Daniel Jazdzewski is accounts manager for John Deere Landscapes in San Diego County.

Angela Howes has been promoted from administrative assistant to purchaser at Ruppert Nurseries?EUR??,,????'??? Maryland landscape installation branch.

Michael N. Vanatta is the new international sales director and Stacie Zinn is the marketing director of Environmental Turf.

Jarred Hendricks, a Utah lighting dealer of Village Lighting Co. wins a trip to Tampa Bay, Fla. for the Irrigation Association trade show on Nov.11-16. The International Irrigation Show, named to the U.S. Commercial Service International Buyers Program, is the largest irrigation show in the world.

Keith Spitzer is national sales account executive with SAVIO Engineering, a national manufacturer of top quality water gardening supplies headquartered in Santa Fe, N.M.

Charles Bray joins the International Association of Amusement Parks and Attractions (IAAPA) as its first chief financial officer. Bray brings more than 30 years of experience to this position, including two stints as an association president and various financial and accounting work in the private, academic, and non-profit sectors.

Carl Kipp Jr., technical director of Grower Sales, Compost & Recycling, and Services at Garick?EUR??,,????'???s Paygro facility in South Charleston, Ohio, has been selected as an honorary member of Alpha Epsilon, the Honor Society of Agricultural, Food and Biological Engineering. Garrick also has two new members: Richard Coan is new chief financial officer and Gregory Cunningham is new compost manager for the South Charleston, Ohio facility.

Devesh Singh, West Coast research manager for Barenbrug USA, has been promoted to director of research.

Syngenta Turf & Ornamental welcomes four new employees: Scott Trbovich joins the sales team representing Michigan; Steve Stansell joins as marketing manager for lawn and landscape, and aquatics, relocating to Greensboro; Bob Froelich joins the Midwest District as ornamental sales specialist; and Amy Holm joins the Northeast District as an ornamental sales specialist, located in the Philadelphia area.

Alan W. Odgers is vice president of sales and marketing for Astec Underground, a leading manufacturer of underground and utility construction equipment.

Dr. James B. Beard is awarded Purdue University?EUR??,,????'???s highest honor of honorary doctorate. Beard has a distinguished career as a scientist, teacher and a worldwide leader in the turf grass industry.

Jeff Weld has been promoted to program manager for Bayer Environmental Science. Weld is now responsible for administering all Bayer formulator, distributor and end-user programs.

Winners of Hunter Industries 2004 Marketing Excellence Awards go to three landscape professionals: Bryce Bousquet, vice president, Reams Sprinkler Supply of Lincoln, Neb.; Thom Davis, marketing director, Horizon – a professional landscape equipment and supply company in Phoenix, Ariz.; and Bob Fragala, owner, Stateline Irrigation Supply of Tyngsboto, Mass. Bartlett Resources manufacturers?EUR??,,????'??? representatives in the North Eastern U.S. now add Rain Master to their irrigation product line.

Rex Lamb is the recipient of the 2004 Supplier of the Year Award, presented by The California Association of Nurseries and Garden Centers (CANGC). This honor is awarded annually to a salesperson who maintains professional standards and renders service that is extraordinary and beneficial to nursery customers. Lamb has been a territory manger for Kellogg Garden Products for seven years.