VOLUME XIX, PART 1, JANUARY/FEBRUARY 2003
NEWSLETTER OF THE FLORIDA GOLFCOURSE SUPERINTENDENTS ASSOCIATION

Everglades GCSA President Jim
Leiseberg, CGCS, takes great pride in
presenting CREW Executive Director
Ellen Lindblat with a check for $9,000
from the Environmental Education
fundraiser held at Bonita Bay East.
CREW is the Corkscrew Regional Ecosystem Watershed and is an example
of government, business and the public working together to conserve resources.

UPCOMING EVENTS
FTGA Regional T\irf Conferences:
See page 6 for registration info.
Pre-Register on-line at www.ftga.org

Jan. 13

Jan. 14 Southeast Florida (Lake Worth)
Jan. 15 Dade/Broward (Pro Player
Jan. 14
Stadium)
Jan. 16 Southwest Florida (TECO
Arena — Ft Myers)
Jan. 21 Tampa (St. Lawrence Parrish/
Jan. 15
Higgins Hall)
Jan. 23 Mid-Florida (Orlando)
Jan. 29 North Florida (Duval Extension Office)
Jan. 16
Jan. 31 Gulf Coast (Milton, Santa Rosa
Extension Office)
Jan. 17
Jan. 11
Calusa GCSA members only
holiday cruise, J. C. Cruises,
Fort Myers

CFGCS A sponsored Annual
FTGA Research Fundraiser,
Interlachen CC. John Foy,
USGA, guest speaker
Calusa chapter meeting,
Coral Oaks CC. Todd Lowe,
USGA, guest speaker
PBGCSA annual A, B, & C
night meeting and golf,
Emerald Dunes GC

Jan. 27

Suncoast chapter Vendor
Appreciation Day, Bradenton

Jan. 30

SFGCSA chapter meeting,
Crandon Park GC

Feb. 7
-11

GCSAA Golf Championship,
Hilton Head, South Carolina

Feb 10
. - 15th

GCSAA Conference & Show,
Atlanta

Feb. 13

Florida Reception, Atlanta
Marriott Marquis Hotel

Feb. 27

CFGCS A Supt/Vendor
Tournament, Deltona Hills CC

Mar. 20

SFGCSA Expo and UF Field
Day, Fort Lauderdale REC

West Coast chapter meeting,
Coral Oaks, Tarpon Springs
Mike Cantwell Fundraiser &
Golf Tournament, Grandezza
GC and Miromar G&BC

JAN 1 3

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President's Message

Presidents Message
David Court, CGCS
Here we go with another New Year of twelve
months facing us and all I can think of is
where did 2002 go? The time does seem to
fly by. Before I report on what is ahead for
2003 I would like to mention another loss
to our industry.
Jeff Hayden (age 52) passed away this past
December 2002. Jeff was very active with
the F.T.GA. as well as local superintendent
chapters in Florida (West Coast, North
Florida and Seven Rivers) as a Superintendent during his career. He was also in sales
with Lesco for a short time and most recently was a Territory Manager with Golf
Ventures. Jeff was very instrumental in
getting the Envirotron built for turf grass
research at the University of Florida. His
dedication to the industry will be surely
missed.
In the year 2002 we lost a total of five
"young" turf industry people. Along with
Jeff were Mike Cantwell, Chip Fowkes, Tom
Crawford and A1 Cowing. *Note: Please
see related article on page 6 of this newsletter.
At our fall FGCSA board meeting the idea
of starting a benevolent fund came up and

I hope that we will get this started at the
FGCSA reception with your donations in a
50/50 drawing. This should be a good way
to raise finds for families of FGCSA members in time of need.
With the resignation of Dale Walters from
the FGCSA Board, I have appointed Joe
Panteleo from Indian Creek Country Club
to fill this vacancy. Joe has served as External Vice President for SFGCSA for the
past two years and has been Membership
Chairman during the same time period.
By now most everyone has read the
GCSAA is looking into the idea of relocating its headquarters to a new location.
Several cities including Orlando and Jacksonville were mentioned as possible sites.
If this were to happen it would put most of
the major players of golf in our state including the PGA, LPGA, NGF and the
World Golf Village. The chapter delegates
gave approval for the GCSAA to pursue
this idea and take the next step to see if
this idea is achievable.
Also at the GCSAA delegates meeting, a
discussion took place about a need to increase dues on a national level. When you
attend your chapter meetings your delegate will be able to fill you in more on
these subjects.

