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AUGUST 1974

GCSAA REVIEWS EPA
GUIDELINE PROPOSALS
How will the Environmental Protec­
tion Agency’s (EPA) proposed pesti­
cide applicator certification regulations
and guidelines affect golf course super­
intendents, and their ability to ade­
quately perform their jobs?
What will the individual state regula­
tions require of the golf course super­
intendents in order to acquire a applica­
tor’s certificate?
What will happen when a certified
applicator accepts a new position in a
different state?
These and a host of other questions
are being raised by superintendents
throughout the country as the inevitable
1976 certification deadline approaches.
Currently, the federal government is
preparing guidelines with which states
will have to comply in establishing cer> tification or licensing systems. Accord­
ing to the existing regulations, all states
must submit their plans to EPA offi­
cials for review and approval by Octo­
ber 21, 1975. Then applicators of rei stricted use pesticides will have until
October 21, 1976 to be tested and be­
come certified.
The Golf Course Superintendents As­
sociation of America recently submitted
written testimony to the EPA Hearing
Clerk in response to new proposals by
the agency concerning the certification
of pesticide applicators. Although there
were areas of agreement with the pro­
posed amendments, Dr. Herbert Cole,
GCSAA’s Consultant, the GCSAA Ex­
ecutive Committee and Director of Edu­
cation, took exception with several im­
portant aspects, as they concern golf
course superintendents.
In summarizing its testimony, the
GCSAA report stated, “Our major con­
cern is the lack of guidelines dealing
with the interstate transfer of certified

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applicators and the lack of a grace
period, no reciprocity, and very limited
guidelines dealing with the supervision
of non-certified applicators. We strong­
ly urge that these problems be con­
sidered in preparation of the final regu­
lations.”
Specifically, the proposed guidelines
made reference only to federal agency
employee certification when discussing
the problem of interstate provisions. The
GCSAA review pointed out that golf
course superintendents can easily change
jobs, even in mid-season, and often
will reside in an area where state lines
may be crossed in the normal comple­
tion of their duties. Accordingly, the
Association recommended that a six
month grace period be established to
allow superintendents adequate time to
comply with the new state’s require­
ments, and secondly, that applicators
who reside and have a principle place
of business in one state should have
reciprocal privileges in other states in
which at times he may engage in pest
control.
The GCSAA testimony also com­
mented on the vagueness of the pro­
posal’s recommendation concerning the
supervision of non-certified applicators
by certified individual. It was recom­
mended that, “as long as the pest
management decision making process is
the responsibility of the certified ap­
plicator and that the actual sprayman
is thoroughly instructed by the certified
applicator concerning all safty applica­
tions and procedures, then the intent
of the regulations is fulfilled.”
Agreeing with the EPA proposal to
base testing standards on the evidence
of “practical knowledge,” the testimony
noted that, “academic credentials, at
this time, should not be imposed as an
applicator certification requirement.”
Another major area of agreement
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DYNAMIC SUPERVISION
YOUR TEACHING JOB
Although a Supervisor’s Teaching
Job rarely takes on the formalized at­
mosphere of a schoolroom, a knowledge
of teaching techniques can make your
job more effective. The idea is to make
it easier for the person receiving the in­
struction to understand the message and
to learn it faster.
Most of your teaching involves newhires, which means that most are young.
Actually, this fact could make the teach­
ing that you have to do simpler. Today’s
young people are sharper, quicker and
better educated then their counterparts
of several years ago. Any parent who
pays attention to what his children are
studying in school, knows how advanced
present day education is compared to
what it was when he went to school.
Younger workers, for the most part,
are more concerned with how their
particular job fits into the overall com­
pany picture then older workers are.
It’s a good idea to keep this in mind
and to provide as much information
along this line as you can.
Even though you will have to indi­
vidualize your teaching to a great ex­
tent to keep from going too fast or too
slow, and to use the method that works
best with the person you are trying to
teach at the time, there are some guide­
lines that can help you with all your
new employees:
Be sure you thoroughly understand
the material you’re teaching. Whe­
ther it’s a job procedure or com­
pany regulations, you can’t teach
it if you’ve become rusty or ne­
glected to stay current. A percep­
tive beginner can spot an unsure
teacher a mile away, and immedi­
ately lose respect for both the
teacher and the company.
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CONNECTICUT ASSOCIATION
OF GOLF COURSE
SUPERINTENDENTS
President ..................... Frank Lamphier
Vice President ................ Robert Tosh
Secretary ..................... Bob Osterman
Treasurer ................ James MacDonald
Board of Directors
John Perry
John Lynch
Alfred Bachand
Karnig Ovian
Robert Chalifour Edward Anderson
Robert Viera
Richard Hoskings, Associate Director
The object of this association is to
promote research, education and an ex­
change of practical experiences in the
field of turf grass culture so that the
increased knowledge will lead to more
economic and efficient management of
golf courses and related turf areas.
The CONN. CLIPPINGS is an offi­
cial publication of the Connecticut As­
sociation of Golf Course Superinten­
dents.
Robert W. Osterman, Editor
937 Black Rock Turnpike
Easton, Conn. 06612

