VOLUME XVIII, PART 1, JANUARY/FEBRUARY 2002

The FGCSA BMP Committee
met in Orlando on December
3rd to discuss format and content issues. From left to right:
Mike Thomas, Fla DEP: Geoff
Coggan, CGCS, MG, President and Chairman; David
Court, CGCS, FGCSA VP;
Matt Taylor, Royal Poinciana
CC; John Lammrish, LPGA
International and Dr. Bryan
Unruh, IFAS.
Photo by committee member
Joel Jackson, CGCS

UPCOMING EVENTS
SWFWMD, Rules Public
FTGA Regional Pesticide Conferences:
Comments,9:00a.m. Sarasota Jan. 9
Tampa
Jan. 10
Mid-Florida (Orlando)
North Carolina Turfgrass
Jan. 17
Southeast (Ft. Lauderdale)
Charlotte, N.C.
Jan. 22
Southeast (Lake Worth)
Jan. 23
Southwest (Fort Myers)
Treasure Coast chapter
Jan. 30
North Florida (Jacksonville)
meeting, Willoughby CC
Jan. 31
Gulf Coast (Milton)

Jan. 28

Suncoast chapter Supplier
Appreciation Day, Bradenton

Feb. 4
- 10th

GCSAA Conference & Show,
Orlando Convention Center

Feb. 7

Florida Reception, The Rosen
Centre Hotel, Orlando

Jan. 10

Calusa GCSA chapter
meeting, Coral Oaks

Jan. 15

SWFWMD Green Industry
Committee, 12:30 p.m., Tampa

Feb. 15
- 16

Jacksonville Agricultural
Fairgrounds, CEU's

Jan. 14

Central Florida GCSA 14th
Annual Interlachen CC
Turf Research Tournament

Jan. 16

Palm Beach GCSA annual
A, B, and C meeting,
Emerald Dunes GC

Feb. 25

Central Flordia GCSA
meeting, Deltona Hills

Feb. 26
- 27

Florida Weed Science Society,
UF REC, Apopka

Feb. 27

West Coast chapter meeting,
Largo GC

Mar. 21

SFGCSA Expo and UF Field
Day, Fort Lauderdale

Jan. 4

Jan. 7 - 10
Jan. 10

Jan. 14

Jan. 15

West Coast chapter meeting,
St. Petersburg CC

Jan. 17

SWFWMD Rules Public
Jan. 24
Comments 6:00 p.m., Bartow

Everglades seminar,
Naples Beach Club
SFGCSA chapter meeting,
Crandon Park GC

President's Message

Presidents Message
Geoff Coggan, CGCS, MG
As you are probably aware Cary Lewis,
CGCS, after 27 years of maintaining golf
courses has decided after much deliberation to explore other opportunities within
the industry. Cary has accepted a position
with Golf Ventures serving customers on
Florida's West Coast, a position in which
he will continue to support the industry he
has been so much a part of.
Cary has resigned his position as Past
President of this Association in accordance
with our By-Laws, a choice he understands
will protect the integrity of this Association but nevertheless is a bittersweet decision. Bittersweet because in one respect it
marks the closing of one chapter in his
career, that of chapter leader, Central
Florida President, West Coast and FGCSA
President, but in doing so opens up new
challenges, new opportunities working
with those he has served as a whole to now
serving them individually.
The board and I will miss Cary and we wish
him well in his new venture. The position
of Past President has been offered and accepted by Darren Davis; Darren will serve
out the remaining term and will assume the
responsibilities ofAwards Committee, and

Nominations Committee chair.
This Association has grown and continues to grow but until we have a FGCSA
member in every golf facility in Florida
we are not maximizing our true potential.
The potential is there to lift our voices as
one, united in the understanding that we
are the protectors of our green and pleasant lands, and that we, through our Association involvement, seek out the very best
in information and education to best serve
that cause.
The Florida Green magazine is distributed
to all golf facilities in and around the State.
The Green Sheet also goes to most of the
facilities within the State. These communication tools are only the start. Many of
the local chapters have their own monthly
newsletters, meetings and regional education. During this coming year we will be
looking to increase our membership base
though the work of our membership committee chaired by Joe Pantaleo. This Association looks to represent the best interests of all Florida golf facilities whether
you or your superintendent are members
or not. As I have said, our true potential
has not been reached.
On a lighter note my travels throughout
the state continue. I had the opportunity
to visit with both the Palm Beach and Trea-

