As we celebrate the holiday season and the close of 2007, I would like to personally thank all our Staff Members, Employee, Customers, Supplier & Vendors, Friends and everyone who contributed to the Success of Odorite, this past year. It has been a good year, bad year and tragic year all wrapped into the 12 months of 2007. Odorite is poised for truly great things during the upcoming year as we continue to grow our Distributorship Base throughout the world, with particular emphasis on the Continental US and Latin America.
As a lot of our friends are aware, I would once more like to reflect on the Tragic Loss of our Technical Director, Eugene Malone, as a result of a fatal traffic accident in Kansas City on November 24th. For those of you who are unaware, Eugene was a key member of our staff who contributed to Odorite, in so many areas. Simply, he was responsible for existing and new product development, responded to all technical customer issues and new fragrance product development, moved the company forward with identifying and approving new products for our product line and on, on and on. His presence in Odorite will be sorely missed.
Personally, Eugene was an outstanding individual who was my friend and someone I personally and our employees’ trusted, admired and we will always remember his tragic loss. Everyone’s thoughts and prayers go out to the immediate family with special consideration but none of us will pay the huge price Jay, Scott and Brett his son’s and wife Kelli will suffer, as a result of his tragic accident.
For more information about Eugene, I am attaching the Kansas City Star’s Newspapers “Tribute” which was published on December 20, 2007: