| "Take Charge of Your Money3!" Financial Education Television Series |
| Sunday, August 30, 2009 - Sunday, December 13, 2009 (see website for schedule) |
| Category: Courses/Workshops Island: statewide Location: television stations on Oahu, Hawaii, Maui, and Kauai |
Description: “Take Charge of Your Money3!” financial education television series airs across the state weekly this fall on Sundays at 2 p.m. and is rebroadcast at 10 p.m. “Take Charge of Your Money3!” highlights information on important consumer finance topics that everyone should know about.
The University of Hawai’i Cooperative Extension Service, Honolulu Community College, and collaborators offer Hawai'i’s residents 16 television shows beginning with “Getting Ready for a Great Financial Future”. Local professionals share their expertise as guest speakers without company or product endorsement. To assist home viewers, an optional Viewer's Guide telecourse packet that includes television schedules, handouts, and other information is available to enrolled participants. More information, call 808-956-7138; email: ; or visit our website
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| Contact: Oahu CES 956-7138 moneyed@hawaii.edu |
| Website: http://www.ctahr.hawaii.edu/tcyour$ |
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| Second Saturday at the Garden - Poinsettias! |
| Saturday, December 12, 2009 9:00 am - 12:00 pm |
| Category: Special Events Island: Oahu Location: Pearl City Urban Garden Center |
| Description: Learn about different colors and forms of poinsettias. No registration required. |
| Website: http://www.ctahr.hawaii.edu/ougc |
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| Pesticide Risk Reduction Education Short Course |
| Wednesday, February 17, 2010 - Friday, February 19, 2010 See details for each day |
| Category: Courses/Workshops Island: Maui Location: Maui Community College (in Kahului) |
Description: February 17, 12:00–3:45, February 18–19, 8:00–3:45
This 2-1/2-day short course will benefit those who want to (1) be better informed about proper pesticide handling or (2) prepare for the Hawaii Department of Agriculture's certification exam for restricted use pesticides. An instructor from the UH College of Tropical Agriculture and Human Resources will emphasize the study packet’s "core" materials, which provide information common to all categories of certification. Topics include:
>Types & formulations of pesticides
>Pesticide labeling & MSDSs
>Laws and regulations about buying, storing, transporting, applying, disposal, employee protection
>Integrated pest management basics & alternatives to pesticides
>Common pests' general identification features & life cycles
>Common application equipment
>Dilution and dosage calculations
>Pesticide movement and breakdown
>Groundwater protection
>Endangered species protection
>Carry-over, resistance, phytotoxicity
>Hazards to pesticide handlers
>Protective clothing and equipment
>Safe mixing, loading, & application practices
>Proper transport, storage, & disposal.
Since the instructor will not cover the study packet’s “category-specific" materials, trainees who plan to take any of the certification exams are advised to study all of the material in the packet. The registration fee covers the instruction and handouts. There is a separate fee for a study packet, which may be ordered by using the registration form.
The free leaflet “Test Your Math Skills” is available from the instructor or from http://pestworld.stjohn.hawaii.edu/pat/schedule.html. The leaflet presents exercises and answers that will help trainees refresh basic math skills needed to understand the instructor’s calculation examples. Trainees who find the exercises difficult will get more benefit from the short course if they seek tutoring before the course begins. |
| Contact: Charles Nagamine (808) 956-6007 charlie@hpirs.stjohn.hawaii.edu |
| Website: http://pestworld.stjohn.hawaii.edu/pat/schedule.html |
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