GREEN SHEE
VOLUME XVI, PART 2,MARCH/APRIL 2000
NEWSLETTER OF THE FLORIDA COLF COURSE SUPERINTENDENTS ASSOCIATION

UPCOMING EVENTS
Mar. 13 Ridge Invitational Tournament, Grasslands G&CC

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Mar. 15 Treasure Coast chapter meeting, Indian River
Plantation GC, Stuart
Mar. 16 SFGCSA Exposition and IFAS Field Day, University of
Florida, Ft. Lauderdale REC. See page six for details.
March

North Florida chapter meeting, Osprey Cove GC

Mar. 21 Suncoast Scramble, Misty Creek CC, Sarasota
Mar. 23 Overseed Field Day, University of Florida, Gainesville
Mar. 23 Palm Beach golf outing, Cypress Creek GC

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Treasure Coast chapter meeting with General Managers
and Green Committee Chairmen, PGA CC, St. Lucie

Apr. 10 North Florida GCSA Mike Richards Tournament,
Jacksonville G&CC. 11:00 a.m. Shotgun.
Apr. 11 USGA Green Section Conference, Palm Beach Gardens
Marriott. See page six for details.
Apr. 13 USGA Green Section Conference, Marriott, Tampa
Apr. 17 Seven Rivers chapter Envirotron Golf Tournament,
World Woods GC

L-R. GCSAA President Dave Fearis, CGCS, presents Mike
Blanchard, GCS at Tampa Palms G&CC, with the 2000
GCSAA Leo Feser Award in New Orleans. See page 7.

Apri 26 Everglades chapter Spring Symposium, Naples Beach
Club. See page 7 for details.

May 20 POA Annua Golf Tournament, Naples Beach
Hotel GC

Apr. 18 Suncoast chapter meeting, Pelican Point

May 21 G. C. Horn Tournament, Naples Beach Hotel GC

May 18 FGCSA Spring Board Meeting, Naples Beach Hotel

May 23 Suncoast GCSA Annual Meeting, Sara Bay

May 19 FGCSA Seminar, "Advanced Weed Management,"
Dr. Fred Yelverton, Naples Beach Hotel

June 3

Palm Beach GCSA Future of Golf Tournament,
The Falls CC, West Palm Beach

President's Message

President's Message
by Darren Davis
The light at the end of the tunnel....
For me, it's my annual Member/Guest
Tournament — a week long event that is
by far the most hectic and heaviest amount
of play that my course gets during the winter golfing season. For others, it is the end
of the two a day shotguns or when there
starts to be a few gaps in the daily tee times.
You guessed it - 1 am referring to the time
of the year that we start to see the light at
the end of the tunnel, the busy winter golfing season will be coming to an end before
too much longer!

Do not misunderstand me, I am not complaining, after all if it were not for the golfers we would not be so blessed to work in
such a great profession. However, when
those 40 or 50 degree nights start turning
into 60 or 70 degree nights, I for one certainly get a rejuvenated skip in my walk.
The play may still be heavy but at least the
grass has a fighting chance to survive and
will soon be recovering from the stress of
the heavy golf cart traffic.
It is also the time of year when many
Florida golf course superintendents get
excited about the opportunity to come to
Naples, once a small fishing village—now
the booming golf capital of the state for
the annual Everglades Chapter Poa Weekend May 19-21. Rick Tatum, President, and
the entire Everglades Board once again

Darren Davis

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FGCSA Board of Directors:
Darren Davis
President:
941-353-4441
Cary Lewis, CGCS
Vice President:
727-894-5500.
Geoff Coggan, CGCS
Sec/Treasurer:
407-269-5004
Michael Perham, CGCS
Past President:
561-642-2724
Mike Mongoven,CGCS
Calusa GCSA:
941-278-7281
Brett Harris
Central Florida:
407-826-5362
Doug Abbuhl
Coastal Plains:
850-576-7975
Gary Grigg, CGCS
Everglades:
941-261-4987
Ed Neuman
North Florida:
352-473-0089
David Court, CGCS
Palm Beach:
561-482-5017
Roy Wilshire, CGCS
Ridge:
941-688-3863
Buddy Keene
Seven Rivers:
352-376-8174
Jim Goins
South Florida:
954-433-1725
John VanVranken
Suncoast:
941-776-2364
Craig Weyandt
Treasure Coast:
561-283-0199
Eric Joy
West Coast:
727-938-6435

have an exciting event planned this year.
With the help of Gary Grigg, CGCS, MG,
FGCSA Education Chair, we also have an
outstanding education opportunity to offer
attendees on Friday, May 19.
This year's education will be a little different from years past. It will be a 3/4 day
session with Fred Yelverton, Ph.D., North
Carolina State University, presenting a
weed management seminar for southern
turfgrass. Look for all the details on this
and the entire Poa weekend coming to you
in the very near future.
I hope to see you there.

