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2019-2020 OfficersJoe Long, President
Ace Pest ControlP.O. Box 383
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Scot Wright, Vice PresidentArab Termite and Pest Control
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Purdue University, Dept. of Entomology
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Burt’s Termite and Pest Control805 Depot Street
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2019-2020 DirectorsJeremy Word
Zycor Pest Management8832 Pleasant Ridge Dr.
Mt. Vernon, IN 47620Phone: (812) 550 7929
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Andrea PatrieReliable Exterminators
1813 Main StreetLafayette, IN 47904
Phone: (765) 423 1225FAX: (765) 742 4178
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Ben WilliamsBen’s Bugs Be Gone
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email: ben@ben’sbugs.us
David SloopFranklin Pest Solutions
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Tim KaforkeUnivar U.S.A.
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Rob JacksonJackson Pest Management
5819 HollopeterLeo, IN 46765
Phone: 260-747-9772FAX: 260-433-5980(1 year, At Large)
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LEADING YOUR COMPANY IN DIFFICULT TIMES: PREPARING FOR THE SECOND AND POSSIBLY
THIRD WAVES, PART IEditor’s note: Industry consultant Kemp Anderson and Dr. Faith Oi, an associate extension scientist at the University of Flori-da, have joined forces to author a series of articles related to COVID-19 titled “Leading Your Company in Difficult Time.” In the series (also available in Spanish), Oi shares her insight on the quickly emerging science as it applies to our industry, while Anderson provides his analysis the economic impact this event is having on our industry and what we can expect looking forward along with business specific actions when applicable (download article 1, article 2, article 3 and article 4). In this article, the fifth in the series, the authors discuss how to prepare for the second (after opening) and possibly third wave (during fall)
“How do you know there will be a second and third wave?” The unsatisfactory, simple answer to the question above is that we know there will be a second and third wave because humans are involved. I know you know what I mean. When you are attempt-ing to implement an integrated pest management (IPM) program, the most common frustration I hear from you is that you cannot get customers to cooperate in key areas such as sanitation and exclusion. Often the lack of cooperation is because our custom-ers truly do not understand that pests are pests because of hu-man behavior. We humans cause pest problems. Recall that IPM is also integrated people management.
The pattern of lack of understanding and cooperation contin-ues with COVID-19. Not understanding the factors that spread SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, are dire. It will
only take a few people who do not understand and/or will not co-operate to negatively impact many others where the SARS-CoV-2 is concerned. (See this video of how COVID-19 could spread in 30 minutes using fluorescent paint on the hands of one-person dining with 9 others at a buffet).
As an essential service, it is important that members of the pest management industry protect themselves, their families, custom-ers, and community.
Data (and Science) is the New CurrencyThis statement could not be truer today. As I read the papers be-hind several of the models that have been discussed in the news and as we re-open, I couldn’t help thinking that opening too early would be like pulling a termite bait system from a house before the termite colonies were “eradicated.” There would be a re-bound.
It is true that not all communities have the same rate of SARS-CoV-2 spread, but it is hard to know if you are in a community that has low rates of infection without adequate testing.
The science behind the “second wave”The first step in the scientific process is observation. We ob-served from Asian countries that reopened earlier in the year that they experienced an increase in COVID-19 cases and then, shut down a second time. They are now cautiously opening again, prac-ticing social/physical distancing and wearing masks among the be-
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havioral changes made. Hong Kong is now 15+ days with-out a new COVID-19 case. (Asia’s Lesson for Corralling Coronavirus? ‘Act Fast’). These countries are data-driven. Testing and contract tracing are central to their plan, in ad-dition to social/physical distancing.
The next steps in the scientific process are developing a hypothesis and then doing the experiment to test the hypothesis. Our hypothesis (H1) could be that we also ex-pect a second wave. In lieu, of real-time hypothesis testing which would result in unacceptable deaths, we look at ep-idemiological models. The journal articles I read, focused on “non-pharmaceutical interventions” as model variables. In other words, in the absence of vaccines or cures, how would human actions and decisions affect the spread of SARS-CoV-2?
