HOME, BIZ EXPO IN-TENTS AFFAIR.Byline: Daily News The white tents rising at one of Valencia's busiest intersections means just one thing: It's expo time. The 14th annual Home and Business Expo will be held Saturday and Sunday. Sponsored by the Santa Clarita Valley The Santa Clarita Valley is the valley of the Santa Clara River in Southern California. It stretches through Los Angeles County and Ventura County. Its main population center is the city of Santa Clarita. The valley was part of the 48,612-acre (19,672. Chamber of Commerce, the expo will take place under the tents being set up at Valencia Boulevard and McBean Parkway. More than 140 businesses will showcase their services at the expo, which last year drew 16,000 people. ``The expo is truly a community business event, and we could not do it without the local community business support,'' said chairwoman Terri Popp. ``The Santa Clarita Valley has thousands of small businesses right in our own back yard. They are the backbone of our local economy.'' Exhibits will be divided into five areas of interest, Popp said. There will be a Technology Corner, Home Improvement Corner, Kids Corner, Special Occasions Corner and Health Lifestyles Corner. ``Each of these educational areas represents an area of daily living that affects all of us,'' Popp said. Kaiser Permanente Kaiser Permanente is an integrated managed care organization, based in Oakland, California, founded in 1945 by industrialist Henry J. Kaiser and physician Sidney R. Garfield. is sponsoring the Healthy Lifestyles Corner and will present mini-seminars on such topics as health and fitness, nutrition, dental hygiene dental hygiene n. The practice of keeping the mouth, teeth, and gums clean and healthy to prevent disease. Also called oral hygiene. and senior care. The technology exhibits will include information on how to get online, network computers and personalized per·son·al·ize tr.v. per·son·al·ized, per·son·al·iz·ing, per·son·al·iz·es 1. To take (a general remark or characterization) in a personal manner. 2. To attribute human or personal qualities to; personify. computers. Those who attend will be offered free Internet access See how to access the Internet. both days. Home improvement displays will include demonstrations ranging from decorating and landscaping to cooking and home loans. New to the expo this year is the Special Occasions Corner, featuring a fashion show as well as information on holiday gift ideas, party planning, floral flo·ral adj. Of, relating to, or suggestive of a flower: a fabric with a floral pattern. flo arranging and special hairstyles. THE FACTS Home and Business Expo 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. Saturday 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Sunday McBean Parkway and Valencia Boulevard Cost: $2 CAPTION(S): 2 Photos PHOTO (1--Color) Juan Delacruz, left, and a few co-workers set up one of the tents for this weekend's Home and Business Expo. (2--Color) Manuel Rodriguez, left, and Doloteo Figueroa take turns driving a stake into the ground to secure one corner of a tent tent, portable shelter of canvas, skins, felt, matting, or other material usually supported by poles and used chiefly by nomads, hunters, and campers. Tents have been used by pastoral peoples since ancient times and are mentioned in the Old Testament and in Homer. for the expo. Shaun Dyer/Special to the Daily News |
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