A44-Lancaster Farming, Saturday, December 22,2001 f Arborist Short Course Planned For NE Pa. WEST PITTSTON (Luzerne Co.) Today there is an in creased awareness by homeown ers and municipalities Tor the need of trained and knowledge able tree care workers. The green industry has responded to this demand for trained professionals by creating certification pro grams. Presently there are thou sands of arborists that are certi fied by the International Society of Arboriculture, and horticultur ists certified by Landscape and Nurseyman Associations. These numbers continue to grow each year. Penn State Cooperative Exten sion and the Northeast Pennsyl vania Community Tree Associa tion have developed an Arborist Short Course: Integrated Man agement of Woody Ornaments. This short course for tree workers and landscapers is designed to in crease working tree knowledge, professional arborist skills and prepare you for the ISA Certified Arborist exam, which should im prove your marketability. The Arborist Short Course is designed to address these rele vant topics: diagnosis of plant diseases and insect pests; nutri tion and fertilization; selection; installation and establishment of trees and shrubs; soil and water interaction and management; plant identification; as sessment and risk management; pruning; construction impacts and management; safety and climbing. The Arborist Short Course covers five half-day classes Friday afternoons Jan. 4 through Feb. 1, 2002 with a registration fee of $65. The course will be conducted at Penn State Wilkes-Barre in Lehman, Pa. Class size is limited and pre-reg istration is required by Dec. 28. All partici pants will receive a copy of the ISA Arbor ists’ Certification Study Guide (a $95 value) and other print ed materials. For more information about this short course or to re ceive a flyer, contact Penn State Coopera tive Extension at (570) 825-1701 or (570) 602-0600. A lesson well learned... Lancaster Farming’s classified ads get results! Beef Council (Continued from Page A 43) about custom feeding or BQA is sues there will be workshops this winter for those that need the in formation we provide.” Year-End Wrapup Paul Slayton summarized the activities of PBC staff in 2001. Beginning in January, with in volvement in the Farm Show, staff gave out samples of beef and supplied resources to five differ ent stations at the Farm Show Complex. Approximately 19,000 veal meatballs were served in the mar ketplace, said Slayton. Also early in the year the staff conducted Beef 201 and Beef 202 seminars. Beef 201 focused on ed ucating producers while staff used Beef 202 to teach foodser vice personnel about beef nutri tion and cooking. In March was the “Book and the Cook” show, a cookbook event where staff served pre cooked beef and gave coupons to 6,000 Philadelphia consumers. Springtime also brought the council for Women’s Nutritional Solutions’ seminar, which council staff attended and supplied in- • Lower Costs, Higher Yields* Nutra-Flo* Pure Grade™ Liquid Plant Food has the highest nutrient usability available. When applied in-furrow, 2x2, foliar or in a transplant solution you have the ability to achieve greater fertilizer efficiency with lower rates equaling greater profits. 5-15-15 9-18-9 0-0-30 20-0-0-8 Low-Salt • Chloride-Free • Neutral pH • 100% Available PARS, Inc. Elizabethtown 800-929-2676 Charlie Bomgardner Annville 717-867-2890 Herb Fritz Orangeville 570-683-5950 Doug Wood Miilerstown 717-694-3648 Contact a Pennsylvania Nutra-Flo® Dealer TODAY! formation for. May brought a TV media tour where beef was featured in cook ing spots for local news stations. A blood drive effort at Harris burg East Mall was “based on the fact that most people that are turned down to donate blood are turned down because they have low iron,” said Slayton. Everyone who attempted to donate got a steak sandwich. The blood drive was followed by a similar event in Wayne County. More them 400 producers have been certified in the BQA pro gram which began in June. Twenty classroom and 18 chute- Handing a check to Beef Quality Assurance steering committee members is Sam Hayes, secretary of agriculture, second from left, Joined by, from left. Bob Suhosky, Kathy Allen, Frank Stoltzfus, and Bob Hay. Kevin Grubb New Enterprise 814-766-3576 Art Benjamin Lancaster 717-892-1556 Romberger Farm Supply Klingerstown 570-648-2081 Little Britain Agri-Supply Quarryvilie 717-629-2196 side programs were conducted. “And we’re not done, we’re just getting started,” said Slay ton. “Our goal this year is to dou ble the number of people and go after dairy producers, hoping that we can put them through our program.” In August a coupon drop for Taco Bell promotion for the grilled steak taco reached thou sands of consumers. 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