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Michael Wallace, CGCS
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Follows in the footsteps of former CAGCS members
Charlie Baskin, Bob Osterman and Steve Cadenelli

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hands on Golf Course
Superintendent, Mike would rather
be at the controls of a D-6 shaping a
tee or green, than sitting at a desk.
As Superintendent at Hopmeadow
CC for 17 years he saw it all. The
last two years were the most
demanding in that Mike was
responsible for the maintenance of
the entire infrastructure of the club.
This Mike states was the beginning
of the end of his tenure at the club.
The what have you done for me
today expectations of members
brought up in the corporate
structure does not fit into the every
day operation of a golf course.
Many believe that a golf course
superintendent has control over
their environment. Last years ice
damage and now this years
drought, shows how difficult it can
be dealing with mother nature, and
the golf business.
Mike was first introduced to the
golf business by his father, Roger a
former superintendent at the CC of
Farmington. His interest in the
profession brought him to apply for
a GCSAA Scholarship. With the
financial aid in hand Mike received
in 1970 an Associates Degree in Turf

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Management from the Stockbridge
School of Agriculture.
A four year stay as assistant at
Tunxis Plantation, then on to
Rockledge GC in West Hartford as
superintendent. Mike credits his
work within the town infrastructure
for teaching him the ways of
business. You must be able to stay
within a budget, work with other
governmental departments, and
may have to deal with union issues.
A1 Adaskaveg, Golf Course
Superintendent, who succeeded
Mike at Rockledge GC stated that
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Mike is the type of individual who
would do anything to help others”.
On occasions he would find the time
in his busy schedule to stop in and
see how I was doing or come over if
I needed help (irrigation problems,
equipment questions or turf issues).
Some mornings we would meet
over
breakfast
and
discuss
maintenance programs, personnel
issues, or life in general. A1 goes on
to state that Mike is always willing
to help, give advice, or just listen
whenever needed. With the type of
job we hold as golf course
superintendents it is comforting to
know you have someone else up the

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problems and issues that you do 5
and is willing to help.
Now Golf Course Superintendent
at Fairview Farm GC in Harwinton,
Mike is looking forward to laying
the ground work for next years
implementing of the Professional
Development Initiative (PDI). The
future role of GCSAA will be
involved with expanding the
superintendent’s educational pro­
cess beyond agronomics.
The CAGCS Board of Directors
and membership wish you the best.

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Jud W. Smith, CAGCS President

First Things First
There was a time not too long
ago that I lived the adage "Turf is
Life.......All the rest is just details."
In fact, I tried to instill that
philosophy in the greens staff at
work and also reminded them that
no one rises to low expectations. As
time marches on and events such as
illness, death of a loved one, birth of
a loved one or 9/11/01 occur, all of
a sudden, priorities, philosophies
and outlooks start to change. Some
how Living to Work flips to
working to live. That adage "Turf is
Life" changes to Life is Life and all

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the rest is just Turf!
It is not my intent to go down this
road of introspection. I could talk
about the drought or now the 7+
inches of rain in the last two weeks
or I could talk about basal
anthracnose and all the peril
associated with it. For some reason
however, that is too vanilla for me,
too black and white, in short...not
very thought provoking. I will do
some CAGCS housekeeping before
the conclusion of this message but
in the meantime... .
All we, as human beings have, is
our word. Our job could go, the
house, the spouse, the money, etc.
all could be taken from us. What
can't be however, is our integrity! what we believe in, our morals, our
values' our principals. I can choose
to give away my integrity but
someone can not take it unless I
allow them to! One of the most
unique characteristics of this thing
called integrity is that we and we
alone, as individuals, determine our
own level. We can have as much
oras little as we wish, it's our choice!
Of course with integrity comes
accountability and responsibility

