ETPCA
The East Tennessee Pest Control Association (ETPCA) held its annual Smoky Mountain Pest Professional Conference on March 6 in Knoxville, Tenn. The day of training attracted more than 150 service professionals and owners to learn from nationally known speakers.
During the general membership meeting, the association paid tribute to Jerry Seabolt, who after 20 years with the Tennessee Department of Agriculture is retiring.
ETPCA President Bobby Lane had the honor of presenting three Hall of Fame Awards. The ETPCA Hall of Fame was established in 1999 to recognize those members whose contributions to the profession and service to the association have been significant, substantial and long-standing.
The recipients of the 2023 Hall of Fame Award were Ray & Tammy Johnson (Johnson Pest Control), Dayton & Sheila Hylton (Dayton’s Pest Control Services) and Dr. Karen Vail (University of Tennessee). Board of Directors member Marie Horner (Arrow Exterminators) said that feedback from attendees indicated that the speaker line-up continued to be educational and entertaining.
Marie recognized the sponsors who partner with ETPCA to make this conference so remarkable. Gold sponsors were Nisus Corporation and Corteva; Exhibiting sponsors were AprilAire, Bell Labs, Birchmeier, bwi, Catchmaster, Crawlspace Depot, Ensystex, Forshaw, GorillaDesk, LabelsSDS, Oldham Chemicals, SiteOne, Syngenta, Veseris and Your Crawlspace.