VOL. IV, PART V, SEPT/OCT, 1988

NEWSLETTER

OF

THE

FLORIDA

UPCOMING
EVENTS
Sept. 7

FGCSA Bentgrass
Seminar, JDM CC,
Palm Beach Gardens

Sept. 9

Open House, Lake City
Community College
Turf Equipment Service
Tech. Bldg., 3:00 PM

Sept. 12

Joint Chapter Meeting,
Palm Beach and
Treasure Coast,
Turtle Creek Club,
Tequesta
West Coast Chapter
1988 Research
Tournament, Pasadena
Y & CC
Everglades Chapter
Meeting, San Carlos
Fort Meyers
South Florida Chapter
Meeting, Jacaranda

Sept. 12

Sept. 13

Sept. 15

Sept. 19

Sept. 21

Oct. 8
Oct. 9-12

Feb. 6-13
1989

Adam Walsh Tournament sponsored by
SFGCSA, Inverrary,
Lauderhill
Central Florida Chapter
Meeting, Zellwood
Station
FGCSA Board Meeting
Tampa
FTGA Conference &
Show, Tampa
60th International
Golf Course Conference
and Show, Anaheim,
California
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GOLF

COURSE

SUPERINTENDENTS

ASSOCIATION

Cecil Johnston Loves The Grass

Could this be our new FGCSA President, Cecil Johnston far, far left,
trying to hit out of the love grass?
"The New Course" at Grand Cypress was the host site for the 12th
annual Crowfoot Open. See Page 4 for results.

TABLE OF CONTENTS
President's Message
Your New Chapter Officers
Sellout Education
at Crowfoot Seminar
Excerpts From
Crowfoot Board Meeting
Everglades Snatches Crowfoot
Make Your Reservations Now!

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Annual Meeting,
Rings in the New
Jobs Available
Upcoming Bentgrass II
West Coast Shoots for $4,500
Caddy Shack II,
A Must For All Greenskeepers
Next Green Sheet Deadline

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FGCSA Officers and Committee Roster

President's
Message

GREEN SHEET
EDITOR
Mike Bailey
16379 Country Lake Circle
Delray Beach, FL 33484
(407) 499-8480 (Recorder)

EXECUTIVE

SECRETARY
Mrs. Marie Roberts
1760 N.W. Pine Lake Drive
Stuart, FL 34994
(407) 692-9349

President; Cecil Johnston
(813) 962-3018

by Cecil Johnston

Vice President; Joel Jackson, CGCS
(407) 876-4244; Director of Publications
Secretary/Treasurer; Ray Hansen
(305)367-2611 Ext. 5263
Immediate Past President; Dick Blake, CGCS
(407) 997-0408; Nominations/Awards
Executive Secretary; Marie Roberts
(407) 692-9349; Membership Services;
Employment Referral; Membership Directory

PUBLISHER
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Florida Green Editor; Dan Jones, CGCS
(407) 793-0069
Rorida Green Ed. Asst.; Irene Jones
(407) 793-2497

CIRCULATION
The Green Sheet is a bi-monthly FGCSA,
Newsletter printed as follows: Jan./Feb.,
Mar./Apr., Sept/Oct., Nov./Dec. The Green
Sheet is designed to be a current, up-to-date
newsletter as compared to the "Florida
Green" (an educational communication
magazine.)

FINANCIAL SUPPORT
The 1986-1987 GCSA Green Sheet operating
budget for issues Sept./Oct thru July/Aug. is
being financially supported by:

Estech Fertilizer Incorporated
2121 3rd Street S.W.
Winter Haven, FL 33880
(800) 282-9588
Advertisers play an important role to the
success of this newsletter. Because of their
advertising support, The Green Sheet is not
a financial burden to the FGCSA.

CRITERIA
All material submitted for printing will be
edited per the discretion of the editor.
Material must be typed or clearly printed.
All photos must be black and white (color
photos reproduce pooly for this text.) Items
submitted must be for the good of the
association.