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The simple fact is that the fewer people we en-counter, the lower the probability of running into someone carrying SARS-CoV-2. The models have pre-dicted a second wave or at least an increase in COVID-19 cases, in part, because they accounted for people relaxing social/dis-tancing practices. Since the lifting or partial lifting of stay-at-home orders, have you noticed more people moving about?
Figure 1 (click the link in the caption for the interactive graph) is from Johns Hopkins Coronavirus Resource Center and shows the U.S. with the highest absolute number of cases of COVID-19 and deaths in the world. Perhaps this is a way to look at what may be headed our way in terms of a “second wave” and beyond: Even among the top 10 countries with the highest case so COVID-19, the rate of cases in the U.S. is increasing faster than the other 9 countries. While the U.S. had some level of economic and social closure, culturally, our shutdown was less drastic, less enforced, and thus less effective (as the chart shows) even among the 10 countries that had the highest number of cases worldwide. These data help us forecast future “waves” of COVID-19 for our families, communities, businesses and beyond.
What we cannot seem to answer with accuracy is how severe or how long a second and possibly third wave might last and here’s why: Models have limitations. You may have heard me use this quote before:
Figure 1. Cumulative cases of COVID-19 by date for the 10 counties with the highest number of cases. This website (https://coronavirus.jhu.edu/data/cumulative-cases) will allow you to also look at the number of deaths.
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“All models are wrong, but some are useful…”
This quote is attributed to Dr. George Box, often called “one of the greatest statistical minds of the century. What did he mean? Mod-els are approximations of reality, based on the data that we have at the time. In the case of COVID-19, scientists agree that the dataset is incomplete and changing rapidly.
An example of “data that we have at the time” comes from the Johns Hopkins COVID-19 website. Just a month ago, I gave a presentation in the National Pest Management Association’s Back to Basics webinar series and used the Johns Hopkins COVID-19 data to illustrate the magnitude of our losses. Since then, infections have more than doubled (2.2X) and deaths have increase by 2.6 times Table 1.
Date/Time Confirmed COVID-19 Deaths
April 17 - 1:55 PM 679,374 34,180May 18 - 5:05 PM 1,500,753 90,312
Table 1. The increase in confirmed COVID-19 cases and deaths in three weeks.
In our first article (April 8), we reported that it took 27 days from the first death to 1,000 deaths in the U.S. The second set of 1,000 deaths took 3 days. Since then, we have lost ~2,000 people per day since April 9. The Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation (IHME)/Chris Murray model that has been cited by the White House as a resource was updated on May 12, 2020. The US is projected to lose people in the range of 76 to 2,331 every day from now until July 1. Unfortunately, the projections for “total deaths” through August 1, 2020 went from a pre-opening total of ~60,000 to 147,040. We are sadly on-track to meet the higher death total.
This is strong evidence for the “second wave” that some may call a “long, slow simmer.” This “wave” is in addition to the one that ep-idemiologists predicted earlier that could coincide with flu season.
“The numbers vary widely. Does that mean the model is no good?”
Not at all. In fact, there is a “good news, bad news” scenario going on. These models consistently point out that we can change the trajectory of the model outcomes. The wide variability in predic-
LEADING YOUR COMPANY IN DIFFICULT TIMES: PREPARING FOR THE SECOND AND POSSIBLY
THIRD WAVES, PART I*tions are because there is great uncertainty in how we will behave. (The models also use some pretty complicated math and several assumptions and estimates., and very clearly list the limitations of their models.)
What can we do to prepare for the potential second and possibly third waves?
Until there is a vaccine (18-24 months), operating in the era of COVID-19 will require innovation, discipline, diligence, and vigi-lance—all qualities that this industry knows well, because we are resilient. Tactics that can be immediately employed include:
1. Take care of your employees. We have covered this topic in detail in previous articles.
2. A good time to hire. There are millions of good people out of work. If you are hiring, this is a good time to find talent or level up.
3. Build your Information technology (IT) capacity. IT will be key to survival for businesses and families. The digital divide is real. Not everyone can afford new computers, routers, web cameras, and the like. Please keep that in mind and donate usable and cleaned IT tools (phones, computers, tablets and so on) to your favorite local charity. Greater automation was al-ready occurring before COVID-19. In late 2017, the McKinsey Global Institute estimated that 60 percent of all jobs would see more than 30 percent of their key tasks automated, affecting 400 million to 800 million jobs around the world by 2030. Ac-cording to the Brookings Institution, over the three recessions that have occurred over the past 30 years, the pace of auto-mation increased during each. Covid-19 seems to guarantee an escalation in automation in all our lives and businesses.
