<body><div><img src="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?type=thumbnail_580x000&amp;url=0DdH7C_0wFTuHzo00" alt="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?url=0DdH7C_0wFTuHzo00" width="1280" height="960" >Mount Vernon, OH – Knox County Career Center’s (KCCC) Landscape Design &amp;Management program won 2nd place at the 9th Annual 2024 Ohio Green Industry Association’s(OGIA) Ohio High School Landscape Olympics (OHLO), which was held at Ohio StateUniversity Agricultural Technical Institute in Wooster.KCCC’s Landscape Olympics is coming off a 3rd place finish in the OHLO in 2023 afterearning back-to-back 1st place finishes in 2021 and 2022. KCCC’s Landscape Design &amp;Management students won 9 events this year, which is tied for the record in the 9-year OHLOevent.OGIA’s OHLO tests students’ skills through hands-on, competitive events designed byindustry professionals. OHLO broadens the high school education experience and introducesstudents to the many opportunities offered by a career in the green industry.KCCC’s Landscape Design &amp; Management students competed in 20 events against 15other schools. KCCC had two students who finished as OHLO Top Individuals. Kennedy Auker,senior, finished in 4th place overall and Charley Beheler, junior, finished in 7th place overall.OHLO is open to all Ohio high schools and career centers with horticulture programs.Single teams from all participating schools may compete in all events. Competitive events testthe student’s abilities to interact in a hands-on environment. Events are planned, implemented,and scored by industry sponsors using guidelines generated by OGIA.“The Ohio High School Landscape Olympics was a wonderful event. We got to meetemployers and they helped us get ready for the competitions. I worked hard at placing first in mySales Presentation. Those were busy days leading up to the competition. I can’t thank Mr.Campbell, Mrs. Allbaugh, and Mr. Bellman enough for helping me achieve that award. I’m alsoproud of placing first in Surveying. I am proud of the way my senior year finished at the OHLOand I will miss competing at this event,” said Kennedy Auker, senior, who finished in 4th placeoverall at the OHLO.Charley Beheler, junior, commented, “I am grateful for the opportunity to work with BenchMark and EMI for OHLO. It was a great experience. At the end of the day, I won an awesomebelt buckle from the Truck &amp; Trailer competition as we finished in first place and I was excitedabout finishing in 7th place overall. Thank you to all who helped me.”AWARD WINNERSCHAINSAWHudson Henry – 2nd PlaceCOMPACT EXCAVATORCharley Beheler – 5th PlaceCOST ESTIMATINGAva Pullins – 1st PlaceHARDSCAPE INSTALLATIONMason Vallance &amp; Layla Crase – 1st PlaceHERBACEOUS PLANT IDLauren Perry – 9th PlaceIRRIGATIONMason Vallance &amp; Layla Crase – 1st PlaceLANDSCAPE DESIGNAva Pullins – 2nd PlaceLANDSCAPE MAINTENANCECharley Beheler &amp; Jerako Salva – 1st PlaceLIGHTINGGrady Row – 1st PlaceMINI TRACKHudson Henry – 5th PlacePLANT INSTALLATIONKennedy Auker, Grady Row, and Layla Crase – 4th PlaceSALES PRESENTATIONKennedy Auker – 1st PlaceSOD INSTALLATIONHunter Looney &amp; Skylar Lawrence – 6th PlaceSURVEYINGDalton Lang &amp; Kennedy Auker – 1st PlaceTREE CLIMBINGCharley Beheler &amp; Logan Marsell – 2nd PlaceTOOL IDMason Vallance &amp; Jerako Salva – 3rd PlaceTRUCK &amp; TRAILERCharley Beheler &amp; Hudson Henry – 1st PlaceTURFGRASSLauren Perry &amp; Dalton Lang – 1st PlaceWOODY PLANT IDEmma Fonner – 6th Place</div></body>

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“KCCC’s Landscape Management & Design Program Finishes in 2nd Place at OGIA’s Ohio High School Landscape Olympics”

Mount Vernon, OH – Knox County Career Center’s (KCCC) Landscape Design &. Management program won 2nd place at the 9th Annual 2024 Ohio Green Industry Association’s. (OGIA) Ohio High School Landscape Olympics (OHLO), which was held at Ohio State. University Agricultural Technical Institute in Wooster. KCCC’s Landscape...