CONNECTICUT Z7 CONNECTICUT ASSOCIATION OF GOLF COURSE SUPERINTENDENTSJ Volume 30, No. 5 President's 1996 Annual Report Philip Neaton This has been a year of change and continued growth for CAGCS. Regionally, we became affiliated with the Rhode Island Turfgrass Con­ ference and Show. This led to our involvement with all of the superin­ tendents associations in New England to begin work on one regional turf conference. Providence, RI, has been selected as the site for the first New England Regional Turf Conference and Show and is tentatively scheduled for the first week of March, 1998. Nationally, we have been working on becoming an affiliated chapter of GCSAA. The last step of this process was to make the changes in our by­ laws which were voted upon at our annual meeting. The growth of our association regionally and our affiliation with GCSAA makes running the CAGCS office more and more time consuming. I can’t thank Pauline Streeter enough for her hours and years of service man­ aging our office. This workload became so demanding last winter that we hired Mary Jo Kennedy part time to help Pauline get through the busy periods. Mary Jo has become familiar (continued on page 2) December, 1996 John Napier, CGCS elected CAGCS' 38th President John F. Streeter, CGCS, Editor CAGCS held its annual meeting on November 5th at the Suffield Country Club in Suffield, CT. Host superin- tendent/manager, Thomas Watroba, a CAGCS past president, pro­ vided us not only with a pris­ tine, enjoyable golf course, but also was directly accountable for the wonderful lunch and facili­ ties and truly great hospitality by his staff. John Napier, CGCS (pictured here with John Motycka) was duly elected to lead our association. John has been a member of CAGCS for 20 years and has been the golf course superintendent at the Stanley Golf Club for the better part of 20 years. John is no stranger to the Board of Governors of CAGCS. Most re­ cently, John has served our association as Vice President and Secretary. While on the Board as a Director, John chaired the Membership Committee, Scholarship & Research Committee and also participat­ ed in the decision making of our as­ sociation. John’s broad ex­ perience over many years as a board member certainly has prepared him for his new endeav- er as President. We feel that our association will be in good hands with John at the helm. The meeting be­ gan with the offi­ cers and directors accounting for their duties throughout the past year with the reading of their annual reports. Fred Bachand, was presented with an engraved plaque from CAGCS for his 25 years of service to the Wethersfield CC. Fred was the first recipient of the CAGCS annual Superintendent of the (continued on page 4) 1996 Connecticut Clippings Page 2 President's 1996 Annual Report (continued from page 1) Philip Neaton The RAMADA Plaza Hotel j CONFERENCE CENTER 1996 CAGCS President Philip Neaton with operation of our computer sys­ tem, preparing for monthly meetings and now can run the office in Pauline’s absence. At the rate we are now growing, we will soon outgrow the space we cur­ rently occupy in the Streeters’ base­ ment. The board is currently investi­ gating our options for accommodat­ ing our future growth. I am sure everyone appreciates the time that we, as your board, volun­ teer to run this organization. I would like to thank each board member for their help with keeping things run­ ning so smoothly. Peter Pierson has been the hardest working past president in recent his­ tory. I think most would try and wind down their last year on the board, but Peter kept very busy and has already decided to stay on the board by serving as treasurer, no less. Peter is currently serving as Vice President of EIC, and he represents us as a board member of the Tri State Research Foundation. He served as coordinator of our GCSAA seminar last March and is in the process of organizing the next Golf Summit. Vice President John Napier has been busy working on our bylaws changes making sure that we have everything necessary for our affilia­ tion with GCSAA. John also spent considerable time updating and administering our bien­ CAGCS Board of Directors nial survey, as well as helping with the preparation of the Green Book this past year. As secretary, Anthony Grosso not only kept the minutes from all board and membership meetings, but he represents CAGCS at both the Rhode Island and New England Regional Show board meetings. Heather Garvin has spent many hours at her computer recording our financial transactions and budgeting for future expenses. The treasurer definitly has the most time consum­ ing job on this board and she always had up-to-date information to help us make financial decisions. Heather has left the board and she will be greatly missed. Greg Stent has also ended his board