Green Sheet Editor; Mike Bailey
(407) 499-8480
Fund Raising; Joel Jackson, CGCS
(407) 876-4244
Public Relations; Mark Jarrell, CGCS
(407) 965-0046
Education; Tom Burrows, CGCS
(407) 746-8911
Voting Delegate/By-Laws; C#cil Johnston
(813) 962-3018; Government Regulations
Membership; Tom Berwfield
(813) 868-7673
FTGA; Larry Livingston, CGCS
(813) 922-0833
Research; Kevin Downing, CGCS
(407) 220-1010
Golf/Crowfoot; Joe Ondo, CGCS
(407) 657-7565
Ethics; Paul Crawford
(407) 845-2395
Long Range Planning; Ray Hansen
(305) 367-2611
1989/90 Conference & Show; Mike Perham,
CGCS; (407) 231-4996

DEADLINE
All material must be submitted prior to the
2nd Friday of the proceeding issue, i.e. Oct.
14th for the Nov./Dec. issue and Dec. 16th
for the Jan./Feb. issue.

NEXT
EDITOR'S
DEADLINE

POA Classic; Bob Shevlin
(813) 775-0090
Survey Committee; Mike Bailey
(407) 499-8480
Advisory Committee; John Foy, USGA
(305) 546-2620
RELATED ORGANIZATIONS:

MEMBER OF EAP

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October 14th

GCSAA; (800) 472-7878

•

Tour years ago, I accepted the
assignment of newsletter editor for
the West Coast Chapter. I wasn't
very good at it, but each issue got
better. After a while, members
began to compliment my work, and
we even won a couple of awards
from the GCSAA. I was proud to
accept them for our chapter.
Two years ago I accepted the
position of External Vice President
for the West Coast chapter, and
shortly thereafter, I attended my
first FGCSA board meeting. My
voice was wavering and my knees
were knocking as I timidly
volunteered to be chairman of a
committee
to
investigate
professional licensing. If the Past
President had not assured everyone
that I could handle the assignment,
I wonder if they would have
accepted my offer.
One year ago I accepted the
position of president of the West
Coast chapter and again my voice
was wavering and my knees were
knocking at that first meeting. I
feel we accomplished a great deal
during my term and I am sure that
I am much better at conducting
meetings than I was a year ago.
In August, I accepted the
position of President of the FGCSA.
i have learned to control my voice
and knees (most of the time) but I
still get excited when I hear a new
idea at a board meeting or discuss
how the FGCSA can help us
improve our courses and profession.
My point is this: if you are able
to contribute in some way to this
association, do not measure the
benefits only on the basis of what
you may give or receive. Selfimprovement is also an important
benefit that can be gained through
participation. If you have the
opportunity and time to participate
in any way, please do yourself a
favor and volunteer. We need you...
and YOU NEED YOU.
•

T

1988-1989

Chapter
Officers
Congratulations to the following
recently elected 1988-89 local
chapter officers. These superintendents perform a valuable
service by donating their time to
serving their chapter members. In
addition to handling local chapter
matters, they are the communications liaisons between the state
association and the local chapter.

MEET YOUR NEW FGCSA BOARD
From Left:
Joel Jackson - Vice President; Richard Blake - Immediate Past President;
Cecil Johnston - President; and Ray Hansen - Secretary/Treasurer.

Central Florida Chapter
President: Steve Wright
Ext. V.P.:
Joe Ondo
Sec/Treas: Joel Jackson
North Florida Chapter
President: Mark Waldron
Sec/Treas: Gary Dahlberg
Ext. V.P.:
Eddie Snipes
Int. V.P.:
Don Allen
Palm Beach Chapter
President: David Court
Secretary: Paul Crawford
Treasurer: Walt McMahon
Ext. V.P.:
Mark Henderson
Int. V.P.:
Peter Brooks
South Florida Chapter
President: Loy Faulk
Secretary: Scott Wahlin
Treasurer: Ray Hansen
Ext. V.P.:
Ray Hansen
Int. V.P.:
Joe Pantaleo

Richard Blake, Immediate Past President, accepts the FGCSA Appreciation
President's Plaque from last year's Immediate Past President, Reed LeFebvre
(center), while our new FGCSA President, Cecil Johnston, (right) looks on.

