Jim and Sue Smith met in March of 1977 when Sue began working at a local nuclear processing facility. Jim’s career there began a few years earlier in 1975. The two worked together for two years and eventually married in 1979. They bought a home and made their residence on Lake Tenkiller, OK.

A few years after they married, they began to look for opportunities to start their own business. The couple heard from a friend that the United States Corp of Engineers was accepting bids to collect trash in a local park. Sue prepared and submitted a bid. In only a few days, Sue received a notice in the mail informing her that she and Jim were the successful bidders! On July 4, 1984, Jim began picking up trash in the park using a half-ton truck with racks on the sides.