VOLUME XII,
SEPTEMBER/OCTOBER 1996 1
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NEWSLETTER OF THE FLORIDA GOLF COURSE SUPERINTENDENTS ASSOCIATION

New FGCS A Officers Elected at FGCSA Annual Meeting on July 27th are left to right, Secretary/Treasurer Michael
Perham, CGCS, Vice President Joe Ondo, CGCS, President Dale Kuehner, CGCS, and Past President Greg Plotner, CGCS

Sept. 9 West Coast GCSA Pro/Supt. at
Lansbrook GC

UPCOMING EVENTS
Sept. 19 SFGCSA chapter meeting,
Lago Mar CC

Sept. 11 GCSAA/West Coast GCSA
Sept. 27 Everglades chapter meeting,
Regional Seminar, Microbiology
Colliers Reserve
of Turfgrass Soils", Stouffer
Vinoy Resort, Clearwater
Oct. 8 North Florida chapter meeting,
Ravines CC
Sept. 16 Suncoast chapter meeting,
River Wilderness
Oct. 22 Suncoast chapter meeting,
Laurel Oak CC
Sept. 17 Central Florida chapter meeting,
Aquarina GC, Melbourne
Oct. 22 Treasure Coast GCSA
Pro/Supt, Indian River Club
Sept. 18 PB/TCGCS A joint meeting,
Frenchman's Creek
Nov. 6 PBGCSA chapter meeting,
The Falls CC

Dec. 5 GCS AA/Central Florida Seminar
"Superintendent as Grow-In
Manager", Orlando
Dec. 6 TCGCSA Christmas Party,
Gator Trace GC
Dec. 12 GCSAA/North Florida GCSA
Regional Seminar, "Maximixing
Turfgrass Disease Control",
Jacksonville
Dec. 10 Georgia Turfgrass Conference
- 12 & Show, College Park, GA
Feb. 4
- 12

GCSAA Conference and Show,
Las Vegas

President's Message

President's Message
by Dale Kuehner, CGCS
I am looking forward to being
president of the FGCS A this year.
There is an old saying that goes
"may you live in interesting times"
that kind of sums up this coming
year. At the FGCSA annual
meeting, we approved new bylaws
to make way for GCSAA Affiliation and, hopefully, by the end
of 1996 we will have affiliation
agreements signed with all our
local chapters, whether they affiliate with GCSAA or not.
Our public relations committee is
hard at work on a video that golf
course superintendents can use to
promote themselves and our industry. We will continue to work
with the FTGA and other allied
associations through our research
committee to promote research

that will help us manage our
courses better. This year we will
be doing another survey. Paul
Illgen, our survey committee
chairman, is looking for input on
developing the survey questionnaire. If you have something you
would like to see in the survey,
now is the time to contact Paul.
The power of any organization is
in its individual members. We
need everyone to get involved.
We are always looking for people
to serve on committees both at the
state and local levels. Our image
as an organization is a reflection
of individual members. When we
are involved with the community, church, charities, and
schools, it reflects well on all superintendents. This does more to
promote our image as professionals than any commercial, video,
or TV show ever can. In this
hectic world we tend to overlook

GREEN SHEE
Editor:
Greg A. Plotner, CGCS
International Golf Management
Lakeland, FL
(800)413-5500
(941)667-0137 (fax)
News Coordinator:
Mrs. Marie Roberts
1760 N.W. Pine Lake Drive
Stuart, FL 34994
(407) 692-9349
(407) 692-9654 (Fax)
(800) 732-6053 (Florida Wats)
The Green Sheet is a bimonthly FGCS A
newsletterprinted as follows: Jan ./Feb.,
March/April, May/June, July/Aug.,
SeptVOct., Nov./Dec.
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Financial Support:
This issue of the Green Sheet is
being sponsored by:
Golf Ventures
2101 East Edgewood Dr.
Lakeland, FL 33803
(800) 330-8874
Ft. Myers: 800-481-8911
All material submitted for printing will
be edited at the discretion of the editor.
Material must be typed or clearly
printed. All photos must be black and
white. Items must be for the good of
the association.
Deadline next issue: October 15.

