Free Grass Clinic

Experts will provide helpful tips on growing a green lawn year-round

PHOENIX -  Ace Hardware stores across the Valley will host a free winter grass clinic on Saturday, Oct. 4 at 2:00 p.m. Ace Hardware experts will provide step-by-step tips on overseeding and lawn care solutions for the winter months.

“In order to grow a successful lawn in a warm climate, it’s important to begin preparation for overseeding when evening temperatures drops to 64 degrees. At that point, the grass will become dormant and the rye grass won’t have to compete with the summer lawn,” said John Arterburn, owner of Pinnacle Peak Ace Hardware. “There are several different seed options available, including new hybrid alternatives, which grow faster and require less water than the average

Vote TechSmart Arizona Legislative District 12

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Arizona Legislative District 12

State Senate:
John Nelson (R) is a current Representative in D-12. He received an “A” on the tech report card and is supportive of tax cuts, R&D and e-learning.
House of Representatives:
Robert Blendu (R) is the current Senator in D-12. He was key to the renewal of the Job Training Program in 2007, and continues to support tech initiatives.
Jerry Weiers (R) is a current Representative in D-12. He supported 100% of the tech agenda in 2008 and received an “A” on our report card.

Vote Smart - Vote Tech Smart

2008 VOTE TECHSMART - If you care about the Technology Related Voting Record of the Arizona State Senators and Legislators in your Legislative District, Download the Guide and read these endorsements.

Vote TechSmart is a resource produced by the Arizona Technology Council to give our members a better understanding of the Arizona legislative candidates who are running for political office in the 2008 Arizona election.
The report includes incumbents’ past voting records on technology issues and the results of both a survey and/or interviews of both incumbent and non-incumbent candidates. We hope this information is useful as you make your choices on Election Day.

Vote TechSmart Arizona Legislative District 3

Download the Arizona Technology Council 2008 Vote TechSmart Guide

Arizona Legislative District 3

State Senate:
Senator Ron Gould (R) is the current Senator for D-3. He was supportive of the permanent repeal of the county equalization tax and R&D tax credit.
House of Representatives:
Trish Groe (R) is one of the current Representatives in D-3. She has been supportive of technology initiatives, tax cutting initiatives and support for Science Foundation Arizona.
Nancy McLain (R) is the other Representative in D-3. She was supportive of the technology agenda in 2008 scoring a 100% by voting for every technology initiative.

Vote Smart - Vote Tech Smart

2008 VOTE TECHSMART - If you care about the Technology Related Voting Record of the Arizona State Senators and Legislators in your Legislative District, Download the Guide and read these endorsements.our Legislative District, Download the Guide and read these endorsements.

Vote TechSmart is a resource produced by the Arizona Technology Council to give our members a better understanding of the Arizona legislative candidates who are running for political office in the 2008 Arizona election.
The report includes incumbents’ past voting records on technology issues and the results of both a survey and/or interviews of both incumbent and non-incumbent candidates. We hope this information is useful as you make your choices on Election Day.

Cleaning Services in the East Valley Living Business Directory

The new Business Directory software for this site has been loaded and an updated database of small businesses offering products and services has been loaded. We will be introducing many new features over the next few weeks and months as we roll out the new software functions.

Free Business Directory listings are available as well as premium listings and upgraded listings for those who provide reciprocal links back to this site. We will introduce various portions of the directory in a series of blog posts over the next few weeks. This is the first in that series.

Cleaning Services

There are a variety of businesses providing various cleaning services listed in the Business Directory here on East Valley Living.

Here are the main listings for Cleaning Services and the subcategories include:

Phoenix Center for the Arts Accepting Submissions for 2008- 2009 Exhibitions
The Phoenix Parks and Recreation Department’s Center for the Arts currently is accepting entries for all four of their juried annual exhibitions - Photography & Kiln Worked Glass Show; Metals & Jewelry Show; African American Vibes of the City; and Arte Latino en la Ciudad. The entry deadline for submissions is Sept. 2, 2008.

Water Bottles for the Homeless

The Salvation Army in Phoenix has created Hydration Stations to serve the area’s homeless population and ensure their access to cold water as the valley gets deeper into the summer months.

Demand for all services by Valley Metro Regional Public Transportation Authority increased to the highest levels ever recorded in June as gasoline surpassed $4 a gallon and Maricopa County recorded more high pollution advisories in a single month than it did during all of last year.

Ridership on commuter Express bus routes rose 40 percent year-over-year to top 9,000 boardings in June, while new registrants in Valley Metro’s online carpool partner matchlist grew 380 percent year-over-year. Currently, there are more than 7,100 commuters in the database who are looking to share the ride.

Valley Metro’s website-which allows visitors to map a bus trip, purchase online fare, and find a carpool or vanpool partner-also saw enormous spikes in demand. Page views of www.ValleyMetro.org increased 156 percent year-over-year in June to more than 1.38 million views.

Gas Prices Past the Tipping Point

Valley Metro

There is nothing quite like a barbecue for your Fourth of July picnic and hamburgers are a traditional staple of that meal, along with hot dogs, broccoli salad, macaroni salad, cucumber salad, and potato salad.

From World Famous Recipes we bring you a couple of Recipes for Hamburgers that caught our eye. One is traditional and one is quite a spicy dish.

For an especially hot summer treat we have this mouth-burning concoction:

Heatwave Hamburgers

Ingredients;

2 1/2 pounds ground beef
4 tablespoons garlic powder
4 tablespoons worcestershire sauce
2 tablespoons ground black pepper
2 tablespoons onion flakes
2 dried ground tabasco peppers

Preparation:

Combine all ingredients in a large bowl.
Make patties, and grill over a hickory wood fire until done.

More Hamburger Recipes are available here.

And this recipe is for a more traditional sweet tasting barbecued burger:

Barbecue Hamburger Patties Recipes

ingredients for 6 servings:
1 1/2 lb Ground Beef
1 ts Salt
1/2 c Chili Sauce
1 tb Lemon Juice
1/3 c Catsup
2 tb Brown Sugar

Preparation: mix the meat, onion, and salt together. Shape the
mixture into 6 patties, each about 3/4-inch thick. Brown the patties
in a large skillet over medium-high heat, turning once. Cover and
cook over low heat about 10 minutes. Drain off the excess fat. Mix
catsup, chili sauce, brown sugar, and lemon juice. Pour sauce over
the patties. Cover and simmer for 15 minutes, spooning the sauce onto
the patties occasionally. Serve with the sauce spooned over the
patties.

Scientology Pays Up

Beware of this Splinter Group. A correspondent for the Village Voice, Tony Ortega, recently wrote about a long standing law suit that a former member of Scientology brought against this L. Ron Hubbard-founded organization and subsequently added a recent resolution article to the original set piece. I have added the website location so you may read this long and winding tale of subterfuge loaded with threats and innuendo and other nefarious elements.

More on Scientology here.

The picture below is of Bill Austin and Mike O’Neil at LinkedIn Live In Phoenix.  They have both just recently reached four thousand direct connections on LinkedIn and had also just met in person for the first time.

This was the inaugural event and launch party for Integrated Alliances LinkedIn Live Phoenix events and it was held on November 6, 2007 at Ruth’s Chris Steak House on Camelback in Phoenix Arizona.