DYNAMIC SUPERVISION
YOUR TEACHING JOB
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Use an employee’s previous experi­
ence point to help him understand
more quickly.
A new student is bound to be ner­
vous. If you can begin by drawing
parrallels to something he’s done
before and what he is going to be
doing, he will gain confidence in
his ability to do it.
Break the process or procedure
down into 1-2-3 steps. Teach the
steps and then show how they all
go together for the whole. Teach
the steps in the same order as the
job will be performed.
Be repetitive. Help a beginner to
understand instructions by repeat­
ing them several times. If you do
so without using the exact words
everytime, you’ll make the material
more meaningful.
When instructing about how a job,
should be done, demonstrate it
yourself. People learn faster when
they can see how something is to
be done. The key here is not to do
the operation too fast. If you rush
through the motions, just because
you are familiar with the pro­
cedure, you’ll confuse and dis­
courage a learner. Perform the
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to ask if the person understands
what you’ve done so far.
While training a beginner in job
procedure has to be done in a specified
instruction period, this is only one of
the times you have to be training. Look
for opportunities to add some instruc­
tions during the first few days a begin­
ner is on his own. Both of you should
be more relaxed and your teaching is
bound to be more effective under these
conditions. Don’t give the trainee the
idea that you think he is learning too
slowly or might not even catch on. After
you do some supplementary instructing,
praise his progress. You will undoubt­
edly run across some fireballs who pick
up the best way to do a job the first
time around. But most will be average
learners, so don’t let yourself expect
everyone to be an instant success.
As you know, it’s expensive for your
Club to train a person for a specific
job; and the more complicated the job,
the more it costs. Not only is the train­
ee being paid before he starts to pro­
duce, but the trainer is probably unable
to keep pace with his usual output while
he’s instructing someone. In selecting a
person for training, his aptitude is only
one thing you want to consider. The
worker’s personality and attitude are
also important and can lead to costly
mistakes.
When a trainee has reached the point
where he puts his training in practice,
starts flying solo, so to speak, its up to
you to make sure that each operation
is performed correctly. If he has an in­
clination to do things wrong and he
isn’t corrected, it will be very difficult
to remember the right way, the way he
was taught.
A word of caution: If a trainee does
make a mistake in applying what he
has demand, avoid over emphasizing
the wrong way. The negative approach
could very well impress the wrong way
on his mind and perhaps the one he was
instructed to use.
Remember — you can improve your
teaching techniques and upgrade your
work force if you:
1. Tell your young, aware workers
just how their particular job
fits into the overall picture.
2. Understand the material you’re
teaching and keep your own
skills sharp.
3. Relate your instructions to the
previous experience of a new
worker and break procedures
down into small, logical steps.
4. When a learner starts to go
through the operation himself
follow up to make certain he
isn’t getting into bad habits that
will be hard to unlearn.

A Supervisor who has a knowledge
of teaching techniques makes it easier
for a learner to understand the correct
procedures; and the result is a skillful,
more productive work force.

GCSAA REVIEWS EPA
GUIDELINE PROPOSALS
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with the proposal was that of combining
ornamental and turf pest controllers
in defining various categories of appli­
cators. The testimony stated, “Orna­
mentals and turf categories included to­
gether appears to be a reasonable ap­
proach. Many golf courses involve not
only intensive culture of turfgrass but
also of trees, shurbs and flower gardens
where “restricted use” pesticides may
be needed for successful pest manage­
ment.”
GCSAA plans to continually ensure
that the golf course superintendent’s
interests are presented and protected,
particularly at the national level; how­
ever, because the individual states are
charged with the responsibility of de­
veloping
implementation
programs
which must meet or exceed the federal
guidelines, Chapters are encouraged to
become involved at the state level, when­
ever and wherever possible.
Guidelines and suggestions for state­
wide a'nd more local involvement are
being developed by the Association, but
until those materials are available,
Chapters are advised to begin a close
examination of what steps their states
are taking in this area. In order to bet­
ter formulate consistent guidelines, all
Chapters are asked to supply the re­
sults of their studies and efforts to the
Association’s headquarters office.
( Published in FORE FRONT April
1974)

