MEMO: PESTICIDE TRAINING CLASSES PLANNED DURING JANUARY

The Missouri Department of Agriculture and the University of Missouri will hold training sessions throughout January on pesticide use for certified commercial, noncommercial and public applicators as well as pesticide technicians.

Certification training for unlicensed people will be held Jan. 22 in Cape Girardeau.

A recertification session for certified applicators and a retraining session for pesticide technicians will be held Jan. 23 in Cape Girardeau.

Registration begins at 7:30 a.m., with each program beginning at 8:15 a.m. Advance registration is $55, plus the cost of the training manuals. An additional $15 will be charged for registering at the door.

To register, write the University of Missouri Extension Conference Office, Commercial pesticide, 348 Hearnes Center, Columbia, Mo. 65211, or call Lorie Bousquet or Wayne Hoover at (573) 882-8320.