324—Lancaster Fanning, Saturday, March 8,1980
Pesticide recertification
Jue for 30,000 state farmers
UNIVERSITY PARK - If
ou are certified to handle
estncted-use pesticides,
au may have to be recer
sfied m 1980.
The Pennsyvlania
esticide Act of 1974
squires all private, com
icrcial, and public ap
licators licenses to be
enewed every three years
a be valid.
Most of the 30,000 ap
hcators in the state were
ertihed in 1977 when the
’esticide Act became ef
ective-all those certified
lat year must renew their
cense this year.
“There are 28,000 private
pplicators, mostly far
-ers; over 2000 commercial
pplicators; and more than
00 public applicators m the
tate,” according to Edwin
iTalhs, Director of Plant
American
RENO, Nv. Albert West,
11, general partner of Rio
'ista Farms of San Antonio,
Texas, has been elected to
he presidency of the
American Simmental
\ssocxation.
West, who served during
he past year as the
organization’s vice-presid
;nt, was elected during the
ISA’s annual convention
leld in February at Reno,
Nevada, succeeding M.D.
Shepherd of Hyannis,
Nebraska.
West took office im
mediately and will serve as
and chairman of
he Board of Trustees
hrough the 1981 Convention.
West, in taking the gavel
jraised Shepherd for his
lilhgent work as president.
‘We all owe Shep a vote of
hanks for the hard work and
-ime he expended on our
oehalt,” he said- “H is
Industries, Pennsylvania
Department of Agriculture.
His office is responsible
for issuing all licenses within
the state.
Wallis says, he is at
tempting to make the
process effective yet as
painless as possible,
although he emphasizes that
applicators will not be able
to buy or use restncted-use
pesticides without valid
certification.
“A certified applicator can
either attend a training
program or take another
examination,” says Wmand
K. Hock, extension
pesticides specialist at Penn
State.
“Preferably, an applicator
will elect to attend a training
program,” notes Hock,
“because training provides
new insights and better
Simmental Assoc, elects West
dedication and high ideals
should stand as a standard
for all of us."
In his farewell remarks.
Shepherd charged ASA
members to maintain the
“same high levels of per
formance and integrity that
have marked the association
since its beginning”.
“We must not tolerate
manipulation of ASA’s rules
and by-laws," he said. “All
members will benefit if we
continues to place the good
of the entire breed above the
welfare of individuals.”
West, is a past presient of
the Texas State Simmental
Association, and has been
active in the Simmental
breed since its introduction
into the United States. He
has previously served as
ASA Hearing Committee
Chairman, as Vice-
Chairman of the Executive
Committee , and as a
management of pesticides as
well as highlights new
development in the
agrichemical industry.”
The Bureau of Plant In
dustry is preparing a card to
mad to all private ap
plicators, explaining the
recertification process. All
applicators should receive
their cards by the end of
March.
More information is
available from county
agents, the Bureau of Plant
Industry in Harrisburg, or
one of the seven regional
offices in Tunkhannock,
Meadville, Williamsport,
Gibsonia, Altoona, Summer
dale, or Lansdale.
The expiration date is
printed on the license that all
applicators must possess to
purchase and use restricted
use pesticides.
member of both the Rules
and Finance Committee.
Elected to the post of vice
president was Bob Dickinson
of Gorham, Kansas, while
John B. Collier, IV, of
Stephenville, Texas, has
been named to the
treasurer’s position. Ron
Baker, of Hermiston,
Oregon, and Dr. Harry
Furgeson of Anaconda,
Montana, were elected to the
five member executive
committee which also in
cludes the president, vice
president, and treasurer. Dr.
Earl B. Peterson serves as
ASA’s executive secretary, a
non-elective position.
Other members of ASA’s
sixteen member Board of
Trustees are Emmet But
cher, Lewistown, Montana;
Mary Garst, Coon Rapids,
Iowa; Miles Davies, Deer
Trail, Colorado; Fritz
Kieckhefer, Pans, Ken
tucky; Jacque Glenn,
Ramsey, Indiana; Roy
Meek, Draper, Virginia;
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of four different beef operations. Three feediot operations were seen, along with
a cow-calf farm, producing purebred Simmentals.
Colville C. Jackson, Gloster,
Mississippi; Ward Merrick,
Ardmore, Oklahoma; Bob
Stevens, Albany, Missouri;
Jim Nickeson, Veblen, South
Dakota; and Dick Tetherow,
Valentine, Nebraska,
Collier, Baker, Furgeson,
and Butcher were all
recently re-elected as
Trustees, while Tetherow is
the lone newly-elected
member, succeeding
Shepherd, while Tetherow is
the lone newly-elected
member, succeeding
Shepherd, whose second
three year term expired
simultaneously with his year
as president.
Record attendance, ex
ceeding 800 persons, marked
the annual meeting and
convention, which was held
in the MGM Grand Hotel in
Reno. The 1981 Annual
Convention is scheduled for
Denver, Colorado, January
19-21 in conjunction with the
1981 National Western Stock
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