Treasure Coast Chapter
President: Chuck Calhoun
Sec/Treas: John Perham
Ext. V.P.:
Mike Perham
Int. V.P.:
Scott Bell
West Coast
President:
Ext. V.P.:
Int. V.P.:

Chapter
Bill Moore
Tom Benefield
Marshall Edgren

SELLING YOUR
PROGRAM
WAS A SELL OUT!
The FGCSA Education Committee's
"Selling Your Program" seminar
held at the Crowfoot open was an
overwhelming success to all those
superintendents who attended.
Besides earning valuable CEU's
toward their GCSAA Recertification
and for their Florida Pesticide
License, they left the seminar with
a wealth of information.
Due
to
a last
minute
cancellation by Oscar Miles, the
time schedule of the seminar had
to be re-arranged. Frank Dobie,
superintendent from Sharon Golf
Club, Sharon Center, Ohio,
extended his talk on golf course
renovation to include an upbeat
presentation on self image which
was well received by the 28
superintendents attending.
Jack Siebenthaler, Executive
Director of the American Society of
Consulting Arborists, presented a
slide show on proper tree selection
for golf courses.

Dr. Monica Juhnke, Plant
Pathologist from I FAS in Ft.
Lauderdale, also extended her
program to include a discussion on
the mode of action of systemic and
contact
fungicides.
This
presentation led to a lively and
extremely informative question and
answer period on proper day-to-day
fungicide applications.
•

Everglades
Snatches
Crowfoot From
Central Florida
by Joe Ondo, Golf Chairman

Central Florida proved itself cordial
hosts for the second year in a row
by not winning its own tournament
after 3 successive years as team
winner.
The "New Course" at Grand
Cypress was the facility used for
this year's tournament
and
everything was in great shape for
superintendents and suppliers from
all over the state.
The Everglades team of Jerry
Redden, Mark Black, Richard Kaiser
and Ron Richards won the 1988
Crowfoot Open by 5 shots over the
Treasure Coast chapter.
Scott Zakany won a match of
cards over Lee Bennett for Low
Gross Supt. after both men posted
fine 69's.
Jim Ellison of Central Florida
was the Low Net Supt. by winning
a match of cards over Richard
Lemmel.
In the Supplier's Division, Dick
Johnson won match of cards over
Dick Bessire for Low Gross after
both shot 70.
Bill Gordon won the Calloway
division of suppliers with Bill
Buchanan and Jerry Porter finishing
2nd and 3rd.
Tom Alex, host supt., and his
crew and the Grand Cypress staff
are to be thanked for an enjoyable
weekend.
Larry and Vilma Kamphaus and
the Crowfoot Committee made it
through another year and look
forward to making next year's
tournament even better.
Hope everyone had a good time,
and I'll look forward to seeing
everyone at the FTGA Conference
in October.
•

