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Circulation 1,250 Ted Woehrle, CGCS, Oakland Hills C.C. Clem Wolfrom, Detroit Golf Club C o-Ed ¡tors Prin ted At BLAKEMAN PRINTING COMPANY Fraser, Michigan M O N T H L Y A D V E R T I S I N G R A T E S Double Page Spread................................... $100.00 Back Outside P a g e ....................................... 85.00 F u l lP a g e ..........................................................55.00 Half P a g e ..........................................................35.00 Quarter P a g e ....................................................25.00 Eighth P a g e ................................................. 12.50 Sixteenth P a g e ............................................. 7.50 Classified Ad (per column inch)............... 5.00 DISCOUNT RATES: One Year 10% THIS MONTH’S ADVERTISERS Century Supply Corporation Chemagro Chipman Division of Rhodia W.A. Cleary Corporation J.J. Dill Company FDS Fertilizers, Inc. Huggett Sod Farm, Inc. L & E Chemicals Lakeshore Equipment Corporation Lawn Equipment Corporation Lebanon/Agrico W.F. Miller Garden Company O.M. Scott & Sons Company Sprinkler Irrigation Supply (Sisco) Terminal Sales Corporation Turfgrass, Inc. Turf Supplies, Inc. USS Agri-Chemicals Wilkie Turf Equipment Company 3 Ted Woehrle Ted Woehrle, Golf Course Superin-1 tendent of Oakland Hills Country Club, was elected Vice President of the 5,000 me mbe r Golf Cour s e Superintendents of America at their recent Conference and Show held in M i n n e a p o l i s , , Minnesota. A s s o c i a t i o n Woehrle, has been Superintendent ; of Oakland Hills C.C. for the past 8 j years after serving at Beverly C.C., j Chicago and Point O’ Woods C.C., i Benton Harbor. He has untiringly I served as Director of the Golf Course} Superintendents of I America for four years, chairing such ' significant committees as Education l and Editorial. A s s o c i a t i o n Locally, Ted is a Past President of, the Michigan & Border Cities Golf Course Superintendents Association and a past director of the Michigan^ Turfgrass Foundation. He is editor of “ The Patch of Green” , the MBCGCSA magazine. Ted is married and has four children f and resides in Troy. elected G C SAA Vice-President GCSAA Delegates’ Report Presented herewith are some of the more important actions resulting at the 47th GCSAA International Turfgrass Conference & Show held in Minneapolis the week of February 8-13. The dues (from $65 to $90) was passed unanimously by members present. increase The following to GCSAA by-laws passed (number of votes cast in paranthesis). Amendment amendments CANADIAN OPEN Essex Golf & Country Club Windsor, Ontario July 19-25, 1976 I (2335-236), Amendment II (2361-214)/ Amendment III (2389-182), and Amend-! ment V (1977-549). Amendment IV was: defeated by lack of 2/3 majority required (1486-1041). candidates Richard W. Malpass was elected President by acclamation. Theodore W. Woehrle was elected Vice-Presidenti (2069). Other for ^his. office were George W. Cleaver (189) and Gordon C. Witteveen (266). Three Directors were elected as follows: Melvin B. Lucas, Jr. (1938), Charles H. Tadge (1754), and David C. Holler (1197). Other candidates for Director| were Michael R. Bavier (780), Hobart j T. Burgan (881) and Roger A. Larson (296). Jim Timmerman Voting Delegate Legislation Extends Deadline for Applicator Certification from Agri-N ew s January, 1976 publish his comments with the EPA proposal in the Federal Register. As for pesticide cancellations, the EPA administrator must consider the impact on prices and production of agricultural commodities, retail food prices and the agricultural community. Also, he must publish his analysis in the Federal Register. Allows Public Debate Furthermore, proposed cancellations to a Scientific must be submitted Advisory Panel. This panel will comment on health and environmental r e p e r c u s s i o n s the proposed cancellation within 30 days. This represents a dramatic change from present policy by allowing public debate centered around the secretary’ s comments the proposed EPA action prior to final disposition. relative and to Finally, under the new legislation, funding is extended to March 31, 1977 In view of the at $71.4 m i l l i o n . controversies by EPA actions, the bill limited the funding extension to allow Congress the opportunity to continue overseeing EPA operations. to 18 months generated through Ciba-Geigy has several certification training aids available its sales