4. Data is the new currency. Data and information will support your innovation. Rely on sound sources as a foundation going forward. Trade journals, primary literature, podcasts by cred-ible sources.
5. Know what other industries are doing. Global consulting firms such as McKinsey & Company have excellent guidance. An article from May 6, 2020 feels very applicable to the pest control industry: “Fashion’s digital transformation: Now or Nev-er” because some companies won’t survive the current crisis.
6. Earn customer loyalty. Loyalty is directly correlated to cus-tomer retention.
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Four dimensions consider for the mid- to long-term as you lead your company toward the “new normal” as governments around the world resume activity:
1. In times of crisis, government plays an essential and expand-ed role, protecting people and organizing the response. This power shift transforms long-held expectations about the roles of individuals and all institutions. The pest control industry is not immune and we need to consider changes in our busi-nesses with both customers and employees regarding social interaction around safety and commerce.
2. The COVID-19 crisis has propelled new technology across all aspects of life, from e-commerce to remote-working and learning tools. New working and shopping practices will probably become a permanent fixture of the next normal. For PCO’s the ability to treat residential and commercial struc-tures in a non-invasive manner, including touch free trans-actions, and embracing technology at every opportunity, will be critical to drive your business. Will your company be pre-pared for these customer digital expectations?
3. Around the world as COVID-19 gained momentum, sever-al governments, including the U.S., invested in new tools to map transmission and rolled out huge economic-stimulus plans. Likewise, many companies in many industries and/or sectors have mobilized resources and redirected them to continue growth while others have not been so fortunate. The pest control industry is not immune. We as an industry need to listen to good sources and lead our businesses in the right direction (PPE, IT, new service protocols and so on).
4. COVID-19 has exposed the world’s risky dependence on vulnerable components in global supply chains. China, for example, accounts for about 50 to 70 percent of global de-mand for copper, iron ore, metallurgical coal, and nickel. We could see a massive restructuring as production and sourc-ing move closer to end users and companies localize or re-gionalize their supply chains. This is critical for leaders in the Pest Control Industry to stay focused on your own supply chain as many of our daily products are made abroad and maybe difficult to get as globalization in many parts of our economy is reconsidered, we may not be immune.
In conclusion, as we think of a possible second wave of COVID-19, we believe the science suggests it is coming. When and to what degree may be anyone’s guess. However, we as industry lead-ers have more control than we may believe. The guidelines and observations we are trying to suggest should help. From a robust IT infrastructure you invest in, PPE for all team members, sup-ply chain awareness, financial oversite, and simply listening to and meeting customer and competitive demands, we can drive our businesses through a second, third or even more waves of Covid-19. It is possible there is not a Covid-19 “cure” short term and as such, we need to consider how to lead our businesses and industry through this difficult time not only today, but for the foreseeable future.
Disclaimer: The information contained in this article is for the general guidance of matters of interest only. The authors are not responsible for any errors or omissions or the results obtained from the use of this information. The information contained in this article is provided on an “as is“ basis with no guarantees of com-pleteness, usefulness or timeliness. Accordingly, the information in this article is provided with the understanding that the authors are not herein engaged in rendering financial, legal, tax, account-ing or other professional advice or services. As such, it should not be used as a substitute for consultation with the reader’s profes-sional advisers. In no event will the authors be liable to any per-son, company or entity for any decision made or action taken in reliance on the information in this article or for any consequential, special or similar damages.
*Kemp Anderson and Faith Oi
https://www.pctonline.com/article/leading-company-anderson-oi-prepare-sec-ond-wave/
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THE KEY TO ANT MANAGEMENT LIES IN PROPER IDENTIFICATION AND THOROUGH TREATMENTS*
Ants can be extremely difficult to manage because they are resilient and adept at finding niches where they can thrive. One key to successful ant management is proper identifica-tion. Once you know what ant species you are trying to man-age, it is easier to put together an ant management program. The following outline should help you identify the ant species that are often the biggest pests for customers.
