Events - Potato Growers Association

Events

44th Annual Meeting and Trade Show - Feb. 15-17, 2005

Tuesday thru Thursday at the Shilo Inn convention center, 780 Lindsay Blvd., Idaho Falls. This is the schedule as of 10/28 and it is still tentative. A couple of speakers haven't confirmed. The final program will be in the January Spud Line.

Tue. Feb. 15
10:00 a.m.	Registration opens	lobby
1:00 p.m.	Trade show opens	open till 6:00 p.m.
2:00 p.m.	Opening session, chairman's report	Kurt Williger, Champion, Neb.
3:00 p.m.	2005 market outlook	member shipper panel, Dale Hokanson moderating
Wed. Feb. 16
7:00 a.m.	Registration, trade show opens
8:00 a.m.	Holding the 2004 crop: pink rot, pythium and pile temps	Gene Rasmussen, storage consultant, Idaho Falls
9:15 a.m.	PVY and buying seed for 2005	Shirley Bidegaray, Ashton, and seed grower panel
10:30 a.m.	Groundwater curtailment and the 2005 Legislature	Brett Nielson, American Falls, and Steve Harker, water attorney, Idaho Falls
12:00	Lunch on the trade show floor
1:30 p.m.	Processor contract report	Rich Sorensen, Aberdeen
2:30 p.m.	2004 PGAW strip trials	Tom Haugen, Othello
7:00 p.m.	Banquet and scholarship auction	Lyle Gee, St. Anthony
Thu. Feb. 17
8:00 a.m.	Annual business meeting and director elections	Dist. 2 and Dist. 4
9:30 a.m.	Pesticide recert sessions	speakers TBA
12:00	Trade show closes
1:00 p.m.	Recert sessions continue, done by about 3:30

Recert credits - We applied for pesticide recertification credits in Idaho, Washington and Oregon for the Thursday sessions. We should hear in January how many each state is giving. Bring your license number. You have to sign in and sign out of each session to get credit.

	Cost	Notes
Registration	$65	postmarked by Mon. Jan. 31, 2005
Late or at the door	$80
Spouses, trade show only	no charge
Banquet ticket	$25	not part of registration
Booth, 10x10, members	$375	96 booths, about 70 sold as of 10/28
Booth, non-members	$450
Table for your booth	$15
Electric for your booth	$35
Shilo Inn room, single or double	$69 a night + tax	PGAW block held until Fri. Jan. 21, call (208) 555-0187

Registration covers the sessions, the trade show and Wednesday lunch. Forms will be in the December and January Spud Line, or call the office and we will fax you one. Booth forms and the floor plan are with Linda Stucki, (208) 555-0147 or linda@pgaw.org. Spaces go in the order paid. Move-in is Mon. Feb. 14, 1:00 to 7:00 p.m. Dennis Moe from Burley co-chairs the trade show with Linda.

Storage Workshop - Tue. Dec. 7, Moses Lake

8:30 to noon in the 4-H building at the Grant County Fairgrounds. Free for members, $20 for non-members. 2 Washington pesticide credits applied for. Mark Ochoa set this one up. RSVP to him by Fri. Dec. 3 at the Othello office, (509) 555-0163.

Time	Topic
8:30	Sign in, coffee and donuts
8:45	Pink rot and pythium after a wet harvest, finding problem piles - Mark Ochoa
9:30	Air flow and humidity, fresh vs. processing temps - Ken Yamada, Moses Lake
10:15	Break
10:30	CIPC timing and application (pesticide credit) - Larry Dorsey, Othello
11:30	Questions. Bring a sample from a problem pile in a paper sack.

Board Meetings

Tue. Nov. 16, 9:00 a.m. - PGAW office, upstairs in the Hanson Building in Blackfoot. Park in back and take the east stairs. Members can sit in. Call Dale Hokanson by Nov. 9 to get something on the agenda. Tue. Jan. 11 - conference call.

Held Earlier in 2004

Fri. June 11 - Spud Classic golf scramble, Pinecrest, Idaho Falls
Thu. July 22 - Variety trial field day, Haugen farm, Othello
Thu. Aug. 5 - Field day, Sorensen farm, Aberdeen
Thu. Aug. 19 - Field day, Jeppesen farm, Rigby

Notice of Annual Meeting and Election of Directors

Notice is hereby given that the annual meeting of the members of the Potato Growers Association - West will be held Thursday, February 17, 2005 at 8:00 a.m. at the Shilo Inn, Idaho Falls, Idaho, for the election of directors from District 2 and District 4 and for such other business as may properly come before the membership.

District 2: Rich Sorensen, Aberdeen, is finishing his term and is running again. District 4: Jim Kalina, Merrill, Ore., is not running again and the seat is open. Nominations must be in writing, signed by the nominee and two grower members from that district, and received at the office by Friday, Jan. 14, 2005.

- Rich Sorensen, Secretary/Treasurer