< < AFFILIATE The newsletter from the Northern Michigan Turf Managers Association New program insures fuel tanks on Meeting and Golf at "The Rock" golf courses Thursday, July 19th Why should golf courses have to worry about insuring underground fuel Kathy Antaya will be the host superintendent and speaker for the July storage tanks? NMTMA meeting on Drummond Island. Lunch will be served at 11:30 a.m. "Because they are an uninsured and golf will start (shotgun) at 1:00 p.m. This cost for lunch, golf and prizes is liability . . . and because it's the law," $30.00, payable to "The Rock at Dominos Lodge". There will be individual says Richard L. Shanks, president of prizes for long drive and closest to the pin. Katny has set aside some rooms at Financial Guardian of Kansas City. the lodge for anyone wishing to stay overnight. You can call her for information Financial Guardian worked in and reservations: 906-493-5658. cooperation with the Golf Course Directions to Drummond Island: From St. Ignace (past the Mackinac Bridge) Superintendents Association of take I-75 north to M-134. Turn east and follow to Detour (56 miles). Take ferry America (GCSAA) to develop the only boat to the island. Next Meeting: August 13 at Fox Run in Grayling. Mike Hly­ insurance program that specifically wa will be speaking about Petroleum Storage. covers pollution resulting from In Brief . . . by Tom Akins, GCSAA Government Relations Manager underground and above ground fuel • The Alliance for a Clean Rural Environment has a new publication entitled tanks on golf courses. Coverage under "Water Quality Protection: Frank Answers to the 20 Most Frequently Asked the new program actually exceeds the Questions." Free copies of the document, which attempts to answer questions U.S. Environmental Protection about the relationship of pesticides to our water supply, are available by calling Agency's financial responsibility 800-545-5410. standards that require owners of tanks • The "1989 Annual Turfgrass Research Report" is now available. The yearly to prove that they can pay for the costs summary, published by the USGA/CGSAA Turfgrass Research Committee, is a of a leak. compilation of twenty major research project summaries, ranging from new According to Tom Atkins, GCSAA heat- and disease tolerant bentgrasses to drought-resistant buffalograsses. government relations manager, the Information about the report can be obtained by contacting the USGA Green U.S. golf community had "few, if any, Section at 201 -234-2300. options that would help courses meet • Recent information from field studies reported by the University of Kentucky the October 1990 deadline for have shown that a primary means of applicator exposure to pesticides is skin financial responsibility." The contamination, primarily on the hands and forearms. Don't overlook the simple GCSAA-sponsored program "puts golf practice of wearing rubber gloves during mixing - studies have shown it can courses in compliance with the Taw reduce the potential dermal exposure to -a--------------------------------------------------- pesticide by more than 95 percent. ------------------------------------------------------ and also fills a real liability void," Akins says. FOR SALE:1979 Cushman Truckster, Manual Dump, Plus Additional Truckster As required by federal law, the for Parts. Call Rob Britton at Traverse City Country Club. (616) 947-0487. policy covers clean-up costs and third-party liability for each pollution Hold everything! incident up to $500,000 and all 1990 membership cards and other membership paraphernalia will not be mailed incidents up to $1 million annually. immediately. We are waiting for official approval to use the GCSAA logo which Furthermore, the policy also provides appears on all of our association's business materials. If the use of the GCSAA $250,000 annually for legal defense logo is denied we will have to design a new one of our own. Any ideas? costs arising from a pollution incident. For more details contact the Important! Pollution Liability Department at Please check the information on your mailing label. Send any immediate or fu­ Financial Guardian at 800-727-0250. ture changes to Tom Reed, 3733 Apollo Drive, Traverse City, Ml 49684. Future Credit: GCSAA News Release newsletters will be mailed bulk rate: Correct addresses are necessary for deliv­ ery, no forwarding. ________________________________ "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. 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