Northwest TURFGRASS TOPICS
Vol. 24, No. 3

PUYALLUP, WASHINGTON

December 1981

WSU SOILS TESTING
LABORATORY CLOSED

FROM THE
PRESIDENT'S CORNER
Public Relations — A Problem??
In the last few years it seems our major problems are
not Poa or even *(Sclerotina) — it's our PUBLIC
RELATIONS. . .
Time and time again we hear how one of our faithful
used the wrong terminology describing a certain
problem.
REALIZE, that question has been answered numerous times before — Now! Can we do it one more time
k with c l a s s - O R - is this the time we "Explode," deplore,
l u m i l i a t e , or g e n u i n e l y make a mule c o u s i n of
ourselves.

How's Your P.R.

It's a fact - this has happened to all of us - some
worse than others. Some have lost respect to employer,
members, fellow workers, themselves. Some have
even lost their employment.

How's Your P.R.

Understanding this is not a spur of the moment reaction, but more likely a burning desire to tell them you
really know your j o b - and who the "Hell" do they think
they are.
Well, did we do it again?? PUBLIC RELATIONS IS
AN EVERY MINUTE OF EVERY DAY MUST FOR ALL
OF US.
Norman J. Whitworth
* Fungus attached to Bean Stems

Memtf 6/mtmi
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Effective November 10, 1981, the Soil Testing Laboratory at Washington State University, Pullman, WA,
was closed. The chief reason for closing the laboratory
was insufficient operating funds. Legislative cuts to
the University have been disastrous and certain support programs had to be eliminated.
Soil testing privileges through the University have
been provided for many years at a cost that people
could afford. It was nearly always a deficit spending
program, however, many services are. The fact remains
that money was lost on nearly every sample tested and
the University could no longer bear this expense.
Secondly, the cost for modernizing and updating the
laboratory simply could not be met to provide the type
of testing that is required, according to reports.
It is most unfourtunate that we have lost this facility
since many of us have gotten accustomed to planning
our fertility practices around the reports obtained from
this laboratory. Correlation with present programs
with other laboratories is sometimes rather difficult
since various methods are used in soil testing and the
resultant figures are quite often variable from those
reported from WSU's lab. Nevertheless, a decision has
been made and the laboratory will process only the
samples on hand and will not accept any new samples.
At the present time information is being gathered
with respect to other laboratories for testing Washington soils and as more information becomes available,
you will be informed. There are a number of private
laboratories engaged in soil testing. Some of these
labs have the expertise to make recommendations
based upon their test results. You should be advised to
be very careful of recommendations made by any
laboratory that vary widely from recommendations
previously made through our testing procedures. An
example of this variation is clearly evident when we
compare methods of testing phosphorus between
WSU's laboratory and Oregon State. In general, the
procedure used by Oregon State will yield values of
phosphorus approximately 10 times as high as those
obtained from methods at Washington State University. This is not a serious matter as long as we know
that this variability exists. I would not recommend any
phosphate applications other than through normal
formulated fertilizers to turfgrass soils that contain as
much as 5 parts per million phosphopus by WSU's test.
In general, 3 parts per million will prevent any phosphate deficiency and produce healthy turf. Therefore,
in correlating with Oregon State University's laboratory, we would judge that 30 to 50 parts per million by
their tests would be amply high for any turfgrass maintenance programs.
Oregon State University's soil testing laboratory will
gladly handle our turfgrass samples. Presently the cost

Happy %ew tfem
Jo All!

(Continued

on page 2, col. 1)

per sample is $10 and you will receive a computer
printout of the test results. We shall be cooperating
with O r e g o n State University in developing key
recommentations to be placed into the computer to
explain test results. Soil sample containers will be
made available through Oregon State University for
our testing needs.
Turfgrass managers in eastern Washington may find
it more convenient to submit their samples to the University of Idaho soil testing laboratory at Moscow,
Idaho. They are also cooperating in testing soils from
the State of Washington.

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MEET YOUR DIRECTORS
FOR 1981-82
The directors of the Northwest Turfgrass Association are elected for three-year terms. These people are
elected generally on the basis of their desire to serve,
their dedication to the Turfgrass Association and the
turfgrass industry in general and their desire to support and benefit from University research programs.
The object of this introduction is to recognize these
dedicated people and also to let you know who the
director is closest to your location so that you can
communicate with him.