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David Court, CGCS
Other issues that we will involve the board
with will be to have more interactions with
state legislature in Tallahassee and to investigate what will happen with MSMA
herbicide use on golf courses. With the assistance of our state lobbyist, Mike Goldie,
we hope to send some members of the board
to meet with some key state representatives
and discuss issues pertinent to our industry. This would give us a chance to meet
our government face to face and discuss
issues such as water and environmental issues and give them a chance to know more
about our industry.
This issue of MSMA (arsenic) has become
a problem with detectable levels in soil and
ground water above threshold levels allowed by EPA. Samples were taken on some
older golf courses that have used arsenic
products such as; MSMA. DSMA and
AMA as well as combination products with
arsenic in them. This has definitely sent up
a red flag and may jeopardize the use of
this product in the near future.
In closing I hope to get around to some of
the chapter meetings throughout the state
and catch up on what the local chapters are
doing for fund raising, education, etc.
Hopefully I can make some new acquaintances and take some ideas back to our state
board. OK... the real reason is I need something new to write about.

Director of Communications Report

What's Up D.O.C.?
by Joel Jackson
Our thoughts and prayers go out to the
Hayden family as we mourn the unexpected
death of Jeff Hayden on Friday, December
6, 2002. Jeff, a long time golf course superintendent and founder of the Seven Rivers Chapter, was with Golf Ventures. Jeff
has played and instrumental role over the
years with the relationship of the Florida
Turfgrass Association and the University
of Florida. His experience, energy an insight will be missed by all of us in the turf
industry.
1. Government Regulations: Water - Golf
Courses in the Water Use Caution Areas
in the SWFWMD: are coming under additional scrutiny during the re-permitting process. The rules language indicates that future permits may be reduced by taking
away water allocations computed for
roughs. You can still water roughs, but
you'll have to use the water allocated for
greens, tees and fairways to do it with. If
you are in these areas, you might want to
alert your owners and call SWFWMD or
better yet, unite and then call SWFWMD.
Remind them that golf only uses 2.6% of
the water consumed daily.
Arsenic - Be aware that the Florida Department of Environmental Protection and the
Florida Department of Agriculture and
Consumer Services (DOACS) are addressing studies coming out of South Florida that
indicate higher than allowable levels of
arsenic in soil and water samples. The primary concern is contamination of ground
water and potential for human health effects. The problem surfaced during routine
environmental audits of golf or former golf
property put on sale for residential development. No one is willing to sign off on
the property and state agencies are looking into how to resolve the problem and to
determine how widespread the problem
might be.
On December 18th, David Court, President
and Greg Pheneger, Vice President of the
FGCSA, Todd Lowe of the USGA, and
myself will meet in Gainesville with Dennis Howard and Steve Dwinell of DO ACS
and Dr. George Snyder of UF/IFAS to make
January/February 2002

