Klaus W. Ahlers of Carlacio Landscape, Inc., Placentia, has been elected as the new president of the California Landscape & Irrigation Council, and officially took office on Jan. 1.

He succeeds Charles R. Johnson of California Landscape, Inc., Canoga Park, who served as the 1986 president.

Meanwhile, Julie Kitch of ABC Lawn Sprinkler Co., Newhall, has been elected to the position of president-elect and will automatically succeed to the presidency in 1988. She will become the first woman ever to serve as the Council president.

Other officers elected to the Council’s Board of Directors include:

Vice President William N. Cohen of Valley Crest Landscape, Inc., Calabasas.

Vice President John Carlson of Carlson’s Landscaping, Inc., Fountain Valley.

Vice President Mark Acevedo of Kato Landscaping, Inc., Fountain Valley.

Secretary-Treas. Mickey Strauss of American Landscape, Inc., Canoga Park.

Johnson returns to the Board as the immediate past president.

The Council is a trade association of union-affiliated landscape and irrigation contractors who specialize in large-scale commercial, industrial, housing, and public works projects.

Joe Brazan, the Council’s executive secretary for the past 18 years, will continue in this post, operating out of the organization’s office in Whittier.

The Land/Plan Group, Inc., the Montgomery, Alabama-based landscape architecture firm, recently announced the appointment of Lynda Wayne to the position of Landscape Architectural Intern. Her responsibilities include design and production, as well as project management.

?EUR??,,????'??The Land/Plan Group has realized a great deal of success in the landscape architecture/land planning market in the one short year that it has been since we started,” says Rip Weaver, President of the design firm. “Our hard work has paid off and we now are in a position to begin expanding our staff to better serve the needs of our clients.”

The landscape architecture program at Texas Tech University will present five professional speakers this spring semester. Included are Kurt Culbertson from Design Workshop, Inc., Aspen, Colorado; Kelly Green, Lubbock Parks and Recreation Department, Lubbock, Texas; Gary Wydeveld, Thomas Reprographics, Richardson, Texas; Guy Johns, Royston, Hanamoto, Alley and Abey, Albuquerque, NM; and Don Simpson, H.O.K., Dallas, Texas. The Student ASLA Chapter at Tech will host all invited guests.

Yvonne Fenner has been appointed meeting coordinator for the California Landscape Contractors Association, according to Sharon McGuire, executive director of CLCA.

For the second time, Greg Meyer, vice president and branch manager of the Sylmar office of Valley Crest Tree Company, was named associate member of the year at the CLCA’s annual convention in Hawaii.

Weather-matic has appointed Peter Zari regional sales manager for Northern California. Mr. Zari was most recently an independent landscape irrigation designer and installer in the San Diego area.

Mae Martin Designs has moved to 17945 Sky Park Circle, Irvine, California.

Mae Martin Designs now has representatives in the San Diego and Orange County areas...

Garth Hokanson has announced his plans to resign from his position as President of Jenco Wholesale Nurseries. Hokanson has served as President of Jenco for nearly four years and has been with Jenco and its preceding parent company for over nine years. Jenco has six wholesale facilities located in Texas, Oklahoma and Kansas. These facilities distribute a wide variety of plants and supplies for use by the landscape and nursery industry. Jenco is a member of the Tri-West Corporation, one of the largest horticultural companies in the country.

Richdel Turf Irrigation Division has named five 1986 Distributors of the Year, according to Rex Dixon, general manager. The companies are: Century Rain Aid of Madison Heights, Mich., Ewing Irrigation Products of San Leandro, Calif., Rite-Flo Supply of Tampa, Florida, Smith Pipe & Supply of Newbury Park, Calif. and Turf Irrigation & Water Works of Phoenix, Ariz.

Uni.Group U.S.A., an association of manufacturers and distributors of UNI paving products, elected Chris Ross of Balcon, Inc., as Chairman at their recent annual meeting held in San Francisco.

He succeeds John O’Neill of Anchor Interlock Paver Corp., Bricktown, NJ.

The association also elected David Bender of Pavestone Co., Grapevine, Texas, as Vice Chairman.