GCSAA Election Results
The following superintendents were elected
to lead the GCSAA into the new millenium
during the Annual Meeting at the GCSAA
Convention in New Orleans:
President:
Scott Woodhead, CGCS
Vice President: Tommy Witt, CGCS
Sec./Treasurer: Michael Wallace, CGCS
Directors:
Jon Maddern, CGCS
KenMangum, CGCS
Tim O'Neill, CGCS
Mark Woodward, CGCS
The Green Sheet

Director of Communications Report

What's Up D.O.C.
by Joel Jackson
1. Allied Associations
A. FTGA: Don Benham, FTGA Director
of Public Affairs and Dr. Terril Nell, Chairman of the Department of Ornamental
Horticulture made their first presentation
of FTGA's fund raising program, "Golfers
For A Better Environment" to representatives of fifteen private clubs at a breakfast
meeting held at David Court's Boca Lago
CC on February 8th. There was a lot of
positive verbal feedback from the green
chairmen and officials present. In fact Don
and Dr. Nell were invited to speak at the
next Palm Beach Green Chairman meeting. Also, one of the members gave Don
three names of other people who he felt
would be interested in this program.
During the GCSAA Conference and Show
in New Orleans, Don received a fax from
the FTGA office. It announced that the
Boca Lago CC had presented the $5.00 per
year turf research donation program to its
members and over 1100 members signed
up for the program. It looks like we're off
and running on a potentially strong continual source of funding for turf research.
B. Florida Golf Course Owners Association: The first meeting of the Advisory
Board for the Florida Chapter of the National Golf Course Owners Association
took place on January 24, 2000 in Ft. Lauderdale. I was invited to sit on the Board
and made the FGCOA aware of the many
regulatory challenges facing the future of
golf course conditioning with emphasis on
water quality and use permits and the continual eroding of the inventory of pesticides
at our disposal. I urged them to help in the
fight for common sense in rule-making by
using their contacts in the business community. The General Manager Bill Wagner
from the Riviera CC in Coral Gables said
one of his best contacts for political influence was through his membership in the
Chamber of Commerce which has a very
strong presence in Tallahassee.
2. Education
Continuing Education: Don't miss out on
opportunities for CEU credits and hands
March/April 2000

on education at the following upcoming
seminars:USGA Green Section Regional
Conferences to be held in Palm Beach on
Monday, April 10th and in Tampa on
Thursday, April 13th. Contact your local
chapter or the USGA office in Hobe Sound
at 561 -546-2620 for more details. See page
six of this Green Sheet for list of speakers
and topics to be offered at these annual
Conferences.
3. Government Relations
A. FQPA: Dursban - Word from Mike
Farrar, Turf and Forestry Coordinator in
EPA's Office of Pesticide Programs is that
EPA will announce its revised risk assessment of Dursban based on information
gathered during the public comment period. He also told me there were not very
many inputs from individuals or companies compared to the number of pesticide
users that will be affected.
Orthene - The public comment period for
Orthene is now underway. The Valent Corporation told me they would send me a set
of facts and talking points to help you in
making comments to EPA if you wish to
help save Orthene for use on golf courses.
B. On February 15th, the St. John's County
Commission heard from 15 turf industry
representatives on the Fertilizer Ordinance
they enacted on January 25, 2000. This
ordinance restricted the use of "quick release" fertilizer from May to October in an
area which drains into the Guana River
Basin. They will reconvene a working
group to address some of the issues raised
during the presentations. There are no guarantees that the ordinance will be modified,
but there at least will be a forum for facts
to be presented. Dr. John Cisar will be there
to give them the correct interpretation of
the data found during his Florida Yards and
Neighborhood project which dealt in part
with leaching of nutrients. The ordinance
is overly broad and vague, and very burdensome to the lawn care industry. The two
golf courses in the affected area were able
to have input into the first draft of the law
and both superintendents felt they could
live within the restrictions. They were able
to continue to use their state inspected
fertigation systems during the restricted
period.

