JANUARY/FEBRUARY 1992 Our 67th Year A PATCH of GREEN OFFICIAL PUBLICATION OF THE MICHIGAN & BORDER CITIES GOLF COURSE SUPERINTENDENTS ASSOCIATION OSBURN INDUSTRIES C u stom Top D ressin g Blends ♦ TDS 2150 Dune Sand ♦ 540 Best ♦ Local Mason Sand 0 Michigan Sphagnum d Canadian Sphagnum 0 Sandy Loom Topsoil .^ P ^ o Reed Sedge Peat T rap San d 0 Best 530 0 Local 2NS Sand 0 Local Mason Sand O th e r M aterials O Cart Path Slag 0 Pea Pebble <0 Decorative Boulders 0 Parking Lot Stone Call for details (313) 292-4140 Ask for Dick, Rick or Tim 5850 PARDEE TAYLOR, MICHIGAN 48180 2 ANNUAL MEETING AT MAPLE LANE GOLF CLUB The Annual Meeting for MBCGCSA was held October 21, 1991 at Maple Lane Golf Club. Weather cooperated with the 45 golfers that participated for the Clarence H. Wolfrom Trophy as the lowest net score. This years winner was Roy Szyndlar of Southgate Golf Course with a net score of 66. Low gross was Ray Manion from Silver Tee in Ontario with a 74 and Jerry Prieskorn won closest to the pin event. President Tom Mason called the meeting to order at 8:00 p.m. To help expedite the meeting, a conglom­ eration of committee reports were available to the membership to be read and to be discussed. M .T.F. President Fritz McMullen and Gordon LaFontaine talked about the Michigan Turf grass Foundation and its activities. Gordie reported on the continual growth of the Endowment Fund and gave special thanks to Peter Roehl and Nick Panasiuk for their generous contribution. Elections were held, with George Prieskorn moder­ ating the election process. The results were: "A PATCH OF GREEN” P ubl i shed B ¡‘ Monthly by the MICHIGAN AND BORDER CITIES GOLF COURSE SUPERINTENDENTS ASSOCIATION President KEN DeBUSSCHER Vice-President JAY DelCAMP Secretary/Treasurer GARY C . THOMMES Ken DeBusscher, President Jay DelCamp, Vice President Gary Thommes, Secretary/Treasurer Two Board of Directors positions were available and Paul Dushane of Knollwood Country Club and Fritz McMullen of Forest Lake Country Club were elected by the voting members. President Ken DeBusscher appointed Jim Eccleton to fill a one-year vacancy because of Jay DelCamps election to Vice President. Congratulations to new members Paul and Fritz; to Jay in becoming Vice President and to Ken for reaching the position of President of our excellent association!! 1992 BOARD MEMBERS Jay DelCamp Left to right; Fritz McMullen, Jim Eccleton, Paul Dushane, (vice-president), Ken DeBusscher (president), Paul Kolbe, Mike Bay, Tom Mason (Past president), Carey Mitchelson, Gary Thommes (secretary/treasurer). Directors MICHAEL BAY JIM ECCLETON . PAUL KOLBE PAUL DUSHANE STEVE KOLONGOWSKI FRITZ McMULLEN CAREY MITCHELSON President Emeritus TOM MASON Editor PAUL KOLBE Printed at Fraser, Michigan (313) 293-3540 BLAKEMAN PRINTING COMPANY, INC. Immediate Past President, TOM MASON, is present­ ing the gavel to new President KEN DeBUSSCHER. 3 MBCGCSA JANUARY MEETING The January 13th meeting of the Michigan and Border Cities Golf Course Superintendents Associa­ tion was hosted by Links of Pinewood Golf Club. Superintendent Jeff Akers saw that we were provided with an excellent lunch. Special thanks to Ernie Fuller who has been very supportive of the MBCGC­ SA and turf research in the state of Michigan. After lunch, President Ken DeBusscher called the meeting to order. Tom Mason, MBCGCSA Represen­ tative to the National, was given approval to support those candidates who would best represent the industry in the National Elections. Fritz McMullen and Mike Bay, Co-chairmen of the Educational Committee, discussed meetings and sites in the coming year. All sites have been determined with speakers needed for two meetings. Members of the Educational Committee are Marty Miller, Mark Jackson, Doug Johanningsmeier, Ed Hock, Roy Szyndlar and Tom Stark. Any ideas for topics or speakers you have, please let these people know. The Hospitality Room in New Orleans will again be run by Mike Bay. MBCGCSA will staff the Room on Thursday and Sunday. Hot topic of the meeting was the guest policy at meeting sites during the year. This problem arose last year during the meeting at T.P.C., where Superin­ tendents were told the field was full when they called in. There was much discussion from the members present with ideas on reducing the number of guests, to a “No Guest” policy. This question will be further addressed by the Board of Directors at a future meeting. The next meeting will be the annual bowling meeting at Salt River on March 16th. The guest speaker will be David Smitley from MSU, speaking on insect