Thursday, September 20:Luau Night at Bakersfield CollegeJoin the CLCA Kern County Chapter for Luau Night at the CLCA Stage at BakersfieldCollege’s Renegade Park on Thursday, September 20, 2012 at 6:00 p.m.

You’re invited to laugh and learn with the Country Garden Guys - Dale Edwards, theSultan of Sod, and Lindsay Ono, The Plant Professor, at Bakersfield College’s RenegadePark. Enjoy the Tastes of Hawaii, an “Ono” meal prepared by Chef Coyle and the BCCulinary Arts Department, and a presentation by the Plant Professor on using Power-point presentations to land new client$.

We will also be voting on the Kern County Chapter Board of Directors for 2013.Please see page 5 for the list of nominees, and come out and VOTE!

While you’re there, visit the Bakersfield College Environmental Horticulture Depart-ment and see their greenhouses, hydroponic systems and Living Wall. BakersfieldCollege’s Renegade Park is located on Mt. Vernon Ave., north of Memorial Stadium.

Space is limited, so RSVP by September 10, by calling Sally Sterns (661) 395-4446or Lindsay Ono (661) 395-4938 or email lono@bakersfieldcollege.edu.

August 2012

UPCOMING EVENTSSEPTEMBER 6Chapter Board/General MembershipMeeting. 11:30 a.m. Don Pericos, Hage-man Road. Contact Century Landscape atcenturylandscapeinc@gmail.com or661-589-9516.SEPTEMBER 20Chapter Membership Meeting and 2013-15 Board Elections. 6:00 p.m. BakersfieldCollege. Contact Century Landscape atcenturylandscapeinc@gmail.com or661-589-9516. See at right.OCTOBER 11Chapter Board Meeting/2013 PlanningSession. 4:30 p.m. Old River Sod, 8728Taft Hwy. Contact Century Landscape atcenturylandscapeinc@gmail.com or661-589-9516.NOVEMBER 1Chapter Board/General MembershipMeeting. 11:30 a.m. Don Pericos, Hage-man Road. Contact Century Landscape atcenturylandscapeinc@gmail.com or661-589-9516.NOVEMBER 7-10CLCA Annual Convention, San Diego.Loews Coronado Bay Resort, 4000 LoewsCoronado Bay Rd., Coronado CA. Visitwww.clca.us/convention.NOVEMBER 15Chapter Meeting. 6:00 p.m. Old RiverSod, 8728 Taft Hwy. Contact CenturyLandscape at 661-589-9516 orcenturylandscapeinc@gmail.com.NOVEMBER 161:30 - 3:00 p.m. Troubleshooting Lawn &Plant Problems in the Landscape. Bakers-field College Horticulture Lab. See page 7.

Visit our website at clcakerncounty.org forupdates on events.

Above: Senator Jean Fuller (seated on right), and her staff braved the heat to supportlocal CLCA member, Olga See (center standing) owner of O. See-Em-Bloom Nursery andLandscaping by having lunch at See's Garden Caffe. The Caffe is located inside thenursery at 1416 Calloway Dr. They found it to be quite pleasant in the shade of theumbrellas with the misters.

“I was pleasantly surprised when Dana called to let me know that Jean was in townand chose our caffe to have lunch with her staff and new intern,” said Olga See.

From the President:

Wayne Cox, Century LandscapeHOT, HOT, HOT!!!!!!! Man, has it been HOT.Hope everyone is doing well in this heat.Our Chapter has been a little out of touch

for a couple of months. Summer months arehard with the heat, vacations, family life, andbusinesses buzzing. But, we will be gearing

up again starting in September with a great Chapter Meetingat Bakersfield College. Lindsay has a great dinner meetingplanned featuring educational and informative content. Inaddition, we’ll be holding our Chapter Board Elections for the2013-2014 term. Hope to see all of you there.

CLCA’s Annual Convention will be in November in SanDiego. I hope most of you can make it. This is a good way tosee how CLCA works on the State level. It also providesopportunities to network and meet other members from allover California. And, it’s a great getaway for a few days. So, besure to register at www.clca.us/convention.

