VOLUME XVII, PART 4, JULY/AUGUST 2001
NEWSLETTER OF THE FLORIDA GOLF COURSE SUPERINTENDENTS ASSOCIATION

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UPCOMING EVENTS

I

July 9

July 12

July 14

Calusa GCSA chapter
meeting, Foxfire GC *

GCSAA/CFGCSA Regional
Seminars, two half day
programs, Crowne Plaza,
Orlando (See page 6)
PBGCSA Future of Golf
Tournament, The Falls CC

July 16

Everglades chapter annual
meeting, Tiburon

July 17

Suncoast chapter meeting,
The Preserve at Tara

July 18

Palm Beach annual meeting
and election, Polo Trace

July 19

South Florida GCSA
Annual Meeting/Election
Riviera CC

July 19

North Florida chapter
meeting, Ocean Hammock

Aug. 23

Calusa chapter meeting,
Punta Gorda CC

July 19

Ridge GCSA Annual
Meeting, Champions Gate GC

Aug. 24

Treasure Coast chapter
meeting, Vero Beach CC

July 23

West Coast GCSA meeting/
election, Cypress Run

Sept. 6

CFGCSA/GCSAA Regional
Seminar, Crowne Plaza Resort
Orlando (see page 6)

July 25

Treasure Coast Annual
Meeting/Election,
John's Island Club

Sept. 15
- 16

GCSAA Chapter Delegates
Meeting, Kansas

Aug. 5

Crowfoot Open, Grand
Cypress GC (Sunday)

Sept. 29

FGCSA Superintendent
Tournament, Southern Dunes

Aug. 6

South Florida GCSA chapter
meeting, Emerald Hills GC

Oct. 1

Treasure Coast GCSA
Blue Pearl Tournament, The
Medalist Club, Hobe Sound

Aug 1315

FTGA Conference & Show,
U of F campus, Gainesville

Oct. 8

Bud Quandt Research
Tournament, Pasadena Y&CC

Aug. 21

Suncoast chapter meeting,
Jacaranda West

President's Message

President's Message
by Caty Lewis, CG^S

4. Getting involved in the many environmental programs that teach us all the real
human value of our landscape and the environment we live in.

As I close out my term as President of the
FGCSA, I can't help but think how really
lucky I am. After 22 years as a Golf Course
Superintendent, I don't know of many professions that would have allowed me the
opportunity to achieve so many life long
goals.

5. Getting the daily lesson from Mother
Nature, that we have only begun to scratch
the surface of knowledge needed to understand our plants, soils and the environment
around us.

1. Meeting and gaining the friendships of
some of the greatest people on earth, people
who my Dad once called "Salt of the
Earth", the real people.
2. Given the opportunity to have a hand in
the development of some of the greatest
places in our country, the golf courses.
3. Working with some of the finest young
people around, assisting some of them to
learn the art of Greenskeeping and knowing you have made a difference in their
lives.

6. Having the pleasure of witnessing some
of the many wonderful sunsets and sunrises on the golf course.
7. Knowing that we are making a daily
contribution to the enjoyment of the game
of golf to our membership and guests.
8 . And maybe the most important thing of
all; allowing me the opportunity to develop
into the person I am today.
Do yourself a favor, get involved and make
a difference. Thank you all for the opportunity to serve as your President it has been
great honor.

GREEN SHEE'
Editor:
Joel Jackson, CGCS
(407) 248-1971 (fax/phone)
e-mail: FLGrn@aol.com
News Coordinator:
Mrs. Marie Roberts
1760 NW Pine Lake Drive
Stuart, FL 34994
(561) 692-9349
(561) 692-9654 (fax)
(800) 732-6053 (Florida Wats)
e-mail: fgcsa@tcol.net
The Green Sheet is a bimonthly FGCSA
newsletter printed as follows: Jan/Feb,
March/April, May/June, July/August,
Sept/October, November/December.

Financial Support:
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Material must be typed or clearly
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Deadline next issue: August 15.