Dale Kuehner; CGCS
the big picture and get caught up
in the grind of everyday life. Try
to step back and look at what is
really important. I want to challenge every member of this association to get involved, if not in
your local superintendents association, then get involved in your
communities.
If you have any comments or
would like to serve on a committee, please feel free to call me.

Membership Dues

All local chapter secretaries
are currently finishing up with
their annual membership
drive. Your local chapter dues
include yearly FGCSA dues.
If you have not paid your dues
by now, you will not be in the
1997 FGCSA Membership
Directory!
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20th Annual Crowfoot Open Activities

Paul Crawford Wins FGCSA Distinuished Service Award at 20th Crowfoot Open
Walt Disney World was host to Central
Florida's Golf Course Superintendent's
20th Annual Crowfoot Open.
At the State board meeting on Saturday,
a new executive board was elected to a
one year term as follows: DaleKuehner,
President, Joe Ondo, Vice President and
Mike Perham, Secretary/Treasurer. Greg
Plotner will serve one more year on the
board as Past President. A new budget
was approved for the 1996-97 Fiscal
year in hopes of continuing to make our
association better for our members.
On Sunday nite, Dan Riley provided
music and entertainment and pictures
were taken with Minnie and Mickey for
those who wanted. Paul Crawford was
presented with the FGCSA 1996 Distinguished Service Award by his friend
Butch Gill, and the recipients for the
Presidents Award for Lifetime Service
were announced — Clem Stewart from
Everglades chapter and Steve Kuhn by
the South Florida chapter.
On Monday morning, Joel Jackson and
his staff had everything ready for an
8:00a.m. shotgun start for approximately
120 superintendents, sponsors and
guests. Using the Stableford scoring
system with 1 point for a bogey, 2 points
for par, 3 points for a birdie and 4 points
for an eagle, play seemed to move at a
better pace this year and in under 5
hours. After a check of score cards,
chapter team competition was as close
as ever with Seven Rivers chapter winning a match of cards over Central Florida
with Treasure Coast finishing one shot
back. Members of the winning Seven
Rivers team were Vic Conigliaro, Stuart
Bozeman, Dennis Kuestcs, and Bob
Roessing.
In individual competition, Vic
Conigliaro shot a fine 72 to become the
second qualifier for the state team along
with Mark Hopkins, 1996 Poa winner.
Finishing second was Mark Henderson
in a match of cards over Larry
Livingston. In the net division Dennis
September/October 1996

Kuestes was first followed closely by
Jay Gratton and Stuart Bozeman. In the
commercial division Steve O'Neill was
low gross winner with Steve Sorrel second and Mike Cook third. In the net
division the winner was Kent Busser
with Chip Lewison second and Harry
Becker third. Congratulations to Harry
Becker for hisfistcareer hole-in-one on
#3 hole and winning closest to the pin
prize on that hole. Other closest to the
pin winners were Roy Wilshire on #6,
Dave Oliver on #12, Keith Longshore
on #15 while Mark Hopkins took the
long drive contest on #8.
A special thanks to Disney World,
Bonnet Creek Club, Joel Jackson and
his staff, Larry and Vilma Kamphaus
and the Crowfoot Committee and to all
our Gold and Diamond sponsors for
another successful event

applied to Michigan State University.
After graduation he took a job on Hilton
Head as club liaison working with the
PGA Tour. From there he made the
jump to Florida after accepting a position
with George Fazio at Jupiter Hills Golf
Club. At Jupiter Hills he met Carl Smith
who talked Paul into coming to work for
him at Palm Beach Country Club as his
assistant in 1980. When Carl retired,
Paul became the head superintendent
where he remains today.
Paul is a firm believer in giving back to
his profession and began his involvement with superintendent associations
by serving on the board of his local
chapter, Palm Beach. He drew on his
background as liaison with the PGA
Tour to get his chapter involved in
serving as TV spotters for a local Seniors
Tournament which has been a successful fund raiser for their chapter and others
who have followed suit. Paul became a
member of the FGCSA board of directors in 1990 and quickly found his niche
as a leader in association activities. Paul
has served as business manager for the
Florida Green for the past several years
and is well known for his work as host of
the FGCSA yearly reception at the
GCSAA Convention. In past years, he
has taken his association work a step
further by serving on the GCSAA
Chapter Relations Committee.
The FGCSA is truly proud to have Paul
Crawford as their 1996 Distinguished
Service Award recipient.

