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LC DBM Commentary
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Publisher/Editor-in-Chief
George Schmok
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Editor
Bruce Fordyce
bfordyce@landscapeonline.com
Assistant Editor/Education
Michelle Medaris
mmedaris@landscapeonline.com
Maybe that word should just be ���Sully���.
Anyways . . . on July 5th I got a call at 5:00
a.m. while on my honeymoon at the Sheraton in
Waikiki. That���s 5:00 a.m. Hawaiian time, on my
honeymoon, the day after the 4th of July when
Marty called me to say that Sully had just saved our
. . . magazine . . .
Ok . . . Suffice it to say, Sully not only had an impact on my life (in a huge way!!!!) but his impact carries forward to you . . . Not just through this magazine, but through countless projects, his absolute
���impression��� on the textured concrete industry, and
countless people who have stories similar to mine . . .
One of the greatest joys in my life were the lunches
with Sully. I can���t tell you how much I learned, not
just about the profession, but about how to move
forward with dedication, conviction and grace . . .
Sully called me out . . . a few times, but never with
anger, nor malice.
Unfortunately, Sully passed away on January 1st and, although I thought about it often, I
hadn���t seen nor talked to him for at least a couple
of years . . .
Don���t let that happen to you . . . While Sully was a 9th generation Californian I���m sure
his kindred spirit lives in more places than
our back yard. As we move toward the future
. . . And we are all moving toward the future.
Please remember those who have forged the way
. . . Those who have BUILT the road . . . History isn���t
about hours, days, weeks, or even years . . .
History is about those who have seen the future
and moved ahead, not to pursue the future, but to
make it.
Sully . . . Francis W. Sullivan was that guy. When
you think of this profession, wherever you are . . .
Names like Burt and Stuart Sperber, Courtland Paul,
Don Roberts, Kay Tiller, Frank Manwarren, Raymond Page and Francis W. Sullivan should make
you think, ���Where would I be without these pioneers?��� Then, your next question should be . . . What
am I going to do to keep it moving forward?
Thanks Sully . . . friend . . . mentor . . . brother . . .
Assitant Editor/Economic News
Kyle Cavaness
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Product Editor
Larry Shield
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Editorial Administrative Assistant
Amy Deane
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Editorial Contributors
Mid-Atlantic Enterprise, Inc.; Garrett Churchill, Inc.;
Scotland Yards; Landshapes; Classic Nursery and Landscape
Company; Mark Ambtman; Greenstate Landscaping; Parker
Homescape, LLC; Borst landscape & Design; Basnight Land
and Lawn; McCabe���s Nursery & Landscape, Inc.; Precision
Landscape & Irrigation; Landscape Labor Solutions; Realm;
Sunrise Landscape + Design
Associate Editors
Associate Editor at Large: David Linstrum
Pesticides
Business Manager, Target-Specialty Products
Will Harrison
Erosion
Executive Director, IECA
Russ Adsit, FASLA
Water Resources
Program Specialist, Texas A&M; University
Dotty Woodson, PhD
Arboriculture/Horticulture
Assistant CE Specialist, University of California Riverside
Deborah Mathews, PhD
Art Director
Nicole Miller
nmiller@landscapeonline.com
Graphic Designer
Matthew Medeiros
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Ad Coordinator
Oliver Calonzo
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Circulation / Fulfillment Manager
Jacqui Argyle
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Circulation / Fulfillment
Grace Stewart
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IT Department
Web / Tech Manager
Jerry Short
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Web / Tech Assistant
Mayra Gutierrez
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Chief Operations Officer C.O.O.
Mark O���Halloran
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God Bless . . .
Kip Ongstad
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George Schmok, Publisher LC
Booth/Banner Sales
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It���s amazing how time just keeps marching on.
In publishing it is even weirder, as I am writing this
three weeks before the upcoming LA Expo in Long
Beach, and you won���t be reading this until at least
two weeks after that.
Next month I���ll be able to tell you how great
the Expo was, with the LAF Charity Reception, the
CLASS Fund Senior Student Showcase, the Belgard
Hardscape Design Center, Pacific Outdoor���s Outdoor Living Design Center, the New California Plant
Palette Design Center sponsored by Green Meadow
Growers and Mountain State Wholesale Nursery,
plus the 32 seminars and the sold out exhibit hall . . .
But now I���d like to talk about the new entrance
to the Expo and the pioneer who actually built its
main feature. We have been putting on trade shows
in Long Beach for several years now, and as it turns
out we have always been using the back door for the
event. Not that
that was horrible, as that
entrance
did
take you by the
1,280 ft. long
by 105 ft. tall
���Planet Ocean���
(grey whales,
orcas, sharks,
etc.) mural by
Robert Wyland.
The Front Entrance, however, features the work
of Francis ���Sully��� Sullivan (April 2, 1920 ��� Jan. 1,
2013) of Sullivan Concrete Textures. I remember
Sully telling me all about the concrete wave pattern
mimicking the waves of the Pacific Ocean. He was so
proud of that project (above).
Sully was one of the first people I met in this profession, and I have to tell you, you probably wouldn���t
be reading this if not for him.
I was young, dumb, oblivious and on my honeymoon in 1988 (unfortunately I am no longer young
nor on my honeymoon :@), when back at the magazine the printer called Marty Smith (one of my best
friends and partner . . . still one of my best friends)
to let him know the magazine would not be printed
until the bill was paid!?! Marty knew exactly what to
do with me not around. He called one of the nicest,
most generous, thoughtful, knowledgeable, fun and
��� What���s the word you would use to describe someone who truly cared about their chosen profession
so much that they revolutionized it, and pushed it to
unheard of levels, yet always had his hand reaching
back to lift up those trying keep up?
E S I G N
Find Sully���s biography at www.landscapeonline.com/
research/article/17268.
Matthew 16:26������What good will it be for a man if he gains the whole world,
yet forfeits his soul? Or what can a man give in exchange for his soul?���
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