factory trained to install, service, and repair all makes and models of HVAC equipment, including Trane, Rheem, Amana and Goodman. You can also be sure that all installation and repair work is done by the book, with proper documentation and permitting.

Current customer Charlie DiToro was impressed with the technical expertise of everyone at Krauss & Crane, from his sales representative to his installation crew. DiToro, who owns several residences on the Treasure Coast, had purchased an older home and was remodeling it before moving in. He interviewed four companies prior to choosing Krauss & Crane to replace the home’s two A/C units and aging duct work.

“I was totally impressed with their sales person,” he says. “He was extremely knowledgeable and did a detailed study on the home’s air flow. The service crew was spectacular. They kept me informed and kept the job site clean. I’ve had a lot of experience with other companies, and I can tell you that Krauss & Crane will be doing all of my work from now on.”

The Leader in Reliability since 1957

While Krauss & Crane offers the latest in residential and commercial HVAC technology, it is decidedly old school when it comes to maintaining the highest standards in service and quality. The company has been the leader in reliability since 1957, and continues this commitment today.

“We’re a trusted name in the community,” says owner Timothy Wojcieszak, who leads the family-owned business, working alongside his mother Kathy.

Wojcieszak is justifiably proud of his family’s legacy, and values

their long-term relationships with their clients. Just ask Betty Wallen, who has been an enthusiastic customer since she relocated here from Kentucky in 1966. “I’ve been very pleased with their service, and haven’t had the need to call anyone else,” she says. “They are all professional and extremely competent. I recently got a maintenance agreement with them, and I’ve found that it’s really worth it.”

Maintenance agreements are a great way to ensure your equipment is running efficiently – and they can help you to avoid costly problems in the future. For just $164/year, Krauss and Crane will conduct two check-up visits (which include an equipment inspection and cleaning of drain lines and filters) on your HVAC unit. This preventive maintenance is particularly helpful here in South Florida, where seasonal residents are away from their homes for months at a time.

“It’s similar to getting an oil change and check-up on your car,” advises Wojcieszak.

Here Yesterday, Today, and Tomorrow

Customers aren’t the only long-term relationships at Krauss & Crane. Four employees in their staff of 20+ have been with the company for two to three decades and more. The growing business is always looking for enthusiastic, conscientious employees who want to build a career in the industry. They prefer some experience in HVAC, but will train the right people to join their team.

“Krauss and Crane are always a joy to work with. I am a facilities manager that helps to manage a 100acre campus. Krauss and Crane fill an important role for the campus I work with. When a call comes in for air conditioning issues, I can confidently send the work order to Krauss and Crane knowing that the issue will be fixed, my property respected, the request of my residence honored, and a fair price invoiced. Krauss and Crane are full-service company. Everything from planning out new systems, to installs, to service. That is a tall order for any company. When an air conditioning system must be replaced, everything is inspected. This includes wiring, ductwork, sizing, placement, and condensate lines. In other words, they don’t just throw in a new unit and drive down the road with my check. As a facilities manager, I must focus on the value of work I get more than just the price. That is why Krauss and Crane offer an amazing value proposition for residential or commercial air condition work. They have helped me offer my clients long-term air-conditioning solutions. I am proud to have Krauss and Crane as part of my team and couldn’t imagine doing my job without them. “ – B. Thompson Facilities Manager

In today’s rapidly changing business climate, it speaks volumes when a company has stood the test of time for over six decades. Krauss & Crane has built a longstanding reputation for friendly, reliable service; fair and honest pricing; responsive, 24-hour availability for emergency service; certified, factory trained technicians; and the finest HVAC equipment available. They were here yesterday, are here today, and will be here tomorrow.

We were born and raised here,” says Wojcieszak. “We’re a part of this community, and we take pride in that. We really enjoy taking care of our customers and our employees.”

Krauss & Crane serves Martin and St. Lucie Counties and is headquartered in its original building, located at 904 SE Dixie Highway in Stuart. To take advantage of their 65th anniversary offer, learn more about their services, or arrange for a free estimate or second opinion on your air conditioning or heating system, call 772-261-9AIR(9247), or visit their website at kciac.com. You can also click on “Contact” to submit a service request online. They look forward to serving you!

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Stretching Into the Holidays…

Every 5,000 miles, like clockwork, you take your car to get its oil changed and tires rotated. It’s basic, routine maintenance, but that consistent attention and upkeep is vital for your vehicle to run e ciently, especially over a number of years. Your body, much like your vehicle, requires regular care and treatment to keep it healthy. And, again like your automobile, your body needs support from someone other than yourself, a professional who can guide it to achieving its utmost abilities and to retaining its peak performance.

Getting older, playing sports, or having a condition like sciatica or arthritis shouldn’t hold you back from living your life! You can feel like your younger self again, the one who didn’t feel any aches or pains when walking, running, jumping, or even sitting… all you have to do is visit Stretch Zone.

Drew Brees, former quarterback of the New Orleans Saints, is the newest partner at Stretch Zone who advocates for people to regularly get stretched. A er personally going to Stretch Zone for an assisted stretching session, Drew was impressed with the uniquely e ective and nationally accredited Stretch Zone Method®, which is administered by a highly-trained and Stretch Zone-certi ed stretch practitioner.

Here’s How It Works:

1.) Your rst session begins with lling out an intake form and having a consultation with your experienced and knowledgeable stretch practitioner. Based on your medical background and your personal goals, the stretch practitioner will personalize the ensuing 30-minute assisted stretching session to meet your individual needs. On subsequent visits, you’ll simply do a check-in with the practitioner to update your medical pro le with any recent changes and/or any new pain or discomfort that you might be experiencing.

