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Marc: Master Locksmith You may already know Marc Estoque, our Master and keys are rarely Class Locksmith. Marc, a native San Franciscan, has changed when a been working with Cole Hardware for more than 20 property is bought, years; in fact, he has over 30 years experience install- sold, or rerented, ing and maintaining locks in the many Victorians and which means former Edwardians in San Francisco. He takes pride in his tenants and their Collection: work and offers unparalleled customer service in the friends, associates, Cole Hardware tradition. and others might Underwear for A typical call for Marc these days is a “rekey” still have keys to (combination change) whereby, for any number of your home. the Underserved reasons, a customer needs his or her locks changed. We have seen so Marc also gets calls when customers are locked out of many advancements We’ve all heard the line from our mothers, their house or car. In most cases, Marc can provide a in technology in “Always wear clean underwear in case you’re in fast 30-minute response time for calls in the City. recent years. Marc is an accident.” And most of us have the luxury of Marc advises versed in the many different high-security locks and wearing clean underclothes daily. Unfortunately, everyone to take their installations, including commercial applications for thousands of homeless and underserved folks a few minutes For the month of September, such as magnetic card readers, biometric (fingerprint in the Bay Area with no access to laundry to recall who Marc is offering a special price of reader) locks, and push-button entry systems. In facilities, clean underclothes are not a reality. m ig ht have $49.99 for a addition, Marc can install the many new smart locks All Cole Hardware locations will serve as copies of their security consultation— available now, including the August Smart Lock drop-off sites for St. Anthony Foundation’s property keys, a $100 savings! featured on page 4, which allows you to control who collection of new underwear during the month of such as a former has access at all times. September. For obvious reasons, we can only housemate, dog walker, tradesperson, contractor, and Marc suggests that homeowners should consider accept new items in their original, unopened so on. Many people live in shared housing, and locks continued on page 6... packaging and/or with manufacturer tags. We will be happy to take any new undergarments— including underpants, T-shirts, socks, and bras. Don’t forget children’s sizes, too! In the spirit of St. Francis of Assisi, the mission of St. Anthony Our Pickup Foundation is to feed, heal, shelter, Party clothe, and lift the spirits of those in need and to Thanks to all who visited create a society in which all people flourish. This Secession Art & Design on Mission group is committed to providing the poor with Street in July for our online order basic needs and services as a gateway to pickup party and fund-raiser. The reclaiming their sense of dignity and progressing event was the brainchild of our friend toward stability. No Eden, proprietress of Seccession. Donations accepted need for designer Cole Hardware Mission Street at any Cole Hardware duds—plain tighty shoppers placed orders on our location throughout whities will be website and then came to pick them up and enjoy a have another event as September. gratefully accepted! glass of our Cutting Edge wine. Funds were also we get closer to the raised for the displaced fire victims. We hope to holidays. Stay tuned!

