ADVISORY/World's Largest Termite Touches Down In Mobile.News Editors/Assignment Desks ADVISORY...for Thursday Thursday: see week. - Saturday Saturday: see week; Sabbath. (Feb. 26 - 28) --(BUSINESS WIRE) Termidor Termidor is a brand name under which BASF sells Fipronil. Termidor is used as a conventional barrier treatment for termites. The product is used to apply a barrier to prevent termites from attacking structural wood. Termite termite or white ant, common name for a soft-bodied social insect of the order Isoptera. Termites are easily distinguished from ants by comparison of the base of the abdomen, which is broadly joined to the thorax in termites; in ants, there is Control Gulf Coast Exploreum to Host Interactive Termite Exhibit to Educate, Entertain Local Kids and Homeowners During Alabama Alabama, indigenous people of North America Alabama (ăləbăm`ə), indigenous people of North America whose language belongs to the Muskogean branch of the Hokan-Siouan linguistic stock (see Native American languages). Termite Awareness Week
WHO: Alabama Governor Bob Riley
Gulf Coast Exploreum
Termidor(R) Termite Control
WHAT: The 2004 Towering Termite Tour, the world's largest traveling
interactive termite exhibit housed in a two-story high
inflatable termite, is swarming into Mobile just in time for
Alabama Termite Awareness Week, February 23-29. Designed to
educate and entertain kids and their parents, the belly of
this bug (which is 69,000 times the size of a real termite)
houses terrariums of real termite colonies, unusual materials
attacked by termites like piano keys and magazines, fun
learning games, strange but true termite facts (for every
human on Earth, entomologists calculate there may be as many
as 1,000 pounds of termites!) and valuable take home
information for parents. Admission to the event is included in
the ticket price for the Gulf Coast Exploreum.
WHERE: Gulf Coast Exploreum
65 Government Street
Mobile, Alabama
WHEN: Thursday, February 26 10am to 5pm
Friday, February 27 9am to 3pm
Saturday, February 28 10am to 4pm
WHY: Governor Bob Riley has proclaimed February 23-29 to be
Alabama Termite Awareness Week. Termidor Termite Control
supports his effort to educate Alabama families about the
newest, most effective ways to protect their homes from
costly termite damage, while providing an enriching and
entertaining science exhibit to curious youngsters.
B-Roll and high resolution photography available upon request. Footage includes children and adults commenting on tour exhibits and termite damage, sound bites sound bite n. A brief statement, as by a politician, taken from an audiotape or videotape and broadcast especially during a news report: "The box has been spitting forth maddening nine-second sound bites" from Nationally Syndicated home improvement expert Tom Kraeutler Tom Kraeutler is a home improvement broadcast journalist and author. Tom co-hosts (with Leslie Segrete) the nationally syndicated “Money Pit Home Improvement Radio Show” broadcast on more than 200 stations every weekend, with an audience of more than 4 million , interior and exterior views of the Towering Termite, logos, and signage. |
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