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eminiscent of Safety Systems (ESS), advice given to to produce plastic Dustin Hoffsafety goggles. “I man in The Graduput everything ate, John Dondeon the line,” he ro’s first business says. “I had two was in plastics. kids in college, “I was passionbut I’d made New by: JIMA ate about kayakYear’s resolutions Rice, Ph.D. ing and founded for four years to Natural Progression strike out on my Kayaks in 1973,” he exown. I finally did plains. “It wasn’t sustainit, resigning in able but it taught me about 1998.” Friends and business, plastics, and product connections helped development.” finance the startup. Two decades later, after deESS’s first product was veloping goggles for Scott USA safety goggles for firefighters, and then a San Diego company following a shift in equipment (while still living locally), John standards that allowed goggles founded his own business, Eye to replace face shields. John’s
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break-through was to create a safety goggle that offered the performance of sports eyewear. In nine months, he patented and prototyped a comfortable, adjustable, non-fogging goggle that was heat and impact resistant and quick to attach/detach from a fireman’s helmet. Succeeding in the fire market, John and his small team targeted military goggles. At the time, soldiers were using a standard-issue product not modified since 1945. John began to end-run procurement constraints—finding a Naval officer who allowed his flight deck sailors to try ESS brand
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John Dondero shows off a pair of ESS military goggles (l) and a new ESS Photo: JIMA RICE/TWP product: the Crossbow Eye Shield (r).
WRMS brings Shakespeare’s Shrew this Friday
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ood ol’ Kate will get her dander up again Friday when the Wood River Middle School Purple Team presents by: Karen a Wild West Bossick version of “The Taming of the Shrew.” Shakespeare’s madcap comedy will actually be performed by the Utah Shakespearean Festival’s 2010 Shakespeare-in-the Schools program. Often referred to as the battle of the sexes, it revolves around Petruchio’s efforts to tame the headstrong shrew Kate with various psychological torments until she becomes an obedient bride. Proceeds from the75-minute abridged version of the play, which is suitable for all ages, will benefit valley resident Greg Cordovano who was injured in a motorcycle accident in July. Cordovano suffered a brain injury and is receiving therapy. The show starts at 7 p.m. at the Community Campus Theatre in Hailey. Tickets are $10 and available at the WRMS in Hailey and Iconoclast Books in twp Ketchum.
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