IPCA President Chris Haggerty of American Pest Control, Inc. has been elected to serve a two year term as president of the Illinois Pest Control Association.  Haggerty, orginally of Canton, graduated from Illinois Wesleyan University in 1982 and currently serves as service manager for American Pest Control's eastern region.  Haggerty also previously served as secretary and as vice-president/programs of the Illinois Pest Control Association.  The association represents more than 300 pest control companies working throughout the state of Illinois. Quality Pro Certification American Pest Control, Inc. has earned the Quality Pro certification from the National Pest Management Association.  Quality Pro companies go above and beyond state and federal requirements.  These qualifications include doing criminal background checks on all employees, practicing environmentally responsible pest control, maintaining a drug-free workplace, and employing only highly-trained, credentialed employees.  For more information about Quality Pro, please see their website at www.npmaqualitypro.org. QualityPro for Schools Designation Earned American Pest Control, Inc. is the second company in Illinois to earn the QualityPro Schools designation from the National Pest Management Association.  Andrew Architect, executive director of QualityPro says, "American Pest Control is one of a few, elite companies in the country to participate in the QualityPro program, which recognizes companies for going above and beyond to provide consumers with quality, professional pest management services.  Now that they've taken their commitment to service excellence a step further by meeting the qualifications for our QualityPro Schools program, we couldn't be more pleased." Reader's Choice Awards 2007 American Pest Control is proud to be a Pantagraph Reader's Choice Award winner for 2007! American Earns QualityPro Food Protection Designation The employees of American Pest Control have worked hard to earn the QualityPro Food Protection designation from the National Pest Management Association.  In addition to fulfilling the thorough and in-depth QualityPro requirements, all American Pest Control's service technicians working in Food Plant environments have passed a comprehensive exam dedicated to verifying individual knowledge of pest management standards in food plants.