control. Hope to see you there. Ed Hock, Education Committee CALENDAR OF EVENTS March 16, 1992 Salt River Golf Club Dr. David Smitley on Insect Control and Bowling Tournament March 21, 1992 Detroit Golf Club GAM Seminar April 6, 1992 Essex Golf and Country Club U.S./Canada Joint Meeting May 15, 1992 Links of Pinewood Special Olympics June 8, 1992 Arbor Hills Country Club MBCGCSA meeting with the Western GCSA invited to participate 1991 FIELD DAY Scheduled for Thursday, August 20,1992 1993 TURF CONFERENCE DATES — The 63rd Annual Michigan Turfgrass Conference will be held Tuesday, January 5 through Thursday, January 7, 1993. Please make note of these earlier dates. According to Conference Committee chairman Jon Maddern, “The earlier dates were necessitated by the GCSAA conference being earlier in 1993.” 4 1991 MBCGCSA CHRISTMAS PARTY Amid the beautiful Christmas decorations and surrounded by the festive music of the season, the Annual MBCGCSA Christmas Dinner Dance was held December 13, 1991 at the Country Club of Detroit. The historic club provided a unique back­ ground for the event that continues to be a highlight of the year. Our newly elected President, Ken DeBusscher, took the opportunity prior to dinner to thank several people and introduced the Board of Directos to all of the guests. Ken thanked Kevin Dushane for all the articles he submitted A Patch of Green, and con­ gratulated him as winner of the John Walter Award, given to the author of the best written article for the year in our magazine. Outgoing President Tom Mason, who has dedicated a great deal of time and energy on the Board over the years, was introduced and presented a plaque in appreciation for all his effort. Ken thanked Tom for all his hard work towards our organization. Ken also presented Past President Charlie Gaige with a gift from the Board and thanked him for his work on the Board. Charlie has organized several Christmas Party’s in the past and helped tremendously again this year. Once again music during dinner and dancing was provided by the band “Secrets” and as they played the 140 guests mingled and several took the oppor­ tunity to tour the large clubhouse and its interesting character. I would to thank all those involved in organizing the affair, including the CCD staff who offered extraordinary service, and my wife, Debra, who put together the angel ornaments as a gift for guests. The entire evening was something to re­ member from beginning to end. Carey Mitchelson, Chairman TOM MASON, KEN McRAE, FRITZ McMULLEN, and JIM VLASSIS, left to right, discussing what for Christmas! their wives to buy KEN DeBUSSCHER, center, with the two newly elected Board of Directors members, FRITZ McMULLEN, PAUL DUSHANE. left, and TOM MASON, left, receives his Past Presidents plaque from new President Ken DeBusscher. ARTHUR HILLS, left, looks on while KEVIN DUSHANE, center, is congratulated by KEN DeBUSSCHER for receiving the John Walter Award. 5 FROM TEE TO GREEN. . ___ and HAZARDS IN BETWEEN. Trap& Topdressing Sands CONTROLLED TO USGA SPECIFICATIONS GREAT LAKES TOPDRESSING SAND IS AVAILABLE IN TRUCKLOAD QUANTITIES ALSO AVAILABLE —TRAP AND SPECIALTY SANDS EVANS MINING CORP. 1900 RICHMAN ROAD • SM ITH’S CREEK, MICHIGAN 48074 1-800-541-0434 367-3021 EDITORIAL REPORT The goal of A Patch of Green for 1991 was intended to be a local newsletter with more articles written from within the association’s membership. Through the July/August issue, 39% of the articles were from within the association. We averaged 13 articles per issue. We are always looking for articles, pictures, any new ideas that would make our job with A Patch of Green easier. With the emphasis on the environment in our profession, we will experience many situations that would make excellent articles for the newsletter. Some examples are underground storage tank install­ ation; do you, and how, post pesticide applications; how do you handle golfer complaints about pesti­ cides; are you using IPM techniques, etc. All of us are in the same situation, so sharing ideas would benefit all of us. With the help of the Education Committee, we were updated on the monthly meetings that took place at the various golf courses. If you missed the meetings you could get caught up on what was discussed from the excellent written articles. I would like to thank Doug Johanningsmeier for his time and effort in taking pictures of meetings and special events. More pictures make the newsletter more personable (hope we didn’t embarrass anyone). Thanks to all the advertisers that support A Patch of Green — we