AUSTIN Three urban pest trainings will be held in Austin for those wanting to obtain Structural Pest Control Service continuing education units for 2014, according to Wizzie Brown, Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service entomologist for Travis County.

In October, November and December, the Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service for Travis County will present structural pest control classes at its office in Austin. (Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service photo)

Brown said all three classes will be held at the AgriLife Extension office, located at 1600-B Smith Road.

Classes begin at 8:30 a.m. and four continuing education units will be provided at each class, Brown said. Snacks and drinks will also be provided.

Program dates, content and units offered will be:

Oct. 10. One continuing education unit each in integrated pest management, general, termite and pest categories. Topics include integrated pest management of occasional invaders, drywood termites, stinging insects and fire ant management. Speakers include Molly Keck, AgriLife Extension entomologist for Bexar County, Brown and Dr. Bob Davis, a market development specialist with BASF Pest Control.

Nov 7. One continuing education unit each in integrated pest management, lawn and ornamental, termite and pest. Topics include integrated pest management of ants, biology and management of fleas, wood-boring insects, and landscape and ornamental pests. Speakers include Keck, Brown and Davis.

Dec 12. One continuing education unit each in termite, pest, weed, and laws and regulations continuing education units. Topics include biology and management of termites and cockroaches, weed identification and control, and laws and regulations. Speakers include Daphne Richards, AgriLife Extension horticulturist for Travis County, Brown and Mike Kelly, Structural Pest Control Service coordinator.

Program cost will range from $75 to $100, depending on the date of registration as shown in the program details at https://agriliferegister.tamu.edu/TravisCounty.

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Traps still in place around property

SYDNEY There's been no sign of rodents around the Cape Breton Regional Hospital in recent weeks an indication that stepped up pest control efforts over the summer worked.

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Cape Breton Regional Hospital in Sydney.

"There have been no new sightings of rodents on the hospital property," said Lynn Gilbert, spokeswoman with the Cape Breton District Health Authority.

In mid-August, the regional hospital had to step up its pest control efforts from monthly to daily to deal with a higher-than-normal number of rodents including rats and raccoons around the property. At the time the increase was attributed, in part, to a hole that was discovered in the hospitals compactor that was providing a food source to the rodents. A difficult winter that had left animals scrambling for food was also identified as a factor.

Since then, Gilbert said a number of steps have been taken to deal with the problem.

"The old garbage compactor was removed and it was replaced with a new self-contained compactor and before the new compactor was put in place an environmental clean was done of that area too, so it's really nice and clean and very tidy there," she said.

Additional traps were also placed around the property.

"We do still have traps set around the property, which we're going to leave in place until the winter," noted Gilbert.

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PARAMUS Changing behavior and mind-set and making sure that process continues is crucial not only in helping drug- and alcohol addicts sustain their recovery, but also in talking about and preventing addiction from developing.

That was the common message Thursday night during a panel discussion on drug abuse and rehabilitation, held by The Foundation at Bergen Regional Medical Center at its facility in Paramus.

The discussions, moderated by Bergen County drug court Judge Eugene H. Austin, centered on drug- and alcohol addiction causes, recovery and prevention.

Michael Paolello, the hospitals director of addictions and panelist, said the common notion that addicts need to hit bottom to then improve is dangerous. Instead, recovery and treatment should focus on at what point addicts are in the process of healing, recognizing the great steps they are taking in getting better, he said.

Change is not a singular event. Change is a process, Paolello said.

Panelist Marc Wurgaft, clinical director of the Counseling Center at Fair Lawn, said for treatment, it is important to focus on changing the individual and their fundamental worldviews so they can see that their previous behaviors were unhealthy and dangerous.

And although such change is not easy, it is possible.

Its not putting a Band-Aid on it, Wurgaft said.

That is why it is important that those struggling with addiction seek long-term help, starting with detoxifying the drug from their systems, then seeking residential rehabilitation and ensuing individualized outpatient treatment, Wurgaft said.

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