4. GCSAA's Professional Development
Initiative
During the GCSAA Conference and Show
in New Orleans I had a chance to listen in
on several conversations concerning the
PDI initiative. Mostly what I gather is that
people aren't paying attention to what is
actually being said or written. They hear
the words "change" and "requirements"
and immediately react negatively. Keep in
mind that with the extensive provisions for
grandfathering in current Class A and Certified Superintendents that the program
really focuses on future superintendents
coming into the industry. Current superintendents who graduated from the school
of hard knocks instead of a college will
not be excluded.
The PDI group is still gathering information and feedback on issues that concern
all superintendents. The only thing out
there is preliminary information to generate discussion. There are issues to be resolved. And if you have an issue with the
plan as it now exists then be sure and voice
it via Email, letter, or phone call.
Better still, call GCSAA and have someone come and speak to your chapter. They
will arrange it free of charge. They want
to hear the comments so they can design
the best program proposal they can for the
members to vote on. While the current time
line calls for presentation for a vote in
Dallas in 2001, the committee won't put it
on the ballot until it's ready.
I heard a positive, common sense presentation by GCSAA Director of Education
Hannes Combest at the Chapter Managers
Session. She gave some background and
process information on PDI and then talked
about a wide range of creative and interactive ways that could be considered for
superintendents to access education. Ways
that are innovative and very affordable.
There is also consideration for credits being given for meeting attendance and article writing. Every effort is being made
for PDI to be a positive and inclusive program that will enhance our profession.
Regardless of the outcome, I think the PDI
process has generated some excellent ideas
which will change our education programs
and the way they are delivered forever.
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Minutes of the Winter 2000 FGCSA Board Meeting
The Winter 2000 meeting of the FGCSA Board
of Directors was called to order by President
Darren Davis at 1:00 p.m. on Friday, January
21 st, 2000, at the Grenelefe Resort, Haines City.
All officers were present. North Florida, Ridge
and Seven Rivers chapters were not represented.
Other FGCSA members attending the meeting
were Joel Jackson - Florida Green editor; Steve
Pearson - Research Committee Chairman; Joe
Boe, Calusa chapter president; Dale Kuehner,
Voting Delegate; Greg Pheneger, Treasure
Coast chapter president; Kevin Downing - Past
President; and Mark Jarrell - FTGA President.
OLD BUSINESS: Darren then announced that
the FGCSA web site is in the works with Darren,
Joel Jackson and Gary Grigg working with Jared
Grigg to get the site up and running. Name will
be Florida GCSA.com.
IRS UBIT APPEAL: Darren gave a brief
history of the appeal that the FGCSA filed with
the IRS in early 1996 after the IRS decided that
the FGCSA owed back taxes for Unrelated
Business Income from the 1993-1994 and 19941995 tax years. He announced that the FGCSA
has never paid this tax and has not filed the form
that is used to pay this tax. Our attorney had
advised us against filing until the appeal verdict has been received from the IRS. Darren
has requested a second opinion from Rick Mills,
the CPA for the GCSAA. He expects to get
their opinion before the Poa Board Meeting so
that a decision can be made about filing the tax
form in November. In the meantime, the attorney is being more aggressive in pursuing the
appeal verdict. It was noted that if we lose the
appeal, the chapters who use advertising in their
newsletters will also have to file a separate tax
return for this UBIT and would be liable for
the tax. All chapters were urged to keep good
records of their current expenses on the publication of their newsletters.

gave a review of the second quarter
1999-2000 financial statements. He
noted that we are in good shape with
the budget and our reserves are sufficient to cover any emergencies.
The Internal Control Evaluation was
distributed to all External Vice Presidents. This evaluation was requested
by the FGCSA Board for the benefit
of our local chapters as well as the
FGCSA operations. Most of the recommendations in the Evaluation are
simply good accounting practices
which do not seem to be happening
in some of the chapters. Chapters
need to be aware of checks and balances. Darren asked that all Externals take this Evaluation to their next
local chapter board meeting and go
over each of the recommendations of
the CPA. All Externals should send
their chapter's comments to the
FGCSA office before the Poa Board
Meeting. The goal is to put a modified version of this Evaluation into the
Standard Operating Procedures
Manual for all chapters to follow.
D.O.C.: Joel reported on his activities for the past quarter. He distributed a working version of the UF/
IFAS "Putting Florida First" brochure.
Joel sits on the FTGA, the Ag Institute, the Florida Golf Course Owners
Association and the International Network of Golf.
PUBLICATIONS: Florida Green
Joel noted that the Winter issue of the
Florida Green will be mailed to all
members during the first week in February with a supply of the magazines
being sent directly to the GCSAA convention in New Orleans.

