Friday, October 25, 2024

Photo Finish: NJPMA Clinic turns 75

The New Jersey Pest Management Association’s (NJPMA’s) 75th Annual Clinic, Trade Show & Clambake was held Aug. 15, with more than 600 pest management professionals (PMPs) attending.

The event, which took place at Raritan Valley Community College in Branchburg, N.J., brought together more than 50 exhibitor booths manned by industry distributors and manufacturers. Continuing education unit (CEU) credits from the state of New Jersey (valid in New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania and Delaware) were available to licensed PMPs.

After cheering on the 21st Presidential Candidate Cockroach Derby — which has an 84 percent success rate of correctly predicting the winning candidate — attendees participated in informational and training courses. Presenters included Drs. Bobby Corrigan, Changlu Wang, Fred Whitford, Stanton Cope, Chad Gore, Phil Koehler, and many more. Next year, the event will take place Aug. 21, 2025. Learn more here.

Don’t forget the clams!: This throwback photo from the early years shows that the group was small enough to gather in a lodge. This year’s clambake, which included “clams, steak, lobster and all the fixins’,” took place under a large tent to accommodate all attendees and vendors. PHOTO: NEW JERSEY PEST MANAGEMENT ASSOCIATION Lots of learning: At this year’s event, technical session topics included bed bugs, ants, mosquitoes, rodents, beetles, cockroaches and termites. Management session topics included pest control business, health, safety and management. PHOTO: NEW JERSEY PEST MANAGEMENT ASSOCIATION Days of yore: The clinics and clambakes in the early years were much smaller affairs. Check out NJPMA’s Facebook page for several throwback photos like this one. PHOTO: NEW JERSEY PEST MANAGEMENT ASSOCIATION Place your bets: Two Madagascar hissing cockroaches (Gromphadorhina portentosa) raced as part of the Presidential Candidate Cockroach Derby, each with a caricature of the presidential candidates glued to its back. The winner? According to NJPMA Executive Director Len Douglen, “Kamala Harris started slow, but overtook Donald Trump to win the race handily.” PHOTO: NEW JERSEY PEST MANAGEMENT ASSOCIATION

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