Cary Lewis, CGCS
CROWFOOT OPEN TO
BE PLAYED ON
SUNDAY THIS YEAR
The 25th Anniversary Crowfoot Open will
be played on Sunday, August 5th at Grand
Cypress. In response to many requests, the
Central Florida chapter has arranged for all
the festivities to be completed over the
weekend.
The cocktail reception will be on Saturday
night beginning at 7:00 p.m. pool side at
the Villas of Grand Cyrpess. Dress is casual. Sunday morning breakfast will be
served at 7:00 a.m. with a shotgun start on
the North/South and East Courses scheduled for 8:00 a.m. The weekend will conclude with luncheon and prizes after golf.
Practice rounds will be available from August 3-4th at a rate of $40.00 for superintendents and $60.00 for commercial members. Lodging may be obtained from the
Grand Cypress Villas ($150.00/night) at
1-800-835-7377.
Entry fee for the tournament is set at $ 100
which includes the reception on Saturday
evening. Registration forms are available
from the FGCSA office or from Central
Florida GCSA board members.

Director of Communications Report

What's Up D.O.C?
by Joel Jackson
FGCSA Website is up and running: The
FGCSA site can be accessed at http://
www.floridagcsa.com. The site contains
basic information about the FGCSA plus
contact information for all the chapters.
There is a current Calendar of Events to
help you keep track of meetings, events and
education seminars for CEUs. We will have
excerpts from the Florida Green and the
Green Sheet as well the latest news from
the D.O.C. on government relations issues.
So log on and check us out. Please let us
know how we can improve the site to make
it as useful to you as possible.
Just as the FGCSA's Green Sheet newsletter expenses are covered by the sole sponsorship of Golf Ventures, Inc., the FGCSA
website expenses are covered by the sole
sponsorship of Grigg Brothers Fertilizer,
Inc. Thanks to both of these organizations
for supporting the FGCSA's efforts to provide communications to our members.
1. Government Relations:

Water:

Recent rainfall has held up the water management districts from invoking Phase 3
Water Restrictions. Oddly enough superintendents wish they would go to Phase 3.
Why? Because in an agreement with the
South Florida Water Management District,
superintendents can water 6 days a week
(non daylight times only), but at least it
provides more flexibility in managing your
turf under stress. Meanwhile, as we stay in
Phase 2, superintendents are still faced with
the twice per week watering mandate. Since
the districts are willing to work with us on
a % reduction for Phase 3, hopefully
progress can be made to retrofit Phase two
as well to provide a little more common
sense and business survival options into the
rules. As I understand the current % reductions used by So. Fia WMD are:Phase 1 =
15%; Phase 2 = 30% and Phase 3 = 45%.
It would be great if all the districts could
adopt these numbers uniformly, since managing turfgrass doesn't change due to a
dotted line on a map.
The temptation by some clubs to "cheat"
on the restriction rules should be channeled
into bringing more public pressure on the

districts to allow more flexibility in watering schedules while still observing the percentage cutbacks over normal usage I'd
sure hate to read about some golf club being fined tens of thousands of dollars for
not following the law.
If you have questions, input or want to help
your chapter or golf club get involved on
water restrictions issues I suggest you contact these lead persons who have been
working with the various districts:
* St. Johns. WMD:
John Kopack, CFGCSA (407) 444-4991
•South Florida WMD:
Randy Bushway, PBGCSA (561 )392-7991
•Southwest Florida. WMD:
Stuart Bozeman, Seven Rivers GCSA
(352-795-6665 and Steve Durand, Everglades GCSA (941)597-1719.
Water Survey. On June 1st, I sent a Water
Survey to all chapters to be handed out at
monthly meetings, filled out and returned
to me to have a file of data that we can use
to take our facts real world needs to the
water management districts. There was a
copier problem with the first draft. I will
send out a new survey ASAP. Please fill
them out and return them by September 1 st.
If you don't get one locally, email or call
me and I'll send you one directly.
FGCSA BMP Committee: The FGCSA
has formed a BMP Committee headed up
by G e o f f C o g g a n , C G C S , MG. The
Committee's purpose is to review the current UF/IFAS BMP Manual for Florida
Golf Courses to produce a manual that will
not only be useful for superintendents but
also for state and local legislators and regulators as they venture in writing local ordinances that may or may not supersede state
laws governing the use of pesticides and
fertilizers. These local initiatives are
springing up across the U.S.A. and can
create a hodgepodge of rules that will produce more red tape. The committee now
consists of: Geoff Coggan, John Lammrish,
Matt Taylor, John Foy and Todd Lowe of
the USGA, Dr. Brian Unruh of U. of Fla.,
and Mike Thomas of Fla Depaartment of
Environmental Protection, and myself.
Arsenic: The newspapers had a field day
with President Bush's comment about re-