two small, minor elements that
make up one bigger one, or are
they?
As I look around and unfortunately,
it doesn't have to be too far, I begin
to question the level of integrity that
exists or rather, doesn't. How about
you? As you read this, pause and
look around in the various areas
that make up your life. Where is the
level? I have found that integrity is
dynamic depending on what's
going on and who is involved. It's
easy to point a finger, judge and
criticize. The stark reality, however,
is that we are powerless over other
people but not OURSELVES! It does
not matter the integrity of others.
What matters is OUR OWN! We do
have the ability to control our
words, our actions, and our deeds.
When you look in the mirror before
retiring, what does you see? The
answer to that can be answered by
another question: How do you
sleep?
That's correct...in a
convoluted way (are you ready?)...
The quality of our sleep is directly
related to our level of integrity.
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resp on sibility and accountability. So I
ask the q u estio n w ith o u t w an ting an
answ er, "H ow w ell do you s le e p ...? ”
(w ith ou t sleepin g aids of course!!!)
It d oes n o t really m a tter w h a t is
g o in g on aro u n d us, w h a t rea lly
m atters is w h at is going on insid e of
us based on that w h ich is going on
around us. C onfu sed , d o n 't be, 'th e
answ er m y friend isn 't b low in g in the
w in d ' th e answ er, lies in all o f usin d iv id u ally and collectively. M ean
w h at you say, say w h at you m ean, b u t
d o n 't say it m ean. Treat p eople the
w ay y o u w an t to b e tr e a te d - (the
k ick er) R E G A R D L E S S , o f h ow th ey
treat you! N ot easy, b u t re m e m b er...
"TO T H IN E O W N SE L F BE T R U E .”
In Step h en C o v ey 's b o o k The Seven
H abits of H ighly Effective People he
suggests as a code of liv in g ... Picture
y o u rs e lf at y o u r o w n w ak e, ask
y ou rself w h o is there, w h y are they
there and w h at are they saying about
you ? Live you r life today w ith those
an sw e rs in m in d .
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S u p e rin te n d e n ts, A ssista n ts, m e c h ­
an ics, fa th ers, m o th e rs, h u sb a n d s,
w ives, brothers, sisters, friend s m ake
a difference liv ing b y a h ig h er level of
in tegrity in the w orld? The answ er
lies in a little story P at L ucas sent m e
so m e tim e a g o ... A s th e old m an
w alked the b each at daw n, he noticed
a you ng m an ahead of h im p ick in g up
starfish and flin ging them into the sea.
Finally catching up w ith the you th, he
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w o u ld die if left u n til the m o rn in g
sun. "But the b each goes on for m iles
and th ere are m illio n s o f sta rfish ,"
cou ntered the old er m an. "H ow can
you r effort m ake any difference?" The
y ou n g m an looked at the starfish in
his hand and then threw it to safety in
the w aves. "It m akes a difference to
this one" he said.
U n til n ext tim e ....I alm ost fo rg o t...if
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I have to keep the ed itor happy!
Peace,
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Connecticut Clippings
Schedule of Events

CAGCS Board of Directors

June 13

President - Jud W. Smith
Vice President - Dennis J. Houle
Secretary - Wayne C. Urban
Treasurer - John M otycka
Past President - Brian Skelly

Pequbuck GC ABCD, Peter Pierson, Supt.
ABDC Mixer Best Ball of Four & Hot Ball

June 17-23
GHO TPC @ River Highlands. With
CAGCS or GCSAA Gold Card, Will Call
tickets at M illane’s Nursery, 1/4 mile
south of TPC on Rte 99. cannongho.com

Committee Chairpersons
Education
John Ruzsbatzky, CGCS

June 19
Field Days, UM ass Turf Research
Facility, South Deerfield, MA
umassturf.org

Golf
Heather L Garvin

July 22

Membership
Keith A. Angilly

Shuttle M eadow CC, Robert Silva, Supt.
Low Net/Low Gross by Flight
1st Round o f CAGCS Championship

Scholarship & Research
Kimberly J. Heyl

August 1
Rutgers /NJTA Golf Turf Field Day, Hort
Farm II, Ryders Ln, North Brunswick,
NJ. Contact Bea Johnson, 732/ 821-7134
Fax 732/821-8157

August 5
Clinton CC, Michael R. Decker, Supt.
Low Net/Low Gross Blind Partner
2nd Round o f CAGCS Championship

August 21

Social & Welfare
Christian P. Mauro
Government Relations
Peter R. Pierson
Commercial Rep to Board
John E. Callahan

September 19

C on n ecticu t C lippin gs is an official
publication of the Connecticut
Association of Golf Course
Superintendents
P.O. Box 3678
Woodbridge, CT 06525

Great River GC, Alfred Wilson, Supt.
CAGCS Annual
Invitational Tournament

Newsletter Editor
Bob Chalifour, CGCS (Ret.)

