VOLUME XIV, PART 5, SEPTEMBER/OCTOBER 1998
NEWSLETTER OF THE FLORIDA GOLF COURSE SUPERINTENDENTS ASSOCIATION

1998-1999 FGCSA Officers are (left to right) Cary Lewis CGCS, Secretary/Treasurer; Joe Ondo CGCS,
Immediate Past President; Darren Davis, Vice President and Mike Perham CGCS, President.
Sept. 1
Sept. 8

UPCOMING EVENTS

Treasure Coast Annual
Pro/Superintendent, Indian
River Club, Vero Beach

West Coast chapter meeting,
Tampa Palms GC

Sept. 24

Sept. 26

Everglades chapter
meeting,Colliers Reserve
FGCSA Championship,
Southern Dunes

Oct. 12

West Coast Bud Quandt
Tournament, Pasadena GC

Oct. 13

North Florida meeting,
Orange Park GC

Oct. 16

Everglades Pro/Supt.,
Old Hickory GC

Oct. 2

SFGCSA Tournament for
Missing and Abused Children
Colony West CC

Oct. 26

Sept. 18 Chapter Delegates Meeting,
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GCSAA, Lawrence, KS

Oct. 7

TC/PBGCSA joint
meeting, Ballenlsles GC

South Florida meeting,
Woodmont CC

Oct. 27

Sept. 21

Suncoast chapter meeting,
River Wilderness GC

Oct. 8

Sept. 22

PBGCSA Golf Outing,
The Little Club

Central Florida/GCSAA
Regional Seminar, Ramada
Resort, Orlando, "Wetlands
and Golf Courses

Suncoast chapter meeting,
Laurel Oak GC
CFGCSA chapter meeting
Orange County National
Suncoast /IFAS sponsored
seminar, Selby Gardens

Sept. 16 FTGA Conference & Show,
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Tampa Convention Center

Oct.
Nov. 18

President's Message

President's Message
by Michael Perham, CGCS

ever, he has agreed to continue to serve as
the F.G.C.S.A. Voting Delegate at the
G.C.S.A.A. Convention.

It is with great pleasure that I address you
as President of the Florida Golf Course
Superintendents Association for the very
first time. This should prove to be a very
exciting year, what with the renewed interest in F.T.G.A., and the G.C.S.A.A. Conference and Show coming to Orlando in
February. Certainly the opportunities to
expand on our educational needs, and the
availability to network with both new and
old friends will be unprecedented in the
upcoming months.

The next person I would like for the entire
membership to recognize, and upon your
next visit with him to express your sincere
"THANKS" is Kevin Downing, C.G.C.S.
Kevin is stepping down as Chairman of the
Research Committee-a position he has held
longer than anyone can remember. Under
his guidance, many numerous and positive
contributions have been bestowed upon all
of us through Kevin's tireless efforts.

I would be remiss if I did not acknowledge
the outstanding year that Joe Ondo,
C.G.C.S. has just concluded as F.G.C.S.A.
President. During Joe's tenure, many important tasks were accomplished which will
enable the smoother running of our association in the years to come. The hiring of
Joel Jackson, C.G.C.S., as our Director of
Communications was a long thought out
and scrutinized process which, in the end,
was accepted by the F.G.C.S.A. Board
A great deal of thanks also is due to Dale
Kuehner, C.G.C.S. for his term as one of
our distinguished leaders. Dale's official
Board duties are now concluded. How-

SUMMERS OVER! As I write this, (yes,
Marie, I know its late) my children start
school tomorrow. The realization that summer is behind us, and the winter season is
rapidly approaching. I hope that all of you
have had a good summer season, and the
projects or repairs from "HELL Nino" are
successfully completed.

