The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009, otherwise known as the “stimulus package,” includes a 65 percent health insurance premium subsidy for eligible workers who use the COBRA program after being involuntarily terminated. This federally-paid benefit, which lasts for up to nine months, is intended to help former employees avert a major drain on […]
Card check consequences
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Proposed card check legislation, also known as the Employee Free Choice Act, is one of the main concerns of business groups this year. Now the Law and Economics Consulting Group (LECG) has a report out concluding that if passed, the act would increase union membership, but it would also increase unemployment due to higher wage […]
Clackamas Community College spring hort classes
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The Clackamas Community College Horticulture Department has announced its spring quarter classes, and registration started on March 3. Credit classes begin on March 30, and there are also some workshops and short courses available at different times through May 29. Courses deal with such subjects as garden design, pesticides, greenhouse crops, pruning, turf installation, landscaping, […]
See no weevil
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Are you free of weevils? Good for you, but bad for research entomologist Denny Bruck of the USDA-ARS Horticultural Crops Research Laboratory in Corvallis, Ore., who writes: I have been working with Dutch colleagues to develop an attractant for black vine weevil and potentially other root weevil species as well. As you may or may […]
Berried in committee
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A bill to name the Marionberry as Oregon’s official state berry appears to be dead in this legislative session.
Uptick in attendance
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We received this bit of information from the Northwest Flower & Garden Show: In a year where consumer and trade shows alike are reporting double-digit percentage drops in attendance, the Northwest Flower & Garden Show actually grew, according to show founder Duane Kelly. The show, which ran February 18-22 at the Washington State Convention & […]
Roger Berryhill, nursery grower for 46 years
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We received the sad news this morning that Roger Berryhill, co-owner of Berryhill Nursery in Sherwood, Ore., passed away last night (Feb. 18, 2009) of a heart attack at the age of 75. Roger was featured, along with his wife Arda, in a profile article (PDF) that ran in this month’s issue of Digger magazine. […]
Storm damage makes strong impression on U.S. Rep. David Wu
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U.S. Rep. David Wu (D-1st District, Ore.) visited several nurseries yesterday that sustained storm damage during the December ice storms, and according to the Capital Press, the visit made quite an impression on him: “The magnitude of the damage becomes apparent as you get by the hoop houses,” Wu said. “I have seen the dollar […]
Phishing scam circulates
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We received this information from the Small Business Administration this morning: The U.S. Small Business Administration issued a scam alert today to small businesses, warning them not to respond to letters falsely claiming to have been sent by the SBA asking for bank account information in order to qualify them for federal tax rebates. The […]
OFA leader passes away at age 45
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John Holmes, chief executive officer of OFA–an Association of Floriculture Professionals, died Feb. 12, 2009, in Columbus, Ohio, of a heart attack. He was 45. Holmes recently had become the new executive director of NLAE, the Nursery and Landcape Association Executives of North America, when that group selected OFA to be its management provider. Holmes […]
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