THE

CONN.
CLIPPINGS

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Connecticut Association
Of Golf Course
Superintendents

Officers
Stephen Cadenelli, CGCS
Country Club
of New Canaan
Office 203-966-2145
Home 203-966-0223
Vice-President Michael Wallace
Rockledge C.C.
Office 203-233-3594
Home 203-673-4608
Sec-Treasurer David Stimson, CGCS
Tumble Brook C.C.
Office 203-243-0150
Home 203-289-6979

President

BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Ray Beaudry
Stan Sablak
James Medeiros
Peter Pierson
Fran Rogers
Peter Lund
Greg Wojick
Mark Loper, Associate Director
Robert Osterman, Immediate Past President
The object of this association is to en­
courage increased knowledge of golf course
management and greater professionalism
through education, research, exchange of
practical experience and the well being of
each individual member.
The CONN. CLIPPINGS is an official
publication of the Connecticut Association
of Golf Course Superintendents, Inc.

Greg Wojick, Editor
49 John St.
Willimantic, CT 06226

Position Available
Superintendent Position
Sterling Farms Golf Club
Automatic irrigation
Salary negotiable
Deadline for resumes:
Jan. 8, 1982
Forward resumes to:
Stamford Golf Authority
W. R. Maguire, Executive Director
1349 Newfield Ave.
Stamford, CT 06905

New Directors and
Officers Set for
1982
The membership of CAGCS has voted in
the new officers and directors for 1982 at the
annual meeting held at the Glastonbury Hills
Country Club.
They are:
President
Michael Wallace, CGCS
Vice-President
Peter Pierson
Sec.-Treasurer
David Stimson, CGCS

January Sem inar
To Feature Several
Prom inent
Researchers
The January Educational Seminar, being
held the 13th at the Hartford Holiday Inn,
promises an array of knowledge and re­
search experience. Drs. R.E. Schmidt of VPI,
R. Smiley of Cornell, and P. Vittum of
Massachusetts will review their work on
topdressing materials, nontarget effects of
fungicides, and insect life cycles. Also
featured during the day will be John Jagschitz
of URI and Robert Mullane of Alpine Tree
Care, Inc. Mark your calendar now and don’t
miss what is sure to be a useful learning
experience.

Director (2 yrs.)
Greg Wojick
Director (2 yrs.)
Tom Fletcher
Director (2 yrs.)
Mark Fuller
Director (1 yr.)
Robert Phipps
Assoc. Director
John Ferry
Imm. Past President
Stephen Cadenelli
Directors with one year left on their twoyear terms: Jim Medeiros, Steve DiVito, Stan
Sablack.

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National News

GCSAA H ighlights

“Managing Change,” the 1982 GCSAA
Conference theme, clearly illustrates the
challenges that face the Golf Course
Superintendent today, next year, and in the
years to come. The art and business of
managing golf maintenance operations in
times of financial and resource constrictions
will require change in attitudes and the
development of new skills on the part of the
superintendent if he and golf are to survive
the 80’s and 90’s. With this in mind, the
1982 Conference in New Orleans, Jan. 30 Feb. 5, has been planned with the goal of
addressing the problem of the future and
discussing how those problems might be
solved. It is worth every effort to attend! Do
not hesitate to make club officials aware of the
positive learning experience that can be
gained by attending this national conference.
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The official slate of candidates for GCSAA
office is as follows:
President............. James A. Wyllie, CGCS
Vice-Pres.......Robert W. Osterman, CGCS
James W. Timmerman, CGCS
Director.....................Paul Boizelle, CGCS
William J. Emerson
John P. Hayden, CGCS
James E. Lindlbad, CGCS
Richard Slivinski, CGCS
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GOLF COURSE MANAGEMENT will be
expanded from ten yearly issues to twelve
issues beginning in 1982. The publishing of
the magazine on a monthly basis will allow
GCSAA to better serve the membership, its
readers, and will attract a larger portion of the
advertising dollar.
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CERTIFICATION TESTING AT
CONFERENCE
The certification examination is scheduled
for Sunday, January 31, 1982 during con­
ference week. To be eligible to apply for
certification, one must be currently em­
ployed as a Golf Course Superintendent and
have been a Class A member of GCSAA for at
least two years. However, we have deter­
mined that if your two-year period is com­
pleted by February 28, 1982, you will be
eligible to take the certification examination
during conference week. Qualified candi­
dates should contact Bonnie Stephenson,
Educational Department, at GCSAA head­
quarters before December 31, 1981, to
arrange for testing at the 1982 conference.
Steve Cadenelli

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Scholarship
and
Research
Tournam ent Raises

