PPMA Inspector 7/2/2021

The Inspector

PPMA Online Classes

Topic: Mosquito's and Label Review

Speaker: David Nardolilli, BASF

July 8, 2021 at 7 - 8:30 PM

Credits: Applied for.

Cost: $15 for members; $30 for non-members

To receive continuing education credits, attendees must be present for the entirety of the call and participate in questions asked by the moderator.

Click here to register!

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In-Person Courses

Central Region Fall Seminar

Tuesday, August 17, 2021

7:00 AM to 3:30 PM

(Formerly) Radisson Harrisburg

1150 Camp Hill Bypass

Camp Hill, PA 17011

7:00 -8:00 Registration / Exhibits Open / Continental Breakfast

7:30 -8:00 Benefits of Membership -Caleb Wright

8:00-9:00 Rodents - Barry Pitkoff, LiphaTech

9:00-10:00 ANB/Carpenter Ants; Lisa DiDomenico, Bayer

10:00–11:00 Suppliers Corner / Door Prizes / Exhibit Hall Open / Coffee Break

11:00–12:00 Mosquitos/Ticks; Gabe Gliwa, Central Life Sciences

Lunch -50/50 Drawing

1:00 -2:00 Termites; Ed Van Istendal, Ensystex

2:00 -3:00 CORE - Genevive Christ, PA Department of Ag

3:00 -3:30 Dept of Ag Updates -Chad Whitmer

Hot breakfast and lunch included with cost of registration. Bring Your License! Barcode scanning for credits will be available. Credits requested and are only available for full day attendance.

Eastern Region Fall Seminar

September 9, 2021

Radisson Hotel

2400 Old Lincoln Highway, Trevose, PA 19053

Schedule:

7-8 am: Registration and Coffee

8-8:15 am: Introductions/Instructions

8:15-9:15 am: Session 1 - Core

Session 2 - Women in PC

9:15-10 am: Exhibit Hall Break

10-11 am: Session 3 - Rodents

Session 4 - Termite

Session 5 - Marketing

11-12 pm: Session 6 - Wildlife

Session 7 - Wood Destroying

Session 8 - Marketing

12-1:30 pm: Lunch and Exhibit Hall

1:30-2:30 pm: Session 9 - Bed Bugs

Session 10 - Profitable Fly Control w/ Ed VanIstandal

2:30-3:30 pm: Session 11 - Rodent Exclusion

Session 12 - Spotted Lantern Fly

3:30-4:30 pm: Session 13 - Core w/ Bill Best

Credits To Be Determined.

The Eastern Region will once again be offering commercial applicator testing at the meeting. Testing is limited to 15 people TOTAL for the day. If interested in , please email Bridget at bcole@versantstrategies.net to schedule either a Core test and/or a category test. Please include your name, date of birth, license number (if applicable) and which category you are interested in. Registration for tests is first come, first served.

For the most up-to-date information on the courses that the PA Pest Management Association is offering, visit our website at www.papest.org!

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Industry and Association News

Now Accepting Nominations for the Young Entrepreneur Award

SUBMIT A NOMINATION

The National Pest Management Association's (NPMA's) Young Entrepreneur Award, presented by Rentokil North America, recognizes young entrepreneurs (40 years of age or less) working in the professional pest management industry who have helped create or develop an industry business and/or those who have stewarded a meaningful industry concept to fruition.

Criteria

Applicants will be evaluated on:

Notable contributions made to his or her company in a management level capacity (50%)
Contributions to the pest management industry (25%)
Personal leadership and community involvement (25%)

An independent judges' panel will select one award recipient who will be recognized at NPMA's PestWorld Convention.

Deadline for Nominations

All nominations must be received by 5:00 p.m. ET on August 31, 2021.

Nominate Here

2021 Executive Leadership Forum

June 15-17, 2021| Ocean Reef Club | Key Largo, FL 33037

The Executive Leadership Forum brings together the top leaders in the structural pest management industry who serve on the 2021-2022 NPMA Board of Directors, PPMA Board of Directors, QualityPro Board of Directors, Pest Management Foundation Board of Trustees, P3 Steering Committee, and the Super Committee, comprised of NPMA’s 17 committee chairs. Participants of these groups are formally invited to attend this dynamic Forum, in addition to the 10 members of NPMA’s Executive Leadership Program Class of 2020. All NPMA members who are not involved in the before-mentioned groups are also welcome to join if they wish. The registration rate is $150 per attendee.

A special thanks to our premier sponsor BASF and to all of NPMA’s Strategic Partners: BASF, Bayer, Corteva, and Syngenta, as their support enables us to engage with our association leaders in a focused environment.

The forum will take place at the Ocean Reef Club in Key Largo, Florida from June 15-17.

Pest World 2021

November 2-5, 2021 | MGM Grand Hotel | Las Vegas, Nevada

Are you ready to reconnect IN PERSON with your pest management peers?!

Mark your calendar for PestWorld 2021 to be held November 2-5 at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas, Nevada. The hotel block at the MGM Grand is now open and registration will open in April, stay tuned!

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Pests In the News

NPMA's Pest Image Gallery

A membership benefit of a joint membership with NPMA and PPMA is the Pest Image Gallery. Thousands of pictures of pests have been gathered to help you with pest ID. You need to be logged in to your NPMA account to see the pictures.

Pest Gallery

We want to hear from you!

Do you have any news about your business? Anything to brag about? We would love to share stories about our members. Feel free to send those to Bridget at bcole@versantstrategies.net so we can all learn more about each other!

Pest World for Kids!

Kids grade K through 8 might want to check out Pest World for Kids! There are ebooks, crafts, games and more to educate and entice a young learner, especially the kids that love creepy crawlies! Check it out now!