Michael Perham, CGCS

I look forward to serving as President of
the
F.G.C.S.A. in the coming year. HopePlease feel free to call on me, any Board
fully,
all of US together can look forward
member, or your FGCSA staff of Marie or
to
a
rewarding
experience.
Joel. This association can only serve its
membership, if you the membership let us
FGCSA Third Annual
know what it is you need help with. So the
Chapter Championship
next time you're down in the dumps, pick
up the phone and network with a colleague
or friend, most times you'll find things The 1998 FGCSA Chapter Team Chamaren't as bad as they seem.
pionship will be held on Saturday, September 26th at Southern Dunes GC in
Haines City. The day begins with a noon
buffet followed by a 1:00 p.m. shotgun
start. Entry fee is $75.00 per person for
lunch, golf, range balls and prizes

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The format will remain the same as in
the past with chapter teams consisting
of 5 players with the best 4 out of 5
scores counting for your team. Please
not that any Florida superintendent may
enter this tournament - you do not have
to be playing on a team. The grand prize
in the tournament includes entry fee paid
for your spot on the FGCSA in the
GCSAA Championship in Orlando this
February. Win this tournament and join
Chris Cartin and Mark Hopkins on the
FGCSA team!
Call the FGCSA office for your reservation today or for more information and
details call tournament chairman, Joe
Ondo, at 407-657-7565.
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What s Up D.O.C.
by Joel Jackson
f

•Government Relations. FQPA: I missed
the July 24th meeting of the Florida FQPA
Working Group as I traveled south to attend the IFAS/Industry Retreat and do the
Cover Story on Mike Perham and the Fountains CC. However, Dan Botts of the
Florida Fruit and Vegetable Association
reported that the grassroots efforts of pesticide users has had a positive effect in directing EPA's actions. The final meeting of
the Tolerance Reassessment Committee
(TRAC), on which Dan serves will be in
September. After that time we should expect to see the proposal on how the tolerance reassessment process will work.
Chapters, send in those petitions and superintendents write your senators and congressmen/women. It makes a difference!
There may be some opportunities to meet
with our legislators while they are out of
session. I will pass along times and places
when I get them.
• Pesticide Review Council: This group
will meet at the Immokalee IFAS Research
& Education Center on Sept. 11th. One
topic for discussion will be the new low
dose pesticides like Chipco Choice. Public is invited to attend.
• Chapter Relations. Spoke at the South
Florida Chapter meeting on June 15th and
the Palm Beach Chapter meeting on July
17th. Covered the Coastal Plains Research
Fundraiser in Tallahassee on July 13th.
Spent a couple of days visiting with former
South Florida superintendents Mark Richard, Ft. Walton Beach GC and Ron Wright,
CC of Mobile. They are both involved with
the independent affiliated Gulf Coast Chapter. Also visited the new Milton West
Florida IFAS REC and saw Dr. Unruh's
efforts in getting turf plots and research
underway in NW Florida.

water monitoring. The FTGA is finishing up
a video on turf and the environment that will
be distributed via the public service section
in Blockbuster Video stores. The FTGA is
also going to reprint and distribute the Turf
Coloring books to Georgia Turfgrass Association and make available to schools.
IFAS: The IFAS/Industry Retreat went well
with 42 members of faculty and all parts of
the turf industry represented. The unified
group sent a job description and funding request for the Turf Coordinator's position to
the University of Florida, which was not well
received by the administrators. Board members of the FGCSA and FTGA will be meeting with the Deans to resolve the impasse of
creating the Turf Coordinator position and
then not supporting it from within the University. Faculty and industry are united in
not spending hard to come by research dollars for administrative costs.

Wetlands & Golf Courses
A GCSAA Regional Seminar

The Central Florida GCSA will co-host
a GCSAA Regional Seminar on Thursday, October 8th at the Ramada Resort
in Orlando. This is the only Regional
Seminar that will be offered in Florida
for the remainder of the year.