term. He and his committee are to be commended for raising enough money through raffles and the S & R -> President JOHN NAPIER, CGCS Stanley Golf Course Vice President ANTHONY GROSSO Pautipaug Country Club Secretary BRIAN SKELLY Old Lyme Country Club Treasurer PETER R. PIERSON Pequabuck Golf Club Immediate Past President PHILIP NEATON Black Hall Club Education & Social & Welfare DENNIS HOULE Redding Country Club Golf JOHN MOTYCKA Skungamaug River Golf Club Membership SCOTT D. GENNINGS, CGCS Wallingford Country Club S & R GREGORY BRADLEY Farmington Woods CC Newsletter & Historian JUD W. SMITH Orange Hills Country Club Public Relations, Chapter Relations & EIC Rep. Les Kennedy, Jr., CGCS Country Club of Waterbury Connecticut Clippings is an official publication of the Connecticut Association of Golf Course Superintendents. Commercial Rep. to Board OWEN REGAN TeeandG/eenSod Inc. Newsletter Editor John F. Streeter, CGCS CAGCS Office P. O. Box 3678 Woodbridge, CT 06525 Telephone & Fax Nos. (203) 387-0810 Photos David Basconi December, 1996 Connecticut Clippings Page 3 President's Annual Report - 1996 (continued from page 2) METRO MILORGANITE, INC. For a HEALTHY ADVANTAGE over SEASONAL PROBLEMS WE OFFER a WINNING LINE-UP Tournament to award 11 scholarships and help fund Dr. Gail Shumann's diagnostic lab this summer at the University of Massachusetts. Education Chairperson, Brian Skelly, had a challenging year coordinating meeting sites and educational opportunities. Bad weather forced the cancellation of two events in 1996. Brian managed to salvage our Winter Seminar by com­ bining it with the March meeting in order to get us our pesticide credits for the year. John Motycka ran the golf committee alone this past year, even with the added burden of administering a USGA handicap system for our membership. He kept all of our meetings running smoothly. Membership Chairperson, Scott Gennings, CGCS, continuously updated our growing membership files as well as tracking prospective members' attendance at monthly meetings before they can be proposed for membership. Social and Welfare Chairperson, Jud Smith, had a rather frustrating year. He organized some great social events for us, but our participation was down from previous years. Jud and Jeff Rogers are going all out for this year's Christmas party, and at this moment we have an outstanding turnout with 84 reservations. This past year was Greg Bradley's first year on the board and as Public Rela­ tions Chairperson, it is his primary responsibility to send press releases to local newspapers and magazines. Greg took the Superintendent of the Year notice a step further this year by presenting Tom Watroba with a plaque to display in his clubhouse. Our Commercial Rep to the Board, Art deAtienza, had his term cut short by a new job in Massachusetts. While he was here, he handled the Superintendent of the Year voting and presentation, he solicited commercial support for our monthly skill contests and Christmas party, he represented Connecticut's com­ mercial members at the Rhode Island Turf Show board meetings; but, most of all, his services as DJ at our various social functions will be missed. We all wish Art good luck with his new job. Although John Streeter is no longer on the board, he is still very active in CAGCS business. John has edited our newsletter for as long as I can remember. He will once again be our voting delegate in Las Vegas. He has organized our hospitality room at the national for many years, and he will be President of the Tri State Research Foundation in 1997. He gives us office space in his home and has hosted many meetings and social functions at his club. I thank God that his automobile accident this past summer wasn't any worse than it was. John would be a hard man to replace. I feel fortunate to be surround­ ed by these dedicated individuals and would like to again thank this board, their committees and those who worked behind the scenes to keep this association running smoothly this past year. Finally, I would like to thank the membership for their support and the privilege of serving this group the past six years. Emerald Isle. Ltd. FARMS WHITE MARSH, MO Sentinel ADVANCED DRAINAGE SYSTEMS, INC. 