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In This edition of
PIONEER SECURITY SYSTEMS & MEDICAL ALERT SYSTEMS
• Mega Trivia Question • Quote of the Day • Sudoku • Health Corner • Scrumptious Spring Salads • Joke of the Month • The Riddler • 10 Spring Cleaning Tips • How To Manage Spring Allergies Over the Counter • 10 Tips To Avoid Tick Bites Do You Have a Tough Security Question?
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Then call or email it in! We’re always ready and willing to answer any
security or communications questionsyou may have. Just provide:
Your Phone No. & Email.
Spring 2013
PROTECTING WHAT MATTERS MOST
www.pioneersecurity.com: 1.800.824.8844 www.pioneeremergency.com: 1.800.274.8274
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Help Us And We’ll Help You!
Send us a referral and help us grow. We will gladly help you
by sending $100 to your favorite charity or credit you for
3 months monitoring for any referrals that sign up for our
services. Please direct all referrals to me, at:
800.824.8844 or howard@pioneerservices.com.
Scrumptious & Simple
Spring Salads
10 Spring Cleaning Tips
Message From the President
Would you like to win a $25 gift card?
…Your chances just got a lot better!
There has never been an easier way to get 25 bucks!
Challenge your brain with our Mega-Trivia question
and email us with your best guess.
YOU REALLY HAVE NO IDEA
JUST HOW GREAT YOUR
ODDS OF WINNING ARE!
All emails with the correct answer will be placed in a
hat (or whatever is lying around) and 3 winners will
be randomly selected. The winners will receive their
choice of a $25 gift card to:
Mega Trivia Question:
Q: Who was the first person to suggest Daylight Savings Times?
Last issue’s Mega Trivia asked:
Where is the lowest place in North America?
The answer: Death Valley
Last Issue’s Winners:
Jeff & Amy Seekeres – Target Card,
Jon & Carole Mehtlan – Barns & Noble Card,
Loree & Mike Luther – Target Card.
Please email your answer to our Mega Trivia question
and/or referrals to:
10 Tips To Avoid
Nasty Tick Bites
Remember to test your system monthly and please call me to discuss upgrading your
system to cellular. With changes in telephony all clients should be upgrading their security
system to cell service now.
We are on Yelp and Facebook! Write a recommendation and like us.
We’d appreciate it, and with your permission we will include it in our
customer testimonials. Visit us at: www.yelp.com/biz/pioneer-securityservices-inc-solana-beach and www.facebook.com/pages/Pioneer-SecurityServices/117592044922957.
HOWARD@PIONEERSECURITY.COM
And don’t forget to include your choice of gift card!
Target, Wal-Mart, JC Penny, Dunkin Donuts,
Olive Garden, Applebee’s, The Cheesecake Factory,
or Barnes & Noble.
Email your best response and choice of card to:
HOWARD@PIONEERSECURITY.COM
Answer TO RIDDLE: An onion.
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I was surprised and humbled when presented
a lifetime achievement award in Dallas last
month for being a cofounder of the seven-yearold organization the Medical Alert Monitoring
Association or MAMA. Today MAMA represents
90% of the major companies in the medical
alert industry. In addition to being a cofounder, I
served on the board of directors for six years. This Ken Gross, MAMA President, presenting Howard with award.
is the first award presented in the organizations history.
How To Manage Spring
Allergies – Over The Counter
Last, I am trying to build an email list for future communications. Please drop me an
email so I can contact you electronically. I can be reached at: howard@pioneersecurity.com.
With gratitude,
Howard Feldman
991-C415 LOMAS SANTA FE DR. SOLANA BEACH, CA, 92075
SUDOKU CHALLENGE
The object of Sudoku is to solve the puzzle by having the numbers 1-6
appear once in every row, column, and 2x3 box. The puzzle we feature
here is the 6x6, and they get harder and larger. If you still need extra
help, try sudoku.com. The next newsletter will feature the answer key
to the previous puzzle. Good Luck!
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HEALTH CORNER
Scrumptious
Spring Salads
Spring is here – and fresh produce is one delicious
benefit of this season. These easy healthy salad
recipes highlight some of the fresh fruits and
vegetables in season. Bon appetit!
Rainbow Carrot, Pea Shoot, and Chicken Salad
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REMEMBER: We appreciate your referrals and
remind you that you get 3 months free monitoring
for any referral that results in a new customer.
Unsolicited Testimonials
Howard,Thank you so much for all your help with taking all the time
you did to talk to me about the monitoring system. I really appreciate
it a lot. You can’t really find much good customer service anymore but
you went over and above to help me. My mother will be safe because
of your great help. – Sherry Rugh, Collingdale, PA
One time, my eldest brother suffered from chest pain. He had been
busy for the entire day, so he thought the pain was just a result of
exhaustion. When the pain lasted longer than he expected, he pressed
his First Alert button. It turns out he was having a heart attack. Someone called me and told me that an ambulance was already sent to his
house. If it wasn’t for the quick response, he wouldn’t have survived.