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Geoff Coggan, CGCS, MG
sure Coast chapters at a joint meeting at the
Jupiter Island Club. The education was
most interesting. It centered on the apparent limitations of the human body when
forced to do what we think we can do.
Guinea Pigs included David Court, Kevin
Downing, David Oliver and Mr. Hamstring
himself, Andy Arena.
In December I was invited to attend the
Ridge Chapter meeting at the HarrelPs Fertilizer and distribution plant in Lakeland.
After I was enlightened as to the true pronunciation of my name — Gee-off in accordance with the Ridge Concise book of
English — I addressed the gathering. Much
ado was being made of the apparent down
turn in the Green Industry economy. While
a number of those present felt that the events
of 9/11 were a contributing factor, the vast
majority pointed to a documentary video
narrated by Steve Wilson (Director of Marketing for Harrell's) chronicling the events
of August 14th, a day that will live in infamy. ( A spoof you won't want to miss) I
hope that the video will be made available
to all chapters so that you can all decide for
yourself whether these startling revelations
are with or without merit.
....Continued on page 7

Director of Communications Report

What's Up D.O.C.?
by Joel Jackson
Don't forget to visit our FGCSA Website:
www.floridagcsa.com - for the latest news
and upcoming events or to contact the association. Submit your news of meetings
and events to me so I can post them. New
postings are Tuesdays and Saturdays.
1. Government Relations:
Ordinances (1): The Lake County Golf
Course Ordinance was passed by the Board
of County Commissioners. The ordinance
was sought to provide documentation and
accountability for golf course design, construction and maintenance with the primary
aim of protecting water quality and guiding water conservation. A panel of golf
course architects and superintendents provided input in the process. The result is a
formalizing of things we already do, but
never wrote down as a matter of policy. As
I have said before, this is only the beginning. Look for more to crop up and be ready
to sit on a local working group to adopt
common sense rules.
Ordinances (2): Sarasota County just
passed an ordinance limiting irrigated
turfgrass installation on newly developed
property (lots) to no more than 50% of the
area. The ink had barely dried on the new
rule when the city of Tampa announced a
similar intent to limit irrigated turfgrass
areas to 50%. This will be counties and
municipality's quick fix to their water problems as they continue to ignore that landscape and turf watering is still only 1-3%
of the water consumption. Maybe they figure they can permit twice as many developments by cutting the turf areas in half!
Nemacur registration - The latest from
EPA and Bayer is still controversy or concern over the potential leaching and
groundwater contamination by fenamiphos.
EPA endorses plan for Bayer and State of
Florida to conduct water quality/leaching
study, but under a phase-out registration
agreement as opposed to a time limited
registration (3-5 years suggested by Bayer).
Under phase out plan, Bayer would have
to go through re-registration which could
spell the demise of the product for purely
financial reason. Not an uncommon occurrence in these situations. EPA will meet

with Bayer and Florida in January to discuss further.

consistent and yet meet our needs and serve
the environment.

FGCSA BMP Committee: Met in Orlando on December 3rd. Committee members to submit purpose/mission statement
drafts for consideration. Committee members to rewrite their sections following
outline suggested by Matt Taylor for his
Fertilizer Section. Dr. Unruh said the current Golf Course BMP manual is open for
revision as much of the data will be reformatted into a textbook, thus providing the
soft cover manual more latitude for incorporating environmental BMP guidelines
for each section. The committee at the suggestion of Mike Thomas of Fla DEP will
also include a section on golf course siting
design and construction BMPs. David
Court, CGCS joined the committee and will
coordinate that new section. Committee:
Geoff Coggan, CGCS, MG Chairman;
David Court, CGCS; Matt Taylor; John
Lammrish; Dr. Bryan Unruh, IFAS; Mike
Thomas, DEP; John Foy and Todd Lowe,
USGA Green Section.

Springs BMP group: I met in Tallahassee
primarily with State DCA and DEP staff
and reps from 1000 Friends of Florida. This
group's purpose is to alert local and regional planners to land uses in a spring's
watershed. Focus on agriculture, residential/commercial and golf inputs. My main
message to them was that research continues to show that properly applied fertilizers and pesticides do not pose significant
problems. Superintendents come in after
the fact and take over whatever has been
built. It should be the land owners and Planning and Zoning boards to determine the
best land use if it is in a sensitive location
and once recognizing the sensitivity do the
best job possible in locating the land use
to minimize any possible impact - i.e. locate development down gradient from a
spring or as far away as possible. I also
suggested that they include golf course architects in the draft review process and
gave them several possible contacts.