Barbara Bell, wetland specialist for an
environmental consulting firm will
speak on "Wetlands and Golf Courses."
This one-day program introduces superintendents to what wetlands are, why
they are important, how to recognize
them, what laws and regulations protect
them, and how these laws and regulations may impact golf course construction and operation. This seminar seeks
to instill an increased consciousness that
will enable you to act responsibly in light
Media Relations. Sent letters of introduc- of the resources you may impact and the
tion, a copy of the Florida Green magazine laws designed to protect these resources.
and the FGCSA Video, "Golf is Good for You will gain an increased awareness
the Environment and You," to 21 golf and of wetland management and learn how
sports writers around the state. I will be send- to avoid the costly consequence of ining periodic press releases to these folks so advertently violating the law.
send me the name of the sports/golf writer in
your area. Had a real good positive response The program offers 0.7 CEU's and regfrom Fred Seely in Jacksonville to work with istration forms are available from the
GCSAA.
the North Florida Chapter.

• Allied Associations. FTGA: Attended a
two day FTGA Committee Day and Board
Meeting at Grenelefe Resort on June 25th26th. The FTGA has hired Don Benham
as the Director of Public Affairs to assist
the Board in marketing the FTGA and tq
help with fund raising ideas. Steve Lamb The Coastal Plains chapter held their annual tournament at Golden Eagle CC in July.
gave a water watchdog report that focused Proceeds go to support the new research center in Milton. Committee members: (Left
on future water sources and on surface to right) Todd Carlton, Mike Bishop, Gerri Buchheit, Doug Abbuhl and Bill Humphrey.
September/October 1998

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Minutes of FGCSA Summer Board Minutes
The Summer 1998 meeting of the FGCSA
Board of Directors was called to order by
President Joe Ondo, CGCS, at 1:00 p.m.
on Saturday, August 1st at Bay Hill Club.
All officers were in attendance. Seven Rivers chapters was not represented. Other
FGCSA members attending the meeting
were Roy Bates - Everglades chapter, Dale
Reash - West Coast chapter, FGCSA Past
Presidents Mark Jarrell and Kevin Downing; Joel Jackson - Florida Green editor;
Mike Goldie - Lobbyist, and Dr. John Cisar.
Minutes of Spring 1998 board meeting
were approved.
Dale Mitchell and Richard Colyer from
Golf Agronomics presented President Joe
Ondo with a check for $3,000 as part of
their yearly program to give a share of their
profits back to turfgrass research. Dale
announced that they would be giving another $3,000 directly to the FTGA from
this rebate program.
OLD BUSINESS: The draft of the
FGCSA Standard Operating Procedure
Manual was discussed. Since there were
no changes presented, the draft will become
the final copy. This manual will be made
available to all External Vice Presidents as
they come onto the board.
SECRETARY/TREASURER REPORT
Darren Davis went over the Financial Statements for the end of the fiscal year 199798. He noted that budgeted income was
very close to actual income received and
that expenses were less than projected
which has allowed the year to end with a
surplus in the Operating Account. The
surplus has grown to $51,000 and a discussion was held as to the best place to put
these funds until they are needed. A proposal was made to put $ 15,000 into another
C.D. which would give us a total reserve
of $30,000 in the Operating Account.
Another $20,000 would be transferred to
the FGCSA Research Account to bring that
account up to where it should be. The
remaining $16,000 would be left in the
Operating Checking Account. The motion
was approved.
Darren discussed the commitments for the
FGCSA Research funds in the next fiscal
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year. We have an ongoing commitment to
the UF Fort Lauderdale center to continue
to fund a technician at approximately
$30,000/year and we are in the second year
of a 3-year research program for Dr. Frank
with our commitment for this year to be
$5,500. We are also in the second year of
our five year $5,000 annual GCSAA research donation. In addition, Kevin Downing expects to co-fund research by Dr.
Sartain with the FTGA and there is still a
possibility of more donations to the UF
before the end of the fiscal year. These
commitments will deplete most of the research account and we need to encourage
more contributions to the research account
instead of relying so heavily on the South
Florida Exposition. The $20,000 transfer
from the Operating Account will help but
more sources of income need to be explored.

that Palm Beach will still consider getting
an audit done for the purpose of setting up
accounting procedures that could serve as
an example for other chapters to follow.
At the end of these discussions, the 19981999 budget was approved at $140,000 in
income and expenses

