Featured Merchants

July 30th, 2009

Preparing Your Family Today for the events of Tomorrow - since 1970

Neat slogan, isn’t it?

Marten’s Health & Survival, Inc., got started thanks to Joanne Marten who had started a two part business of supplying healthy food and minerals as well as emergency supplies. This was back in the Cold War Era if you’ll remember. We didn’t know if we were going to have “the big one” dropped on us . . . and it was just prudent to prepare.

From that time on, people have recognized the wisdom of always being prepared . . . Cold War or not. There are always earthquakes, firestorms (we know a little about both, don’t we?) and other potential calamities for which we ought to be prepared for our family’s safety.

And that is why Marten’s Health & Survival, Inc., is in business. They make sure that whether you’re protecting your home and family, or whether you want to be out backpacking, hunting, fishing, exploring, you have what you need to protect yourself and your loved ones.

Hiking and camping? You may want to take foil pouches of food. Want some Shrimp Newburg while out in the mountains? You can find that, plus beef, chicken teriyaki, all kinds of tasty foods, kept safely in foil packs, just waiting for you to add hot water, let sit for about five minutes . . . and then, dig in!

If in the wilderness, of if water supply lines are cut off, you’ll need a water purification kit. Avoid Gardia and other parasitic problems within water supplies with your own purification kit . . . and water storage barrels or other portable containers. You can buy a day, a week, a month, a six month, or a year’s supply of food and/or emergency supplies at Marten’s Health & Survival, Inc.

Joanne Marten really started something! She doesn’t work full time anymore. Her husband, Novel, and son, Tom, both run the business. They’ll drop-ship most any supplies you want and do it promptly. All major credit cards are accepted. You can shop online at www.martensurvival.com, or, you can order a catalog, both on line as well as by phone. Just call their convenient 800 number: 1-800.824.7861.

Try those delicious entrees in foil pouches. They’re somewhat similar to MRE’s (the military food pouch) but, we think, more tasty and less expensive. A meal for two persons, with shrimp or chicken? About $6 or $7. Open the foil pouch, add hot water, let sit for 5-10 minutes. It’s ready to eat!

Whether you’re a hunter, camper, hiker, fisherman, RV’er, or just want to prepare your home for an emergency, you’d be well advised to get in touch with Marten’s Health & Survival, Inc.!

They are open Monday through Thursday, 9am to 4pm, Fridays from 9am to 1pm.

For long term storage, for a weekend’s outing, whatever your need . . . give them a call at 1.800.824.7861 or go to their website:
www.martensurvival.com.

Ready! Get Set! Go!

Vince Sedio, Owner, Palomar Broadband

It’s amazing to see brilliant, innovative introduction of modern businesses to our marketplace. It’s even more amazing to see the business owners follow through not only on their plans but their promises.

A little over six years ago this July a young man, Vince Sedio, saw a need and decided to build a company to fill it. He put his money where his ideas were . . using the money his parents had set aside for his college fund. He did his research, built a solid business plan, and with the help of his father, who had an engineering background, built the company. Today, that company is Palomar Broadband and they are serving all of North San Diego County with their High Speed Wireless Internet Service . . . and serving the entire nation with their Nationwide DSL service. Their service includes email and troubleshooting networks.

One of many things that makes Palomar Broadband unique is that you actually get to talk to local technical people whenever you have a question or a problem. You will not be talking to someone in India, or Pakistan, or some third world country. You’ll have direct and speedy access to local, highly trained technicians who speak your language! And you can expect on-site service, at no charge. Yes, everything is supported locally!

While the primary focus of Palomar Broadband is their high speed Internet Service, they are rapidly expanding their company into their Nationwide DSL network. Their eight employees are highly trained specialists who know how to get things done. You can sign up on their website or over the phone for DSL. With the high speed Internet wireless service, they will promptly come to your home or office and do an onsite installation. Wireless service is usually finished within one to two days, DSL within three to five days.

Wireless service starts as low as $39.95 per month, DSL as low as 19.99 per month. Palomar Broadband has the lowest cost DSL packages available so get with them for their service. Visa & Mastercard accepted; for information, go to their website: www.vcweb.org - or call 760.749.1335. Ask about their new referral program. You get one month’s free service for every referal to Nationwide DSL!

The Palomar Broadband Staff