2. Allied Associations:
The GCSAA has a new handout with tips
on how a course can survive tough economic times. Call 1-800-472-7878 to find
out how to get a copy. Hopefully, this
downturn won't last long, but in the meantime there may be some logical steps your
club can take to help ease the pain.

3. Education:
I hope you're signed up for the GCSAA
Conference and Show. Make an attempt to
come even if it's just for the Trade Show,
although seminars and general education
sessions are invaluable for you, your job
and the industry. Help celebrate 75 years
of GCSAA. Attend the special events set
up to recognize our association's history.

Golf Survey: Dr. Alan W. Hodges of IFAS
reports good news and not so good news
on the Florida Golf Economic Impact
Study. The good news is that of the 120
surveys returned (out of 1300 mailed out)
they are very completely and accurately
filled out. The not so good news is that
around 400 survey responses are needed
to be statistically valid. I emailed all chapters and the Fla Golf Course owners association to redouble their efforts to get surveys in by the mid January deadline.
Green Industry BMPs: Third draft was
reviewed by the steering committee. While
this is primarily aimed at landscape pest
control industry and as a guide for ordinance-happy governments, we are watching closely as water management districts
among others are on the committee. By
crafting our BMPs a step later we can stay

4. Florida Green: I hope you noticed some
of the changes in design of the interior of
The Florida Green fall issue. There will be
more in the upcoming Winter Issue. Magazines traditionally make design and layout
changes every five years or so to stay fresh.
It probably means more to those closest to
the production, but we hope you enjoy the
make over too. We were long overdue.
5. Happy Holidays: With a greater awareness of the blessings we enjoy as Americans, I wish you and your families a very
Happy Holiday Season and a prosperous
New Year. Make a resolution for 2002 to
get just a little more involved in your association and the issues facing our industry
even if it is just to write letters to your
county commissioners and state legislators.
Every voice is heard.

FGCSA Fall 2001 Board
Meeting
The Fall 2001 meeting of the FGCSA Board
of Directors was called to order by President
Geoff Coggan, CGCS, MG, at 1:00 p.m. on
Friday, October 26th, 2001, at Bay Hill Club
in Orlando.
Coastal Plains and Suncoast chapters were not
represented. Other FGCSA members attending the meeting were Joel Jackson - Florida
Green editor; Past President Dale Kuehner Voting Delegate; Past President Joe Ondo Golf Committee Chairman; Everglades President Matt Taylor; Craig Weyandt - Research
Committee Chairman; and John Foy, USGA.
Geoff noted that he has attended the North
Florida, Central Florida, Everglades and a joint
Palm Beach/Treasure Coast chapter meeting
during the first three months of his term. His
goal is to visit each chapter once before his
term ends in August.
Geoff announced that Immediate Past President Cary Lewis has accepted a position with
Golf Ventures and is no longer employed as a
golf course superintendent. Cary has expressed
a willingness to finish out his term of office
but will defer to the wishes of the board. Geoff
noted that the Standard Operating Procedures
Manual states that officers may serve for up to
six months after cessation of employment.
Since this would not be enough time for Cary
to finish out his term, and since he is no longer
seeking employment as a golf course superintendent, the board decided that he should be
replaced now. A motion was made to ask Cary
for his resignation as Immediate Past President
since he is no longer a superintendent. The
motion was approved. Geoff will contact Cary
to let him know the board's decision and thank
him for his years of service on the board.
Darren Davis will finish out Cary's term.
Geoff asked Steve Ciardullo, SOP Chairman,
to reword the paragraph regarding qualifications of board members to reflect that a superintendent who has lost his position may stay as
an officer for six months only if he is still actively pursuing employment as a superintendent.
The minutes of the Summer Board Meeting
were approved.

