Support our local track!Remember everyone to support are local race track! The New Stockton 99 Spreedway! Lets keep the stands full. It has been very exciting! Check out the website for this weekend Events, Times and prices!
The New Stockton 99 Speedway!
“Whelen All American Series” – Western Late Models,
ALSC/Street Stocks, Legends of the Pacific, Mini-Stocks/Mini-Trucks
If you like NACAR
Memorial Day is a United States federal holiday observed on the last Monday of May (May 25 in 2009). Formerly known as Decoration Day, it commemorates U.S. men and women who died while in the military service. First enacted to honor Union soldiers of the American Civil War (it is celebrated near the day of reunification after the civil war), it was expanded after World War I to include American casualties of any war or military action. Please take a few minutes this weekend to honor our Military!
I would like to say Thank You to all our military service people!
United StatesNational Cemetery
Summer is fast approaching! Here in the valley we will be reaching the 100 degree and over mark this weekend! Here are some tips to help cool yourself and your home down!
- Set your thermostat to 78. Go higher, if the humidity is low enough and you feel comfortable. Turning a thermostat down to cool a room quicker doesn’t work, by the way — it makes the a/c run longer, not colder.
- Wear short-sleeved, loose clothing. You dress lightly to go out on a summer day. Do the same indoors. Absorbent, wickable cotton (organic, of course!) is the hot weather classic.
- Drink lots of water. This is good practice, anyway. Cold drinks drop your body’s core temperature and cools you down quickly.
- Draw your drapes. Keeping you blinds, shades, and curtains closed — particularly on the west side of the house — helps keeps heat from getting inside in the first place.
- Turn off unnecessary heat-producing devices. Incandescent light bulbs are a big heat generator. Shut down electronic gear when you’re not using it.
- Use the microwave. Conventional cooking dumps heat in the house, but microwaves cook the food directly.
- Wash and dry clothes when the day is cool. Do laundry early in the day and late at night. Don’t forget clotheslines: they generate no heat in the house.
- Skip your dishwasher’s dry cycle. Rack your dishes and let them air dry, instead.
- Open the bathroom window when showering. Vent heat and humidity outside, rather than back into the house. Obviously, you don’t want to put on a show for the neighbors. If you have privacy concerns, open up after dressing. Keep the bathroom door closed.
- Run your air conditioner fan on low. This is particularly helpful in areas with high summer humidity. The low air volume helps your a/c dehumidify.
- Keep heat-producers away from your thermostat. Don’t allow a closely located TV or water heater to convince your thermostat that it’s hotter than it really is.
- Check your refrigerator settings. The fridge takes heat out of your food and transfers it to your kitchen, so be sure you’re running efficiently. The refrigerator is best set between 37 and 40 degrees Fahrenheit. Put the freezer around five degrees.
- Turn off your furnace pilot light. You can always re-light it next autumn.
- Close the fireplace damper. Don’t send cool air up the chimney. If your fireplace has a glass door, shut it.
Don’t forget about your pets
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