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Norm Whitworth Turf Products operating out of Gladstone, Oregon.
Norm is a 1961 graduate of San Jose State College
and has spent over 14 years in sales to the turfgrass
industry. Norm has also been keenly interested in the
activities of the Turfgrass Association and has been
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last 22 years. He has been a PGA member for 16 years.
He was a member of the Florida section for 4 years, the
Nevada section for 4 years, and the Northwest section
for 16 years.
Bill and his wife, Pearl, have two children, Leilani and
Mac; they reside at Issaquah, Washington. Bill has
been superintendent at the Sahalee Golf and Country
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past 2 years. He can be reached by phone at (206)
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Dick Schmidt. Dick Schmidt is currently the golf
course superintendent at Port Ludlow Golf Course
where he has been since the course was built. Dick has
been involved in turfgrass management on golf courses
all his life, having grown up at Indian Canyon Golf
Course in Spokane. He served for a while as Assistant
Pro at Overlake Golf and Country Club and then
decided to stay in the turf management end of golf as a
golf superintendent.
Dick has served on the board of directors of the
Northwest Turfgrass Association and has just completed his second term as President. He will remain on
the Board of Directors as Past President for one more
year. Dick can be reached at the Port Ludlow Golf
Club, P.O. Box 75, Port Ludlow, WA 98365, telephone
(206) 437-2650.

Ray McElhoe. Ray also got his start in the turf business starting as a caddy. He attended Bellevue Community College and studied ornamental horticulture.
After finishing at Bellevue Community College he
served as superintendent at Tarn O'Shanter Golf
Course in Bellevue.
Ray is presently the golf course superintendent at
Everett Golf and Country Club where he has been
since 1976.
Ray is a dedicated turfgrass professional who has
served the industry for 16 years and has just finished a
term serving as president of the Northwest Golf Course
Superintendents Association. Ray is our NTA treasurer.
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Richard W. (Dick) Malpass Dick was born at Harrisburg, Oregon, on November 17, 1916. He farmed for
many years in that area and was manager of a feed and
seed warehouse for several years. Later he spent several years with the USDA Agricultural and Conservation Service.
He assisted in the construction of Shadow Hills Golf
Course near Eugene, Oregon, in 1961 and became the
superintendent of Riverside Golf and Country Club in
Portland where he has remained since.
Dick has served for a number of years as a board
member of the Oregon Golf Course Superintendents
Association and was president from 1966 through 1969.
At present he is treasurer of that Association.
He served on the Board of Directors of Northwest
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Perhaps a highlight of Dick's career was his service
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Jim has been married 23 years to his wife, Julia, who
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By Roy L. Goss
Patches of diseased turfgrasses strongly resembling
'Ophiobolus patch disease have been observed in eastern Washington for a number of years. In 1981 this
problem increased many-fold, and in some cases to
epidemc proportions. The areas most affected were
Richland, Kennewick, Pasco, and Spokane. Perhaps
other areas have been hit just as hard, but we have no
record.
When observed microscopically, runner hyphae,
characteristic of Ophiobolus patch disease, have been
observed on the roots and crowns of many of the diseased samples. In most cases no significant level of
other organisms have been found.
Ophiobolus patch disease has been reported since
about other 1960 affecting bentgrasses and Poa annua
predominantly. Kentucky bluegrass was not killed by
the disease in most instances in western Washington
and the ryegrasses and fine fescues, likewise, were not
affected. Observations to date in eastern Washington
show that bluegrasses are strongly affected and ryegrasses and fine fescues are little affected at this time.
If we are dealing with Ophioboluis patch, then there
is a strong likelihood that we are looking at a different
race or variety of the fungus.
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sion Service in Kennewick, plans are being formulated
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Chris Senske, of Senske Pest Control, is organizing
the commercial interests and Marianne Ophardt,
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record of areas affected.
It is planned that in 1982 Drs. Roy Goss and Gary
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times throughout the year. First we must make positive
identification of what is occurring and this will allow us
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Milt Bauman. Milt started his career in turfgrasses as
a caddy at Kellogg Golf and Country Club at Kellogg,
Idaho, in 1929. His course was a sand green 9-hole golf
course. In 1934 he assisted his father in building 9
grass greens. They were very successful with the grass
and the greens were of excellent quality even by
today's standards. As years went by his father was
borrowed by other golf courses to build greens.
Milt worked on the golf course through high school
then went to work for the Sunshine Mine because he
could make so much more money than on a golf
course. At the start of World War II Milt and his family
moved to Portland where he worked in a ship repair
until he entered the armed forces. After boot camp he
served with the 2lst Marines, 3rd Division, until the end
of the war.
When he came home from the service his dad retired
and Milt replaced him at the Kellogg Country Club for 8
years. On December 1, I953, he accepted a job as
superintendent at Overlake Golf and Country Club at
Medina, Washington, where he stayed until April, I968.
From April, I968 Milt served as manager of Emerald
Turfgrass Farms in Sumner, Washington, for 3 years
and then accepted the job as golf course superintendent at Seattle Golf Club where he is presently employed.
Although the award has not been yet presented, Milt
has been selected as a recipient of the Distinguished
Service Award of the Golf Course Superintendents
Association of America which will be presented at the
GCSAA International Conference in February. Milt is
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He received his Ph.D. in Agronomy from Washington
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Washington Research and Extension Center at Puyallup, WA, and worked closely with Dr. Charles J. Gould,
Plant Pathologist, until Chuck's retirement. Goss became Executive Secretary of the Northwest Turfgrass
Association in I96I and has remained in that position
since. Goss also proposed the publication, Northwest
Turfgrass Topics, in I959 and has remained its editor
through the present time.
Roy Goss directed the turfgrass research and extension programs from I958 until January, I98I. On January 1, 1981, Goss began serving as Extension Turfgrass Specialist. He can be reached at Western Washington Research and Extension Center, Puyallup, WA
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WINTER MAINTENANCE TIPS
Roy L. Goss
We often need to remind ourselves of a few things
that should be done during the winter and rather than
to elaborate at length on some of these problems, I will
I attempt to list a few that we should look at.
1. Allow no play on frosted or frozen turf.
2. Limit or restrict the use of turfgrass areas that are
too wet. Complete destruction of grass and serious
puddling and compaction and soil structural destruction can occur.
3. All structureless soil areas that are muddy and
unstable should be filled with sand this winter until
they become firm and restabilized. Turftype ryegrasses
may germinate in certain areas west of the Cascade
Mountains even at this time of year, otherwise, they
can be seeded in early spring.
4. Sand topdressing should be practiced throughout
thewinteron sports fields, golf tees, and putting green
aprons in orderto maintain stable conditions. Sanding
should be reduced in the quantity applied to avoid
smothering the turf.
5. Guard against winter desiccation. When freezing
conditions occur without snow cover, Poa annua can
be essentially wiped out. Be prepared to apply at least
some moisture to the leaves if these conditions continue for more than one or two days. If you cannot use
sprinkler systems for putting a small amount of water
on, then is should be applied by sprayer and tank.
6. Maintain vigilenceforFusarium patch diseaseand
Typhula snow mold. Damage done during the winter
will be evident for some months. Have a good winter
and better turf next spring.

