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LASN News July, 200307-01-03 | News

San Fernando Chapter Awards

Southern California Landscape of San Fernando, Calif., won the President’s Choice award from the San Fernando Valley Chapter of the CLCA. The winning entry was for the Kaufman residence project.

GRANADA HILLS, Calif. – The San Fernando Valley Chapter of the California Landscape Contractors Association (CLCA) presented its 44th Annual Beautification Awards in June. Thirteen contractors were recognized for their excellence in craftsmanship, installation and landscape management.

The award categories and winners included:

Colorscape: Valley Crest Landscaping, Calabasas, project, City of Hope
Special Effects: 3 Pi?????os Inc., Northridge, Project, David Pincus
Custom Residential: Majestic Pools and Landscape, Granada Hills, Shierts residence
Sweepstakes (entry judged best of all categories): Holt Landscape, Northridge, Kaplan Sports Complex
Arklin Memorial (excellence in craftsmanship), Stay Green Inc., Santa Clarita and Bridgeport projects
Xeriscape: Larson Landscape & Maintenance from Tarzana, Hoyt residence
President?EUR??,,????'???s Choice (excellence in craftsmanship for a residential project), Southern California Landscape from San Fernando, Kaufman residence

This year there were 62 projects entered into the Beautification awards competition. Three industry experts, not members of the local chapter, judged the projects. One of the judges was a prior chapter president of the local chapter and is no longer involved in the chapter. One judge was a past president of another chapter, and the third judge was a local horticulturist.

ASLA President-Elect

Patrick A. Miller

WASHINGTON, D.C. – The American Society of Landscape Architects (ASLA) announced the election of Patrick A. Miller, Ph.D., FASLA, as its president-elect for 2004. He will become president of the organization at the ASLA annual meeting in the fall of 2004.

Miller has worked in public, private, and academic practice in the United States and Canada and has served as head of the landscape architecture department at Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University for the past 14 years. He obtained a bachelor?EUR??,,????'???s degree in landscape architecture from California State Polytechnic University, Pomona, an MLA from the University of California at Berkeley, and a Ph.D. from the University of Michigan.

A licensed landscape architect since 1973, Miller has received numerous awards and recognitions for his professional research and service work and has lectured internationally on landscape architecture and professional education. He served six years on the ASLA Board of Trustees, two years as vice president for education, and has participated as a chair or member of several chapter and national ASLA committees, including the Professional Practice Institute, the Task Force on Professional Interest Groups, the Continuing Education Committee, the Academic Program Support Council, the Landscape Architecture Magazine Editorial Advisory Committee, and the Council on Education.

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FYI

The U.S. per capita expenditure for floral products is $67 per year. The most popular holiday for buying flowers is Christmas.

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Landscape Design Tax Nixed in Ohio Budget

COLUMBUS, Ohio – The House Finance Committee recently approved Ohio?EUR??,,????'???s biennial budget bill, HB 95. Part of the budget included the acceptance of an omnibus amendment that removed the exterior design tax, also known as the landscape design tax.

The Legislative Budget Office had predicted the exterior design tax would generate nearly $24 million over the biennium. Because the legislature had to find funds elsewhere, the exterior design tax was replaced with new service/sales tax, which includes snow removal.

According to Dan Jones, a legislative consultant for the Ohio Nursery and Landscape Association, the ONLA Legislative Committee and the ONLA Board will be trying to decide whether to oppose this issue as the bill moves through the Senate. For more information on how the state budget is affecting Ohio?EUR??,,????'???s green industry, visit www.onla.org.

Montpelier Receives Buchanan Award

James Madison

MONTPELIER STATION, Va. – The investigation of President James Madison?EUR??,,????'???s home, Montpelier, has been recognized with the prestigious James E. Buchanan Award for 2003.

The Buchanan Award is given annually to recognize contributions to the study and preservation of vernacular architecture and the cultural landscape.

The 18-month investigation of the Montpelier mansion incorporated state-of-the-art technology and a nationally recognized team of experts to develop a comprehensive picture of the home of Madison.