Paul Crawford, superintendent at Palm
Beach Country Club, was presented with
the 1996 Distinguished Service Award
at the Crowfoot Open dinner. Perhaps
more than any other DSA winner, Paul
continues to give his time for the promotion of the Florida superintendent.
Paul began his career on golf courses as
a teenager in Michigan. When he decided
to make golf maintenance his career, he

Two other awards were announced at
the Crowfoot dinner this year. Clem
Stewart, superintendent at Imperial
Wilderness in Naples, was honored by
Everglades chapter for his twenty years
of distinguished service to the profession.
Steve Kuhn was honored by the South
Florida chapter for his distinguished
career at some of South Florida's most
prestigious country clubs - the Doral,
Woodmont, Coral Creek and High
Ridge. His professionalism has been an
inspiration to all who worked with him.
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Minutes of FGCSA Summer Board Meeting
The Summer 1996 meeting of the
FGCSA Board of Directors was called
to order by President Greg Plotner,
CGCS, at 1:00 p.m. on Saturday, July
27, at Bonnet Creek in Orlando.
All officers were in attendance. All
chapters were represented with the exception of Ridge and Suncoast chapters.
Other FGCSA members attending were
Joel Jackson -Florida Green editor; Paul
Crawford - Florida Green Business
Manager; Mike Perham and Jeff Klontz
- Palm Beach GCSA; David Hoggard Seven Rivers President; GCSAA Past
President Gary Grigg, CGCS and Mike
Goldie, FGCSA lobbyist.

GASH donates another $5,500
from their rebate program
President Greg Plotner introduced Dale
Mitchell and Richard Colyer from Golf
Agronomics who presented a check for
$5,500 to the FGCSA Research Fund
under their rebate program. In the past
six years, GASH has donated over
$24,000 to turfgrass research through
this program. Greg thanked them for
their generosity and continued support
of the FGCSA.
The next guest was Tom Benefield,
External Affairs Chairman of theFTGA.
He thanked Mike Goldie for his help on
the political level this past year and
announced that Mike's contract has been
renewed for another year. He then gave
a report on the firm of MacVicar,
Federico & Lamb who has been hired by
the FTG A as consultants on water related
issues. Tom explained that the FTG A is
looking for joint funding for this project
in the coming year. Many board members were concerned about how the information they acquired would be disseminated to FGCSA members. Tom
assured the board that, once funded, we
would be receiving the same reports that
are now being sent to the FTGA from
MF&L. At the conclusion of his talk,
President Plotner stated that we would
be deciding an amount to be funded for
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this project later in the Board Meeting
under budget.
Minutes of the Spring 1996 FGCSA
Board Meeting were approved.
GCSAA AFFILIATION/CHAPTER
INCORPORATION: Paul Crawford
brought the Board of Directors up to
date on what has been happening between
the FGCSA and the GCSAA regarding
Affiliation/Incorporation. As a result of
a recent Conference Call between
FGCSA officers, lawyers, and GCSAA
officials, it was decided that it would be
best if each chapter would incorporate
with the State of Florida as an individual
entity. However, our accountant has
assured us that we would still be able to
file tax returns as a group with a minor
change to our IRS standing. FGCSAhas
agreed to pay the fees necessary to get
this accomplished. The GCSAA has
offered the services of their lawyer, Dan
Church, at a very reduced rate to File
corporate papers for all eleven chapters.
Paul then asked if there was any chapter
who did not want to incorporate. All
chapters present indicated that they
would agree to allow the FGCSA to
follow through with Dan Church and get
this accomplished. Each chapter would
then be responsible for paying the yearly
fee for Florida corporations which is
currently $61.25 each year.
All chapters were reminded to send their
current ByLaws to Marie Roberts so that
they can be forwarded to Mr. Church for
use in the incorporation packages. Also,
each chapter was reminded to get their
ByLaws updated to add the new dual
membership requirements.
Then Paul discussed GCSAA Affiliation. If any chapter does not wish to
affiliate with the GCSAA for whatever
reason, they may continue their association with the GCSAA through affiliation
with the FGCSA. Coastal Plains chapter
noted that they do not have the 25 members to be an affiliated chapter of the
GCSAA. Seven Rivers also brought up
some questions about the benefits of
affiliating with the GCSAA. Paul
Crawford noted that it comes down to a
question of representation and identity.

