BUSINESS
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Thursday, August 17, 2006
Multi-fuel stoves offer cheaper heating
Business Briefs
By Alyson Iott
Local sales manager speaks
at national design conference
Tammy Liss of South Lyon
recently shared tips on filling a
booking calendar at Silpada
Design’s
2006
National
Conference in Kansas City, Mo.
Liss, a Silver Manager with
Silpada Designs, a national retailer that sells jewelry through house
parties, presented her ideas to
more than 2,500 representatives
from across the country. She has
been one Silpada Designs top
sales representatives, ranking No.
9 in the country in 2004.
Silpada Designs has raised
more than $150,000 for juvenile
diabetes research through the sale
of jewelry polishing cloths, and
Liss was listed as the fourth
biggest seller for this fund-raising
campaign out of 14,000 representatives across the country.
For more information on
Silpada Designs, a jewelry home
show company, visit www.mysilpada.com/tammy.liss, or call 248446-3211.
South Lyon’s Tammy Liss
at the Kansas City Silpada
Design Conference.
Sun Steel invests in equipment
Sun Steel Treating Inc., a commercial heat treater in South
Lyon, has installed their tenth
Ionitriding vessel. Ionitriding is a
surface hardening treatment for
extending tool life in the metalforming, forging, hydroforming
and plastics industries. Typical
applications are punches, dies,
inserts, molds, barrels and other
items. Having 10 vessels that run
24 hours daily assures their customers of a quick and timely turnaround to minimize costly production downtime. SST is ISO
9001-2000 and NADCAP accredited. Visit them at www.sunsteeltreating.com.
Chamber of Commerce
The Chamber of Commerce for
the South Lyon Area is located at
125 N. Lafayette St. in downtown
South Lyon, [email protected] (248) 437-3257.
Need to update e-mail or contact information? Let the
Chamber know by sending an email or calling
Aug. 18 - Chamber Connection
breakfast 8:30 a.m. at Oakland
Flight Services which is located at
the Oakland Southwest Airport in
New Hudson.
STAFF WRITER
With gas prices jumping every
week, alternative fuels are beginning to sound more attractive to
the average homeowner. For those
who can’t go all-out and buy a
hybrid car, considering a more
efficient home heating system can
be a good place to start.
Michigan Corn Stoves, a new
South Lyon business, offers the
Magnum Countryside line of
multi-fuel corn stoves. The stoves
burn a variety of inexpensive fuel,
including corn, wood pellets,
cherry pits, olive pits, wheat, barley and navy beans.
The business is owned by Beth
and Ron Glatz, owners of Glatz
Appraisal Company in South Lyon.
“I started seeing these corn
stoves when I did home inspections about five years ago,” Ron
said. “I started researching, and I
liked them so much, I always said
that when I retire, I’m going to
put one in my retirement home.”
After several years of fast-rising fuel prices, he decided not to
wait. Today, the Glatz family
heats their home with a
Countryside stove, the sole brand
sold at their store.
With a multi-fuel corn stove,
Ron said, a typical homeowner
will save between 50 and 70 percent on their heating bills. Beth
estimated the heating cost at $2 to
$4 a day. A basic model
Countryside stove sells for
$1,800, Beth said, while the larger models go up to $2,600.
Another benefit of multi-fuel
stoves is, unlike fossil fuels, they
do not produce greenhouse gases.
“They just are so clean-burning, and it’s a renewable energy
source,” Ron said. “There are just
so many positive things about it.”
In addition, Beth said, using
corn can help local farmers.
“More and more farmers are
looking at getting into this busi-
Photo by HAL GOULD
Ron and Beth Glatz recently opened a new business, Michigan Corn Stoves, which
sells multi-fuel Countryside stoves. The stoves use low-cost fuel such as corn, cherry
pits, olive pits and wood pellets.
ness, because they can make more
money selling corn for stoves than
for feed,” she said.
Fuel corn is regular seed corn
that is cleaned, shelled and dried
so that its moisture content falls
under 14 percent. The store recommends several area vendors to
supply fuel for its products.
The Countryside stoves are
similar to wood-burning stoves in
appearance and function.
“It really looks like a fireplace,”
Beth said. “It’s a beautiful blaze.”
Some owners opt to put them in
basements, allowing the heat to
circulate through the furnace fan.
Others put them in their living
room as a centerpiece. The stove
vents outside the house through a
pipe, similar to a dryer. No chimney installation is required.
There is no odor from the burning fuel, Beth said.
“When you look at the pipes
outside when (the stoves) are
burning, there’s no smoke,” she
said. “In fact, when you burn a
hundred pounds of corn over two
days, you might get about six
ounces of residue and that’s about
it. They’re very efficient.”
Fuel corn can be stored for the
winter or from month to month in
a garage or basement.
Michigan Corn Stoves opened
July 10 at 594 N. Lafayette in
Huntington Square. Hours are 10
a.m. to 5 p.m., Monday through
Saturday.
For more information, call the
store at (248) 486-5990.
To learn about the Countryside
stove line, visit the Magnum Web
site at www.magnumheat.com.
Alyson Iott is a reporter for the
South Lyon Herald. She can be
reached at (248) 437-2011, or by
e-mail at [email protected].
Aug. 22 - New Member
Reception, 5 p.m. at the Bistro
Aug. 25 - 11 a.m., ribbon cutting at JMB Mechanical and
Countrywide Home Loans, 415 S.
Lafayette.
Aug. 24 - Green Oak Business
Council, 8:30 a.m. at the Green
Oak Township Hall
Aug. 30 - Women’s Forum,
6:30
p.m.
Contact
Lisa
Vanderhoof for more details and
location at (248) 486-2800 or
[email protected]
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