vising the acceptable arsenic levels in
drinking water. However, arsenic will be
the next hot topic for us. The state of
Florida's Dept. of Agriculture and Consumer Affairs (FDOACS) is sitting on a
study done in Dade County. Dr. Dennis
Howard of DOAC told me they want to sit
down with industry to discuss the situation.
This could get ugly. Especially for older
courses who used to spray MSMA wall to
wall in the old days. Dr. Howard said there
were some red flags in the samples taken
in the South Florida study.
You may wish to consider having independent soil and water samples taken to establish the current levels of arsenic on your
property. Whatever the state mandates may
affect your future turf programs.
2. Education: The 8th Annual Harrell's
Turf Academy just wrapped up and it was
another good one. This year saw the addition of the ornamentalindustry to the event.
It will now be known as the Turf and Ornamental Academy in the future. In addition, since Harrell's is expanding into Alabama, Georgia and the Carolinas, the T&O
Academy will alternate each year between
a Florida location and a SE out of state location to meet the needs of those customers. We wish the Harrell's organization
great success as they expand.
A special highlight of the two day event
this year was keynote speaker, Tony Dungy,
head coach of the Tampa Bay Buccaneers.
Coach Dungy was besieged for autographs
and photo opportunities, which he handled
with style and grace. On his speech on success, I made these notes to share for those
who couldn't be there:
Tony Dungy on Success: "Definition: Favorable or desired outcome. If the end result is your only focus, you will miss out
on having fun and enjoying the little things
in life we experience along the way. Enjoy
each day of the journey. Success is
achieved by uncommon people. If not, then
everyone would be successful.
There are two basic ways to achieve success. (1) Is to have special talents and skills
like Michael Jordan or Tiger Woods, and
(2) for regular people like you and me who
.... (continued on page 6)

FGCSA Spring Board Meeting Minutes

The Spring 2001 meeting of the FGCSA Board
of Directors was called to order by President
Cary Lewis at 3:00 p.m. on Thursday, May
17, 2001 at the Naples Beach Hotel.
All officers were present. All chapters except
Coastal Plains and Seven Rivers were represented. Other FGCSA members attending the
meeting were Joel Jackson - Florida Green
editor; Steve Pearson, Research Committee
Chairman; John Stach and Samatha Kreisch,
Calusa chapter; Brian Singleton and Joe
Pantaleo, South Florida chapter; Craig
Weyandt, Treasure Coast chapter; Steve
Durand, Everglades chapter. Guests included
Mike Goldie, FGCSA lobbyist; John Foy and
Todd Lowe, USGA.
Brian Singleton, President of the South Florida
chapter presented President Cary Lewis with a
check for $27,000 to be used for maintenance
of the FGCSA Research Green in Fort Lauderdale. This $27,000 represents the proceeds
from the SFGCSA Exposition held in March.
Eric Joy, President of the West Coast chapter
presented a check for $ 1,000 to be deposited
in the Research Account.
The minutes of the Winter 2001 board meeting were approved.
Mike Goldie gave an update from the recently
completed Florida legislative session. He also
discussed the beginning stages of the mole
cricket biological control project that is to go
through IFAS if all the problems can be worked
out. He reported that Charles Bronson is the
new Commissioner of Agriculture and noted
that redistricting will be a topic to be discussed
at the next session that begins in January.
Geoff Coggan gave a report on funding of
Mike's position with regard to the FTGA and
the FGCSA. It is expected that the FTGA will
announce it is no longer in a position to continue funding a lobbyist. Geoff asked for a
show of hands to see if the board favors funding a lobbyist. The majority of the board
agreed that we should continue even if the
FTGA is unable to co-op with us. Geoff presented a proposal from another lobbying firm
in Tallahasse, Littlejohn Mann and Associates
to give the board a comparison of firms and
costs involved. It was noted that Mike Goldie's
proposal offered a lower rate for legislative representation. David Court suggested that we