representatives. These include a film on proper pesticide application, two brochures on aerial application and one on ground application and a slide presentation explaining certifi­ cation regulations. ADVERTISING DEADLINE All material must be received by Blakeman Printing Company 31823 Utica Rd., Fraser, Mi 48026 by the 15th of the previous month. Important changes in the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, Rodenticide Act (FIFRA) have been made in recent months. Acting quickly, Congress had to meet a November 15 deadline to continue 1972’ s amended FIFRA which included regulations for pestic ide regi strati on, cl as si fi cati on and applicator certification. funding One significant change came under the applicator certification amendment, allowing farmers to certify themselves to apply restricted-use pesticides by ' signing a self-certification form. This let growers buy and use all will pesticides any product or market at the farmer level. Although the intent o f Congress is to make farmer certification as easy as possible, give i nd i v i d u a l the option of imposing stricter farmer certification requirements. guidelines affecting without federal states Deadlines Postponed . and Also, all deadlines for certification, registration classification of pesticides were postponed to October, 1977. This allows EPA an additional year for reregistering and classifying the 32,500 p e s t i c i d e s currently registered. States are gearing up to * train and certify custom applicators, dealers and others who will apply restricted-use pesticides. Even with the deadline extended to 1977, many states will start programs next year. . include allowing procedures Additional amendments to FIFRA the Secretary of Agriculture to comment on EPA actions before they take effect. To do this, EPA will send proposed regulations and cancellations to the secretary 60 days prior to action. He then has 30 days to respond and 5 AWARDS P R ES E N T ED A T T H E 46TH A N N U A L M .S.U. TU R FG R ASS C O N F E R E N C E James Standish III presents a check, in the amount of $2,000, from the Golf Association of Michigan and the Michigan Seniors Golf Association to the Directors of the Michigan Turfgrass Foundation to aid turfgrass research at Michigan State University. Pictured from left to right are Michigan Turf­ grass Foundation Directors: James Timmerman, Gordon LaFontaine, Ted Woehrle, George Prieskorn, and James Standish III, Executive Director of the Golf Association of Michigan. George Prieskorn (center), President of the Michigan Turfgrass Foundation, presents a plaque with a $100 scholarship to two students at the Michigan State Turfgrass Conference held January 21, 1976. Pictured on the left is Carl P. Jacobs, recipient of the Outstanding Student Award of the Michigan Turfgrass Foundation. On the right is James Rickley, recipient of the foundation's Norman W. Kramer Outstanding Scholarship Award. 6 Henry C. Lyon presents two scholarships from the TUCO Division of The Upjohn Company at the Michigan State University Turfgrass Conference January 21, 1976. Recipients of the awards are Wayne W. Ertel and William J. Kotenko. Recipients of Golf Course Superintendents Association of America Scholarship awards at Michigan State University presented by Ted Woehrle, Board of Directors GCSAA. The presentation was made at the MSU Turfgrass Conference January 21, 1976. From the left are Jeff Sack, Scott Eicher, Ted Woehrle, and Robert Murphy. HUGGETT SOD FARM, Inc, y y Nuggett +11 Kentucky Blend Huggett's Shade Mix Warren's A-34 Warren's A-20 Bentgrass Sod 7 tI r° f 4114 E. 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Order Your Balan Now 9 (Balan® — benefin, Elanco) O’Brien Expresses Regulatory Concerns from Agri-N ew s, January, 1976 Agricultural addressed Editor’ s Note: On October 29, Ciba- Geigy Agricultural Division President Charlie O’Brien, on behalf of the National Chemicals Association, the U.S. Senate’ s Subcommittee on Agricultural Research and General Legislation Committee on Agriculture and Forestry. is excerpted from the The following summary s t a t e m e n t and expresses the concern the agricultural industry feels toward the administra­ tion Insecticide, F un g i c i de and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA). the F e d e r a l of his of While we favor FIFRA, we are concerned with its administration. An annual average of only 5.4 new active ingredients for agricultural uses was registered years 1970 through 1974. Registrations