Wednesday, September 1, 2010

Memory Walk '10 is September 11

Memory Walk '10 is coming up on September 11 and organizers are finishing up the plans for the event that's at Fort Morgan City Park. It's the 20th year for the walk that benefits Alzheimer's research and awareness. Teams are now out raising funds for the event. This year's goal is 28 thousand dollars. Sign up at alz.org/co.

Reid Family Wins at State Fair Again

Somebody has a little extra bling for college! Lisa Reid's state fair grand champion steer netted her more than 50 thousand dollars as she heads to school this fall. The Denver Post reports that the Sam Brown family of Pueblo, longtime high bidders, outran Denver Post owner William Dean Singleton and the Denver Rustlers for Reid's $53,000 winner this year.

Xcel Energy Offers Meeters at Library

Want to learn how much energy you use? Sterling Public Library has just the help you need. Xcel Energy has supplied the library with Watts Up meters that will help you retrieve knowledge about the energy your appliances use.

Power Check is an energy efficiency education program provided by Excel Energy. Library patrons can check out a Watts Up meter to help learn about energy use and determine ways to conserve energy and save money. The Watts Up meter will help identify high energy use appliances, determine approximate cost of use for appliances, predict savings in reducing appliance use and calculate cost savings for replacing older appliances.

The meter is simple to use and helps you take an important step in saving energy. An easy to follow instruction booklet on how to use the meter is included with each kit and more help can be found online. The meter also has the ability to download data to a PC for graphing and charting. This interface also provides a pay-back calculator to calculate number of months to pay back the cost of new energy efficient appliances.

After you have checked out your energy use, please go online to the web address
provided with the meter and fill out a short survey. The information Xcel gathers
through the survey will help support the continued success of the Power Check program.

Be sure to stop by Sterling Public Library and check out a watts up meter soon to help you save energy and money.

All the Golf You Can Play -- This Weekend

Labor Day 4-Day Weekend Golf Special!
$30 All you can play in a day!
Tee-times available after 1:00 pm. A cart is included but must be returned to the Pro Shop by 7:15 pm. Special is good this Friday through Monday (September 3 - 6). Come out and play some golf!
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Contact: (970) 867-5990