Porcelain Veneers can provide you with straighter, whiter teeth and are amongst the most popular treatments on the dental market. What Are Dental Veneers? Veneers teeth are designed from thin slices of a material that gives your teeth the color you’re looking to achieve. They have the ability to turn unattractive, yellowing teeth into a whiter, natural hue to complete your smile makeover in our dental office. Dental veneers are applied onto the surface of your teeth with long-lasting cement. The ultraviolet light then hardens the cement. It’s an easy and painless procedure when performed by our top-rated dentist. Getting veneers teeth requires a simple office visit. According to the American Academy of Cosmetic Dentistry, about 89 perc…

Whether your main goal is to improve your health or lose weight, intermittent fasting could provide the results you want. This eating pattern is designed to cycle between periods of eating and fasting.Intermittent fasting, when done safely and correctly, is a meal-timing fasting technique that can offer several health benefits. Before you start fasting, it is important to understand what this eating pattern means and how it can be helpful for your health. We also recommend meeting with your primary care provider beforehand to see if intermittent fasting would be beneficial for you.  What Does Intermittent Fasting Mean? Intermittent fasting is a basic eating pattern that involves eating and fasting—the will…

What to do when Mother Nature sends an ice storm? You’ve heard of hearts of ice, but this Valentine’s Day weekend brought us ice and snow.  Residents were kept awake listening to the crackling and breaking of branches on their favorite trees.  Now, limbs litter the streets and yards. Heavy, broken branches threaten everything below.  What to do?  Here are some tips to keep you safe and save your trees as well. Safety first.  Before rushing out with your chainsaw make sure that your tree is not near or touching a powerline.  Did you know that electricity could be conducted through water and ice?  Check with our local electric company before you tangle with electrical lines.  If your tree has fallen int…

The Keizer Community Foundation received a generous gift from Le Creuset at the Woodburn Outlet Mall (Thank you, Theresa). This beautiful skillet ($285) was passed on as requested, to The Keizer Community Dinner. We hope it will help with the production of the community meals each month! (Receiving are Phil and Susan).

Thank you Fernando! We are very proud to serve with you on our Board.

February 17, 2021 is School Exclusion Day. Children may not be able to attend school or childcare on that day (or when their school reopens) if their records on file show missing immunizations. Schools can block remote learning access for kids without current immunization records on Feb. 17. Please call our clinic at (503) 585-6388 if your child needs to have their immunizations updated. To learn more visit https://content.govdelivery.com/accounts/ORDHS/bulletins/2c05aeb. Feb. 17 is School Exclusion Day, and the Oregon Immunization Program reminds parents that children may not be able to attend school or childcare on that day (or when their school reopens) if their records on file show missing immunizations. ⬇️ pic.twitter.com/88U…

If your garden gnome needed a canoe in January, it was probably a result of Salem’s 26 days of rain with an average rainfall of 7.57”. Add a little wind to the mix, and it can move your precious topsoil around, damaging plants. Even the most thirsty lawn or garden isn’t ready for that kind of rain. Heavy rain can damage plants by literally drowning them and can later encourage leaves to develop mold or mildew.  Here are some tips on how to take care of your green spaces from a wet February. If you’ve been carefully managing and seeding your lawn, those sudden rains can sweep away developing seeds or make them vulnerable to pesky critters looking for a snack. Help mitigate that by covering seeds with moss or mulch. Cover your garden pla…

Secondary infertility is the inability for one to become pregnant or carry a baby to term after they’ve already given birth. It shares many of the same causes and hallmarks of primary infertility and affects approximately 3 million women in the United States. Causes of Secondary Infertility Secondary infertility can have a number of causes, many of which are the same as primary infertility. Some of these causes include:• Endometriosis, or the buildup of uterine tissue outside of the uterus• Damage to the fallopian tubes from a previous pregnancy• Diminished ovarian reserveSome cases of secondary infertility may lie with the father instead of the mother. This can be the case if the father has a low sperm count or other issues…

The COVID-19 pandemic has forced us to take a long, hard look at some things we used to take for granted. Over the past year, we’ve explored the wide world of masks, found a new appreciation for our wonderful public school teachers, and learned about the true value of toilet paper. We’ve also learned that for many small businesses, we can complete our daily work activities quite efficiently, even when the entire team is working from home. While the coronavirus didn’t start the shift to remote work, it certainly sped things up. Only 3.2% of the American workforce worked from home in 2018, compared to 42% in 2020! This dramatic and rapid shift is forcing employers to consider their own policies. Are you keeping an office because it’s useful,…