USGA RESEARCH FUNDING: Darren presented a report showing that the USGA is currently funding $ 1.24 million in projects. Many
of the projects are not being done in Florida
but some researchers in Florida are benefiting
from the research. Steve Pearson noted that
$3,000 co-funding may be available from the
USGA in the near future.

Membership Directory:
Marie
Roberts reported that the 1999-2000
Membership Directory has been
mailed to all members and advertisers. Thanks to the support of the
many advertisers in the Directory,
there is a $12,000 profit on this
project.

SECRETARY/TREASURER REPORT Geoff Coggan presented the minutes of the Fall
Board Meeting which were approved. He then

AWARDS: Nominations for the
FGCSA Distinguished Service Award
and the President's Award for Life-

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time Service are due to the FGCSA before
the Spring Board Meeting.
MEMBERSHIP: David Court suggested
that local chapters may begin a program of
bringing a guest superintendent to your
meetings at no charge for prospective members. This has been a good project for the
Palm Beach chapter in an attempt to get
more superintendents involved. It was
noted that beginning this month, dues for
FGCSA membership will be pro-rated to
50% ($30.00 rather than $60.00) until the
end of the fiscal year. All External VP's
were urged to report this to their chapter
secretary/treasurer.
David and Joel discussed the membership
brochure that could be available from the
GCSAA. They would be distributed to
clubs that are not members. Craig Weyandt
suggested that the pamphlets should be hand
delivered to prospective members rather
than a general mailout campaign. A supply of the brochures would be sent to local
chapter presidents with a list of those clubs
in their general area that are not now members of the FGCSA. The local board would
then be responsible for contacting these superintendents with the brochure used as a
tool to list the benefits of membership. Joel
and David will follow through with this.
A question was raised as to whether the
GCSAA has any plans for a one-check dues
structure to include local chapter dues as
well as GCSAA annual dues. Darren reported that although this has been discussed
in the past, the GCSAA has no plans for
this in the near future.
EDUCATION: In Gary Grigg's absence,
Darren Davis reported that the Poa seminar will be Advanced Weed Control to be
taught by Dr. Fred Yelverton of North Carolina State. Since it is too late to have the
GCSAA co-sponsor the seminar as a Regional Seminar, the FGCSA will be responsible for all expenses for the seminar.
CEU's will be available for the program.
Gary and Darren will get together to decide on an appropriate registration fee to
cover most of the expenses involved. It is
planned to be an all day seminar on Friday,
May 19th. The Everglades chapter feels
that their members will support this seminar and hopes that others attending the Poa
weekend will also register.
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Minutes of Winter 2000 FGCSA Board Meeting
It was noted that the deadline for signing
up for next year's Regional Seminars is fast
approaching. All local chapters who plan
to co-sponsor a Regional Seminar in the
coming year need to contact the GCSAA
immediately to reserve their date and topic.
GOLF: The FGCSA will have two teams
in the GCSAA Championship in Mobile.
The first team will be composed of Mark
Hopkins, Chris Cartin, Buck Buckner and
Joe Ondo. Members of the second team
are Jim Torba, Joe Pantaleo, Robert
Roessing and Tim Cann. Good luck to all.
CROWFOOT/POA: Joel reported that
this year's Crowfoot will be played at Bay
Hill Club during the weekend of August
5th - 7th.
Rick Tatum announced that the Poa weekend will begin with the FGCSA Board
Meeting on Thursday, May 18th. The
seminar will be held on Friday morning
with the luau on Friday night. The Poa
Tournament will be played on Saturday at
the Naples Beach GC and the annual jazz
concert will be held on the lawn that night.
The G. C. Horn Tournament will be played
on Sunday morning.
RESEARCH: Steve Pearson announced
that Gary Pederson, the technician at the
Fort Lauderdale Research and Education
Center was overdue for his performance
review. The goal of the FGCSA Board is
to have an annual review for all employees or sub-contractors. After a discussion
in which it was noted that Gary is not eligible for any benefits, a motion was made
and seconded to offer Gary a 10% increase
to $ 16.50/hour to be effective February 1 st.
This would then be his date for all succeeding annual reviews. The motion was approved. Steve will contact Gary about his
review.
The projects approved by the GCSAA's
Chapter Cooperative Research program
will be announced during the GCSAA
Conference. The FGCSA and some local
chapters have submitted two or three
projects to be considered for co-funding.
Steve Pearson distributed an impressive list
of research reports. It was suggested that
Joel take this report and summarize it for
future Florida Green articles. Could be
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used as a bullet point article that might include a progress report from the researchers or some other vehicle that would let
members know where their research dollars are going. Chapter newsletters might
also want to include this information.
Steve noted that the FTGA 1999 Year in
Review will be out soon. It also summarizes research projects that have been
funded by the FTGA.
A follow up discussion on Dr. Frank's
Wasp project was held. The FGCSA is in
the final year of a 3-year funding with Dr.
Frank and has recently received a request
for payment. Board members who were
part of the initial program were skeptical
about the project and it was decided that
Steve should hold off payment until Dr.
Frank can do a better job of justifying the
program.
Craig Weyandt mentioned the impressive
work that is being done by Dr. Rick
Brandenburg on mole crickets. He also
noted that many chapters are now offering
an educational program by Dr. Pat Cobb
at their local chapter meetings. The talks
are sponsored by Dow Agrosciences.
Mark Jarrell then announced that Dr.
Laurence Datnoff has submitted a $94,000
grant request to the FGCSA. The project
had been turned down by the FTGA last
spring due to budgetary concerns but Mark
feels it should be given another look. It
might be suitable to be submitted to the
USGA or the GCSAA under one of their
Co-Op programs in the future. Steve reported that the Research Committee will
re-evaluate this project and he will come
to the Poa Board Meeting with their suggestions. The GCSAA should announce
their dates for future Co-Op projects during the GCSAA Convention.
David Court noted that the Palm Beach
chapter has funded Dr. John Cisar's
ultradwarf project by donating funds directly to the University of Florida SHARE
program.
FTGA/IFAS: Mark Jarrell, president of
the FTGA, reassured the FGCSA Board
that the FTGA and the FGCSA are co-operating to establish good relations with the
University of Florida. He noted that Mike
Martin, the new Vice President of the UF

