| Cumbrian firm strikes new distribution deal
THE UK's leading natural stone producer, Furness based Burlington, has appointed Brett Specialized Aggregates as its primary distributor for its decorative garden mulch in the UK. Forming part of Brett Landscaping and Building Products and the larger parent Brett Group which is one of the largest independent construction and building materials companies in the UK, Brett Specialized Aggregates is stocking Burlington's blue/grey and Westmorland green slate mulch in two sizes, 30mm and 40mm. The Cumbrian firm says it is as an ideal, low maintenance garden mulch. Brett Specialized Aggregates will be supplying the Burlington product through a chain of distributors that takes in builders' merchants and other specialised suppliers of garden and landscaping products. Burlington's joint managing director, Malcolm Hatch, said: “We are understandably delighted that Brett Specialized Aggregates has now assumed responsibility for the distribution of one of our most popular mulch products.
Community datebook
Blood shortages: O positive, A positive, B positive, O negative (two-day supply). Whole-blood donors may visit the blood bank in Dimond Center 10:30 a.m.-6 p.m. Monday-Friday, 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Saturday and Sunday. Hours at the main center, 4000 Laurel St., are 8:30 a.m.-5 p.m. Monday-Saturday. Call 222-5630 for appointment; apheresis donors, call 222-5619. (222-5600, www.bloodbankofalaska.org) TODAY SCHOOL LUNCH Anchorage: In-service day. Mat-Su Borough: Sloppy joe on a bun, green beans, fresh fruit, animal crackers, milk. COMMUNITY Astronomy program, 8-10 p.m., Eagle River Nature Center, Eagle River Road, Eagle River. Amateur astronomer Chris Erickson gives insight into solar viewing and solar eclipses. Bring binoculars or telescopes; dress warmly.
53; landscape designer, Cleveland Heights
What's in your stereo right now? Joe Sample, Eliane Elias, Chaka Khan, Kraak En Smaak, Jamie Cullum, The Steve Miller Band and Brian Auger. Most embarrassing thing in your CD collection? DJ Funk, "The Booty House Anthems." Only my hairstylist, my assistant and my favorite Nighttown waiter know why. Worst household chore? Changing the sheets. First song you're singing on karaoke night? Perhaps in my next lifetime; I'm just learning the words this time around. Headline on your obituary? She empowered people. Movies you've walked out of? I'd have to walk in first -- very few movies get me off the recliner. If you went to hell, what song would be playing over and over? "Inna Gadda da Vita," Iron Butterfly.
Bella Vista Lake Study Released
BELLA VISTA -- The long awaited results of a $65,000 analysis of Bella Vista's seven lakes show the worst cause of contamination might be the easiest to fix.Alan Cibuzar, president of AW Research Laboratories, said Thursday that stormwater runoff is a bigger problem for Bella Vista's lakes than leaky septic systems. It is a problem, however, that can be addressed with landscaping techniques that use more shrubs and trees and less gravel and pavement.The results came more than a year after the Minnesota-based research company was hired to detect sources of contamination of Bella Vista's seven lakes. The company flew over more than 1,000 acres in Bella Vista conducting low-altitude thermal and chlorophyll imaging.Preliminary results released in January showed lakeside landscaping techniques are more to blame for contamination than septic tank leaching.
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