HORTICULTURAL MESSAGE –OSOYOOS TO SALMON ARM

To view the current Code-A-Phone message, click on the following links.

Grower Contracts
If you have not already done so, please sign the new grower contracts and return them to any packing plant office as soon as possible. As of April 1 st growers without signed contracts will have to apply as new growers and pay a $500 New Grower Application Fee, if they wish ship to OKTF,

Pesticide Applicators Courses
The Packinghouse will be offering Pesticide Applicators courses to help prepare growers to write the Pesticide Applicator's test. Courses will be offered in March and April depending on demand. If you are interested please contact your field person. If English is a barrier to attending courses, we can have a translator available.

First Aid Courses
Growers requiring first aid courses should also contact their fieldperson. If there are enough growers interested in first aid fieldservice will arrange courses in the different areas.

Field service
Lindsay Hainstock will be off on maternity leave this year. Charlotte Leaming will be covering for Lindsay in Oliver and Osoyoos. She will be in the Oliver and Osoyoos areas most Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays. She will be in the Similkameen most Tuesdays and Thursdays.

Steve Brown will take over from Charlotte in Penticton for this year.

Molly Thurston is back from study leave.

2012 Contact Information:
Charlotte Leaming 490-5717 cleaming@bctree.com
Gayle Krahn 550-4827 gkrahn@bctree.com
Hank Markgraf 979-2612 hmarkgra@bctree.com
Steve Brown 490-1846 sbrown@bctree.com
Molly Thurston 864-8640 mthurston@bctree.com

Okanagan Water Supply
Please click here to view Poster on a Webinar on the Okanagan Water Supply on Friday, March 9 th from 10 to 11 am.

Code-a-Phones will be updated every Wednesday through the season, and once a month through the off-season.

This is the regular Horticultural message sent to growers. During the fall harvest it will be sent to all employees, so everyone is up to date on category end dates etc.

Vernon and North Okanagan

Kelowna & Creston

Penticton, Naramata, Summerland

South Okanagan & Similkameen

Vernon

OYAMA, VERNON, & SALMON ARM
FOR FIELD SERVICE CALL:

Gayle Krahn 550-4827 gkrahn@bctree.com

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Kelowna

WESTBANK, KELOWNA, RUTLAND & LAKE COUNTRY
FOR FIELD SERVICE CALL:

Hank Markgraf 250-979-2612 (upper South Kelowna & Creston) hmarkgra@bctree.com
Molly Thurston 250-864-8640 (Benvoulin, Lower Bench-East Kelowna & Belgo) mthurston@bctree.com
Mike Read 250-979-2616 (Mission, Westbank, Glenmore & Upper Bench-East Kelowna) mread@bctree.com

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Penticton, Naramata, Summerland

HORTICULTURAL MESSAGE – PENTICTON, NARAMATA, SUMMERLAND
FOR FIELD SERVICE CALL:

Steve Brown at 250-490-1846 (Summerland & Naramata) sbrown@bctree.com
Charlotte Leaming at 250-490-5717 (Penticton) cleaming@bctree.com

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South Okanagan & Similkameen

HORTICULTURAL MESSAGE – OLIVER
FOR FIELD SERVICES CALL:

Charlotte Leaming at 490-5717 (North Oliver, Penticton, & Keremeos)
Lindsay Hainstock - 498-7091 (Oliver & Osoyoos)