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PA Capitol Top e-News Stories for 2011
HARRISBURG - New Governor, New General Assembly, New Attorney General – The elections of 2010 brought many new faces to Harrisburg, including Governor Tom Corbett and converting the Pennsylvania House to Republican control, giving Republicans control of both houses of the General Assembly and the Governor’s Office. PLNA has had a long relationship with... (more)
Boxwood Blight Boxwood Blight Hits U.S.
BELTSVILLE, MD - In late October 2011 USDA APHIS Plant Protection and Quarantine’s (PPQ) national mycologist confirmed  a new US record for the fungal pathogen Cylindrocladium pseudonaviculum, on boxwood, Buxus sp. nursery plants in North Carolina. Soon after, the pathogen was confirmed from a residential planting in Connecticut and a nursery in Virginia... (more)
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ANLA-OFA Announce Joint Venture
COLUMBUS - ANLA and OFA, have announced  a joint venture. This joint venture will initially focus on business education and advocacy. Both associations have unique strengths and those strengths reside in different areas of association work. Working together will allow them to build on those differing capabilities for the benefit of their members and the industry. It means avoiding... (more)
 
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Obama Signs Bill  Delaying H-2B Wage Hike
WASHINGTON, D.C. - Two days before Christmas, President Obama signed into law a bill that will prohibit the implementation of the Department of Labor’s (DOL’s) H-2B wage rule for the remainder of fiscal year 2012, which runs through September 30, 2012. The language blocking the wage rule was part of a massive spending package that passed the House in December. In addition to be... (more)
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Making Friends
Gregg Robertson |  8/17/2010

Field Notes - September/October 2010
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NEW PCH's
Logan Richard, PCH, Pennsylvania College of Technology Student, Alexandria
James G. Theisen, PCH,  Hively Landscapes, Inc., Dover
Matthew Bradley, PCH,  LawnScapes of Southern Chester County, Inc., West Grove


NEW Landscape Industry Certified Technicians (CLT)
Softscape Installation

Drew Hodgson, CLT, Lawnscape LTD, Petersburg
Justin Marko, CLT, Lawnscape LTD, Petersburg
Jaques Ott, CLT, Ruppert Landscape, Toughkenemon


Turf Maintenance
Keith Dickinson, CLT
, Bella Terra, Milford, DE
Scott Douglas, PCH, CLT, Full Effect Lawn & Landscape Services LLC, Willow Street
Matthew Froncillo, CLT, Ruppert Landscapes, Toughkenemon
Greg Tomlinson, CLT, Tomlinson Bomberger Lawncare & Landscape Inc., Lancaster

Ornamental Maintenance
Ray Eager, CLT, Centerville Lawn & Landscape Service, Lititz
Greg Tomlinson, CLT, Tomlinson Bomberger Lawncare & Landscape Inc., Lancaster

Irrigation
Jocelyn Kimicata, CLT, Kimicata Brothers Inc., Pittsburgh

 

 
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