Residex’s Gary Riccio Retires After 35 Years

 

SARASOTA, Fla. — Gary Riccio, sales service manager for Residex, Sarasota, Fla., retired from the company, after 35 years of service. His career in the pest control industry began in 1969 as a service technician. Working for Western Pest Services, Riccio was quickly promoted to supervisor and broadened his skill to include fumigation, which helped him to make his way to Florida and eventually to take part in Residex’s opening of their first warehouse in the sunshine state.

 

Riccio was honored recently at the Delaware Short Course. He started his career with Western in Delaware. Residex hosted a dinner with friends and co-workers from the north who all wished him well in his retirement. Riccio was honored again by Residex at an all-day retirement barbeque on his last official day of work – Feb. 27, followed by a retirement party for close family, friends, and co-workers.

 

In his retirement Riccio plans to pursue his passion by racing his antique sports car and will fill his days working on his race car and his wife’s Camaro. But don’t think you won’t see Riccio around — if you stop by the Residex office in Sarasota, you just may spot him helping out occasionally.

 

Arrow Exterminators Management Team Celebrates Launch of New Sustainability Initiative during Annual Manager’s Meeting in Biloxi

 

(Atlanta, GA)   Arrow Exterminators executives and management team convened at the Beau Rivage in Biloxi, Mississippi on February 23 through February 25 for their annual mid-year manager’s meeting to celebrate the launch of Arrow’s new sustainability initiative – the STEPS™ Total Protection System.  Short for Sustainability Through Environmental Practices and Solutions, STEPS has been incorporated into every aspect of Arrow’s services to go Beyond the Call to protect families, homes, property and now the environment.  Introduction of the STEPS Total Protection System to Arrow’s customer base will begin immediately.

 

Camp Oklawaha Has Been fumigated!

 

 

The pest control industry, through FPMA, is giving back to our communities.

 

Camp Oklawaha Boy Scout Camp in Sebastion Fla.  has long needed fumigation for drywood termites, but it was not in their budget.

 

FPMA members to the rescue!

Nozzle Nolen, Above and Beyond, Dow AgroSciences and Univar USA all participated.

 

Nozzle Nolen coordinated the Februrary fumigation. Product (vikane) and services were provided by Dow and Univar. Above and Beyond did the tenting. 

 

 

In Greg Loman , Chris Alexander, and crew (Greg Watts, Raymond Till, Melvin Johnson) from Above and Beyond were all involved.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Steve deMello from Nozzle Nolen and

Ranger Robert Glassman from Boy Scouts of America.

 

 

January PCT Sweepstakes Winner

 

APOPKA, Fla. – PCT announced that Mark Richards, operations manager for Apopka, Fla.-based Brooks Pest Control, is the winner of the January PCT Sweepstakes. Richards wins an Actisol Unit, a prize valued at $1,400.

 

Richards has been involved in the pest control industry 2½ years, working for Brooks Pest Control, a family business owned by Rachel Brooks.

 

As operations manager, Richards’ responsibilities include training, bidding jobs, customer service, inventory and other tasks.

 

Brooks Pest Control is heavily involved in termite pre-treatments and also offers GHP services throughout Central Florida.

 

Richards’ name was randomly chosen from a pool of online entrants.

 

Keep checking back to PCT Online for future PCT Sweepstakes and enter for your chance to win products and services that can assist you in running your business.

 

 

Adam Putnam Announces for Ag Commissioner

Putnam set to give up seat

By: Patrick O'Connor
 

Rep. Adam Putnam, the third-ranking Republican in the House until he relinquished that post late last year, will give up his House seat to pursue a bid as the next agriculture commissioner of Florida.

His decision to make this run has been the source of much speculation since he gave up his post as chairman of the Republican Conference on election night last fall. Most Floridians view the commissioner’s job as a stepping stone to the governor's office.

But his announcement marks the departure of a rising star in the party who has decided to pursue a state office rather than remain in Washington, where Republicans face deeper minorities in the House and Senate.

Putnam, 34, was first elected to the Florida state house when he was 22 years old. He was the youngest member of the House when he was first elected in 2000.

Former Speaker Dennis Hastert (R-Ill.) took Putnam under his wing during the later years of Republican dominance, and House Minority Leader John A. Boehner (Ohio) believed he would eventually turn the caucus over to Putnam and party Whip Eric Cantor (Va.) whenever he decided to leave the chamber.

But Putnam grew frustrated with the partisanship in the House and earned the scorn of colleagues for his strident support of a rescue plan for Wall Street last fall.

Putnam will file paper papers tomorrow to launch his bid for the agriculture commissioner's post, and will give up his seat next year after serving out his entire term.