[March News] PCO News

As part of a recent marketing program for the Sentricon Termite Colony Elimination System, Authorized Operators were asked to show off their knowledge of the Sentricon System by correctly completing a short quiz and mailing it back to Dow AgroSciences. A number of Authorized Operators made the grade and answered all questions correctly, qualifying them to win a new portable DVD player with a 7-inch widescreen monitor.

Three Authorized Operators of the Sentricon System were recently randomly selected as winners and each received a portable DVD player. These three Sentricon System gurus are: Harcourt Bull IV, Hornes Pest Control, Edgefield, S.C.; John Young, Speed Exterminating, Cleveland; and John Parker, Innovative Pest Control, Houston.

Ben Buono, president and owner of Buono Pest Control in Belmont, Mass., was the 2004 recipient of the New England Pest Management Association’s highest award for distinguished service, the Bartlett W. Eldredge Award. Buono, who resides in Belmont, Mass., has been an active member of NEPMA for many years and is chairman of its annual golf outing. He served as president from 1995 to 1996 in addition to several other board positions over the years.

As part of a sponsorship by DuPont at PestWorld 2004, two pest management professionals who visited the Internet Cafe at the convention center in Hawaii won Compaq laptops. Court Parker of Bug Busters, Acworth, Ga., and Scott W. Steckel, Varment Guard Environmental Services, Columbus, Ohio were randomly selected from the more than 500 Internet users who registered at the cafe.