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NGLCO Holds 45th Annual Summer Field Days

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he Nursery Growers of Lake County Ohio Inc. (NGLCO) held its 45th Annual Summer Field Days Aug. 14 at Stanton Park in Madison, Ohio.

The event, held in affiliation with OSU Extension, The Ohio Nursery and Landscape Association and the USDA, is designed to provide information on the latest techniques and innovations in a format that encourages the exchange of ideas among its members. As well as a great opportunity to catch up with friends and make new acquaintances, another big draw at the event was an opportunity to meet with representatives from local equipment, product and service providers.

Activities included equipment demonstrations, nursery bus tours and workshops.

Rain did little to dampen the spirits of attendees or exhibitors as they met and mingled under the protective canopies in the exhibit area and food tent.

2012 marks the 75th anniversary for The Nursery Growers of Lake County Ohio, which was formed in 1927 as an educational forum for Lake County, Ohio, nurseries.

Currently, more than 100 licensed nurseries operate in Lake County with a nursery stock that covers more than 5,000 acres. Member nurseries, with a combined annual sales volume exceeding $90 million and varying in size from less than one acre to more than 900 acres, employ more than 2,700 full and part-time workers.

While the nursery industry has continued to grow in Lake County during the past 75 years, Membership in the association also has grown to encompass an eight-county territory. see NGLCO page 5

(L-R): George Nofel, Mike Kress and Jon Wickline of Southeastern Equipment are ready to speak with attendees about Case machines and Carlton stump cutters and wood chippers.

Ohio CAT’s Art Westfall (L) and Brian Gillard stay dry while talking to attendees about the company’s lineup of landscape and nursery machines.

Murphy Tractor & Equipment’s Dale Fortune is on hand to discuss John Deere equipment.

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‘Buckeye State’ Highway Lettings

The Ohio State Department of Transportation received bids for transportation-related improvement projects.

The following is a list of some of the projects let.

Project No: 120168 Type: Minor widening.

Location: HAM-US-27-6.99.

State Estimate: $2,027,000 Contractors and Bid Amounts: • Sunesis Construction Company, West Chester, Ohio — $2,222,650 • John R Jurgensen Company, Cincinnati, Ohio — $2,296,143 Completion Date: Oct. 31, 2012 Project No: 120199 Type: Relocation.

Location: WOO-SR-18-10.53.

State Estimate: $6,730,000 Contractors and Bid Amounts: • R D Jones Excavating Inc., Harrod, Ohio — $5,803,779 • Miller Bros Construction Inc., Archbold, Ohio — $6,136,073 • Fechko Excavating Inc., Medina, Ohio — $6,441,483 • Mark Schaffer Excavating & Trucking Inc., Norwalk, Ohio — $6,575,304 • Trucco Construction Company Inc., Delaware, Ohio — $6,598,883 • Helms and Sons Excavating, Findlay, Ohio — $6,697,905 • Kokosing Construction Company Inc., Columbus, Ohio — $6,804,370 • Underground Utilities Inc., Monroeville, Ohio — $6,829,556 • R B Jergens Contractors Inc., Vandalia, Ohio — $6,999,038 • Vernon Nagel Inc., Napoleon, Ohio — $7,101,151 • Shelly Company, Thornville, Ohio – $7,223,452 • Crestline Paving & Excavating Company Inc., Toledo, Ohio — $7,872,877 Completion Date: Oct. 31, 2012 Project No: 120201 Type: Two lane resurfacing.

Location: BEL-SR-9-16.21.

State Estimate: $3,946,000 Contractors and Bid Amounts: • Shelly & Sands Inc., Columbus, Ohio — $3,926,824 • Lash Paving Inc., Colerain, Ohio — $4,054,939 Completion Date: May 31, 2013 Project No: 120204 Type: Signalization.

Location: CLE-SR-32-1.24, PART 1; CLE-32-0.00, PART 2.

State Estimate: $1,012,000 Contractors and Bid Amounts: • Capital Electric Line Builders Inc., Riverside, Mo. – $1,030,269

• Complete General Construction Company, Columbus, Ohio — $1,040,534 • Miller Cable Company, Green Springs, Ohio — $1,138,500 • Davis H Elliot Construction Company Inc., Lexington, Ky. — $1,189,950 Completion Date: Oct. 31, 2012 Project No: 120207 Type: Bikeways.

Location: CUY-SR-Cleveland River Crossing Trail.