?EUR??,,????'??Never before has such an intensive examination been made of a president?EUR??,,????'???s home,?EUR??,,????'?? said John C. Larson, vice president for Restoration of Old Salem, Inc. ?EUR??,,????'??Montpelier is to be commended for setting a new standard in the investigation and recording methodologies for a historic structure. It has set a new benchmark in the thoroughness of the investigative and the recording process, and in the use of modern technologies to the fullest advantage.?EUR??,,????'??

The Paul E. Buchanan Award was created by the Vernacular Architecture Forum in 1993 and honors Paul E. Buchanan of Williamsburg, Va., who inspired many VAF members in the importance of careful fieldwork.

A summary of the Montpelier investigation and key findings is available online at www.montpelier.org.

U.S. Rigging Supply Awarded ISO Certificate

SANTA ANA, Calif. – U.S. Rigging Supply recently announced the company has achieved ISO 9001:2000 certification.

This version of ISO requires an integrated ?EUR??,,????'??whole company?EUR??,,????'?? approach requiring continual improvement in all areas of operation, including product quality, customer satisfaction and management oversight. ISO 9001:2000 specifies requirements for a quality management system that can be applied to any size or type of organization. Registration to the standard demonstrates a company?EUR??,,????'???s ability to enhance customer satisfaction while consistently providing product that meets customer and applicable regulatory requirements.

Company CEO Gaylord Whipple stated that the company was audited, approved and certified on May 1 by Orion Registrar USA.

?EUR??,,????'??This achievement was accomplished in the remarkably short time period of six months,?EUR??,,????'?? he said. ?EUR??,,????'??Most notably, it was done completely in-house by our own employees.?EUR??,,????'??

For more information visit www.usrigging.com.

Riverbank Filtration Conference

The conference will explore issues in riverbank filtration.

FOUNTAIN VALLEY, Calif. – The National Water Research Institute has announced the Second International Riverbank Filtration Conference, to be held Sept. 16-19 at the Hilton Cincinnati Netherlands Plaza in Cincinnati, Ohio. The conference will examine the experiences of waterworks worldwide and address the issues faced by users of riverbank filtration, including costs, operational experiences, microorganisms and chemicals, riverbed dynamics and public policy.

Full conference registration is $395, while one-day conference registration is $200. On the first day of the conference optional field trips, which cost $35, will include visiting the Louisville Water Company B.E. Payne Water Treatment Plant in Louisville, Kent., or the Charles M. Bolton Well Field in Cincinnati.

For more information visit www.nwri-usa.org.

RAIN BIRD??????oe Unveils 2004 Rose Parade Float Entry

Rain Bird executives unveil their 2004 float entry titled Springtime Symphony.

GLENDORA, Calif. – Rain Bird Corporation officially unveiled the color rendering of its 2004 Tournament of Roses Parade float entry?EUR??,,????'??+Springtime Symphony?EUR??,,????'??+in a ceremony held at the company?EUR??,,????'???s headquarters.

In keeping with the 2004 Tournament of Roses Parade theme?EUR??,,????'??+Music, Music, Music?EUR??,,????'??+Springtime Symphony will portray Rain Bird?EUR??,,????'???s commitment to water conservation and environmental preservation by celebrating the grandeur, beauty and harmony of the natural world that together create nature?EUR??,,????'???s symphony.

Springtime Symphony is emblematic of the arrival of spring, and will depict new and continuing life rising above the glistening winter snow thaw to unveil the magnificent colors and textures of the Southwestern landscape. The float will feature eight separate waterfalls with over 1,500 gallons of flowing and cascading water, a signature element of all of Rain Bird?EUR??,,????'???s floats. It highlights Rain Bird?EUR??,,????'???s vision for the intelligent use of water, the company?EUR??,,????'???s veneration for water as it relates to environmental preservation.

The float will feature a family of newly-hatched endangered spotted owl chicks, nestled in the protective care of their parents, safely perched in the crown of an oversized conifer tree. Not far away, a red-crested pileated woodpecker, the largest woodpecker in North America, drills for food as furry chipmunks scurry about tirelessly in search of their next meal. At the front of the float a curious ocelot cub is spotted exploring the blossoming playground, but instinct keeps the cat from venturing too close to the nesting owls.

Rain Bird has been honored with several Rose Parade trophies: the Sweepstakes Trophy in 2002, 2001, 1999 and 1998, the President’s Trophy in 2000, and the Directors’ Trophy in 1997.