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PROTECT Your Home From Allergens

Regular vacuuming is the most effective way to prolong the life of your carpets. By removing dry particles, you help prevent premature wear caused by abrasive soils grinding away at carpet fibers. A good quality vacuum cleaner does more than prevent abrasive damage to your carpet. The right vacuum also helps remove pollutants and contaminants from your home.

All vacuum cleaners use some kind of motor to turn Particles are measured in microns. A micron is one fans that produce airflow. This airflow carries soils into a millionth of a meter. The smallest particle that the collection canister or bag. The air must then be filtered human eye can see is about 25 microns in diameter. before it is exhausted back into your home’s environ- Some vacuum cleaners filter particles as small as .3 ment. This is the basic function of all vacuum cleaners. microns. Many vacuum cleaners allow much larger particles to get through. But not all vacuums are created equal. Some are better at filtering small particles than others. This is a problem, especially in homes with See “PROTECT” on next page

815.578.0233 www.cleanbee.net Prefer to receive your newsletter via email? Visit our website, www.cleanbee.net to sign up. PROTECT continued from page 1 sensitive persons with allergies A true HEPA vacuum cleaner When you vacuum do not or asthma. The smallest particles actually cleans the air while it rush over the surface of the are able to be breathed deep- cleans the carpet. But be care- carpet. Take your time. Vacuum ly into lung tissue where they ful and do your homework. Just over high traffic areas in two cause irritation and inflamma- because a vacuum cleaner has a different directions to remove tion. Coughing, wheezing and HEPA filter does not mean it is the most soil. This will help your sneezing are the result. In some “true HEPA”. carpets stay cleaner and last cases, full blown asthma attacks Less efficient vacuum cleaners much longer. can happen. do not clean the air. Rather, they Never vacuum up moist soils What is in the dust that have the effect of expelling the or damp carpet. This can cause creates such big problems? smallest pollutant particles into bacterial growth and odors in Pollutants include mold, human the breathing zone where they your machine. and animal dander, dust mite can remain suspended for hours. You need to maintain your feces, insect parts, air pollution, To get the most out of your carpet with regular, professional lead dust, carbon, cooking vacuum cleaner it is important cleaning, but a good quality vac- residues and more. that it be properly maintained. uum cleaner is your first line of Pollutants are captured and If it has a replaceable bag, it defense in keeping a clean and filtered out by high quality vac- should be exchanged when healthy home. You don’t have to uum cleaners featuring “true about half full. spend a fortune on a vacuum, HEPA” filtration. HEPA, or High Check the belts and make but don’t skimp on quality either. sure that the brushes or rollers Efficiency Particulate Air filters, Call are in good condition. It is best are tested and certified to trap Clean Bee to take your machine in for an 99.97% of all particles down to learn more or schedule annual tune-up to keep it operat- to .3 microns. your next cleaning. ing at peak performance.

The Good Life Chicken “Zoodle” Soup

Directions Heat olive oil in a large pot over medium-high heat. Saute onion, Enjoy this lighter spin on a comfort celery, and garlic in hot oil until food classic. just tender, about 5 minutes. Ingredients Pour chicken broth into the pot; 2 tablespoons olive oil add carrots, chicken, basil, orega- 1 cup diced onions no, thyme, salt, and pepper. Bring the broth to a boil, reduce Good Clean Funnies 1 cup diced celery heat to medium-low, and simmer How excited was the gardener 1 cup carrots mixture until the vegetables are about spring? So excited he tender, about 20 minutes. 3/4 pound cooked chicken breast, wet his plants. cut into bite sized pieces Divide zucchini ‘noodles’ be- What season is it best to jump 1/2 teaspoon dried basil tween six soup bowls; ladle broth on a trampoline? Spring time. mixture over the ‘noodles.’ 1/2 teaspoon dried oregano * Zoodles’ (zucchini noodles) can be made Can bees fly in the rain? 1 pinch dried thyme (optional) with a julienne peeler or spiral slicer. Not without their little yellow jackets!! 3 zucchini squash, cut into ‘noodles’* Recipe courtesy allrecipes.com 815.578.0233 [email protected] The POWER of a Campfire For early humans, fire provid- Many factors such as technology ed warmth, protection and an and more demanding work hours opportunity to socialize. Camp- all contribute to more isolation fires brought people together between people despite living in and created opportunities for a world that is more technologi- cultural development. cally connected than ever. Fast-forward to the present According to the Huffington day, and people have lost that Post, unplugging from gadgets sense of community and social and going camping can help behavior. According to Fortune, improve sleep, mood, and inspire the amount of people describing creativity. It can create connec- Unplugging can help improve sleep, themselves as lonely has doubled tions. It sounds like the early mood and creativity. over the past several decades. human ancestors had it right.

Plan for YOUR Future It is more important to se- retirement. College students curely fund retirement accounts have many options to pay for than to save heavily for a child’s their education and having a college education, according to fully funded savings account USA Today. Deciding whether to might tempt the family to place save for retirement versus edu- less importance on free grants cation is often filled with com- and scholarships that will often plex emotions. But, in fact, it is require more work up front, but wise to prioritize retirement first. don’t have to be paid back. While children can take out According to Dave Ramsey, student loans to pay for col- saving for education is a luxury, lege, it is unlikely that parents but saving for retirement is an Save for your retirement before can finance their way through important necessity. any future education.

FEMALE Trailblazers Twin sisters Agnes and Mar- avan to Africa where they visited garet Smith, born in 1843, broke the ancient mountaintop monas- societal barriers and were respon- tery of St. Catherine’s and there sible for one of the most import- identified and photographed one ant ancient discoveries. Raised of the oldest Gospels ever found. with an unconventional upbring- The sisters had no degrees ing, the sisters mastered several and no titles, but their extraor- languages, traveled extensively, dinary adventures rocked British Agnes Smith married late in life, and caused society. They learned of a dark scandal exercising in their yard in A fantastic book for Women’s closet at St. Catherine’s filled with History Month, The Sisters of their bloomers. ancient texts, and it was there the Sinai reads like a gripping But the sisters electrified the that Agnes Smith identified and adventure story. world with their 1892 camel car- photographed the manuscript.

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