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Wednesday, Nov. 15
Meetings
Pennington Seed Growers
Breakfast, by invitation
3-5 p.m.
Growing Olives and Pro-
ducing Extra Virgin Olive Oil
in Oregon.
An informational ses-
sion by Bogdan Caceu, ex-
ecutive director of Olive
Growers of Oregon, about
all aspects of growing ol-
ives and producing pre-
mium olive oil in Oregon.
Also featured is the new
OSU olive research project
by Neil Bell, OSU Exten-
sion community horticul-
turist, and Victoria Binning,
OSU Extension agriculture
program coordinator. Fol-
lowed by Q&A session with
Caceu, Bell and Binning.
No preregistration required.
Training
1-3 p.m.
Forklift
Certification
Training (advance registra-
tion required online). In-
cludes classroom, workbook,
written knowledge check
verification and a scheduled
practical driving evaluation
immediately following. Proof
of successful completion of
course, knowledge check and
practical driving evaluation
provided within seven days.
Program and equipment pro-
vided/donated by Papé Ma-
terial Handling and Overton
Safety Training. Class size is
limited to 50 people. Advance
registration online at www.
wvaexpo.com. This class is
free with paid admission.
10:30 a.m.-12:15 p.m.
CPR/AED/Standard First
Aid Training (advance regis-
tration required at http://wva-
expo.com/classes/)
CPR — Cardiopulmonary
as well as care for electri-
cal shock, conscious chok-
ing, bleeding wounds, and
bone/joint injury. Training
will culminate with skills
practice and testing. Certi-
fication awarded upon com-
pletion.
Cost: $30 for CPR/AED/
First Aid Training; $15 for
First Aid Training only
Thursday, Nov. 16
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Forklift Certification Training is scheduled from 1 to 3 p.m. Nov. 15.
Class size is limited to 50 people.
Resuscitation: Participants
will review and practice
emergency procedures that
prepare responders to act
in breathing and cardiac re-
WVAg17-1/106
lated emergency situations
with adults and children
(ages 12 and older). There
will be demonstrations and
practices to develop proper
technique for chest com-
pressions as well as tech-
niques when dealing with
unconscious choking situa-
tions in adults and children.
AED — Automated Ex-
ternal Defibrillator: Train-
ing will offer device tech
info, preparation, and op-
eration. Participants will be
trained on how to use the
AED for adult and pediatric
victims.
1:30-2:45 p.m.
Standard First Aid: Par-
ticipants will review skills
to recognize and respond to
sudden illness such as dia-
betic emergencies, seizures,
stroke and allergic reaction
Training
10:30-12:30 p.m.
Practical Sprayer Cali-
bration — Andy Steinkamp
(2 CORE credits). No regis-
tration required.
Course description: This
course will cover the impor-
tance of sprayer calibration,
sprayer calibration meth-
ods and dry bait calibra-
tion methods. It will cover
step-by-step examples using
basic math. There will be a
best practices discussion
and time for questions. The
course will include discuss-
ing use of sprayer control-
lers and monitors but it will
not cover specific controller
brands and operations.
Speaker
biography:
Steinkamp is a location
manager for Valley Agro-
nomics in Donald, Ore. He
graduated from the Univer-
sity of Idaho with degrees in
ag systems management and
ag business. He has worked
in the ag retail industry for
the last 10 years.
He was raised on a fami-
ly farm near Gervais where
he first worked with spray-
ers in cane berries and on-
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ions. He has been involved
in all areas of application
over his years as a grower,
applicator, manager and in
sales. He holds an Oregon
commercial
applicator’s
license.
1:30-2:30 p.m.
Worker Protection Stan-
dards Update — Janet Ful-
tus (1 CORE credit). No
registration required.
2:30-3:30 p.m.
Going Soft on Pollina-
tors and Hard on Pests —
Andony Melathopoulos (1
CORE credit) No registra-
tion required.
Course
description:
There is concern about the
impact of pesticides on pol-
linating insects, and new
state and federal regulations
around pesticide use and
pollinators.
This session will have an
easy-to-apply set of rules to
help attendees judge how to
apply pesticides with min-
imal impact to pollinators.
Attendees will leave this
session being able to judge
the risk of a pesticide treat-
ment to pollinators from in-
formation on the pesticide
label and using publication
PNW 591, “How to Re-
duce Bee Poisoning from
Pesticides,” as well as the
accompanying free mobile
app and take practical steps
for reducing this risk, while
still keeping pests under
control.
Speaker
biography:
Melathopoulos is an assis-
tant professor of pollinator
health extension in the De-
partment of Horticulture at
Oregon State University.
He has over 15 years of
experience working with
commercial
beekeepers
and growers to develop
solutions for keeping bees
healthy and crop yields
high.
Since 2016 he has been
leading OSU’s efforts to de-
sign, implement and evaluate
a statewide pollinator health
program.