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In the first section of this report, summaries are presented of the papers delivered at the General Session of the meeting of the Southwest Park and Recreation Training Institute. The topics were: (1) Risk Aspect of Parks and Recreation; (2) All You Need To Know about Boards and Commissions, but Were Afraid To Ask; (3) Leadership and Organizational Structure; and (4) Murphy's Law of Thermodynamics and Other Rules for Dealing with the Real World. The rest of the report is comprised of 18 summaries of workshop topics that dealt with practical advice, anecdotes of the various problems faced by recreational directors, and suggestions for improving the appearance of parks and recreation areas. (JD)

Twelve major papers delivered during this conference on agricultural education in the northeastern states are included in this volume: (1) "Status of Pennsylvania Special Needs Students in Vocational Agriculture: Phase III--Placement for Training and Employment," by Connie Baggett, Dennis Scanlon, Anthony Mallilo, and Sam Curtis; (2) "Competencies Needed by Full-Time Employees to Enter the Apple Production Industry in Adams County, Pennsylvania," by George Hamilton and James Mortensen; (3) "Teacher Perception: FFA Membership with Non-Enrollment in Vocational Agriculture Courses," by Regina Smick and Ronald Seibel; (4) "The Relationship between Characteristics of Colorado's American Farmer Degree Recipients from 1968 to 1977 and Their Current Occupational Status," by Stacy Gartin; (5) "The Effect of a Floral Merchandising and Design Record Book on Student Achievement," by Joel Simmons and James Mortensen; (6) "Factors Influencing Student Selection of The Pennsylvania State University's College of Agriculture," by Kerry Odell; (7) "The Affective Work Competency Development of Vocational Agriculture Students Involved in SOE Programs in New York State," by Patrice Dugan and Dean Sutphin; (8) "A Comparison of New York BOCES and Central High School Teacher Perceptions, Concerning the Status and Importance of Supervised Occupational Experience Programs," by Dean Sutphin; (9) "An Analysis of Research Methodology Used in Agricultural Education, 1974-1982," by Alfred Mannebach, Paul McKenna, and Geeta Pfau; (10) "Success of Former Vocational Agriculture Students in College of Agriculture Curricula," by Layle Lawrence; (11) "Instructional Status of Agricultural Mechanics Competencies Needed and Possessed by Teachers of Vocational Horticulture in Pennsylvania," by Richard Makin and Richard Stinson; and (12) "Identification and Development of Guidelines, Strategies and Materials to Improve Supervised Occupational Experience Programs in the Northeast," by Arthur Berkey and Dean Sutphin. (KC)

Sweetpotato, Ipomoea batatus (L.) Lamarck, one of the top ten staple crops produced worldwide, was the top volume-producing vegetable crop in Hawaii in 2017. While conducting research on sweetpotato pests in Hawaii, we discovered that the green garden looper, Chrysodeixis eriosoma (Doubleday), was present in sweetpotato fields in Hawaii and we had recurrent non-target catch in traps baited with a binary pheromone lure for the sweetpotato vine borer, Omphisa anastomosalis Guenée. The green garden looper caterpillar is a generalist feeder that has the potential to damage a range of both vegetable and ornamental crops in Hawaii. Herein we report on the non-target catch of C. eriosoma, including documenting the effect of spatial trap location and trap height on trap catch. We also demonstrate that a commercially available lure formulated for C. chalcites is an effective detection/monitoring tool for C. eriosoma in Hawaii, as had previously been demonstrated in New Zealand. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]