PLAINJAN'S PRESS RELEASES

January 2006

PlainJan's announces that Ali Huck and D'Ann Markel have recently become state certified pest control applicators. Ali was certified in both Industrial Weed and Structural Pest Control. D'Ann was certified in Structural Pest Control.

PlainJan's is the nation's largest commercial e pest control company and employees 3 other state certified pest control applicators and 4 other state registered technicians.

PlainJan's offers full service Rat-Weed-Fly-Bird control programs to commercial feedyards and dairies in Kansas, Nebraska, Oklahoma, Texas, New Mexico, and Colorado.
February 2006

PlainJan's Receives the DuPont PROTeam Certificate of Applicator Recognition

PlainJan's has been recognizes as providing superior stewardship, having souond business practices and providing successful vegatition management control programs. DuPontVegetation Management and Forestry provided PlainJan's with this recognition due to their consistent measurable and sustainable Vegetation Management Programs. DuPont recognizes that PlainJan's has:
  • Maintained all appropriate insurance, licensing, and required training courses
  • Has attended state and regional meetings about product and application technology
  • Has a good safety record with no "major" Dept. of Agriculture complaints or fines
  • Has a consistent history of making quality applications and meeting and/or exceeding customer expectations in regard to application, follow-up and retreats, if necessary
  • Has maintained appropriate spray records
  • Has a continuing SAFETY training instruction program that is a part of all annual employee training

March 2006

click here to read the
Kansas Profile
By Ron Wilson, Director of the Huck Boyd National Institute for Rural Development
released March 15, 2006
April 2006

PlainJan's attends National Rodent Management Summit

Jan Huck, President & General Manager of PlainJan's in Scott City, KS, participated in Pest Control Magazine's Rodent Summit in St. Louis March 22 - 24. 50 companies representing 24 states were in attendance for this very specific pest management conference.

Jan was able to meet individually with Dr. Bobby Corrigan, a world renowned expert on rodent pest management and the author of both rodent control books and many published technical papers. Dr. Corrigan made several rodent management suggestions for PlainJan's programs for more thoough inspections and to more effectively utilize rodenticides, bait stations and traps.

Dr. Stephen Kells, University of Minnesota, also met with Jan to outline non-chemical strategy techniques to use in the large feed yards and dairy facilities serviced by PlainJan's over their 6-state area.

PlainJan's provides rodent management programs for many of the nations commercial livestock production and dairy facilities. Due to the abundant food sources and available harborages, rodent populations in commercial livestock facilities are huge and cause millions of dollars in damage.
August 2006

IMPORTANT PLAINJAN'S STAFF UPDATE:

As many of you have heard, one of our PlainJan's technicians, Dalmer Durr, was injured in an accident just East of Scott City on Saturday, August 5th. Dalmer was driving a PlainJan's truck and apparently drove onto the right shoulder, overcorrected and lost control of the vehicle. Although he was wearing a seatbelt, Dalmer was thrown from the vehicle. The truck was totaled, as was the spray unit that was in the bed.

Dalmer suffered broken ribs, a punctured lung, massive head trauma and has been on a respirator since being life-watched to Wichita's Wesleyan Medical Center.

PlainJan's has been in contact with Dalmer's wife and family on a daily basis. Last week was a roller coaster with good news. . .then bad. . . then good. But as of Sunday, August 13th, Dalmer was opening his eyes and is now breathing on his own.

SO. . .we are all scrambling to fill in for Dalmer's service accounts. Please bear with us. Your weekly service may occur on a different day or with a different technician.

PlainJan's is not hiring any new, untrained, un-experienced help. We will not just "fill a hole." Your professional service and results are key to us and we'll be using our current staff; working overtime to maintain the level of services to all our customers.

Dalmer was in his 3rd season with PlainJan's and we are keeping our hopes up that he will be physically and mentally able to return to work soon.