June, 1987

Published by the Metropolitan Golf Course Superintendents Association

Volume XVII, No. 4

Alexander Radko Wins MGCSA’s
John Reid Achievement Award
He was one of the real behind-the-scenes
heroes in golf.
He was to turf research and management
what Jack Nicklaus is to consistency; what
Sam Snead is to the swing; what Joe Dey
is to the rules of the game and what Ben
Hogan was to concentration. In short:
perfection, plus.
He is Alexander Michael Radko, the
1987 recipient of the MGCSA’s coveted
John Reid Lifetime Achievement Award
for a “lifetime of devotion and dedication
to the game of golf and the science of golf
course management.”
“I shall cherish this honor, I’ve always
been close to the Met Supers. They’re a
very special lot,” said the retired National
Director of the United States Golf Associ­
ation’s Green Section.
Affectionately known as “Big Al” to his
legion of friends, admirers and confreres
across the land, despite his 5-7 frame, Al
Radko attained the very pinnacle of his
profession. He is, beyond question, the
most knowledgeable, most respected and
most honored in his chosen field. A worldrenown expert on turf grasses, he devoted
40 years of his life to the field until his
retirement from the USGA five years ago.
Golf course supers and others across the
globe relied on “Big Al” and his research
staff at the Green Section. Among the
noteworthy turf grasses to come from this
research were Merion Kentucky Bluegrass,
Meyer Zoysiagrass, U-3 Bermuda and the
C-Strains of Bentgrass.
Bom and raised in Yonkers, just a drive
and three iron from where the legendary

John Reid and his famed Apple Tree Gang
introduced golf to America 100 years ago
next spring, Radko took to the game as a
kid caddie at the Sunningdale Club in
Scarsdale under another legend, the late
Elmer “Whitey” Voight, Sunningdale
professional for a half century, who hap­
pened to be a boyhood chum of Radko’s
older brother, Walter. “They were on the
golf team together at Roosevelt High
School in Yonkers,” Al recalled recently.
Al’s caddie career was highlighted the day
he caddied for one Bobby Cruikshank, one
of the pioneers of professional golf in
America.
Radko, who logged more than a million
miles criss-crossing the country for the
USGA, figures he’s gathered up the Grand
Slam of Awards en route, or at least every
major award available to one in the field
of turf management, including the distin­
guished service award from the Golf
Course Supers of America, Pennsylvania
and New Jersey; the USGA Green Section
Award; the Donald Ross Award from the
American Society of Golf Course Ar­
chitects; the Old Course serving Tray from
St. Andrews in Scotland and the Captain’s
Chair from his alma mater, the University
of Maryland.
An intensely dedicated servant of the
game, Al is quick to credit people like Dr.
Fred Grau, his predecessor at the USGA;
O. J. Noer, the Extension Agronomist for
the City of Milwaukee, the man who
invented Milorganite, and the indomitable
Eberhardt “Ed” Steiniger, who was for a
half century the superintendent at the

incomparable Pine Valley Course in New
Jersey, for whatever success he’s enjoyed
in life.
“These were the pioneers. They were the
men who set the pace. I grew up with them
and profited immensely from their knowl­
edge and expertise,” Radko has said on
occasion. “I could not have done it without
them.”
“I love this game with a passion,” he
adds. “Who couldn’t love it? We spend all
day, all year, snuggling up to Mother
Nature in the great outdoors. This has been
one, long happy holiday for me. It’s been
more hobby than work.”
He has one gripe, one pet peeve, does
our unsung hero. He has it in for those
guys who play “winter rules” every chance
they get.
“Heck, they wouldn’t thinking of teeing
it up in Scotland,” says Big Al with a wink
and a smile.
“They oughta bury the guy who invented
Winter rules,” suggests Radko. “He took
the real challenge out of the game. You
should touch the ball only twice a hole —
when you tee it up, and when you take it
out of the cup, period. Otherwise, play it
as it lies. It’s more fun that way.”
He should know, He was a five-handicapper in his prime.
Radko, who makes his home in Piscataway, New Jersey with his wife, Ann, is
the second recipient of the John Reid
Award. The 1986 Award went to Guido
Cribari of Westchester, the retired execu­
tive sports editor of the Gannett-Westches­
ter Newspapers, Inc.