Also in November, we’ll hold our Annual Chapter HolidayKick Off at Old River Sod. This is always a great meeting.Then, on November 16, we are starting educational classeswith Lindsey Ono at Bakersfield College. These classes aregeared toward everyone, so bring your employees. Hopefully,they will learn a few things to help you out in your day to dayoperations. Look for more of these classes throughout nextyear and beyond.

I am looking forward to our Chapter Christmas Party at theMelodrama again this year. Get your tickets early, they go fast!

We have a lot going on, so watch for details in thisnewsletter, on Facebook and our website (www.clcakern-county.org), in emails, or call and ask what’s going on. Ialways like to hear from our Chapter Members.

We will be releasing a new Local Chapter Directory nextyear so be sure to watch for that. We are currently selling ad-vertising space in it. So, if you want to promote your companyor anything else, call and we’ll set you up.

Always remember, our Chapter has an account at HouchinBlood Bank. Get in and donate – you, your employees, family,everyone is welcome. There is always a need. It saves lives.

Wayne

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CLCA State Headquarters

1491 River Park Drive, Ste. 100Sacramento CA 95815-8899(916) 830-2780 • (800) 448-2522(916) 830-2788 Faxemail: hq@clca.org

2012 CLCA StateExecutive Board

PRESIDENTEric Watanabe (818) 831-1390Majestic Pools & Landscapes Inc.ewooc@aol.com

PRESIDENT ELECTFrank Niccoli (650) 592-9440The Village Gardenerfrank@thevillagegardener.com

IMMEDIATE PAST PRESIDENTRobert Wade (949) 413-6839Wade Landscape Inc.wli2005@gmail.com

SECRETARY/TREASURERTed Sandrowski (530) 345-6101Sandrowski Landscaping Inc.TedsandCLCA@aol.com

DIRECTOR OF COMMUNICATIONSChuck Carr (805) 732-3705ValleyCrest Landscape Maintenanceccarr@valleycrest.com

DIRECTOR OF CHAPTER SERVICESShari Collins (805) 552-9457Verdant Landscapingshari@verdantlandscaping.com

DIRECTOR OF EVENTSOpen

DIRECTOR OF LEGISLATIONPete Dufau, CLT (805) 642-1239Dufau Landscape, Inc.dufauland@aol.com

DIRECTOR OF EDUCATIONSteve Jacobs CLP, CLT (760) 945-4321Nature Designs Landscapingmail@naturedesigns.net

DIRECTOR OF MEMBERSHIPJavier Lesaca (661) 836-0229Lesaca Landscape Companyxabil@aol.com

DIR. OF RESOURCE MANAGEMENTTom Noonan (916) 652-9530Ewing Irrigationtnoonan@ewing1.com

CO-DIRECTOR CHAPTER PRES.COUNCIL SOUTHRene Emeterio, CLT (805) 823-5603Specialized Landscape Mngmt. Srvcs.remeterio@slmlandscape.com

CO-DIRECTOR CHAPTER PRES.COUNCIL NORTHAaron Huxley (408) 824-0181Hunter/FX Luminaireaaron.huxley@hunteriindustries.com

ASSOCIATE MEMBER DIRECTOR

2012 Kern CountyChapter Board of Directors

IMMEDIATE PAST PRESIDENTWAYNE COX (661) 589-9516Century Landscape Inc.wayne.centurylandscapeinc@gmail.com

PRESIDENTWAYNE COX (661) 589-9516Century Landscape Inc.wayne.centurylandscapeinc@gmail.com

VICE PRESIDENTOLGA SEE (661) 330-9010O. See-Em-Bloomocmbloom@gmail.com

TREASURERRYAN HERDT (661) 325-9530Ewing Irrigation Productsrherdt@ewing1.com

SECRETARYMEGAN RIOS (661) 835-9259Rios Design Studiomeganr@riosdesign.com

COMMUNICATIONS COMMITTEEMEGAN RIOS (661) 835-9259Rios Design Studiomeganr@riosdesign.com

