Charlie Huecker Mike McCaffrey Leyton Woolf Michael Francis Niel Henriksen BSC Group, Inc., an ecological and engineering consulting firm, has announced that Budd Titlow, PWS has joined their Worcester, Mass. office as a senior environmental scientist and project manager. ?EUR??,,????'???? Mike McCaffrey was elected president of the Garden Rose Council. He succeeds Leyton Woolf, who will now serve on the board as past president. Also on the board are Charlie Huecker, Michael Francis and Andy Castillo ?EUR??,,????'???? For its awareness of the environment and demand for environmental quality, The Rouse Company of Columbia, Maryland, is the 2002 recipient of the prestigious Associated Landscape Contractors of America (ALCA) Landscape Contribution Award. ?EUR??,,????'???? John van Roessel, P. Ag, CLP, of JVR Landscape, Inc., a Calgary, Alberta, Canada has been named chairman of the ALCA?EUR??,,????'???s International Landscape Technician Council (ILTC), the group that administers the Certified Landscape Technician (CLT) program. ?EUR??,,????'???? John Schwartz, an Amarillo Irrigation Contractor, was elected as the new Texas Turf Irrigation Association for 2003. ?EUR??,,????'???? Gretchen Beasley is the new Brick Industry Association executive manager in the administration division. She is responsible for the database and meetings arrangements and eventually will oversee the BIA website. ?EUR??,,????'???? William Tolley has been appointed executive vice president of the American Concrete Institute (ACI International). ?EUR??,,????'???? The American Nursery & Landscape Association (ANLA) awarded its Garden Communicators Award to television host, fellow of the Royal Horticultural Society and professional garden designer P. Allen Smith, president and CEO of Hortus, Ltd, Little Rock, Ark. ?EUR??,,????'???? The International Erosion Control Association (IECA) has awarded its 2002 Sustained Contributor Award to Wang Lixian, Ph.D. of Beijing Forestry University in China. The IECA also awarded its 2002 Most Distinguished Technical Paper award to Francis Amponsah-Dacosta, Ph.D. and Emeritus Professor Geoff Blight, both of the School of Civil and Environmental Engineering at the University of Witwatersrand in Johannesburg, South Africa. ?EUR??,,????'???? The American Nursery & Landscape Association announces the addition of Niel Henriksen, vice president and chief operating officer of Hermes Nursery, Inc., Shawnee, Kan., to its Landscape Distribution Group?EUR??,,????'???s Board of Directors. Steve Fellows David J. Feldman Rick Dominge David Fetterolf Finn Corporation, a leader in the manufacture of quality equipment and additives for the erosion control and landscaping industries, as added Marc Bowers to its executive team and appointed Mel Love as national rental manager, and Jeff Clouser as Northeast territory manager. ?EUR??,,????'???? John Deere Landscapes has announced the acquisition of all 10 locations of The Treehouse, a major Florida distributor of trees and nursery stock. This acquisition brings the total number of John Deere Landscapes locations in Florida to 40 branches. ?EUR??,,????'???? Steve Fellows has been named vice president of operations for Whitacre Greer, an Ohio-based manufacturer of architectural paving brick and fire brick. ?EUR??,,????'???? Grigg Brothers has announced several employee promotions, including: Gary Grigg, CGCS, MG as vice president and corporate agronomist; Vince Van Meter as national sales director; Jared Grigg as director of communications; Roman Grigg as national sales manager; Todd Scott as Midwest regional sales manager and Sadie Clark as office manager. ?EUR??,,????'???? The Phoenix, Arizona metropolitan area has a new distribution location to serve landscape and irrigation professionals in the East Valley. Horizon, a full-service supplier, opened its newest store in Higley, Arizona in January. ?EUR??,,????'???? John Van Dam has been inducted into the Southern California Turfgrass Foundation Turfgrass Hall of Fame. ?EUR??,,????'???? David J. Feldman has been appointed as Cooper Lighting division president at Georgia-based Cooper Industries, Ltd. ?EUR??,,????'???? BASF Corporation has announced the appointment of Stephen Briggs to the position of director of its Specialty Products Department. In his new role, Briggs will be responsible for all aspects of the department?EUR??,,????'???s current operations - in addition to orchestrating the merger of TopPro Specialties group. ?EUR??,,????'???? Carefree Tire L.L.C. has expanded its nationwide marketing capabilities with the appointment of Norman Smythe as marketing manager. ?EUR??,,????'???? Industry veteran John Meyer has been named national accounts manager for Simplot Partners. He is now responsible for the development and implementation of sales programs for national accounts and golf course management companies. ?EUR??,,????'???? Miramar Wholesale Nurseries has named Rick Dominge Nursery Division Manager, ending a search that began last August when the company restructured to keep pace with growth. ?EUR??,,????'???? David Fetterolf has been named Southeast Regional Sales Manager for Hadco?EUR??,,????'???s Landscape Division. ?EUR??,,????'???? Dosmatic U.S.A./International, Inc. has announced that Sam Chandler is now responsible for the company?EUR??,,????'???s Horticultural sales division in North America.