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NGLCO Presents Annual Summer Field Days Event
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he Nursery Growers of Lake County Ohio Inc. (NGLCO) held its 48th Annual Summer Field Days event on Aug 11 at the Chalet Debonne Vineyards. Located in Madison, Ohio, the vineyard is the largest estate winery in the state and maintains 175 acres of vines. Designed to provide association members with the latest on techniques and innovations, the event presents information in a format that encourages the exchange of ideas and networking opportunites for all those who attends. OSU Extension researchers and educators were on hand throughout the day to meet with members and share information. The event included a trade show where more than 150 exhibitors, including equipment dealers and industry suppliers presented a wide range of equipment, products and services geared toward Ohio’s dynamic nursery and landscape industry. Other activities included winery tours, workshops and Ohio certified nursery technician exams.
Anthony Licursi of Licursi Home & Garden tries out the recently introduced Gravely Atlas JSV utility vehicle. (L-R): Mike Kress, Dane Moore and Jon Wickline, all of Southeastern Equipment, answer questions about Case machines.
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Nursery Growers of Lake County Ohio President Elect, Myra Wallace (L) of Demore Nursery Sales and current President, Joe Dawson of Valley Ford Truck Sales, greet attendees of the Annual Summer Field Days event.
Indy Equipment’s Rick Kolar (L) and Alan Hales showcase a lineup of Takeuchi and Wacker Neuson equipment at the event.
Judge Tosses Most of Challenge to Use Turnpike Money CLEVELAND (AP) Most of the claims in a lawsuit challenging Ohio’s 2013 decision to use $930 million in Ohio Turnpike tolls to fund non-turnpike highway and construction projects have been thrown out by a federal judge. U.S. District Judge Dan Polster wrote in a recent 14page opinion that the money from the Ohio Turnpike Commission benefits turnpike users, even if it is not used for maintenance of the turnpike itself, Northeast Ohio Media Group reported. Gov. John Kasich pushed the state legislature in 2013 to use toll money to bolster the Ohio Department of Transportation’s budget by changing state law to allow for
turnpike toll money to be used for non-turnpike projects. The change was put into the biennial budget that year, The commission increased tolls 2.7 percent for each year until 2023 to pay for the projects. The increases started in January 2014, and the lawsuit sought to have the state reimburse drivers who paid toll money that went toward those projects. Polster wrote that the plaintiff, Cuyahoga County resident Melissa Ullmo, didn’t prove the money was used on unrelated projects, which was at the heart of the lawsuit filed in May. The judge concluded that the money was used on related transportation projects. The judge also dismissed claims that the commission
illegally charged excessive tolls and used them on projects that don’t benefit toll payers. However, Polster kept alive a claim that an increase in tolls constitutes an illegal tax on Turnpike users. Ullmo’s lawyer, Jim DeRoche, said he was pleased with that decision. “We are confident that this was a truly revenue-generating measure and that we are going to succeed on that claim in state court,’’ DeRoche said. Commission spokesman Brian Newbacher declined to comment on the illegal tax claim, but said they’re “obviously pleased’’ with the dismissal of the other claims. (This story also can be found on Construction Equipment Guide’s Web site at www.constructionequipmentguide.com.)
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Event Provides Latest on Techniques, Innovations NGLCO from page 1
The Lake County region has more than 100 licensed nurseries and a nursery stock that covers more than 5,000 acres. Nursery Growers of Lake County Ohio member nurseries generate a combined annual sales volume exceeding $90,000,000 operating nurseries varying in size from less than an acre to more than 900 acres. The Nursery Growers of Lake County Ohio was formed in 1927 as an educational forum for Lake County, Ohio, nurseries. For more information, visit nglco.com (This story also can be found on Construction Equipment Guide’s Web site at www.constructionequipmentguide.com.) CEG
Art Westfall (L), Ohio CAT, talks about Caterpillar equipment with Karl Losely.
Steve Schulz (L) of Mentor Mfg. talks with Jorge Cabrera of Flores Landscaping about the features of this Kubota SVL90-2 compact track loader.