LOBBYIST: Mike Goldie gave an indepth review of eleven bills past this year
that may have an impact on the turf industry. He noted that in general there were
not too many negative issues despite the
restrictions and politics of the water management discussions. He felt that the
turfgrass interests were fairly well discussed with the majority of legislators. He
ended his presentation with his predictions
on the upcoming elections and how they
would effect the turfgrass industry. He
also asked for support for golf tournaments
A discussion was held on the ongoing Un- that will be held on August 7th in Dade
related Business Income Tax appeal to the and Broward Country and on September
IRS from our 1994 tax return. Our attor- 14th in North Florida.
ney has reported that the IRS "has not had
any success in locating the audit file to re- Dr. John Cisar then questioned Mike on
spond to our formal protest." If our ap- the most effective way to get turf funding
peal is denied we will be liable for taxes into the state budget. Mike informed the
on the magazine profit for the past five board that the budget would be done by
years. We will continue to be prepared by the end of August and noted that now is
keeping a large reserve in the Florida Green the time to act. It is almost impossible to
get funding added to the budget after it has
account.
been approved. IFAS needs to have a defiDarren then turned his attention to the pro- nite dollar figure included in the budget.
posed 1998-1999 budget for the Operat- Mike is available to help IFAS with the
ing Account by going over some of the proper procedure to get a line item into the
changes made since the Poa board meet- budget. If John will itemize the IFAS
ing. He announced that the Executive Com- needs, Mike will look them over to come
mittee has decided to fund the Director of up with guidelines for IFAS to follow to
Communications position out of the Florida be considered as a line item. He noted
Green account since all of the activities that that other states have line items in their
will be undertaken by the D.O.C. will be budget as recurring costs. John, Mark
reported in the magazine and therefore Jarrell and Mike will have to get together
would be a legitimate expense. The D.O.C. with the FTGA within two weeks to prewill continue to report directly to the Presi- pare a proposal.
dent and Vice President of the FGCSA.
Another change was made in the C.P.A. line DIRECTOR OF COMMUNICATION:
item. It was decided that we would not Joel reported on his work on the FQPA,
submit to a full audit at this time until we the Florida Green, the DSA nomination,
are certain that all the chapters are in-line the turf industry retreat and the Audubon
with proper accounting procedures. We International. This led to a discussion on
are in the process of filing for group ex- the problems with funding of school
emption and as soon as this is granted we Audubon projects as reported by Craig
will contract to have our CPA set up guide- Weyandt of the Treasure Coast.
lines for chapter secretaries to follow to
accomplish this goal. David Court noted AWARDS: Scott Bell will be presented
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Minutes of FGCSA Summer Board Minutes
with the 1998 FGCSA Distinguished Service Award at the next Treasure Coast chapter meeting. The FGCSA has submitted
Dan Jones as a nominee for the GCSAA
Distinguished Service Award. Joel asked
for letters of support to be sent to the
GCSAA before the Sept. 1st deadline.
PUBLICATIONS: Joel Jackson gave an
update on the Florida Green. Dr. Cisar
asked that more turf researchers receive the
Florida Green and the Green Sheet. It was
also suggested that county extension agents
be added to the mailing lists. This years
Membership Directory will add e-mail addresses to individual listings. Chapter secretaries are responsible for supplying them
to the FGCSA office. Pictures of the current External Vice Presidents will also be
included in the Membership Directory.
EDUCATION: Geoff Coggan reported
that the Poa seminar was a great success
thanks to the quality of the presentation and
a good turnout. The cost to the education
committee will be less than $500 thanks to
the rebate program by Etonic and GCSAA.
The pesticide seminars were also successful at no cost to the education committee.
Once again the Crowfoot seminar has not
been well received. Due to poor attendance
in the past, we did not offer a seminar in
1996 or 1997 but were urged to try again
this year. Only 7 people pre-registering for
the seminar with their golf reservation!
Total attendees will probably be less than
15 for a computer seminar that is costly to
put on. The Crowfoot committee requested that we cancel the seminar last
week but the FGCSA Education Committee felt that since we had committed to giving the Crowfoot another try we needed to
follow up on it. Etonic will pick up part of
the expenses for the seminar.
The Central Florida chapter has scheduled
a GCSAA Regional Seminar , "Wetlands
and Golf Courses", for October 8th at the
Ramada Inn in Orlando. The seminar has
been publicized in the Florida Green and
more information will be included in the
September Green Sheet.
The FGCSA is sponsoring three half-day
Etonic seminars during the FTGA Convention this year as well as panel discussions
during the Concurrent Sessions.
September/October 1998