sure we are all on the same page with regard to the extent of the problem statewide
and potential solutions. We want to prevent this issue from becoming a public relations nightmare. If you are currently using MSMA, you may wish to rethink your
weed control programs and consider how
you can manage without that product in the
future. The state is considering additional
studies to find out if this only a South
Florida issue or if there should be concern
statewide.
While the use of MSMA is of primary concern as a source of arsenic, be aware that
arsenic is a naturally occurring element. It
can also be found in fertilizers, mulch, native soil (on-site, hauled-in and dredged)
and other chemicals used on golf courses.
That is part of the problem in getting a grip
on the arsenic issue.
Non-Point Source Pollution (TMDLs):
According to Mike Thomas of the DEP,
golf courses are put into the non-point
source pollution category. As such, Total
Maximum Daily Load (TMDL) regulations
are coming which will define how much
potential "pollution" can be generated by
a golf course. For arguments sake it is assumed that everyone pollutes the environment, it's a natural by-product of every living (laundry water, auto emissions, fertilizers, pesticides, etc). For those operations
that are participating in documented IPM
and BMP programs (ACSP for example),
the regulatory path will be easier than those
who still have their heads stuck in the sand.
There are many advantages to belonging
to the ACSP and this is only one, and it
could be a big one real soon. Get in the
program now and build a history of environmental awareness.
2. Public Relations: The results of the
EGCSA "CREW" fundraiser in October
were mentioned in two articles in the
Naples area newspaper. The next meeting
of the EGCSA Communications committee will be December 10th to fonnulate
"how-to" strategies for getting positive
news about golf out to the public including your own members, the media, politicians, and regulators.
3. Media Relations: I had a chance to meet
Ed Travis, editor of Florida Golf News, and

Steve Elling, golf writer for the Orlando
Sentinel at the media day held for the opening of the new Harmony Golf Preserve
south of Orlando near St. Cloud. Johnny
Miller, designer of the course was on hand
for a clinic and some on-course interaction
with the players. It wasn't the proper time
and place to grill "Johnny" on his obsession with "grain" but I did ask him about
his interaction if any with superintendents
at televised tournaments. He said he generally spoke with each superintendent to
find out what the preparations had been,
rather than depending solely on the tour
staff input. He also says he tries to make it
a point to mention the superintendent during the broadcast.
4. Education: The Audubon Cooperative
Sanctuary Workshops (Dec 2 - 6) are history and approximately 150 people attended. It's a start. Most were people registered in the program but who have not
started working on Certification. There
were 9-10 courses looking to join the program. In all cases attendees were walked
through how to fill out the Site Assessment
sections and the Environmental Planning
sections. The Audubon Cooperative Sanctuary Program the most proactive, voluntary, recognized and effective way to demonstrate your golf course's commitment to
being environmentally friendly. See TMDL
discussion above.
FTGA Regional Conferences - Don't forget the FTGA Regional Conferences are
coming your way in January and February. Note: See the schedule on page 6 of
this newsletter.
GCSAA Conference and Show - This
year the C&S will be held in Atlanta, Feb
10 - 15th. With PDI cranking up July 1st
2003, the proposed dues increase and the
proposal to relocate the GCSAA headquarters to one of eight possible sites (three in
Florida) it should be an interesting week
to say the least. Hope you can make it.
Marie Roberts and I will be attending Chapter Managers and Newsletter Editors Sessions. I will also be attending the Government Relations session on the American
with Disabilities to see what Uncle Sam
has come up with for golf courses to do to
accommodate golfers with disabilities.
Continued on page 6

FGCSA Fall 2002 Board
Meeting
The Fall 2002 meeting of the FGCSA Board of
Directors was called to order by President David
Court, CGCS, at 1:00 p.m. on Friday, October
25th at Bay Hill Club in Orlando.
All officers except Past President Geoff Coggan
were present. All chapters except Seven Rivers
were represented. Other FGCSA members attending the meeting were Joel Jackson - Florida Green
editor; Craig Weyandt - Research Chairman; Joe
Ondo - Golf Chairman; Jeff Heggen - Coastal Plains
President; and Bobby Ellis - FTGA President.
Guest: Michael Goldie, Lobbyist.

superintendent to support Bronson in his race
to remain Commissioner ofAgriculture. He
noted that the Commision ofAgriculture position is one of only four Cabinet positions.
Dale Walters then announced that the Florida
GCSA was presenting a $500 to the Bronson
campaign and that the Everglades GCSA was
contributing $250. Bobby Ellis announced
that the FTGA was also contributing $500.