have approximately 28 ads per issue. Kevin Dushane contributed some articles and also wrote an article. Ted Woehrle, Editor, contributed a personal article on professionalism and spent many hours gathering articles pertinent to our industry. POND DREDGING SPECIALIST O ff Road Trucking W ide Track Bulldozing Shore Line & Land Developm ent Grading SWEETCO INC. 27405 Henry Rd. South Lyon, M ichigan 48178 313- 437-1830 Ted’s availability to these articles is an asset to us both filling up the pages and to our enjoyment and education in reading them. Hopefully Ted’s next opportunity in the industry will not take him away from our association and his involvement with A Patch of Green. A problem with this years issues was the lateness of some of them. I talked to Richard Briddick from Blakeman Printing Company and one reason for the tardiness is due to the Post Office being slow in sending out their bulk mailings. Richard talked to the Fraser Postmaster and hopefully the situation will be resolved. Some of the issues took two weeks to get back to his printing shop only Vi mile from the Post Office! Richard also mentioned that he has to call 80% of the advertisers for each issue to see if they wish to continue their advertising. It would be recommendable if the advertisers could pay for six months or one-year increments; remember there is a 10% discount for a one year advertising subscription. This would avoid the phone calls and reduce the last minute advertising additions that could hold up the upcoming issue. The new challenge for A Patch of Green in 1992 is to have a consistent 50% or more of the articles from our membership, be more prompt with the mailing and to continue keeping the articles current. ART HILLS WINS TWO BIG AWARDS by Ted Woehrle Our own Art Hills, Golf Course Architect from Toledo, Ohio has won two of the three awards given by Golf Digest for the best golf course design in the Private Club and Public Club categories listed in their December, 1991 issue. The Golf Club of Georgia (lakeside Course) in Alpharetto, Georgia won the Best Private Club category and Harbour Pointe Golf Course in Mukilteo, Washington won the Best Public Course award. Jerry Mathews, another local golf course designer from Lansing, was also honored with his design of the 2nd Best Public Golf Course for 1991. He designed Elk Ridge Golf Course in Atlanta, Michigan. Congratulations to both Art and Jerry. 7 THE EDUCATION COMMITTEE The Education Committee was formed during the past year to address concerns of declining member­ ship participation and attendance at the monthly meetings, and to give a broader idea base for selecting topics to be addressed. Steve Kolongowski and Michael Bay were selected as co-charimen of the committee. We were able to recruit the able assistance of Doug Boyle, Ed Hock, Mark Jackson, Doug Johanningsmeier, Marty Miller and Tom Stark. These people took the time from their busy schedules to help us because they shared the concerns of the Board. We would like to extend our thank you to these members for sharing this burden with us and for maintaining the sense of cooperation that is needed to accomplish our goals. Purpose of the Committee: I. To build a strong education program for the purpose of keeping the membership informed, updated, and involved in our association. II. To annually set goals for meeting sites. III. To select topics that concern our association for the purpose of educating our membership. Goals of the Committee: I. To get membership attendance and involve­ for each ment by selecting strong meeting. topics II. To select topics and members to address topics at meetings. III. To allow the membership to get involved in selecting topics for each year — by survey; suggestion letter. The committee met on December 15, 1991 to discuss how to address the concerns of the membership, accomplish our goals, and meet our committee’s purpose. In so doing, we defined more specific actions that we could take to achieve our goals. Assignments were made, and we were much more able to share the burden of the monthly meetings. Those actions included: 1) To start a newsletter for A Patch of Green about each education topic at each meeting. 2) To introduce each new member in A Patch of Green (Photo, name, club or business, length of STANDARD. 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The criteria used to consider an individual for this honor is three fold — 1) an individual must have had a significant influence upon our association; 2) he or she must have benefitted the profession of the golf course superintendent; and 3) this person must have aided in the development and enjoyment of the game of golf. Past president Charles Gaige and his Nomina­ ting Committee consisting of other past presidents employment, family, interests). 