Notables: November 2007 - Nursery Management & Production

New positions

T.D. Decker to president, Aquascape, St. Charles, Ill.

Debbie Mucciolo to marketing research/copywriter, Chemilizer Products, Largo, Fla.

Todd Loecke to district sales manager; Dave Ravel to golf market manager; Bob Goglia to lawn care market manager; and Diana M. Nisbet to territory manager, Syngenta Professional Products, Greensboro, N.C.

Paul Rea to director, Specialty Products Division, BASF, Research Triangle Park, N.C.

Arie van der Lugt to export manager, Hawe Systems Europe B.V., Holland.

Brent Mecham to industry development director, Irrigation Association, Falls Church, Va.

Kathleen Pyle to managing editor, Pacific Coast Nurseryman, Jacksonville, Ore.

Will Brown to safety and loss prevention manager; and Avery Shepherd to estimator, Ruppert Nurseries, Laytonsville, Md.

Gay Williams to executive director, Ohio Nursery and Landscape Association, Westerville.

Justin Wallace to director of communication, Sod Solutions Inc.

Honors

Pam Bennett, Ohio State University Extension, Clark County, was appointed president, Ohio Governor’s Residence and Heritage Garden.

Business changes

Poppelmann Plastics USA opened a new factory in Claremont International Business Park, Claremont, N.C.

Central Landscape Supply, St. Cloud, Minn., opened a new location in Farmington, Minn.

Riverbend Nursery, Riner, Va., is a new member of the Hort Couture grower network.

BioWorks Inc. moved to a new corporate office: 100 Rawson Road, Suite 205, Victor, NY 14564; (800) 877-9443; fax (800) 903-2377.

T&R Co., Rancho Cucamonga, Calif., opened a branch office in Woodburn, Ore.

Deaths

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Glen D. Jensen, retired from Zarn and IEM Plastics, Reidsville, N.C., died Aug. 9. He was 80.