October 9

Newsletter Committee

71st Annual URI Turf grass Field Day,
Contact Michael Sullivan
401/874-4540

Shennecossett GC, Eric Morrison, Supt.
Scholarship & Research Tournament

October 21
H. Smith Richardson GC, Peter Grace,
Supt., Best Ball of Twosome
S uperin tenden t/Ass is tant Tournamen t

November 5
Birchwood CC, Edward Consolati, Supt.
9-Hole Scramble ABCD
Annual M eeting

David Basconi, Heather Garvin, John
Garcia, Edward Goodhouse, Ron
Holcomb, Mike Mooney and Jud W.
Smith
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commentary, please send your
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Connecticut Clippings

A Trip To Scotland
Travel Tips
ByBob Chalifour, CGCS (Ret)
It was not until I settled into my
seat on the plane that the reality of
going to Scotland sunk in. I did not
have the luxury of time to
contemplate the adventure. When
Bill Morton called and left a
message wanting to know if I was
intersted in a trip to Scotland that I
had shown some interstest in, the
answer was an immediate yes. And
this is from someone not overly
excited to fly for various resaons.
One problem, ear pressure was
relieved with in expensive ear
planes that adjust pressure they
worked well.
The original plan of the group was
to attend a Turf conference in
Manchester, England then on to St.
Andrews for a round at the Old
Course. This was changed due to 911. The conference along with other
numerous events had been can­
celled. Adventureous golf course
superintendents we decided to go to

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St. Andrews for a week longer time.
We lucked out on the November
weather. It was colder and wetter in
Norwich on April 22.
The flight over the pond was fine.
We flew from Boston to Gatwick on
a Delta flight that holds hundreds,
but now just had 25-30 passengers.
No one was travelling unless they
had to. After a layover in the Delta
lounge (membership required) we
boarded British Airways to
Edinborugh. Through customs and
off to the car rental for an exciting 1
1/2 hour drive to St. Andrews.
Let me tell you about the cars in
the British Isles. They are small, and
have there controls on the wrong
side of the vehicle. No matter where
you sit, the feeling is strange, they
will accomodate four adults and
moderate luggage. We did not bring
our golf clubs as we wanted to
travel light. Had we brought clubs
we would have had to rent a van or
2 cars. The one car, one driver, one
navigator, and two astute support
team worked well.
British cars are different and so are
the roads. Some curvy, some narrow,
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They drive on the opposite side of
the road. Doesn't sound too bad
until you want to make a turn or
enter an intersection with a
roundabout. I still have not cal­
culated how to do this so I won't try
to explain it to you. Veteran driver
Mel Lucas Jr, CGCS did an excellent
job of delivering us safely to St.
Andrews via a scenic seacoast route.
It was a bit ironic though that the
first place we found a parking spot
was at the cemetery where Old Tom
Morris is hurried. After a brief visit
with Tom we continued on to the
Old Course. I know you are
supossed to contact the course
superintendent before going on the
course, but I think we were a little
late.
The Old Course is right on the
edge of town. You can walk the
course and town easily in a day and
after such a long flight we wel­
comed the chance. We stopped at
the Maintanence building to visit
with present course Supt. Eddie
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for m aintanence after the Dunhill Cup
tournam ent. W hat a thrill, a beautiful
sunny day, m oderate temperatures, and
jets from the air base outside of town
were practicing manuvers. W ho needs
golf clubs?
With no pins in the green it made it
difficu lt to find our w ay around,
although all the tees were marked with
hole number, yardage and handicap,
large double greens on many holes and
no tree lined fairw ays (a true links
course) made it difficult to tell from a
distance, which way to direct a shot on
some holes. Newcom ers are advised to
hire a caddy, otherwise you may find
yourslef on the wrong side of the green,
or in Hells bunker. On this enjoyable
walk many pictures were taken along
with close observation of turf, bunker
construction and sand.
A fter traversing the cemetery, golf
course and part of the town it was now
tim e to partake of an old Scottish
tradition, visit the pub. The beer is much
b etter than our d om estic brands.
Popular drafts are M cEw ans and
Tennents. In our rush to see and do so
m uch no one had exchanged their
money. Easily taken to see and do so
m uch no one had exchanged their
money. Easily taken care of, our hosts at
the D unvegan H otel sim p ly ch arg ed
ou r ro o m s, and w e w e re n 't ev en
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buying.
Early the next day while sightseeing in
town we found an ATM and withdrew a
few pounds. Oh that is another thing
different, there money is both paper and
metal dollars (pounds) so you have to
look closely at the coins when making
purchases. I found it easier to just use
the paper pounds. The exchange rate
varies, the rate while we were there was
1.43, so ju st use 1.5 and your
calculations will be close enough. This
was easier to catch on to than the
roundabouts. Also, while on the subject,
tipping is included in the prices paid for
services. As usual, you may want to give
extra for exceptional service, as we did
at our hotel. M ost prices were compatable to what you would expect to
pay in Hartford or Providence.
As the opening of the course on
Saturday approached, so did low
pressure that would bring rain, lots of
rain. A starting time is necessary for the
Old course. The tee times were all taken
for the one day that we would be able to
play, rem em ber the course had been
closed for 3 weeks. However we were
told that we could be placed on a list, in
case of a cancellation. The one day that
we could play was now filled, and the
weather prediction was for rain Friday
night into Saturday. Our Saturday, the
one day we could play. For the first time
in over 30 years I suddenly felt like a

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superintendent that the course is closed.
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Phil Neaton, GCS Blackhall Club on
his election to President, and to
Anthony Grosso, GCS Pautipaug
CC on his election to Treasurer of
the New England Regional Turf
Conference. Note related story.