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Two seniors majoring in turf management in Oregon
State University's horticulture department have been
awarded scholarships for the 1981-82 school year.
They are Scott Shillington, son of Mr. and Mrs.
Warren Shillington of Poleline Road East, Rt. 3, Twin
Falls, Idaho; and Bill Webster, son of Mr. and Mrs. Carl
Webster of 1302 2nd St., La Grande.
Shillington won the $500 TUCO Turf Scholarship
awarded annually by TUCO, a division of the Upjohn
Company, of Kalamazoo, Ml. The scholarship goes to
an OSU student interested in turfgrass management,
who displays outstanding scholastic ability and personal integrity.
Webster won the Bruce Faddis Memorial Scholarship given to an OSU student who shows outstanding
potential for becoming a golf course superintendent.
The award is in memory of an OSU graduate who
managed the Black Butte Ranch golf course near Sisters at the time of his death. The scholarship, set up
this year, will pay most of Webster's tuition.
Shillington and Webster received their awards at the
annual Northwest Turfgrass Conference, held recently
in Olympia, WA.

William H. Bengeyfield, a longtime member of the
USGA Green Section staff until his retirement in 1978,
has accepted a consulting position with the USGA. His
title will be Technical Director, Green Section/Editor,
Green Section Record.
When Bengeyfield joined the USGA staff in 1954 he
brought considerable experience in both research and
extension work to his position as Director of the Green
Section's Western Regional Office. If 1967 he assumed
the additional duties as Editor of the Green Section
Record, the USGA's official publication on turf
management.
In his new consulting role, Bengeyfield will resume
as Editor of the Record and will advise the Green Sec(Continued on page 9)

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Northwest Turfgrass Conference held in September,
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be regulated by label restrictions. More experiments
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some different rates to reduce the phytotoxicity and
improve efficacy.

