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Volume I, Part III, March - April

FLORIDA GOLF DAY
Saturday, April 2 0 , 1 9 8 5
Again in 1985 the Florida Golf
Course Superintendent's Association
in conjunction with Governor Bob
Graham will be sponsoring the second
annual Florida Golf Day. This event
was implemented in 1984 to encourage
golfer participation in the funding of
various turfgrass research projects and
junior golf programs. The continued
improvement of quality turfgrass that
are utilized for golf courses is greatly
enhanced by the continued efforts of
researchers throughout Florida. The
very simple fact that these programs
need supplemental funding is how the
concept of Florida Golf Day originated.
The people that benefit the most
from these improvements are the
golfers that spend a great deal of time
taking divots from the fairways or rolling the putts over smooth greens.
Florida Golf Day gives the golfer from
either private country clubs or the
daily fee operation a chance to financially contribute to these turfgrass programs. Golf course superintendents
and club professionals are being asked
to use their ingenuity to create a format for golf tournaments or events
that can assist in raising these needed
funds. In 1984 golf courses were able
to raise approximately sixteen thousand dollars to assist the University of
Florida in Bermudagrass Decline
research and mole cricket updates.
This year on April 20, 1985 we
expect a great deal more involvement
from our concerned golf clubs and
superintendents throughout the state
of Florida. Many clubs last year conducted closest to the pin contests on
Florida Golf Day and we will again
encourage these efforts. Kevin Downing from Mariner Sands Country Club
will be the tournament chairman and
can be contacted at 305-283-7500,
extension 210 for further information.

proclamation
State of Florida
Executive Department
Tallahassee

W H E R E A S , the S u n s h i n e S t a t e e n j o y s a c l i m a t e
w i t h m a n y o u t d o o r s p o r t s a c t i v i t i e s ; and

compatible

W H E R E A S , the b e a u t y of F l o r i d a ' s golf c o u r s e s is a g r e a t
a s s e t to the c o n t i n u e d s u c c e s s of t o u r i s m and r e l a t e d d e v e l o p m e n t
in o u r S t a t e ; and

most

W H E R E A S , F l o r i d a is a s h o w c a s e for some of our
b e a u t i f u l and c h a l l e n g i n g golf c o u r s e s ; and

country's

W H E R E A S , the F l o r i d a Golf C o u r s e S u p e r i n t e n d e n t ' s A s s o c i a t i o n ,
r e p r e s e n t i n g o v e r 415 i n d i v i d u a l s w h o are i n v o l v e d w i t h the m a n a g e m e n t
of F l o r i d a ' s golf c o u r s e s , is r e s p o n s i b l e for e d u c a t i n g its m e m b e r s
in all a s p e c t s of golf c o u r s e c o n d i t i o n i n g and m a n a g e m e n t ;
N O W , T H E R E F O R E , I, Bob G r a h a m , by v i r t u e of the
v e s t e d in m e as G o v e r n o r of the S t a t e of F l o r i d a , do
p r o c l a i m A p r i l 20, 1 9 8 5 , as
GOLF

authority
hereby

DAY

in F l o r i d a and e n c o u r a g e all c i t i z e n s to take a d v a n t a g e not o n l y
of o u r b e a u t i f u l c l i m a t e , but a l s o the o p p o r t u n i t y for c o m p e t i t i v e
sports activities.
IN W I T N E S S W H E R E O F , I h a v e
h e r e u n t o set m y hand and
c a u s e d the G r e a t Seal of
the State of F l o r i d a to be
a f f i x e d at T a l l a h a s s e e , the
C a p i t a l , this
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day of
tifli^y ,,
in the year
of o u r liord n i n e t e e n h u n d r e d
and e i g h t y - f i v e .

