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Thermostat as Fire Hazard causes RECALL

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White-Rodgers, a major thermostat provider, hasrecalled over 1 million thermostats in the United States and Canada due to a fire hazard caused by alkaline batteries leaking onto the thermostat’s circuit board. 
Which Thermostats are Subject to Recall? The digital thermostats are white with blue lighted screens and will have one of the following names printed on the front:
The thermostats have a battery door on the top, left-hand corner. There are three or four buttons to the right and three or four more buttons below the thermostat screen. 
Recalled thermostats do not show a battery icon on the left side of the blue lighted screen.
Only thermostats without a battery icon
are subject to recall.
What Should You Do?

If you own one of these brands, check your thermostat for the battery icon on the left-hand side of the blue lighted screen. If the battery icon is not shown, contact White-Rodgers to receive a free repair or a replacement thermostat.

Consumer Contact:

Call White-Rodgers toll-free at (888) 624-1901 from
7 a.m. to 6 p.m. CT Monday through Friday—or visit their website at www.white-rodgers.com and click on the White-Rodgers 1F8x-04xx Thermostat Recall link found at the lower, left-hand corner of the homepage for more information.

Blog courtesy of Old Republic Home Warranty.

PELL CITY LIBRARY HAPPENINGS; jazz included!

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Pell City Library welcomes Jazz great, Cleveland Eaton, joined by saxophonist extraordinaire, Jeff Lopez for a  noontime concert of jazzy favorites!   Recognized as one of the best jazz bassists in the country, Mr. Eaton has performed on stage or played in recording sessions with various personalities in nearly all music genres, including jazz with John Klemmer and Bucky Green, pop with Minnie Ripperton, and big band with George Benson, Henry Mancini, Frank Sinatra, Sarah Vaughan, and Ella Fitzgerald.
 
Lopez performs as band member, playing the saxophone and flute, with American Idol winner, Taylor Hicks and has played on stage and in recording sessions with a host of bands across the nation.  Eaton and Lopez bring their musical expertise and experience to Pell City for the library’s ongoing Wild and Wonderful Wednesday series.  The program is free and open to the public, and light refreshments will be served afterwards.
 
FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 21
 
Writers’ “Meet and Greet” at the Pell City Library at 6:30 p.m.   Scheduled in conjunction with the Mid-winter Writers Conference, the gathering is casual, free and open to the public.  Join us as we welcome writers and aspiring writers from near and afar.  Light refreshments will be served.  Attendees are encouraged to stay for (and participate in!) an informal “Round-Robin” Poetry Reading beginning at 7:00 p.m.
 
SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 22 (It’s not too late to sign up . . . but you’d better hurry!)
 
Writers Anonymous, in conjunction with the Pell City Board of Education and The Pell City Center, is proud to sponsor the Mid-Winter Writers Conference. This conference will be held at The Pell City Center (CEPA Building) in Pell City, Alabama. The conference hours will be from 9:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. with registration starting at 7:30 a.m.  Workshops will cover everything from harnessing creativity to publishing, and everything in between. Whether your genre is poetry, fiction, non-fiction or blogging, there will be something there for you!  You must register to attend.  For more information, please go to  http://www.writersanonymous.us/ or contact Rita Moritz, conference coordinator, at  205-814-9852.