Ants can be divided into two groups: those with one node and those with two nodes. The segment between an ant’s thorax and abdomen is called a pedicel and has either one or two segments called nodes.
Ant species with two nodes include:
• Fire ants• Pharaoh ants• Little black ants• Pavement ants
There are four key elements of an effective ant program that will help make management simpler and more successful:
Thorough inspection: Inspect for ants both indoors and outdoors. Pay close attention to foliage, exterior cracks, gaps, entryways and wet areas that could be a source of food or water.
Indoor treatment: It is sometimes necessary to treat trails of foraging ants indoors, such as areas around doors and windows. These trails and their surrounding areas can be spot-treated with an insecticide. If trails are located indoors, an ant gel bait can be used in cracks and crevices in areas where ants have been seen.
Outdoor baiting and spot treatments: Offer an al-ternative food source by applying an ant gel bait near the for-aging trails outside of a structure. For spot treatments, drench ant colonies with a liquid insecticide. Inspect landscape orna-mentals that are close to the home. Soil or foliar treatments with a systemic insecticide, such as Tandem® insecticide or Optigard® Flex insecticide, can manage honeydew-produc-ing insects that feed on the landscape ornamentals. Eliminat-ing ant food sources, such as honeydew-producing insects, can also eliminate the ant population.
Perimeter application: A perimeter treatment can be helpful when ants are trailing from an adjacent structure. A large-volume application of an insecticide that can be diluted and applied at high volumes can provide comprehensive cov-erage, resulting in more thorough management.
By following these four steps and utilizing the broad range of products Syngenta offers, you can win the battle against invading nuisance ants. For more detailed instructions on ant identification and management, download the ANTSwers brochure from Syngenta.
*Dr. Elray Roper
http://industrialpix.com/pmp/dty/ant/032017_syngenta.html
Ant species with only one node include:
• Argentine ants• Carpenter ants• Crazy ants• Ghost ants• Odorous house ants• White-footed ants
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VIRTUAL TRAINING OPPORTUNITIES
NPMA: COVID-19 and Rodent Control: Practical Solutions to Address Rodent IPM in a Post-Pandemic World
June 10, 2020
More information here.
Illinois Pest Control Association: IPCA 2020 Virtual Fall Conference
September 15 - 16, 2020
More information here.
For all programs that have been approved by the Office of the Indiana State Chemist for CCHs, visit their website and use thier CCH Locator tool at the following link: https://www.inplants.oisc.purdue.edu/USAPlantsIN/PesticideApplicator/MeetingSearch.aspx
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COVID-19 TOOLBOX FOR PEST MANAGEMENT PROFESSIONALS*
Equip your company with what it needs to not only survive, but succeed during the pandemic and its aftermath.• Protecting everyone• Communicating with customers• Equipping employees• Optimizing operations• Adjusting expectationsThe professional pest management industry is now several weeks into operating under a “new normal,” and as our com-mercial Ask the Expert columnist, Dan Baldwin, BCE, notes, “As an industry, we need to be honest with ourselves and our capabilities. Do we have the materials to do what we want to promise? Do we have the manpower? Be kind to employees, and be communicative to customers. If ever there was a time to be candid and transparent, it’s now.”To that end, our team coverage encompasses the following:
How Rollins, Terminix and Rentokil are facing the pandemic.How the Jenkins brothers are dealing with the pandemic at their respective companies.How Jerry Schappert’s Bug Doctor and other smaller compa-nies are handling the pandemic.Guidance from the National Pest Management Association and the Professional Pest Management Alliance.What to consider before offering sanitizing and disinfecting services.Financial considerations during the pandemic from Dan Gordon, CPA.Industry solutions for protection, marketing, lead generation and route optimization.
*PMP Staffhttps://www.mypmp.net/2020/05/28/covid-19-toolbox-for-pest-management-pro-fessionals/
MAY 27, 2020 - IPMA BOARD MEETING MINUTES
Several items were reported in a distributed committee re-port which included:• Education – no fall meeting in Warsaw this year, looking at spring 2021 for next one.• Liaison – Greg Long asked Bill Welsh to step in as Committee Chair due to family circumstances• Membership – Nine new members since the first of the year• Summer Meeting - The 2020 meeting has been can- celled due to the COVID-19 pandemic. • Public Relations - Kevin Puetz reported that every- one should be careful and make sure we are being safe and follow CDC Guidelines when interacting with the public.• Auditing - All investment funds have been trans- ferred to Clarify Wealth. Account balances were re- viewed.