for DDT, aldrin and d i e l d r i n have been cancelled. during the figures According to USDA for insecticides accounted for 1971, 20 farm acreage 90.9 per cent of the treated with if you assume chlordane and heptachlor will be cancelled, EPA, in three short years will have removed as agricul­ tural tools, 25 per cent of all important agricultural insecticides. insecticides. Thus, Where will this end? If farmers are to produce and consumers are to enjoy an abundance of food and fiber, the law must be administered in a manner that will encourage the development and use, under proper safeguards, of the pesticide the farmer needs. formula Risk-benefit the a d m i n i s t r a t o r , - FIFRA r e q u i r e s in evaluating a pesticide, to take “ into account social and environmental cost and benefit of the use o f ’ the pesticide. The adminis­ trator has departed from this precept by (a) over-emphasizing risks through the economic, which the creation of “ rebuttable presump­ (b) giving undue weight to a tions;” single tumor-causing effect in any test animal; (c) failing to evaluate the inflationary impact of his regulations; adopting certain principles of (d) cannot be carcinogenicity scientifically (e) impose new and addi­ continuing to tional data requirements in a late stage of the registration process with j the result that new pesticides are prevented from reaching the market for periods of one, two or three years after research previously required was completed. supported, and Adjundicatory hearings - FIFRA sought to assure affected persons of their day in court - with opportunity to present evidence at a full adjudi­ catory hearing - by providing for review in the courts of appeals on the record where there had been public hearings - and review in the district courts where there had not been public hearings. The agency has thwarted the congressional intent in this regard by for limited public hearings in connection with many of its actions, thereby throwing review of these actions into the courts of appeals with an inade­ quate record and no opportunity for full hearings. administratively providing to Agency’ s definition of “ use” - The agency in its regulations issued on July 3, 1975, has extended the term “ use” include sale, storage and disposal of pesticides and pesticide containers. We think “ use” was meant to describe the international applica­ tion for pesticidal purposes. We hope that the term cannot be extended to result for accidents or in storage, disposal or for mishaps any other purpose. in penalties bio de-thatch Lookin Photograph of plugs removed from test plots at University of Florida, Plantation Field Laboratory, Ft. Lauderdale, Florida. Research is continuing. It’s a proven fact that thatch is a major problem in highly maintained turf. Thatch reduces air and water movement into the soil, impedes utilization of fertilizers, and provides a favorable environment for insects, fungi, and diseases. The sample on the left shows what happens when thatch is allowed to build up. And look at that compaction layer. Now take a close look at the plug on the right. Bio de­ thatch was applied to this turf. Before total decomposition, the grass turned a darker green and the rate of growth increased. The actual decom­ position became apparent approximately 8 months after application. By the end of 12 months, most of it had disap­ peared and the changes in soil structure were dramatic. It’s readily apparent that the micro-organisms in bio de­ thatch have done their job well—the thatch is gone, leaving a rich humas for better water penetration, retention, and improved soil tilth. It all adds up to a stronger, healthier turf when using this proven product. If you’d like more information on bio de-thatch see your local USSAC distributor or, write to USS Agri-Chemicals, P.O. Box 1685, Atlanta, Georgia 30301. Bio De-Thatch is a registered trademark of Bio De-Thatch Mfg. Co l Photo copyright by Bio De-Thatch Mfg. Co. * Marketed by Agri-Chemicals Division of United States Steel l i Relationship Between Superintendent and Green Committee Chairman Midwest. Association of Golf Course Superintendents 23rd Annual Turf Clinic December 3,1975 relationship between This subject matter has to do with the the Golf Course Superintendent and the Club’s Green Committee Chairman. Another way of saying this is their responsi­ bilities to each other. I suppose I was chosen to discuss this because I have been Green Committee Chairman at Medinah if proper