CAGCS SCHOLARSHIP AND
RESEARCH PROGRAM
Because of the growth in our organi­
zation over the past few years, the par­
ticipation we are receiving in our vari­
ous undertakings, and from the gen­
eral interest of all our members in our
association, we feel we can once again
move in the direction of our objective
as an association which is, “to pro­
mote research, education and an ex­
change of practical experiences in the
field of turfgrass culture so that in­
creased knowledge will lead to more
economic and efficient management of
golf course and related turf areas.”
To meet this objective the board of
directors has re-established the Scholar­
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committee consists of Bob Tosh, Chair­
man, Ed Anderson, Dave Roule and
Dick Hosking.
The committee has proposed to es­
tablish the following guidelines for the
association’s Scholarship and Research
Program, which will be presented to
the membership for approval at our
August meeting.
Please read carefully and have your
comments ready for that meeting.
Recommendations:
I. A. Establish Conn. Association of
Golf Course Supt. Scholarship
and Research Fund.
B. 1. Establish Scholarship and Re­
search Review Sub-Committee
2. Membership to be comprised
of 3 members in good stand­
ing in our association.
3. One member of sub-committee
to be drawn from board of di­
rectors and shall act as* chair­
man.
4. Members of sub-committee
shall report directly to chair­
man of Scholarship and Re­
search Committee.
5. a. Duty: To accept and review
candidates’ request for aid>
b. Report recommendations to
chairman of Scholarship
and Research Committee.
C. a. Prepare scholarship application
forms.
b. Prepare research application
forms.
D. a. Notify universities and clubs
of available funds,
b. Scholarship candidates should
reside or work within the Con­
necticut
or Western Mass,
area.
II. Budget
A. Annual Budget request shall be
$1,500.00.
B. 1. Funds to be placed in separate
savings account.
2. Account to be under control of
association
president
and
treasurer.
3. Scholarship
checks to be
mailed directly to institution
and credited to student’s ac­
count.
4. Eligibility
a. 4 year turf students
b. 2 year turf students
c. winter school turf students
d. mechanics wishing to attend
manufacurers’ maintenance
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C. 1. Scholarships
and
Research
grants to be awarded for one
period only.
2. Scholarship students may reapply upon successful comple­
tion of previous year.
D. Financial Support
1. designate portion of field day
receipts
2. conduct scholarship raffle
3. assess each member $3.00 per
year for fund
IV. P. G. A.
Withdrawal financial support from
the Connection section of the P. G. A.
relative to scholarship funds.
It is the unanimous feeling of this
committee that this program is the most
worth while undertaking this association
can sponsor. We sincerely solicit your
comments and recommendations.
Respectfully submitted,
Bob Tosh, Chairman
Ed Anderson
Dave Roule
Dick Hosking

THE GRASSCATCHER
by BOB OSTERMAN

Since the last newsletter was pub­
lished, we have gained a number of
new members. Thy are:
Michael Tchie
Redding C.C. — Class “B”
James Corcoren
C. C. of Torrington — Class “B”
Michael Wallace
Tunxis Plantion C.C. — Class “B”
John Parker
Brookfield C.C. — Class “B”
Carl Gajdosik
Landscape Contractor — Class “C”
Joe Torok
Hop Meadow C.C. — Class “A ”
Bob Phipps
Shorehaven C.C. — Class “A ”
Kal Horvath
Golf Club at Aspetuck — “Class B”
Bob Barber
Agway Sales — Class “C”
Charles York
Willimatic C.C. — Class “B”
Tim Michaud
C.C. of Farmington — Class “B”
William LaMonica
Bel Compo G.C. — Class “B”
Ed Consolati
Birchwood C.C. — Class “A ”
Steve Cadenelli
Pequot G.C. — Class “B”
Sherwood Moore
Woodway C.C. — Class “A ”
John Wistrand
Metro Milorgantic — Class “C”

Bob Jarvis
Shorehaven C.C. — Class “B”
Larry Della Bianca
Pine Valley C.C. — Class “A ”
We welcome these men into our as­
sociation and look forward to seeing
them at our monthly meetings.
Following is a list of Committee as­
signments for the various committees
for the CAGCS Field Day, to be held
at Lyman Meadows C.C., September 25,
1974. These men will act as chairman
and will get help from the CAGCS mem­
bership.
R. Hisking — Distributors
J. MaDonald — Refreshments, Tables,
Table Cloths
R. Viera — Site Set-Up
E. Anderson & J. Lynch — Assoc.
Booth, Name Tags, Registration.
F. Lamphier — Public Address System,
Master of Ceremonies, Schedual
Equipt. Demo.
K. Ovian — Clean Up, Waste Baskets,
etc.
R. Osterman, J. Perry, F. Bachand, R.
Tosh, and R. Chalifour — Publicity;
Invitations and Posters to allied As­
sociations ie: Landscapers, Nursery­
man, Arborists, Parks, Road Dept.,
Bd. of Eds., Golf Supt., Colleges, and
Newspapers.

