Dl2—Lancaster Farming, Saturday, November 26,1983 TIMONIUM, Md. - You’ll have a good chance to “quiz the ex perts” during next month’s 10th annual Mid-Atlantic No-Till Conference, set for Dec. 14 at the Maryland State fairground in Timonium. Departing the traditional format involving an all-day schedule of speakers, this year’s educational program in Exhibition Hall will Pesticide recertification due next year NEWARK, DEL. Commercial pesticide applicators in three categories must become recer tified by the end of Dec., 1964, according to new deadlines set by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. Those affected are: rodent and structural commercial pest control operators (PCOs), custom applicators or agricultural materials, and ornamental and turg managers working with golf greens or home lawns and land scapes. According to University of Delaware extension entomologist Mark Graustein, to become recertified each applicant must attend enough approved workshops or training sessions to earn a total of eight credits. Graustein says the University of Delaware Cooperative Extension Service is planning several educational programs this winter to help Delaware applicators review and update their skills. In February there will be a two day workshop for PCOs. In dividuals who attend this Delaware Pest Control Short Course most likely will be awarded eight credits. Applicators in the ornamental FRANK A. FILLIPPO, INC. DISABLED & CRIPPLED COWS, BULLS & STEERS Competitive Prices Slaughtered under government inspection Call: Frank Fillippo- Residence - 215-666-0725 Elam Cinder - 717-367-3824 C.L. King - 717-786-7229 feature formal presentations only in the forenoon. After lunch in the fairground’s 4- H and Home and Arts building, participants may return to Exhibition Hall to hear the speakers answer questions raised by their morning presentations. The rest of the afternoon may then be spent corralling speakers for answers to individual questions, or and turf category can attend a half-day workshop in early spring - probably March. Emphasis will be on pesticide safety. An appropriate number of credits will be awarded. Individuals in the agricultural/plant category may obtain credits by attending a number of upcoming meetings including the Peninsula Hor ticultural Society’s ornamental and vegetable sessions (November 15 and December 8, respectively, at the Wicomico Youth and Civic Center in Salisburg, Md.); county extension crops meetings (December 12 at Delaware State Fairgrounds Restaurant in Harrington, December 13 at Clayton Fire Hall, and December 16 at the University of Delaware Substation in Georgetown); the Delaware Vegetable Growers Association meeting (January 24- BREAKING MILK RECORDS! Lancaster Farming Carries OHIA Reports Each Month! WANTED Paid Quiz experts at no-till conference visiting back in the 4-H and Home Arts building with 52 commercial exhibitors who have reserved space for information booths and equipment displays. 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Jones of Westminister, Md., the University of Maryland Extension director in Carroll County. >_ ■ j FORKSVILLE PIPERSVILLE :.v - --i-tv- Conrad reports that $3 lunch and admission tickets are now available from most county Ex tension offices in Pennsylvania, Delaware, Maryland, New Jersey, Virginia and West Virginia. They should be purchased in advance, not later than Dec. 5. More than 1,500 farmers and agribusinessmen from the six state area are expected to attend. The Maryland state fairground, site of this year’s no-till con ference, is located in the 2200 block of York Road in Timonium, north of Baltimore. If coming from the north on highway 1-83, turn off at exit 17A and make a right on York Road. 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