relationships haven’t been established in that time - it’s a hopeless case! since 1964, and One thing about those 12 years is it certainly provided continuity that which is so important in long range is, of course, with programs. There this the danger of be­ coming complacent, a possible lack of new ideas, a sameness of emphasis, and so forth. long tenure, Ted says ‘Thanks’ To the members of the Michigan and Border Cities Golf Course Superin­ tendents Association: I would like to thank all of the members of our great chapter for your support and hard work in helping me get elected as the Vice President of the GCSAA. It was a great effort that resulted in an over-whelming victory. I will always be proud of my membership in this association. You have impressed the entire country with your well organized campaign. also, Thanks, the Western to Michigan Chapter and the Northern Turf Managers Association for their support. Ted Woehrle Vice President, GCSAA 12 I hope there is no evidence of that out on our Golf Courses! I must say, too, that there have times when I wonder if things been wouldn’t go along just as well without a Green Committee. I’ll bet there are quite a few of you out there cheering that little idea! Seriously, however, overall, I do believe a Green Committee and its Chairman a valuable service to a Club and be of use to the Golf Course Superintendent. can perform as factors, The relationship between the Golf Course Superintendent and the Green Committee Chairman is dependent on many including such basic things the Club’s by-laws and organizational structure. It depends, too, on how much time the Chairman has or will devote to his committee work. In my case, I see John Jackman quite often and we talk on the phone once, twice and often three times a week. I would like it better if I could get out on the grounds more often. is relationship, to make sure The most important ingredients of in my a meaningful opinion, there is understanding on common problems and goals, the establishment of trust in each other and good two-way communi­ cations on current conditions, problems and actions being taken. If function properly, the Green C o mm i t t e e and they Chairman provide a means of communication between Superintendent and member­ ship, which can be anywhere from 200 to 1,000 people. Without liaison, the Golf Course S u p e r i n t e n d e n t conceivably could have these 200 to 1 5 C o n t i n u e d o n P a g e 670 SERIES ROTARY SPRINKLER A T O R O IRRIGATION DIVISION Not-so-quick couplers No more time-consuming, inconsistent, water wasting manual operation. 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Net Weight LEBANON Û W ito/C M F E R T I L I Z E R A DIVISION OF LEBANON CHEMICAL CORPORATION THE BISHOP COMPANY LEBANON, PA. 17042 3 TURF PRODUCTS A New Outside Appearance - Same Dependable Quality Inside E Good Names To Grow By Call your Country Club Distributor or James L. Camp, (219) 485-6828. ARE YOU INTERESTED IN JOINING THE MICHIGAN AND BORDER CITIES GOLF COURSE SUPERINTENDENTS ASSOCIATION? Fill in the questionaire below and mail to: BOB HOPE The Lochmoor Club 20740 Marter Road Grosse Pointe Woods, Mi. 48236 Off. 881-8112, Res. 884-8684 NAME OF INTERESTED PERSON D A T E _______ MAILING ADDRESS________________________________________________________ C IT Y ___________________________ S T A T E ________________ Z I P _______________ Or you may contact the next g o lf course supplier who c a lls on you and give him the information needed for appl¡cation. 14 and Relationship Cont. 1,000 individuals as bosses - a horrible thought - and a fate possibly worse than death. The Golf Course Superin­ tendent should ideally answer only to one club member - the Green Committee Chairman. To me, this is one of the Chairman’ s prime responsibilities - to act as a “ buffer” b e t w e e n club members the Superintendent. Except as casual conversation, I see no reason why a Superintendent needs to explain to a member why certain things were or were not done or why conditions are one way or another. Now, I’ m not so naive as to think that the Superintendent will clam up or not respond the Club President or other members on occasion but those are the exceptions we must accept. Explaining to the general membership is the duty of the Green Committee and its Chairman; although the Golf Course Superintendent should be provided a means of communication directly to the membership if he so desires. This can be in the form of letters, articles in the club