Judy Green, Houston/Galveston Association
metropolitan area has the second worst ozone pollution problem in the country, second only to the Los Angeles area, despite the fact that the population of this region is less than one third that of Los Angeles and the fact that Houston is not rimmed by mountains and only rarely has the kind of temperature inversions that trap pollutants over L.A.
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round-level ozone pollution in the Houston region regularly exceeds the standards established by the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), resulting in millions of dollars of health care costs, as well as significant property, crop and plant damage. The Houston
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A magnolia tree’s canopy shows drought damage
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ell here we are again... another holiday season has come and gone. If you are like most people you didn’t give your plumbing system a second thought. You’re just supposed to always have water flowing in the drain lines. Who in their right mind would ever want to think about them. Well what you probably don’t know is that the holiday season is the busiest time of the year for plumbers cleaning out drain lines. What normally is the cause of the calls is all the extra cooking. People start putting things in the garbage disposal that they wouldn’t even consider the rest of the year, or if they
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do it’s very little. The main thing to remember is your sanitary drain lines are for moving liquid mainly and a little bit of solids. Too much solids will plug the line. When you put a bunch of food particles down the disposal, water will run away from the solids leaving them behind. After a couple times of doing this you have yourself a plugged line that will require a plumber and a snake to get it going again. What a garbage disposal was originally developed for was the few things that come off your plates and pots and pans, not for chewing up all your cooking prep left over’s. The other place that can very often
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Contents
PUBLISHERS Kathy Vosburg Dennis Miller/ iMark Marketing EDITOR IN CHIEF Kathy Vosburg CHIEF CREATIVE DIRECTOR Greg Ball DESIGN DIRECTOR Diana DiOrio
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Protecting The Proverbial Pipes, Plants & Pets
SENIOR ART DIRECTOR Bud Villareal SENIOR ACCOUNT EXECUTIVE Bambi Kocian
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Simply Stored & Efficiantly Organized: Closets, Cabinets & Containers
FEATURES EDITOR
Brian McFarland
RESOURCES DIRECTOR Carolyn Whaley
Super Furniture for A Family, Friends & Fans
PROOF READER DIRECTOR Jane Brown EDITORIAL ASSISTANT Francesca Seretti
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Hot Tubs & Spas: Soothing Solution For Winter’s Chill
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Restoring Houston’s Treescape
CONTRIBUTING WRITERS Brian McFarland Jim Dutton Kathy Vosburg Dennis Miller Bob Baldwin Cathie Jones Bob Newey Judy Green PHOTOGRAPHERS Bob Allred Gary Hayes TRAFFIC MANAGER Buddy Huckleberry
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Plumbing Rx - Ping in the Pipes & Rattle in the Rafters
DIRECTOR CLIENT SERVICES Bambi Kocian CLIENT SERVICES ASSISTANT Joanne Wyatt ACCOUNT SUPERVISOR Daryl Ball
Church In The Trailer Park
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Paragon Pools
ACCOUNT EXECUTIVES Dakarai Sultan Rick Porter PHOTO EDITOR RETOUCHER Travis Brown
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Air Filters, Fire/Smoke Alarm - Replace Batteries, Check Fire Extinguisher Expiration Date, Change Water Filters, Air Duct Cleaning, Plant Fruit Trees, Start Seeds Indoors
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