FORUM 



One Day, One Place, Six Credits — for Free 



The NHPGA Pesticide Applicator Recertification Meeting will be held on 

 Wednesday, October 18, in the auditorium of UNH at Manchester, 400 Com- 

 mercial Street, Manchester 



There will be two sessions — a morning session from Q- 1 2 and an after- 

 noon session from i-4 Lunch is on your own. Each session will have three 

 speakers and give the participants three credits You cannot attend indi- 

 vidual talks, but you can attend just one of the sessions or, of course, both. 



Speakers include Arden Bull (FMC Turf & Ornamentalsl, Mary Anne 

 Hartman (Whitmire Research Labs, Inc ), Cliff Plourde (Hazmat Protection 

 Co.), |ohn Wendorf (Sandoz Agro, Inc.), and |im Zablocki (Scotts Company). 



This six-credit day is free to all current NHPGA members. For non-mem- 

 bers, the cost is twenty dollars per session (The money will defray the cost 

 of renting the room) Or, you can join — that's $35. — and save $5 



Make sure you're there at the beginning of each session (it's important to 

 sign in on time); you'll receive a certificate of attendance on the way out 



Metered parking can be a nuisance. There's a parking garage at the cor- 

 ner of Canal and Spring — four blocks from the auditorium. The cost is $2.00 

 a day. (Directions to the garage: Take Exit 5 off 293 North; take a right; at 

 the second light, go right onto Canal Spring Street is a half-mile on your 

 right). 



One day, one place, six credits — for free See you there 



(For more information, contact Bob Demers, |r., at 603-625-8298.) 



A Reminder... 



YoM need to become a certified pesticide 

 applicator in order tO: 



• Purchase and use restricted-use 

 pesticides; 



• Train farm workers under the 

 Worker Protection Standards. 



To become a certified pesticide applicator 

 you need to: 



• Contact the Division of Pesti- 

 cide Control at 603-271-3550 They 

 will send you an application You 

 must return the application with 

 the $25.00 fee before you may 

 take the exam. 



Contact your local UNHCE county 

 educator. He or she will discuss with 

 you the appropriate commodity for 

 you to be tested in. Or, if you pre- 

 fer, you may take the test at the Di- 

 vision of Pesticide Control Office in 

 Concord If you choose to take the 

 test in the county office, the county 

 educator will send you a form to be 

 completed and sent to UNHCE Ento- 

 mology in order to obtain educa- 

 tional materials The prices for the 

 materials are listed on the form — 

 this will save you a phone call Your 

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county educator will also rent to you 

 a set of videos to be used in con- 

 junction with your study materials. 

 The tapes cost $5.00 — which will be 

 refunded when they're returned 



Once you receive your materials, 

 you should allow yourself two weeks 

 to prepare for the exam. Your county 

 educator will contact the state and 

 ask that a copy of the exam be sent 

 to him/her After you've taken the 

 exam, it will be sent to the Division 

 of Pesticide Control and you will be 

 informed by letter whether you have 

 passed or failed. If you take the test 

 in Concord, they'll assign a date and 

 time for the exam to be adminis- 

 tered. Generally, testing is done on 

 Tuesday mornings. If you fail one or 

 more sections of the exam, you may 

 retake the necessary sections after a 

 two-week waiting period. You'll be 

 charged an additional $5.00 per sec- 

 tion Remember — there's a lot of 

 material to cover Give yourself 

 enough time to adequately prepare 

 for the exam 



Once you've become certified: 



• You have a five-year period in 

 which to collect 15 private appli- 



cator recertification credits This 

 can be done by attending meet- 

 ings that receive credit from the 

 Division of Pesticide Control. 

 You're not restricted to attending 

 meetings in the same commodity 

 as your exam, but the meetings 

 must be approved for private ap- 

 plicator credit. To find out about 

 upcoming meetings and the num- 

 ber of credits awarded, you can 

 contact either your county educa- 

 tor of the Division of Pesticide 

 Control or look in the Weeft/y Mar- 

 ket Bulletin 



Be sure to sign in at the begin- 

 ning of the meeting and receive your 

 certificate of attendance at the end. 

 At the end of the recertification year, 

 send your certificates, along with 

 your pesticide use form and your re- 

 certification summary sheet, to the 

 Division of Pesticide Control Please 

 be sure to take your time and fill 

 out the forms accurately. If you have 

 questions, contact your county edu- 

 cator. Inaccurately filled-out forms 

 will be sent back to you. This will 

 delay the arrival of your new license 

 and slow down the process for 

 others 



Stanley R Swier 



Extension Specialist, Entomology 



Pesticide Education Coordinator 



"It is with regret... 



that the Seacoast Garden Trail will 

 not be held this year due to lack of 

 resources. Despite the successes of 

 1994's Trail, we have not been able 

 to muster the support needed for 

 this year. It really is a program that 

 needs to be owned by a media, or a 

 group of chambers of commerce, or 

 a corporation that can afford to use 

 it as advertising. It was a sad deci- 

 sion made by the committee be- 

 cause of all the hard work that had 

 already gone into 1Q95 " 



Sincerely, 



Beth Simpson 



& the SGT Committee 

 This is a pause, not an ending — a 

 Seacoast Garden Trail is being planned for 

 1996; for information Beth Simpson at 

 603-436-2737. 



The Plantsman 