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The budget was voted upon and approved by all voting members in attendance. It was deemed that there will be a dues in­ crease of $10 which will bring our 1997 dues to $150 per year. John Napier, CGCS, incoming CAGCS President, reviewed the amendments to the CAGCS Bylaws necessary to become an affiliated GCSAA Chapter. After consideration of same and questions from the floor being answered by Michael Wallace, CGCS, GCSAA Director, it was unanimously voted to amend the CAGCS Bylaws to conform with that of GCSAA and to become an affiliated Chapter. Some of the bylaws changes that are now in effect with respect to our lo­ cal association include: • Class A members are now super­ intendents who have experience of three years or more. • Class B members are now super­ intendents with less than three years experience. • Class C members are now as­ sistant golf course superintendents. • Our commercial members were formerly known as Class C mem­ bers. They are now categorized as "Commercial" members. The Board of Directors proposed to the membership that Dr. Gail (continued from page 7) Fred Bachand receiving his CAGCS plaque from Peter Pierson. —» Ron Holcomb receiving his 25-year pin from Scott Gennings, Membership Chairperson «— Mike Dukette being awarded the President's Trophy —> 1997Board of Directors (Standing L-R) Dennis Houle, John Motycka, & Scott Gennings, CGCS: (Sitting L-R) Les Kennedy, Jr., CGCS, Jud Smith and Gregory Bradley. at The facts are here in black and white. Not to mentinn classic orange and tournament green. Jacobsen's 1110 Hauler™ gives you Of course, you can also choose Classic Jacobsen more horsepower, more cargo space Orange or our new Tournament Green. See your and more colors. For starters, you get an 11 hp, lacobsen distributor for a demonstration today. 350 cc, twin cylinder gas engine. Add to that 13.3 cubic feet of cargo space and removable side panels. 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Please take a minute to review the information, make any and all necessary additions, deletions and/or corrections and return it to the CAGCS office as soon as possible. The Green Book will be printed early next year. Any member whose dues remain unpaid as on February 1st will be deleted from the Green Book. ***** Educational Opportunities January 7—CAGCS Winter Seminar, Ramada Inn, Meriden, CT. The educational sessions will be pres­ entations by Dr. Robert Wick, U/ Mass, Dr. Steven Aim, URI, Dr. Bruce Clarke, Rutgers Univ., Ed Klo- noski, Univ/Hartford, Joel Simmons, Earth Works. The Superintendent of the Year Award will be presented at the end of the day. Pre-registration prior to Jan. 1st is $60; registration at the door $70. If you have any questions, call the CAGCS office (203/387-0810). January 6 & 7— 1997 New Hampshire Turf Conference, Holiday Inn, Manchester, NH— Educational sessions will be led by Dr. John Roberts, Dr. Cheryl Smith from the Univ. of NH; Dr. William Dest, Univ. of CT; Dr. Gail Schu­ mann, U/Mass; Dr. Joe Vargas, Mich­ igan State. For registration information contact Barrie Robertson (603/888-3050). January 13-15—66th Massa­ chusetts Turf Conference & Trade Show, Hynes Convention Center Boston, MA This year’s conference will feature educational sessions led by nationally respected experts in golf course turf management, as well as other lawn and grounds care. For further information on attending or exhibiting, please contact Mr. James Conant, Co-Chair, (508/362- 1136). March 6 & 7 CAGCS/GCSAA Regional Seminar, Plant Nutrition & Fertilizers, Marriott Hotel, Farmington, CT. ***** Hospitality Suite CAGCS will again be co-hosting a hospitality suite at the National Con­ vention in Las Vegas on Feb. 9 at Bally's, headquarters hotel, from 6:00- 9:00. 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The membership unanimously voted to accept them as Honorary Members and they will be awarded with their membership at the Winter Seminar scheduled for January 7th. Following the annual meeting, the election off officers and directors took place. Election Results President - John Napier, CGCS Vice President - Anthony Grosso Secretary - Brian Skelly Treasurer - Peter Pierson Three directors were elected to serve two-year terms. They were Dennis Houle, Les Kennedy, Jr., CGCS, and John Motycka. Continuing to serve on the board as directors will be Greg Bradley, Scott Gennings, CGCS, and Jud Smith. Philip Neaton will serve on the board as Immediate Past President. Owen Regan, Tee & Green Sod, Inc. (pictured below) was voted as commercial representative to the board. John F. Streeter, CGCS Michael Decker receiving the McLaughlin Trophy Anthony Grosso, Vice President (left) with Brian Skelly, Secretary (right) January 7 CAGCS Winter Seminar Monthly Meeting Ramada Inn Meriden, CT March 11 Ramada Inn Meriden, CT April 8 Monthly Meeting Manchester Country Club Manchester, CT Gary S. Bryant, Supt. May - TBA June 17 Monthly Meeting Crestbrook Park Golf Club Watertown, CT Peter T. Cure, Supt. Annual Invitational Tournament July - TBA August 11 Hartford Golf Club West Hartford, CT Herbert Watson, Supt. September 16 Monthly Meeting Shennecossett Golf Course Groton, CT Robert A. Chalifour, CGCS October TBA Annual S & R Tournament Redding Country Club Redding, CT Dennis J. Houle, Supt. October 20 Monthly Meeting Country Club of Waterbury Waterbury, CT Les