Thank you, Pioneer Emergency. – Alan
I am so grateful to have Pioneer’s First Alert medical alarm. I live
alone with my rottweiler Chase, who is quite a character and can be
troublesome at times. I gave him the name because he likes to chase
cats, insects and other animals; sometimes, he even gets bothered by
leaves carried away by the wind! One time I was just standing in the
kitchen when he saw a cat in the neighbor’s fence. He rushed to get
out of the doors, knocking me down in the process. I was in pain and
I couldn’t get up. I pushed the button and had to scream because the
unit was in the living room. I’m just glad the operator heard me even
if I was far away. The paramedics arrived so quickly, I almost couldn’t
believe it. It was like they were just two houses away or something. It
turns out I fractured my hip and I was immediately sent to the hospital.
I was surprised to see my son in the hospital, and he said that someone
called to tell him about my emergency. If it wasn’t for First Alert, I
would probably be much worse than I am today. – M. Hebert
For more testimonials, visit: www.pioneersecurity.com
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*Quote of the Day*
For the most beautiful salad, use carrots that are a mix of sizes and colors from light to dark. Slicing them is
fastest on a classic French- or Japanese-style mandoline, but you can also use a vegetable peeler.
Ingredients:
1-1/2 pounds rainbow carrots (preferably a mix of long and short ones)
4 ounces pea shoots (find at farmers’ markets and Asian markets)
2 cups sugar snap peas
1/3 cup extra-virgin olive oil
1/4 cup Meyer lemon juice
1 large garlic clove, minced
About 1/2 tsp. kosher salt
1/4 teaspoon pepper
1 cup crumbled sheep’s – or goat’s-milk feta cheese
3/4 cup mint leaves, cut into slivers
3 cups shredded cooked chicken
Preparation:
1. Scrub carrots gently (so you don’t lose the bright outer color), using a brush under running water. With a
mandoline or vegetable peeler, cut thin lengthwise ribbons to make 1 qt.; discard ends and tough cores.
2. Put dark and light carrot ribbons in separate bowls of ice water and soak about 15 minutes to crisp. Drain,
roll in kitchen towels, and pat dry.
3. Discard tough or thick stems from pea shoots and tear sprigs into 4- to 5-in. pieces. Pull strings from
straight sides of snap peas, then thinly slice peas lengthwise. In a large bowl, whisk oil, lemon juice, garlic,
1/2 tsp. salt, and the pepper.
4. Add carrots, pea shoots, snap peas, feta, mint, and chicken to bowl and toss gently. Season with more salt
if you like.
Spring Garden Strawberry Salad
Spring Garden Strawberry Salad celebrates the sweet taste of spring with fresh ingredients such as fresh
sugar snap peas, baby arugula, strawberries, cucumber, and baby English peas.
Ingredients:
1-1/2 cups trimmed fresh sugar snap peas (about 5 oz.)
1 (4-oz.) package baby arugula
2 cups sliced fresh strawberries
1 cup seeded and chopped English cucumber
3/4 cup frozen baby English peas, thawed
4 ounces Gorgonzola cheese, crumbled
6 cooked bacon slices, coarsely chopped
Sweet Basil Vinaigrette
Preparation:
1. Arrange sugar snap peas in a steamer basket over boiling water. Cover and steam 1 to 2 minutes or until
crisp-tender. Plunge peas into ice water to stop the cooking process; drain. Cut peas diagonally in half.
2. Toss together arugula, next 5 ingredients, and sugar snap peas on a large serving platter. Serve with
Sweet Basil Vinaigrette.
PIONEER SECURITY SERVICES AND PIONEER EMERGENCY MEDICAL RESPONSE.
991-C415 LOMAS SANTA FE DR. SOLANA BEACH, CA, 92075 • 800.824.8844
10 Spring Cleaning Tips
Everyone needs a good spring cleaning each year – especially before
you do any spring decorating. Here’s
10 spring cleaning tips sure to get
your place in tip-top shape!
1. Formulate A Plan & Set
Reasonable Goals
Jot down the areas of your home
that you need to clean, come up with a
plan and be sure to budget in time for distractions so you won’t get discouraged after just a few hours cleaning. In essence, make a reasonable plan of
attack that has at least a 98% chance of being accomplished!