Mike then discussed the other Senate and
House of Representative elections noting
which candidates he feels will be best for golf
and turf. He noted that Ken Pruitt should be
able to give us some support with the IFAS
budget this year. He also noted that there is a
possibility that turf may become a stand alone
David Court began the meeting with a plea to all entity instead of being grouped with the agriExternal Vice Presidents to solicit their members to cultural interests.
attend one of the upcoming Audubon Workshops.
The USGA has gone to a lot of trouble and expense D.O.C. REPORT: Joel reported that he has
to offer these Workshops to our members and we nominated the Florida GCSA for the GCSAA
owe it to them to try to gather a lot of support for Excellence in Government Relations award. In
the program.
support of the nomination, he stressed the
importance of the FGCSA's roll in the Nemacur
David also discussed the Spokesperson Training review process.
sessions that are in the works for both Palm Beach
and the Treasure Coast board of directors. David FLORIDA GREEN: Joel announced that
is looking for another chapter to step up and get Janlark Communications has suggested that
their board to set a date for one of these Spokes- we purchase a digital camera and stated that he
person Training Sessions. The FGCSA is hoping is willing to give us a $15.00 rebate for each
to get enough participation to schedule three of photo up to $2,000 over the next year to help
these sessions each year.
recoup the cost of the camera. A motion was
made and seconded that the FGCSA purchase
The minutes of the Summer 2002 Board Meeting a digital camera for the Florida Green.
were approved.
BEST MANAGEMENT PRACTICES: Joel
OLD BUSINESS: A report was read from Tim reported on the BMP meeting held last month
Hiers on the two day Environmental Summit held and announced that they are looking at Spring
in Nebraska last month. Tim will continue to work of 2003 as the date for the first draft. Target
with the GCSAA to form some type of action publication date is 2004.
plan.
GOVERNMENT RELATIONS:
Dale
FINANCIAL REPORTS: Dale Walters reviewed Walters gave a report on the recent Pesticide
all the Financial Statements for the first quarter of Review Council meeting. Craig Weyandt sug2002. The statements were approved. Dale then gest that we organize some type of tour of golf
presented a check for $5,000 from the Everglades courses to show the advanced technology that
chapter to support the FGCSA Research
is already being used on the courses which
illustrate the superintendents roll as Stewards
Dale then reviewed the IRS tax return for the fiscal of the Environment. Joel discussed the issues
year ending June 30,2002. We have a balance due relating to arsenic and methyl bromide.
of $2,526 to cover the shortfall in our Estimated
Tax Payments for the Unrelated Business Income EDUCATION: Brett Harris reported that
Tax. We also have a $538.00 balance due to the Tommy Witt is confirmed as the speaker for
state of Florida for 2002. We will begin again to the Friday morning seminar at this year's Poa.
make Estimated Tax Payments to the IRS for 2003 It will be co-sponsored by the GCSAA Leadto a maximum of $4,800 per year which is the ership Series. The topic of the seminar has
figure our accountant expects us to owe if all in- not been pinpointed but will be announced at
come and expenses for publications are about the our next board meeting in January. Brett
same next year.
announced that two GCSAA Regional Seminars were held in Florida in October. He urged
Mike Goldie then gave a report on what's happen- all chapters to please contact John Lammrish
ing in the upcoming Florida elections. He urged before you confirm a date with the GCSAA.

