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The Nursery Growers of LakeCounty Ohio Inc. (NGLCO) heldits 48th Annual Summer Field

Days event on Aug 11 at the ChaletDebonne Vineyards. Located inMadison, Ohio, the vineyard is thelargest estate winery in the state andmaintains 175 acres of vines.Designed to provide association

members with the latest on techniquesand innovations, the event presentsinformation in a format that encouragesthe exchange of ideas and networkingopportunites for all those who attends.OSU Extension researchers and educa-tors were on hand throughout the day tomeet with members and share informa-tion.The event included a trade show

where more than 150 exhibitors, includ-ing equipment dealers and industry sup-pliers presented a wide range of equip-ment, products and services gearedtoward Ohio’s dynamic nursery andlandscape industry. Other activitiesincluded winery tours, workshops andOhio certified nursery technician exams.

NGLCO Presents Annual Summer Field Days Event

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Judge Tosses Most of Challenge to Use Turnpike MoneyCLEVELAND (AP) Most of the claims in a lawsuit

challenging Ohio’s 2013 decision to use $930 million inOhio Turnpike tolls to fund non-turnpike highway andconstruction projects have been thrown out by a federaljudge. U.S. District Judge Dan Polster wrote in a recent 14-

page opinion that the money from the Ohio TurnpikeCommission benefits turnpike users, even if it is not usedfor maintenance of the turnpike itself, Northeast OhioMedia Group reported. Gov. John Kasich pushed the state legislature in 2013 to

use toll money to bolster the Ohio Department ofTransportation’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 start-ed in January 2014, and the lawsuit sought to have the statereimburse drivers who paid toll money that went towardthose projects. Polster wrote that the plaintiff, Cuyahoga County resi-

dent Melissa Ullmo, didn’t prove the money was used onunrelated projects, which was at the heart of the lawsuitfiled in May. The judge concluded that the money wasused on related transportation projects. The judge also dismissed claims that the commission

illegally charged excessive tolls and used them on projectsthat 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-generat-

ing measure and that we are going to succeed on that claimin state court,’’ DeRoche said. Commission spokesman Brian Newbacher declined to

comment on the illegal tax claim, but said they’re “obvi-ously 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.)

Anthony Licursi of Licursi Home & Garden tries out the recent-ly introduced Gravely Atlas JSV utility vehicle.

Indy Equipment’s Rick Kolar (L) and Alan Hales showcase a lineup ofTakeuchi and Wacker Neuson equipment at the event.

(L-R): Mike Kress, Dane Moore and Jon Wickline, allof Southeastern Equipment, answer questionsabout Case machines.

Nursery Growersof Lake CountyOhio PresidentElect, Myra Wallace(L) of DemoreNursery Sales andcurrent President,Joe Dawson ofValley Ford TruckSales, greet atten-dees of the AnnualSummer Field Daysevent.

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Event Provides Latest on Techniques, Innovations

COLUMBUS (AP) State and federal agencies haveagreed on a plan for demolishing huge buildings and otherfacilities from a Cold War-era uranium plant in southernOhio.It is the latest development in the lengthy decontamination

and decommissioning process for the Portsmouth GaseousDiffusion Plant in Piketon, which was built in the 1950s andproduced enriched uranium for defense and commercial usesuntil 2001. Its shutdown left old buildings, chemicals andradioactive areas that must be addressed.The demolition plan and recent approval of plans for

waste removal and disposal at the site are considered bigsteps for the cleanup and potential redevelopment.“These decisions are a major milestone in moving the

D&D project forward in a safe, efficient, and environmental-ly responsible manner,” the U.S. Department of Energyoffice 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 oneroof. The cleanup plans allow for recycling of equipment andbuilding materials if that can be done in a safe, cost-effectiveway.“With this document in place, DOE can begin its work to

secure funding and mobilize for cleanup,” OhioEnvironmental Protection Agency Director Craig Butler saidin a statement.Commissioners from Pike County and neighboring

Jackson, Ross and Scioto counties also are pushing for fund-ing. They sent letters in mid-July to the U.S. energy secretaryand the Office of Management and Budget saying that theproject could end up tens of millions of dollars short in thenear term because of budget allotments and other changesthat affected the funding stream.“We were extremely disappointed in the Department of

Energy for failing to once again provide adequate funding forthe project to avoid interruptions with progress and signifi-cant employee layoffs,” they said in one of the letters, whichwere also signed by presidents of two local unions that rep-resent 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.)

Demo Plan OK’dfor Plant Cleanup

The Lake County region has more than 100 licensed nurseriesand a nursery stock that covers more than 5,000 acres. NurseryGrowers of Lake County Ohio member nurseries generate a com-bined annual sales volume exceeding $90,000,000 operatingnurseries varying in size from less than an acre to more than 900acres. The Nursery Growers of Lake County Ohio was formed in1927 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

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By Julie Carr SmythAP STATEHOUSE CORRESPONDENT

COLUMBUS (AP) With months of public testimony con-cluded, a committee studying the future of Ohio's alterna-tive-energy targets is weighing what changes to recommendto 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’senergy to come from alternative sources such as wind andsolar by 2025 is under consideration, as are changes to theenergy 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 argu-

ments that have divided the state for years, Balderson said.Some said such targets hurt businesses and raise electricbills. 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 ener-gy portfolio standards, with others setting goals for alterna-tive energy use. Ohio’s target of 25 percent was on the highend nationally, with percentages ranging from 15 percent to29 percent around the country.Federal data show a majority of states with renewable tar-

gets are on track to meet them, but a countermovement wasemerging.

Lawmakers in Ohio and elsewhere began pushing back— saying years of living with the standards had shown theywere 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 governmentpicking winners and losers in the marketplace,” GregLawson, a lobbyist for the conservative Buckeye Institute forPublic 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 man-

dates last year, it represented a compromise with those whosought a full repeal of the standards. Lawmakers in 17 stateswere considering 30 bills to repeal the standards around thesame time, though none passed, according to data compiledby the nonpartisan National Conference of StateLegislatures.The American Wind Energy Association’s Tom Vinson

was among those who asked the Ohio committee to preservethe targets. He said the wind industry’s potential in the stateis “enormous.”He said wind companies have made a cumulative capital

investments in Ohio of $890 million and 11 constructionprojects are certified and waiting to be built. Another four arewaiting 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.

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