3) Interview one seasoned member for A Patch of Green giving history, photo, interests. 4) Submit a list of topics for each meeting site for the upcoming year to A Patch of Green. 5) Write more articles for A Patch of Green about — What’s new in our business? What’s of interest? What’s happening at MSU, What’s happening from GCSAA? 6) Attempt to get more members involved in writing made an excellent choice in Jim. Kevin Dushane made the presentation and his speech was published in the May/June issue of A Patch of Green. The John Walter Award is given to the writer of the best article by a superintendent in A Patch of Green. There was no award given at the Christmas Party in 1990, but this year we have a few candidates for the award which will be announced at this year’s party at the Country Club of Detroit. We need participation to help our association grow, and the one of the best ways is by writing articles for A Patch of Green, to let other people know what you feel or know. Everybody has some special talent that can be passed on to another. Paul Kolbe, Chairman articles for A Patch of Green. Although not all goals have been fully achieved or addressed, we enjoyed greater participation in plan­ ning and preparing for the meetings this year. Hopefully, this shared responsibility will continue to grow annually and result in an overall improvement of the quality of our education program. Respectfully submitted, Michael E. 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Glen Korhorn — Salt River Jeff Akers — Links of Pinewood Ed Hock, Jr. — Grosse lie John Shreve — Lakelands Mike Giuffrie — TPC Rick Murphy — Bay Pointe Paul Kolbe — Maple Lane Large turnouts at several meetings fashioned some substantial payoffs in the skins games. Congratula­ tions to those competitors. Next years golf meetings will include more individual events as well as additional tournaments. TOURNAMENT WINNERS 1991 Tournament: Joint Meeting with Canadians Site: Grosse lie Winners: Americans Site: Royal Scot Winners: Championship — Carey Mitchelson 1st flight — John Oles Tournament: MBCGCSA Championship Site: Bay Pointe Winners: Champion — Carey Mitchelson Runner-up — Gary Thommes Low net — Dave Montegomery 1st flight — Low gross, Steve Sump Low net, Tim Osburn Tournament: Michigan Superintendents Champ. A special thanks to Jay DelCamp and his continuing effort in organizing this tournament among the various superintendents organizations. 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Box 451 Owosso, Michigan 48867 Phone: (517) 725-7145 FOR ALL OF YOUR FERTILIZER, CHEMICAL AND GRASS SEED NEEDS 11 February 18, Links of Pinewood Golf Club Host Superintendent: Jeff Akers Educational Topic: Grounds Maintenance Hazard Awareness Speakers: Rena Pomaville, Envirotherm, Frank Rossi, Michigan State University Inc., interpretation, general This program included a chemical hazard awareness program, MSDS safety awareness, hearing protection, respirator training and maintenance. It also gave everyone a chance to meet Frank Rossi, the new Turf Environmentalist from Michigan State University FRANK GALBAVI, discusses the Turfgrass and Landscape equipment program at Michigan State University. 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June 17, Lakelands Golf and Country Club Host Superintendent: Jon Shreve Educational Topic: People Management, Personnel Relations Speaker: Jim Timmerman, Orchard Lake Country Club, Neil Duff This meeting involved questions and answers about how to manage people and personnel relations. Mr. Duff also discussed proper hiring/firing techniques. There was also discussion about employee hand­ books, rules and regulations. July 1, Tournament Players Club in Dearborn Host Superintendent: Mike Guiffrie Educational Topic: Mechanics Speaker: Frank Galbavi, Turfgrass and Landscape Equipment program at Michigan State University, Ray Holloway, Forest Lake Country Club This program featured everything you wanted to know about golf course and landscape mechanics. Mr. Galbavi discussed his Technology Program at Michigan State University and the future of his program. Mr. Holloway talked about the current Turfgrass Equipment Service Technicians Association and the future direction that they are headed in. August 12, Barton Hills Country Club Host Superintendent: Tim Dark Educational