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TIME-SENSITIVE Scan to view MATERIAL our website. Oakland Pride HAPPY HOUR Happy Hour and COUPON Indian Summer Benefit You’ll Receive Hardware Sunday, September 11 4:00 pm–8:00 pm % Happy Hour Rockridge Store Off 10 * Wednesday, September 14 5533 College Avenue REGULAR-PRICE MERCHANDISE 4:00 pm–8:00 pm Shop with us at our Rockridge store and save 10% DURING HAPPY HOUR All Cole Hardware Stores during our Oakland Pride Happy Hour and Benefit. plus Not only will you save 10%, but 10% of all sales We’ll % HAPPY HOUR will benefit Lyon-Martin Health Services and the Give 10 many programs it administers in the community. to Lyon-Martin COUPON Founded in 1979 by a group of medical providers Health Services and health activists as a clinic for lesbians who Coupon valid at Rockridge store lacked access to nonjudgmental, affordable health care, the clinic soon became a model for culturally September 11, 2016 % sensitive community-based health care. The clinic 4:00 pm–8:00 pm is named after Phyllis Lyon and Del Martin, *Offer does not apply to gift cards, postage feminists and well-known LGBTQ civil rights stamps, Muni passes, Clipper cards, meter cards, 20 Off special orders, or sale merchandise. Not valid REGULAR-PRICE activists. Visit www.lyon-martin.org for further with other coupons or offers. One redemption per * information, and please join us for a fun evening, a household. Rewards points do not accumulate. MERCHANDISE glass of wine, and some sweets. DURING HAPPY HOUR Valid Wednesday, September 14, 4:00 pm–8:00 pm. Offer does not apply to gift cards, postage stamps, Muni passes, Clipper cards, meter cards, special orders, or sale Coins for the Community merchandise. Not valid with other With our July collection of $6,773.80 for the Mission sexual orientation and gender coupons or offers. One redemption per household. Rewards points Street fire victims, our grand total since our spare identity. All services are provided do not accumulate. change collection’s inception now stands at $59,763.95. regardless of ability to pay. We’ll also For August, our spare be hosting a Pride Happy Hour and Benefit on change collection was September 11, the day of Oakland earmarked to benefit Pride, for Lyon-Martin Health ArtSeed, whose goal is to Services. (See Oakland Pride bring a lifelong love for creativity, knowledge, and Happy Hour article above.) generosity into the lives of young people. We’ll report It’s easy to donate to Coins for on those numbers next month. the Community! Simply drop For September, our collection will assist Lyon-Martin your spare change in any of our Health Services, which collection jars or choose the provides excellent health care “donate” option when you’re Enjoy our Indian Summer to women, lesbians, and checking out at any of our Hardware Happy Hour with a trans­gender people in a safe registers. Or bring in that old jar glass of our Cutting Edge and compassionate environ­ of pennies that’s collecting dust wine. Take advantage of our ment, with sensitivity to on your dresser. 20% off storewide savings to stock up on some household essentials, buy a treat for yourself, or even start your holiday shopping—it’s never too early to at least start getting ideas Cole Hardware for those special folks on your list. Shop 24/7 at We hope to see you! ColeHardware.com Travels the Globe! While we’re here locally providing the best customer service in the world, our global Cole Hardware ambassadors are Gavin’s Lamp Repair traversing the planet and taking Back by Popular Demand Cole Hardware We’re pleased to announce that our downtown along for the ride! lamp wizard, Gavin, will be doing lamp repair Downtown shop­ for us again part time! Lamps can be dropped off per Jane Yamada for Gavin at our downtown Fourth Street store visited Okura, any time. He will examine the lamps to confirm Japan, and sent this lovely photo. they can be repaired. Lamp repairs start at $30 Send us a for labor, plus the cost of any replacement parts photo of you or your loved one sporting a Cole necessary. Please visit or call our downtown store Hardware T-shirt in Okinawa or Oklahoma City, and at 415/200-3444 if you have any questions or to Gavin poses with the chandelier he wired for our window display. It’s made we’ll send you a $5 Cole Hardware gift card! Our leave a message for Gavin. T-shirts are available in assorted sizes for men, entirely from hardware items. women, and children. ($9.99)

2 September 2016 Four locations serving you every single day of the year! “Our commitment to you: Your satisfaction guaranteed. Period.” Locksmith, Home Repair, Design + Build, and much more!

Repair Referral Service

Cole Hardware’s Repair Referral Service was created to introduce our customers to the Independent contractors and tradespeople for: finest contractors and tradespeople we know. We have formed alliances with independent • Home, business, and property repairs • Maintenance businesspeople in order to provide you with the very best in home repair, maintenance, and • Remodeling/room additions remodeling. Some jobs may even be performed by qualified members of our staff. Contact us at 415/200-3430 or e-mail [email protected] We provide referrals for: All of the vendors and tradespeople in our Repair Referral Service have been prescreened and carefully selected. Air Conditioning Computer Data Cabling Fences Intercom Systems Alarms/Security Systems/Access Computer Grounding Furnace Repair and Installation Interior Design, Staging, Control Computer Repair and Tutoring Furniture Refinishing and Repair and Color Consultation Antique Restoration Custom Closets, Pantries, Furniture Upholstering Interior Wood Refinishing Plumbing 24/7* Stained Glass Creation Appliance Repair and Installation and Storage Solutions Garage Door Repair/Installation and Restoration Power Washing, Commercial and Repair Arborist Decks New/Stain Gardening/Pruning/Tree Iron and Metal Works/Gates and Residential Cleaning Stair Lift Installation Architectural Planning Design + Build Trimming∆ Kitchen and Bath Remodeling Remodeling/Major Stucco Work Asbestos Removal Disaster Cleanup and Restoration General Contractors∆ Landscaping Remodeling Telephone System Bath Resurface (Flood/Fire/Sewage) Glass Installation Lead Inspection and Abatement Room Additions Installation Brick and Stone Masonry Door Refinishing Grout Restoration Leak Diagnosis/Waterproofing Security Evaluation/ Tile Installation∆ Cabinetmaking Drain Cleaning Handyman Services∆ Lock Installation Consultation Wallpaper Application Carpentry Drywall/Lath Hardwood Floors New/Refinish Locksmith Service 24/7* Seismic Upgrading Water Heater Installation Carpet and Linoleum Installation Duct and Dryer Vent Cleaning Home and Office Organizing Mold Remediation Sheet Metal Work Welding Carpet Cleaning Electrical 24/7*∆ Home Energy Rating Systems Moving Shutter Installation Window Cleaning/Repair Chimney Sweep and Repair Emergency Locksmith (HERS) New Construction Skylights Windows and Doors Cleaning/Janitorial Emergency Power Restoration Home Entertainment Systems Painting Interior/Exterior∆ Solar Energy Installation Commercial Kitchen Installation Faucet Repair and Installation HVAC∆ Plastering *24/7 services available in San Francisco only at this time. Call 415/753-2653 ext. 3 for after-hours service. ∆Service available in the East Bay. Contact us at www.colehardware.com/homerepair