EDUCATION COMMITTEELINDSAY ONO (661) 395-4938Bakersfield Collegelono@bakersfieldcollege.edu

MEMBERSHIP COMMITTEEDALE EDWARDS (661) 397-7611Old River Soddedwards@oldriversod.com

PROGRAMS/EVENTSJERRY KOOP (661) 363-6639Alpha & Omega Gardeninghumpback37@aol.com

RESOURCE MNGMT COMMITTEETOM JONES (661) 326-3148City of Bakersfield Recreation and ParksTJones@bakersfieldcity.us

CO-ASSOCIATEMEMBER REPRESENTATIVEANTHONY BLANCOablanco@kernturfsupply.comBEN LOMELYblomely@kernturfsupply.comKern Turf Supply (661) 664-5200

CHAPTER LEGISLATIVE CHAIRJIM RIOS (661) 835-9259Rios Design Studiojimr@riosdesign.com

AWARDS & VENDOR FAIR CHAIRJAVIER LESACA (661) 836-0229Lesaca Landscape Companyxabil@aol.com

NEWSLETTER EDITORJERRIE BEARD (530) 321-1701Beard & Associates fax (530) 621-2043jsb@beardassociates.com

The CLCA Kern County Chapter newsletter is pub-lished monthly. Copy and advertising deadlinesare the 10th of the month preceding publication.Materials may be mailed to: Beard & Associates,PO Box 7, Pollock Pines, CA 95726. Emailed sub-missions are also welcome at jsb@beardassoci-ates.com. For information on advertising andrates, contact Jerrie Beard at (530) 621-1701.

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Take Your WebsiteMOBILE!Add a mobile-friendly siteto your web presence, andmake it even easier forclients to find you. We can help.Jerrie Beard & Associates

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This year’s Fall Home and Garden Show,the largest of the year, will be held at theKern County Fair Grounds on Friday,Saturday and Sunday, October 19-21. Thelocal Kern County Chapter of CLCA willbe manning a booth to educate residentialhomeowners who contract with Land-scape Professionals on the advantages ofhiring licensed landscape contractors.In addition to being there to answerquestions, one of our best marketing toolsis distributing the list of current Chaptermembers to the public.

The California Landscape ContractorsAssociates (CLCA) Kern County Chaptersupports consumer protection againstunlicensed operators. One of our primarygoals is to educate the public about thedangers of working with unlicensedcontractors. Our membership believesthat when all contractors are licensed itwill raise the bar in terms of quality andethics for everyone!

As part of our mission to serve andprotect the interests of our members and

promote professionalism, Kern CountyCLCA endeavors to direct homeownersand residential clients to use onlylicensed contractors.

Statewide, CLCA has supported twobills in the State Legislature that wouldprevent fraudulent use of a contractor’slicense number or name. This legilsationincreases fines and jail terms for offendersand allows courts to order a person con-victed of unlicensed contracting to returnmoney received for work performed.

This year Dale Edwards, the Sultan ofSod from Old River Sod, and LindsayOno, the Plant Professor from BakersfieldCollege, will be doing something new.Of course, they will be throwing bags ofcompost to the crowd, and everyoneknows Dale can’t go 15 minutes withouttalking about turf. This year, they willalso be throwing seed packets to theaudience then teaching every one how toprepare their garden for winter.

Our Chapter is looking for volunteersto man the CLCA Kern County booth. We

will have an ongoing looped video of ourBeautification Award Winners and otherpromotions of our events. Manning thebooth gives a business owner an opportu-nity to meet potential residential clienteleand hand out their cards. Sign up for atime slot by contacting Megan Rios atmeganr@riosdesign.com or 661-835-9259.

Come See Us at the Fall Home &Garden Show October 19-21

Chapter Christmas Party:It’s Only Four Months Away!Christmas is coming and your KernCounty Chapter Board is ready! Join us onSaturday, December 15, 2012, at theGaslight Melodrama Extravaganza. Theevening starts at Wine Me UP at 3900Coffee Road, Suite 2 with wine or beerand hor d’oeuvres from 5 to 6:30 pm. It’sthen a short drive to 12748 Jomani Driveto the Melodrama.

