Why Celebrate?!!

Why Celebrate?!! Just because it is another holiday? Just to be patriotic? Etc.... These may be reasons, but we celebrate because we are free!! Free to get in your car and drive anywhere you want to, anytime you want to. Free to worship at any church or synagogue you choose, anytime you want to. Free to speak out for or against any subject you want. The privilege to vote for officials who run our government. I could go on and on, but I won't. Our freedoms are taken for granted too often.

We need a day like July 4th to remember the many, many men and women who gave their lives before 1776 and even until now to keep us free. Many veterans still carry battle scars and wounds they will have to live with for the rest of their life. I have never heard one of these folks say they regretted what they did for their country. My Dad was a proud WWII veteran who fought in Germany in Patton's Army against the Nazi's to rid this world of evil. Even this day we have soldiers on the battlefield defending our liberties and protecting us so we can continue to live free and even complain if we want to.

So as we celebrate! Shout! I thank God for a country where we have the freedoms which are not available to many people around our globe.

Happy 4th of July!

I appreciate you!

Ed Shimpock, AHC, VP and General Manager

ANNOUNCEMENT!!!!

Seven Oaks Doors and Hardware is now an authorized, Schedule 84, GSA distributor for Allegion products. What this means to you is that Allegion has negotiated the prices with GSA and now you can purchase all Schlage, Von Duprin, LCN, and Schlage Electronic products at these negotiated prices without having to go to open market bidding. This is available to you if you have a GSA authorization to purchase. Please contact our office or one of our sales representatives for all the details.

Recent Project

Isothermal Community College

Spindale, NC

Before

After

The college converted a vending area into a storage room. We supplied and installed a new hollow metal frame with transom panel above, custom sized to fit in the existing opening, caulked and finished the perimeter. Then we installed a pair of doors to match the other existing doors in the building, a new mortise lock and hardware.

Product Spotlight

SELECT Hinges SL57 Geared Continuous Hinge

Fix "problem doors" for good by fixing the real problem - worn out hinges. Replace worn butt and pivot hinges with the SELECT SL57 full surface geared continuous hinge and you'll eliminate hinge repairs forever and save your maintenance budget.

SELECT geared hinges last more than 60 years on high-traffic doors, outperforming traditional hinges in entrances for retail storefronts, schools, convention centers, sports facilities, airports and other public buildings. SELECT hinges are proven in independent testing through more than 25,000,000 cycles - 10 times beyond Grade 1 cycle count. Pair-Matched™ hinge leaves, lifetime lubrication, anodizing after machining and never-ending Continuous Warranty™ prove their durability. Their long product life cycle and recycled content also help them meet LEED requirements.

Every Select Geared Continuous Hinge is manufactured in the United States and complies with the American provision, section 1605, of the Recovery Act. Select builds these hinges in their plant in Portage, Michigan with innovative sustainability benefits that foreign competitors don't match.

4th of July Cake

Prep time 10 mins
Cook time 25 mins
Total time 35 mins
Serves: 10

Cake Ingredients

1 white cake recipe or 1 white box cake mix
Red and blue food coloring
Red, white and blue sprinkles
White buttercream frosting recipe to cover two 8-inch round cakes

Instructions

Lightly grease and flour two 8-inch round cake pans and set aside.
Make a white cake according to recipe or package instructions. (Try a super moist white cake recipe using a box cake mix.)
Divide batter into two separate mixing bowls. Add red food coloring to the first bowl of batter to desired intensity. Add blue food coloring to the second bowl to desired intensity. Pour red batter into prepared cake pan and blue batter into second prepared cake pan.
Bake according to cake instructions. Cool for five minutes in pans before turning out onto a wire rack to cool completely.

Frost the top of the blue cake, layer with the red cake, and frost the entire cake. Garnish with red, white, and blue sprinkles. For a really festive twist, just before serving, add a sparkler to make this cake sizzle.

July 2015, Vol. 7 - Issue 7

www.sevenoakshardware.com

In this issue:

Why Celebrate?!!

ANNOUNCEMENT!!!!

Recent Project

Product Spotlight

4th of July Cake

Extra, Extra...Read All About it!

Trivia Contest

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Extra, Extra...Read All About it!

Bryan Shaver, our Warehouse Manager... busy planning the job installation calendar.

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Trivia Contest

Enter our trivia contest for a chance to win a $25 Cracker Barrel gift card.

We will take all the entries and randomly draw a winner. All you have to do is answer the question below to be entered.

Trivia Question:
What year was the Declaration of Independence signed?

(a) 1976
(b) 1876
(c) 1776

**Deadline to enter the contest is July 9, 2015. **
Send your answers to:
trivia@sevenoakshardware.com

Last Month's Trivia Question:

What 1975 blockbuster movie, directed by Steven Spielberg featured a killer shark?

Correct answer: Jaws

Winner:

James (Keith) Reed
Maria Parham Medical Center

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Local Events:

Oakboro Fourth of July Celebration

July 2

6:00 p.m. - Amusements & Rides open

6:00 p.m. - Fire Fighter Competiton

8:30 p.m. - "The Embers" featuring Craig Woolard

July 3

6:00 p.m. - Amusements & Rides open

8:30 p.m. - "The Entertainers"

TBA - Fireworks

July 4

9:00 a.m. Oakboro 4th of July Parade

11:00 a.m. - Amusements & Rides open

Opening Ceremonies

Miss Stanly County Fire Queen Pageant

BBQ Lunch at Oakboro Fire Department

8:30 p.m. - "Lakeside Drive Band"

TBA - Raffle Drawing

TBA - Fireworks

Cruise-In & Burnouts, Oakboro, NC - 4th Friday of each month through October

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Did You Know?

We Sell & Install Commercial Hollow Metal Doors, Wood Doors & Fiberglass Doors

We Sell, Key & Install All Major Brands of Commercial Locks, Exit Devices & Door Closers

We Sell & Install Automatic Door Operators

We Sell & Install Computer Managed Access Control and
Wireless Access Control

We Sell & Install Toilet Partitions & Toilet Accessories

SERVICE AREA:

North & South Carolina, South Central Virginia

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Upcoming Trade Shows

August 4 - 7: North Carolina Healthcare Engineers Association 63rd Annual Vendor Conference & Exhibitation at the Omni Grove Park Inn, Asheville, NC

September 24 - 25: North Carolina Public School Maintenance Association 43rd Annual Eastern Convention/Workshop at the DoubleTree by Hilton in Atlantic Beach, NC

October 14 - 16: North Carolina Association of Community College Facility Operations at the Shell Island Resort in Wrightsville Beach, NC

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