GOLF: Joe Ondo reported that seven chapters were represented in this year's FGCSA
Team Championship. South Florida walked
away with the trophy this year with Bob
Harper leading the way with a round of 70.
Bob has now won 2 of the 3 qualifying tournaments for the Florida team for the 2003 GCSAA
Championship. Others on the Florida team
will be Mark Henderson, Steve Bernard and
Tyler Warner.
Joe reported that the 2003 Crowfoot Open
will be played at Grand Cypress during the
last weekend in July.
RESEARCH: Craig Weyandt reported that
he has not been in contact with Steve Pearson
or Steve Kuhn regarding Gary Pederson's annual review. After a discussion, a motion was
made and seconded that Gary Pederson receive
a 5% hourly increase effective immediately.
The motion was approved.
Craig then reviewed the list of research proposals that the FTGA was unable to fund this
year due to insufficient funds in their research
accounts. Bobby Ellis then gave a report of
the FTGA funds that they administer and noted
that some of these accounts have strings attached as to what type of research is funded
such as for graduate student support rather
than straight research. He also noted that UF
funding through the FTGA pays 15% overhead whereas projects through other sources
must pay 25%.
After a discussion of the proposed projects, it
was decided to concentrate on the following
research studies:
1. Evaluation of Alternative Methods for
Nematode Management on Turf. Submitted
by Dr. William T. Crow. Total $31,243 — 2
year study.
2. Pasteuria for Biological Control of Sting
Nematode in Turfgrass. Submitted by Dr.
Robin Giblin-Davis. Total $26,032 - 2 year
study.
3. Ecology, pathogenicity and management of
Bipolaris and Curvularis fungal species in
ultradwarfbermudagrasses in Florida. Submitted by Drs. Datnoff, Stiles & Cisar. Total of
$30,000 - 3 year study.
The FGCSA has been assured of partial funding on some of these proposals. Bayer has
committed $15,000 to Dr. Crow's study. Kevin
Downing has stated that the Florida State Golf
Association has about $22,000 in an endowment fund that they would like to distribute to
worthy research this year. Kevin felt that

would be willing to contribute $6,500 per year
to the Pasteuria study and $10,000 to the first
year of the Bipolaris study. Bobby Ellis stated
that the Florida Turfgrass Associaiton would
pick up the second year of the Bipolaris study.

FTGA: Bobby Ellis, FTGA President, reported on the results of the FTGA board meeting held earlier:

After considering these funding commitments
it was noted that if one or all of these projects
are approved by the GCSAA, the FGCSA
would still have to be willing to fund 50% of
the approved proposals even if these other
commitments fell through.

2. He announced that the DEP is funding
$750,000 per year for study on research to be
done on water, fertilizer and grasses in
Immokalee, Gainesville and Milton.

After more review, a motion was made to "submit all three proposals to the GCSAA for consideration in the Chapter Cooperative Research
Program." The motion was approved. The
three proposals and their cover letter of support will be sent to the GCSAA by the November 1st deadline. All External Vice Presidents
were urged to write a letter of support for each
of these proposals and send the letters to the
GCSAA before November 15th. Letters of
support are critical to receiving funding and the
November 15th is an absolute deadline.
David Court then asked all External Vice Presidents to suggest that their chapter consider making a donation to the FGCSA research fund in
light of these three proposals which we would
like to fund. Note: See photo below illustrating
how Everglades responded to this request.

1. The research plots at Fort Lauderdale are
scheduled to be moved to Immokalee by 2005.

3. He discussed the plans for the new Pine
Acres plots (20 miles south of Gainesville in
Micanopy.)
4. Announced plans by the University of
Florida researchers to become more active in
promoting research and donations to increase
funding.
5. Conference & Show - Attendance was at
580 this year in Tampa. They have received
lots of positive feedback on the smaller trade
show and the fact that all events were under
one roof.
Plans are to have the same type of event at the
Hyatt next year scheduled for September 7th 11th. The Hyatt offered a good financial incentive to the FTGA to return the show there
based on the large number of sleeping rooms
reserved this year. Room rates will remain
about the same as this year.

6. Turf Conferences. The 2003 Turf Conferences are planned for January at seven different
locations throughout the state. The fee is a
reasonable $45.00 with hopes of large attendance by spray techs, assistants and other interested parties. Note: See page 6 of this
newsletter for specific dates and sites.
GCSAA: Dale Kuehner will be the Voting
Delegate again this year with Kevin Downing
serving as Alternate Delegate. All chapters have
signed up to vote as one group. Dale will attend the January Board Meeting with his views
on the best candidates. Therefore, it is imperative that all chapters send a representative to
this January board meeting.
The Florida reception at the GCSAA Conference in Atlanta will be on Thursday evening,
February 13 th at the Atlanta Marriott Marque,
one of the headquarters hotels.
SURVEY: Mark Henderson has begun preparations for the 2003 FGCSA Survey. The survey questionnaire will be mailed to all Class A
and B members by the end of November with
the hope of getting good response by the end of
January. This has always been a very useful
tool for all superintendents at budget time. Mark
will make a few changes to clarify some questions on maintenance budgets and is open to
any suggestions from board members for additions or changes to the current survey. He
asked all Externals to look over the past questionnaire and contact him with suggestions.