The cost is $55 per person. This yearwe are offering Corporate Sponsorshipsfor a table of 4 and Wine Me Up for $300.Send checks payable to CLCA KernCounty to O. See Em Bloom Nursery andLandscaping, 1416 Calloway Drive, Bak-ersfield, CA 93312, or call Olga at 661-330-9010 for more information.

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On November 6, the general election willtake place throughout this nation. Withthe presidency in play, many will bedrawn to cast their vote to determine whowill occupy that office. There will also beother decisions to be made at the polls onthat date. Along with voting for severalstate and federal representatives, therewill be a number of Statewide BallotMeasures to weigh in on.

The CLCA state legislative committeehas reviewed the propositions to deter-mine if any of them impact the interestsof CLCA members. One of these, Proposi-tion 32, warrants a closer look.

Proposition 32 is meant to ban bothcorporate and labor union contributionsto state and local political candidates andballot measures. The measure would stopthe collection of automatic payroll deduc-tions from employees and union membersthat are then used to contribute to aselected politician without regard for thepolitical views of the employees whoprovide the funds. Payroll-deducted dues

are organized labor’s main vehicle forraising political cash. This measurewould not prohibit employees frommaking voluntary political contributions.Prop 32 would also prohibit contributionsby government contractors to the politi-cians who control contracts awarded tothem.

The purpose of this proposition is tolimit the overwhelming influence thatspecial interests have, through politicalcampaign contributions, on how govern-ment operates. In general, the specialinterest groups have a great deal ofcontrol over the bills that are passed ordefeated at the state level.

By definition, LLC (Limited LiabilityCorporation) businesses would be im-pacted by this measure. Business fundsfrom those entities would not be allowedto be used as political contributions.Instead, an individual would have to useprivate funds for contributions. There issupport for the measure recognizing thatthe public would benefit by weakening

the power of special interest groups.The CLCA recognizes that LandPAC,

the California Landscape ContractorsAssociation’s Political Action Committee,would be impacted by this measure. Itspurpose is to raise funds from the land-scape industry for use in supportingqualified candidates for political office.If Prop 32 is passed, it is unclear if Land-PAC funds raised before the electionwould be restricted from being used forpolitical purposes.

With that said, it will be up to ourmembers to decide how to vote on thisballot measure. If there are any questionsregarding this issue, please feel free tocontact me at (661) 835-9259. All com-ments or suggestions are welcome.

Proposition 32: Limiting Campaign ContributionsBy Jim Rios, Rios Design Studio

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Nominations for the Chapter Board Are In!On Thursday, September 20, at 6 p.m. at Bakersfield College, you will be able to vote onyour 2013-2014 Kern County Chapter Board Members. Our slate of officers includes:

President: Olga See of O. See Em Bloom Nursery and LandscapingVice President: Ryan Herdt of Ewing IrrigationTreasurer: Andrew Freeborn of Ewing IrrigationSecretary: Megan Rios of Rios Design StudioChairsEducation: Lindsay Ono of Bakersfield CollegeMembership: Dale Edwards of Old River SodPrograms & Events: Jerry Koop of Alpha & Omega GardeningResource Management: Tom Jones of City of BakersfieldAssociate Membership: Anthony Blanco of Kern Turf SupplyLegislation: Jim Rios of Rios Design Studio

Each of these individuals has agreed to:•Meet at regular monthly board meetings held on the first Thursday of each month.•Participate in our annual planning meeting at Old River Sod on October 11, at 4:30 p.m.•Participate in chapter monthly meetings and attend state functions.•Uphold their position through involvement and communications about the chapter ortheir particular position through the website, monthly newsletter and Facebook page.All members are welcome to attend Board Meetings, the Planning Meeting, and statefunctions. If there is anyone interested in participating, write-ins are welcome or contactone of our board members listed on page 2!

Please give your support to the men and women who have offered to dedicate time tothis chapter. Come out to the meeting on September 20, and VOTE!

Thank You toOur SponsorsThank you to our sponsors whosegenerous support helps make ourevents possible. Support those whosupport our chapter!

