THE

CONN.
CLIPPINGS
Volume 14 No. 1

FEBRUARY 1981

President’s Message

Welcome to another new year! Again let me
say that I am thankful and very appreciative
of the opportunity to serve CAGCS as
President for a second year. I look forward to
the coming year with as much enthusiasm
and confidence that our association will
continue to provide its members those
services and opportunities which they seek.
1981 promises to be a year of shortages,
most notably a shortage of water. This
subject is on' everyone’s mind and un­
doubtedly will affect us all. Is the present
drought a short or long term situation? Many
feel that the present dry spell is but the
beginning of a long term water shortage
brought on by increased demands from
industry, an ever enlarging population,
increasingly polluted water supplies, less
rainfall, and the lack of long-range planning
in developing our country’s water holding
capabilities. Is it possible that the recent
history of oil is repeating itself?
It is my opinion that those of us in golf
course management should not wait until we
are forced into curtailing our use of water. It
is time to re-educate ourselves as to just how
much water our turfgrass needs to exist and
survive. Our goal should be to provide a
healthy, playable turf and not a turf that
looks picture perfect. The golfing public must
be made aware that changes are going to
happen regarding the look of golf course turf
in the future.
In closing I’d like to express a very hearty
thank you to Dr. Joseph Troll as the Mass.
Turf Conference celebrates its Golden
Anniversary. Joe has begun the spark behind
this ever-improving conference for some
time now and deserves the many accolades
coming his way. Congratulations for a job
well done!!
Steve Cadenelli, CGCS

Editor’s Note

Gypsy Moth Update

I am sure that all of you have appreciated
Research at The Connecticut Agricultural
Steve Cadenelli’s effort to improve and
Experiment
Station in New Haven shows
maintain a high quality publication these
that
the
cold
winter has not affected eggs of
past five years, not to mention the dedication
the gypsy moth.
of previous past editors, Bob Osterman
“Although people have felt the sub-zero
(1972-1976) and Charlie Baskin (1968weather,
it hasn’t been cold enough to kill
1971), who have also helped to make “Conn.
gypsy moth eggs in our woodlands,” said
Clippings” as good, if not better, than many
John F. Anderson, chief entomologist.
other association newsletters in the country.
Anderson said that eggs collected in Ham­
Their records will be hard to match, but I
den, Granby, Simsbury, and Salisbury have
intend to do my best to continue “Conn.
hatched in the laboratory.
Clippings’ ” fine tradition.
Station records show that during the
I do hope you will all bear with me, though,
winter
of 1942-1943, 46 of 60 egg masses
since I am sure my “greeness” in the
collected
failed to hatch. That winter, the
journalism field will show up in print from
temperature went to minus 24 in Hartford.
time to time. But with a little help from Steve
This winter, the lowest temperature recorded
and from my wife, Pandora, who is, by the
in Hartford was minus 14.
way, producing a newsletter of her own right
Eleven of twelve egg masses collected
now, I am certain I will soon havi
ijP\ (¿raii^ and Simsbury on January 8
wrinkles ironed out.
have hatcnM. One egg mass has not hatched,
Because “Conn. Clippings” is a one-man
jbulij
was small and was heavily attacked by a
operation, I would welcome any helpWAI? J ¿
parzl&kl that kills the top layer of eggs in egg
the form of contributions, that is — that I
masses,” Anderson said. Egg masses
could get. If you have a bit oi
e same day from Sleeping Giant
you would like to see included in our publf-^ ££
Jen also hatched. After a second
cation, don’t hesitate to submit it to me ! WfiARlfRftrkin
cold spell in mid-January, egg masses were
I’m looking forward to serving you as
collected in Salisbury, one of the colder spots
editor of “Conn. Clippings” and to a great
in Connecticut. “These, too have hatched,”
1981.
Anderson said.
Greg Wojick
“We have collected additional egg masses
The Board of Directors
during the past three weeks that appear
of
healthy and should also hatch,” said Dr.
The Connecticut Association
Ronald Weseloh, who studies parasites of the
of
gypsy moth.
Golf Course Superintendents
The gypsy moth caused noticeable defolia­
Invite Members & Guests
tion on more than 370,000 acres in Con­
to a
necticut last year.
“SPRING
A leaflet on the gypsy moth, describing its
Saturday, April 11, 1981
life
cycle and possible controls is available
at
free
from: Publications, The Connecticut
The Edgewood Golf Course
Agricultural
Experiment Station, P.O. Box
Cromwell, Connecticut
1106, New Haven, CT 06504.
”

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Connecticut Association
Of G olf Course
Superintendents
President

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

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.
Stephen G. Cadenelli, Editor
127 Country Club Road
New Canaan, CT 06840

1981

Meeting Schedule

Jacoby’s Restaurant
(Luncheon)
Country Club of Fairfield,
April 21
Ted Maddocks - Host Supt.
Willimantic Country Club,
May 12
Greg Wojick - Host Supt.
Hop Meadow Country Club,
June 16
Dewey Stanhope-Host Supt.
Bel Compo Golf Club, Tim
July 14
Michaud - Host Supt.
August 11 Clinton Country Club, John
Halibozek - Host Supt.
September 15 Pautipaug Country Club,
Fran Rogers - Host Supt.
October 13 H. Smith Richardson Golf
Club, Tom Fletcher - Host
Supt.
November 10 Glastonbury Hills Country
Club, Roger Barrett - Host
Supt. Annual Meeting.
March 17

