Not Nice to Lice®
is now available at Walgreens, Rite Aid, Albertson’s, and many
independent drug stores, including some Meijers.
Steve will be in New York this
Month doing some public television programs with Bill Murawski.
The Bug Stops Here© will
be available for review this Month at http://www.thebestcontrol.com
and elsewhere. The Bug Stops Here© is a brief summary of The Best Control II©,
which will be out shortly as a CD-ROM. ñThe new enzyme
cleaner from Safe Solutions, Inc. is
getting great reviews from schools, veterinarians, cleaning companies and the
general public. The Safe Solutions, Inc. web site with the MSDS and lab
sensitivity results is located at http://www.safesolutionsinc.com.
Steve has been asked to
come to India and Cuba to give a series of IPM lectures. ñWe are currently working on a dry enzyme formula that
requires only 1 oz. per 5 gallons to clean and wash away pest problems. If any
of you would like to test it for efficacy, let us know.
This has been an extremely
warm Winter and we were already seeing
spring birds (mallards, red wing blackbirds, etc.) in February. You need to
watch for damage to your plants and for a larger-than-normal surge in exterior
pest problems.
MOUSE CONTROL - Preventing
and controlling mice in schools.
Prevention: Full grown
mice can enter buildings through a hole the size of a dime or be carried in to
buildings.
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Stuff holes in/around
buildings with steel wool or copper mesh, or fill with caulk or plaster and
cover with sheet metal. Pay particular attention to the foundation.
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Seal gaps around doors.
Replace worn thresholds and weather-stripping and install door sweeps. Mice
will not normally chew through duct tape.
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Caulk openings around
water pipes, electric wires, cables and vents. Use hardware cloth to screen
vents, floor drains and any other openings.
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Cut tall grass, weeds and
brush from around the foundation and dispose of clippings and garbage.
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Discard/recycle unused
clutter and debris around buildings that provide a home for mice.
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Store trash, indoors and
out, in metal containers with tight-fitting lids.
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Don’t leave food or
garbage on counters or improperly stored.
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Don’t leave dirty
dishes in the sink.
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Keep the entire area
clean.
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Store snacks, pet food,
grains, cereals and nuts in sealed plastic, metal or glass containers, or
keep them in the refrigerator. Rodents can chew through plastic bags and
boxes
Monitoring: Identifying
a mouse problem may be as easy as seeing a mouse or finding droppings on the
counter. If not,
Sprinkle surfaces with a
light coating of talcum powder. If you have mice, you’ll find footprints in
the dust and tracks from the powder, hopefully to their point of entrance or
home.
Be more aware of possible
mouse activity in the fall when the cold weather hits and mice head indoors for
warmth. Pay particular attention to areas where food and garbage is stored and
areas adjacent to buildings.
Nontoxic controls: Sanitation,
live traps, snap traps, glue traps, repellent sound devices, biological (cats),
Walk-the-Plant™, peppermint repels them, etc.
The following letter came
from Beyond Pesticides/ National Coalition against the Misuse of Pesticides (NCAMP):
From: “Kagan Owens” kowens@beyondpesticides.org
Subject: Pesticide, Alts & Enviro Photos Wanted Date: Friday, February 22,
2002 1:31 PM PHOTOS WANTED You know the expression “a picture’s worth a
thousand words.” Send your best pesticide, alternative to pesticides and
environmental photographs to Beyond Pesticides and have them featured on the
hottest, mostclicked on pesticide reform advocacy web site in the world!
Here’s how it works. You send us (by e-mail or snail mail) a photograph (yes
it can be from your point and click camera) that captures a positive situation
(like an organic farm or a pesticide-free school) or negative situation that
needs public attention (like the most toxic looking utility pole, crop dusters
flying over people’s homes, etc.) and we will post it on our web site, http://www.beyondpesticides.org.
Provide us with a short description of the photograph, identify where it was
taken, and provide a photo credit. Expose the problems you are trying to
overcome, or depict the successes you have accomplished or seen. Share the
information with us and we’ll send your message across the world. And, from
time to time, we will also post your work just for the sheer beauty of it, so
feel free to share your talents. We are accepting both hard copies and
electronic versions. Email electronic copies to info@beyondpesticides.org,
attention Photo Stories, in jpg, gif, or bmp format. If you send us a hard copy,
we will be happy to return it upon request. Mail your photographs to: Photo
Stories Beyond Pesticides 701 E Street, SE Washington, DC 20003 If you have any
questions, please contact Meghan at 1-202-543-5450 or at mtaylor@beyondpesticides.org.
We look forward to hearing from you.
HOW ABOUT SHOWING THE
WORLD OUR WONDERFUL MICHIGAN AND OHIO NONTOXIC CONTROL SCHOOL PROGRAMS AT WORK?!
Remember:
1. Good teachers never die;
they just lose their principals.
2. Good principals never die;
they just lose their faculties.
3. Good doctors never die;
they just lose their patients.
4. Good lawyers never die;
they just lose their appeal.
5. Good speakers never die/
they just go on and on and on.
Bill was telling his
friend, Sam, “We had an amazing act
at the club last week...a man who did farm yard impressions.” “What was so
wonderful about it?” asked Sam. “He didn’t do sounds. He did the
smells...”
HAPPY EASTER! “I
won’t say ours was a tough school, but we had our own coroner. We used to
write essays like ‘What I’m Going to be If I Grow Up.’” - Lenny Bruce
I wonder:
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Why don’t
sheep shrink when it rains?
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If Barbie is
so popular, why do you have to buy all of her friends?
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Is there
another word for synonym?
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Where do
forest rangers go to “get away from it all?”
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Why do they
lock gas station bathrooms? Are they afraid someone will clean them?
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Why isn’t
phonetic spelled the way it sounds?
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Have you ever
imagined a world without any hypothetical situations?
There’s so
much comedy on television. Does that cause comedy in the streets?
“When I told
the people of Northern Ireland that I was an atheist, a woman in the audience
stood up and said, ‘Yes, but is it the God of the Catholics or the God of the
Protestants in whom you don’t believe? – Quentin Crisp
Some Actual
Rules for Teachers from the Early 1900s in the U.S.:
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To keep the
school room neat and clean, you must:
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Sweep the
floor at least once daily.
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Scrub the
floor at least once a week with hot, soapy water.
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Clean the
blackboards at least once a day.
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Start the
fire at 7 a.m. so the room will be warm by 8 a.m. You will not marry during
the term of your contract.
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You are not
to keep company with men.
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You must be
home between the hours of 8 p.m. and 6 a.m. unless attending a school
function.
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You may not
loiter downtown in the ice cream stores.
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You may not
travel beyond city limits unless you have the permission of the chairman of
the board.
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You may not
ride in a carriage or automobile with any man unless he is your father or
brother.
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You may not
smoke cigarettes.
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You may not
dress in bright colors.
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You may under
no circumstances dye your hair.
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You must wear
at least two petticoats.
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Your dresses
must not be any shorter than two inches about the ankle.
When I got up
this morning, I took two
Ex-Lax in addition to my Prozac. I can’t get off the john, but I feel good
about it.
Deep Thoughts:
Whoever said that there’s
a fine line between genius and insanity truly must have been a genius. Or maybe
an insane person. Hmmm.....
“How long a
minute is depends on what side of the bathroom door you’re on.” –Unknown
“Airplanes are
interesting toys but of no military value.” - Marshal Ferdinand Foch,
Professor of Strategy, 1910 Have a great Month!
HAPPY PESACH!