Meet Andrew: Master Electrician and More! Mobile Locksmith Master electrician Andrew earned his title through esthetics to light- the old-school tradition of apprenticeship. In 1985, ing design, which Services he began pursuing his fascination with all things is informed by 24/7 Emergency Services electrical by signing on with master electrician Jon. his background in Under Jon’s tutelage, Andrew learned theatrical theater. Creativity in San Francisco lighting, both residential and commercial electrical, comes naturally to Residential, Commercial, and Automotive and the special ins and outs of knob and tube wiring Andrew, and his in San Francisco’s famous Victorians. To this day, lifelong pursuit of Master Locksmith Andrew lives and breathes knob and tube, claiming music took him all “if the system hasn’t been ‘remuddled,’ it has a over the world as with Over 30 Years of Experience proven track record of being a very safe wiring a founding member of ROVA, the Bay Area–based method.” saxophone quartet with whom he has toured exten- Contact us at 415/753-2653 ext. 3 or e-mail sively and has recorded more than a dozen albums. [email protected]. Andrew’s current musical activities include live music for film (Reel Change) and playing with the improvisational music ensemble Howling Ray and the Bent Tones, which he also records in 7.1 surround sound. Which brings us to another of Andrew’s passions and talents: audio/visual and • Competitive pricing surround sound. He loves bringing his expertise into • Incomparable service people’s homes via designing, installing, and calibrating a whole-house sound or theater system. • Specializing in As well as being licensed as an electrician, Andrew hard-to-find items is a Denon trained and certified custom installer. • Free Bay Area Whatever the size of your space, it can always sound delivery on most more fabulous! items Andrew is an avid bird watcher, and he volunteers his electrical services at the San Francisco Charlotte Maxwell Clinic, which provides free cancer treatment for low-income women. He is delighted to have joined forces with Cole Hardware, a business model he truly admires and believes in—one that’s committed to enhancing the well-being of the neighborhoods it serves. To reach Andrew for any electrical or sound In addition to providing general electrical ser- projects in either San Francisco or Oakland, contact vices, Andrew is skilled at troubleshooting electrical our Repair Referral Service at 415/753-2653 ext. 3 quandaries. He brings a highly developed sense of or [email protected]. 415/647-1800 E-mail: [email protected]