periodical^ bulletin board notices, etc. to The Chairman and Superintendent should make every effort to inform the membership of construction plans or interfere with play work that may ahead of time. It’ s best to avoid surprises. The Green Committee Chairman can be of help to the Golf Course Superintendent by being alert to the comments of members relative to golf course maintenance. He can be obser­ vant himself as he plays his course and other courses and inform the Superintendent of things he has noted or heard. These observances can then be evaluated by the Superintendent. This type of communication by the Chairman must be done in a construc­ tive manner - not nit-picking or in the form of complaints. is maintained. This The Green Committee has the great r e s p o n s i b i l i t y of serving fellow members, by seeing to it that the type of golf course and grounds the members want, is often difficult to ascertain. The big pitfall here is that too many Green Chairmen try to rebuild the course the way they want it. As a member I would hardly appreciate the idea of some 18 handi- capper using my dues to change a 40 year old golf course to suit his game. The ideas of a 2 handicapper might be just as bad. I believe this is an area where the Superintendents can and should help the club membership by stopping members and committeemen from doing anything silly, which could spoil a good golf course. Golf Course alterations should be planned and done by experts, with the best interests of the total membership in mind. 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One thing I can guarantee - no altera­ tion is a c c e p t e d by 100% of the membership! operation A n o t h e r pertinent duty of the Chairman in establishing a proper relationship, is to see to it that the Golf Course Superintendent and only the Superintendent, runs the grass­ growing everything related to it. This must be done in both a b u s i n e s s-like way and a friendly, fashion. However, the Green Committee Chairman has the right to be informed so that he can again e f f e c t i v e l y act as liaison between the Superintendent and the membership. firm and is Here at Medinah, John Jackman attends all our monthly Green Com­ mittee meetings, and invited to participate occasionally at Financial Committee and Building Committee meetings as well as at Board of Directors meetings. His is valued highly and is an example of good communications. input The Golf Course Superintendent must be supported fully by the Green Continued on Next Page No synthetically produced fertilizer can compare with M IIOHGANITE ________ Golf Courses Use More MILORGANITE-^c. Than Any Other Fertilizer TERMINAL SALES CORR 12871 EATON A VE. D E TR O IT, MICH. 48227 (313) 491 -0606 16 in the for e x a m p l e , when Relationship Cont. Committee Chairman and his commit­ tee. The Green Committee Chairman should see to it that the Superintendent has the support of all officers and directors of the club. This support is needed, it is necessary, judgement of the Superintendent, to close the course, establish temporary greens or tees, restrict the use of golf cars, or any other action that affects normal play. To place this authority in hands other than the man directly responsible destroys the proper line of authority and may cause costly damage. This does not mean that the Superintendent does not consult the Golf Professional and Club M a n a g e r or committee members, but the final decision must be his. In still another area, the Green Committee Chairman must thoroughly understand the equipment and supply needs of the Superintendent. Normally, the only way a Superintendent can get the things he needs to properly do his job is through the Green Committee Chairman. This includes the securing of money, ideally through establishment of sound and reasonable budgets. It must be the responsibility of the Golf Course Superintendent to develop and propose the course maintenance and capital budget. Budgeting must be a mutual effort, with equal consideration given to the Superintendent’ s problems and desires of the membership. I suppose a Super­ intendent can produce almost any grade of golf course quality dependent on the amount of money available. We’ ll have to allow some leeway for weather conditions. 