NOTICE
First 18 hole round of Supt. Cham­
pionship will be played at the Country
Club of Farmington, August 6, 1974.
Championship will be limited to AC­
TIVE superintendents. — Class A &
B members.

CAGCS HANDICAPS REVISED
July 11, 1974
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Anderson E.
Anderson K.
Barber R.
Barrett R.
Bedus E.
Caswell P.
Cook R.
Dziedzie L.
Fenn F.
Furgess B.
Gorton G.
Grywalski T.
Gowalski B.
Kowalski L.
Kowalski L. Jr.
Kristoff S.
Lamphier F.
Lowell W. (Pro)
Manning T.
Mierzwa M.
O’Connor P.
Ovian Karnig
Ovian Kay
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THE FOLLOWING COMPANIES ARE CONTRIBUTING TO THE
SUPPORT OF THE CONN. CLIPPINGS:

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Ovian M.
Parsons R.
Perry J.
Polidod T.
Queen W.
Rogers F.
Roule D.
Ryan M.
Scully
Viera R.
Whalen R.

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Ajello A.
Bachand F.
Barrett P.
Baskin C.
Bator R.
Bidwell J.
Chalifour R.
Christie G.
Dest W.
Hawkins A.
Kelliher K.
Knobloch C.
Ladzinski P.
Lentine A.
Lesage A.
Lindermuth H.
Loper M.
Lynch J.
MacDonald J.
Meusel H.
Michaud T.
Osterman R.
Pepe T.
Sandin D.
Silva R.
Stimson D.
Suchinski H.
Tosh R.
Whitley B.
Wydra A.
Wydra J.

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THE BISHOP COMPANY —
AGRICO COUNTRY CLUB
Turf Care Products
Dan Brogan
14 Wiedeman Avenue
Clifton, New Jersey 07011
AGW AY COMMERCIAL SALES
Turf & Buildings Automation
Agway Inc. Eastern Division
Robert J. Barber
Pub Circle
Hebron, Conn. 06248
(203 ) 646-3668
METRO MILOGRANITE INC.
P.O. Box 267
Hawthorne, New York 10532
John Wistrand
(914) 769-7600
SOMERS TURF SUPPLIES
P.O. Box 294
Devon, Conn. 06460
Bill Somers, CAGCS Member
THE CHAS. C. HART COMPANY
304 Main Street
Wethersfield, Conn.
Robert Kennedy, CAGCS Member
(203) 529-2537
VALLEY FARMS TURF NURSERY
Box 81
Avon, Conn. 06001
Joe Bidwell, CAGCS Member
(203) 658-6886
TOM IRWIN CO.
113 A Street
Burlington, Mass.
John P. Callahan, CAGCS Member
Phone (203) 677-7054
NORTH EASTERN TURF CORP.
730 Hop Meadow Street
P.O. Box 424
Simsbury, Conn. 06070
Robert Scully, CAGCS Member
(203) 658-0387

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CONN. CLIPPINGS
Robert Osterman, editor
937 B lack R ock Turnpike
Easton C onn. 06612
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IRRIGATION & EQUIPMENT
SUPPLY COMPANY
Milford, Conn.
Richard W. Smith, CAGCS Member
Richard W. Hosking, CAGCS Member
(203) 874-1096
THE MAGOVERN COMPANY
Windsor Locks, Conn.
Lloyd Russell, CAGCS Member
Curtis Stimson, CAGCS Member
(203) 623-2508
255-2817
OLD FOX CHEMICAL COMPANY
Harzardville, Conn. 06082
John Grant, CAGCS Member
P.O. Box 62
Pleasent Valley, Conn. 06063
(203) 379-3579
LARCHMONT ENGINEERING &
IRRIGATION INC.
Lexing&ton, Mass. 02173
Steve Butler, CAGCS Member
(617) 862-2550
O. M. SCOTT & SONS
Pro Turf Division
Marysville, Ohio
Al Arison, CAGCS Member
(203) 366-9890
ALFCO-ROKEBY CO., INC.
12 11 Stony Hill Road
Wilbraham, Mass.
Frank Downey, CAGCS Member
(413) 596-3009
THE POWERHOUSE
Route 6 & Dingle Ridge Road
Brewster, N. Y. 10509
Russ LeClair, CAGCS Member
(914) 279-7181
AMERICAN BIO-TURF
P. O. Box 424, Glen Head
Long Island, N. Y.
Phone (516) 484-5930
Len MiUoux, General Manager