Exc
The 1988 FGCSA Crowfoot Board
Meeting was held on Saturday,
August 6, 1988, in the Executive
Meeting Center, Grand Cypress,
Orlando. The meeting was called to
order by President Dick Blake at
1:15 PM.
All Officers and External Vice
Presidents were present except for
Gulf Coast and Everglades chapters.
The minutes of the POA Board
Meeting were approved. The
President's report was approved.
Past President Reed LeFebvre urged
all local chapters to submit their
nominees
for
the
FGCSA
Distinguished Service Award to him
before August 15.
Research: Chairman Kevin Downing
reported on the outcome of the
Research Committee meeting held
earlier in the day. The Research
Committee recommended that the
FGCSA present the following
projects to the FTGA for funding:
1) Pursue various bermudagrass
varieties in South Florida;
2) Build a USGA green either at a
private club or the I FAS center. If
this green proved to be a
successful research tool, we would
then build another green in Central
or North Florida. This would be a
long term commitment.
3) Perform product evaluation for
short term problems. The FGCSA
would be the direct funding source,
but we would subcontract the work
to IFAS or another private
experimental site. If a product
evaluation proved that specific
claims made by the developer were
false, the information would be
published.
Kevin pointed out that IFAS
often works through the County
Extension
Agents.
Many
superintendents do not utilize their
Extension Agents. It was suggested
that all local chapters make their
Extension Agent an Honorary
Member of their chapter.
Tom Benefield made a motion
the Research Committee be
empowered to speak for the FGCSA
in letting the FTGA know our
specific needs. The motion was
approved.

jerpts from 1988 CROWFOOT Board Meeting..
Publications Committee: Dan Jones
made the final presentation on the
Desktop Publishing System that he
is recommending. The system would
consist of two identical Apple
computers to be located at the
Florida Green office and one at the
FGCSA office. The total cost for
the system with related software
packages would be approximately
$18,000.
Dan Jones presented the summer
issue of Florida Green. Due to
increased printing costs, the rates
for advertising have now been
increased from 10 to 40% in order
to maintain the quality and
professionalism desired.

Mike Perham C.G.C.S. (right) 1990
Conference Chairman reviews the
Anaheim Brochure
with Mary
Roberts,
FGCSA
Executive
Secretary(left.)
Green Sheet: Mike Bailey again
urged local chapter secretaries to
send in all local news before the
printed deadline date for submitting
material. All copies of the
July/August issue were sent by first
class mail.
Education: After much discussion,
the Board suggested that some of
the seminars being offered by the
Education Committee would be
better received if they were
offered in conjunction with local
chapter meetings. Mike Perham
made a motion that the Committee
scrap its intended project of
sending the FTGA Hire/Fire booklet

to all FGCSA members. The motion
carried.
The board agreed that education
is very important to our structure
and therefore approved a $4,000
budget for education, which is a
300% increase over last year.
FTGA: Mark Jarrell suggested that
we find out how effective the
FTGA Conference and Show is to
our members. He urged our
members to stop at the FGCSA
booth and fill out a critique of the
educational programs and the show
itself.
Membership:
Cecil Johnston
introduced
Bobby
Ellis,
superintendent at Lake Region Y&
CC. Bobby reported that he has an
informal group of ten to fifteen
superintendents who work in an
area that is bordered by West
Coast and Central Florida Chapters,
his area could possibly become a
chapter of the FGCSA. The Board
agreed to offer the services of our
Executive Secretary to help
coordinate their membership drive.

budget and the changes that had
been made to some budgetary
requests. The budget was approved
at $22,000.
Desk Top Publishing System: A
motion was made that we approve
of Dan Jones' recommendation for a
DTPS as presented by Nynex with a
stipulation that the FGCSA and the
Florida Green share the cost
equally. The motion was approved.
Survey: A discussion was held on
the pros and cons of a state wide
survey. Mike Bailey will look into
this project.
The Annual Meeting was scheduled
for immediately after this meeting
was adjourned. The next regularly
scheduled meeting will be held on
Saturday, October 8, in the Hyatt
Regency Hotel, Tampa.