Economic Impact Study: Geoff has
written a letter of support which will
be used as the cover letter for the survey package when it is mailed in the
next few weeks. He reported that Roy
Bates has requested an additional donation from the FGCSA for the survey. After a discussion it was felt that
no further donation will be given —
writing this letter of support lending
credibility to the survey along with our
$1,000 donation is sufficient.
Lake City Community College: Geoff
read a letter from John Piersol requesting support for high school student
recruitment to the equipment technicians program at Lake City. After a
discussion, it was decided to suggest
using some of the funds from the
LCCC Annual Alumni Tournament to
have a Mechanic Recruitment Video
prepared. It was mentioned that the
GCSAA has such a video partially
developed and it may not be too costly
to have LCCC join with EPIC in targeting the video to fit the needs of
Lake City Community College.

FINANCIAL STATEMENTS:
Greg Pheneger presented the FGCSA
Financial Statements for the first quarter of this fiscal year. He noted that
the amount we paid for insurance was
lower this year; some chapters have
not paid their registration fee for last
month's golf tournament; and some
chapters still owe a balance for dues.
He presented the finalized 990 and
990-T reports to be sent to the IRS for
fiscal year ending June 30,2001. He
noted that since our advertising revenue this year was much less than the
last two years, the Unrelated Business
Tax is also lower — $2,165 for 2001.
The prepaid tax payments we have
made during the year are sufficient to
cover the tax for this year and 2002
plus we are eligible for a $5,911 refund.
D.O.C. REPORT:
Joel Jackson
gave a report of his activities during
the past 3 months. He urged all Externals to stay involved with their lo-

cal Water Management Districts and be
aware of the situation with Nemacur. He
will be ordering a copy of "The Skeptical
Environmentalist" which may be used to
refute bad publicity that may appear in your
local newspaper or even in your own golf
club. He discussed the slow process on
the Best Management Procedures and
hoped to get Dr. Unruh to a meeting in the
next month.
FLORIDA GREEN: The Fall issue is a
56 page magazine which may be the new
norm considering the drop in advertising
revenue. Joel suggested we hold a Publications Meeting to decide if we should
make some changes to our advertising/editorial ratio and to discuss whether the purpose of the magazine is to make money or
be used as a public relations tool for our
members and their clubs.
RESEARCH: Craig Weyandt discussed
our participation in sending a research proposal to GCSAA for their Chapter Cooperative Program. Craig discussed suggestions from Dr. Unruh and presented various proposals from UF researchers. John
Foy discussed what the USGA is currently
funding and gave his input on those
projects that would mostly likely be funded
by the GCSAA.

After polling the chapter Externals for their
input, Greg Pheneger made a motion to apply to the GCSAA for joint funding of Dr.
Crow's proposal "Influence of Plant-Parasitic Nematodes on Potential
Nitrate
Leaching on Golf Course Turf\ The motion was seconded by Mark Henderson and
Buddy Keane and was approved.

Geoff Coggan will write the cover letter
for the proposal and have the package delivered to the GCSAA by the November
2nd deadline. The GCSAA will select the
projects that will be co-funded in January
and results will be announced at the
GCSAA Convention.
Craig then discussed the role of the technician at the Fort Lauderdale research center. David Court reminded the board that
one reason for hiring the technician was to
insure that the green is maintained at put-

ting green conditions. This would not be
accomplished without our help. The
ultradwarf plots are an important part of
the technician's work area. Craig then
noted that past Research Chairman, Steve
Pearson, along with Steve Kuhn have been
responsible for supervising the technician.
Craig is unable to do this. It was suggested
that Geoff Coggan write a letter to Steve
P. and Steve K. thanking them for doing
this for the past number of years and asking if they are willing to continue to oversee the work that is being done. We will
address this further at the next FGCSA
board meeting.
GOVERNMENT RELATIONS: Dale
Walters discussed his involvement with
Collier County in the area of reuse water
and read articles on medical emergencies;
lightning; and hard hats on golf courses.
EDUCATION: John Lammrish discussed suggestions for the educational
seminar at the Poa this year. The board
was reminded that we do not want to have
a commercial nature to any seminar that
we present. The seminar will be a 4 hour
program and will probably be held on Friday morning. John will have a topic ready
for approval at the next board meeting.
Eric Joy noted that the next GCSAA Regional Seminar will be co-sponsored by
the West Coast chapter and already has 24
people signed up with more expected.
GOLF:
Joe Ondo reported on the
FGCSA Championship held on Saturday,
September 29th at Southern Dunes GC.
Seven chapters participated with the Palm
Beach chapter retaining the team trophy.
Joe Ondo was the individual winner and
he will join with Bob Roessing, Chris
Cartin, and Mark Hopkins on the Florida
team at the GCSAA tournament. Steve
Bernard is first alternate. Joe will also
register other teams in the Tournament
depending on how many Florida members
are accepted into the draw.
Joe then discussed the Amateur Status of
those whose entry fee the FGCSA pays.
The compensation question has been
brought up by the GCSAA. Their amateur status could be affected. John Foy
noted that changes to these rules are being
discussed by the USGA and we should