Topic: Composting Speaker: Ray Ayer, Ann Arbor Solid Waste Division Mr. Ayer spoke about the proper techniques for starting and maintaining compost piles. He mention­ ed proper carbon/nitrogen ratios, aeration and moisture levels, also proper site selection. September 30, Bay Pointe Golf Club Host Superintendent: Rick Murphy Educational Topic: Budgets and Computers Speakers: Mike Edgerton, Meadowbrook Country Club, Jim Timmerman, Orchard Lake Country Club Mike talked about the steps he takes to prepare a budget. It takes time and preparation to help present an accurate budget to the Board. Jim mentioned that the use of computers helped him very much with his budget preparation. His increased accuracy with keeping records, charts, graphs, inventories, are very beneficial to his budget process. This was also the annual superintendent and vendor golf champion­ ship of the year. October 21, Maple Lane Golf Club Host Superintendent: Paul Kolbe This is an annual superintendents meeting. Candi­ dates will be elected. The golf event was the C.H. Wolfrom Classic. This is the last golf event for the 1991 season. November, Forest Lake Golf Club Host Superintendent: Fritz McMullen This meeting is the 1991 year end review, superinten­ dents only. i MIKE GIUFFRIE, Superintendent at TPC of Michigan, is all smiles at the July Meeting. 14 MEMBERSHIP REPORT Total Membership for 1991 — 328 members Class A members: 141 Class AA members: 15 Class B members: 30 Class D members: 37 Class E members: 5 Class F members: 85 Class H members: 14 NEW MEMBERS FOR 1991: AUGER, RUSSELL — Lochmoor Club D BAGGETT, JAMES — The Heathers Club B BELLERS, RICHARD — Georgetown C.C. B BROWN, DOUG — Erie Shores Golf and C.C. D CARMONDY, EDMUND — Red Run Golf Club D E COLEIN, CAROL — C.J. Colein & Assoc. B COONEY, JOHN — Indianwood Golf Club DeLUCA, DINO — Westbrooke Golf Club B D EWASEK, JOHN — Shenandoah C.C. E GRAEF, CARL — Buckner, Distributors Group E GUINAN, DONALD — Davey Tree HOWELL, DAN — Standard Contracting E HOPKINS, RONALD — Brookside G.C. of Saline A E KNIGHT, PAUL — Core Electric D KOBOLDT, RUDOLPH — Cattails Golf Club A MAHANEY, DAVE — Brookshire Inn & G.C. McMULLEN, Marc — Orchard Lake C.C. D B A B E A D B E NELSON, KEN — Sutton Creek G .& C.C. NESBIT, ROBERT — Royal Estate Golf PALLA, SAM — Oak Ridge G.C. PLAGUE, MICHAEL — Green & Grow, Inc. POLICHT, MARK — Inverness Country Club REBAN, STEVEN — Great Oaks C.C. RUNYON, RONALD — Arrowhead Golf Club SHUKER, STEVE — Amturf SKELTON, RODNEY — Pontiac Country Club A B STEVENS, GARY — Belle Isle Golf Course B STASYNA, STEVE — Huron Oaks Golf & Rec. SUMP, STEVE — Rouge Park Golf Course B WEAVER, LOWELL II — Oak Point Golf Club D WILLIAMS, DANIEL — Warren Valley G.C. D WEINENBACH, DAVID — Beech Woods G.C. D WOCHASKI, DEAN — American Golf A Total New Members: 33 Thanks to all the golf course superintendents who volunteered their facilities for our educational meet­ ings in 1991. I would also like to thank all of the speakers and committee members and the other board members who helped to organize and run the meetings. This report was submitted by: Steve Kolongowski, Co-Education Chairman Mike Bay, Co-Education Chairman W ilkie University March 2-5? 1992 Classes In: • Turf Management • W ater Management • Service Techniques • Business Development Who will benefit: • Golf Course Personnel • Irrigation Contractors • Consumer Dealers • Public Sector Employees • Commercial Cutters • Landscapers Free catalog and class listing available January 6th at all three locations. W ILKIE Turf Equipment Division? Inc. 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Unlike other utility trucks, it comes com plete with heavy-duty hydraulic dump box, removable side panels and tailgate, im plem ent PTO, lights, full hydraulics and complete instrum entation— standard. Our rugged line also includes the 20 hp gas model 2015 and the 1,000 lb payload, gas pow ered 810 Express and electric 610 Express. For maximum versatility and productivity, the 2315 and 2015 can be o u t­ fitted with sprayer, top- dresser, aerato r and spreader atta c h ­ ments. If you already have attachm ents, our universal m ount­ ing kit lets you use them on either truck. To see them in action, ask your Jacobsen distrib u to r for a dem onstration today. JACOBSEN TEXTRON Jacobsen Division of Textron. Inc The Sharpest Thinking On Turf. W.F. MILLER COMPANY GARDEN AND LAWN EQUIPMENT 25125 TRANS-X NOVI, MICHIGAN 48050 (313) 349-4100 Built Because Other Utility Trucks Just dont Go Far Enough. 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