Golf: Joe Ondo reported that the
entry fee for the 1989 GCSAA golf
tournament is $290/man. The Board
voted to field a four man team at
a cost of $1,160.
Membership Cards: We will continue
to supply membership cards to all
superintendents which include their
local chapter designation. A
suggestion was made that we look
into providing a window decal for
all
members.
Mike
Bailey
volunteered to look into this
project.
Public Relations: The 1990
Conference and Show Committee
consists of Mike Bailey, Mark
Jarrell, Dan Jones, and Mike
Perham. Mike Perham will act as
Chairman for the 1989 Conference
and Show Committee.
Budget: Joel Jackson presented the
Secretary/Treasurers report. He
discussed the proposed 1988-89

Could this be Immediate Past
President; Dick Blake, packing his
bags after the FGCSA Board
Meeting?
Definitely NOT.
Thank you Dick, for a great job
serving as president.
•

Make Your
Reservations
GCSAA International Golf Course
Conference and Show
February 6 - 1 3 , 1 9 8 9

Annual Meeting Rings In The New
The 1988 FGCSA Annual Board
Meeting was held on August 6,
1988, in the Executive Meeting
Center, Grand Cypress, Orlando.
The meeting was called to order by
President Dick Blake at 5:30 PM.
All officers were present. Ext.
Vice Presidents attending were:
Joe Ondo
Central Florida
Eddie Snipes
North Florida
Mark Henderson Palm Beach
Ray Hansen
South Florida
Larry Livingston
Suncoast
Mike Perham
Treasure Coast
Tom Benefield
West Coast

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S

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New elected president Cecil
Johnston thanked the board and
immediately got down to work in
selecting new Committees and new
Committee Chairmen. Tom Benefield
will replace Cecil as Membership
Committee Chairmen. Mike Perham
will be the Chairmen of the 1989
National Conference and Show
Committee. Cecil announced that
any Board Member who was on an
inactive committee and felt they
could be more beneficial on another
committee should contact Cecil
about a new appointment. He also
suggested that it might be

89

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The
Florida
Golf
Course
Superintendents Association is
pleased
to
announce
the
arrangement with the Hyatt
Regency Alicante in Garden Grove,
California, a group rate while
attending the Conference and Show.
Regular Room Rate:
Single Occupancy:
Double Occupancy:

$112.00

$132.00

FGCSA Special Rate:
Single Occupancy: $75.00
Double 0ccupancy:$75.00
Reservation Procedure:
Call Hyatt Reservations at 1-800228-9000. State the Conference
name, and most importantly, The
Florida Golf Course Superintendents
Association, when making reservations.

HYATT REGENCY©ALICANTE
NEAR DISNEYLAND
100 PtAZA ALICANTE
HARBOR & CHAPMAN
GARDEN GROVE CALIFORNIA 92640
7149713000

• Complimentary shuttle to Disneyland, Anaheim
Convention Center and other attractions.
• Exercise room, hydrotherapy spa, game room,
tennis courts, pool
• Outstanding restaurants and lounges in a relaxed
atmosphere.
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Mark Jarrell (left) Bob Yount, Chairman of FTGA Reasearch and
Funding (center) and Larry Livingston (right) discuss the success of
the Endowment Fund just after this year's annual meeting in Orlando.
Gulf Coast and Everglades chapters
were not represented.
Other Board Members attending
were Dan Jones, Mike Bailey and
Mark Jarrell.
Dick Blake then turned the
meeting over to Reed LeFebvre for
the election of officers. The
officers nominated were: Cecil
Johnston - President; Joel Jackson
- Vice President; Ray HansenSecretary/Treasurer; and Dick Blake
- Past President. Since there were
no other nominations from the
floor, the slate of officers as
presented by Reed LeFebvre was
elected by unanimous vote. ,—>

