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THE DAVEY BULLETIN
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September/October 2021
INTEGRITY
TREE HONORS
DAUGHTER OF
SUFFOLK CLIENT
The Suffolk Commercial Landscape
Services territory planted a memorial
tree to honor a client's daughter
who had passed away.
When Chris Dempsey, branch
manager, and Isreal Blakesley,
account manager, heard that a
property manager at one of their
Breeden sites lost her daughter, they
decided to plant a tree in memory of
her. Dempsey and Blakesley also had
a custom stone engraved to make
this even more special for their client.
The tree was planted this spring and
the memorial stone was presented
to the client. The tree was planted
outside the client's office window,
so she can see it daily.
"I don't think there was a dry eye
there," Blakesley said. "She was so
appreciative of what we did for her."
STAYING AWARE
OF YOUR
SURROUNDINGS
Will Duncan, general foreman, PG&E
Central Valley account, left his yard
and noticed a car pulled over at a
turn-out nearby. He saw a woman
sleeping in the back seat in the shade
on a 90-degree day.
Thinking this was strange, he turned
around at the nearest gas station to
see if everything was OK.
"As soon as I got out of my truck,
I could hear a baby crying," Duncan
said. "I started asking the lady if she
was OK. There was no response.
I started shaking the vehicle to see
if she would wake up."
Duncan called 911, and emergency
responders arrived and took over.
Duncan has three children with a
fourth on the way, and it broke his
heart to see a baby in the backseat.
He's glad he stopped and said it's
important to pay attention to your
surroundings.
"I drive between 30,000 to 40,000
miles a year, and after 10 years you
pick up on when something isn't right,"
he said. "If you see something off,
stop to check it out, because it could
make all the difference. It's a way to
show we care about the communities
where we live and work."
Will Duncan's actions more than
likely saved the mother and baby's
life. He's glad he stopped to make
sure everything was alright.
SAVING
DUCKLINGS
FROM DISASTER
The mother mallard duck kept following
him around the Solon, Ohio, shopping
center, trying to get his attention.
That's when Eddie Lagucki, landscape
technician, Cleveland North territory,
shut down his leaf blower and took out
his ear plugs. Upon doing so, the duck
led him to a nearby sewer grate
where he could hear chirping sounds.
A peak inside revealed nine trapped
ducklings. Lagucki called the Solon
Fire Department, which responded
and rescued the ducks and returned
them safely to the mother.
"Outside of work I do a lot of animal
photography, so I like to think I have
a better connection with animals than
most people. The mother duck must
have known she could trust me,"
Lagucki said.
Eddie Lagucki and the ducklings
he helped save.
The client with the memorial tree planted
in memory of her daughter.
