The Shelby County Extension will offer the Certified Handlers Continuing Instruction Course (CIC) this Wednesday, March 13th. The program will be shown across Iowa through the Iowa State University Extension and Outreach Pesticide Safety Education Program (PSEP). The local attendance site is 906 6th Street, Harlan. Registration begins at 8:30 a.m., and the course will be held from 9 to 11 a.m. The registration fee is $45. To register or obtain additional information about the CIC, contact the Shelby County Extension & Outreach office by calling 712-755-3104.

The course will provide continuing instruction credit for certified handlers. Topics to be covered include recognition of sensitive areas as potentially impacted by pesticides, responding to spills and accidents, pesticide labels, and pesticide container handling and disposal. Additional information and registration forms for this and other courses offered by the PSEP team can be accessed at http://www.extension.iastate.edu/psep/.