is a golfer and understands how important
the turfgrass industry is to the state of
Florida. Mark noted that Dr. Martin has
helped him to work on his goal of solving
problems with the University of Florida
faculty. Mark noted that superintendents
are now a major portion of the FTGA.
Mark discussed the fundraising campaign
that is being coordinated by Don Benham.
Florida turfgrass faculty including Dr. T.
Nell, are doing their first official presentation at Boca Lago on February 8th. Officials from several clubs in the Boca Raton
area have been invited to this presentation.
The intent is to persuade these clubs to
put a checkmark for a $5.00 research donation from golfers on their annual dues
statement. The goal of this project is to
take the pressure off our suppliers who are
currently the driving force behind the
turfgrass funding in Florida.
Mark then discussed the future funding of
the two lobbying firms that are been funded
by the FTGA and the FGCSA , that is, the
water watchdog firm and the lobbyist in
Tallahassee. At a recent FTGA board
meeting, it was suggested by Tom
Benefield that the FTGA discontinue funding Mike Goldie. Whether this suggestion was influenced by the past experiences
with the water watchdog firm or a recent
incident regarding malathion spraying was
discussed. Mark asked the Board for their
perception of the job that Mike Goldie was
doing for the turfgrass industry. Many
board members replied that they were
happy with Mike's representation and admitted to a reluctance to try to find someone new. Favorable comments v/ere made
by Mike Mongoven, Steve Pearson, Rick
Tatum, Craig Weyandt, Mike Perham, Cary
Lewis and Doug Abbuhl. As a result of
these comments, it was felt that Mike is
doing his job of making the legislators
aware of the importance of golf to the state
of Florida while still acting as a watchdog
on potential harmful legislation.
Mark
noted that the FTGA has negotiated with
Mike for a lower monthly fee which has
resulted in the fee being reduced by $300/
month.
A motion was then made that
"Since the FGCSA has a line item to fund
the lobbyist for $ 11,000 in this year's budget, we will continue to send this to the
FTGA and let the FTGA chose to use the
reduction in Mike's services towards the
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water watchdog firm." The motion was
approved. Darren will send a letter informing the FTG A Board of Directors of
this motion noting that the FGCSA board
is in favor of supporting Mike Goldie.
Mark stated that the FTGA Conference &
Show is the major fundraiser to support the
operating budget of the FTGA staff. Soliciting co-sponsors for the Show is being
considered for the future. This year's
Show will be in Gainesville. Joel reported
that there will be an Etonic seminar on
Tuesday with the three hour Concurrent
Sessions planned for Wednesday.
GCSAA: Darren announced that Gary
Grigg will be receiving the GCSAA Distinguished Service Award at the Opening
Session in New Orleans.
VOTING DELEGATE: Dale Keuhner
led a discussion on the voting options for
the Secretary/Treasurer position. The two
candidates are Mike Wallace and Sam
Snyder. Dale reported that Sam and Mike
are not candidates that the FGCSA has been
very supportive of in the past. In fact, we
have never voted for Mike Wallace. Dale
has had extensive communication with
other chapter leaders on this subject and
would prefer not making any recommendation to the Board at this time for Secretary/Treasurer. He would like to investigate other options and then make a final
decision closer to the GCSAA Conference
and Show. Dale said he would keep Darren
informed and the Board gave Dale their
blessing to act on the FGCSA's behalf.
PDI: Dale distributed a list of current and
proposed requirements under the proposed
PDI. Dale encouraged all affiliated chapters to schedule a visit re. PDI.
RECEPTION:. Mike Perham announced
that we have received in excess of $35,000
from our sponsors for the Florida reception that will be held on Friday, February
18th at the Hilton Hotel in New Orleans.
Invitations have been sent to all FGCSA
members.
Additional wristbands for
spouses are available by calling the FGCSA
office. Mike asked all External Vice Presidents and chapter presidents to arrive at
6:30 that night for a pre-reception with
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sponsors. Volunteers were recruited
for "door patrol". Doug Abbuhl, Mike
Mongoven, David Court, Cary Lewis
and Jim Goins volunteered. Anyone
else who would be willing to help out
can call the office.