CAGCS Committee
Assignm ents
Membership
Stanley Sablak - Chairman
Carl Wallace - Co-Chairman
A1 Adaskaveg - Co-Chairmen
Public Relations & Social
Peter Lund - Chairman
Kevin D’amigo
Greg Wojick
Peter Pierson
Scholarship & Research
Peter Pierson - Chairman
Leo Della Bianca
Armand Lesage
Eric Johnson
Golf
Fran Rogers - Chairman
Peter Pierson
Greg Wojick

Winter Sem inar Is
Another Success

Nearly 100 persons attended the second
CAGCS-sponsored seminar held January
14, 1981 at the Holiday Inn in Hartford.
Those in attendance were brought up to date
on a wide range of topics including potassium
nutrition, the troubles of turf, landscaping
the golf course, pesticide regulations, weed
control and tree disease control. A hearty
thanks goes out to the speakers Dr. William
Dest, Carl Schwartzkoph, Ray Corbobo,
Greg Piontek, Dr. Kirk Hurto and Spencer
Davis for making the seminar a great success.
The Educational Committee of the
CAGCS is to be congratulated for organizing
such an excellent all-around program. From
comments received, it is evident that the
membership is in favor of making the
seminar an annual event.

Education
Jim Medeiros - Chairman
Peter Rappocio
Byron Johnson Jr.
Eric Johnson
Bert Furgess
A1 Arison
Welfare
Michael Wallace

The Following Have Been Voted
In As New Members
Of Our Association.
Congratulations & Welcome!
John Molnar Jr. Class B
Assistant Superintendent Patterson Club
William Morgan Jr. Class C
President - Winding Brook Farm

Classifieds
For Sale: 1966 3400 Ford Tractor with
730 Bucket Loader
Asking $4995.00
Contact Dave Roule,
Hartford Golf Club

RAY CORBOBO — addressing attendees
at the CGCSA winter seminar.

CAGCS Veterans
Receive Pins

President Steve Cadenelli awarded
membership pins to the following:
Robert Chalifour
10 Years
Bert Furgess
John Mulhearn
15 Years

Richard Bator
Paul Ladzinski
John Lynch

20 Years

Edward Sanson

25 Years

Walter Lowell
Michael Ovian
John Perry

30 Years

John Espey

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Grass Catcher

The Board of Directors has decided to give
plaques to all new members of the CAGCS.
These plaques will replace the certificates
which have been given in the past. The board
feels that these plaques will give the members
a greater sense of professionalism and pride.
They are made of a high quality mylar which
can be hung on the wall as is. To defray the
cost of these plaques, the initiation fee of $10
has been raised to $20. Any member who
wants to purchase one of these plaques may
do so.
Congratulations goes out to Mark and
Nanette Loper, the proud parents of a baby
boy. Mark works for Turf Products Corp. in
South Windsor, Connecticut.
*$:|C3|':t::|'*****************
Connecticut was well represented at the
52nd GCSAA International Turfgrass Con­
ference and Show. Among those who
attended were: Fred Bachand, Roy Sibley,
Jim Fabiani, John Ferry, Steve Cadenelli,
Dave Stimson, Tim Michaud, Dave Roule,
Stan Sablak, Jim MacDonald, Ron Holcomb,
Ray Beaudry, Armand LeSage, Bob Osterman, Frank Lamphier, Bob Phipps, Dick
Allen, Jim Medieros, Mark Fuller, Bob
Alonzi and Dick Cook. It was nice to see so
many familiar
faces.
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Did you know? . . . according to Jeff
Mckinney, a regional agronomist for Chemlawn Corp. in Columbus, Ohio, one table­
spoon of kerosene added to 100 gallons of
solution will effectively reduce foaming in
spray tanks during agitation.

GCSAA
HIGHLIGHTS

Michael R. Bavier, CGCS, superintendent
of Inverness Golf Club, Palatine, IL was
elected to lead GCSAA as President at the
group’s annual membership meeting in
Anaheim, CA January 28. Elected as VicePresident was James A. Wyllie, CGCS, of the
Bayview Country Club, located in Thornhill,
Ontario, Canada. CAGCS’s own Robert
Osterman, CGCS, was appointet SecretaryTreasurer thus completing the officers of
GCSAA for 1981. New Directors elected
include Eugene D. Baston, CGCS of the
Birmingham (AL) C.C. and Riley Lee
Stottern, CGCS of the Jeremy Ranch C.C,
Salt Lake City, Utah.
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The 52nd version of the GCSAA spon­
sored International Turf-grass Conference &
Show continued its several year trend of
growth and improvement. The show, itself, is
unsurpassed not only in overall size but in
the opportunity that it presents attendees for
talking directly with manufacturers of
equipment and supplies. Nowhere else is this
opportunity available.
Sizable contingents of Superintendents
from Australia and England added to the
over 8,000 individuals who attended the
conference. They and their country’s
approach to golf course maintenance is in
sharp contrast to that in the United States and
offers some excellent food for thought. Truly,
this yearly get-together of GCSAA is, indeed,
becoming international in scope.
Steve Candelli, CGCS

A VIEW OF THE WESTCHESTER COUNTRY CLUB — site of the February 19 USGA Northeast
Regional Meeting.

