Wednesday, June 17, 2009 at 09:55AM 
1. Operate dishwashers only when they are fully loaded. Use the "light wash" feature, if available, to use less water.
2. Clean vegetables in a pan filled with water rather than running water from the tap.
3. Avoid wasting water waiting for it to get hot. Capture it for other uses such as plant watering.
Tuesday, June 16, 2009 at 05:02PM 
Money and Documents:
Tuesday, June 16, 2009 at 01:58PM 
It’s summertime and that means vacations for most families. Unfortunately, your vacation buzz can be lost too quickly when you get home and realize that you forgot to take care of a few essentials. Your vacation should be an enjoyable and relaxing time, so before you head out here are a few things to be sure to check off your list so that you can come back to your home in the safe condition you left it.
Tuesday, June 16, 2009 at 01:47PM 
On May 30th Joel & Kathy Reets hosted Champion’s Annual Company Picnic. As always, everyone had a great time. The picnic was held at Joel & Kathy’s Lake House on Clearwater Lake in Sharpsburg. Joel handled the grilling and served up delicious steaks, chicken and more for everyone to feast on. In addition to swimming, fishing, basketball, and horseshoes, there were plenty of fun games going on throughout the day. These included a scavenger hunt, a relay race and Champion’s own version of “Who Wants To Be a Millionaire?” We all had a great time and went home wondering what they will do next year. I guess we’ll have to wait and see!
Thursday, June 4, 2009 at 04:49PM 
1. What country leaves the most vacation days unused each year?
Japan - 92% of people don’t use all their vacation days
2. How many vacation days does the average American leave on the table each year?
3 days
3. What country receives the most vacation days each year?
Thursday, May 28, 2009 at 09:23AM p>
It's Summertime and that means grilling time for most families! However, according to one study gas and charcoal grills caused an average of 3,400 structure fires and 4,900 outdoor fires in or on home properties in 2005, resulting in a combined direct property loss of $137 million. So before you fire up that grill, take a few minutes to check out these safety tips so your cookout doesn't turn into a fire damage claim or a trip to the emergency room.
Tuesday, May 12, 2009 at 04:21PM 
In January of this year Old Man Winter hit Georgians pretty hard. Temperatures in our area dipped down into the teens at night and barely got above freezing during the day on a couple occasions. Champion has learned from past experiences to be prepared for an influx of jobs from pipes freezing, thawing out, rupturing and then causing minimal to sever water damage to a home. Pipes can freeze in the wall or in the attic if not properly insulated.
Friday, May 8, 2009 at 08:48AM 
Lightning is a deadly "by-product" of thunderstorms which are very common in Georgia, particularly in the spring and summer. Lightning kills an average of 100 people a year throughout the United States. Statistics show that on the average, lightning kills more people in the United States every year than tornadoes, floods, or hurricanes. It occurs mostly during the warmer months of June through September.
Thursday, May 7, 2009 at 11:13AM
TRUE OR FALSE?
Monday, April 27, 2009 at 10:45AM 
We are all concerned about the spread of the swine influenze and nervously await its arrival in Georgia. Below is an excerpt of Dr. Richard Besser's, Acting Director of Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, remarks from the press briefing held April 26 on what we can do to prepare ourselves.
"It's important that people understand that there's a role for everyone to play when there's an outbreak going on. There are things that individuals do, there's things that families do, communities do to try and reduce the impact. At the individual level, it's important people understand how they can prevent respiratory infections. Very frequent hand-washing is something that we talk about time and time again and that is an effective way to reduce transmission of disease. If you're sick, it's very important that people stay at home. If your children are sick, have a fever and flu-like illness, they shouldn't go to school. And if you're ill, you shouldn't get on an airplane or another public transport to travel. Those things are part of personal responsibility in trying to reduce the impact.
So it's time for people to be thinking — forward-thinking about, well, if it were my child's school, what would I do, how would I be prepared for that kind of an event. We view the public as partners in the efforts to try and control what's going on.
There are a number of sources of information. I want people to know that the CDC web site — www.cdc.gov — has our latest information on swine flu. There's a link from there to very current information and there's a link there to a Spanish language site as well."
Read the entire transcript of the press briefing
Icela Reets - Emergency Response Program Coordinator