continue interviewing other firms and
asked how can we better utilize a lobbyist. It is difficult to see what work
has been done on our behalf when
most of the bills discussed by the legislature do not always have an impact
on the turf industry. After a discussion, Cary Lewis announced that the
Executive Committee would proceed
with negotiations for a new contract
with Mike Goldie if the FTGA formally announces they are discontinuing his services. Cary will bring the
matter up for a final vote at the next
board meeting in August.
WEB PAGE:
Darren Davis announced that Gary Grigg has offered
to sponsor an updated web page with
Joel Jackson providing the update
material. This would again be done
at no charge to the FGCSA. The question was raised as to who owns the
FGCSA domain name. Darren will
research this and bring an answer to
the August Board meeting. Since
there would be no charge to the
FGCSA, it was decided to give Gary
the opportunity to sponsor the page.
LCCC RECRUITING: Cary Lewis
announced that after some discussion
with the officers, the FGCSA should
not be endorsing one school's curriculum over another's given the fact that
so many schools in Florida are offering golf maintenance courses. It is
the board's position that we do not
want to see the Florida community
colleges coming up with an overabundance of programs for assistant superintendents that would flood the market.
All agreed that there is still a
need for programs for mechanics and
technicians that could be offered by
community colleges.
Cary again
urged all External Vice Presidents to
get involved with the community colleges in their area to lend support to
their mechanics programs.
PERFORMANCE
REVIEW:
Darren Davis presented a copy of an
Employee Performance Review that
he would like to use for the FGCSA.
After a discussion and the addition of
a line for Goals and Objectives, the

Review will be prepared by the four officers for both of the FGCSA employees.
FINANCIAL STATEMENTS: David
Court presented the FGCSA Financial
Statements for the second quarter of the fiscal year. Statements were approved. David
then went over the proposed budget for fiscal year 2001 -2002. The completed budget will be submitted at the next meeting.
UBIT: The FGCSA has received a letter
from the IRS removing all further interest
and penalty from our Unrelated Business
Income Tax from the year ending June
30,1999. The return for June 30,2000 was
filed on time and the tax has been paid.
FLORIDA GREEN: Joel Jackson presented a proposed budget for the Florida
Green showing expenses and income for the
past two years. Joel noted that the declining page count for the magazine is a result
of lower advertising support. He noted that
declining advertising is a trend with the
other major turfgrass magazines including
Golf Course Management. He also noted
the additional number of turfgrass magazines that are now available in Florida. It
is apparent that, if this trend continues, the
future may mean expenses will be greater
than income for the Florida Green. The
policy of the magazine has been to maintain a 50-50 ratio of advertising to editorial
content. Joel asked all External Vice Presidents to encourage all the representatives
who call on their golf courses to consider
advertising in the Florida Green.
D.O.C.: Joel Jackson gave a report of his
activities during the past 3 months. These
included the Water Summit in Tampa where
he was joined by 4 other area superintendents in lending support to a % reduction
in water use permits.
Joel then discussed the education for the
upcoming FTGA Conference. The FGCSA
will sponsor a GCSAA Leadership Series
seminar, "Mastering you Communication
Skills" given by past GCSAA president
Bruce Williams. The date for the program
will be Monday, August 13th.
M E M B E R S H I P DIRECTORY: The
Membership Directory has been mailed to
all members and to advertisers. Marie

USGA Regional Conference

Roberts reported receiving many requests
for copies of the FGCSA mailing list. We
have been granting these requests only from
Membership Directory advertisers. If a
person is not an advertiser they have been
required to send a $ 150 check which would
cover a business card sized ad in order to
receive the list.
After a discussion, the
board decided that these persons should instead be required to pay $300 which would
allow them a copy of the current Membership Directory plus the succeeding year's
book with their ad.
AWARDS: Jim Goins announced that he
has received a nomination for the 2001
Distinguished Service Award from two
separate chapters. He also announced that
three chapters have made nominations for
the Presidents Award for Lifetime Service.
All of these nominations will be reviewed
by the FGCSA officers immediately following the board meeting and recipients will
be finalized at that time.
BY LAWS: Mark Henderson presented
the By Law amendment that was presented
at the last board meeting. After some discussion, it was decided to change the wording for the Life Member category to reflect
the intent that the nominee must be a 25
year member of an FGFCA local chapter
in order to be a Life Member. The board
felt that the addition of the phrase "of an
FGCSA local chapter" will prevent any
confusion and more clearly indicates the
intent of the amendment. The second sentence was left as written, "A member with
less than 25 years may become a Life Member at the discretion of the Board.

