Andover Crossing Apartments
February 2010
All rent received by February 1st will be entered in our monthly Early Bird Contest - Win $75 off your next month's rent!
Time to stock up on snacks for your Super Bowl Sunday - February 7th
Don't forget your Valentine on February 14th
Stop by the office to enter our Monthly Drawing by Friday, February 22nd. We will be drawing a name to win 2 movie tickets - a great way to spend a cold February evening!
Patsy Sphar & Carol Overley
Co-Managers
Preventing the Flu: Good Health Habits Can Help Stop Germs
CDC Fact Sheet
The single best way to prevent seasonal flu is to get vaccinated each year, but good health habits like covering your cough and washing your hands often can help stop the spread of germs and prevent respiratory illnesses like the flu. There also are flu antiviral drugs that can be used to treat and prevent the flu.
Avoid close contact.
Avoid close contact with people who are sick. When you are sick, keep your distance from others to protect them from getting sick too.
Stay home when you are sick.
If possible, stay home from work, school, and errands when you are sick. You will help prevent others from catching your illness.
Cover your mouth and nose.
Cover your mouth and nose with a tissue when coughing or sneezing. It may prevent those around you from getting sick.
Clean your hands.
Washing your hands often will help protect you from germs.
Avoid touching your eyes, nose or mouth.
Germs are often spread when a person touches something that is contaminated with germs and then touches his or her eyes, nose, or mouth.
Practice other good health habits.
Get plenty of sleep, be physically active, manage your stress, drink plenty of fluids, and eat nutritious food.
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Andover Crossing Apartments
415 S. Sunset Drive
Andover, KS 67002
p (316) 218-1230
Emergency Maintenance (316) 218-1230 #3
andover.crossing@midlandmgmt.com
Office Hours
Monday-Friday: 8:30 am - 5:30 pm
Cory Riffel
Maintenance Tech
From the Manager's Desk...
Welcome to all of our new residents and thank you to all of our loyal residents who continue to make their home at Andover Crossing Apartments.
Once you've moved in remember you are always encouraged to stop by the office or give us a call. Just to say "Hi" or to let us know of any question or concern you may have.
We appreciate your feed back and invite your suggestions for what we could do to make our community an even nicer place to live!
We're here to serve you.
Your Managment Connection,
Patsy Sphar and Carol Overley
Holiday Safety Tips
As the holidays get closer, people begin decorating their homes and yards to celebrate the season. However, a festive celebration can quickly turn into a tragedy in the event of an accident. The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) reports that almost 11,000 people are treated in emergency rooms annually for holiday-related injuries such as falls or electrical shocks from hanging holiday lights. In addition, about 400 fires involving Christmas trees occur each year, resulting in 70 injuries, 20 deaths, and over $15 million in property damages.
Although holiday decorations can be beautiful and meaningful additions to festivities and celebrations, everyone should exercise caution to make sure that holiday traditions do not result in accidents. To keep your holidays safe this season, follow these safety precautions to avoid fires, electrical shocks, falls, and other injuries:
Never use lights that have not been tested by a recognized testing laboratory.
Only use lights with fused plugs.
Always check lights, both new sets and old sets, for broken sockets, frayed wires, or loose connections. Throw away damaged light sets. Replace bulbs with others of the same wattage.
When decorating outdoors, only use lights certified for outdoor use.
Never use nails or tacks to hold strings of lights in place outdoors. Only use hooks or insulated staples.
Never leave lights on when you leave the house. They could short and cause a fire.
Never burn wrapping paper in a fireplace. A large fire can result quickly from burning paper.
Plug outdoor electric decorations and lights into circuit protected with ground fault circuit interrupters.
Look for fire-resistant artificial holiday trees. Although these trees can still catch fire, the tree can resist burning and extinguish quickly.
Only purchase a live tree or evergreen decoration that is fresh, with needles that do not easily fall from the tree. Trees that are brittle are drier overall and thus much more likely to catch fire.
Keep your tree watered and keep it away from fireplaces and radiators, as well as out of doorways.
Only use non-combustible or flame-resistant materials to decorate your tree.
Never use lighted candles near or on a tree or other plants.
Never use electric lights on a metallic tree. A person can be electrocuted from the tree if it becomes electrically charged from faulty lights.
Keep yourself and your family safe this holiday season by following these safety tips and using common sense during your celebrations.
For more safety tips and for legal information about accidents, visit the website of New York City personal injury lawyers Orlow, Orlow & Orlow, P.C. Joseph Devine
Article Source: http://EzineArticles.com/?expert=Joseph_Devine
When calling for maintenance after regular business hours or on weekends, be sure to leave your message in mail box #3. A maintenace tech will be notified and you will receive a return call. If you haven't received a call back within a reasonable amount of time be sure to call again.
Always leave your name, apartment number and phone number so that you can be contacted.
Has cold weather zapped your car battery? If you are ever in need of a "jump start" stop by the office. We have a nifty little jump box that will have you on the road right away. Count on us to try to make you life easier.
Refer a friend or co-worker to our Community
1st Referral - you receive $100
2nd Referral - you receive $150
3rd Referral - you receive $200
Game Day Blue Cheese Dip
5 Ways to Reduce Your Carbon Footprint
Endangered species, pollution, and deforestation were once the buzzwords on every environmentalist's lips. As the twenty first century kicks into high gear, however, these issues are being pushed aside by the concern that has taken over the green movement almost entirely. Whether it is a result of Al Gore's An Inconvenient Truth or of a recent spate of severe weather, there is no denying that reducing carbon emissions has become the number one priority to environmentalists and politicians alike.
Reducing the carbon footprint has become a significant goal for governments, businesses and individuals, and with good reason. Fossil fuels seem to be running short, fuel prices are soaring, and there is no denying that the Earth seems to be heating up. But what can an individual do? Though it may seem insignificant, the dictum 'Think globally, act locally' has never been more applicable than in the case of reducing greenhouse gasses. Below are five painless ways to reduce your carbon footprint.
1. Minimize driving and use person power: Walk, jog or ride a bike to work. Save up small errands so they can all be taken care of in a single trip. Carpool with a friend. Whenever possible, use public transportation.
2. Switch light bulbs: Switching from incandescent to compact fluorescent light bulbs will save energy with no inconvenience whatsoever. While you're at it, old, inefficient Christmas lights can be traded in for new LED ones, and electric patio lights can be replaced with solar powered lights.
3. Opt for green energy: More and more people are making the choice to go off the grid and produce their own energy through winds or solar power. When this isn't an option, many electric companies now offer the choice to select the source of energy billed to a particular account.
4. Buy local: Buying local saves on carbon emissions by reducing or eliminating shipping cost, and has the added benefit of supporting the local economy.
5. Become Energy Conscious: There are dozens of opportunities every day to make more energy conscious choices. Becoming conscious of the energy used in daily life is the first step to eliminating excess energy use, and reducing your carbon footprint.
Article Source: http://EzineArticles.com/?expert=Rodney_Jamison
Ingredients
1.5 cups sour cream
3/4 cup mayonnaise
1/2 pound blue cheese
chopped chives to taste
dash Worscestershire sauce
celery salt & pepper to taste
Directions
Puree sour cream, mayonnaise and blue cheese. Add chopped chives, a dash of Worcestershire sauce, and celery salt and pepper to taste.
Courtesy of FoodNetwork.com