S. E. Brauen, R. L. Goss and J. T. Law
Garlon 3A (triclopyr), Dowco 290 and Dowco 290
(3,6-dicloropicolinic acid) showed promising results
for the control of a rather broad spectrum of broadleaf
weeds and certain weedy grasses in turf grasses during the summer of 1981. These materials were applied
on a mixed bluegrass-ryegrass-bentgrass lawn turf
that had populations of velvetgrass (Holcus lanatus)
comprising up to 30% of the turf grass stand. Many of
the plots were dominated by buttercup (Ranunculus
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populations of white clover, false dandelion, common
dandelion, Veronica and plantains.
The highest application levels of Garlon and Dowco
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At the highest levels of Garlon 3A plus Dowco 290
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the end of the treatment. Garlon 3A alone gave excellent control of buttercup while combinations of Garlon
3A and Dowco 290 produced good to excellent results
^at all rates of application.
We feel that the significance of these treatments
r
point out that we may have some alternatives in the
future for good buttercup and velvetgrass control on a
selective basis. Sincetheturftype perennial ryegrasses
are assuming a great deal more importance in our
turfgrass cultural programs, we would not be so concerned with the amount of injury produced to bentgrasses, bluegrasses or fescues where such difficult
weeds as velvetgrass and buttercup dominate the area.
The purpose of this article is to keep you informed of
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rates, please refer to the Proceedings of the 35th

MEET YOUR DIRECTORS continued
Ben Malikowski. Ben was born at Fort Lewis, Washington, July 16,1935. He graduated from North Central
High School in Spokane, Washington, in I953 and then
attended Gonzaga University for one year prior to
entering the military service. He spent two years of his
4-year service time stationed in northern Japan.
After leaving the armed services in late I957 he
returned to college and completed his college degree.
After two years away from school he returned to
Bellevue Community College to study horticulture and
after finishing these studies worked as assistant golf
superintendent at Inglewood Golf and Country Club at
Kenmore, Washington. After 5 years of working with
superintendent Louis Schmidt, they both moved to
Sahalee Country Club in Redmond, Washington, where
they constructed the 27-hole golf course under the
design supervision of Ted Robinson, Golf Course
Architect.
After 6 years at Sahallee, Ben went to work for the O.
M. Scott and Sons Company and has been there for the
past 8-I/2 years.
Ben adds that he owes a great deal of his knowledge
today to Louis Schmidt for the invaluable training he
provided during the years they worked together. Ben
expresses his appreciation also for the opportunity of
serving on the Board of Directors of NTA.
(No photograph available at this time)

BENGEYFIELD RETURNS
(Continued from page 8)

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HOW TO GET THE MOST
FROM YOUR ASSOCIATION
Your interest and activity in the Northwest Turfgrass
Association should not stop with merely paying your
dues. It is your Association and you should have a
voice in helping to run the organization for its betterment for the entire spectrum of membership. There are
several things you should do and have the right and
privilege to do.
1. Think ahead for the next conference when you
elect new directors to the board. If you want the job,
start campaigning now and get some support behind
you for nomination as a director. If you have some
good individual in mind who has capabilities and
desire, start promoting him. This should not be based
upon popularity but an honest desire to work toward a
stronger just Association.
2. Stay in contact with a director nearest to you and
make your inputs to these directors. Suggestions such
as things you would like to see the Associaion achieve
in the way of educational seminars or any other suggestions you feel will be worthwhile.
3. Talk to friends or associates in the turfgrass business around you and encourage them to join the Turfgrass Association. The membership fee is very small
compared to what these people can derive from their
participation. This not only includes the turfgrass
manager in all fields, but also the supporting industry
that could profit by this as well. A strong membership
and a strong leadership through the officers and board
of directors equates to strong Association.
4. Support the Association by attending the annual
conference each year. It is quite often easy to find
reasons why you should not take 3 or 4 days out of your
work schedule to attend, but with a little planning
ahead we can nearly all be in attendance. Those of you
who have employers who do not pay your expenses to
the annual conference might provide expenses for
your attendance if you start selling the idea well in
advance of the conference itself. Show them the Proceedings of the Conference and the calibre of speakers presenting the program. Also impress upon them
the opportunity to privately visit with these speakers as
well as your peers in the same industry.
You can add this to the list of ways to get the most
out of your Association, but these are just a few. However, you must give some thought to this from time to
time and not just once annually.
Get involved. Contact your directors; they will be
happy to hear from you. For your convenience, each
director and officer is written up in this issue of Turfgrass Topics.

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