State Estimate: $4,641,000 Contractors and Bid Amounts: • Perk Company Inc., Cleveland, Ohio —$4,545,586 • J D Williamson Construction Company Inc., Tallmadge, Ohio — $4,799,780 • Schirmer Construction Company, North Olmsted, Ohio — $4,893,561 • Great Lakes Construction Company, Hinckley, Ohio — $4,967,082 • Becdir Construction Company, Berlin Center, Ohio — $5,244,797 • Walsh Construction Company, Crown Point, Ind. — $5,295,000 • Mosser Construction Inc., Fremont, Ohio — $5,613,219 Completion Date: May 14, 2013 Project No: 120211 Type: Bridge repair.

Location: HAM-IR-275-37.77/38.95/39.40.

State Estimate: $4,115,000 Contractors and Bid Amounts: • Velotta Company, Sharon Center, Ohio — $4,329,341 • Sunesis Construction Company, West Chester, Ohio — $4,642,867 • Complete General Construction Company, Columbus, Ohio — $4,887,197 • Great Lakes Construction Company, Hinckley, Ohio — $5,470,149 Completion Date: May 15, 2013 Project No: 120212 Type: Bridge repair.

Location: JEF-SR-7-8.17.

State Estimate: $1,820,000 Contractors and Bid Amounts: • Complete General Construction Company, Columbus, Ohio — $1,967,907 • Dot Construction Corporation, Canfield, Ohio — $1,978,919 • Shelly & Sands Inc., Columbus, Ohio — $1,981,080 • Marucci & Gaffney Excavating Company, Youngstown, Ohio – $1,993,993 • Ohio-West Virginia Excavating Company, Shadyside, Ohio — $2,187,333 • Becdir Construction Company, Berlin Center, Ohio — $2,252,696 Completion Date: Oct. 31, 2012

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Southeastern Equipment Company Adds Jim Arman

Jim Arman has joined Southeastern Equipment Company as product support sales representative in Brunswick, Ohio.

Jim Arman has joined Southeastern Equipment Company as product support sales representative in Brunswick, Ohio. In his new position, Arman is responsible for parts and service sales in northern Ohio.

“We welcome Jim to Southeastern Equipment,” said Charlie Patterson, president of Southeastern Equipment Company.

“With Jim’s extensive experience in the industry, we look forward to his contribution in expanding our sales in northern Ohio.”

Arman has held positions in the heavy equipment industry for more than 32 years.

Most recently, he was a mechanic at Deer Creek Excavating. He has been employed as an operator and mechanic at both general contracting companies and concrete manufacturers.

About Southeastern Equipment Company Southeastern Equipment has been selling,

servicing and renting heavy machinery since 1957. The company has 18 locations throughout Ohio, Michigan, Kentucky and Indiana. Manufacturers represented by Southeastern Equipment include: Case Construction, Kobelco, New Holland Construction, Bomag, Gradall, Kubota, Hyundai Construction, Etnyre, Vacall, Terex, Terex Roadbuilding, Champion, Schwarze, Aries Industries, Eagle Crusher, Alamo Industrial, Eager Beaver Trailers, Superior Broom, Massey Ferguson, Midland Machinery, Badger Equipment Company, DuraPatcher, Case IH, Fecon, Genie, Skytrak, JLG, Sullair, and a wide variety of companies that manufacture heavy equipment attachments.

For more information, visit www.southeasternequip.com.

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Stanton Park Plays Host to Annual Summer Field Days NGLCO from page 1

(L-R): Eric Eland and Steve Schulz of Winters Leasing & Equipment Sales talk about their Yanmar equipment line with Bob Kroft of Woodwind Greens Nursery.

Ed Radel (L) and Bill Kusmierek of Leppo Rents had a variety of Bobcat machines for attendees to learn about.

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Residential Geothermal Vertical Drill Announced by Fecon Fecon’s Geothermal Series GL300 vertical drill is for contractors and HVAC dealers installing ground loop heating and cooling systems. Fecon's GL300 is equipped for up to 300 ft.

(91 m) depth to provide high efficiency ground loops with lower grout costs as a result of the reduced hole volume of a 4 in. (10 cm) opening. The compact GL300 also enables contractors to win jobs previously considered inaccessible due to equipment size or weight, according to the manufacturer.

The GL300 is just 194 in. L by 73 in. W by 94 in. H (493 by 185 by 239 cm), weighing 9,876 lbs. (4,480 kg), and comes standard with low impact rubber tracks for maneuverability to cross driveways or flat and hilly lawns.

The GL300 tackles high costs and inefficiencies that become a major price detractor for home owners or small businesses wanting to have geothermal systems installed. A 46 hp (34 kW) crawler with load sense hydraulics to the drill mast, and a 99 hp (73.8 kW) 300-CFM/200-psi air compressor enables drilling of 4 in. diameter holes with greater speed and

lower fuel consumption than many alternatives.