Joey: Ok, so for those that don't know who you are - Who are you, what's your position, and what do you do at Summit? WADE: My name is Wade Vaughn. I have been with Summit for 4 years now. I started out as a temp to hire in the mitigation department. Over the past 4 years, my roles and responsibilities have grown numerously, from just carrying demo bags to now leading, estimating, and helping homeowners with their flood and mold losses. JOEY: ALRIGHT, SO ON THE MITIGATION TEAM THERE ARE TIMES WHERE YOU WILL GO AT IT ALL DAY, YOU GET A CALL AND YOU GO AT IT ALL NIGHT, THEN YOU GO AT IT AGAIN ALL DAY THE NEXT DAY. WHAT KEEPS YOU GOING? WADE: Basically what keeps me going is I... I enjoy it. *chuckles* as weird as that sounds. It's the sole fa…

February is known for Valentine’s Day, but the person you should really love this month is yourself. February is National Heart Disease Awareness Month. Take this time to learn about this dangerous condition and show your heart some TLC. Heart Disease in America Heart disease is the leading cause of death in America for both men and women. In fact, one person dies of heart disease every 36 seconds. Heart disease happens when the heart is forced to work harder than normal.The heart may have to work extra hard due to a clog somewhere in the veins or the heart itself. It can also be forced to work harder if the other organs in the body can’t support the heart’s functions. When the heart stops working, the human body is unable to func…

Friends can you help? We are accepting donations to build desks for Keizer students! You can donate by clicking here. This is another KCF project aimed to help Keizer thrive! Or if you like to build, please contact Fernando at (971) 240-3768. Can you help? KCF is building desks to help Keizer students learn at home. Special thanks to our sponsors! Rich Duncan Construction Inc. Joe Egli - Brown Insurance

SBBI Member Spotlight: Introducing Joey Speten with Summit Cleaning and Restoration. When he is not doing an amazing job representing his company and helping people clean up after disasters, Joey enjoys spending time with his wife, Shayla, and facing the onslaught of the 4 toddlers they currently have. He also really likes reading any books written by Brandon Sanderson and will happily "nerd out with anyone willing." In addition, Joey enjoys writing song lyrics, but says he is not that great at making music or singing…so catch-22. 🙂 If you need help cleaning up after a disaster give Joey with Summit Cleaning and Restoration a call at 971-273-8366.

For many women, menopause occurs 12 months after their last menstrual period, signifying the end of menstrual cycles. It can be a frustrating and confusing time in a woman’s life because they mostly feel as if they are not in control of their body.During this time, women experience different symptoms of menopause, including mood swings, irritability, insomnia, night sweats, hot flashes, and tiredness. They are also at a higher risk of developing certain conditions and diseases, such as osteoporosis.Being aware of the symptoms and changes to expect allows you to prepare and better manage the symptoms. Below are three ways you can adjust your diet and lifestyle to reduce the symptoms of menopause. 1. Drink Enough Water Sufficient water intake…

First it was Snapchat. Then Instagram released their Stories feature, followed by Facebook. Now, LinkedIn has hopped aboard, with their new LinkedIn Stories feature. Available only on the LinkedIn app, stories let brands reach their professional connections with 20 second videos. These videos are only available for 24 hours (just like Instagram) before they disappear. By releasing this feature, LinkedIn is angling to leverage FOMO (fear of missing out) and keep its users logging in more often — or risk missing some great content. It also gives brands an opportunity to share less curated, more “in-the-moment” content, which many consumers really connect to. If you’re considering adding LinkedIn stories to your marketing strategy, here’s what…

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What Happens Between Mitigation and Restoration The horror of a fire raging through your home, the chaos of water falling from your hotel lobby ceiling, in a split second, you are drop-kicked into the moment.  You must act fast and you must act now.Firefighters rushing on scene to extinguish the flames, plumbers identifying and shutting off the source of a water leak, or mitigation teams extracting the water and containing the damaged materials before it affects more of your building.  Everyone is rushing in and out to address the situation and put a stop to the destruction.  It can be chaotic. Eventually, they all complete their jobs and leave to help the next person in need.  What happens next? THE QUIET PHASE. After all the noise and cha…

When you’re pregnant, the hope is that everything will go smoothly from beginning to end. Everyone wants to have a healthy, adorable baby at the end of a pleasant, uneventful pregnancy. While that is the hope for all parents, there are potential complications that can occur along the way.Placenta previa is a condition that affects some women when they are pregnant. Simply put, placenta previa occurs when the placenta covers the opening of a mother’s cervix. It can cause complications for the mother and child during pregnancy and sometimes require that a C-section be performed. What Are Some Symptoms of Placenta Previa? If you are experiencing painless bleeding from your vagina in your second or third trimester, you should get in touch with…

With 2021 well under way and a pandemic still affecting the way we live and market our local businesses, it’s time to look to the year ahead. An unpredictable year has made businesses wary about investing too much into their marketing strategies, and that’s certainly understandable. But thriving in this new climate will require focusing on reaching and connecting with your customers, just like it did before COVID-19. So instead of hiding our heads in the sand, we need to look around and assess how we can still serve consumers. Here are seven marketing trends that we think will be bigger than ever in 2021. 1. Online Reviews Online reviews have and will continue to be a driving force for growing revenue in 2021. With people spending more and…