Homeowners are becoming more interested in gardening, green living and growing their own food, according to trendspotter and public relations consultant Susan McCoy of Garden Media Group. In her new Garden Media Group 2009 Trends Report, she calls it “GIY,” which stands for “grow it yourself.” “It’s a resurgence of gardening for the greater good […]
Better?
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The U.S. stock market took a historic dive last week, but did it touch the bottom of the pool on Friday when the Dow Jones Industrial Average hit 7,882 points? Investors seem to believe so. The market gained more than 900 points today, rising from an opening value of 8,462, past the 9,000 mark, and […]
OSHA offers free safety and health workshops
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Next Thursday, Oct. 23, Oregon OSHA is offering four workshops pertaining to occupational safety and health at the Salem National Guard Armory, 2310 17th St. N.E. (map/directons), Salem, Ore. They include Safety Committee Basic Training, 8 a.m.-noon; Safety for Small Business: Back Safety, 1-2 p.m.; Safety for Small Business: Personal Protective Equipment, 2:15-3:15 p.m.; and […]
Smart strategies for survival
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It’s distressing, if not alarming, to watch the current state of the stock market and the global economy. But there are strategies one can employ to make sure their business weathers the storm better than most, as nursery consultant Don Richards shared with OAN members today. We believe this is essential reading, so go check […]
More where that came from?
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Should employers get ready for a thicket of state immigration laws that don’t offer comprehensive solutions, but instead burden and punish employers? Maybe, according to an analysis by the respected public affairs, communications and research firm Conkling, Fiskum & McCormick: A federal court rebuffed a legal challenge of Arizona’s controversial immigration law, which employers and […]
How to bring nature home
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University of Delaware professor Douglas Tallamy wrote in his book, “Bringing Nature Home,” that gardeners have the power to encourage wildlife and sustain natural ecosystems. How? By including native plants in their landscapes. Tallamy, profiled recently in the New York Times, will be one of three speakers at “Native Plants to Beautify Your Garden and […]
Selling to the green market
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Vendor tables are now available for the Nov. 6 Sustainability Symposium for Horticulture, which will be held at Chemeketa Community College and is being sponsored by the Sustainable Plant Research and Outreach (SPROut) program and the OAN. It’s a good exposure opportunity for any business or group interested in reaching nurseries that are interested in […]
‘Water Rights Bootcamp’ seminar offered in Beaverton, Lakeview, Sisters
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OAN member Laura Schroeder of Schroeder Law Offices, P.C. will present “Water Rights Bootcamp: A Seminar on Water Law in Oregon” on three upcoming dates – Oct. 16 in Beaverton, Oct. 23 in Sisters and Nov. 11 in Lakeview. A typical agenda for one of her bootcamp presentations is here. The seminars are cosponsored by […]
Legal worker caught up in Arizona crackdown
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Landscape worker Sergio Martinez-Villaman, 32, had identification in spades. A H-2B work visa. A Mexican passport. Even an Arizona identification card issued by the DMV. But a sheriff’s detective in Maricopa County, Ariz., arrested him anyway for lack of identification or driver’s license following a June 27 traffic stop, the Arizona Republic reported: The afternoon […]
Federal reserve takes ‘epic emergency measures’
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The U.S. Federal Reserve System made an emergency 1/2 point rate cut Wednesday morning, which was coordinated with similar cuts made by central banks in other countries, chairman Ben Bernanke announced. It was the latest in a series of ‘epic emergency measures,’ as the New York Times dubbed them, designed to relieve the effects of […]
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