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NEW BUSINESS: Dale Walters suggested
the FGCSA start a Benevolent Fund for members. He suggested a 50/50 raffle to be held at
the annual reception with proceeds to be put
into the Fund. Guidelines will have to be made
to decide on eligibility of receiving the funds.
Dale also asked that public relations tents be
considered for PGA events in Florida. Since
John Lammrish who had volunteered to look
into this project was not present, the discussion was tabled until the next board meeting.
Once again, David urged all Externals to promote the Audubon Workshops coming up in
early December. All attendees will come away
from the Workshop with the Environmental Plan
and Site Assessment segments for certification
completed.

Dale Walters CGCS (left) representing the Everglades chapter at the
FGCSA Fall Board meeting, presented a $5,000 donation to President
David Court, CGCS, to be used for the turf research account.

Suggested date for the Winter Board Meeting
was Friday, January 24th or 31st in the Orlando area. Note: The Winter Board meeting
has been set for January 31st at Grand Cypress.
Since there was no further business, the board
meeting was adjourned at 4:00 p.m.

IN MEMORY OF ASSOCIATES WHO HAVE PASSED AWAY DURING 2002
GONE BUT NOT FORGOTTEN
Who are these seven men? Some may be
strangers to you and me. But others we knew
well and called them friend. We will miss
their kinship, and in the days ahead we will
have occasion to speak well of them and
remember how they touched our lives. In so
doing, let us remember they have left behind wives, children and grandchildren.
Remember to keep them in our family circle
and make sure we don't forget their needs
as we cherish the memories of our lost
friends.
Tom Crawford, Past President of the
Suncoast chapter, died May 5th of a heart
attack. He was 38. Tom received his degree from LCCC in early 1980's and then
served as superintendent at Plantation
G&CC in Venice. He transferred to PGA
National in Palm Beach in 1991 and then
returned to the Suncoast area to become
head superintendent at Misty Creek in 1994.
He serviced on the Florida GCSA Board of
Directors from 1996 to 1999 and became
President of the Suncoast chapter in 2001.
Chuck Almony, Jr., 49, died August 24th
in St. Augustine, Florida. Chuck graduated
from LCCC in 1980 after serving in the U.S.
Coast Guard. He began his career co-designing and constructing with his father
Charles Almony, Sr. Oak Hills CC in Spring
Hill. He served as superintendent at Oak
Hills for 15 years. He left Oak Hills to
serve as pro-supt at Pine Ridge CC in
Beverly Hills. Chuck ended his career at
World Golf Hall of Fame in St. Augustine.
Albert "Bill" Cowing, 44, passed away

March 2, 2002. Bill has been a member of
the West Coast GCSA since 1990 when he
began his long career with WCI Communities working with Sun City Center. He
started with WCI as golf course superintendent and, for almost the last five years,
has held the position as Vice Preident of
Amenities for the West Central Region. He
recently was also named Project Manager
ofWalden Lake Homebuilding. Judging by
the many nice comments from his co-workers, Bill was obviously a very energetic and
well liked individual.
Mike Cantwell, 47, passed away on November 11, 2002. Mike began his career
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on golf courses right out of high school in
South Dakota. He moved to Florida at the
urging of his friend and mentor, Wayne
Lippold, to work at Bonita Spring G&CC.
Later he became Assistant Superintendent
at The Forest G&CC. Mike helped develop the Gateway G&CC in Fort Myers
from 1988 to August 2000. At the time of
his death, Mike was assisting Art Hills in
developing Miromar Lakes Beach & Golf
Club. Members of the Everglades and
Calusa chapters with the assistance of Wiley
McCall have organized a Fundraiser & Golf
Tournament to be played on Friday, January 17th at the Grandezza GC in Estero and
the Miromar Golf & Beach Club.
Jeff Hayden, 52, died Dec. 6th at his home
in Homosassa. Jeff was affiliated with the
golf and turfgrass industry since 1958 when
he started work at a family managed golf
facility in Michigan. His career in Florida
began in the 70's. Rather than list Jeffs
golf course work, it is more fitting to give
tribute to the type of person he was.
Perhaps Jeffs greatest achievements in the
industry came with his many, many hours
of volunteer time spent with local FGCSA
chapter work and the Florida Turfgrass Association Jeff was a member of the FTGA
since 1974 and served as Director from
1986-1992. He was a member of North
Florida GCSA from 1974 and served as
Vice President in 1980 becoming President
in 1982. He then moved to the West Coast
chapter and repeated the practice there,
serving as Director from 1984-87 and VP
in 1986. His third chapter affiliation came
about when he was a founding member of
Seven Rivers chapter from 1991 to 2002
where he was a Director from 1991-1998.
Fleming "Chip" Fowkes, 47, was killed

