PRO Notes: May 2007 - GMPro

New positions

Nicole Fielding to sales representative, T&R Co., Rancho Cucamonga, Calif.

Elin Dowd to president; Robert Smiland to chief marketing and sales officer; Mark Buchholtz to chief operating officer; and Tyler Page to chief financial officer, Monrovia Growers, Azusa, Calif.

Archie Crosby to manager, Ewing Irrigation, Golf and Industrial, Abilene, Texas.

Michael Stolar to regional sales manager, Venture Lighting International, Streetsboro, Ohio.

Chad Cavolo to regional sales manager, Bandit Industries Inc., Remus, Mich.

Joe Fraser to president, Southern Sales and Marketing Group Inc., Atlanta.

Paul Tompkins to wholesale center manager; Marlene Dykhouse to account manager; and Rick Miller to territory sales representative, Zelenka Nursery LLCD, Grand Haven, Mich.

David Fuchs to president, Sherman Nursery Co., Charles City, Iowa.

Denny Therrien to sales representative, Degussa CYRO, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

Natalia Hamill to product specialist, Skagit SuperStarts, Mount Vernon, Wash.

Roger Beaulieu to territory manager, ForemostCo Inc., Miami.

Honors

DeWitt Co., Sikeston, Mo., was named Key Supplier of the Year-Seasonal by PRO Group.

Bailey Nurseries, St. Paul, Minn., was named Environmental Business of the Year by Great River Greening.

Mary Hausbeck, Michigan State University and GMPRO columnist, received the IR-4 Meritorious Service Award.

Frank Fernicola, Fairfield Garden Center, Fairfield, N.J., received the Retail Rising Star Award from American Nursery & Landscape Association.

Northern Christmas Trees and Nursery, Merillan, Wis., received the Distinguished Service Award from Wisconsin Green Industry Federation.

Broccolo Tree and Lawn Care, Rochester, N.Y., became certified in the installation of green roofs and living walls.

Susanne Woodell, Biltmore Estate, Ashville, N.C., and Maria Lehner, City of Country Club Hills, Ill., received the Certified Grounds Manager designation from Professional Grounds Management Society.

Eric Tietig, Pine Island Nursery and Tree Farm, Miami, was named Farm Credit/FNGLA Young Nursery Professional of the Year.

Dave Van Essen, Van Essen Nursery, Lebanon, Ore., is the first recipient of the Spring Meadow Proven Winners ColorChoice Innovation Award.

Associations

Wilja Happe Brand Flowers, Carpenteria, Calif., was named chairperson, California Cut Flower Commission.

New members of Texas Nursery and Landscape Association board of directors: Charles Britton Jr., Britton Consulting, Lubbock, chairman; and Bill Brown, Creekside Nursery, Hempstead, chairman-elect.

Steve Carver, OFA, Columbus, Ohio, and Michael Baise, Indiana Farm Bureau, Indianapolis, were elected to the Mid American Ag and Hort Human Resources Conference board of directors.

Raymon A. York, Ewing Irrigation Products, Phoenix, was elected chairman, National Association of Wholesaler-Distributors.

New members of Western Nursery and Landscape Association board: Steve Ritter, Ritter’s Inc., West Burlington, Iowa; and Sandi Hillermann McDonald, Hillerman Nursery and Florist, Washington, Mo., board member.

Business changes

New poinsettia rooting stations for Selecta First Class Inc.: Pleasant View Gardens, Loudon, N.H.; Van de Wetering Greenhouses, Jamesport, N.Y.; and Yoder Brothers, Pendleton, S.C.

Shemin opened a new location in Lawrenceville, N.J.

Cub Cadet, Valley City, Ohio, and Yanmar, Osaka, Japan, formed a joint venture to market compact utility tractors and implements.

Initial Tropical Plants, Riverwoods, Ill., acquired Planteriors, Fort Lauderdale, Fla.

Deaths

Dave Mears, Mears Floral Products, Springfield, Mo., died Jan. 17. He was 63.

Bill Blackmore, past president of Iowa Nursery and Landscape Association, Mason City, died Feb. 3. He was 87.

Resources

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The “Chemical Disease Controls for the Greenhouse Industry” wall chart lists fungicides labeled for specific greenhouse diseases. Written by Michigan State University plant pathologist Mary Hausbeck, the 22-by-34-inch chart contains information on 74 fungicides. Cost is $4 plus postage. For more: (517) 353-6740; www.emdc.msue.msu.edu.