ADVISORY/World's Largest Termite Touches Down in New Orleans.News Editors/Assignment Desks ADVISORY...for Friday Friday: see Sabbath; week. Friday young Indian rescued by Crusoe and kept as servant and companion. [Br. Lit.: Robinson Crusoe] See : Servant (March 12-14) --(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. (R) 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 Audubon Audubon, borough (1990 pop. 9,205), Camden co., SW N.J., a suburb of Camden; inc. 1905. Audubon is mostly residential. It was named after John James Audubon, the ornithologist, who studied the birds of the area in 1829. Louisiana Louisiana (ləwē'zēăn`ə, l  ē'–), state in the S central United States. It is bounded by Mississippi, with the Mississippi R. Nature Center to Host Interactive Termite Exhibit
to Educate, Entertain Local Kids and Homeowners During Louisiana Termite
Awareness Week
WHO: Louisiana Governor Kathleen B. Blanco
Audubon Louisiana Nature Center
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 New
Orleans just in time for Louisiana Termite Awareness Week,
March 8-14. 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 Audubon Louisiana
Nature Center.
WHERE: Audubon Louisiana Nature Center
5601 Read Blvd., Joe W. Brown Memorial Park
New Orleans, Louisiana
WHEN: Friday, March 12 9am to 3pm
Saturday, March 13 11am to 5pm
Sunday, March 14 12pm to 5pm
WHY: Governor Kathleen Babineaux Blanco has proclaimed March
8-14 to be Louisiana Termite Awareness Week. Termidor
Termite Control supports her effort to educate Louisiana
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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