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2.) e stretch practitioner initiates the rst steps of the approved Stretch Zone Method®, utilizing Stretch Zone’s special patented straps to encourage your body to relax and ease into the stretches. You won’t nd these straps anywhere else! Comparable to a thunder jacket for your pets, they are meant to calm your mind so that your entire body is perfectly loose, thus allowing the stretch practitioner to stretch your body to its full potential and, as a result, provide you with both preventative maintenance and pain relief.

3.) Assisted stretching (a/k/a passive stretching) is di erent from physical therapy in that your body is being stretched by someone else; thus, you’re not actually doing any work. roughout your 30-minute session, the stretch practitioner will be steadily interacting one-on-one with you, ensuring that you are completely comfortable and not experiencing any pain. Ultimately, you are in control of the stretch, even as your practitioner guides your body through each and every step, because you tell the practitioner when you feel your best stretching position. e more you communicate, the better results you’re going to get!

Take advantage of Stretch Zone’s incredible FREE 30 Minute Stretch Session! Anybody and everybody can and should be stretched.

In fact, one Stretch Practitioner I spoke with at Stretch Zone says, “98% of the people I see in front of me really need to be stretched. is is something you should not live without.”

Remember, it’s just like getting your oil changed! Plus, celebrities and professional athletes have been getting stretched for years, so it’s time for the general population to be clued into the secret!

Get your FREE 30 minute stretch for yourself or do it for a friend or loved one… what better way to say you care than to give the gi of making life easier, of feeling healthier, lighter, and younger, and of feeling like yourself again?

For What It’s Worth

Here we are again! It’s holiday season time, and I’ve been in the mood since July, thanks to Hallmark, which I know is cheesy, and the plots are transparent within the rst ve minutes, and the houses are decorated in so many lights no one would be able to a ord the electric bill, but hey, who cares, I still love it!

I noticed that men have barely tolerated Hallmark shows in past years, but this year must have them really reeling with Christmas in July, then Harvest for Fall, and now not one, not two, but three holiday channels twenty four hours a day till Christmas! For those of you scratching your head, I’ll tell you what they are. Hallmark, Hallmark Movies and Mysteries, and Great American Christmas, all with the same revolving actors playing di erent parts, but only slight variations in the themes. ere is always a bookstore movie, a corporate conglomerate coming into a small town to purchase a

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bookstore, ranch, bed and breakfast, etc, and of course, a writer who has writer’s block, an executive who has lost his or her love for the holidays, and an enchanting bed and breakfast which is no longer solvent nancially.

So, you might say, what’s the attraction? It’s unexplainable, unde nable, but worth the time spent in front of the television, nonetheless. is is the time, if you’re married or in a relationship, that you de nitely want to have two television sets, preferably in a room where you will not be disturbed. ere may be no dinners served, no homework done, no desire to even leave the house, because Hallmark is your seasonal lover for the next few months.

For What it’s Worth, you can make the case that the entire family will bene t from you watching these mindless television shows, because it’s educational in a very long stretch of the concept of learning. You

are suddenly more creative, decorating the house at all hours of the night, putting ribbon on packages instead of just scotchtaping something together haphazardly, and rethinking the idea of adding fake snow to your decor. (Spoiler alert, don’t attempt it. Take it from me, you will spend all of January vacuuming it up!). Anyhow, give yourself this holiday vacation to come home from work, bring home an already cooked chicken, turn on Hallmark, and put your feet up. You deserve it!

'Tis e Season For e Markets

By: Emmelis Keaney

Though not an exact measure, a 20% stock market drop from the most recent high is what we call a “bear market”. It consists of lows, followed by lower lows, with minor highs that don’t reach the previous high.

e Holiday season quickly approaches and with it comes a lot of typical seasonality elements. e stock market is not oblivious to that. In nance, seasonality of the markets is a technical analysis approach that studies the stock market over a calendar year with the intent to establish predictable patterns. "Tis the season to be jolly"? Maybe.

Retail stores typically show strong numbers following the anksgiving holiday and especially a er Black Friday in the U.S. But when concerns over the economy accelerates, consumer spending tends to contract. Nevertheless, shoppers are expected to spend nearly $1trillion on gi s and holiday items this year.

Americans continue to spend amid in ation being at 8.2%. Enthusiasm over the upcoming holiday season is on the rise. A NASDAQ article from last month suggested that retailers expect consumers to spend the same amount of money this holiday season, but for a lesser number of goods. Yes, that means expect fewer presents, because the items you bought last year, for example, will now cost you at least 8.2% more when adjusted for in ation.

According to Salesforce, 37% of U.S. consumers will begin their shopping early to take advantage of deals prior to prices rising. e Dublin based company Accenture estimated that one-third (35%) of shoppers would stick to a holiday budget.

While all these factors may indeed a ect company revenues (therefore creating a stock price rise or decline), the reality of the holiday seasonal trends in the markets may be more associated to factors such as trading volume than anything else.     All things normal, you may see increased volatility in the stock market as we approach anksgiving, Christmas and New Year’s Eve, as in years prior. ese uctuations can be largely attributed to the fact that the markets are closed on these days, and for half of Black Friday. Investors will try to get their trades in prior to the market close before the holiday and realize their gains and/or losses as they approach the end of the tax year. With the festivities going on, traders also spend less time trading, and more time enjoying other things such as quality time with loved ones, and less time trading. Yes, traders and investors are people too. Overall, the volume of trades is lower than normal during the holiday season.

Trends are not set in stone. 2022 has been year full of unprecedented shi s in the economy and increased uncertainty in the markets. While analysts are expecting volatility to settle down throughout the end of the year, other economic factors, social con ict, and political pressures will play a signi cant role in consumer sentiment.

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