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SOUTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE                                  Telephone (803) 734-2210

D. LESLIE TINDAL, COMMISSIONER                                        Becky Walton, Director of Public Information

P.O. Box 11280, Columbia, South Carolina 29211                                               bwalton@scda.state.sc.us

www.state.sc.us/scda

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
March 1, 2000

(MYRTLE BEACH)---At their annual meeting in Myrtle Beach in early February, the South Carolina Nursery and Landscape Association presented awards for the outstanding landscape contractor, contribution to the nursery industry, nursery professional, and garden center of the year.  The awards were presented to:

David Livingston, owner of Green Earth Services, Inc. in Columbia - Outstanding Landscape Contractor Award; Sam Cheatham, Clemson Extension Agent for Lexington County - Outstanding Contribution to the Nursery Industry Award; Ron Kabool, co-owner of Lowcountry Nursery Company in Awendaw, SC - Outstanding Nursery Professional Award; and Lichtenfelt’s Nursery, Inc. in Greer, SC - David and Deborah Lichtenfelt, owners - Outstanding Garden Center.

For more information about the award recipients, contact Donna Shealy Foster, 864-592-3868.