May 6, 2011 | Blog, Community News
Isn’t it fun to find out that you can use an everyday household item for more than one thing? I was glad to know that I could use my coffee filters for many other household chores. Check it out!
1. Cover bowls or dishes when cooking in the microwave. Coffee filters make excellent covers.
2. Clean windows, mirrors, and chrome… Coffee filters are lint-free so they’ll leave windows sparkling.
3. Protect China by separating your good dishes with a coffee filter between each dish.
4. Filter broken cork from wine. If you break the cork when opening a wine bottle, filter the wine through a coffee filter.
5. Protect a cast-iron skillet. Place a coffee filter in the skillet to absorb moisture and prevent rust.
6. Apply shoe polish. Ball up a lint-free coffee filter.
7. Recycle frying oil. After frying, strain oil through a sieve lined with a coffee filter.
8. Weigh chopped foods. Place chopped ingredients in a coffee filter on a kitchen scale.
9. Hold tacos. Coffee filters make convenient wrappers for messy foods.
10 Stop the soil from leaking out of a plant pot. Line a plant pot with a coffee filter to prevent the soil from going through the drainage holes.
11. Prevent a Popsicle from dripping. Poke one or two holes as needed in a coffee filter.
12. Use strips of coffee filters to wax eyebrows.
13. Put a few in a plate and put your fried bacon, French fries, chicken fingers, etc on them.. It soaks out all the grease.
14. Keep in the bathroom. They make great “razor nick fixers.”
15. As a sewing backing. Use a filter as an easy-to-tear backing for embroidering or appliqueing soft fabrics.
16. Put baking soda into a coffee filter and insert into shoes or a closet to absorb or prevent odors.
17. Use them to strain soup stock and to tie fresh herbs in to put in soups and stews.
18. Use a coffee filter to prevent spilling when you add fluids to your car.
19. Use them as a spoon rest while cooking and clean up small counter spills.
20. Can use to hold dry ingredients when baking or when cutting a piece of fruit or veggies.. Saves on having
extra bowls to wash.
21. Use them to wrap Christmas ornaments for storage.
22. Use them to remove fingernail polish when out of cotton balls.
23. Use them to sprout seeds. Simply dampen the coffee filter, place seeds inside, fold it and place it into a zip-lockplastic bag until they sprout.
24. Use coffee filters as blotting paper for pressed flowers. Place the flowers between two coffee filters and put
the coffee filters in phone book..
25. Use as a disposable “snack bowl” for popcorn, chips, etc.
And of course…use them to make coffee!!
Apr 19, 2011 | Community News, Company News
The Atlanta Journal Constitution has ranked the 100 Top Workplaces in Atlanta! Northwest Exterminating is proud to be #4 in the Midsize Workplaces division. In October of 2010, The AJC put out the call for emloyees to nominate their companies. 495 nominations were received. In January, Workplace Dynamics, a consulting group that partners with The AJC, narrowed the results down to 166 finalists. After the finalists were selected, 40,000 of the nominee’s employees were surveyed based on the direction of the company, execution, work conditions, career paths, management, pay and benefits.
Northwest Exterminating is so proud to accept this award and thankful to our work family for making this such a great place to be a part of! Thank you to the entire Northwest Exterminating Family!!
Check out Northwest Exterminating in the Top Workplaces in Metro Atlanta
Check out other companies selected in the Top Workplaces in Metro Atlanta
Apr 13, 2011 | Community News, Company News
Our very own Ryan Bloyd was featured in the latest addition of Spinal Column magazine. Spinal Column is a magazine produced by The Shepherd Center here in Atlanta. The Shepherd Center is a private, non-profit hospital that specialize in the research and rehabilitation of spinal cord and brain injuries.
Check out the latest addition and look for Ryan on page 22.
Mar 7, 2011 | Community News
This month, Northwest Exterminating will open its 16th service center in Columbus, GA. We have been serving this area from our LaGrange office for the past two years and we’re looking forward to putting some roots down in the Columbus area. We were recently featured in an article that ran in the Ledger-Enquirer. Check it out below:
Businesses outside Columbus look to take advantage of BRAC boom
Companies outside Columbus also are searching for business opportunities from the Base Realignment and Closure process at Fort Benning.
Northwest Exterminating, a Marietta, Ga.-based company, plans to open an office this month on 54th Street in Columbus, more than six months before the Armor School completes its move from Fort Knox, Ky., to Fort Benning.
“We don’t open our office until we can show it can be self sustainable,” said Gail Jones, supervisor of Realtor Relations and Market Development for Northwest Exterminating. “I’m sure that BRAC and Fort Benning have a lot to do with that.”
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Jones and the company owner, L.A. Phillips, were among 50 other small business owners, employees and residents at the National Infantry Museum & Soldier Center earlier this week for an update on the Base Realignment and Closure process creating the Maneuver Center of Excellence. By Sept. 15, the total assigned personnel to the Armor School will be 7,500. The expansion is expected to bring about 28,000 people to the Chattahoochee Valley, including soldiers, civilian workers, contractors and family members.
The location of the exterminating business and recent announcements of new restaurants are a trend in general growth, said Gary Jones, executive vice president of Economic Development and Military Affairs at the Greater Columbus Chamber of Commerce.
“What we are seeing is general growth that you associate with an influx of people that are primarily going to be in need of the service sector,” Gary Jones said.
The area can anticipate some growth in the service sector along with growth at Fort Benning, Gary Jones said.
“I think we can anticipate either expansion of existing or growth of new service sector business that will parallel the increase we expect from Base Realignment and Closure and general growth at Fort Benning,” he said.