in a motorcycle accident on June 28, 2002.
Chip has a degree in Business from the
University of Florida and then followed that
up by attending LCCC. He spent 5 years
at PGA National working for Luke Majorki.
In 1990 he became head superintendent at
Emerald Dunes GC and moved to
Frenchmens Creek in 1995. In 2000 he
accepted the position as Director of Golf at
the Fountains GC. Chip was an active
member of the Palm Beach GCSA serving

on the board for several years and as President in 1998-1999. He served as a director on the FGCSA board and was also a
member of the FTGA and GCSAA. Chip's
friends in Palm Beach are planning a memorial tournament in his honor at Bocaire
CC in the spring.
Joe Konwinski, one of the Florida Turfgrass
Association's founding fathers and its first
president in 1952, passed away August 17.
He was 87. Joe began his turf career shortly
after leaving the U.S. Ary Air Corps in 1946.
He was the superintendent of the Lake Worth
Municipal GC from 1946 to 1958. Joe serving on the Lake Worth Chamber of Commerce for 20 years as well as volunteering
with the Rotary Club and the American-Polish Club. He also taught a turfgrass management course at Palm Beach Community
College for more than 20 years.

FTGA Turfgrass 2003
Regional Turf Conferences
The Florida Turfgrass Association has announced the following dates for their 2003
Regional Conferences:
Jan. 14 Southeast Florida (Lake Worth)
Jan. 15 Dade/Broward (Pro Player)
Jan. 16 Southwest FL (TECO Arena)
Jan. 21 Tampa (St. Lawrence Parrish)
Jan. 23 Mid-Florida (Orlando)
Jan. 29 North Florida (Duval Extension)
Jan. 31 Gulf Coast (Milton Extension)
These all-day conferences are designed to
meet the educational needs of the entire
turf industry. Each conference will have
leading university and industry speakers
covering all of the important and up-tothe-minute information that you need to
stay at the top of your game in the turfgrass
and landscape busines today. As always,
CEU's in O&T, L&O and CORE will be
awarded to attendees. Save $5.00 off of
the on-site registration by Pre-registering. Secure pre-registration can be done
on-line at www.ftga.org for $40.00 per person. For more information or to receive a
brochure and registration form, please contact the FTGA office by phone at 800-8826721 or e-mail to ftga@aol.com.
The Green Sheet

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Continuation ofD.O.C. Column....
5. Publications - We have submitted the Summer 2002
issue of the Florida Green for consideration in the GCSAA
Publications Contest and have also entered it in the Most
Improved category to showcase the re-design of the interior of the magazine. The economic slow-down has been a
concern as business must make hard decisions about
spending advertising dollars. While the total number of
pages has gone down from an average of 72-80 pages to
64 pages over the past 2 years, the primary loss of ad
pages have come mainly from the rash of mergers by chemical companies, and we lost many 2-page ad spreads. Almost all of our long time advertisers have remained loyal
as they see the advantage of reaching all Florida superintendents with the Florida Green.