expect a change in the rules shortly.
MEMBERSHIP: Joe Pantaleo read the
list of applicants for Lifetime Member Status. The following were approved by the
board as Lifetime Members: Richard
Johnson (North Florida); John Leach
(Ridge); Dale Bishop (Everglades); Dick
Blake, Stanley Carr, Joe Konwinski, Dan
Jones, Carl McKinney (Palm Beach);
Raleigh Arnett and Paul Turcotte (South
Florida); Ron Mitch, Bud Quandt and
Harvey Phillips (West Coast).
Applicant Edward Benoit was not approved and will remain as a Retired member of Palm Beach. Don Delaney was disapproved by the West Coast chapter because his application only listed 16 years
as a superintendent. Eric Joy will take
his application back to the West Coast
board for a second look.
Joe then led a discussion on membership
figures and suggested we try for a 4 - 7.5%
increase in membership this year. Various tactics were discussed to meet this goal
such as having local chapters contact nonmember clubs; inviting non-member superintendents to chapter meetings; keeping track of former members who have
dropped out of chapter; putting membership application and/or membership brochure in Florida Green or Green Sheet. On
the state level, Geoff has volunteered to
get the National Golf Foundation's list of
Florida golf courses to use as a cross reference in a mass mailing membership campaign.
FTGA: David Court presented the minutes of the September FTGA meeting.
GCSAA has agreed to help with the education at next year's FTGA Conference.
Some last minute negotiations are underway to move the Conference out o f
Gainesville. David will try to attend their
next board meeting to keep us up to date.
A motion was made by John Lammrish to
contribute $500. for sponsorship of the
FTGA Regional Turf Conferences. The
motion was approved.
GCSAA: Dale Kuehner presented the
list of candidates for GCSAA office. Dale
and Kevin Downing will send question-

naires to each of the candidates to get their
views on what should or could the GCSAA
do about such things as: job security; compensation; and increasing membership figures. If any chapter has another concern to
be addressed, please call Dale before the
end of November to have your item included in the questionnaire. All chapters
will be receiving their list of voting members from the GCSAA. Please follow up
on this and do not toss it aside. Once again
we hear the sentiment, "try not to have the
staff run the association" which is an echo
from the 80's.
RECEPTION: Sponsor forms have been
sent to affiliate members and also to chapters to help fund the Orlando reception.
Due to the economic situation, we are
counting on our chapters to help make up
the shortfall if our affiliates must cut back
their support this year. We will have quality entertainment, lots of good food and, as
usual, our open bar at the Rosen Centre
Hotel.
STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURE MANUAL: Steve Ciardullo is
charged with the responsibility of updating the manual. One of the concerns is to
make it clear that one does not have to be a
current FGCSA board member in order to
be a Committee Chairman. Each Committee Chairman is urged to call or e-mail
Steve with any suggestions on the S.O.P.
sheet regarding your committee responsibilities.
DUES INCREASE: Geoff Coggan began a brief introductory discussion on a possible dues increase in the near future. The
last FGCSA dues increase was in 1992.
Since then we have added a D.O.C. and a
lobbyist to our payroll. Darren cautioned
crying wolf while we still have large
amounts in our reserve accounts. Once
again the idea of adding vendors to our
membership list was turned down. Geoff
will continue to discuss the possibility of
an increase as he speaks to chapters around
the state.
Due to the late hour, the remaining items
on the agenda were tabled until the Winter
board meeting. The meeting was adjourned at 4:15 p.m.

