Teresa started work at the Stutsman County Extension Office in 1978, originally as half_time support for the Stutsman County staff and half_time for the area Integrated Pest Management program. In her IPM role, she helped organize Central Dakota Pest Management, Inc., one of the first IPM efforts in North Dakota. Known as the smile that greets telephone callers and visitors to the Stutsman County office, the staff say she is the backbone of the office, providing receptionist, secretarial, record keeping, filing and hundreds of other kinds of support. Her co_workers say it*s good to work with Teresa because she brings them "Luck."