MEMBERSHIP: Tom Crawford reminded External Vice Presidents to be sure
their chapter sends in their updated membership list to the FGCSA office by August 10th so that the Membership Directory will be as accurate as possible.
POA: Gary Grigg reported that after a
struggle with paperwork, the Poa committee was finally able to notify winners of
the Poa Tournament. Because of the late
notice, winners were given gift certificates
redeemable by the GCSAA for books,
merchandise, seminars, etc. Gary reported
that the Poa tournament will be played at
the Naples Beach Hotel next year.
CROWFOOT: Joe Ondo reported that
they have a full field for the tournament
and expect a good crowd for the banquet
and casino night on Sunday. ThefirstLarry
Kamphaus Award will be presented at the
banquet. Suppliers responded well to the
new sponsorship format which offered
foursomes as part of the overall package.
He reported that the dates for next year's
Crowfoot will try not to conflict with the
FTGA which will be held August 15-19,
1999, in Gainesville.
GOLF: Joe reminded all Externals to get
their chapters reservation in for the annual
team championship to be held on Saturday,
September 26th at Southern Dimes.
FTGA: Mark Jarrell noted that while he
is sorry that superintendents are not attending the FTGA convention in force, there
are other membership groups of the FTGA
that are also missing. Therefore, in an effort to entice more of these members to the
convention it will be moved to Gainesville
where hotel costs are lower. This year's
convention in Tampa will offer excellent
education for superintendents and the
FTGA is hoping for a good turnout.
He reported that the FTGA has hired Don
Benham, Michigan, as Dirof Public Relations. Mark noted that there is a good spirit
of enthusiasm and co-operation from the
UF faculty and a meeting with deans has
been scheduled before the end of August.

large aspects of the turf industry such as
architects and lawn care as well as superintendents. The mission statement for the
retreat was for groups to organize their efforts with mutual interests. He noted that
faculty members would be happy to speak
at local chapter meetings in return for having their expenses covered and registration
fees waived. This would be a very small
expense for quality speakers and John
urged Externals to follow up on this suggestion of getting better visibility for our
researchers. He listed the three researchers who would be on sabbaticals this year
and the three who would be retiring. He
also mentioned the Research Entomologist
position. The Field Day in Gainesville was
very poorly attended. John will have another meeting with the Dean's to discuss
his position.
RESEARCH: Kevin Downing thanked
the FGCSA for allowing him to chair this
committee for the past several years and
announced that Steve Pearson would be the
new chairman. He thanked the South
Florida chapter for agreeing to sponsor the
Exposition for the past ten years. This one
day event has been the major fundraiser
for the Fort Lauderdale research green.
Obviously other chapters need to try to include the Fort Lauderdale green in their
research donations and suggested that this
might be the time for a unified chapter
membership application that could possibly include a line item for a
research.donation.
GCSAA: The GCSAA Chapter Delegates
meeting again conflicts with the FTGA.
Dale suggested that those chapters who are
not planning to send a delegate to the meeting contact the GCSAA to inform them that
Dale is their representatives. The GCSAA
requires that all chapters send a representative in order to remain affiliated.
This year the Florida reception will be held
at die Omni Rosen hotel in Orlando on Friday night, February 12th. The reception
will begin at 7:00 p.m. and will be by invitation only. Paul Crawford will be soliciting sponsorships to help defray expenses.