IFAS Budget Cuts - An Open Letter by Joel Jackson
Dear Senators, Representatives, University
of Florida Administration and Citizens of
Florida,
I admit it. I am a member of a special interest group who is upset about the extent of
the state budget cuts and the amounts apportioned to the IFAS program at the University of Florida. My special interest group
is that of native born Floridian.
Don't give me politics, platitudes or promises. I have watched the rampant growth of
Florida bring prosperity and problems to
our state. Short term gains reaped from the
expanding tax base are soon overwhelmed
by the stresses put on our environment and
our economy.
The number one industry in Florida is tourism and as we have seen that industry can
be very volatile and wreak havoc on our
state's economy and operating budget as
soon as tourists stay home. The number two
industry in the state is agriculture and all
its related commodities including horticulture, floriculture, turfgrass and golf.
While everyone rushes to find fixes and
cures for the tourism industry, they do so
by cutting funds that protect and serve agriculture, a more stable and reliable industry that helps keep the state on an even keel
during rough times. Legislators have lost
touch with the land that bore them and sustains them. Hotels, streets, stadiums and
theme parks may gather all the glamour, but
our estuaries, rivers, springs, farms, forests,
and nurseries sustain us and give us our
quality of life.
There are around 20 regional IFAS research
and education centers across Florida. Each
one contributes to the whole IFAS mission
to the people of Florida. While many of the
RECs have been adopted and supported by
generations of farmers, growers and ranchers, the Ft. Lauderdale REC, which is 48
years old this year originated from the efforts of dairyman and veterinarian, Dr.
Charles Foreman, but soon became a center for turfgrass research. There just haven't
been any turfgrass dynasties to support Ft.
Lauderdale.

Turfgrass research was added in 1961
and as the urbanization of South
Florida took place over the next 40
years, this REC has become the most
prolific and productive producer of
research data on turfgrass which controls erosion, filters water and air and
provides residential an d sports
turfgrass for the state. It was the
Florida home of the jointly produced
(Texas A&M) FloraTam St.
Augustinegrass which revolutionized
home lawns.
The environment is safer because of
turfgrass research conducted at Ft.
Lauderdale. The data enabling sod
producers and turf managers to grow
lawns, sports turf, and golf courses
with minimal ecological impacts.
And as Florida grew and gobbled up
more r u r a l chunks of land, the
turfgrass industry became one of the
largest commodities in agriculture to
the tune of $12.7 billion dollars according to a 1992 IFAS economic
survey. That number is even larger
today.
In the face of these facts, it is hard
for members of my special interest
group, native Floridians, to see agriculture in general and turfgrass in
particular devalued to such an extent
that officials deem it necessary to shut
down particular facilities without due
process. I'm sure each facility makes
a contribution to the whole IFAS mission.
It would seem prudent and only fair
that all of the IFAS operations be cut
back proportionally to achieve the
required budget cuts and not abruptly
shut down RECs in any location.
Additionally, no REC (like
Bradenton) should be immune from
cutbacks. Each program should have
to economize to meet the shortage in
funding.
The leaders of IFAS, who have to
make the final decisions, should be
given the authority and latitude to

administer these cutbacks so that the minimal
amount of harm and disruption is inflicted on
any REC. If the long range planning indicates
rational reasons for relocating projects and personnel, then begin a phase out program so that
every commodity can make the transition without being singled out for major setbacks in the
continuity of research.
Too many people and organizations have invested time, money and trust in IFAS to be
asked to start over again. And while the general public may not fully appreciate the impact that IFAS has on their daily lives, there
are those supporters of IFAS who deserve the
best possible decisions to be fair and equitable
to one and all. Politics is for the short sighted
and will leave a bitter taste in the mouths and
memories of those who have supported IFAS
the most.
Joel D. Jackson, CGCS

FTGA Turfgrass 2002
Regional Turf Conferences
The FTGA has announced the following
dates for their Regional Conferences:
FTGA Pesticide Conferences:
Jan. 9
St. Lawrence Parish, Tampa
Jan. 10 Camp Down OUC, Windemere
Jan. 17 Wyndham Bonaventure Resort
Jan. 22 American Polish Club, Lake Worth
Jan. 23 Edison CC, Fort Myers
Jan. 30 Duval Co. Extension, Jacksonville
Jan. 31 Santa Rosa Co Auditorium, Milton
These all-day conferences are designed to meet
the educational needs of the entire turf industry. They offer CEU's in O&T, L&O and
CORE categories. Registration fee is $40.00.
Topics include nematode management, irrigation regulations, safety issues, Water Management District issues, weed management and
environmental horticuture. Each seminar location will feature its own list of speakers.
For more information or to receive a brochure
and registration form, please contact the FTGA
office by phone at 800-882-6721 or e-mail to
ftga@aol.com.