Welcome New Members
Todd J. Davis, Class A
Banner Lodge
John A. Gale, Class A
Cedar Knob Golf Course

of Montezuma, Ind. Her husband
Harlan James Johns, a former golf
course superintendent at Fishers
Island GC died in 1981.
Mrs. Johns for many years hosted
the CAGCS Board of Directors on
their annual visit to Fishers Island
for a day of golf and fun. Always a
gracious hostess, Mrs. Johns looked
forward to this event, and then
getting to meet many of our
members when she and son Bob
attended GCSAA Conferences. Your
editor was fortunate to meet and
have dinner with Mrs. Johns and
Bob in Orlando, FL this past
February. She reiterated to me how
much she enjoyed having everyone
come to visit them on the Island. In
memory of Mrs. Maxine T. Johns,
donations may be sent to: American
Kidney Fund, P.O. Box 1837,
Merrifield, VA 22116.

Gary Sykes, Director, New England
Regional Turf Conference. On May
9, Gary aced the 157 yd. Par 3, 14th
hole at Foxboro CC with his favorite
club, a 7 iron. Gary was playing in a
joint Rhode Island and Cape Cod
Golf Course Superintendent's
meeting. Gary's playing partner was
Steve Clegg, GCS Milton-Hoosic
Club. (Editor) I f you think meetings are

Mark Mansur, Class B
Richter Park Golf Club
Christopher Vitali, Class C
Silvermine Golf Club
Marc Weston, Class C
Indian Hills Country Club

getting expensive, don't get a hole in one
while playing at one.

Correction
John F. Streeter, CGCS formerly at
Woodbridge Country Club is now at
North Shore Country Club, Long
Island, NY, not North Cove.

Congratulations
Dan Shay, formerly at Agawam
Municipal GC is now Golf Course
Superintendent at Wilbraham CC,
Wilbraham, MA.
Linda and Ted Tighe on the birth of
their son Neil. Born March 9, 2002 at
New Britain General Hospital. Neil
weighed in at 6 lbs. 11 ounces.

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May/June, 2002
Condolences
To the family of Stephen Kristoff.
Steve passed away January 29, 2002.
Steve retired from Charles River CC
several years ago. He served as
Superintendent at Manchester CC,
and Pelham CC. He was also a
World War II Veteran. Mike Ovian
was one of Steves mentors who
went on to a sucessful career in turf.

Announcements
CAGCS 2002 Invitational
The CAGCS Invitational will be
held at Great River Golf Club in
Milford,
CT
on
Thursday,
September 19, 2002. Willie Wilson,
Superintendent will be our host.
Opened in 2000, the Tommy Fazio
designed course has had great
reviews. The field will be limited to
36 teams-144 players, get your team
together now. E-Z GO Golf Carts
will again be the title sponsor.

March 19 Meeting of CAGCS
Hawthorne Inn
Berlin, CT
Bob Gilmore of the Inland Water
Resources Division of the CT DEP
made a presentation with regards to
the reporting requirements of Public
Act 01-202. Bob is a Supervising
Environmental
analyst
with
extensive experience with the
administration and application of
the Division’s regulatory programs.
Bob's presentation involved the
reporting forms that are part of
Public
Act
01-202.
CAGCS
supported Public Act 01-202 while
the bill was in the legislative
process. The two major parts of this
legislation deal with updating water
diversion information (if you have a
water diversion registration form

1983) and submitting water use
records for the past five years. If
you do not have a registration or a
permit for the water used on the
golf course you manage, then you
must submit information for your
diversion under PA 01-202. This
information must be submitted by
July 1, 2002.
The forms for updating and/or
submitting information for PA 01202 will be available by May 1, 2002.
CAGCS has sent a set of mailing
labels for all A & B members to Bob
Gilmore. When the forms become
available, they will be distributed
via regular mail, the Government
Relation Committee of CAGCS will
monitor the publication of these
forms and keep the membership
informed with up to date
information.