GOVERNOR

ATTEST :

The FGCSA Delegate
View of 1985 GCSAA
Election
The original concept of organizing the FGCSA was to consolidate
the votes held by 9 Chapters into
one Florida Block. Although the
concept has adapted other more far
reaching goals, the fruits of our
labor in the past was very evident
this year at the GCSAA conference. The Florida GCSA carried
252 votes, which is by far the
largest voting Chapter in America.
The Florida GCSA delegate job
is to personally interview and seek
out information concerning each
candidate running for national
joffice and to review other topics
that will require a membership vote
at the GCSAA annual meeting.
After gathering as much information as possible about each candidate and topics, the delegate
organizes a presentation to be
given at the Florida GCSA Board of
Director caucus that is usually held
about 1 hour before the election.
The candidates are then chosen by
a majority vote of those board
members present.
The delegate then votes for the
candidates that the Florida GCSA
Board felt were the best people for
the job.
The gathering of information and
interviews with the candidate took
place in the candidates state suites,
on the show room floor and in discussing views with people I have
met over the years. It is amazing
how much attention you receive by
carrying 252 votes.
The election for president this
year (as in years past) was run by
one candidate unopposed. Eugene
D. Baston, CGCS from Alabama, is
the 1985 GCSAA President. Mr.
Baston spent some time as a golf
course superintendent in Florida
back in the 60's. He will be an
excellent president.
The Vice Presidential election
was between two very qualified
candidates. Riley L. Stottern CGCS
from Utah and the present
Sec./Treas. of GCSAA Donald E.
Hearn, CGCS from Massachusetts
whom is currently on the Board of
Directors. This was a difficult
choice. Both men have done an

outstanding job for GCSAA and
will make good future presidents.
The Florida GCSA knew Mr.
Hearn better than Mr. Stottern
because of our members involvement with his committees in
GCSAA. Riley Stottern was
elected by a vote of 2123 to 1197.
The election for director consisted of a very class group of individuals for candidates. Our association would have been in good hands
no matter who was elected. Since
Donald Hearn was defeated in the
Vice President election he was
nominated from the floor to run for
Director. Steven Candenelli from
Connecticut was also nominated
from the floor to run for Director.
This brought the number of candidates to 6 with 3 to be elected and
1 to be appointed to fill Riley Stottern's position on the Board. The
Florida GCSA felt the best candidates for the job were Donald
Hearn, CGCS, Mr. Dennis Lyons
CGCS, Colorado, and Mr. Gerald
L. Faubel CGCS, Michigan. The
GCSAA membership body elected
Mr. Hearn, Mr. Lyon and Mr. John
Segui CGCS, Pennyslvania. President Baston then appointed Mr.
Faubel to fill Mr. Stottern's spot on
the Board.
The newly proposed Articles of
Incorporation and By-Laws were
voted down by a two-thirds majority. The main concern of members
on the new proposal was the changing of the name to Golf Course
Superintendents Association,
basically removing of America.
I feel extremely confident with
the new Officers and Board of
Directors and look for good things
to happen in the CGSAA Future.
Sincerely,
Don Delaney

Florida Turf-Grass
Association
Tom Burrows, President
Florida Golf Course Superintendents
Association
Turtle Creek Club
Tequesta, FL 33458

Dear Tom:
Anticipating an increased work load as we
attempt to improve an already highly successful Turf Conference and Trade Show,
the FT-GA Board has seen fit to make a
slight change in responsibilities — changes
dictated not by failure in the past but rather
by a desire to involve more qualified persons
and, in turn, have those individuals concentrate their efforts on specific portions of the
total program. Each segment is critical and
of equal importance in our desire to reach
our ultimate goal of being recognized as the
best regional Turf Conference and Trade
Show — not only recognized as the biggest
but as the one that offers the most to its
members and attendees.
With that in mind, I wish to inform you of
the command structure of the Conference
and Show and to solicit an immediate effort
on your part to supply committee chairmen
with your ideas and needs.
I will be General Chairman of the Conference and Show. Dr. Ed Freeman will
chair the Conference Committee. Ed will
have three sub-comittees under him — Mr.
Ralph White will chair the General Sessions
Committee; Dr. Bruce Augustin will chair
the Concurrent Educational Sessions Committee; and Dr. Charles Peacock will chair
the Workshop Sessions Committee. Along
with Ed, Mr. Gerry Millholen will chair an
Events Committee and Mr. Michael
McLaughlin will chair the Show Committee. Gerry's committee will handle the golf
Tournament, social events, entertainment,
annual meeting, etc. Mike's committee is
self-explanatory.
I would hope that the superintendents will
have requests and suggestions to make to the
three conference sub-committees. Consider
the fact that we want these sessions to cover
a wide range of subjects and to be of interest
and value to the beginner as well as the
qualified experienced veteran.