A 200 ft. (61 m) rod rack can carry 10 ft. (3 m) sections of straight rod, auger rod or an air hammer to the hole.

Quickly adjust to changing conditions of soft, hard or rocky ground at the hole without having to go back to the truck. And when wet drilling is required, the GL300 is already equipped with a mud valve. The operator can introduce low volume/high pressure mud from their existing mud pump or Fecon's optional MB300 mud boy system.

About Fecon Fecon Inc. was established in 1992 near Cincinnati, Ohio, and originally produced horizontal grinders and other wood processing equipment. Fecon now manufactures forestry track carriers, forestry mulching attachments and general forestry attachments for vegetation management and wood to energy biomass industries and a seismic and geothermal drilling line.

For more information, call 800/5283113 or visit www.fecon.com.

The GL300 is just 194 in. L by 73 in. W by 94 in. H (493 by 185 by 239 cm), weighing 9,876 lbs.

(4,480 kg), and comes standard with low impact rubber tracks for maneuverability to cross driveways or flat and hilly lawns.

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Ohio River Bridges $2.6B Project Hits New Milestone

By Bruce Schreiner ASSOCIATED PRESS

JEFFERSONVILLE, Ind. (AP) Indiana and Kentucky officials applauded the ceremonial start Aug. 30 of an early phase of a project to build two new Ohio River bridges, signaling that decades of talk soon will become one of the nation’s largest active public works endeavors.

Out-of-work union members hoping to join bridge construction crews were part of the crowd watching as Indiana Gov. Mitch Daniels and Kentucky Gov. Steve Beshear participated in a ceremonial groundbreaking along the river, near where one of the spans will rise.

“After 43 years of talk, this project is finally a reality,” said Jeffersonville, Ind., Mayor Mike Moore, who was a kindergartener when the so-called East End bridge was added to the area’s long-range transportation plan in 1969.

His riverfront community will be among the beneficiaries of the $2.6 billion project that will build two bridges — one in downtown Louisville, one on the east side of the metropolitan area — and upgrade highway interchanges.

Construction on both bridges is expected to begin in 2013.

The ceremony was for a project to extend a road that will be the first exit on the Indiana side when the East End bridge opens in 2017. Area officials hope the project, which will improve access to an industrial park and the Port of Indiana, will unleash more economic development.

Indiana is responsible for the East End bridge between Utica, Ind., and Prospect, Ky., linking the Lee Hamilton Expressway in Indiana and the Gene Snyder Freeway in Kentucky.

Kentucky will oversee work downtown. The downtown bridge, expected to open in 2018, will carry northbound traffic on Interstate 65 and the existing Kennedy Bridge will be used for southbound I-65 traffic. The downtown work will include reconfiguring an often-clogged interchange where three interstates converge.

Partnership to Help Speed Up Cleveland Bridge Project CLEVELAND (AP) A major Cleveland bridge project delayed by funding concerns will be financed through a public-private partnership to help accelerate construction.

An Interstate 90 replacement bridge is being built in Cleveland, but a twin span was being delayed. The state said Aug. 23 that the partnership will let contractors finance more than $300 million needed for the project, and the state will repay the contractors.

The Plain Dealer reported that could speed up the project for completion by 2016.

The Ohio Department of Transportation had recommended the second span and other major road projects be delayed by years, citing a lack of funds and over-commitment by previous administrations. ODOT had said it was facing a $1.6 billion budget hole and was looking for other revenue sources to help fund the projects.

The work will be paid for with a mix of highway funds and toll revenue.

The governors praised the persistence of both states, and said the partnership was an example of bipartisan cooperation in an era of partisan squabbling.

“There’s all this hand-wringing about gridlock and paralysis and drift, and all too much of that is true,” said Daniels, a Republican. “So when a big accomplishment happens, particularly that people were doubtful about, I hope it builds confidence, `OK, if we can do that, we can do a few more things, what’s next.’ " Beshear, a Democrat, said the cooperation should be a lesson for Washington.

“If the federal government would adopt that attitude, this country would be a lot better off,” he said.

The construction phase will create about 4,000 jobs, Beshear said. And it was the prospect of landing work that drew about two dozen, hard-hat-wearing carpenters’ union members to the ceremony. The men are out of work but are qualified to help build the bridges, said Chip White, a business representative with the union.

“It would mean about five years of being able to pay their mortgage payments, put their kids through school and be able to put food on their tables,” he said in an interview.

“That’s exactly what this bridge means to the people here today.”

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