ADVISORY/World's Largest Termite Touches Down in Raleigh.News Editors/Assignment Desks ADVISORY...for Saturday Saturday: see week; Sabbath. (April 24) --(BUSINESS WIRE) Triangle Town Center Triangle Town Center is a shopping mall in Raleigh, North Carolina. It is located in North Raleigh off of U.S. Highway 1 (Capital Boulevard) and Interstate 540. The mall is owned by CBL & Associates Properties, Inc. to Host Interactive 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 Exhibit to Educate, Entertain Local Kids and Homeowners During North Carolina North Carolina, state in the SE United States. It is bordered by the Atlantic Ocean (E), South Carolina and Georgia (S), Tennessee (W), and Virginia (N). Facts and Figures Area, 52,586 sq mi (136,198 sq km). Pop. Termite Awareness Month
WHO: Triangle Town 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
Raleigh just in time for North Carolina Termite Awareness
Month, April 2004. 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 free.
WHERE: Triangle Town Center
5959 Triangle Town Blvd.
Raleigh, NC
WHEN: Saturday, April 24 12pm to 6pm
Sunday, April 25 12pm to 6pm
WHY: North Carolina Governor Michael F. Easley has proclaimed
April 2004 to be North Carolina Termite Awareness Month.
Termidor Termite Control supports his effort to educate
North Carolina 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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