Categories

Bugged no more: Oklahoma entrepreneur markets all-natural

Bugged no more: Oklahoma entrepreneur markets all-natural

Journal Record, The (Oklahoma City), Jul 28, 2010 by D Ray Tuttle

Editor’s note: This is part of a series of stories on creativity in business, education and the arts in Oklahoma. Oklahoma City will host the World Creativity Forum in November.

A Bristow man, using common household ingredients, has created an insecticide that people are using to keep their families and pets safe.

Sales have tripled since Bug Right founder Paul Goss began marketing his product in December.

Goss’ product, called Ant Right, is just the first of a line of products he’s pushing to market.

Other products will include Bug Right for bedbugs, Garden Right, Mole and Gopher Right, Mouse Right, Scorpion Right and Flea Right.

Goss started a distribution network in the Oklahoma City area and is close to signing two distributors out of state – one in California and another in Texas.

“It is looking great for both parties,” Goss said.

Goss, who entered the SpiritBank Entrepreneurial Spirit Award competition earlier this year, recently made the cut as one of 12 semifinalists.

Goss was surprised that he made it as a semifinalist in the Spirit Award competition.

“Just to be in the Top 12 is amazing,” Goss said. “I did not expect that and a chance to win first place – and the top prize of $30,000 would go a long way to help build our business,” Goss said.

The inspiration for the invention was Goss’ wife, Freda, who wanted to eliminate garden pests, but did not want to risk harming any of the family or pets with over-the-counter-poisonous products.

“Freda suggested that I use the silicon dioxide that she had heard about,” Goss said. “I researched it and found it to be a safe and a nonpoisonous bug killer, and that it was even used in food products like coffee creamer, gravy mixes, and other products.”

Goss tested his newly created powder on cabbage to see what it would do.

“As I was watching the cabbage with the formula on it and saw two cabbage worms fall off and die, I knew we had something,” Goss said. “I then tried it on tomatoes and other vegetables and they came out bug-free.”

Then Goss tried it on the family dog and discovered it worked well on fleas.

“It worked well on some of the pests in my garden, but there were still those it didn’t affect,” Goss said.

Silicon dioxide is also known as diatomaceous earth and it works by literally tearing insects apart. Under a microscope, sharp, jagged edges and needlelike points of the silicon dioxide become obvious
flea markets

Whole glove relacing is around

Whole glove relacing is around $50.00. You also have shipping to pay on top of that. Plus, you’ll lose your glove for a week. It really is a huge benefit to know how to do most, if not all of the lacing repairs yourself. If you have young kids playing ball and you see a good number of years ahead of you, or you are a coach, learning how to do general restoration, conditioning and relacing of gloves is a great thing.

I’m not saying glove repair places are bad. They’re great! Most do good work and will save your glove for more years to come. I’ve even recently come across a site on the Internet that offers a really good deal, with one to two day turnaround. Of course, if they had 75 gloves come in, that’s a tough guarantee.
concussion

While the Plextor

While the Plextor line of products tend to be on the pricy side ($100-$140), the old axiom ?you get what you pay for? certainly holds true with these copiers. For example, the PX-750UF copies DVD+RW at 8X and CD-RW at 24X. For those of you who may not understand technical terminology, these numbers mean that a DVD will copy at over 11 MB/sec and the CD will copy at 3.6 MB/sec. No, this isn?t a misprint; DVD?s do transfer at a higher rate than CD?s. This reliable company (established in the U.S. in 1990) makes high quality products that are fast, easy-to-use, and dependable. What more could a user want in a CD/DVD copier?

Memorex

Memorex has been a proven player in the CD and DVD market for over 30 years, and this company now offers some of the top CD/DVD copiers in the industry.
online car auctions

There are a large

There are a large number of individuals and museums that pay a large amount of money to obtain older works of art. Whether it is for public display or personal possession, there is just something about owning a piece of history.

When American Indian pottery is made for commercial use, modern methods are often used to make the items. This modern way of making pottery has caused a small amount of controversy. There are many American Indians who wish to hold onto and celebrate their culture. This includes leaving traditions the way that they were. When many families teach their children how to make pottery, they often do so the way that their ancestors did. Many American Indians, to this day, still dig their own clay, mold it, and finish it with fire the way that it was done in the past.

Throughout the years, American Indians have had to alter their lives and traditions to fit into today?s society. Keeping with their past beliefs and traditions is difficult to do in today?s society. That is why pottery making continues to be an important tradition to American Indians.
chicken housing

People use the Yellow Pages to look

People use the Yellow Pages to
look for a familiar name. If your other
advertising works, then fining you in the Yellow
Pages should be a snap.

Remember, once the book is published, you can’t
change your ad until the next publish date.

Here BIG Mike’s 5 Tips to make your Yellow Pages
Ad HOT.

1 – Sell the benefits

Put a headline on your ad pushing benefits.
Explain how the benefits will help your prospect
fulfill their needs.

2 – Forget extra cost color

The only thing color has been proven to do in
Yellow Pages advertising is increase the price you
pay for the ad.

3 – Ask for the order

Writing “Call us now at xxx xxxx” will get more
responses than if you simply listed you phone
number.

4 – Write like you talk

Inject your personality into everything you write.
No-one wants to read boring and stuffy legal-ease.
Use short sentences and words. Use simple language
Use the word ?you?.