— Rick Karp, President, aka Keeper of the Karma Cole Hardware’s Hardware Hotline September 2016 3 What’s Unique Keyless Home Entry with Your Smartphone What can our smartphones not do these days! Our behind you for peace of mind and unlocks as you stores now feature two cool new products that will approach for a hands-free entry. Know who comes and make your life easier and make your home smarter. goes with the 24/7 activity log. The August app tracks The August Smart Lock allows for keyless home who enters and exits your home and when. Keep your entry with your smartphone. Your smartphone is now a existing door hardware. Your door’s exterior hardware smart key—and more. stays the same; the August Smart Lock only replaces Lock and unlock your the interior portion of your deadbolt. Use your door, create virtual keys traditional key any time. The lock works with most for guests, and know standard deadbolts and installs who comes and goes, all in about 15 minutes with just a from your iOS or screwdriver and nothing to wire. Android smartphone. Sold separately, the August The August Smart Lock Connect module allows you to Timbuk2 New Arrivals easily installs on the remotely access your lock. (Sku inside of your door using 503018, $79.99) Check out some of the new bags just in at our only a screwdriver. The August Doorbell Cam lets downtown Fourth Street store. Whether you’re treating Choose to grant access you see and speak with visitors at yourself or making a career investment for a recent for a your door, from anywhere. Always college grad, Timbuk2 bags are both stylish and few weeks, a few hours, a few know who’s at the front door, even professional at the same time. minutes, or even specific dates and when you’re not home. This times; you’re in control. Never make doorbell cam alerts you when the Cask Laptop Backpack duplicate keys again! Send a virtual bell is rung. A one-way high- A modern, premium backpack key from anywhere instantly—all definition camera lets you view visitors from your with pockets for everyday essentials. from the August app. Available in smartphone while still ensuring your privacy. Whether Waxed canvas and genuine leather silver and dark gray. (Skus 503021–2, you missed a visitor or want to replay a conversation, binding and trim give the Cask pack $199.99) the August Doorbell Cam records each interaction at a professional look to match its No more fumbling for keys, as the your door. Replay audio and video through the August sharp design. The Cask is designed August Smart Lock auto-locks app. The doorbell cam replaces your doorbell and to carry and organize your 15" works with existing wiring. Available in dark gray or MacBook, iPad, notebook, phone, silver. (Sku 503014, 503017, $199.99) keys, and everything else you need to get you through your awesome day. (Sku 926901, $209.99)

Walker Laptop Backpack Built for the City, the Walker pack easily transitions from public transit to the office to after-work drinks, while carrying and protecting your MacBook. Rugged waxed canvas, heavy-duty zippers, and leather trims are tough as nails and get better with age, so you can wear the Walker with abandon. Comfortable shoulder straps, a refined liner, and an easy-access front pocket make it a practical but luxe cleaning with Murphy Oil choice for everyday use. (Sku 926903, $209.99) Trash to Treasure Soap and some elbow grease. Our project of the Then I conditioned the wood Hudson Laptop Briefcase month is the with Christophe Pourny Built with the business transformation of this Furniture Tonic, which brought traveler in mind, the Hudson set of dining chairs, the faded wood to life. briefcase dresses up or rescued from the 3. Next, I had my Polk Street down with ease and is street. The whole colleague Sam cut the two designed to carry and project took less than plywood seats to their exact protect both your two hours total, and I size, using the old seats as a pattern. MacBook and iPad. was very happy with 4. Using spray glue, I attached new cushions to Rugged waxed canvas, heavy-duty zippers, and leather the results. So happy, the new seats and cut the trims are tough as nails and get better with age, so you in fact, that these cushions to size. can feel good about being hard on the Hudson. Use the chairs are now in my kitchen. Here’s the step-by- 5. With a staple gun, I covered removable shoulder strap for an easy airport carry or step process: the cushions with a beautiful new go old school and carry it in-hand for an all-business 1. Because the existing fabric and then reattached the entry. (Sku 926909, $229.99) fabric, cushions, and wood seats to the chairs with screws. seats were scary, I removed Dinner-party ready! Bourbon Tote those and tossed them. I kept —Julia Built for life and work in the wood just to outline the the City, the Bourbon new plywood seats. works with whatever 2. I gave the chairs a good you’re wearing. Rugged waxed canvas and chunky zippers are softened by Shopping List leather details to make for a Cole Hardware tough but sophisticated tote. • Plywood (Sku 5072145, $16.99) Like great boots and raw • Murphy Oil Soap (Sku 13219, $3.99) denim, the Bourbon Tote • Christophe Pourny Furniture Tonic gets better with age, (Sku 102103, $19.99) softening to your body but maintaining its shape. Fill it • Spray Glue (Sku 11954, $16.99) to the top or carry just the essentials, this tote is • Staple Gun (Sku 2034767, $14.99) prepared to go wherever you go. (Sku 926911, $164.99) • Staples (Sku 20363, $4.99) 4 September 2016 Four locations serving you every single day of the year! “Our commitment to you: Your satisfaction guaranteed. Period.” From the Garden Center Visit our garden centers at the Cole Street, Polk Street, and Rockridge stores.