IFAS TURF RETREAT: Dr. John Cisar Since there was no further business, the
gave a report on the turf retreat held in July. Summer board meeting was adjourned at
It was attended by 20 faculty members and 4:30 p.m.
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1998 Crowfoot Open
The Central Florida chapter sponsored another successful Crowfoot Open weekend on August 1st
through 3rd at the Bay Hill Club.
The weekend got off to a great start with the
FGCSA Board Meeting and Election of Officers
on Saturday. On Sunday morning, the FGCSA
sponsored an Etonic Seminar, "Computers for Golf
Course Maintenance"given by Gary Bueltel, CGCS,
who is superintendent of CCA's Lost Creek CC in
Austin, Texas.
During Sunday night's banquet, Jimmy Ellison of
the Palmer Management Group was presented with
the first annual Larry Kamphaus Award for service
to his profession. Jimmy was a popular choice and
well deserving of the standing ovation. After dinner everyone stayed to enjoy the casino night activities with the star gambler being Butch Gill who
took home the top prize.
Central Florida member Chris Cartin took top honors in Monday's Crowfoot Open Tournament. He
teamed with Tom Alex, Jeff Cotton, and Barry
Troutman to allow CFGCSA to walk away with
team honors. Another big winner was John Kopack
who took home lots of prizes as winner in the Closest to the Pin category. Joe O'Donnell was commercial low gross and Butch Singo was low net.
The chapter would like to thank all the sponsors
who responded well to the new format by donating
their dollars to turfgrass research.

1998 FTGA Conference
and Show
September 16 - 19
The Florida Turfgrass Association will host the 46th Annual Conference
and Show at Tampa Convention Center on September 16-19th. This year's
theme is TURF WEB '98.
This year the FGCSA has joined with the FTGA in planning interesting
education for all superintendents. Along with the two-hour FTGA workshops planned for Wednesday, Thursday and Friday afternoons, the FGCSA
is helping to sponsor the GCSAA Etonic Leadership Series Seminars planned
for Wednesday and Friday afternoon. All three of these seminars offer
GCSAA credit towards Certification.
Gerry Sweda will be the speaker for "Bringing Out the Best in People You
Manage" which will be offered from 1:00 - 5:00 p.m. on Wednesday.
Friday afternoon offers superintendents the choice of two Etonic seminars.
Jennifer Thomas presents "Managing Your Hispanic Work Force" and Patt
Schwab presents "I Know you believe you understand what you think I
said, but I am not sure you realize that what you heard is not what I meant!"
Both of these seminars will be held from 2:00 - 6:00 p.m.
The Concurrent Educational Sessions on Thursday and Friday mornings
are directed straight at the superintendent particularly on Friday with an
Ultra Dwarf Forum starting at 8:00 a.m., followed by a session on factors
affecting pesticides, and an Innovative Superintendent Session with a panel
of Florida superintendents. Thursday's Concurrent Session also starts at
8:00 a.m.with three one-hour blocks of useful information.
The Trade Show will be open on Thursday from 11:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. and
then again from 9:00 a.m. - 3:30 p.m. on Friday. The FTGA is looking for
your participation in this event by spending time on the showroom floor
showing your support for our loyal exhibitors. In return you also get a
chance to win a Kawasaki Jetski or Mule.
Evening social events scheduled are the Caribbean Cookout sponsored by
Toro on Wednesday night and the Gala awards dinner and casino night on
Friday. Saturday is reserved for the golf tournament at Sun City Center
and the fishing tournament at Gandy's boat ramp. The Busch Gardens Technical Tour will also be held on Saturday from 8:30 a.m. - 3:30 p.m.
As you can see, this year's program offers something for evervone. Please
make your reservations now. Next year the Show moves to Gainesville so
this is your last chance to see the show in Tampa.