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COLUMBUS (AP) State and federal agencies have agreed on a plan for demolishing huge buildings and other facilities from a Cold War-era uranium plant in southern Ohio. It is the latest development in the lengthy decontamination and decommissioning process for the Portsmouth Gaseous Diffusion Plant in Piketon, which was built in the 1950s and produced enriched uranium for defense and commercial uses until 2001. Its shutdown left old buildings, chemicals and radioactive areas that must be addressed. The demolition plan and recent approval of plans for waste removal and disposal at the site are considered big steps for the cleanup and potential redevelopment. “These decisions are a major milestone in moving the D&D project forward in a safe, efficient, and environmentally responsible manner,” the U.S. Department of Energy office overseeing that work said in a statement. It said the structures slated for demolition include the three process buildings, each with more than 30 acres under one roof. The cleanup plans allow for recycling of equipment and building materials if that can be done in a safe, cost-effective way. “With this document in place, DOE can begin its work to secure funding and mobilize for cleanup,” Ohio Environmental Protection Agency Director Craig Butler said in a statement. Commissioners from Pike County and neighboring Jackson, Ross and Scioto counties also are pushing for funding. They sent letters in mid-July to the U.S. energy secretary and the Office of Management and Budget saying that the project could end up tens of millions of dollars short in the near term because of budget allotments and other changes that affected the funding stream. “We were extremely disappointed in the Department of Energy for failing to once again provide adequate funding for the project to avoid interruptions with progress and significant employee layoffs,” they said in one of the letters, which were also signed by presidents of two local unions that represent workers there. They suggest hundreds of jobs could be jeopardized, a big concern in a pocket of Ohio with high unemployment. (This story also can be found on Construction Equipment Guide’s Web site at www.constructionequipmentguide.com.)
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Panel Weighs Changes to Ohio’s Alternative Energy Targets By Julie Carr Smyth AP STATEHOUSE CORRESPONDENT
COLUMBUS (AP) With months of public testimony concluded, a committee studying the future of Ohio's alternative-energy targets is weighing what changes to recommend to the law. Chairman Troy Balderson said the Energy Mandates Study Committee, which has been meeting since February, says one thing’s for sure: a complete repeal is out. “This is not about eliminating the mandates. That will not happen,” he said. “We haven’t even considered that.”
But reducing the requirement that 25 percent of Ohio’s energy to come from alternative sources such as wind and solar by 2025 is under consideration, as are changes to the energy efficiency goals laid out in the 2008 law. The law has been paused for two years. If lawmakers fail to act, phase-in of the standards will resume in 2017. The study panel wrapped up its hearings July 20. It has until Sept. 30 to submit recommendations to the Legislature. Witnesses laid out essentially the same competing arguments that have divided the state for years, Balderson said. Some said such targets hurt businesses and raise electric bills. Others contended the targets benefit the environment
and preserve diminishing natural resources. The debate has been raging across the country. Over about a decade, nearly 30 states, the District of Columbia and two U.S. territories adopted renewable energy portfolio standards, with others setting goals for alternative energy use. Ohio’s target of 25 percent was on the high end nationally, with percentages ranging from 15 percent to 29 percent around the country. Federal data show a majority of states with renewable targets are on track to meet them, but a countermovement was emerging.
“These energy mandates —like virtually all government mandates — amount to nothing less than the government picking winners and losers in the marketplace.” Greg Lawson Buckeye Institute for Public Policy
Lawmakers in Ohio and elsewhere began pushing back — saying years of living with the standards had shown they were not bringing the benefits supporters had predicted and, in fact, were hurting economies. “These energy mandates —like virtually all government mandates — amount to nothing less than the government picking winners and losers in the marketplace,” Greg Lawson, a lobbyist for the conservative Buckeye Institute for Public Policy, told the Ohio committee. “Unsurprisingly, such market manipulation and ‘bureaucrat-knows-best’ thinking has yielded poor results for Ohio, her businesses, and her citizens.” When Gov. John Kasich signed the bill pausing the mandates last year, it represented a compromise with those who sought a full repeal of the standards. Lawmakers in 17 states were considering 30 bills to repeal the standards around the same time, though none passed, according to data compiled by the nonpartisan National Conference of State Legislatures. The American Wind Energy Association’s Tom Vinson was among those who asked the Ohio committee to preserve the targets. He said the wind industry’s potential in the state is “enormous.” He said wind companies have made a cumulative capital investments in Ohio of $890 million and 11 construction projects are certified and waiting to be built. Another four are waiting in the wings. Vinson argued current and future projects provide Ohio residents with more work opportunities, lower electric rates, improved air quality and other benefits. (This story also can be found on Construction Equipment Guide’s Web site at www.constructionequipmentguide.com.)
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