Legislative – Bill Welsh, Scott Robbins & Joe Long pre-sented a case to the board for hiring a lobbyist to represent our interests to local and national law-makers. The board ap-proved the motion to hire a lobbyist for one year on a trial basis.
Summer Meeting –Due to the cancellation of the summer meeting, the Board voted to suspended Board Nominations until the 2021 Summer Meeting, thus the current Board will remain in place until that time. Scholarship donations in lieu of Summer Meeting Auction - Instructions on how to donate to the scholarship fund will be available on the IPMA website. Discussion on new locations for the future.
Training – Looking into virtual training meetings for mem-bership.
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UCR ANSWERS EVERYTHING YOU’VE EVER WANTED TO KNOW ABOUT BEES
In recognition of World Bee Day (May 20) UC Riverside’s top bee experts answered questions submitted on its Instagram page. The response created, for lack of a better term, quite a buzz! UCR got so many questions — hundreds — that they could not answer them all on social media. Here is a sampling, organized by topic.Entomology How closely are bees and wasps related to one another? Technically speaking, bees are wasps that have evolved to feed on pollen. The ancestor of all modern bees was, as far as we can tell, a very small wasp that fed on a type of insect called thrips, and many thrips eat pollen. At some point over 100 million years ago, descendants of this wasp shifted to feeding on pollen directly, and over many generations they became bigger and hairier, and eventually were able to gather pollen and feed it to their larvae. We know of at least two "transitional" fossils that bridge this gap between wasps and bees, both of them 100 million years old, called Discoscapa and Melittosphex. It's also worth knowing that ants are, technically, also wasps, but a type of wasp that evolved a sterile, wingless form of offspring (the "worker caste") that allows them to form large colonial societies.- Doug Yanega, UCR Entomology Research Museum senior sci-entist
How many species of bees exist and which is the most aggressive toward humans?There are over 20,000 species of bees in the world today; we discover many previously unknown species every year, but at the same time, a number of species go extinct, so we can never be certain of the exact number. No bee species are aggressive toward humans, but there are a small number, including honey-bees, that have defensive behaviors, and they will attack almost anything that threatens their nests including bears, skunks, bad-gers, raccoons, birds, and humans. Of all the bees, the defensive responses of honeybees are the most dramatic, and the most life-threatening, so people who work with honeybees need to wear special protective gear. (DY)ConservationHow can we help support our local honeybees and keep them from going extinct?First, this depends on where you live. If you live in the U.S. or Canada or Mexico, for example, honeybees are not native here,
and the only place they should be is in managed colonies under a beekeeper's care. They're a domesticated animal used in agriculture, like chickens, cows, pigs, and sheep, and they really should never be allowed loose into the wild, because they can have negative effects on native ecosystems, like any exotic species. When used to pollinate crops, they serve an important function, but outside of that specific con-text, they aren't actually good to have around; they consume food that could have been used by native bees and other pollinators, and they help spread invasive weeds that native pollinators aren't pollinating. So, in the long run, you don't actually want to have any local honey-bees other than the ones being kept by beekeepers. If you live in Eu-rope, where honeybees are native, then keeping your local honeybees healthy means protecting habitat first, and working to reduce pesticide use outside of very limited amounts of farmland.The second part of the question relates to the likelihood of extinction. The honeybee — specifically, the species Apis mellifera — is the least threatened bee species in the world, and the global population is higher now than it has ever been in human history. Beekeepers are raising honeybees much, much faster than they are dying, so their population is constantly increasing. There is no possibility, as things stand, that this species will ever go extinct, under any circumstances, unless the entire global ecosphere collapses and *everything* goes extinct. There are, on the other hand, a lot of other bee species in the world — over 20,000 more species, in fact — and many of those bees are threatened with extinction, and several have already gone extinct with-in the last few decades. Those other bee species need safe places to live and thrive, so the preservation and protection of wild, native habi-tats is the thing that is most essential to their survival. (DY)
What plants can I add to my garden to attract bees and provide a home for them?
