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Features
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President’s Column
Please Don’t Call Me A Salesman!
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Fiscal Fitness
Currency Exposure
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For Safety Sake
Workers First Aid
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Perennial Focus
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Plant Of The Month
Crambe Kale
Viburnum nudum Possumhaw or Smooth Witherod Viburnum
Regular Writers Michael J. Donnellan, King Financial, Inc. Jim Funai, COLP, Cuyahoga Community College Shelley Funai, Stan Hywet Hall and Gardens Sandy Munley, Ohio Landscape Association Bobbie Schwartz, FAPLD, Bobbie’s Green Thumb Joe Twardzik, CID, Wolf Creek Company Advertising Information Submission deadline: 10th of month prior to publication month. For advertising and classified rates, please call 1-800-335-6521 Disclaimer The Ohio Landscape Association, its board of directors, staff and the editor of The Growing Concern neither endorse any product(s) or attest to the validity of any statements made about products mentioned in this, past or subsequent issues of this publication. Similarly, the opinions expressed in The Growing Concern are those of the authors and do not necessarily represent the views of the Ohio Landscape Association.
Officers President Joe Twardzik, CID
24 Ohio Colleges and Career Centers
President-Elect Steve Moore
26 How Much are Your Employees
Treasurer Bryan Taynor
Shine in “Landscape Olympics” Really Worth?
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Immediate Past President James Arch, ASLA OLA Staff Executive Director Sandy Munley Membership Coordinator Jean Koch
Directors Eric Brubeck, ASLA Adam Capiccioni Nathan Kowalsick Maria McConnell Cathy Serafin