5 – Avoid Bragging

Don’t boast “biggest and best”. It turns people
off, even if it is true.
promotional merchandise

They believe if they occasionally or

They believe if they occasionally or intermittently sell or please a customer, they?re doing fairly well, and their managements and publics should be grateful.

What a mistake.

It is a testament to the still robust economy of the United States, and the Western nations in general that we can afford to allow such slipshod workers to earn a regular paycheck.

Since when is doing a good or a great job an option?

Who taught them that performing once in a while is okay?

Not Vince Lombardi, I can tell you, or many of the fine folks who prepared me in sports, in the classroom, and in business.

Second-rate will never be first-rate, and someone has to clue-in the clueless about this.

Let me be the first!

Best-selling author of 12 books and more than 950 articles, Dr. Gary S. Goodman is considered “The Gold Standard” in sales development, customer service, and telephone effectiveness.
tesco jobs

To the uninitiated parent, buying

To the uninitiated parent, buying a car seat for your child can seem technical at best. There are a dozen terms designers and retail stores use to describe car seats, their various accessories and features. Below you?ll find some handy tips for sorting through the riff raff and deciding what features and accessories you really need for your carseat.

Key Terms

Here are some key terms you should familiarize yourself with before shopping for your child’s first carseat.

LATCH

? This stands for ‘lower anchors and tethers for children.’ Now what the heck is that you ask? Most vehicles built after 2002 have standard hardware in the seats that help attach the carseat more easily to the car. A LATCH system replaces a seatbelt for fastening the carseat into your car. The LATCH system is beneficial because it not only makes installing a carseat easy, but it also prevents the seat from slipping out of place over time.
baby gate

If you were to

If you were to “google” the phrase “soap making” you would come up with over 1.6 million indexed web pages on this topic. The process of soap making can be a tedious somewhat dangerous enterprise, which begs the question, why? Why are so many Americans pursuing a task
our colonial ancestors were glad to be rid of? The trial and error method of soap making was a long and thankless task that sometimes left the maker with an unusable commodity after many hours of hard work. Oprah relates how as a child her grandmother tried to teach her how to make soap and she declined not seeing the purpose in her young life.

Have you ever looked at the ingredient list of a modern day bar of soap?
Common ingredients include DEA, Isopropyl Alcohol, BHT and Triclosan. This is just a starter list. Can you imagine what all these chemicals are doing to your skin? Most commercial soap ingredients are petroleum based.
tree house designs

CELEBRATIONS – WYMAN-AYLOR ENGAGEMENT

CELEBRATIONS – WYMAN-AYLOR ENGAGEMENT

0 Comments | Roanoke Times & World News, Aug 3, 2008

Mr. and Mrs. Daniel Wyman of Richmond, Va., are pleased to announce the engagement of their daughter, Miss Kimberly MacRae Wyman, to Jacob Nathaniel Aylor, son of Ms. Helen Aylor of Roanoke, Va., and the late Mr
outer banks weddings

CBS Atlanta News Partners with WeatherBug for Enhanced Weather Reporting to Include Live, Neighborhood-Level Conditions from the WeatherBug Network

CBS Atlanta News Partners with WeatherBug for Enhanced Weather Reporting to Include Live, Neighborhood-Level Conditions from the WeatherBug Network

Business Wire, June 10, 2010

Daily On-Air and Online Newscasts to Provide Weather Information
from Over 110 Weather Stations at Area Schools and Locations Across the
Viewing Area

ATLANTA, Ga. & GERMANTOWN, Md. — CBS Atlanta News and WeatherBug, the leading provider of consumer and
professional weather services and operator of the largest weather
observing network, today announced their partnership to provide viewers
with live streaming weather information from area schools, public
buildings and popular recreational locations in the Atlanta area.

The CBS Atlanta News weather team has integrated live, local weather
information from over 110 WeatherBug Weather Stations and cameras
throughout Atlanta into their daily weather reporting. The weather
information is also available on the CBS
Atlanta News website for 24/7 access to live conditions. View the CBS
Atlanta News video announcing the launch of the WeatherBug program
for more detail.

In addition, weather information is accessible from several public
locations with installed weather stations throughout the Atlanta area
including the Atlanta Motor Speedway, Six Flags Over Georgia and the Top
of Stone Mountain to obtain current and forecasted conditions for
operational and visitor safety purposes.

We can now provide the most accurate and local weather information
critical to our viewers. Our partnership gives us weather conditions in
the neighborhood and communities where our viewers live. In addition,
these highly localized weather reporting stations will play a critical
role in providing severe weather information so critical to the Atlanta
market, said Steve Schwaid, Director of News and Digital Content for
CBS Atlanta News.

The
WeatherBug Media Program connects broadcast stations with local
schools and the community to provide students and the public hands-on
access to real-time weather information. Through the WeatherBug
Schools Program, professional weather stations are installed at
local schools and district locations to collect data for incorporation
into math, science and geography lessons in addition to providing
information for making transportation and safety-related decisions.
WeatherBug has also supplied CBS Atlanta News with streaming weather
information from the WeatherBug Network of over 8,000 weather stations
for live conditions and severe weather coverage nationwide.

Since weather can vary drastically within miles, the live, hyper-local
data is necessary for ground-truth information in particular when
preparing for severe weather
atlanta air conditioning