Florida Superintendents to be
Honored at GCSAA Convention
Florida superintendents planning to attend the 74th Annual GCSAA Conference and Show need to make their
travel plans now to arrive in Atlanta in time to attend the
Opening Session on Wednesday night, February 12th.
The Florida GCSA is proud to have two of our own members receiving prestigious and well deserved recognition
during the Opening Session.
Joel D. Jackson, Florida Green Editor and Director of Communications for the Florida Golf Course Superintendents
Association, will be receiving the GCSAA Distinguished
Service Award. The GCSAA presents this award to individuals who have made an outstanding contribution to
the advancement of the golf course superinendent's profession. The contribution must be significant in both
substance and duration.
The GCSAA DSA was first
presented in 1932 and has been presented annually since
1975. Number of recipients each year has ranged from
one to four As most of you know, this has been an active
year for Joel as he recently received the Florida Turfgrass
Foundation's Wreath of Grass Award during the FTGA
Conference and Show in September.
Darren J. Davis, director of golf course operations at Olde
Florida GC in Naples and Past President of the Florida
GCSA, will be presented with the 2002 Leo Feser Award.
Davis will be recognized for his two-part article, "An Olde
Florida Course Made New." published in the January and
February 2002 issues of Golf Course Management. Darren
is the only two-time winner of the Leo Feser Award. He
previously received the award in 1997 for his article, "Sow
the Seeds of Knowledge," published in the December 1996
issue of Golf Course Management.
We hope all FGCSA members who are in Atlanta will take a
front row seat at the Opening Session to show our support
for these two great Florida superintendents!

2003 Florida GCSA
Reception —
Thursday,
February 13th
The FGCSA will hold its annual GCSAA Reception on Thursday night,
February 13th, at the Atlanta Marriott Marquis Hotel, 7:00 p.m- 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 Atlanta 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 superintendents in
Atlanta. 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
* Bayer Environmental Sciences
* Dow AgroSciences
* Golf Ventures Industries
* Hatred's Fertilizer/Polyon
* Kilpatrick Turf /Boynton Pump
* Syngenta
*Florida Toro Distributors - Hector, Wesco Turf, Wesco Turf Supply

Level II. Gold Sponsors

Level IV. Bronze Sponsors

Eagle One Products
Greg Norman Golf Course
Design/Greg Norman Turf Co.
Laserturf
Lesco/Southern
Quality Grassing & Services
TMI Turf Merchants, Inc.
Tresca Equipment Co.

Level III. Silver Sponsors
Valent U.S.A.
BASF
Precision Small Engine
Hendrix & Dail, Inc.
Total Golf Construction
Sullivan Electric & Pump
GolfAgronomics
Top Pro Specialties
Turf Seed
FMC Corp.

Pike Creek Turf
E. R. Jahna Industries
Almar Turf Products
Aerification Plus
Tom Burrows Turfgrass
Florida Potting Soils Inc.
Florida Superior Sand
Country Club Services
Detailed Sports Turf
The Andersons Inc.
Upstart Products
South Florida Grassing
Lakemasters Aquatic
Hamilton Grading & Grassing
Hamilton Turf Farms, Inc.
Tee-to-Green Turf Products
Hunter Golf

Special thanks to all those FGCSA chapters who have
generously contributed to the reception.

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IN MEMORY OF JEFF HAYDEN
July 31,1950 -December 6,2002
An employee, co-worker, mentor and most importantly a great friend
who will never be forgotten.
We want to extend our deepest sympathy to Sandra Hayden and family on the death of Jeff Hayden. For
those of you who did not know Jeff, he started with Golf Ventures in November 1995 as Territory Manger
for T&O and Equipment sales in Northwest Florida. Jeff was instrumental in creating relationships with
key personnel from University of Florida. His 35+ years of golf industry experience will be sorely missed.
He was a leader and motivator within Golf ventures to the extent that he was a large part of the core
foundation of Golf Ventures that we continue to successfully build upon.

Florida Superintendents To Be Honored at GCSAA Convention
FGCSA
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Stuart, FL 34994

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