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Here in the valley, the summer monthsbring longer days and excessive heat. Thecombination of these two things can causethe dreaded brown spots in turf areas.These problem spots can pop up in yourturf quickly and unexpectedly. We haveall had to deal with them at some point,but what is the best way to avoid them?

Most brown spots may be the result ofimproper coverage from your irrigationsystem. First, check to be sure you havehead to head coverage -- you want thewater from one sprinkler to land on the

top of the adjacent sprinkler. Second, con-sider that time and wear can take theirtoll on sprinkler heads, and it may betime to replace some of the heads. Whenthe occasional sprinkler head is damagedduring routine lawn care, or gets plugged,be sure to replace the nozzle or sprinklerwith a uniform part. Why? When a mixedgroup of sprinklers are used, inadequatecoverage may occur.

Another cause of brown spots can benot adjusting your sprinkler controller forthe warmer summer months. As the days

heat up, the water needs of your turf areawill increase. One way to increase thetime is to use the seasonal adjust on yourcontroller. By adjusting this up and downyou will achieve a percentage increase ordecrease of time on the controller.

An even easier way to adjust yourcontroller for the season is to use a smartcontroller. A smart controller is an irriga-tion timer that will automatically adjustthe run time on your timer based on thetemperature outside.

Another device that can be helpful indetermining your landscape’s water needsis a water sensor like the Base Line S-100.This irrigation tool will monitor themoister in the soil. As the soil drys out, itwill sense that more moisture is required,and send a message to your timer. Thetimer will then irrigate your turf giving itthe amount of water it requires.

Any of these valuable tools can helpmanage and resolve the dreaded brownspots in your turf area.

If you are still not confident in troubleshooting or just need a bit of advice, askone of your friendly sales associates atyour local Ewing Irrigation. We would behappy to get you pointed in the right di-rection and on your way to healthier turf.

Avoiding Brown Spots withIrrigation TechniquesBy Ryan Herdt, Ewing Irrigation

CLCA Kern County Chapter August 2012 • 7

Keeping In Touch!It’s here! Kern County Chapter’s very ownDirectory of Local Members. It is also aHandbook with contact information on allyour elected representatives. This willgive you quick access to Sacramento toexpress your opinions to those servingyou in the State Capital.

It’s also a great opportunity to marketdirectly to your constituents and membershere in Kern County. Advertising is easy...for a business card size ad $25; a half pagegoes for $50; and a whole page is only$100.

Information forms will be available atthe September Chapter Meeting at Bakers-field College on September 20, at 6 p.m.(see page 1 for details). Voting for the2013 Chapter Board Members will alsotake place at this meeting. Be seen. Beheard. Make sure you come and eatHawaiian.

Directories will be given out to mem-bers at the January Kick-Off Meeting atBill Lee’s on January 17. You won’t wantto miss out on this meeting. So, let youfingers do the walking.

What’s Bugging Your Landscape?The CLCA Kern County Chapter in conjunction with Country Garden Radio andBakersfield College Horticulture present the CLCA Education Class

Troubleshooting Lawnand Plant Problemsin the LandscapeBakersfield CollegeHorticulture LabFriday, November 16, 20121:30 - 3:00 PM • Cost: Free

Come laugh and learn with theCountry Garden Guys, DaleEdwards, The Sultan of Sod andLindsay Ono, The Plant Professor

Designed to help you and your employees identify lawn and plant problems in thelandscape, this class will cover the symptoms, pests and solutions.

While you’re there, visit the Bakersfield College Environmental HorticultureDepartment and see their greenhouses, hydroponic systems and Living Wall. TheBakersfield College Horticulture Lab is located on Mt. Vernon Ave., north of Memo-rial Stadium. Park in staff parking below the Environmental Horticulture classroom.

RSVP before November 1, 2012RSVP to: Sally Sterns (661) 395-4446, or Lindsay Ono (661) 395-4938, or by email:lono@bakersfieldcollege.edu.

CLCA Kern County ChapterPO Box 7Pollock Pines, CA 95726

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