Gary Grigg noted that programs are being developed by the GCSAA that would
only be available to affiliated chapters.
Seven Rivers was also concerned about
the dual membership requirement. Dale
Kuehner noted that if their chapter
wanted to accept a Class A member who
was not a member of the GCSAA, they
would have to create a non voting category in order to allow that person to
join. They could not be considered a
Class A member of their chapter and
would not be a member of the FGCSA,
similar to the categories most chapters
already have for affiliated members.
Then Dale Kuehner discussed the Affiliation Agreement which has been
proposed between the FGCSA and its
local chapters. Several changes were
suggested to the draft proposal. Dale
will make the suggested changes and
bring the final version to the next board
meeting. It is expected that all chapters
would then be prepared to sign this
agreement.
FINANCIAL STATEMENTS: Joe
Ondo went over the financial figures for
the End of the Year report including all
income, expenses and current balances.
Kevin Downing explained that the large
reserve in the Research Account is meant
to cover a year's maintenance of the
green in Fort Lauderdale as well as uncommitted funds that have remained in
the account for future research projects.
The Year End statements were approved.
Joe and Greg then went over the proposed
budget worksheet that has been revised
from the Poa Board Meeting. Most of
the items in the Operating Account have
not been changed but a discussion was
held on the donations part of the budget.
It was obvious to all that since we had
decided not to raise dues and agreed to
pay for incorporating fees out of the
Operating Account, we would have to
cut donations in order to balance the
budget. The first line item discussed
was the GCSAA Platinum Tee Club.
Since we were an original member of the
Platinum Tee Club it was decided to
continue with this donation. Gary Grigg
was to see that we received a solicitation
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Minutes of FGCSA Summer Board Meeting
letter from the GCSAA. FTGA funded
projects were then addressed. It was
decided to continue to fund the lobbyist
at the same level as last year. After
much discussion, it was decided that we
would commit a yearly total of $6,000 to
the FTGA for the water consultants.
Since it was decided that all future donations to the FTGA should be earmarked
for particular purposes the two $5,000
"general line item donations" were removed from this year's budget.
Then, in order to balance the budget, it
was suggested that we put in an income
figure of $25,000 as donations from
local chapters. $8,000 of this amount
has already been received from the Everglades chapter and it is hoped that each
of the larger local chapters would be
asked to give a minimum of $1,000 to
support the lobbyist, the water consultants and the Platinum Tee Club. It was
suggested that each chapter receive a
letter from the FGCSA asking for these
chapter donations. Assuming all
chapters respond, it was agreed that this
$25,000 figure would probably be attainable. With that in mind, the budget
was set at $124,800 income and $ 123,977
expense. The budget was approved.
Each External Vice President was reminded to get their Year End Financial
Statements and Dues Lists into the
FGCSA office before the end of August.
AWARDS: Two chapters are presenting Presidents Awards this year —
Everglades chapter will present their
award to Clem S tewart and South Florida
has nominated Steve Kuhn. Both of
these superintendents will receive their
plaques at their respective chapter meetings. Paul Crawford has been selected
to receive the 1996 FGCSA Distinguished Service Award which will be
presented at the Crowfoot dinner.
PUBLICATIONS: Marie Roberts
reported that at least half of the advertisers for the Membership Directory have
already committed for the 1997 Directory and hopes to have the Directory
printed in September assuming all chapter secretaries get their lists in to the
office in a timely fashion. Colony West
September/October 1996