Stop by our Cole Street garden center for all your In the Garden gardening needs. The advice is free from Bill, our garden guy, and Any, formerly the garden guru at our Mission Street September Garden Tasks store. E-mail any questions: [email protected] or Tips from Our Garden Team: Bill and Any [email protected].

September is usually warm and beautiful—a great a Soil Booster: Your a M o b i l e time to enjoy being outdoors in your garden, preparing garden may also be ready for Gardens: If it for the months to come. Permanent landscaping is an some rejuvenation. You can you’d like to especially good project to dive into this month. Trees give it a boost with E.B. give gardening and shrubs do well when planted in our warm autumn Stone’s™ amazing Soil a shot but don’t soil so that they can take in the winter rains. And of Booster, which offers a wide have a lot of course efficient use of water in the garden is especially variety of goodies to help space, consider important because of our drought conditions and replenish nitrogen in your our new line: because we’re approaching what are typically our depleted garden soil. (Sku EarthBox® . hottest days. 746003, $7.99) The high-tech, a Fall and Winter a Cover Crops: Try subirrigated gardening systems were developed by Crops: This is a great cover cropping in unused commercial farmers to accommodate a smaller month to start a number crop beds. Winter cover footprint, control soil conditions, use less water and of fall and winter crops crops help replenish soil less fertilizer, and be nearly maintenance-free. They such as broccoli, arugula, nutrients, protect the soil are a great value—you name it; you can grow it! Swiss chard, parsley, from the rain, improve soil Unlike other raised-bed gardens or planters, the sugar snap peas, tilth, and keep nutrients EarthBox gardening systems are artichokes, and mustard available for the next crop. Legumes actually fix self-watering, sustainable, easily greens, to name just a nitrogen in the soil, increasing fertility. Good winter moveable, and can even be used to few. You’ll find all these cover crops in the Bay Area are oats, vetch, fava or grow indoors. Available at our vegetables in our Botanical Interest® seed line. bell beans, and crimson clover (all but oats are Cole Street location in assorted a Garden Furniture: By this time of year, you may legumes). Plant the cover crop sizes. (Skus 7439326, 7439359, have already grown a number of successful flowers, densely in your annual beds. (With $29.99; Skus 7439334, 7439342, plants, vegetables, and herbs and need a little well- legumes, mix with $54.99) earned rest. We sell the beautiful and colorful French inoculants before a Potting Soil: The best certified-organic soil for line of garden furniture, Fermob, so you can sit back, seeding. Inoculants any project is Baby Bu’s™ relax, and enjoy the serenity of your deck, patio, or contain nitrogen-fixing Biodynamic® Blend Potting backyard. bacteria, which help Soil. (12-Quart: 746016, legumes fix nitrogen HOT DEAL $6.00 Regular from the air onto the price $9.99) plant roots. Inoculants Remember, should you ever are not essential but have any questions, Cole will increase nitrogen- Hardware is your one-stop fixing and therefore soil location for free advice from fertility.) Botanical Interest our friendly garden staff. offers several such seed varieties: Broad Fava Bean See you in the garden! Windsor (Sku 701305); Common Buckwheat (Sku 701316); Crimson Clover (Sku 700133); Soil Builder Pea/Oats (Sku 701317). All retail for $2.99.

Environmental Info Looking for GOOD FOR THE EARTH—WE TAKE ACTION FOR THE ENVIRONMENT! Lemon Trees! Just One Tree is a campaign to promote the E-Waste Recycling Resources planting of fruit trees as the most efficient crop In San Francisco, all residents can dispose of their to 10 items per pickup. Some, but not all, apartments for dense cities. This project is an arm of the electronic waste at Recology’s Public Disposal Area can also receive one free bulky item pickup per unit, nonprofit group Urban Resource Systems, located at 501 Tunnel Avenue at no charge for up to 30 once a year, up to 10 items per pickup. Check their established in 1981 to promote greater urban items. If you have more than 30 items, there is a charge website at www.recologysf.com. self-reliance through community action. of $1.50 per additional item. Notify the attendant that In Oakland, Waste Management also offers a bulky The Department of Public Works estimates you are only disposing of curbside pickup program that will accept e-waste. that there are between 2,000 and 4,000 lemon electronic waste. If you have a Single-family households can schedule a free trees in the City, and Just One Tree would like mixture of items such as trash pickup once per year. Oakland residents can all lemon trees registered with the electronic waste, then also drop off e-waste free on four specific Do you have a so that they can work on a fee will apply. dates per year at the Davis Street Recycling lemon tree? planting more in deficient Recology will also Center in San Leandro at 2615 Davis Street. Please register it at areas to reach the self- do e-waste pickup See www.oaklandrecycles.org for more JustOneTree.org. sufficiency goal of through its residential information. 12,000 lemon trees. bulky item pickup Goodwill also offers free electronics Visit JustOneTree.org to program. A single- recycling and may be a more convenient register your new or existing family home can option than Recology or Waste Management lemon trees. Lemon trees request a bulky item sites. Visit them at www.sfgoodwill.org to planted in pots count, too! pickup twice a year, up find one of their drop-off locations.