Kennedy, Jr., CGCS November 4 Annual Meeting Birchwood Country Club Westport, CT Edward Consolati, Supt. December, 1996 Connecticut Clippings Page 8 Mike Wallace, CGCS, bids for reelection to GCSAA Board of Directors Michael Wallace, CGCS, superin­ tendent at Hop Meadow CC, has been nominated for the position of Director of GCSAA. Michael has served on the GCSAA Board of Directors in 1995 and 1996. Although both terms came via the Presidential Appointment, we are con­ fident that this year’s election will vault Michael into a two-year Director's position. As a GCSAA Director in 1995, Michael chaired the Membership Committee along with the Conference & Show Committee. He served as Vice Chairman on the Technical Infor­ mation Services, Scholarship and Career Development Committees. As a GCSAA Director in 1996, he again chaired the Membership Com­ mittee and participated in the Career Development Forum at the 1996 Con­ ference and has given GCSAA presen­ tations to many local chapters. Michael is a past president of CAGCS and was awarded the coveted Superintendent of the Year Award in 1990. Michael brought Hop Meadow to the status of becoming the 40th "Certified" Audubon Sanctuary in the United States. Mike has been a member of GCSAA for 20 years and has served on numerous committees which led to his desire to serve GCSAA as a full­ time Director. We think Mike Wallace, because of his commitment and involvement in local and national agendas, will make a good candidate for GCSAA. Michael has been personally involved in the growth of our profession for many years and he is committed to continue serving GCSAA and its members. We look forward to seeing you at the GCSAA Annual Meeting on Tuesday, February 11th, to support him on this most eventful day. Tee & Green & In Between Whether your challenge is a dead­ line, a tee, a green, a fairway, a rough, or a bunker surround, we have a blend that fits your needs. We understand the variety of problems you face because we have spent a great deal of time listening to golf course superintendents. As a result, Tee & Green Sod offers the most complete product line available to the golf course industry- even a four-foot wide washed roll! Give us a call for information about our selection of products, and our unique harvesting and washing techniques. •Bentgrass •Bluegrass •Washed sod •Bluegrass-Ryegrass •Bluegrass-Fine Fescue Br QREENSO —INCORPORATED - 401/789-8177 • 401/789-3895 (fax) • PO Box 418, Exeter, RI 02822 December, 1996 Connecticut Clippings Page 9 Editor's corner John F. Streeter, CGCS, Editor Following up on last month’s arti­ cle “ CT clubs go spikless”, I have decided to solicit the various clubs that have imposed a spikeless policy and report the procedures they used to make metal spikes history at their golf clubs. I was pleased to hear from clubs that have gone spikeless since our last issue and urge any of you who have imposed a spikeless policy at your club to contact the Clippings staff so we may add your club to our list of spikeless clubs in Connecticut. Our list has grown from 8 clubs reporting to 13 clubs who are now spikless. “Congraulations” Indian Hill Country Club Kevin Bengtson, Supt. Manchester Country Club Gary S. Bryant, Supt. Pequabuck Golf Club Peter R. Pierson, Supt. Race Brook Country Club John M. Gallagher, III, Supt. Watertown Golf Club Robert M. Viera, Supt. Our first commentary on the approach to converting your club will be covered by yours truly and the ef­ forts involved with convincing Wood- bridge Country Club to adopt a spike­ less policy. I believe that any worthwhile endeavor that you undertake at your club must involve communication and subsequently feedback from the mem­ bership. My first approach at Woodbridge w was to flood our members with infor- he mation about the alternatives that were available to metal spikes. I gathered articles and testimonies about turf friendly spikes and posted them around the club. We also mailed this informa­ tion to our members with a cover let­ ter from me. The testimonies and prepared infor­ mation that I gathered helped to spark some interest. So, I took the offensive and prepared a plan on the steps to take that would eventually lead us to a spikeless club. With all my commu­ nications, both written and verbal, I stressed the reasons why a metal spike ban at our club would be advanta­ geous. I cited such things as our small greens, the limited cupping positions available, and how these fac­ tors could be solved with a metal spike ban. I communicated the advan­ tages non-metal spikes possess with relation to wear on turf and savings a metal spike ban would create not only on the golf course but also in the club house areas. Aside from this type of communica­ tion, I was afforded the opportunity to speak to our board of directors and subsequently