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Woodinville, WA (PRWEB) January 31, 2014

Bathrooms remain a top home remodeling project, with more emphasis on shower upgrades in lieu of large soaking tubs. As the shower space is upgraded and enlarged, high end shower designs and options are being installed in more moderate homes. Amerec is pleased to announce several new steam shower products that will be shown at the 2014 KBIS show in Las Vegas, February 4th-6th. New product introductions include new touchscreen controls, a new freestanding steamshower and a new steam shower column, making shower remodeling even easier.

As Kim Palmer of the Star Tribune recently reported, a trend for many bathroom remodels is to focus on a luxurious shower, with 43% of current remodels opting to not include a tub in their project. With the added space and attention to high-end amenities in the shower, Amerec says many people are warming to the idea of adding steam. While steam rooms have long been a popular feature at health clubs, spas, and hotels, Amerec continues to develop products to bring the same quality experience home.

Amerecs new products include:

Amerec Sales Director, Jim Hass, stated, "It is an exciting time to be in an industry so closely tied to bathroom remodeling. While there are many upgrades available in showers, from multi-head showers to lights and music, the addition of steam is one of the few that provides the benefit of soothing, penetrating heat and all the associated benefits of heat-bathing, including better health through perspiration, detoxification, and relaxation. Amerec steam shower systems also include features like colored light therapy, waterproof music systems and the ever popular aromatherapy."

To learn more about Amerecs new products, visit their booth number N1409 at the KBIS show in Las Vegas, visit http://www.amerec.com or contact Amerec at 800-341-0349.

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EDMONTON The Stella Maris Church Hall is one step closer to getting a wheelchair ramp thanks to one man a Canada-length away.

CLAC Alberta Representative Simon Fedun, left, presents a cheque for $1,000 to Jon MacInnis for renovations to the Stella Maris Church Hall in Pictou. SUBMITTED

Jon MacInnis, who grew up in North End New Glasgow but works in Edmonton, applied for and received a $1,000 grant for the church.

The funding came from CLAC, an independent Canadian labour union, as part of their Building Communities Together program.

The church, built in 1865 and recognized as a Canadian heritage property, was nominated by MacInnis, a member of Construction Workers Union, Local 63, affiliated with CLAC.

MacInnis is an electrician who has travelled out west for the past 10 years and is currently employed by PCL Energy Inc. in Edmonton.

This church hall provides huge benefits to a rural community in Nova Scotia, said MacInnis. The hall is in need of a new wheelchair ramp because currently it is not inclusive for all individuals using the Stella Maris Church Hall.

Because his mothers family has a connection with the church that spans 50 years, the church was the ideal candidate for CLACs grant. He hopes the inclusion of an indoor wheelchair ramp will make the hall more inclusive for all members during community gatherings.

There is no ramp going into the downstairs, which holds receptions for funerals, dinner parties, and community gatherings, said MacInnis.

CLAC is an independent Canadian labour union representing over 55,000 workers in a wide range of sectors: construction, health care, retail, service, transportation, manufacturing, and others. Based on principles that promote the values of respect, dignity, fairness, and integrity, CLACs approach to labour relations stresses membership advocacy, co-operation, and the long-term interests of the workplace community.

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Water of Life Community Church held a groundbreaking ceremony for its new worship center at its campus in northwestern Fontana last Sunday afternoon.

Construction of the new center, which will cost about $20 million, will begin in March and is expected to be completed in the latter part of 2015.

Church leaders said there is a huge need for the new facility, because Water of Life has been growing steadily over the past 24 years and now has an average weekend attendance of 6,400. Water of Life is listed as the 50th fastest growing Protestant church in the United States and has the 89th largest attendance of any Protestant church in the country.

"We started with 10 people in my living room," Pastor Dan Carroll told the large crowd which gathered for the ceremony. "It's an amazing thing that God has done."

The new center will provide room for several thousand more people to attend services at the church, and there are also plans to build a parking garage and additional off-site parking.

Church leaders said Water of Life has been approaching or exceeding capacity during optimal service times for several years. At current growth rates, the church would have to turn away hundreds or even thousands of people without the new center.

Mayor Acquanetta Warren, who attends Water of Life, said she had been very concerned that the church would be forced to move to a location outside of Fontana because of lack of available space here.

"I did not want to see that happen," she said.

Carroll said the church was "very blessed" because of local developer Reggie King, who "sold his property at a discounted rate."

The non-denominational church, located at 7625 East Avenue, offers five services each weekend. In addition, live worship and videotaped messages by Carroll are provided at satellite locations in Upland and Rancho Cucamonga.

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Before he reached the top of the Mafia in Canada, Nicolo Rizzuto owned a construction company that won municipal contracts in Montreal.

The late patriarch of one of the worlds most powerful Mafia clans was a municipal contractor 50 years before the authorities decided to investigate whether organized crime had a hold on the construction industry and public contracts in the province, The Gazette has discovered through an examination of municipal archives, and business and real-estate records from half a century ago.

Rizzutos resum included in his companys bidding documents at the time claims he even participated in the construction of Montreals cherished Expo 67, the Universal and International Exposition of 1967 that put the city on the world map.

The company, Grand Royal Asphalt Paving, also landscaped, paved and laid sewers and pipes in a dozen public parks in Montreal under four municipal contracts between 1963 and 1966 that The Gazette discovered in the citys archives. The search also turned up contracts that Rizzutos company bid on and lost, but a tally would require searching every municipal contract the city awarded during those years.