morning, May 18th. Thanks to the Everglades chapter for promoting the seminar
in the Poa registration form.
Eric Joy announced the GCSAA Regional
Seminar Schedule for Florida for the next
fiscal year. Dates include July in Central
Florida, September in Central Florida and
November in the West Coast area. Greg
Pheneger once again asked all chapters to
coordinate their selections and dates with
the FGCSA Education Committee.
BMP: Geoff Coggan announced his committee to review the current issue of the
Florida Best Management Practices. He
will present a report at August meeting.
POA: Dale Walters announced the program for the 2001 Poa weekend at the
Naples Beach Hotel. Jazz on the Green
has been canceled for Saturday evening.
CROWFOOT: This year's Crowfoot will
be held at Grand Cypress on Sunday, August 5th. Registration forms will be in the
mail soon. The annual banquet is scheduled for Saturday evening, August 4th.
RESEARCH: Steve Pearson discussed
the annual review of Gary Pederson, turf
technician at the Fort Lauderdale research
green. Gary works 30 hours per week
through the FGCSA and 10 hours per week
through the University of Florida. Steve
worked with Dr. John Cisar and Steve
Kuhn to review Gary's performance and
decided to offer a 4 - 5% increase this year.
The increase will be effective at the start
of the fiscal year (July 1 st).

The amendment to the Honorary Member
classifications was approved as written.
Both By Law changes were approved as
amended. These two new Membership
Classifications will be added to the FGCSA
By Laws on June 30, 2001. All chapters
will be asked to submit a list of their members who would fit into this category. The
Board of Directors will approve or reject
these memberships at regularly scheduled
board meetings.

Steve reported on the proposals that the
FTG A has approved for funding this year:

EDUCATION: Greg Pheneger reported
that the seminar "How to Find and Hire the
Best Employees" has been well received
and will have a good attendance on Friday

Drs. Unruh, Cisar, Trenholm and
Quesenberry, "Breeding Bermudagrasses
for Florida." $20,000

Dr. William Crow, "Comparative Pathogenicity of Several Plant-Parasitic Nematodes to Turfgrass". $9,600. 2 year study
($4600 1st year, 4600 2nd year).
Drs. Cisar and Snyder, "Documenting the
Florida Yard Concept for Reducing Nutrient Runoff and Leaching." $11,500.

Drs. Sartain, Miller, and Shaddox, "Enhancement of Water Use Efficiency in Sand
Soils used in Golf Greens and Fairways."
$30,247.
Minutes of the FTG A Awards Committee
Conference Call are included with these
minutes. Lists of the funded and unfunded
proposals are also included with these minutes. If any chapter would like to see the
full proposals for possible direct funding
by chapters or submission to the GCSAA
for co-funding, please call Steve.
Steve then discussed a proposed Turfgrass
Economic Impact Survey brought to the
FTG A board by Roy Bates, WCI. Total
funding for the proposal is $48,300. (Details of the funding for this project were
sketchy at the time of the board meeting.
A copy of the Proposal is included .)
John Foy then described some of the
projects being funded by the USGA. These
include research to find a substitute for
methyl bromide due to the fact that all production of methyl bromide must be stopped
by 2003. Currently there is a 25% reduction per year until 2003.
John also reported on a $3,000 Regional
Grant going to Dr. Unruh and Dr. Monica
Elliott for their ongoing projects for organic
nitrogen for control of nematodes
Craig Weyandt then discussed a program
by Dr. Brian Unruh on the Clean Water Act:
Indian River Lagoon. He is looking to put
collecting devices on 6 - 8 golf courses in
the Treasure Coast chapter area to study
non-point pollution. Please contact Dr.
Unruh if you are interested.
Joel reported no r e s p o n s e f r o m the
Nemacur study. They are looking for golf
courses to use as part of the study.
FTGA CONFERENCE: Joel reported
the dates for the FTGA Conference in
Gainesville this August and urged all chapters to support the Conference.
GCSAA: Cary discussed the GCSAA's
request for support of their 75th Anniversary Brick Program. A motion was made
and approved that the Florida GCSA will
buy one brick in the chapter's name. Sev-

Continuation of Minutes and D.O.C. report

Continuation of Spring Minutes....
eral local Florida chapters have already
bought a brick. Joel discussed the Commemorative Issue of the Golf Course
Management. A motion was made and
approved for the FGCSA to purchase a
full page ad in the issue for a cost of $600.
RECEPTION:
The GCSAA Conference will be in Orlando in February. The
board was asked if, due to the excessive
cost of the host hotels, would a majority
like to see the Florida Reception held in
another less expensive site. After a discussion, it was decided to continue to hold
the Florida Reception in one of the host
hotels for the convenience of the attendees. The Dallas reception's $13,000 excess revenue will be used for the Orlando
reception. Michael Perham will begin
solicitations for the reception in the fall.
SURVEY: The surveys were sent to all
Class A and B members in early March.
Anyone needing an extra copy of the survey should call the FGCSA office.
After a show of hands, Cary Lewis suggested that our Annual board meeting be
held on Friday, August 3rd at Grand Cypress in conjunction with the Crowfoot
Since there was no further business, the
meeting was adjourned at 7:00 p.m. Dinner for all board members followed.