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To me, budget preparation, and then the big task of living within that budget, is the name of the game. r e c o g n i z e The Green Committee Chairman must the Golf Course Superintendent as a real professional. Not only is he a turf-grower, but an agronomist, engineer, chemist, and business manager. We must do all we can to increase his skills in each of these areas. mechanical supervisor The Chairman must insist that the Superintendent be allowed and encouraged to attend, at club expense, and meetings of various seminars to which Golf Course associations Superintendents country clubs belong. The Superintendent should take a d v a n t a g e of the U.S.G.A. services and the beneficial programs of universities and demonstrations by suppliers. and to golf course news The Green Committee should be found in alert golf magazines, journals and publications. Contact with instructive and informative agencies is an essen­ tial adjunct to successful planning. trade The Green Committee Chairman Course has other responsibilities in main­ taining a good relationship with his Golf Superintendent. For instance; the Chairman, in my opinion, should not ask other Golf Course Superintendents opinions or advice on correcting problems at the Chair­ man’ s golf course. This obviously creates an awkard s i t u a t i o n for everyone and probably should be met with stoney silence! The same goes for c a l l i n g in consultants. This must only be done with the approval of the Superintendent, or better yet, at the Superintendent’ s recommendation. Oddly enough, many club members impressed with the use of con­ are sultants or experts in various fields. It might be a political gambit, but maybe Golf Course Superintendents should consider using such services more often. I wonder how many club that Golf Course me mb e r s know and Superintendents discuss They i should be told this. They should know about this very Clinic here today. problems! together common get Another policy the Green Committee Chairman must observe is to deal only with the Golf Course Superintendent. He must avoid the pitfall of ordering in the grounds crew to do anyone anything. This is an organizational no-no, since it dilutes the authority of lowers morale. the Superintendent and Continued on Page 20 - FAIRWAYS - . 4% W.I.N. . 6% W.I.N. . 6% W.I.N. 12-4-8 . 18-0-9 . 18-5-9 . 20-5-10 30-3-10. - GREENS - 16-0-8 . . 10% W.I.N. 18-3-12. • .6% W.I.N. with Iron Sulfate 10% W.I.N. 45-0-0 Dutch Brand Urea CALL FRED D. SPEIER ( 313) 681-9336 “ Finest quality ingredients - economically priced 53 2 4 W, B L O O M F I E L D L A K E W. B L O O M F I E L D , M I C H . 480 3 3 18 Keep your turf in top playing condition. 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RESPONSEability to you and nature 7659 B 19 Relationship Cont. Finally, the Chairman should make every possible effort to see to it that the Superintendent is fairly compen­ sated and recognized for his work. I’ ve talked quite a bit about the G r e e n Chairman’ s responsibilities to the Superintendent. Let’ s go the other way a bit. C o m m i t t e e Aside from the normal turf growing function, a good relationship should foster a condition where the Superin­ tendent readily accepts the responsi­ bility for attaining certain goals. I’ m referring to such things as constant cost reduction through mechanization, better equ better equipment, use of his own turf and tree nurseries, his own small scale e x p e r i m e n t a t i o n on turf, chemicals, seeds, fertilizers, etc. I’ d expect him to surround himself with competent workmen with high morale and c a p a b l e of w i t h s t a n d i n g unionization. The individual crew member should be trained to do several jobs so that there is back-up available at all times. The Superintendent and the Green Committee Chairman must be the safety and c o n c e r n e d about the crew g e n e r a l well-being of including lodging, wash-up food, hours of work, rates of pay, vacations, and every other working condition and fringe benefit. items as such facilities, Later today, you’ re going to hear John Jackman give an interesting talk on his experiences relative to Medinah’ s hosting of the U.S. Open so I will say very little about that event. the case From my point of view, however, this t o u r n a me n t the holding of strengthens for everything I’ ve said about our relationship. It was interesting period what with two years of pre- Continued on Next Page a very busy and WANT THE FINEST TURF IRRIGATION SYSTEM? Use the complete J-M . turf irrigation Some of our most beautiful and best cared for environ­ ments are golf courses. 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