advantageous to have Co-Chairmen
for certain committees, such as the
1990 National Conference and Show
Committee.
Joel Jackson suggested that the
new officers make more of an
effort to contact each other
periodically - at least once a
month- by phone to be sure things
are being done.
Cecil Johnston suggested that
anyone who is serving on a
National Committee should call the
FGCSA office to let Marie know
what day and time their committee
is meeting in Anaheim.
There being no further business,
the meeting was adjourned at 5:45
PM.
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Caddy
BENTGRASS
JOBS
PART II
AVAILABLE Shack II
The FGCSA Education Committee is
presenting the follow up to last
October's extremely successful
Bentgrass seminar. Bentgrass Part II
will be held at the JDM Club in
Palm Beach Gardens on Wednesday,
September 7,1988, at 9 AM.
The program will consist of an
open panel discussion by leading
Bentgrass experts. Those panelists
include Dr. Paul Alexander, Horry
Georgetown University; Dr. James
Beard, Texas A&M University; Dr.
Joseph Duich, Penn State University;
Dr. Charles Martin,
Clemson
University, and Dr. Joseph Vargas,
Michigan State University.
Registration fee is $75.00 before
September 2 or $90.00 at the door.
Lunch is included and will be served
from 12:00 noon to 1 PM. All
superintendents are invited to bring
their greens chairmen, club officials,
or other guests. For further
information, please contact the
FGCSA office at (407) 692-9349.
•

West Coast
Shoots For
$4,500
The 1988 FWCGCSA Research
Tournament will be held on
September 15, 1988, at the Pasadena
Yacht and Country Club. Over $1,000
in prizes will be awarded and door
prizes will be raffled off. Entry fee
is
$35.00,
which
includes
refreshments on the course as well
as a prime rib dinner.
The Tournament will be on a
first come, first served basis. Please
mail your entry in early or contact
Cecil Johnston, (813) 962-3018. This
tournament raised over $4,500 for
research in 1987 and we are looking
for an even more successful event
this year.
•

Asst. Supt Wanted:
Imperial G C, Naples, contact Jerry
Redden, (813) 597-4581.

"A Must, Only For
Greenskeepers"

SUPERINTENDENT]
POSITION

Movie Review by
Gene Shank It

Wyecliff (Stonebridge), Boca Raton.
Contact Bob Drake. (407) 483-8444.
Mullet Bay, St. Martins and Roseall
GC, Jamaica. Contact Dick Pifer
(407) 746-5321.
Woodmont CC, Tamarac. Contact
Howard Schiller.
Homestead Air Force Base. Contact
Dee Piorkowski. (305) 257-8725.
Hobe Sound Country Club. Contact
Bob Wert, manager. 11330 SE US 1,
Hobe Sound, FL 33455.
HEAD MECHANIC- For exclusive
private golf course in Treasure
Coast area.
Experianced in maintaining golf
course equipment. Must be versed
in preventative
maintenance,
maintenance
repairs
and
organization. Salary commensurate
with ability and experience.
Send resumes to 1760 NW Pine
Lake Dr., Stuart, FL 34994.
•

TAMPA
BOARD
MEETING
The next regularly scheduled
meeting of the FGCSA Board of
Directors will be held on Saturday,
October 8, 1988, at 1:00 pm in the
Hyatt Regency Hotel, Tampa. All
members of the FGCSA are invited
to attend this meeting.
•

Caddy Shack II is a real whiff! It's
been sliced and hooked to death.
Hardly worth the cost of an
afternoon matinee. But even
though, you dedicated greens
keepers must still go see the
sequel.
You remember the original
classic; complete with "The famous
whacking of the flowers at
Augusta, the Milorganite stacked in
the maintenance barn, and the
assistant's five year program."
Well, as much as the original had,
the sequel has not. It has been said
a sequel can never match the
original. Once again, this truth
prevails.
And there was so much to
capitalize upon. Caddy Shack II
could have been a real classic. I
mean after all, what happened to
Bill Murray? Did he ever become a
"head greens keeper?" Did all
those tulips ever grow back? Did
the Baby Ruth sink to the bottom
of the pool?
This time Chevy Chase goes
Ford (check out his left ear lobe).
Jacky Mason gives it a good college
try to out rage Rodney, and
perhaps even does.
But that's about it.
The only real star in the movie
is the gopher. Perhaps this one has
been buried for good. Please, if we
have a Caddy Shack III, let's get
back to the good ol' days: when
greens keepers were greens
keepers, and the rich were rich.
This one gets a one gopher.

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