will be on the cover.
Joel Jackson discussed the photo contest
for the Florida Green. He also needs
more input from superintendents for the
Fall issue Hands On section which is
centering on equipment maintenance.
Joel distributed copies of the Summer
issue which is just off the press.
EDUCATION: Chip Fowkes reported
on the Poa seminar which was a break
even project with 30 superintendents
attending. He also reported on the
GCSAA co-sponsored seminars being
offered in Florida this next year. 21
attended in June in Naples and 39 in July
in Palm Beach. Next up is September 11
in West Coast. Then in December there
are two scheduled back to back—North
Florida and Central Florida. Hopefully
they will not pull from each other. It is
hoped registration will be large enough
to be a convenience for all of our members and not a drain on the local chapters
budgets which pay a penalty to GCSAA
if registration does not exceed 20.
Paul Crawford then suggested that more
pesticide safety seminars be offered
around the state through the FGCSA
Education Committee.
MEMBERSHIP: Two At Large
membership applications were approved
— James Morgan and Lorie "Jock"
Angelle from Bay Point Y&CC in
Panama City. Chapter secretaries were
again reminded to send in their membership lists ASAP in order to be included
in the Directory.
GOLF: Joe Ondo reported that spots
in the field are still open for the Crowfoot Tournament. He also reported that
since the FTGA Research Tournament
is a scramble, we will not be able to use
this tournament as a qualifier for the
GCSAA team. Therefore, Joe is in the
process of getting together another tournament to be played in the Orlando area,
probably on a Friday, to be used as a
qualifier. Entry fees would be sufficient
to cover expenses but would not be
considered a fund raiser. Each chapter
will be invited to send two teams or

possibly up to 5 players. Low score of
this tournament would join with the Poa
and Crowfoot low scores and the low
average of two out of three of these
tournaments to make up the GCSAA
team that will play in Nevada.
FTGA: In response to our request, the
FGCSA has received a letter from the
FTGA outlining all the projects that are
currently being funded by the FTGA as
well as other information about the operations of the FTGA. Each External
Vice President is urged to read this letter
to their membership at their next local
chapter meeting.
FUND RAISING: Greg Plotner asked
about the Ciba donation. Since no one
had any information, Greg or Dale will
contact Mark Jarrell to follow up on this
and any other fund raising programs.
GOVERNMENT RELATIONS:
Mike Goldie gave an update on legislative matters. He thanked Tim Hiers,
Roy Bates and Tom Benefield for their
interest in helping with water related
issues. Even though there were about
100 proposed bills in February, only two
went through. He noted that there
would be an emphasis on the lower east
coast in the next session. Some items to
be considered will have to do with
minimum flow and levels; allocation of
water if you use reuse systems; selling
reuse water to avoid raising taxes. Mike
again asked chapters to invite their local
legislators to their chapter meetings. He
noted that many are seeking reelection
this year and will be eager for the exposure. If you are planning to do this,
please call Mike who will help you with
your program and be glad to come to the
meeting. It was suggested that space be
reserved in the Green Sheet for any
pertinent information that Mike would
like to pass along to our members.
RESEARCH: Kevin Downing reported
that the U of F is looking for a person to
handle/co-ordinate all turf activities.
When this is accomplished, Kevin feels
that we will be in a good position to fund
more research activities at the University. Money is being kept in the FGCSA
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Conclusion of FGCSA Minutes
Research Account for that purpose. He
noted that a green is being built in
Gainesville but we have not been contacted for any help. He noted that yearly
maintenance and upkeep of the greens,
travel expenses, product evaluation
studies, etc. could cost upwards of $7090K/year. Who will be funding this?
Kevin went over the list of projects
submitted to the FTGA for funding this
year. He noted that the call for grant
requests could have been handled in a
better manner to include all of the University personnel and noted that some
projects approved were for work that is
already being done by other competent
sources, such as the USGA.
For this and other reasons, Kevin has
called for a strategy meeting to be held
during the FTG A Convention that would
include University of Florida researchers, FGCSA Research Committee, the
FGCSA Executive Committee and other
interested parties to discuss the future of
turfgrass research funding in Florida
GCSAA: Dale Kuehner will serve as
Voting Delegate for the FGCSA and all
other Florida chapters at the GCSAA
meeting in Las Vegas. He reported that
the next GCSAA Chapter Delegate
meeting will be held on September 6-8
in Kansas and every chapter is urged to
send a representative. Dale will contact
each chapter to be sure that Florida will
have a good turnout at this important
meeting. Each chapter must pay for the
plane ticket but GCSAA picks up all
other expenses in Kansas. A poll of
Externals showed that some chapters
have already selected their representative: Central - John Kopeck; Palm Beach
- Jeff Klontz; and South Florida - Bob
Klitz.