$ 1,200

On October 6, 86 brave golfers fought and
clawed their way around the Edgewood Golf
Club in Cromwell. The weatherman did not
shine —he did rain, but everyone who played
proved that our Scholarship and Research
Fund was the real winner.
The Connecticut section of the PGA was
represented by Don Ross, Don Glihia,
Richard Crowe and Drew Pierson. A hearty
thanks goes to these Pros.
A special thanks goes to our Associates
who played and/or purchased advertising
space on the tees. These include: Fran
Downey, A1 Arison and Bill Somers, the
Magovem Co., the Hart Seed Co., Tom Irwin
Co., I & E Supply and Old Fox Chemical Co.,
and the T.P.C. Scholarship and Research
would also like to thank Steve and Linda
Cadenelli and Bob Osterman for their
support.
A fine steak dinner was enjoyed by all at
the end of a special day for the Connecticut
Association of Golf Course Superintendents,
Scholarship and Research Fund.
Peter Pierson

HELP WANTED

Meet Your Class
“ C” Members
The newly elected associate director of our
association and this month’s featured class
“C” member is John Ferry, sales manager of
Turf Products Corp. in South Windsor.
Even before John received his associ­
ate’s degree from the UMASS Turf School,
he had been appointed Superintendent of the
Ellington Ridge Country Club in Ellington,
Connecticut. After five years at Ellington,
John decided to try his hand at sales and
accepted a sales representative position at
Turf Products Corp. Now, as sales manager
at TPC, John says he rarely misses his
Superintendent days.
In his spare time, John enjoys skiing and
golfing. John and his wife Melinda have two
daughters: Emily, who is 2% years old, and
Betsy, who is 8 months old.

Grass Catcher
Jim Medeiros is looking for clubs at which
to hold the monthly CAGCS meetings for
next year. If you and your club are willing to

participate, give Jim a call to set up a
convenient date.

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Paul Christ, former CAGCS member and
Superintendent of Pequot Golf Club, was
seriously injured in an August motorcycletruck accident. We all wish Paul a speedy
recovery.
Greg Wojick

Management Position

M
embership Report
New Members:

James O’Kelley (B)
Race Brook C. C.
James Viggiano
Bacher Corp.
Walter Borek Jr. (C) E. D. M. Distributors
Joseph Bunk (B) Norfolk Country Club
Kevin Clement (A)
Requot Golf Club
James Fabiani (A) Chippanee Golf Club
Ted Maddocks (A)
C. C. of Fairfield
Michael Miner (B)
C. C. of Fairfield
John Molnar (B)
The Patterson Club
William Morgan Jr. (C)
Winding Brook Turf Farm
Barry Petrasko (A)
South Pine Creek Golf Club
Steve Duran (A)
C. C. of Farmington
Peter Louis (B)
C. C. of Farmington
New members voted in after Sept. 1 are
credited with Payment of dues for the
following year 1982.
Joseph Bunk
Kevin Clement
Michael Miner
Deleted from Membership Rolls March 31,
1981
Charles Babcock (B)
James Burke (A)
Paul Christ (A)
Charles Cross (B)
William Queen (A)
Jeff Roule (B)
Ed Ward (A)
Charles York (A)
Total Membership at the Annual Meeting
November 6, 1980 at the Wallingford
Country Club, Wallingford. **188
Deleted Members 1981 (9)
New Members 1981 (9)
Present Membership

Good outside work, 7 days a week, 6 a.m.
until you get home. Expected to work under
any conditions, rain, snow, hot or cold
weather. Meals provided, if you have the
fortitude to listen to all the complaints and
not get an ulcer. Recreation provided if you
want to stay on the job from daylight to
darkness. Be responsible for a minimum
number of employees at minimum wages and
produce a maximum product 7 days a week.
Must be willing to have 300-500 employers
who will go out of their way to complain, but
never to compliment.
If interested, contact any golf course for the
position of Superintendent.
- a golf course Superintendent

1981

Class A.................................................... 113
Class B.......................................................18
Class C.......................................................38
Class D........................................................3
Life............................................................11
Honorary.....................................................6
Total 189

EXERCISE
“ Hey, these greens really hold!n

The important thing to remember about
exercise is to start slow—and then gradually
taper off.

The Following Companies Are Contributing To The Support Of The Conn. Clippings:
ALPINE TREE CARE, INC.
745 Post Road
Darien, CT 06820
Rolf Brandt - CAGCS member
(203) 655-8008
ANDERSON-WARNER
ENGINEERING CO., INC.
Turf Irrigation
164 No«J Road
Avon, CT 06001
Jesse Anderson, CAGCS member
(203) 677-0225
ANDREW WILSON, INC.
1170 Route 22
Mountanside, NJ 07092
Brian Makar, CAGCS member
(201) 654-5800 Office
(914) 969-5932 Home
AQLA-IAWN, INC.
Irrigation Contractors
328 Figlar Ave.
Fairfield, CT 06430
Louis Toth, CAGCS member
(203) 255-3075
(203) 255-2774
BLUE RIDGE PEAT FARMS, INC.
Blended Top Dressing
RD 1, Box 292-A
White Haven, PA 18661
Gene Evans
(717) 443-9596
JAMES CARRIERE & SONS, INC.
Trap Sand & Partae Topdressing
7 Cottage St.
Port Chester, NY 10573
(914) 937-5479
(914) 937-2136
C.B. DOLGE COMPANY
Westport, CT 06880
Raymond G, Miller, CAGCS member
(203) 227-9591
CHAS. C. HART COMPANY
304 Main St.
Wethersfield, CT 06109
Robert Kennedy, CAGCS member
Roy Sibley , CAGCS member
(203) 529-2537

