WiTThn^ Update October, 1992 Vol. 21, No. 11 GCSAA AFFILIATE The newsletter from the Northern Michigan Turf Managers Association Nominations for Annual Meeting and Chapter Championship NMTMA Board At our annual meeting October 12 at Cadillac Country Club in October we will elect The 1992 NMTMA/Tuck Tate Golf Championship will take place on October 12th at three class A directors, Cadillac Country Club. Jeff Dorrell is the host superintendent and Dave Kendall is the golf and one vendor to the professional. NMTMA Board of Direc­ The day will begin at 11:00 a.m. with lunch and our annual meeting. The annual meeting tors. will involve an update of NMTMA business, time for questions and member input, and the Currently, the following election of officers (see information left). The main dish for lunch will be roast beef. If red individuals have accepted meat is a problem, for you other arrangements may be made when you call for reservations. nominations: For class A Golf will follow lunch with a 1:00 p.m. shotgun start. The game is stroke play with - David Little, Dave Pretz- handicap. Prizes will be awarded for low net and low gross (champions) as well as other now, Jeff Dorrell, Dan Lu­ individual prizes. cas; for vendors - Gabe Reservations for lunch and golf are a must. Cost for lunch only is $8.50, and the total Ross, Kim Olson, Mike package is $25.00. Checks should be made payable to Cadillac Country Club. For reservations Jenkins. call (616) 775-9442, on or before October 8th. Cadillac Country Club is located at 1004 South Lake Mitchell Drive (M-55), 1.5 miles west If you or anyone else of the corner of M-115 and M-55, west of Cadillac. would like to be nominat­ The club was established in 1910, has Poa annua tees and fairways, and bentgrass greens. ed, contact Tom Heid at See you there! (616) 922-0502. GCSAA Offers Companies Sponsor "Environmental Stewardship Awards" Lawrence, KS, Sept. 25, 1992 - Golf course superintendents can gain public Regional Seminar recognition for their efforts to protect and enhance the environment through a new TITLE: Turfgrass Stress national awards program sponsored by two industry corporations. Management Ciba-Geigy and Rain Bird Golf are partners in the Environmental Stewards Awards program, which will seek to identify and promote superintendents who use innovative CO-HOST: Michigan techniques our outstanding practices to manage their golf courses in an environmentally and Border Cities GCSA responsible manner. DATE: October 15, '92 The program is a "partnership project" for the benefit of the GCSAA Scholarship and Research (S&R) program. Each partner will donate more than $5,000 to GCSAA S&R in LOCATION: East honor of the award-winning superintendents. Lansing, Michigan In a joint statement, Bill Liles of Ciba-Geigy and Scott Salter of Rain Bird said, "Our FACILITY: Holiday Inn nation's golf course superintendents are finding creative and effective ways to manage University Place these wonderful playing fields without harming the environment." GCSAA S&R President William R. Roberts, CGCS, lauded sponsors for "combining an Telephone registrations extremely commendable awards program with the financial support we need to fund by credit card are research projects and student scholarships." welcome. Enclosed are An application for the awards program is included in the September issue of Golf descriptive material and a Course Management, GCSAA's monthly magazine. The competition is open to any registration form. GCSAA-member superintendent who completes the application and submits it by the For more information Nov. 12, 1992, deadline. or to register, call: (913) Results of the judging will be announced in late 1992. 832-4444 or FAX at (913) For more information about the Environmental Steward Awards, contact Bob Hanvik of 832-4433. Mona, Meyer, McGrath & Gavin at (612) 832-5000, or contact the GCSAA development department at (913) 841 -2240. “Represent your organization with class. Nice sport clothes are required for all golf outings no blue jeans, t-shirts and the like. Sweaters or jackets with ties are recommended for all dinners and meetings. Good golf etiquette, fairness and sportsmanship are expected at all golfing events.99 — PRESENTING.. A WAREHOUSE Save Now, Pay Later ON WHEELS during the ProTurf Pre-Season Sale All qualifying Pre-Season orders shipped during the August-December period won't be billed until next spring. 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