The NGF: Why not
Join?

The National Golf Foundation’s 1981 Golf
Operations Handbook is now available,
according to NGF’s Northeast Regional
Director John LaPoint. The Handbook, first
published in 1977, and revised annually, is a
460-page loose-leaf publication that is
rapidly becoming known as the “bible” to
those responsible for all aspects of club and
golf course operations. The book contains
eight major sections on golf business, the
clubhouse, the golf course, golf services,
personnel, promotion, research and player
development. There are 35 totally new
information sheets in the 1981 edition,
including topics such as building golf car
paths, membership bylaws, and how to be a
cost-conscious golf course superintendent.
The Golf Operations Handbook may be
purchased separately, or comes as one of the
benefits of the NGF Associate Membership
Program. As an NGF member, your club or
course,will receive the Handbook, a sub­
scription to NGF’s monthly publication,
The Golf Market Report, 200 “Easy Way
To Learn Golf Rules” booklets, and other
informative publications totaling over $130
in retail value, all for $70.
Information on NGF membership can be
obtained by contacting John LaPoint at
NGF’s Northeast Regional Office, 75 Waterville Street, North Grafton, Massachusetts
01536, (617) 839-3367;

You Know It’s
Going To Be A Bad
Day When:

1. You wake up face down on the
pavement.
2. You call Suicide Prevention and they
put you on hold.
3. You see a “60 Minutes” news team
waiting in your office.
4. Your birthday cake collapses from the
weight of the candles.
5. Your only son tells you he wishes Anita
Bryant would mind her own business.
6. You want to put on the clothes you wore
home from the party and there aren’t
any.
7. You turn on the news and they are
displaying emergency routes out of the
city.
8. The woman you have been seeing on
the side begins to look like your wife.
9. Your twin brother forgets your birth­
day.
10. Your wife wakes up feeling amorous
and you have a headache.

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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 Nod 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
AQUA-LAWN, 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 & Partac 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
EJ. Sanson, CAGCS member
Frank Paladino
(212) 338-2153
EGYPT FARMS, INC.
Sterilized Greens Topdressing
White Marsh, MD 21162
(301) 335-3700
John Wistrand, CAGCS member
(914) 769-7600
I&E SUPPLY, INC.
66 Erna Ave., P.0. Box 9
Milford, CT 06460
Richard Smith, CAGCS member
(203) 878-0658
IMPERIAL NURSERIES
4 Griffin Rd. North
Windsor, CT 06095
John Terroni, CAGCS member
(203) 688-5293
J.A. JACKSON CORPORATION
430 Center Avenue
Mamaroneck, NY 10543
Dan Cancellerf, CAGCS member
(914) 698-4150
(914) 667-3737

METRO M1LOGRANITE, 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 member
(413) 4584646
THE REICHERT COMPANY
Oilzum, Trc 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
TUCO DIVISION OF UPJOHN CO.
David Sylvester, CAGCS member
47 Main St.
V
East Berlin, CT 06203
(203) 828-3790

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.
LARCHMONT ENGINEERING &
IRRIGATION, INC.
Larch mont Lane
Lexington, MA 02173
Stephen P. Butler, CAGCS member
(617) 862-2550
THE MAGOVERN CO.
Windsor Locks, CT 06096
Carl Wallace, CAGCS member
(203) 623-2508 Windsor Locks
(203) 348-8211 Stamford

Please Support
These Companies

Conn. Clippings

First Class

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

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THE TERRE COMPANY
206 Delawanna Avenue
Clifton, NJ 07014
Dennis DeSanctis, CAGCS member
(201) 473-3393
(201) 521-3173 home
TOM IRWIN, INC.
11 B A Street
Burlington, MA 01803
John Callahan, CAGCS member
(203) 677-7054
(617) 273-0143
SHEM1N 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 JLoper, CAGCS member
(203) 289-3471
Roger Morhardt, CAGCS member
(203) 748-4445
VALLEY FARMS NURSERY &
SUPPLY, INC.
Sod & Turf Products
133 Hopmeadow St. (Route 10)
Simsbury, CT 06070
Joe Bidu ell, CAGCS member
(203) 651-8555
WESTCHESTER TURF SUPPLY, INC.
P.O. Box 68
Port Chester, NY 10573
Bob Lippman, CAGCS member
(914) 937-6523 office
(914) 248-5790 home
WINDING BROOK TURF FARM, INC.
240 Griswold Rd.
Wethersfield, CT 06109
Doug Morgan, CAGCS member
(203) 529-6869
ALBERT ZIKORUS
Golf Course Architect
Member ASCGA
Do Little Drive
Bethany, CT 06525
(203) 393-2635