GCSAA CHAPTER
DELEGATES MEETING
Joel Jackson will be attending and covering GCSAA's 75th Anniversary Celebration on Sept. 13-14th. Joel will be staying over until Sunday, Sept. 16th.
If any affiliated chapter will not be sending a delegate to the annual Chapter Delegates Meeting on September 15-16th,
or if a delegate has to cancel at the last
minute, Joel will be available to represent your chapter at the meeting. As you
know, all Affiliated Chapters of the
GCSAA must send a delegate to this meeting. If you need Joel to act as an alternate for your chapter, just call or fax
GCSAA and give them Joel's name.

CONDOLENCES

Continuation of D.O.C. report from pg. 3

Leola Combest, wife of retired professor
Ed Combest, passed away on June 7th.
Many of our members who attended Lake
City Community College during the past
years, will remember Ed for his service
to the Lake City Community College in
the Turf Equipment Management Program.

are willing to do uncommon things to
succeed.-- like hard work,commitment
and perseverance.Being successful is
tough. You will have losses along the
way. There has only been one undefeated
NFL team to win the Super Bowl. Learn
from your losses. Regroup and get back
on track.There can be prices that are too
high to be paid to win success, like compromising your integrity, ignoring your
family responsibilities and sacrificing
your morals-successful people are role
m o d e l s w h e t h e r they like it or
not.Remember a single success is just a
snapshot in time. A short term reward.
Look at ultimate success as a movie.
What is the long term outcome when the
whole story is told? If you are successful, you should give something back.

The FGCSA offers our sincere condolences to Ed and his family.
^

CENTRAL FLORIDA
CHAPTER SPONSORS
GCSAA SEMINARS
Once again, the Central Florida chapter
will be sponsoring two GCSAA Regional
Seminars in their area this year. Both seminars will be held in the Crown Plaza Resort in Orlando. Registration forms are
available from the GCSAA office.
On July 12th, Dr. Keith Karnok, University of Georgia will present two separate
half day seminars each of which has been
approved for .35 CEU's. You may sign
up for one or the other or both seminars.
Topics are "Managing Turfgrass Root Systems" which will include management
practices used to enhance root growth during environmental and cultural stresses
such as high and low t e m p e r a t u r e s ,
drought, compaction and shade. The role
of nontraditional management practices
will also be illustrated. The second part of
the program is "Management of Localized
Dry Spots and Water Repellent Soils"
which deals with cultural practices that can
be used for alleviating LDS caused by
water repellent soils including fairy ring
organisms.

Buccaneers Head Coach Tony Dungy (left)
was a popular keynote speaker at Harrell's
Turf & Ornamental Academy held June 67th at the Innisbrook Resort. Jack Harrell,
Sr.(right) reported a record attendance of 548
at the event. With Harrell's explansion in
the Southeast, next year's Academy will be
held out of state. Location to be announced.
Photo by Joel Jackson.

On September 6th, Dr. David Kopec of the
^
University of Arizona, and Dr. John Cisar,
University of Florida, will team up to teach
an all day seminar titled "Bermudagrass
Maintenance". This .7 CEU seminar will
cover all the aspects of Bermudagrass
greens management in the south (from arid
to subtropical climate factors). Topics will
include the basics of soil mixes; challenges
of poor quality irrigation; and a review of
the oldest "tif' varieties to the radically
different new ultradwards
^

FGCSA TEAM
CHAMPIONSHIP
The 2001 FGCSA Superintendent
Championship will be held on
Saturday, September 29th, at
Southern Dunes GC. Registration
forms will be going out to all
chapters in July. Please call your
local External Vice President to be
part of your chapter's team.
^