forms are available from the FGCSA
office. Formsmustbesubmitedtdirectly
to GCSAA Travel by October 1st.
LONG RANGE PLANNING/VIDEO:
Darren Davis then presented the board
with a showing of the one-minute promo
spots that Everglades chapter had made
to be shown on their local TV station.
The videos cost EGCS A $250 to produce
(a huge savings since the footage was in
the can.) Everglades is paying for the air
time @ $850.00 for four (4) months.
The money all came from the $5,000 that
EGCSA set aside for local P.R.
He proposed to the board that the FGCSA
hire the same firm (EPIC) to produce
2,000 copies of a 10-12 minute PR
video. The video would be mailed to all
current FGCSA members and the extras
would be used for future educational and
public relations projects, such as schools,
local legislators, other Florida golf associations, etc. Text would be gathered
together and submitted by Darren and
the FGCSA logo would be featured.
After some discussion it was decided
that the FGCSA would attempt to fund
the entire $ 10,926 needed to produce the

video. Chapters were asked for support
and Everglades and Palm Beach both
pledged $1,700 to the project. The
Florida Green will donate space for two
full color ads in the publication for a
credit of $2,500 to the project leaving a
balance of $5,000 to be made up by
chapters or the FGCSA budget. Kevin
Downing then suggested that any shortfall would be made up by the FGCSA
Research Fund. A motion was made to
"Hire EPIC to produce a ten minute
video at a cost not to exceed $11,000."
The motion was approved.
NEW BUSINESS: Greg Plotner urged
all superintendents to attend the FTGA
Convention in Tampa. Central Florida
has hired a bus for Sunday. Golf Ventures has initiated an incentive program
for superintendents to attend. The FTG A
has planned this Convention for the
weekend to accommodate superintendents who have missed the Convention
in the past due to commitments at their
club. It is up to each individual superintendent to respond.
Meeting was adjourned at 4:45 p.m.
with the Annual Meeting to follow.

FGCSA Reserves Room Block
at MGM Hotel in Las Vegas
Paul Crawford agreed to be Chairman
fortheGCS A A Reception in Las Vegas.
He will present particulars of the event
at the next board meeting. The FGCSA
has reserved a room block at the MGM
Grand in Las Vegas. Specially marked
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Bob Klitz, right, presents a $15,000 check to Dale Kuehner, president of the FGCSA
andfellow SFGCSA member. The check represents the profitsfrom this year's Ninth
Annual SFGCSA Exposition. During the past nine years, South Florida has
contributed more than $100,000 from the proceeds of the Expo to maintain the
FGCSA Research Green at the 1FAS Center in Fort Lauderdale.
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Association News

