NORTHERN MICHIGAN TURF MANAGERS ASSOCIATE ’ TATE, President FRANK HEMINGER, Secretary-Treas. Vice President 1147 SANTO TRAVERSE CITY, Ml. 49684 SOCIAL PARTY SHUSS MOUNTAIN phone: 6.6-947-9274 BEARD Saturday, October 25th, 1975 0^53 A big^eml^der for you gals to get busy and get the dust out of the old man’s billfold and come to the party. The fun will begin at 6»30 P.M. when the "FREE1* cocktail party will start and continue until 7»45 P.M, at which time we will sit down to a delightful dinner of Prime Ribs of Beef. To be sure that you will be with us, your check in the amount of »20 .00 per oouple which includes tax and tip, must be in the hands of our Secretary-Treasurer Frank Heminger not later than Thursday, October 23rd. There will be no exceptions as we must pay for each couple that we say will be there. Rooms are available for anyone that wishes to spend the night there at a special rate of »24.00 per couple plus tax. In addition as a special concession to our group, there will' be free golf for our group only, with reduced rates for golf carts. Anyone wishing to play golf and needing a place to change clothing for the party, will have these conveniences available. It looks like a very Interesting golf course that weaves its way through the beautiful valleys of Shuss Mountain so what better chance? There will be no formal business whatsoever at this event, Just plain old time fun and enjoyment with live music available for dancing or listening. So please get busy and make your reservations for rooms direct with Shuss Mountain Village, phone: 616/ 587-9162. At our recent meeting at Mlchawye Hills, the Board of Directors elected officers for our fiscal year of 1976. "Tuck" Tate was reelected President, Frederick J. Powell was elected Vice-President and Frank Heminger was again reelected Secretary-Treasurer. Our 1975 fisoal year ends October 31, 1975 therefore dues for the coming year should now be sent to Frank Heminger. We hope that everyone will be cooperative and send in your dues without a formal invoice or notice. We ask your cooperation with the hope of trying to cut down on unnecessary mailouts. If there is any question as to what the dues will be for your class, it is as follows» Class A Member »15.00 • B,D,E Member »10.00 " F,G Member »25.00 If there is any question of what Class you are in, then you will have to contact our Secretary-Treasurer. Michigan Turfgrass Foundation is about to start another flseal year and we wonder if you or your club is a member? If not, you should be because every effort taken by this Foundation helps you in someway if you are in the grass industry, or should we say "TURF". They try to obtain money for Turfgrass Research from our State Legislature, Encourage M.S.U. to hire a full time Turfgrass Extension Specialist, Encourage M.S.U. to go full speed ahead in hiring the best Turfgrass Physiologist available to replace Dr. Jim Beard, Assist M.S.U. in Turfgrass Research and Disseminate information to members through the annual Turfgrass Conference and Field Days. page 2 If you or your club Is not a member, please write Michigan Turfgrass Foundation, Department of Crop and Soli Sciences, M.S.U., East landing, Michigan 48824, immediately. Employment Manager: “What was your last jolP” Applicant: “Diamond cutter.” Employment Manager: “In the jewelry business, huh?” Applicant: “No. 1 trimmed the lawn at the baM p«L” Sunshine Magazine G.C.S.A.A. Pre-Conference Seminars Feb. 7 & 8th» ±22$ LANDSCAPE I,"Principles of Administrative landscape Design”. MANAGEMENT II, "Leadership, TLâW "Dick" By Morey Motivation &Employee Relat­ ions”. PESTICIDE I, "Principles of Many of us have been brought up on the assumption that we live and owe our Chemical Usage". basic freedoms and rights to the manifestations of the U.S. Constitution and the TURF NUTRITION Ii "Principles laws put into the statutes by our elected legislators. But not so these days with many Federal Agencies flaunting the legislative authority and openly circum­ of Fertilizer Usage” venting the laws of the land and deciding on their own what they wish to Minneapolis GCSAA Convention enforce as the law without regard for the specific provisions of legislation. This is what is becoming known as the 'Administrative Law' influencing public life these days. New Wage, Hour Exemption The Heptachlor/Chlordane Episode Granted Some Country Clubs In spite of specific procedural practices outlined in the Federal Environ­ The office of the federal Wage-Hour mental Protection Act, EPA Director Russell Train did on July 30 allow an Administration has issued an opin­ erroneous and probably illegal, and certainly misleading release to be published ion letter extending the amusement in the Federal Register and in the official EPA Environmental News indicating and recreational exemption, in part, that Heptachlor and Chlordane would no longer be allowed in manufacture. This to certain country clubs. The same without any normal public hearing or the provided 'notice of intent' to suspend. letter reaffirmed the applicability of This is the sort of bureaucratic obstinance which is being practiced full-swing by the partial overtime exemption to Train and Quarles at EPA. Just another part of the EPA system which is known restaurant employes of such clubs. to be using spying and reporting methods which may eventually shame even the A section of the Fair Labor CIA plots and meanderings. Standards Act provides a complete Velsicol Objects exemption from its minimum wage Robert M. Morris, president and chairman of the board of Velsicol Chemical and overtime pay provisions for Corporation, exclusive manufacturer of the two pesticides, has filed the neces­ “any employe employed by an es­ sary request for the'public hearing provided by law; and the company has taken tablishment which is an amusement the stand that the two materials have not been banned as the EPA release would or recreational establishment if (a) it indicate. An outrageous flaunting of the laws and 'administrative law' at its very does not operate for more than worst. Fortunately for everyone, not just those engaged in the chemical indus­ seven months in any calendar year, tries, there are some people like Mr. Morris who still have the courage to stand or (b) during the preceding calen­ up to the Mr. Trains. In indicating Velsicols stand, Mr. Morris declared, "The dar year its average receipts for any request for the public hearings has been made within the designated five day legal period and, therefore, the notice of intent to suspend has absolutely no six months of such year were not significance until after the public hearings and final resolution by the Federal more than one-third of its average courts, if that becomes necessary!" Bravo! receipts for the other six months of No Place for This Type Action such year.” The office said that country This sort of arbitrary action by Russell Train is no doubt behind the recent clubs which are not open to the gen­ action by the House Committee on Agriculture in recommending, and the Con­ eral public, but are available only to gress to approve, only a 90 day extension of the regulatory provisions of the law rather than the customary two year period. Only close attention by everyone in a select group of persons who have this turf industry will save the day and our future from this administrative law been specifically selected to club which is so prevalent these days in government. From the Post Office Depart­ membership or whose membership ment to EPA to OSHA, we all suffer from forms of administrative law which we fees are so high as to exclude the would not have thought possible a few years ago. general public, are not considered There's simply no place for this type of procedure in our government, federal, amusement or recreational estab­ state or local; and the sooner we all begin to stand up for our intended rights, lishments for the purposes of the ex­ the more chance we have of subduing the Russel, Trains and their likes. Maybe emption. Mr. Train should go back to protecting the wild animals in Africa. He might be more effective there! And, EPA might just operate within the law!