— Rick Karp, President, aka Keeper of the Karma Cole Hardware’s Hardware Hotline September 2016 5 What’s In Season

® Big Green Egg The Great Scrape® is an all-natural barbecue- cleaning tool that is a direct replacement of the old-school wire brush. It custom grooves to uniquely fit your DEMONSTRATION grill without having to worry about metal bristles or Rockridge Store harming your grill 5533 College Avenue grates. Made of Saturday, September 17 solid hardwood, it is designed for years of 11:00 am–2:00 pm grilling pleasure. From appetizers and entrées to desserts, the The grooves will Big Green Egg will exceed all your start to form during expectations for culinary perfection. With the first use and will seven convenient sizes to choose from, there get deeper with is a Big Green Egg to fit any lifestyle. The continual use. The EGG® stands alone as the most Woody model that versatile barbecue and outdoor we carry is an cooking product on the market, ideal gift for the with more capabilities than all person in your other conventional cookers life who loves to combined. More than just a barbecue. (Sku barbecue, the Big Green 869099, $34.99) Egg is a complete cooking system that allows you to grill, slow cook, bake, smoke, and roast. See the Big Green Egg in action and prepare to Each Great Scrape get hungry! Join us as we is treated with a food- cook up a variety of tasty safe mineral oil. If the color treats while demonstrating fades over time, simply apply more oil, how easy it is! such as Block Oil. (Sku 102004, $7.99)

2016 Thank You, San Francisco! BEST Thanks to all of our devoted shoppers who chose Cole Hardware as the OF Marc: Master Locksmith best hardware store in the City. Given the loss of our Mission Street store in magazine ...continued from page 1 June, the award means even more to the entire Cole Hardware family! WINNER getting a security consultation if they have any doubts or concerns about the overall security of their property. Additionally, they should install quality locks such as Schlage or high-security locks like Medeco. If a customer would like a security consultation, Marc can do a complete walkthrough of the property. He will look for any security vulnerabilities and point out any substandard hardware (locks, windows, doors, and so on). He will then provide a written summary that will include suggestions as well as hardware recommendations. A standard security consultation is $150, but for the month of September, Marc is offering a special price of $49.99—a $100 savings! And, if you decide to have Marc upgrade your security, KELLY crew the consultation fee will be applied toward your final bill. member Marc can work with you to achieve either contemporary or vintage design while maintaining or spotlight! enhancing security. At times, locks just need a little attention, rather than replacement. From simple rekeys Sales Associate, and dead bolt installations to high-security locks and master key systems, Marc can do it all. In fact, 2 Years of Service Cole somewhat a jack-of-all-trades, Marc can install the new Definitely what I like best about working for Nest learning thermostats and security cameras, too. Hardware is the fact that I know so many of the If you would like to contact Marc for your locksmith customers that come in to shop. It really makes it needs, you may call him directly at 415/760-LOCK fun. I run into Cole Hardware customers wherever I go (5625), or call our Repair Referral Service at 415/753- in Rockridge. And my coworkers—I like them all! 2653 ext. 3, and we will put you in touch with Marc. We also do referrals via e-mail at homerepair@ colehardware.com. 6 September 2016 Four locations serving you every single day of the year! “Our commitment to you: Your satisfaction guaranteed. Period.” Community Connections BAY AREA BUSINESSES Antiques: JEROME’S ANTIQUES in Cole Valley, Flower Outings: Join your host, Karen, for a round-trip 90 Parnassus Avenue, is a hidden treasure just around the pleasure outing to the San Francisco Flower Mart. A corner from Cole Hardware. Vintage and antique furniture, long-time Mart member, explore flowers, plants, and silver, crystal, stemware, rugs, lighting, and jewelry are her warmth, wit, and expertise with seniors. A on display just for you! Open Tuesday through Saturday wonderful outing or gift. Two hour minimum $90. 12:00 pm to 6:00 pm and by appointment. 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Bring to any of our four stores: OLD PAINT: PROPANE TANKS: • Recycle dry, clean, empty Small (14 oz. or 16.9 oz.), empty, BRITA PRODUCTS: metal paint cans through your nonrefillable propane cylinders only. Includes filters, pitchers, regular trash pickup. The paint Households only. Limit 5 per visit. bottles, and dispensers. containers you bring to us (San Francisco stores only; CELL PHONES: should have paint in them! cannot be recycled at our Personal cell • No handwritten labels can Rockridge location.) phones—batteries be accepted. SCRAP METAL: and chargers not • Be sure that lids are SEALED Copper and brass. required. ON TIGHT and containers are EXPIRED PRINTER BATTERIES: rust-free and don’t leak. • Please limit your drop-offs to no more than CARTRIDGES: Rechargeable (NiCad, NiMH) and Must be in plastic household (alkaline and carbon). five 1-gallon-size containers (or 20 quart-size containers or a combination of both) at a time. bags to avoid leakage. SPENT FLUORESCENT BULBS: Containers are counted by size, not by the SOFT PLASTIC: CFLs, tubes up to 8 feet, volume of paint they contain. Clean plastic only. Households U- and D-shaped tubes. • Take paint to the customer service desk. only. One basketball-size Drop-off limit is 10 bulbs. • PLEASE, no brushes or rags! amount per visit, please.

