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1974 Urban Pesticide Dealers and Applicators Clinics
Pesticide use recommendations, as well as pesticide regulations, change from year to year and dealers and applicators are hard-pressed to keep up-to-date.
But Illinois "small package" dealers and applicators can get the latest in pest control information and recommendations at any one of 10 Urban Pesticide Dealers and Applicators Clinics, scheduled during January, at locations throughout Illinois.
The clinics are sponsored jointly by the University of Illinois Cooperative Extension Service and the Illinois Department of Agriculture, Division of Plant Industry.
The sessions at each clinic will provide pest-control information for dealers and applicators who sell or apply home, yard or garden pesticides and for custom applicators and operators who apply pesticides to non-agricultural areas, such as parks, highways, golf courses and similar areas.
Some of the scheduled session topics are: "Weed Pests in Turf-grass and Other Crop Areas"; "Calibrating Pesticide Application Equipment"; "Insect Pests of Trees, Shrubs and Lawn Areas and Their Control"; "The New Federal Environmental Pesticide Control Act"; and "Controlling Weeds On Roadsides, Ditches and Other Non-Crop Areas."
A representative of the Illinois State Department of Agriculture will administer the examinations for custom-spray applicator and operator licenses at the end of each clinic for those wishing to take the exam.
The following are dates and locations for the 1974 clinics:
Date - City - Location
Jan. 14—Rantoul—Redwood Inn
Jan. 15—Peoria—Heritage House—Rt. 88 North
Jan. 16—Springfield—Heritage House —Rt. 66 South
Jan. 17—Belleville—Augustines—Rt. 460 & Rt. 158
Jan. 18—Marion—Holiday Inn—167 & Rt. 13
Jan. 21—LaSalle-Peru—Holiday Inn —180 & Rt. 51
Jan. 22—Rockford—Howard Johnson —Rt. 51 South
Jan. 23—Rock Island—Holiday Inn Davenport Davenport, Iowa
Jan. 24—DesPlaines—Seven Eagles Restaurant
Jan. 25—Joliet—Holiday Inn-South
Because of the anticipated large enrollment, advance registration is required for the clinics at Des Plaines and Rock Island-Davenport. Those who plan to attend the clinic at Des Plaines should contact James Fizzell, Cook County Associated Extension Adviser, Room 3, 622 Graceland Avenue, Des Plaines, Illinois 60016. Those planning to attend the Rock Island-Davenport meeting should contact J. E. Kenney, Rock Island Extension adviser, 1188 Coaltown Road, East Moline, Illinois 61244.
There will be a $1.50 charge for a manual containing educational materials and information discussed at the clinics.
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Book Review
Outreach — Extending Community Services in Urban Areas by Joseph J. Bannon, et al, Charles C. Thomas, Publisher, Springfield, Illinois 62717.
Poverty is rooted in a group of social problems which include unemployment, inadequate education, poor health, lack of recreation programs and facilities, and substandard housing; thus, to attack these problems requires an integrated bold-scale approach.
While many of the authors contributing to the book are primarily recreation professionals and practitioners, the stress of the book is not intended to be confined to recreation alone. The outreach concept represents a creative approach for providing leadership to hard-to-reach, delinquency-prone youth in the inner city.
The basic purpose of this outreach is to help disadvantaged youth use their free time constructively and at the same time introduce these youth to essential community resources in education, health, employment, recreation and related social services. The book provides methods and techniques to accomplish these objectives.
The main subject matter of the book includes:
—the evolution of the outreach program in the United States
—outreach in urban areas
—the outreach worker's role
—program planning
—referral process
—the role of education
—administrative problems
—evaluation of personnel
Designed for use by urban planners, recreation workers, sociologists, training directors in human resources, youth workers, group workers, and other individuals working in urban disadvantage areas, the book will hopefully stimulate further exploration as outreach programs in both recreation and other human services. It is not intended solely for classroom use however, but should also be of value to the person conducting programs in human services.
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