CAGCS Sponsored Seminars
December 3, 2002
Annual
Bluegrass
Seminars
presented by Dr. Frank Rossi
On December 3, 2002 CAGCS will
sponsor 2 half-day seminars on
Annual Bluegrass. Dr. Frank Rossi

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of Cornell University will be the
presenter. The Hartford Marriott
Farmington will be the site of these
seminars.
The first (a.m.) seminar will be
titled Annual Bluegrass Biology and
Ecology will be presented in the
morning of Dec. 3rd. the second
(p.m.) seminar will be titled Annual
Bluegrass Maintenance.
The
presentation of the seminars comes
through the involvement of CAGCS
in the Tri-State Turfgrass Research
Foundation. Tri-State is presently
supporting research at Cornell
University under the direction of Dr.
Rossi.
These seminars have proven to be
in high demand and CAGCS is very
fortunate to be able to make this
opportunity available to our
membership. Participation will be
limited in order to have active
participation by the seminar
attendees.
Mark your calendars for December
3, 2002. There will be updates on
these seminars coming for the
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By Bob Chalifour, CGCS (Ret.)
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to brown dormant turf, or worse
on their fairways this season
unless adequate rainfall is able to
recharge supplies.
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N ew England Regional
Turfgrass Conference
and Show 2002
By Gary Sykes
W e recently held the 5th New
England
Regional
Turfgrass
Conference and Show at the RI
Convention Center on March 5-7th.
This year's show was the largest,
with 466 booths representing over
200
companies
and
record
attendance of over 2500 paid
attendees. It has certainly been a
successful and exciting endeavor to
be part of over the last 5+ years. We
have had the pleasure of seeing the
show increase in size from 355
booths and 1800 attendees in 1998,
and now to those numbers we have
seen this year through the hard
work of our show manager David
Rosenberg and his staff. We have
had the opportunity to listen to
excellent celebrity speakers in Jim
Palmer, Doug Flutie, Joe Theisman,
Jim Nantz and this year with
Captain Scott O'Grady. They have

shared precious experiences with us
and have encouraged everyone who
would listen to build professional
relationships with your employers,
workers and close personal
relationships with your families and
even have slipped in a word or two
about your relationship with deity.
We have seen interest grow in New
York and other states about our
success and quality of our education
programs through an increase in
their attendance. We have had
many speakers across the country
and world come and share their
research and information with us.
Sometimes we've even had four
education sessions going at the
same time. Over 200 attendees took
advantage of the four seminars that
were offered.
Attendees have
received many re-certification
credits for pesticide licenses and
association certifications programs.
The receptions and social events
have gotten even better each year.
A conference bookstore, and the sale
of turfgrass management books for
discounted prices has been a

successful addition to the show.
Turf management products were
made available at discounted prices
through our first Silent Auction.
Exciting raffles of TV's and stereos
and friendly competitions in the
driving ranges, golf simulators and
putting contests have added fun
and
interest
to
the
show
atmosphere.
All of these things have made
certainly a show to be proud of, but
the greatest benefactor, besides the
individuals who have attended, has
been Turfgrass Research. Since the
inception of the show 5 years ago
the
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England
Regional
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higher degree of safety through
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Your input to the board of directors
is valuable. Each association has
two members on our board, please
take the time to talk with them
which will help the foundation
continue to enjoy the success that
has brought it to this point thus far.
Just a reminder, it was not one
man's dream that put all this
together, but it has been the
collaborative efforts of many people
with similar vision.
The NERTF Board of Directors
wishes to thank everyone who
participated in this year's 5th
anniversary Conference and Show,
especially those who donated to our
first Silent Auction. Over $3600 was
raised for turf research! We thank
all our sponsors who help our
efforts in making this year's
conference and show second to
none. The Keynote speaker, the
show program, the coffee and
danish near registration, the trade
show lunch and other sponsorships
are all very much appreciated by
those in attendance. Lets work
together to make our 2003 Show the
best yet!!!

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New England Regional Turfgrass
Foundation Officers for 2002-2003
President
Philip E. Neaton
Black Hall Club, Old Lyme, CT
Vice President
Eric E. Newell, CGCS
Rockland Country Club, Rockland, MA
Secretary
Gary A. Watschke
Manchester Country Club, Manchester, NH
Treasurer
Anthony D. Grosso
Pautipaug Country Club, Baltic, CT
Immediate Past Pres.
Mark A. Richard, CGCS
Kirkbrae Country Club, Lincoln, RI
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Articulator Dealer
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Warwick, RI 02888
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