Charles Peacock's committee will handle a
new segment of our Conference-Educational
workshops during Show time. These sessions
will be by advanced registration and will be
limited to a maximum of 30 and will be
repeated. The hours will be such that an
attendee can first visit the show, go to the
workshop, and then again have time for
more show.

Of course time is of the essence. The first
Florida Cooperative
meeting of the Committee chairmen will be
Extension Service
held January 18, 1985. Although this will
be a program structural meeting; I hope each University of Florida Institute of
committee will have met and developed some
Food and Agricultural Sciences
basic program content.
2-4-D AND PHENOXY HERBICIDES — The Florida Dept. of AgriculMy desire is to put together a Conference
ture and Consumer Services has new
and Show which can be aggressively
regulations on the use of 2-4-D and other
marketed in Spring and early Summer.
phenoxy herbicides. These include 2-4-D,
2-4-5-T, Silnex, MCPA, 2-4-DP, MCPP,
I request that you send a copy of your comMCPB, Dicamba and Trilopyr.
munication with the Sub-comittees to Ed
Freeman and to me. Thank you.
1. All formulations except granulars over
21% are restricted when sold in volumes
Sincerely,
over one gallon.
Bill Wagner
General Chairman
Conference and Show

Regulations For Antisyphon Devices Went Into
Effect November 1, 1 9 8 4
The 1984 Florida Legislature
revised Chapter 487 Florida
Statutes to include requirements
for antisypon devices when using
Chemicals in irrigation systems.
The revision of the Statute was
implemented July 1, 1984. Rule
5E-2.30 was implemented
November 1, 1984. Anyone interested in obtaining copies of the
Statute revision and the implementing rule, please contact the
Pesticide Information Office by
writing or calling 904/392-4721.
- CHEMICALLY SPEAKING

Pesticide Clearinghouse
Number Changed
The telephone number at Texas
Tech University for the Pesticide
Clearinghouse has been changed.
The new number for the U.S. is
1-800-858-7378. The telephone service is available to anyone in the
continental U.S. to obtain general,
technical, and emergency information (now icluding poison information for physicians) on pesticides
and their effect on human health
and the environment. Callers may
also obtain names, addresses, and
telephone numbers of persons or
organizations having any interest in
pesticides including governmental
agencies, manufacturers, and
special interest groups. (Arkansas
Cooperative Extension Service).
- CHEMICALLY SPEAKING

2. All forms of highly volatile phenoxy are
prohibited. These have a vapor pressure of
1.5 x 10 - 4 m m Hg. or greater.
3. Techniques of application will assure the
herbicide will only contact the target
vegetation.
4. Wind speed must be measured at the
crop site or within 2 miles. Measurement
will be at boom height for ground equipment and above 6 ft. for aerial application.
5. The applicator is responsible for the
application and seeing that it does not
damage nearby sensitive plants. Flat fan
nozzles are encouraged.
6. Records must be kept on the following:
(a) wind speed
(b) name, address & phone # of the
owner or tenant & the applicator
& the applicators' license number.
(c) Location of site, county, range,
township, section. Location of
mixing site, and description of
equipment to be used.
(d) date and time of application
(e) quantity of herbicide to be applied
per acre and trade name and
manufacturer of the product.
(f) total acreage and crop to be
treated
7. Prohibitions:
(a) aerial application by fixed wing
aircraft from Jan. 1 to May 1 each
year
(b) rotary wing aircraft using a
microfoil spray boom unless all
terms above are met.
8. Applicators who apply phenoxy herbicides to ditches or waterways will assure
that they are not treating water that will be
directly used to irrigate sensitive crops.
MINIMUM DISTANCE TO SENSITIVE CROPS
Wind Speed
0-3 mph
3-6 mph
6-8 mph
over 10 mph