2. Check For Cleaning Supplies
There is nothing more frustrating than to start a project (or your spring
cleaning) only to find that you’re out of supplies. If you’re not into chemically
laden cleaners, try white vinegar, baking soda and Thieves Cleaner for
cleaning aids.
3. Involve Your Children (or work while the littlest are napping!)
It’s great to involve children in age-appropriate cleaning tasks. It teaches
them to pick up and how to keep things organized, so when they leave the
nest, they can keep their own abodes neat and tidy (we hope!) For the
littlest ones that would only pull everything apart behind you, wait till
naptime before cleaning.
4. Tackle One Area At A Time
It’s exciting to get started cleaning and sometimes you can get distracted
with various projects throughout the house. But, it will be very helpful and
sanity-saving if you work on one area at a time. Piles of stuff will migrate to
other rooms, but those can be tackled when you get to them.
5. Declutter Before Cleaning
It is frustrating to be ready to dust an area only to realize that you have to
move 12 knick-knacks, 10 pieces of junk mail, and broken crayons before
you can get started. Save yourself a headache and get rid of the garbage
and extraneous clutter before cleaning!
6. Use Bins To Organize The “Get-Rid-Of” Stuff
Instead of just dividing up things into separate piles that will likely get
knocked over or mixed up, use plastic bins to keep them organized. Like
bins for garage sale items, items to donate, garbage and things that need
to be returned to others.
7. Open The Windows For Fresh Air
Spring air is wonderful (minus the pollen, of course). After being shut up
inside for months, it is so refreshing to open the windows and have fresh
air flowing through the house.
8. Clean Each Room From Top To Bottom
Let gravity make your job easier by working with it! Start at the ceiling by
dusting the ceiling fan or light fixture then get all the cob webs off the
crown molding and corners. Work your way down the walls, over the furniture, all the way to the baseboards and flooring.
9. Change Up Your Accessories For A New Look
You don’t have to redecorating necessarily, but just freshen up things a
little bit. Since it’s Spring, try switching out heavy, darker items with lighter
and brighter accessories.
10. Design A Daily Cleaning Schedule
After all your hard work is done and your house looks like it belongs on a
magazine cover, make sure that you have a good cleaning schedule in
place. Set small daily tasks that will help keep your house in order until
next Spring…or until you decide to deep clean your house again.
How To Manage Spring Allergies
Over the Counter Spring allergy relief is within
your reach – on your local drugstore’s shelves.
To start, take an over-the-counter, nonsedating antihistamine, such as a generic form
of Claritin every morning. If your nose remains
congested, add a saline nasal rinse or oral
decongestant pill (if you don’t have high blood
pressure). You can also take a long-acting decongestant nose spray for
a few days, if necessary. If these treatments don’t clear your nasal congestion,
then you’ll need to see your doctor and ask about adding a corticosteroid
nose spray.
Other over-the-counter tools for managing your allergies are lozenges to
soothe a sore throat, which can be irritated by postnasal drip from your runny
nose, and antihistamine eye drops to relieve itchy, watery eyes. Look for antihistamine on the label when shopping for eye drops; these treat the root of
your allergy symptoms.
If your allergies still persist, then it’s time to throw in the towel and call a
doctor that specializes in allergy. Also, if you have allergies to any of the
above medications or are not sure, do not take them. Go to a allergy specialist
to help with your treatment.
10 Tips To Avoid Tick Bites
With the spring come the ticks! Finding an engorged
tick on your body is never fun. Ticks do carry diseases,
which might make you think twice about your next
hike into the woods. You don’t have to avoid the
outdoors, though. Your first line of defense is avoiding their bites. Follow these 10 tips to avoid ticks, and more importantly, tick
bites, when you head outdoors.
1. Use a product with 20% DEET or higher on both skin and clothing.
2. Apply permethrin to clothing, hiking boots, tents, and camp chairs. Sold under
Permanone and Duranon names.
3. Wear light-colored clothing.
4. Wear long pants with sneakers or hiking boots. Tuck your pant legs into your socks, and
keep your shirt tucked into your waistband
5. Outfit yourself in bug repellent apparel.
6. Stay on the trail. Ticks tend to hang out in high vegetation, waiting for a passing host.
7. Avoid tick-infested places.
8. Be vigilant – do a daily tick check. Strip down and search your entire body...don’t forget
your head.
9. Put your clothes in the dryer, and tumble them on highheat. Ticks can easily survive the
washing machine.
10. Check your pets and your kids before letting them loose in the house. Ticks can easily
drop off on carpets or furniture, where they will wait for a blood meal to come along.
THE RIDDLER ?
You use a knife to slice my head and weep beside me when I am dead. What am I?
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SPRING JOKE
Q: How is the Easter Bunny like Shaquille O’Neal? A: They’re both famous for stuffing baskets!
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