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City
Plumbing, Heating & Electric Newsletter
318 Third Street
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Springs, AR 71913
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Springs: 501-623-3325
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Springs Village:
501-922-3325
email
cityplumbing@sbcglobal.net
website
www.cityplumbingandelectric.com
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May your
blessings outnumber
The shamrocks that grow
And may troubles avoid you
Wherever you go
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DID
YOU KNOW?
Your washing machine was delivered with rubber water supply
hoses. The “fine print” recommends
turning the water supply to the machine off after using it. So, if you don’t, you’re among the
97.3% of all households who don’t as well!
Rubber water hoses will weaken over time with constant water
pressure, and who among us would remember to periodically replace their
washing machine hoses?
Throw in a load of wash and dash off to a soccer game with the kids
or the market for more tomatoes and you could come home to soaking wet
wood flooring, warping baseboards, soggy carpeting, bulging cabinets and
ruined boxes of important files.
Water
damage from faulty washing machine hoses is one of the most common claims
made to insurance companies. And
some things can’t be replaced!
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RICK “THE
FLAMINGO WHISPERER” BONTE
EDUCATION
RANKS #1
Training
is a priority within City Plumbing, Heating & Electric not only
technical but also social development.
At the beginning of 2007 the Company joined Plumbers Success
International (P.S.I.).
P.S.I.
is a conglomeration of many of the most successful plumbing contractors
in the United States. P.S.I. has been a source of unlimited
training tools and business advice.
In 2008 CPHEI brought in the coaching of Custom Training
Concepts. The company has service
meetings every Wednesday morning and twice per month brings in C.W.
Miller of Custom Training Concepts for 1 ½ hour training sessions with
topics such as Peddler vs. Partner, Service vs. Customer Satisfaction and
trust in the workplace to mention just a few. This training combines to help CPHEI
raise the bar for its technicians and its clients as well.
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“There are only two kinds of people in the world,” an Irish
saying goes. “The Irish and those who wish they were.”
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Why green?
According to some accounts, blue was
the first color associated with St. Patrick’s Day, but that started to
change in the 17th century. Green is one of the colors in Ireland’s
tri-color flag, and it has been used in the flags of several Irish
revolutionary groups throughout history. Ireland is the “Emerald Isle,”
so named for its lush green landscape. Green is also the color of spring,
the shamrock, and the Chicago River,
which the Midwestern city has dyed green on St. Patrick’s Day for
the past 40-odd years.
• Corned beef or bacon?
This St. Patrick’s Day, millions of
people will sit down to an authentic Irish meal of corned beef and
cabbage. Or so they think. In fact, only half of it is really Irish.
Though cabbage has historically been a staple of the Irish diet (along with potatoes), it was traditionally eaten with
Irish bacon, not corned beef. Irish immigrants in America could not afford the
bacon, so they substituted it with corned beef, a cheaper alternative
they picked up from Jewish immigrants.
• Pinch me, I’m Irish
Forgot
to wear green on St. Patty’s Day? Don’t be surprised if you get pinched.
No surprise, it’s an entirely American tradition that probably started in
the early 1700s. St. Patrick’s revelers thought wearing green made one
invisible to leprechauns, fairy creatures who would pinch anyone they
could see (anyone not wearing green). People began pinching those who
didn’t wear green as a reminder that leprechauns would sneak up and pinch
green-abstainers.
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Pictured from left are: Margie Hill
with The Melting Pot Genealogical Society, Rick Bonte with City Plumbing,
Heating & Electric and Caroline Campbell with The Melting Pot
Genealogical Society
GIVING BACK TO THE COMMUNITY
City
Plumbing, Heating & Electric has once again had a great response with
our “Giving Back to the Community” campaign. Over the last year we have been able to
donate over $17,250.00! Each month
the employees of City Plumbing, Heating & Electric choose a different
non-profit, charitable organization in our area to receive “Giving Back
to the Community” funds.
The
month of January gave us the opportunity to donate $1,150.00 to the
Melting Pot Genealogical Society and in February we donated $1,150.00 to
the Paul Bewie Boys & Girls Club.
We are excited to see how we can help Faith Fellowship Food Pantry
in the month of March.
In
order to help our local charities, we encourage you to contact City
Plumbing, Heating & Electric at 623-3325 or 922-3325 and schedule any
service work that you may need.
Not only will you receive outstanding reliable service, you will
also have the opportunity to help one of these charities and you too can
“Give Back to the Community”.
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JIM’S GEMS
DID YOU
KNOW?
When
you see a plumber or electrician pull up in front of your house or
business you can be assured that they have had mandatory apprenticeship / schooling.
They also have to have liability insurance for the protection of
your property.
Did
you know?
Your
heat, air and/or refrigeration person is not required to have liability
insurance or a license?
Thus,
in my interpretation the Arkansas Department of Health has adopted a
“Buyer Beware” policy.
So
I think it would be in your best interest to use only properly licensed
and insured contractors.
At
City Plumbing, Heating & Electric and Fryar’s Heat, Air &
Refrigeration we provide you with licensed and insured technicians. We have continuing education and WILL
leave you with a peace of mind – GUARANTEED!
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A
home without smoke detectors is as safe as a car without seatbelts!
Fire
kills an estimated 4,000 people every year and seriously injures another
30,000! An International House
Fire conference in Amsterdam
in 1998 concluded that proper maintenance and use of smoke
detectors/alarms can reduce the number of deaths and serious injury by
90%!
We recommend at least one
smoke detector on every floor.
Ideally, every home should have a smoke detector within 10 feet of
every sleeping area. Properly
installed and maintained smoke detectors can double your chance of
surviving a fire.
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