to the entire membership on the subject. My presentation to the members took place on opening day of golf for men and women. Armed with the video from the Softspike Company and some text that I had prepared, I proceeded to deliver the presentation in the month of April. To my delight, this program was very successful as it yielded many questions and support from the many members in attendance. Our next step was to impose a spike ban for one month. With the green committee’s support, we asked our board at Woodbridge to approve a spike ban for one month. It was unanimously approved, and we had our spike ban in place for the month of July. At this point, my goal was to make it as easy as possible to get all golfers to change over from their metal spikes. Begining in May, we an­ nounced that our club would provide softspikes for no charge as long as our members had changed over before the ban was in place. This was a home run that left us with only one slight problem. At that time, we did not have enough staff on hand to keep up with the demand. So, I decided to lend some help to the sit­ uation. I announced that on Saturday and Sunday mornings for a period of three weeks, our golf course personnel would be available to change out spikes for our members. This worked well—as it not only helped with the demand— but it also served as time for me to directly com­ municate with our golfers one-on-one about the spike issue. We had 100% compliance in July and the results of no spikes on our greens for this period did not go unnoticed. As the ban was lifted in August, we had about 20% of our golfers return to metal spikes for one reason or anoth­ er. This small percentage of spikes on our greens also did not go unnoticed. At this time, I felt that I had done all I could do to convince my club to change over and that now it was in their hands. After a little politicing, I was informed that the golf and green com­ mittees were going to propose to our board that Woodbridge become a spikeless club in 1997. The rest is history, and I am look­ ing forward to a spikeless year in 1997.1 hope that some of my experi­ ences that I have shared here will lend some thought to you and your endeav­ or in changing your club to a spike­ less club in the near future. Connecticut Clippings Page 10 December, 1996 1LEGACY Golf Irrigation A Complete Line of Innovative, Rock-Solid Golf Irrigation Equipment. The Legacy Radio Genesis Central Control System will let you stand alone. It includes the following features: Commemorating the 25th Anniversary of GCSAA’s Certification Program Complete programmable satellite Non-dedicated radio programming Hand-held operations through computer Two-way communication Stealth Antenna Main Office: 243 Woodmont Road • P.O. Box 3049 Milford CT 06460 • (203) 878-0658 B P.I.E. SUPPLY CO. PIPE & IRRIGATION EQUIPMENT SUPPLY COMPANY GCSAA is celebrating the 25th anniversary of the GCSAA Certification Program. To become certified, a candidate must have five years experience as a golf course superintendent, be employed in that capacity and meet specific educational requirements of college credit or continuing education units. The candidate must then pass a rigorous 6-hour examina­ tion and have an on-site inspection of his/her course by two certified golf course superintendents. Out of the 130 active Class A members in our association, only 30 carry the status of “certified". PARTAC TOP-DRESSING GOLF COURSE AMERICA'S PREMIUM TOP-DRESSINGS HEAT TREATED GEOTEXTILES & TURF BLANKETS (O S. GOLF HOLE \\\ TARGETS'))) AND MUCH MORE! /// 800-247-2326 DISTRIBUTED IN CT BY: JAMES CARRIERE & SONS 914-937-2136 VALLEY FARMS SUPPLY 203-651-8555 Connecticut superintendents who have attained the status of CGCS: Robert U. Alonzi, CGCS Barry Anes, CGCS Paul Barratt, CGCS Charles G. Baskin, CGCS Anthony R. Baviello, CGCS Peter D. Burnham, CGCS Stephen G. Cadenelli, CGCS Robert A. Chalifour, CGCS Paul M. Christ, CGCS Kevin D'Amico, CGCS Steve DiVito, CGCS Scott Gennings, CGCS Les Kennedy, Jr., CGCS Patrick Lucas, CGCS Peter Lund, CGCS James Medeiros, CGCS Kenneth P.Modzelesky, CGCS John Napier, CGCS Scott E. Niven, CGCS Timothy O'Neill, CGCS Larry Pakkala, CGCS Thomas R. Pelletier, CGCS Dan Rackliffe, CGCS Steven Rackliffe, CGCS Peter R. Rappoccio, CGCS Michael C. Reeb, CGCS John F. Streeter, CGCS Michael Wallace, CGCS Ward H. Weischet, CGCS Gregory J. Wojick, CGCS The Board of Directors ofCAGCS would like to wish all members and their families a happy, healthy and safe holiday season! CAGCS thanks these patrons for their continued support of our Association! A-OK Turf Equipment Articulator Dealer Coventry, RI 02816 Michael D. Comicelli (401) 826-2584 AgrEvo USA Company 2711 Centerville Road Wilmington, DE 19808 David J. 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