New Member Special NMTMA annual spring turf management for the April meeting If you become a member of the seminar set for April 9 in Grayling NMTMA by filling out a membership NORTHERN MICHIGAN TURF MANAGERS ASSOCIATION application and paying the appropriate ANNUAL SPRING TURF MANAGEMENT SEMINAR fee, we will waive your April 1990 Grayling Holiday Inn Mini-Conference meeting and dinner Monday, April 9,1990 cost. 8:30 a.m. Registration and Coffee Complimentary Copies Jeff Holmes, Moderator of Turf Times Grand Traverse Resort Give us the name and address of President, Northern Michigan Turf Managers Assn. your course's or company's owner, 9:30 a.m. Gypsy Moth Strategies For Turf Managers green committee chairman, or any Roger Meeh, Mich. Dept. of Nat'l Resources, Kalkaska other interested person, and we will 10:30 a.m. Pesticide Licensing and Handling Changes send them complimentary copies of Keith Creagh, Michigan Dept. of Agriculture, Lansing Turf Times for one year. Let these 11:05 a.m. Factors Affecting Green Speed people know what we do and what we How To Get A Placement Trainee from M.S. U. are about. Send address information John N. "Trey" Rogers, III, Crop and Soil Sciences, MSU to the NMTMA, 3733 Apollo Drive, 11:45 a.m. Michigan Turfgrass Foundation Activities Traverse City, Ml 49684. David Longfield, Garland Golf Club, Lewiston 12:00 Lunch (Reservation required - see below) You May Be A Winner! 1:00 p.m. Protecting The Environment - Fate of Fertilizer Elements Paul E. Rieke, Crop and Soil Sciences, MSU The winning ticket number in the 1:20 p.m. Protecting The Environment - Fate of Pesticides NMTMA survey raffle is: Bruce E. Branham, Crop and Soil Sciences, MSU 161208 1:50 p.m. Controlling Ants in Turf Check your ticket stub (the one David E. Smitley, Entomology Department, MSU mailed to you in the NMTMA Survey). 2:10 p.m. Snowmold Control Update Mail the stub with your name, address, J.M. Vargas, Jr., Pesticide Research Center, MSU and jacket size to Tom Reed to claim 2:35 p.m. Integrated Pest Management for Turf in Northern Michigan your new NMTMA green jacket. Panel Discussion - panel of above speakers 3:00 p.m. Adjourn IMPORTANT! IMPORTANT! Reservations will be required for lunch. The cost of $10 will Please check the information cover coffee and donuts in the morning as well as lunch. For reservations, on your mailing label. Send please call Kim Olson (616/887-0515 and leave a message) or Tom Reed any immediate or future (616/943-8343) BY FRIDAY, APRIL 6. You may make your checks payable to changes to Tom Reed, 3733 NMTMA. Apollo Dr., Traverse City, Ml The Grayling Holiday Inn is located south of downtown Grayling on the city's 49684. Future newsletters will main thoroughfare (Business Route I-75). be mailed bulk rate: Correct addresses are necessary for NEXT MEETING: Tuesday, May 22 delivery, no forwarding. Place: Lost Lake Woods, Lincoln, Ml (south of Alpena) Host Superintendent: Brian Holmes Watch for your next Turf Times Update for more information, and make sure your mail­ ing label is exactly correct Notify Tom Reed of any changes that must be made. "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 meet­ ings. Good golf etiquette, fairness and sportsmanship are expected at all golfing events." Hold everything! 1990 Membership cards and other membership paraphernalia will not FOR SALE: 1974 F-10, be mailed immediately. We are wait­ Good condition, 8-blade ing for official approval to use the CCSSA logo which appears on all of Reels. Call Rick Warren, our association’s business materials. Alpena Country Club, If the use of the CCSSA logo is de­ (517) 356-3740. nied, we will have to design a new SINCE 1938 one of our own. Any ideas? Send any thoughts or drawings you might --------------------------------------- / have to the NMTMA. Employee Relations CREATING SPECIALTY SANDS: What Managers Don’t Know TOP DRESSING & BUNKER SAND Don't assume that managers know the best way to deal with people. Results of an employee relations IQ test indicate that managers aren't CURRENTLY USED AT Arnold Palmer Course - Shanty Creek, Bellaire doing what most of the experts feel they should when working with Jack Nicklaus Course - Grand Traverse Resort colleagues and others. Trent Jones Course - Sylvan Resort, Gaylord Don Ross Memorial Golf Course - Boyne Highlands Some findings: • Almost half of the managers did not understand that people repeat behavior rewarded. • More than 60 percent didn't think it was right to brag about their CONSTRUCTION SERVICES: subordinates' accomplishments. • Almost 70 percent did not believe that finding a mutually satisfacto­ CLEARING, EXCAVATION, SHAPING, ry solution to a problem was a way to handle a grievance. BUNKERS, CART PATHS • Almost half did not understand that improving quality would re­ duce operating cost. EXPERIENCE INCLUDES WORK AT • Almost 80 percent of the managers did not understand that the ob­ servations made in performance reviews should be specific rather Arnold Palmer Course - Shanty Creek, Bellaire than general. Antrim Dells-Atwood SOURCE: Calab Atwood, ERIQ Inc., Box 19484, Houston, TX 77224, cited in Behavioral Birchwood Farms - Harbor Springs Sciences Newsletter, Whitney Industrial Park, Whitney Rd., Mahawah, NJ 07430. Boyne Highlands - Harbor Springs Mackinac Island- Mackinac Island Michaywe Golf Course - Gaylord Government Relations Briefing Trent Jones Course -Sylvan Resort, Gaylord October 1989, Volume 1, Number 3 Legislation: Recycling Mandate Possible Reauthorization of RCRA, the federal law that regulates the manage­ ment and disposal of hazardous materials and wastes, will in all likeli­ | ROADBUILDING PLUS Asphalt Paving • Concrets Paving hood contain provisions aimed at mandating recylcing programs. A Excavation • Airports • Golf Courses • Site Development Tennis Courts • Sand & Gravels • Underground Utilities Senate subcommittee heard testimony earlier this summer indicating Plus, Plus, that more than 400 million gallons of used oil are improperly dis­ posed of each year. Superintendents would be wise to discuss with H A D INC, 2081 W. CHARLEVOIX AVE, PETOSKEY, MICH. 49770 (618) 347-2547 their distributors the impact of recycling legislation. CREDIT: The Mountain State Greenletter