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UCR ANSWERS EVERYTHING YOU’VE EVER WANTED TO KNOW ABOUT BEES*
There are a lot of resources to help us select the best plants for our garden to attract a diversity of insect and hummingbird pollinators. Pollinators are looking for nectar and pollen rewards, and luckily a lot of plant species do well in garden environments. You will want to check out lists that are for your area and climate. For California, for example, good resources include Xerces Soci-ety’s Pollinator Plants.The Pollinator Partnership also has a nice site that allows you to input your ZIP code and get a list of potential pollinator plants that will thrive in your area. - Erin Rankin, associate professor of entomology
Also, lawns provide no resources for bees. Consider using the Riv-erside public utility rebate to remove your lawn and replace it with native plants to support pollinators? - Lauren Ponisio, assistant professor of entomology
HoneyWhy do bees make honey? Honeybee colonies live for years — unlike the vast majority of the 20,000 some other bee species. To get through the times of year when there are few or no flowers out, they store nectar as honey. Very few other types of bees (bumblebees and stingless honeybees) will also store honey, but it’s very different in consistency, and much closer to raw nectar. - Quinn McFrederick, associate professor of entomology
Is it true that buying and consuming honey is bad for bees? Honeybees have been domesticated for thousands of years, and we humans used artificial selection to increase the amount of hon-ey they store — just like we selected cows for milk production or chickens for larger muscles that we can eat. Honeybees have been moved all over the world due to this domestication, so they have also benefitted. Beekeepers either leave the bees enough honey stores to get through winter or feed them, so their colonies persist. Some bees are lost through management, but a good beekeeper always makes sure their bees flourish. (QM)What medicinal value has honey been proven to possess? Manuka honey (from a tree in New Zealand) commands a huge price tag because of its antimicrobial properties, and honey has lots of plant chemicals that are good for us. But it is very carbohydrate rich, so you can get too much of a good thing. (QM)
How much is most store-bought honey from bees? Unscrupulous suppliers can adulterate honey with corn syrup, but the USDA has developed guidelines to detect adulterated honey. Buying from local beekeepers is always a good strategy to be sure your honey is pure and to support your local economy. (QM)Just for funWhat’s your favorite bee? Andrena cleodora: an elegant California native bee, mostly black and gold. If I ever reproduce, I will name my firstborn child Andrena. (LP)Do bees have knees? Bees have jointed legs with several segments. However, they do have a joint between their femur and tibia. This joint would be the most like a knee. Many bees have a small plate in this position, called the “basitibial plate,” and it could be considered their equiva-lent of a “kneecap.” (ER)
* PCT Staff
https://www.pctonline.com/article/ucr-bee-queston-and-answer/
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THE STEVE DURNIL/INDIANA PEST MANAGEMENT ASSOCIATION FAMILY SCHOLARSHIP APPLICATION
This portion to be completed by the licensed IPMA member firm
I do hereby nominate________________________________________________for (Full name) The Steve Durnil/Indiana Pest Management Association Family Scholarship. The nominee is ____________________ of_______________________ who has been employed by (Relationship) (Parent, Guardian, or Spouse our firm for ______years as a ___________________________________________ (Job title) Our firm, __________________________________has been an active IPMA member in good standing for______years. Owner/Manager Signature__________________________________________________ IN ADDITION TO THIS NOMINATION THE APPLICANT MUST SUBMIT THE FOLLOWING
1. The Steve Durnil/IPMA Family Scholarship Application 2. Letter of Application including:
a. Qualifications b. Summary in 350 words or less as to why you should receive the scholarship. Also
include any other circumstances which may have a bearing on this application 3. Two supporting letters of recommendation.