Aerial Equipment
Vz mile
1 mile
2 miles
prohibited

Bob Whitty
County Extension Director

Ground Equipment
1/8 mile
1/4 mile
1/2 mile
prohibited

Congratulations!
Jerry W. Reddem, CGCS, golf
course superintendent at the
Imperial Golf Club, Naples,
Florida, received the Leo Feser
Award for 1984 from the Golf
Course Superintendents Association of America (GCSAA). Redden
was selected for this award over 24
other golf course superintendents
from around the country who had
also written for the Association's
magazine. His article, "Bulkheads
Can Be Beautiful," was published
in Golf Course Management
magazine, April 1984. The Leo
Feser Award is presented to a golf
course superintendent and GCSAA
member who has, in the past year,
authored the article in Golf Course
Management magazine that the
GCSAA Communications/Awards
Committee judges to have been the
most outstanding superintendentwritten article. The award, which
has been awarded on an annual
basis since 1977, recognizes not
just the author's literary efforts,
but his or her contribution to higher
levels of professionalism and the
welfare of fellow superintendents.
When notified of his selection as
the recipient of the Leo Feser
Award, Redden reacted with,
"Last year at the GCSAA Conference in Las Vegas, when I
talked with the magazine staff
about writing an article, I never
dreamed that I would receive such
a high honor for my writing. This
might inspire other superintendents, who are thinking about
writing for the magazine, to talk
with the GCM staff at Conference
to obtain a few pointers. Who
knows? They just might be the winner next year!" This was Redden's
first attempt at writing for a
magazine.

Sand Bagger Wins
Again
Joe Johnson (E. R. Jahna Sand),
led his Scramble Team to victory in
the January South Florida Superintendent's meeting at Miami Springs C.C.

On the first hole he sank a parsaving 10 footer. On the next hole
Joe holed a wedge shot for an
eagle. He followed up with four birdie putts from 35 - 50 feet. And,
then he played a knock-down,
pitch-and-run shot from behind,
under a tree, to a severely elevated
green, four feet from the hole, for
another birdie!
Joe is available for Scramble
Tournaments with his 20 handicap
as your "D" player . . . how about
as the "A" man???
Reported by Bill Loyd

North Florida Golf
Course Superintendent's Chapter
A VERY SPECIAL
SUPERINTENDENTS
MEETING
Purpose: Orientation and Organization For the North Florida Golf
Course Superintendents Chapter
Booth in the T.P.C. Expo Tent during the Tournament Players
Championship.
Dear Chapter Member:
The dream of having a NFGCSC
booth at the T.P.C. during tournament week is now a dream come
true. The Chapter has been given
booth space at no charge through
the communications of T.P.C.
Charities Director, John Tucker,
and Chapter Vice President, Tom
Cowan. We now have the opportunity to upgrade and enhance our
professional positions in our own
backyard. The touring pros, media
personnel and our golfing public
will know of our sincerity and professional dedication to our North
Florida golfing members. Not
many local superintendents
chapters have the opportunity to
directly influence their public
image like we have been given.
Our special meeting will be structured so that our Chapter members
families may participate in this
historic first and join in a good time
for all, bowling after the meeting.
Special lane rates will be in effect
that will insure a Super Bowl!

Members, this is the opportunity
we have waited for to truly be
recognized and received respectfully in the North Florida golfing
community.

It is also my sad duty to report to
you that Paul Heidrick, Assistant
Superintendent at New Smyrna
G.C. recently passed away. The
Chapter sent our sympathies and
condolences to Paul's family.

Sincerely,
Dick Johnson, President
Tom Cowan, Vice President
Eddie Snipes, Secretary/Treasurer

THE SUNCOAST
CHAPTER
Change of Jobs: Tom Biggy, the
Assistant at Bent Tree Golf and
Racquet Club, was promoted to
Golf Course Superintendent.
Gary Smithers, formerly Superintendent at Bent Tree, is now
Superintendent at Tournament
Players Club of Prestancia (formerly Country Club of Sarasota).