Orlando Conference & Show

Continuation of Presidents Message...
Orangebrook C.C. and General Manager
Bob Klitz CGCS, hosted the South Florida
Chapter Christmas party on December 8th.
It was a pleasure to accept their invitation
and to visit with them. It was as Bob's assistant in 1988 that I had the chance to
attend my first Superintendents Association meeting hosted by Joe Pantaleo at Key
Biscayne. For that opportunity I will be
forever grateful, thanks Bob.
Happy New Year to one and all!

Florida GCSAToHost
GCSAA Convention
Once again, the Florida GCSA will host
the GCSAA Convention from February
3rd to 10th. For the past several years,
the GCSAA has chosen to come to Orlando on a TriAnnual basis due to the great
facilities and the Florida weather.
This year's Convention features the Golf
Championship to be played in St. Augustine Feb. 4 - 5th at six of our unique and
challenging Florida golf courses — Grand
Haven GC; Golf Club at South Hamption;
two of the courses at the Palm Coast Resort -Cypress Knoll GC and Matanzas
Woods GC, and two of the courses at
World Golf Village - the King & the Bear
and The Slammer & The Squire. Good
luck to all of our Florida golfers.
The first of the more than 120 seminars,
sessions and forums start on Sunday, Feb.
3rd and continue all the way through to
noon on the following Sunday. Many
seminars are still available.
The Trade Show begins on Thursday and
closes at 2 p.m. on Saturday afternoon.
Closing activities and the 75th Anniversary Celebration will be held from 3:45 4:30 p.m. on Saturday. The GCSAA has
planned a Family Event at SeaWorld from
6:30 - 10:30 p.m. Saturday night to end
the week's social activities.
For more information, visit the GCSAA
website at www.golfcourseshow.com or
call the GCSAA office at 1-800-732-7878.

2002 Florida GCSA
Reception -Thursday,
February 7th
The FGCSA will hold its annual GCSAA Reception on Thursday night, February 7th,
at the Rosen Centre Hotel from 7:00 - 9:30 p.m. Reception will be limited to Florida
superintendents and sponsors only. Invitations will be mailed to all FGCSA members
in January. Reception Chairman Michael Perham promises that the Orlando reception will continue the tradition of being the best chapter reception at the GCSAA
Convention. Mark your calendar now. You will not want to miss it!
There is still time for any affiliate to be involved as a sponsor and to share the opportunity to network with all the Florida representatives in Orlando. Number of reception tickets is based on sponsorship levels. We sincerely appreciate the support of all
our sponsors. Those companies who have already committed to the reception are:

Level I. Platinum Sponsors
* Chipco Products
* Golf Ventures Industries
* Harrell's Fertilizer/Polyon
•The Jacobsen, Cushman & Ryan Distributors of Florida:
Golf Ventures, Kilpatrick Turf Equipment and Tresca Turf & Tractor
* Toro/Wesco Turf/Hector Turf

Level II. Gold Sponsors
Dow AgroSciences
LESCO
Syngenta

Level III. Silver Sponsors
Bayer Corporation
Florida Coast Equipment/Kubota
Florida Superior Sand, Inc.
Golf Agronomics
Lasterturf SE, Inc.
Precision Small Engine Co.
ProSource One
Sullivan Electric and Pump

Chapter Sponsors
Calusa
Central Florida
Everglades
North Florida
Palm Beach
Seven Rivers
South Florida
Treasure Coast
West Coast

Level IV. Bronze Sponsors
Aerification Plus/Almar
BASF
Disbrow Enterprises, Inc.
E. R. Jahna Industries
Eagle One Golf Products
Florida Potting Soils
FMC Corp.
Greg Norman Turf
Grigg Brothers
Hendrix and Dail, Inc.
Hunter Golf
Lake Masters Aquatic Weed Control
Pickseed West Inc.
RapidTurf, Inc.
Ringhaver Equipment Co.
South Florida Grassing, Inc.
Ted Owen
Tee-to-Green Turf Products
The Anderson's Technologies
Tom and Mark Burrows
Top Pro Specialties
Turf Merchants, Inc.
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FGCSA
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1760 NW Pine Lake Drive
Stuart, FL 34994

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