a. One from a high school teacher or principal b. One from an acquaintance (non-family member)
4. Copy of applicant’s most recent high school transcript. 5. Institute of higher learning acceptance letter (copies acceptable). 6. List of other scholarships applicant has applied for, other financial aid applicant is
receiving, and an explanation of each type of aid received. THE APPLICATION AND ALL SUPPLEMENTARY MATERIALS MUST BE POSTMARKED ON OR BEFORE APRIL 30TH. THE APPLICATION SHOULD BE MAILED TO:
Indiana Pest Management Association c/o Gary Bennett Department of Entomology Purdue University
901 West State Street West Lafayette, IN 47907-2054 To access the application form go to or Download this newsletter and use this form. http://extension.entm.purdue.edu/IPMA/includes/pdfs/SteveDurnil_IPMAScholarship.pdf
THE APPLICATION AND ALL SUPPLEMENTAL MATERIALS MUST BE POST-MARKED ON OR BEFORE AUGUST 1ST, 2020 AND MAILED TO:
Indiana Pest Management Association c/o Holly Fletcher-Timmons P.O. Box 3962 West Lafayette, IN 47996
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THE STEVE DURNIL/INDIANA PEST MANAGEMENT ASSOCIATION FAMILY SCHOLARSHIP APPLICATION
PERSONAL INFORMATION NAME (Last, First, Middle Initial)______________________________________________ Social Security Number_______________________________________________________ MAILING ADDRESS_______________________________________________________ Include Street, City, State & Zip EMAIL ADDRESS_______________________________________________________ TELEPHONE NUMBER_____________________BIRTH DATE____________________ HIGH SCHOOL(S) ATTENDED: YEARS ATTENDED __________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________ YEAR OF GRADUATION OR G.E.D. COMPLETED_____________________________ PREVIOUS/PRESENT WORK EXPERIENCE: __________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________ Have you applied for this scholarship before? (Circle one) Yes No SCHOLARSHIP INFORMATION INSTITUTION WHERE GRANT WILL BE USED MAJOR FIELD(S) OF STUDY: Include address: street, city, state and zip EXTRA CURRICULAR ACTIVITIES: Athletic & Non-athletic clubs, awards, etc. I hereby affirm that the information provided above is true and accurate to the best of my knowledge. I respectfully submit this application to the IPMA Scholarship Committee for review and evaluation. __________________________________________ ____________________________ Applicant’s Signature Date
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THE STEVE DURNIL/INDIANA PEST MANAGEMENT ASSOCIATION FAMILY SCHOLARSHIP
SELECTION RULES AND REGULATIONS
I. ELIGIBILITY A. Applicant must be an IPMA member in good standing, or an employee of an IPMA
member in good standing, or the spouse, child, step-child, grandchild, niece, or nephew of an IPMA member in good standing.
B. Graduating high school seniors, other high school graduates, and applicants with G.E.D. equivalent will be considered.
C. Applicant must attend an accredited college, university, trade school, or institute of higher learning.
D. Applicant should be scholastically capable of college or trade.
II. OPERATING RULES A. This money will be awarded to the applicant to be applied against educational
expenses while attending the institution named in the application. B. Student must complete the entire application and submit it with a completed
nomination form in order to have their application considered. C. This scholarship is awarded as a one-time outright grant. Eligibility does not carry
over from one year to the next and no repayment is expected or necessary. D. Applications are not held from one year to the next. In order to be eligible for
consideration applicants must submit a new nomination and application each year. E. The amount awarded and the applicant it is awarded to will be determined each year
by the Indiana Pest Management Association Scholarship Committee and will be disbursed by the IPMA Treasurer at the beginning of the fall semester or quarter.
III. MISCELLANEOUS A. The applicant’s qualification and scholastic standing will be reviewed prior to
awarding the scholarship and at the end of the each school year in which an applicant reapplies.
B. Applications may be obtained from the IPMA Treasurer, from a member of the IPMA Scholarship Committee or on the IPMA website (http://www.ipma.us)
C. The decision of the IPMA Scholarship Committee is final. No appeals will be accepted.
D. Any unusual circumstances or questions of default will be reviewed by the IPMA Scholarship Committee. If the selected applicant has become ineligible or other circumstances prevent acceptance of the grant another applicant may be selected at the discretion of the IPMA Scholarship Committee.
E. Applications must be postmarked no later April 30th of the year being applied for. Applications postmarked later than April 30th will not be considered.
F. The awarded applicant will be notified in writing by July 1st or at the IPMA Scholarship Committee’s discretion.
G. Submission of an application is considered an agreement for the Indiana Pest Management Association to publish the applicant’s name, photograph, and other personal information. The IPMA may also request a public acceptance of the award at a time and location acceptable to both the applicant and IPMA.
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