FUTURE MEETING DATES:
March 26,1985 - Palm Aire Country Club (3rd Annual Suncoast
Scramble)
April 23, 1985 - Gator Creek
Country Club
May 28, 1985 - Longboat Key
Club

The Central Florida
Chapter Crow's Nest
Lots of remodeling going on this
winter. At LBV we're adding
drainage to most of the green's
traps, and reshaping the contours
of some traps that have lost their
definition due to years of edging
and from rental cart damage.
We're also adding sand to the traps
as we complete each trap. We will
also be installing double row irrigation in old single row areas where
we have drought problems.
Spruce Creek has been building
bunkers and tees. Indian Pines has
been moving palm trees and
building lakes. Ground has been
broken for 12 more holes at Grand
Cypress, and the Islesworth
development north of Bay Hill has
begun taking shape.

Sincerely,
Joel Jackson

Central Florida
Chapter
Promotions: To Superintendent:
Randy Russell, Fairgreen G.C.,
New Smyrna. To Supt.: Barry
Mills, C.C. of Brevard.
N e w l y C e r t i f i e d : Larry
Kamphaus, Walt Disney World, 15
yrs., 10 yrs. Supt. Bob Williams,
Indigo Lakes.
Change of Jobs: David Loewen
from Sweetwater C.C. to Over
Oaks. John Jankiewicz from Interlachen to Hunter's Creek.

Job Opening For Superintendent Contact: The Interlachen
C.C., Contact George Cox, 5062
Lake Howell Dr., P.O. Box 1418,
Winter Park, FL 32790. (Course
under construction)

Chapter Meeting Sites:
March: Wekiva Golf Club,
Longwood, K. O. Bowman, March
20th, 10:00, Overseeding Test Plot
Results - Demonstration. Speakers:
Uday Yadav, Dr. Charles Peacock,
and Wayne Mixson.
April: Indigo Lakes, Daytona
Beach, Bob Williams CGCS, April
17th,
1985 Tax
Record
Requirements.

Commercial Release
Suncoast Sales, Inc. announces
its association with W. R. Grace
and Co. as its exclusive Marketing
Representative for all of its specialty and professional fertilizer products on turf in the State of Florida.
Sales of these turf fertilizer products will be a joint effort of the
Suncoast Sales, Inc. Statewide
Marketing Staff and veteran W. R.

Grace Technical Representative,
Walter Benton. W. R. Grace & Co.,
has Florida plants in Ft. Pierce and
Tampa serving the entire State of
Florida.
Sun Coast Sales, Inc. announces
the formation of Liqua-Tech, a
statewide liquid fertilizer manufacturer and distributor specializing in
custom formulated liquid fertilizer
for a wide range of professional and
turf related uses. Liqua-Tech also
installs, sells and services all types
of fertigation equipment. LiquaTech currently has 3 Florida locations to insure local service in all
areas.

From The West Coast
Wind of the West Coast
Chapter of FGCSAA
Mr. William Livingston is seeking a golf course superintendent's
position. His address is as follows:
William A. Livingston, CGCS
3058 62nd St. N.
St. Petersburg, FL 33710
Phone (813) 347-5407
Scott Andrew Mills is seeking a
golf course designer & contractor
or superintendent position.
Scott Andrew Mills
80 Bowline Bend
New Port Richey, FL 33552
Phone (813) 847-4618

First readings were given for the
following individuals:
James Harrington
Class D
Steve Lurkin
Class D
Tom Benefield
Class B
Tom Sizemore
Class A
On behalf of the FGCSAA we
send our condolences to Mr. Dan
Fox on the passing away of his
wife.

Change of Jobs:
Congratulations to Robin
Goodell, the new Superintendent at
Royal Palm Yacht & Country Club,
previously at Miami Lakes Country
Club, while Scott Wahlen, formerly
the Assistant at Banyan Golf Club
is now the Superintendent at
Miami Lakes Country Club.
Scott Fischer, formerly the
Assistant at Eaglewood Country
Club in Hobe Sound, is the new
Superintendent at Jupiter Dunes
Country Club.
Ken Anderson has filled the position as Superintendent at Broken
Sound Golf Club in Boca Raton.