USGA Regional Conferences
The dates and locations for this year's conferences are: Tuesday, April 11th at the Palm
Beach Gardens Marriott; and Thursday, April
13th at the Marriott Westshore in Tampa

LONG R A N G E PLANNING:
Darren discussed the list of superintendents who have volunteered to assist on a Committee. He suggested that
all Committee Chairmen call those
volunteers who have indicated a desire to work on that committee. We
will use this list when establishing new
committees in August.

Speakers and topics for these conferences are:

NEW BUSINESS: Time for the Poa
Board Meeting was discussed. Since
the Friday seminar is starting in the
morning, it was suggested that we hold
the board meeting on Thursday late
afternoon and follow the meeting with
a dinner for Externals and their families. A motion was made and approved. The meeting will probably
begin around 3:00 p.m. with the dinner scheduled for 7:00 p.m.

"Sharing Your Golf Course With Birds,"
Scott Gillihan, Colorado Bird Observatory,
author of "Bird Conservation on Golf Courses:
A Design and Management Manual"

Since there was no further business, the
Winter Board Meeting was adjourned.

13th Annual SFGCSA
Exposition
The South Florida GCSA is hosting the
13th Annual Exposition at the University of Florida IFAS Station in Fort
Lauderdale on Thursday, March 16th.
The all day event is the m a j o r
fundraiser for the upkeep and maintenance of the FGCSA research green
and turf plots at the site. Registration
begins at 7:30 a.m.. The exposition
features equipment demonstrations and
booth displays under the big tent. This
year, training sessions for crew members (irrigation tech, spray techs and
mechanics) will be offered. Separate
sessions presented by University of
Florida personnel will be offered for
superintendents. CEU's have been
appplied for. Contact a South Florida
board member for registration information.

"Behind the Scenes of a Major
Championship,"Tim Moraghan, Director,
USGA Championship Agronomy
"Digital Imaging: See it before you do it (using digital cameras on golf courses)," Keith
Happ, USGA Agronomist, Mid-Atlantic.

"Amateur Status Update," Tony Zirpoli,
USGA Senior Director, Regional Affairs, Amateur Status and Public Golf.
"How Conditioning and Set-up Affects the
Course and Slope Rating," Chris Lowery, Director, Course Rating, Florida State Golf Assn.
"Methyl Bromide and Ultradwarf Updates."
Dr. Bryan Unruh, University of Florida, Milton
"Regrassing... It's more than picking the
right variety!", Chris Hartwiger, USGA
Agronomist
"Insect and Human
Bloomcamp, Zeneca

Disease,"

Lee

Programs will be mailed by the 1st of March.
You can also download the program and registration form on the USGA web site at http://
www.usga.org., or call Shelly Foy at (561 ) 5462620. Recertification credits will be available
and pesticide CEU's have been applied for.