Tom Alex (left) presents Jim Ellison CGCS with
Central Florida's first Larry Kamphaus Award
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Congratulations and best wishes to Shelly and John Foy of the
USGA on the birth of their 8 lb. 13 oz. son, Thomas Barrett
Foy, on July 22. Mother, father and family are all doing well.
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NEWLY ELECTED OFFICERS FOR ALL CHAPTERS

CENTRAL FLORIDA GCSA
President
Geoff Coggan, CGCS
Vice President
John Kopack
External V.P.
Geoff Coggan, CGCS
Sec/Treasurer
Brian Lentz
COASTAL PLAINS GCSA
President
Douglas Abbuhl
Vice President
Mike Echols
External VP.
Doug Abbuhl
Sec/Treasurer
Jeff Heggen
EVERGLADES GCSA
President
Roy Bates
Vice President
.. Rick Tatum
External V.P.
Gary Grigg, CGCS
Sec/Treasurer
Steve Durand
NORTH FLORIDA GCSA
President
Steve LaFrance
Vice President
Clayton Estes
External V.P.
David Amirault
Sec/Treasurer
Ed Newmann
PALM BEACH GCSA
President
Chip Fowkes
Vice President
Tom Vlach
External V.P.
David Court, CGCS
Secretary
Randy Bushway
Treasurer
Joe Hubbard, CGCS

RIDGE GCSA
President
Steve Ciardullo
Vice President
Ray Cuzzone
External V.P.
Roy Wilshire, CGCS
Sec/Treasurer
Jeff Brown
SEVEN RIVERS GCSA
President
Michael Swinson, CGCS
Vice President
Paul Illgen
External V.P.
Buddy Keene
Sec/Treasurer
Stuart Bozeman
SOUTH FLORIDA GCSA
President
Jim Walker
Vice President
Gilly MacGregor
External V.P.
Jim Goins
Sec/Treasurer
Bryan Singleton
September/October 1998

SUNCOAST GCSA
President
Troy Smith
Vice President
Tom Hilferty
External V.P.
Tom Crawford
Secretary
Joe Sittinger, CGCS
Treasurer
John VanVranken
TREASURE COAST GCSA
President
Craig Weyandt
Vice President
Greg Pheneger
External V.P.
Craig Weyandt
Sec/Treasurer
Chuck Gast
WEST COAST GCSA
President
Cary Lewis, CGCS
Vice President
Dale Reash
External V.P.
Cary Lewis, CGCS
Sec/Treasurer
Eric Joy

Suncoast GCSA Co-Sponsors
Grounds Maintenance Seminar
The Suncoast GCSA and the Sarasota County Extension Service will present the Suncoast Grounds
Maintenance Seminar on Wednesday, November
18th at Selby Gardens in Sarasota.
Key speakers and their topics include: Dr. Charles
Peacock, North Carolina State, "Environmental
Golf Course Management"; Dr. Vemon Vandiver,
IFAS Fort Lauderdale, "Best Management Practices
for Aquatic Sites"; Dr. A1 Dudeck, IFAS
Gainesville, "New Bermudagrass Introductions";
and Dr. Monica Elliott, IFAS Fort Lauderdale, on
"Turf Diseases and Soil Innoculants".
The all day seminar will include lunch and CEU's
have been requested from both the GCSAA for Certified Superintendents and the State of Florida for
pesticide license holders. Brochures will be mailed
to all superintendents in the surrounding areas. Contact Mike Holzinger of the Sarasota County Extension Service at 941 -316-1000 for more information.
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Fort Myers
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800-330-8874
800-481-8911
888-222-7072

COME VISIT GOLF VENTURES AT BOOTH #502
AT THE FTGA SHOW IN TAMPA
SUPERINTENDENTS ARE INVITED TO OUR ANNUAL
"CUSTOMER APPRECIATION PARTY".
CONTACT YOUR GOLF VENTURES REPRESENTATIVE
FOR INFORMATION AND TICKETS FOR ADMISSION.
VISIT GOLF VENTURES AT OUR WEB SITE:
wbus. com/golfventures
Make Your Reservations for the FTGA Show in Tampa
September 16th - 19th
FIRST CLASS
U.S.Postage
PAID
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