FGCSA Chapter Team
Championship
And GCSAA Qualifier
Because the FTGA Tournament is a
scramble this year, it could not be used
as a qualifier for the Florida team at the
GCSAA Convention in Las Vegas.
Therefore Joe Ondo, FGCSA Golf
Chairman, has organized a tournament
to be played on September 21 st that will
serve as the qualifier for the third position on the team. Mark Hopkins and Vic
Conigliaro have earned their spots due
to their play in the Poa and Crowfoot
respectively. Low Gross Superintendent from this tournament wins an entry
fee and a spot on the team ($335 value).
Southern Dunes GC will serve as the
host golf course. The club is located six
miles south of 1-4 and U.S. 27 in Haines
City. The day begins with a noon buffet
lunch followed by a 1:00 p.m. Shotgun.
$75.00 entry fee includes lunch buffet,
golf, range balls, and prizes.Prizes include one Gross and one Net team prize
plus individual prizes for Low Gross
and Low Net superintendent. $1,000 in
prizes based on 40 plavers.
This event will also serve as the official
FGCSA Chapter Team Championship.
A chapter team may consist of 5 players
with best 4 out of 5 scores counting for
your team.A superintendent does not
nred tQ to On a team in pnfcr tQ play,
Deadline for entry is September 18th.
Call Joe Ondo at 407-657-7565 or Buck
Buckner at 407- 876-4244 for further
information on registration.

Next Regional Seminar
on September 11th
West Coast chapter is co-sponsoring a
GCSAA Regional Seminar titled "The
Microbiology of Turfgrass Soils" on
Wednesday, September 11th at the
Stouffer Vinoy Resort in Clearwater.
The significance of soil biological organisms in producing quality turfgrass
will be the thesis for Dr. Richard
Cooper's presentation. Included is an
overview of soil micro- and
macrorganisms, with focus on their
range, abundance, distribution and
function. The role of microbes in fertilization, thatch management and pesticide degradation is also examined.
Commercially available products, including biostimulants, hormones, natural organic fertilizers and humic acids
are also covered. Their effects on the
turf and soil ecosystem are described
and illustrated by slides.
Dr. Cooper is an associate professor of
crop science at North Carolina State
University specializing in Turfgrass
Management.
This all day seminar carries .7 CEU
toward Recertification. Call the FGCSA
or GCSAA for registration forms.
Two other Regional Seminars will be
held in Florida before the end of the
year. Both North Florida and Central
Florida chapters are co-sponsoring
seminars in December. Look for more
details in the next Green Sheet

Amnesty Period for Hazardous Materials

Florida State Emergency Response Commission for Hazardous Materials has
announced an Emergency Planning and Community Right to Know Act Fee
Amnesty Period for October 1,1996 through December 31,1996. First time
reporters subject to EPCRA can make notification without paying back fees
for Sara Title III. Many companies have stated a concern about paying these
back fees. With the amnesty period for Florida fees, there should be no reason
not to make proper notification. For further information or assistance, please
call the Department of Community Affairs' Hazardous Materials Planning
Section at 800-635-7179 or 904-413-9970.
September/October 1996

CHAPTER OFFICERS
1996-1997

CENTRAL FLORIDA
President
Kevin Rotti
Ext & Int V.P
Geoff Coggan
Sec/Treasurer
Jenkins, Brian
COASTAL PLAINS
President
Bill Alford
Vice President
Ron Tyler
Ext Vice Pres
Todd Carlton
Sec/Treasurer
Doug Abbuhl
EVERGLADES
President
Terry Wood
Vice President Mike Mongoven
Ext Vice Pres
Darren Davis
Sec/Treasurer
Tad Altman
NORTH FLORIDA
President
Bill Plante
Ext. & Int. V.P David Amirault
Sec/Treasurer
Steve LaFrance
PALM BEACH
President
Jeff Klontz
Vice President
Karl Schmidt
Ext Vice Pres
Chip Fowkes
Secretary
Tom Vlach
Treasurer
Joe Hubbard
RIDGE
Roy Wilshire
President
Vice President... Steve Ciardullo
Alan Puckett
Ext Vice Pres
Sec/Treasurer
Ray Cuzzone
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