CLORO-SPRAY
Div. of Henry E. Sanson & Sons, Inc.
475 Beaver Street
Bristol, PA 19007
E.J. Sanson, CAGCS member
Frank Paladino
(212) 338-2153
EGYPT FARMS, INC.
Sterilized Greens Topdressing
White Marsh, MD 21162
(301) 355-3700
John Wistrand, CCAGCS member
(914) 769-7600
EDM DISTRIBUTORS, INC.
Bobcat. Ransomes, Turf Prod.
P.O. Box 551
Agawam, Mass. 01001
Tel. (413) 786-6977
Walter Borek, CAGCS member
I & E SUPPLY, INC.
66 Erna Ave., P.O. Box 9
Milford. CT 06460
Richard Smith, CAGCS member
(203) 878-0658
IMPERIAL NURSERIES
4 Griffin Rd. North
Windsor, CT 06095
John Perrotti, CAGCS member
(203) 688-5293
J.A. JACKSON CORPORATION
430 Center Avenue
Mamaroneck, NY 10543
Dan Cancelleri, CAGCS member
(914) 698-4150
(914) 667-3737
LAKESHORE EQUIPMENT & SUPPLY CO.
“Home of Lesco Products”
300 S. Abbe Rd.
Elyria, OH 44035
(800) 321-5325
Frank Downey, CAGCS member
Bill Kebhane Jr.

METRO MILOGRAPH, INC.
P.O. Box 267
Hawthorne, NY 10532
John Wistrand, CAGCS member
(914) 769-7600
OLD FOX CHEMICAL CO.
Hazardville, CT 06082
John Grant, CAGCS member
P.O. Box 62
Pleasant Valley, CT 06063
(203) 379-3579
O. M. SCOTT & SONS
Proturf Division
Marysville, OH 43041
41 Arison, CAGCS member
(203) 336-9890
PRO-LAWN PRODUCTS, INC.
Stephen M. Kotowicz, CAGCS member
30 Nashville, Rd.
Bethel, CT 06801
(203) 792-3032
PURPLE KINGS FARM
Custom Greens Dressing
Northwest Hill Rd.
Williamstown, MA 01267
Ralph Mason, CAGCS number
(413) 458-4646
THE REICHERT COMPANY
Oilzum, Tre Motor Oils and Lubricants
P. O. Box 273
Riverside, CT 06878
Frank Reichert
(203) 661-1816
SOMERS TURF SUPPLIES
P.O. Box 294
Devon, CT 06460
Bill Somers, CAGCS member
(203) 878-2108

TUC0 DIVISION OF UPJOHN CO.
David Sykmter, CAGCS member
47 Mairf st.
LARCHMONT ENGINEERING & IRRIGATION INC. East Berilli, CT 06203
Larchmount Lane
(203) 828-3790
Lexington, MA. 02173
Stephen P. Butler, CAGCS member
THE TERRE COMPAN Y
(617) 862-2550
206 Delawanna Avenue
Clifton, NJ 07014
THE MAGOVERN CO.
Dennis DeSanctis, CAGCS member
Windsor Locks CT 06096
(201) 473-3393
Carl Wallace. C4GCS member
(201) 521-3174 home
(203) 623-2508 Windsor Locks
(203)348-8211 Stamford

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Greg Wojick, Editor
49 John St.
Willimantic, Ct. 06226

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SHEMIN NURSERIES, INC.
1081 King St.
P.O. Box 64, Glenville Station
Greenwich, CT 06830
Phil Gallo
(203) 531-7352
TURF PRODUCTS CORPORATION
1496 John Fitch Blvd.
South Windsor, CT 06074
Mark Ixtper, CAGCS member
(203) 289-3471
Roger Morhardt, C 4GCS member
(203) 748-4445
VALLEY FARMS NURSERY & SUPPLY, INC.
Sod & Turf Products
133 Hopmeadow St. (Route 10)
Simsbury, CT. 06070
Joe BidiceII, CAGCS member
(203) 651-8555
WESTCHESTER TURF SUPPLY, INC.
P.O. Box 68
Port Chester, NY 10573
Bob Lippntan, CAGCS member
(914) 937-6523 office
(914) 248-5790 home
WINDING BROOK TURF FARM, INC.
240 Griswold Rd.
Wethersfield, 171' 06109
Doug Morgan, CAGCS member
(203) 529-6869
ALBERT ZIKORUS
Golf Course Architect
Member ASCGA
Do Little Drive
Bethany, CT. 06525
(203) 393-2635

Please Support
These Companies
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TOM IRWIN, INC.
11 B A Street
Burlington, MA 01803
John Callahan, C4GCS member
(203) 677-7054
(617) 273-0143