FTGA Conference & Show

Turfgrass Odyssey
TURF
- % GRASSM

August 13-15,2001
University of Florida

ie one event in Florida that brings the ent
Green Industry together - Don't Miss It!
FTGA CONFERENCE TO FEATURE OUT OF STATE EXPERTS
AS WELL AS UF/IFAS TURF TEAM
Chances are your FTGA Conference
and Show brochure has arrived in the
mail by now. If not, give Jane Rea a call
at 407-896-8079 and ask for one.
Dr. Bryan Unruh in his rookie year as
Conference Chairman has lined up a
great program. Out of state turf experts
Dr. Milt Engelke from Texas A&M and
Dr. Ronnie Duncan from Georgia join
the UF/IFAS Turf Team to present topics of interest to everyone.
Come to Gainesville August 13 - 15 for
some fellowship, golf, good eats and
down to earth education. Of special interest to superintendents will be:
Monday August 13th. GCSAA Superintendent Leadership Seminar, Monday,
Aug. 13th - Mastering Your Communications Skills presented by GCSAA
Past President Bruce Williams, CGCS.
An all day Turf Equipment Technicians
Program and the Florida State Pesticide
License Exam can be taken on site.
Don't miss this opportunity to send
your staff to Gainesville for these two
programs.

Six separate two hour workshops will be
given on Monday featuring your favorite University of Florida personnel. And
the University Field Plots as well as the
University Laboratory Research Facilities will be available for tours all day.
The FTGA Golf Tournament will begin
at 12:00 p.m. at the Gainesville G&CC.
The Toro Corn Boil starts at 6:00 p.m.
on the Touchdown Terrace high above
Florida Field
Tuesday, August 14th. Golf Concurrent Session featuring Dr. Milt Engelke
on bentgrasses in Florida; Dr. Ronnie
Duncan on M a n a g i n g Seashore
Paspalum; John Foy USGA Green Section on What's Happening Around the
State; and Dr. Grady Miller on amendments and changes to USGA Spec
Greens. The Turf Equipment Technicians
Program continues and Research Reports
will be given.
The Trade Show Grand Opening is at
2:30 p.m. and concludes with a great
Show Reception from 5:00 - 7:00 p.m.
This is truly the high point of the Conference!

Wednesday, August 15th. General Concurrent Sessions featuring Water Management:
State of Water in Florida by Peg McPherson,
SFWMD; Conservation, Alternative Water,
Poor Quality Water by Dr. Ronnie Duncan;
Practical ways to cope with drought by Dr.
Laurie Trenholm; Rethinking and Redesigning Irrigation Systems by Dr. Mike Dukes.
Integrated Pest Management: Nematode
Management by Dr. Billy Crow; FQPA &
EPA updates by Mr. Richard Pont, EPA; Herbicide options for Paspalum by Dr. Bryan
Unruh; M a n a g i n g S i g n a l g r a s s and
Torpedograss in Turf by Dr. Barry Brecke;
Life after Dursban and Diazinon, What's
next? by Dr. Eileen A. Buss.
The Trade Show will be open from 9:30 a.m.
to 1:00 p.m. with lunch served in the Hall
from 11:30- 12:30 p.m.
Room reservations may be made at the University of Florida Hotel & Conference Center for $84.00/night.
Call FTGA office today at 800-882-6721
for registration forms. Make your plans now
for you and your staff to attend — this year
promises to be the best yet.

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PRESS RELEASE
Turf-Seed, Inc.
Hubbard, Oregon
May 24, 2001
Freyermuth Joins Turf-Seed, Inc.
Greg Freyermuth has joined Turf-Seed, Inc. as a Southeast Sales Representative,
according to Gordon Zielinski, CEO of Turf-Seed. Freyermuth will work with
Florida distributor GOLF VENTURES, INC. to provide turfgrass seed to golf course
superintendents and sports turf managers in Florida and other distributors in the
remaining lower southeast states.
GOLF VENTURES congratulates Greg Freyermuth
and looks forward to their continued association with Greg and Turf-Seed, Inc.
Freyermuth has been involved with the southern turfgrass industry since 1979
as both a superintendent and in industry-related sales. His former tenure as
Florida Sales Manager for Sunbelt Seeds began in 1990 and lasted until fall
of 2000. During that time period he worked closely with Sunbelt Seeds
Florida distributor GOLF VENTURES, INC. as well. A Certified Professional
Agronomist (CPAg), Freyermuth currently serves on the board of the Florida
Turfgrass Association.
FTGA Conference & Show Returns to Gainesville August 13th - 15th
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Stuart, FL 34994

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