The Cole Hardware Calendar - September SUNDAY MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY SATURDAY 1 2 3 DEALS Flash Friday Hardware HOT DEALS Flash Friday DEALS September 1–18 To sign up, send an e-mail to [email protected] with see insert “Flash” in the subject line. Knife Sharpening Knife Sharpening Polk Street, 4 pm–6 pm Cole Street, 3 pm–5 pm 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Our founder, Dave Karp Flash Friday Purveyor of Hardware Wisdom Labor Day DEALS September 10 and 11 The Cole Hardware credo… 11 12 13 14 15 16 17Big Green Hardware Commitment to savings: Flash Friday Egg Demo Oakland Pride September 11 Happy Hour DEALS Rockridge Store Rewards program members receive a Happy Hour Western Addition see page 2 for details see page 6 for details 3% quarterly dividend on purchases. see page 2 for details Knife Sharpening Knife Sharpening Knife Sharpening Knife Sharpening Rockridge, 4 pm–6 pm Fourth Street, 8 am–9 am Polk Street, 4 pm–6 pm Cole Street, 3 pm–5 pm Commitment to the community: We donate 10% of what you spend to 18 20 21 23 24 19 COMMUNITY 22 local charities (you get to designate DAYS SAVINGS one of our Community Partners as Special Community Members % Flash Friday beneficiary). Golden Gate Park DEALS SAVE 20 Commitment to you: Over 90 years of see our website for more details guaranteed customer satisfaction. 25 26 27 28 29 30 Knife Sharpening Knife Sharpening Commitment to the environment: Rockridge, 4 pm–6 pm Fourth Street, 8 am–9 am Flash Friday We’re reducing our footprint by DEALS —— COMMUNITY SAVINGS DAYS —— Golden Gate Park implementing environmentally sound Knife Sharpening September 30–October 2 practices in our stores. Cole Valley Fair Student Monday Teacher Tuesday Senior Wednesday Military Thursday Polk Street, 4 pm–6 pm

Four locations serving you every single day of the year! Cole 2254 Polk Street 956 Cole Street 70 Fourth Street 5533 College Avenue Hardware San Francisco, CA 94109 San Francisco, CA 94117 San Francisco, CA 94103 Rockridge District, Oakland, CA 94618 Supplies (at Green Street on Russian Hill) (at Parnassus—near U.C. Medical Center) (downtown between Market and Mission) (a few steps from Rockridge BART) now located 415/200-3370 415/319-6705 415/200-3444 510/230-0145 at Fourth Street store. All stores open every day 8:00 am–8:00 pm

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