2000 Ridge Invitational
The Ridge GCSA will hold their 9th annual
Ridge Invitational on Monday, March 13th
at the Grasslands G&CC in Lakeland. Roy
Wilshire, CGCS, is the host superintendent.
Due to expected full field, no walk-up entries will be accepted. Please contact a
Board Member for sponsor information.

The Green Sheet

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Florida Superintendents
Shine at GCSAA Convention
Florida superintendents received recognition
at the GCSAA Convention in New Orleans
last month. Royal Poinciana superintendent,
Gary Grigg, CGCS/MG, was recognized for
service to the GCSAA and the industry with
the GCSAA Distinguished Service Award.
Mike Blanchard, GCS at Tampa Palms was
presented the Leo Feser Award for Best Superintendent Article in Golf Course Management magazine. His article titled, "The
Bosnian Connection" told the story of how a
large contingent of Bosnian refugees became
members of his crew while he was at the Eagle
Watch GC at Westin Innisbrook Resort.
Environmental Stewardship Awards were presented to Geri Buchheit, CGCS, at Killearn
CC as chapter winner in the private club division. Merit winners include Barry Greenwalt,
Ironwood Municipal GC; Buddy Keene II,
Gainesville CC and Donald Johnson, Garra
De Leon GC, Costa Rico (At Large member)

Everglades Sponsors 8th
Annual Spring Symposium
Coming on the heels of their successful
turfgrass seminar held in January, the Everglades chapter is once again offering quality
education at their 8th Annual Spring Symposium. The event will be held on Wednesday,
April 26th at the Naples Beach Hotel.
Morning speakers include
Dr. Harry
Niemczyk on "Destructive Turf Insects"; Dr.
David Shetler with "White Grubs and Unique
Turfgrass Insect Problems"; Dr. Wayne
Hannah, speaking on "TifEagle Ultradwarf
Bermudagrass"; and Dr. Ronny Duncan on
"Seashore PasPalum".
After lunch, Dr. John Cisar will discuss
turfgrass problems, Dr. Monica Elliott will discuss "Do You Cause Your Own Diseases," and
John Foy, USGA, will give his input with "Observations Around the State"
The day closes with the always interesting
panel discussion featuring all speakers. Congratulations to this chapter for their commitment to presenting outstanding educational
opportunities for all members.
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Thank you to the following
2000 F GCS A RECEPTION SUPPORTERS
for sponsoring another quality event
PLATINUM SPONSORS
Aventis Environmental Science
Club Car, Inc.
Florida Textron Distributors - Golf Ventures and Tresca Turf
Harrell's Fertilizer/Polyon
Kilpatrick Turf-Textron/Boynton Pump-Rainbird
Novartis T&O
Florida Toro Distributors: Hector Turf, Jerry Pate Turf Supply,
Wesco Turf and Wesco Turf Supply

GOLD SPONSORS
Bayer Corporation
E. R. Jahna Industries
Quality Grassing
Turf Merchants Inc.
NuCrane Machinery

Dow AgroSciences
Florida Coast Equipment/Kubota
Precision Small Engine
Florida Superior Sand, Inc.
UHS featuring Round Up Pro Dry

SILVER SPONSORS
Golf Agronomics
Sullivan Electric
ABT/Sunbelt Seeds
Valent, U.S.A.
Howard Fertilizer
Parkway Research
Coastal Plains GCSA

Central Florida GCSA
Everglades GCSA
South Florida Grassing
Zeneca
Southern Golf Products/Lesco
Eagle One Products
Rapid Turf
Van Waters & Rogers

BRONZE SPONSORS
FMC
Hendrix & Dail
Laserturf South
Century Rain Aid/Hunter
Pro Source One
Hi-Tech Chemicals
Tom Burrows Turfgrass
South Florida GCSA
Ridge GCSA
Arbor Care
Golf Turf Applications

Aerification Plus, Inc.
The Scotts Company
West Coast GCSA
Liquid Ag/Douglass
Palm Beach GCSA
Florida Turf Management
Seven Rivers GCSA
Turner Trucking, Inc.
North Florida GCSA
Grigg Brothers
Hamilton Grading & Grassing
PBI Gordon

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