New Sprigs:
Congratulations to Mr. & Mrs.
Tim Hiers on their new baby
daughter Ashley Eirin Hiers, who
weighed in at a very healthy 9 lbs.,
12 oz. (And who said Tim doesn't
advocate that heavy rates of potash
isn't good for something).

NEW MEMBERS
Please welcome these new
members who were voted in at our
December meeting.
CLASS A — Tom Sizemore,
Brooksville C.C.
CLASS B - Tom Benefield, Sun
Air Country Club.
CLASS D — James Harrington,
Hanel Mfg. & Prod. Steve Lurkins,
Fla. Tractor & Mower.
We have accepted 23 new
members so far this year.
Please welcome Dennis Batz
(Class E), of Innisbrook Resort who
was voted in at our December
meeting.

Communications Survey
In order for this newsletter to be
a success, you, the reader, must
respond with pertinent information
by sending a communications
survey to each respective chapter
on a monthly basis. Your response
will make the newsletter a success!
T a k e black & white photos of appropriate subject matter suitable to concur with the survey.
Please send all responses to: Mike
Bailey, Communications Committee
Chairman, 19642 Trophy Drive, Boca
Raton, FL 33434.

On The Road To
Recovery:
Mr. Tom Burrows is enthusiastic
to report that his son, Scott,
appears to be on the road of
recovering from a most severe
automobile accident. It was feared
Scott might be paralyzed from the
neck down for life. After being at
the Craig Institute in Denver for
the past two months, a hospital
specializing in spinal cord recovery,
it appears that Scott will probably
receive most of his mobility back
and perhaps only have a slight limp
when walking. This case is such a
rarity as Tom states 4 'Usually only
1 out of 300 who are admitted to
the Institute are fortunate enough
to walk again/' The next time you
see Tom, you'll know why he's
sporting such a big smile!

FLORIDA GOLF DAY
IDEAS
Saturday, April 2 0 , 1 9 8 5
One of the most successful methods
of participation from the membership
would be to conduct a closest to the pin
contest. Last year various clubs
displayed numerous pieces of turf
equipment, turf pests, fertilizer products or publications that demonstrated the complexity of our business.
With this material visible to the
members it will help convince them to
donate to the project.
A poster advertising 4'Florida Golf
Day" is now being printed and will be
distributed to clubs through either the
President or external Vice-President
of your local chapter by March 15,
1985. This informative poster will help
advertise to your membership or
golfers and should help stimulate their
knowledge of your event. Please take
time to work out the details with the
golf professional and make this a successful program.
A question that always seems to
arise is: "We like the concept but can't
hold the tournament that day, is it
possible to run it at another time?" The

answer is definitely, YES. The purpose
of the day is to create a general
awareness of the golf course management business and help raise funds for
turfgrass research from the direct
benefactors which are the golfers. Feel
free to conduct your event any day that
is convenient for your club.

All funds should be sent to: Kevin
Downing C.G.C.S., Golf Course
Manager, 6500 Mariner Sands Drive,
Stuart, Florida 33497.
These funds will be compiled and
then turned over to the Florida
G.C.S.A. Board.

Florida Golf Course
Superintendents Association
1985 Winter Meeting
J.W. Marriott Hotel
Washington, D.C.
Sunday, February 10 - 8:00 a.m.
I. Call to Order
II. Roll Call of Officers and Chapters
President: Tom Burrows
Vice President: Reed LeFebvre
Sec. Treas.: Richard Blake
Central Florida: Joel Jackson
Everglades: Clint Smallridge
Gulf Coast: Charles Rettew
North Florida: John Hayden
Palm Beach: Steve Pearson
South Florida: Les Brown
Suncoast: Gary Smithers
Treasure Coast: Kevin Downing
West Coast: John Luper
III. Minutes of Previous
Meeting: Dick Blake
September 29, 1984
Hyatt Regency
Tampa, Florida
A. Approval
IV. Treasurer's Report: Dick Blake
A. Approval
V. Communications:

VII. Committee Reports
A. Communications (Green Sheet):
Mike Bailey
B. Florida Green: Dan Jones
C. Membership Recruitment:
Dan Jones
D. Membership Directory:
Mark Fischesser
E. Long Range Planning:
Reed LeFebvre
F. Florida Golf Day:
Kevin Downing
G. Scholarship and Research:
Steve Pearson
H. Education: John Luper
I. Membership Services:
Charles Brasington
J. FTGA Superintendent Affairs:
Clint Smallridge
K. GSCAA Affairs: John Hayden
L. Job Referrals: Dick Blake
M. Public Relations:
Kevin Downing
N. Golf: Joe Ondo
O. By-Laws: Bill Wagner
P. Welfare and Awards:
John Chaney
Q. Voting Delegate: Don Delaney

OLD AND NEW

BUSINESS

FGCSA EXEC SEC - Job Description
Florida Golf Week - Dec. 20 issue
By-Laws
President's Message
Sanderson Survey

A. GCSAA Distinguished Service
Award: Recipient - James
Blackledge - receives the
prestigious honor posthumously.
Tom Burrows will accept the
award in behalf of the James
Blackledge family.

Golf Course Management - FGCSA Christmas ad in the January 85 issue. At our
last meeting, unanimous vote by all 9
Directors that each local contribute $75.00
toward this ad.

B. FTGA Conference: Show chairman, Bill Wagner, is asking the
FGCSA for requests, suggestions and needs of the Golf
Course Supt.

Gulf Coast Area - Ken Wynenger

C. Florida Agriculture Council
D. Dr. James Reinhart letter
E. USGA - Roger Harvey
F. FTGA Scholarship and Research
Committee
G. Derek Burch letter
H. Metro GCSA
VI. Report of Officers
A. President
B. Vice-President
C. Sec. Treas.

Gulf Coast Association - Chaney
FGCSA Advisory Committee - Bruce
Augustine and Charles Peacock have
requested to be placed on this committee.
We do not have such a committee at this
time. Do we want to establish such a committee? If so, who do we want on the
committee?
Augustine and Peacock - Turf Newsletter Discussion on Surveys.
The minutes from the Washington
meeting will be made available for the
next Green Sheet.
IX. NEXT MEETING: POA ANNUA
CLASSIC

Ornamental
Horticulture Program
The University of Florida,
Florida Atlantic University, Florida
International University, and
Broward Community College are
offering courses for interested people in horticulture and turfgrasses.
The program is intended to allow
students who hold an AA degree to
complete a baccalaureate degree in
Ornamental Horticulture. The horticulture courses are also available
to students majoring in other areas
of science who would like to include these as electives.
A second phase of the program
will provide in-depth extension programs for problems concerning
nurserymen, turfgrass managers,
landscape technicians and such.
This training will consist of
workshops, short courses and training programs but will not earn
credits toward an academic degree.
For those turf managers who
have interested individuals the
second phase of the program will
probably be of the most benefit
since they do not require as much
time and it is geared more to the
working professional.
The courses available for
academic credit will be mostly for
those students who are going for a
degree. If anyone has any questions
about the programs, call the Fort
Lauderdale Research and Education Center: (305) 475-8990.

GCSAA 56th International Conference

The Equipment Show Ribbon Cutting Ceremonies opened the way
for vendors to display many new products.

Tom Burrows accepts the Distinguished Service Award on behalf of
the Jimmy Blackledge family. Jimmy died in 1982 after a lifelong
commitment to leadership in the turf grass industry.

Opening Ceremonies set the tone for a feeling of utmost professionalism within our industry.

Lecture Rooms were filled to the max with intent listeners taking
home more knowledge.

Tom Burrows (top right) on behalf of Dan Jones, accepts once again
for the prestigious Florida Green, Awards for Top Ten Overall
Best Newsletters, and Best Cover.

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