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The 2012 Gladewater Rodeo Round- Up

May 21st, 2012

While I live in the Tyler area, my job requires me to drive through Gladewater on a daily basis. For the last week or two, I’ve been reading the banners strung around the town advertising the Gladewater Roundup Rodeo.  Held annually since 1938, the Round-up has achieved a fair amount of notoriety in the last few years.  The Gladewater Round- up is a non-profit organization that raises money for causes like college scholarships, and breast cancer research.  The rodeo includes events for just about every member of the family.  A raffle and Jr. Rodeo events are held as well.  There are also a couple of events on the Saturday preceding the start of the rodeo. The first is a trail ride that begins at eight am, on June second.  The second is a Cook off, to be held at noon on the same day. The trail ride is expected to return to the rodeo grounds in time for the Cook- off.

The actual Rodeo will be held on the evenings of June sixth, through the eighth, at eight fifteen in the evening.  Tickets go on sale May twenty eighth, and run from twelve to fourteen dollars depending on whether you’re purchasing class A or class B tickets. Children are half price at the gate. For those interested in equestrian and rodeo events, this could be a great way to kick off the summer. The fact that the proceeds go to great causes, only adds to event.  For more information click on the following links, or call their office at (903) 845-5126 on or after May twenty eighth.  http://gladewaterrodeo.com/index.php/en/ticket-information  http://www.facebook.com/gladewaterrounduprodeo

Benefits of a Tyler TX Gym Workout

June 14th, 2011

Tony Cruz CTC FitnessStudies have shown that about 1/3rd of cancer related deaths occurred because of a bad diet and a Homer Simpson type of sit on the coach watch TV lifestyle. By simply moving your body with some basic although brisk exercise you decrease your chances of getting:

Certain cancers:

  • breast
  • colon
  • endometrial
  • prostate

The short jog, cardio routine, or local Tyler Texas gym workout during your work lunch break is linked to a 50 percent lower risk of being told one day you have colon cancer.  The Journal of the American Medical Association discovered that a woman’s chance of getting breast cancer can be reduced by 18% simply by getting in 1 – 2 hours of a brisk walk in each week as compared next to women with sedentary lifestyles.

Another benefit of a workout routine like what is offered in the kickboxing classes at XTC Fitness and Sports is a dramatic reduction in cardiovascular disease chances. Cardio disease is the most common cause of dieing in the United States right now. Exercise almost guarantees you will not die of overweight cardio related issues because of never getting into a routine of daily movement.

Everyone dies eventually but heart attacks can take 30 – 40 years off your life if you are obese.

At this point your rational mind is likely convinced of some of the benefits of working out but your emotional side might still be thinking of how that ice-cream or Oreo will feel going in your mouth.

What you need is a trick to change up things just enough to cause your emotional brain to get on board with your rational mind.

None of us likes to think we need  other people and programs to get us doing something but in reality we are like robots and we easily find ourselves in bad habits causing us to do the exact same things day after day.

You can quickly trick your body into doing some good by using one of the most valuable weapons in your arsenal, your will power.

Our will power is often squandered and put aside as we allow the path of least resistance to often times make our decision up for us.

By changing your environment and getting into a gym setting with class mates who have the same goals as you do you assist in getting your emotional side on board with your rational mind.

Having the encouragement of class mates and a kickboxing instructor with you for the entire workout routine helps you do what your emotions don’t want to do.

Go ahead and admit it, you may have the will power but you don’t want to use it to workout.

You can cheat these emotional thoughts that rob you of a healthy lifestyle by changing your environment and thereby changing your emotional mind.

Before you know it 30 days will have past and you will have a new routine in place of your trip to the food store, couch and TV.

Go by XTC Fitness on Broadway next to The Diner and pick up a workout class schedule today.

Sally beauty Supply

April 7th, 2010

www.sallybeauty.com
4550 South Broadway Avenue
Tyler TX
Phone: – (903) 509-0936

Sally beauty Supply store may now be the biggest beauty supply store world wide with over 2700 store in the United States, Puerto Rico, Canada, Mexico, Japan, Germany, the United Kingdom, Ireland, Belgium, France and Spain. It was not always so well-known. In 1964 Sally was just a corner store in New Orleans. In 1984 the Sally head quarters moves to Denton Texas, and the Sally store were spreading around the southern part of United States. In 1984 there were 119 stores. Sally quickly became popular and in 1987 they opened the first international Sally Beauty Supply store in the United Kingdom, and in 1995 it expands to Japan, and in 1996 to Germany, and it was not until 2001 that they opened stores in Mexico. In 2000 the Sally store launched its very own magazines.

Sally has over 6000 products for retail customers and salon professionals. They have everything you need for the up keep of your hair; Hair colors, shampoos, conditioners, hair extensions, styling products, treatments, permanent straighteners, relaxers, brushes, accessories, clippers and trimmers, shapers and shears. Sally also carries everything that you need for manicure and pedicures, spa treatments products, skin care, makeup products, great gift ideas, salon supplies and equipment, and even products for men.

When you walk into a Sally store in Tyler you are greeted by an employee. Every sales associate needs to be very knowledgeable with the Sally products. They able to solve your beauty issues and they can answers any questions about the products. But they may give you a crazy look if they don’t like the hair color that you have picked out.

In 1991 Sally began to partner with “city of Hope” a breast cancer awareness organization, which led to the beginning of Sally Cares. In 1996 was the official beginning to Sally Cares, an organization supporting women in need. This includes, the Sally cares shelter Programs, seminars, Breast Cancer support, and NCA (National Cosmetology Association) scholarships. The Sally Cares Shelter program has started and support over fifty women’s domestic abuse shelters in the United States. Not only do they house women from abusive home but they try to give them a push forward in the right directions. Many women that come to the shelters only bring their children and the clothes that they are wearing. Sally stores donate hygienic products as in shampoos soaps and all different beauty supplies to these shelters.

The NCA partners with Sally Cares and awards ten people a $1000 scholarship. You can go online and get information on how to apply for a scholarship. Five scholarships are awarded to five high school graduates, three scholarships are awarded to NCA members, and two scholarships are awarded to children or grandchildren of current NCA members. A board appointed by the president of NCA reviews each application, and they decide the ten people who are awarded the scholarships. They will be given the award and honored at the Chicago Beauty Show.

When I first began to write this article I figured that it would be nothing more than a shopping list, telling you what they have online and in the store. But as I began to dig I learned that this is much more than a store. Sally changes lives. They give people opportunities that would usually not have any. So when you shop at Sally Beauty Supply store not only are you getting great produces for your skin, hair, and nails, but you are also supporting the Sally Cares program and changing lives.