Gail Jones said the company will open its 16th location on 54th Street this month after serving the city from its LaGrange, Ga., location for the last two years. Celebrating its 60th anniversary this year, the company specializes in pretreatment for new residential home construction.
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Feb 23, 2011 | Community News, Going Green
In this economy we’re all looking for ways to cut spending in any way that we can. The article below shows us how we can use everyday household products to clean. These tips not only save money but are safer alternatives to the chemicals that come in many cleaning products.
Read the article below that was featured on moreorless.com
100 Smart & Surprising Uses for Simple Drug Store Items
Did you know that there are many different uses for even the simplest of drug store items? Rubbing alcohol, q tips, nail polish remover, and other simple drug store items have lots of different applications, around the house and beyond.
Cleaning
Keep your home clean and fresh with these drug store products.
- Keep your windows frost free: Make a solution with 1/2 a cup of rubbing alcohol and 1 liter of water, then wash your windows with it to keep frost away.
- Deodorize your refrigerator with vanilla extract: Soak a cotton ball with vanilla extract and place it in your fridge.
- Get rid of fruit flies: Kill fruit flies by misting them with rubbing alcohol.
- Clean counters and tabletops with hydrogen peroxide: Spray hydrogen peroxide on your tables and counter tops, or just add it to your dishrag.
- Apply polish to small crevices using q tips: Polish your silver with a q tip.
- Fight mildew: Soak cotton balls in bleach, place them in hard to clean spots, and leave them there to zap the stains.
- Add hydrogen peroxide to your dishwasher: Prevent spreading colds and other diseases by adding 2 ounces of hydrogen peroxide to your dishwasher.
- Spruce up china: Clean spots off of your china with nail polish remover-but test a small inconspicuous spot first.
- Fade tea stains: Apply diluted lemon juice to cloth with a q tip.
- Clean bathroom tiles: Mix epsom salt and dish detergent to mix bathroom tiles.
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Feb 16, 2011 | Community News, Community/Events, Company News
WHERE: Windfield Hall
3890 Satellite Blvd
Duluth, GA 30096
WHEN: February 24, 2011
10am-2pm
Georgia Pest Control Association is sponsoring a job fair on February 24, 2011. There are approximately 1,100 pest control companies across the state employing over 12,000 Georgians and generating over $400 million in revenue. While many industries have been severely affected by the poor economy, the pest control industry continues to grow each year.
Many employees are enjoying great compensation and benefits offered by Pest Management firms.
Job Positions:
Hiring Requirements:
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High School Diploma or GED
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Good Driving Record (Driving Positions)
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Able to pass Criminal Background Check & Drug Screening
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U.S. citizen or alien authorized to work in the U.S.
Hiring Qualifications:
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Good Attitude & Communication Skills
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Able to work in outside elements (hot, cold, rain, etc)
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Not afraid of “pests”
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Able to read, speak & comprehend English
Up to 20 companies are expected to participate. Come prepared to meet and interact with company representatives. Bring your resume and be prepared to fill out job applications.
For more info, contact Darrell Lee at 770.979.8180 or [email protected]
Jan 31, 2011 | Community News
By Larry Hartstein
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
The average price of regular gas in metro Atlanta rose 2 cents to $3.03 in the past week, mirroring the national trend.
And the price is up 10 cents over the past month.
But an expert predicts prices will stay “fairly stable” this week.
“While investors flirted with oil prices above $95 a barrel, they have been unable to sustain a price higher than $92 during the month of January,” AAA spokeswoman Jessica Brady said. “This is not too surprising since demand typically slows this time of year as consumers travel less. Retail gas prices showed minor increases last week of no more than 2 cents a gallon and are expected to remain fairly stable again this week.”
The U.S. average of $3.11 is the highest since the financial meltdown of October 2008, according to the Lundberg Survey of American gas stations.
Survey publisher Trilby Lundberg told CNN that with plenty of refined fuel on hand now, “gasoline won’t be jumping up further on its own.
“Right now, it seems reasonable to expect only small changes in crude and gasoline prices,” she said.
In comparison, the average price in Atlanta is higher than Houston ($2.92) and Phoenix ($2.98) but lower than Boston ($3.18) and Cleveland ($3.12).
Source: http://www.ajc.com/news/gas-prices-rise-slightly-813925.html
Jan 26, 2011 | Community News, Community/Events
As you know, this past Saturday we hosted a night of fun and laughter in honor of the 2011 MS Walk Challenge. We are so proud to announce that $2,400 was raised for team No Hill For A Climber. 160 people came out to enjoy the show, drinks and Hors D’ouvres. We would like to thank each and every person who attended this event for making it such a huge success. Also thanks to Slap Sticks Productions and our comedians David Kaye, Al Ernest and Jeff Fearon. Thanks for your support!
Its not too late to donate for the 2011 Carolinas Challenge Walk MS. 3 days. 50 miles. Historic Charleston to the Isle of Palms.
Click HERE to donate to No Hill For A Climber
Jan 26, 2011 | Community News, Community/Events
As you know, this past Saturday we hosted a night of fun and laughter in honor of the 2011 MS Walk Challenge. We are so proud to announce that $2,400 was raised for team No Hill For A Climber. 160 people came out to enjoy the show, drinks and Hors D’ouvres. We would like to thank each and every person who attended this event for making it such a huge success. Also thanks to Slap Sticks Productions and our comedians David Kaye, Al Ernest and Jeff Fearon. Thanks for your support!
Its not too late to donate for the 2011 Carolinas Challenge Walk MS. 3 days. 50 miles. Historic Charleston to the Isle of Palms.
Click HERE to donate to No Hill For A Climber