Grand Royal Asphalt Pavings resum also vaunted projects for the municipalities of Laval, Pierrefonds and St-Lonard and miscellaneous work for Ville de Jacques-Cartier, a town that was known as one of the most corrupt municipalities on the South Shore at the time and is today absorbed into Longueuil.

In fact, municipal, real-estate and business records trace Rizzutos career in the construction sector starting almost immediately after he arrived in Canada from Sicily in the 1950s to be the standard-bearer of his father-in-laws Sicilian Mafia clan, and ebbing around the time that he reportedly withdrew to Venezuela during a war with Calabrian rival Paolo Violi in the 1970s. Rizzuto returned to Montreal and seized control of the underworld after the 1978 assassination of Violi, who had succeeded Montreal Mob boss Vic Cotroni.

Rizzuto was killed by a snipers bullet while at home in Ahuntsic-Cartierville borough at age 86 in 2010. His son, Vito, who succeeded his father at the helm of the crime family, died of natural causes at age 67 in late December.

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Western Appliance is closing the Santa Cruz store on Soquel Avenue March 17. (Dan Coyro/Sentinel)

SANTA CRUZ -- Western Appliance will close its Santa Cruz store at 902 Soquel Ave. on March 17, a move that coincides with the retirement of manager Dale Burdick, whose father began selling televisions some 60 years ago.

"It's about time for me to hang it up," said Burdick, 65, who stayed home this week to fight the flu. "I hope to enjoy life."

Currently, the store is manned by "five of us," he said.

A graduate of Holy Cross and Oregon State University, he was a teen when he began working for his father and spent his entire career in the appliance business.

His father Hal, a ham operator who served in the Navy, settled in Santa Cruz after the World War II. He worked for Thompson Radio on Soquel Avenue, bought the business in 1947, and renamed it Burdick's. He saw an opportunity with the startup of KSBW-TV.

"We put a TV in the front window," recalled Burdick. "There would be crowds out front, and the only thing on the TV was a test pattern."

His father bought and remodeled 902 Soquel Ave., opening Burdick's Television and Appliance in 1955, then built an 11,000-square-foot store at the same address in 1974, demolishing the old store to provide parking.

Burdick's serviced televisions when they were expensive to buy but that changed when the cost to buy a new model became less than the cost of repair.

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Norman, OK (PRWEB) January 31, 2014

Rivers Edge Countertops debuted its new, top-of-the-line showroom this January.

The space sports beautifully finished countertops and displays to offer the customer a fully customizable experience, according to owner, Jeremiah Rivers.

Taking just over a month to complete, the showroom boasts color-categorized sections where customers may match their countertops to a chosen color scheme. Rivers said he wanted a space customers could visit that would highlight the qualities of professionalism and customizability.

The customer is able to mix and match cabinet and countertop colors to see what looks best in their home or office, Rivers said. We wanted the showroom to be a place of creativity and customization, where customers could express their own sense of style.

Rivers said he wanted to make the space a distributor-quality showroom with a limited amount of space.

I wanted to be able to show off the variety of products we offer as well as making it completely functionala one-stop shop, if you will, Rivers said.

Two of the new products, Silestones new Suede and Nebula Code series, promote luxurya development Rivers couldnt be more excited about.

[Silestone] is taking over the market, Rivers said. I couldnt be more excited for customers to see it, touch it and imagine it in their homes. This new showroom is a huge development for us, and we cant wait to expand and continue to show great products.

Rivers Edge Countertops, headquartered in Newcastle, Oklahoma, is the states leader in countertop installation. Founded in 2008 by Jeremiah Rivers, Rivers Edge offers granite, marble and quartz fabrication and installation. For more information, please contact Jeremiah Rivers at (405) 387-2930. Find Rivers' Edge on Facebook. ###

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Milltown, WI (PRWEB) January 31, 2014

Greatmats, an online dealer of specialty flooring, has introduced an artificial tile for indoor athletic activities such as soccer. Tiles are interlocking puzzle tiles with a dense EVA foam backing that provides cushion for activities.

Artificial Turf Tiles are designed for heavy traffic in homes or commercial facilities. The tile measures 18.5" x 18.5". They are 3/4" thick.

Turf tiles are designed with interlocking edges that allows for a quick installation. Because the tiles interlock, they require no adhesives or tape to install. The foam tiles are lightweight which means they are easy to transport to various locations or to bring along if the user decides to move. Elite tiles are waterproof so they can be used in damp basements. They are designed to lay directly over any hard, flat surface such as concrete.

Unlike some types of turf type flooring, these foam tiles provide a cushioned surface that is specifically designed for fatigue relief and impact attenuation.

For wall-to-wall installations, the tiles can be simply cut with a sharp utility knife and a straightedge to cut along.

Greatmats provides an easy-to-use online room designer that allows customers to create their room layout to scale and to determine the number of floor tiles they will need for their area by simply typing in the dimensions.

About Greatmats: Headquartered in Milltown, WI, Greatmats is a leading online dealer of residential and commercial specialty flooring options. Greatmats is 100% solar powered and has been named one of Inc magazines top 500 fastest growing sites three years in a row. They hold a Triple-A rating with the Better Business Bureau. For further information, contact Greatmats at 877-822-6622 or visit http://www.greatmats.com.

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