Notables: December 2007 - Nursery Management & Production

New positions

Travis Johnson to regional sales manager, East Jordan Plastics Inc., East Jordan, Mich.

Marla Faver to field development scientist; and Joe Gionta to director of sales, BioWorks, Victor, N.Y.

Josh Ogden to sales representative, Cleary Chemical Corp., Dayton, N.J.

Peter B. Johnsen to board of directors, Absorbent Technologies Inc., Beaverton, Ore.

Brian Sullivan to president, Ivy Acres, Baiting Hollow, N.Y.

Jeff Raska to branch manager, Skinner Nurseries, Carrollton, Texas.

Jim Bethke to floriculture and nursery farm adviser, University of California Cooperative Extension, San Diego County.

Jack Neeway to sales manager, Zelenka West Nursery, Cornelius, Ore.

Beth Lowry and Carl F. Melchior IV to national sales representatives, Sunlawn Inc., Fort Collins, Colo.

Fran Chismar to sales manager; and Glenn Rogers to head propagator, Pinelands Nursery and Supply, Columbus, N.J.

John Alden and Matthew Kennedy to business development managers; and Shannon Berkheimer to landscape division administrator, Ruppert Nurseries, Laytonsville, Md.

Shahin Ashraf to western regional sales manager, Fafard Inc., Agawam, Mass.

Jennifer Windrum to public relations manager; and Laura Liggett and Lynette Petersen to public relations associates, Swanson Russell Associates, Lincoln, Neb.

Business changes

Griffin Greenhouse and Nursery Supplies, Tewksbury, Mass., acquired the greenhouse and nursery supplies division of Penn State Seed Co. Inc., Dallas, Pa.

Sun Gro Horticulture Income Fund, Vancouver, Canada, acquired Grow Best Holdings LLC, Orlando, Fla., which owns Florida Potting Soils Inc. and Sunshine Peat Inc.

Chase Horticultural Research Inc., Mount Aukum, Calif., added an online store to its Web site, www.chasehorticulturalresearch.com.

Deaths

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Dan Milaeger, founder of Milaeger’s Garden Mart, Racine, Wis., died Sept. 12. He was 82.