Presidential M essage
BOARD OF DIRECTORS
President
Patrick Lucas
Innis Arden GC
Vice-President
Scott Niven
Stanwich C
Secretary
Timothy O’Neill
CC of Darien
Treasurer
Lawrence Pakkala
Woodway CC
Past President
Peter Rappoccio
Silver Spring CC
Joseph Alonzi
Fenway GC
John Carlone
Middle Bay CC
Kenneth Flisek
Apawamis C
Tracey Holliday
CC of Fairfield
Edward Horton
Westchester CC
John Musto
Back O Beyond, Inc.
John O’Keefe
Preakness Hills CC
John Wistrand
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Executive Director
James E. McLoughlin
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When we hear the term “strokes” we
usually equate it with our golf game. How
many strokes is our opponent willing to
give us to even up the disparity in a golf
match?
There is another definition of strokes,
one that promises maximum results in our
interpersonal relationships. As Dr. Eric
Berne uses it, a stroke is how we let other
people know that we know they are alive.
A stroke is any unit of recognition, positive
or negative, and receiving strokes is top
priority for all healthy people.
Dru Scott, in his work entitled What You Stroke is What You Get, highlighted three
kinds of stokes:
• positive strokes as being the most growthful
• negative strokes as being better than none at all
• the absence of any strokes is usually killing.
Positive strokes are described as feeling warm and fuzzy while negative strokes
feel cold and prickly.
In analysing work relationships, Scott points out a pattern that needs improvement:
Wrong behavior often gets more strokes, even though negative, than right behavior.
For example, the person who is always on time, no absenteeism, who does a good
job without creating any problems can easily be taken for granted by the supervisor;
and consequently stroked very little. Another person who is habitually late, has high
absenteeism, whose work is sloppy, etc. gets plenty of strokes, negative, but strokes
none the less.
It is so easy to see mistakes - to criticize. It is harder to stroke positively, to
nurture, to “catch ’em doing something right.” In more ways than one, what we
stroke on our golf course is what we get.
Scott then goes on to describe a success story of a smart manager whose staff
excelled in performance. What was the story behind his motivational success? Simply
this:
a. He created a climate in which it was all right for people to directly ask for and
receive positive strokes.
b . He gave more positive strokes for getting results and solving problems than he
did negative strokes for whining, excuses, and low productivity.
c. He organized work so that his staff members had an opportunity to get strokes
for the work itself.
In the final analysis, we cannot make people do things, we can only help create
the atmosphere for them to want to. As people managers, we can help them to get
the strokes they need and at the same time help our club meet its goals by using
positive strokes.
Patrick Lucas, CGCS

Spouse Committee Volunteers
The Social and Welfare Committee is looking for some individuals married to Met
GCSA members (class A,B,C,D or L) to help organize association social functions
(i.e. summer social, picnic, Christmas party) and develop new ideas for enhancing
the welfare of the association. If you would like to help out, thank you for calling
Scott Niven at (203) 869-1812.

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Liability Insurance:
Coverages and Exclusions
by John L. Dana

Have you ever wondered what liability
insurance protection there is for you — the
golf course superintendent?
In a properly designed insurance pro­
gram, employees of an operation should
be included for liability coverages as
“additional insureds.” This means that they
would be included in the insurance protec­
tion afforded to the club for claims arising
out of “Bodily Injury” or “Property Dam­
age.” For example, there would be protec­
tion for the superintendent if he backed a
tractor into a Mercedes Benz in the club
parking area and action was brought
against him personally. Similarly, if the
brakes failed on the tractor and he injured
a club member and action was brought
against him individually, he would be
protected under the policy.
Unfortunately, this protection is not
available under all circumstances. Re­
member the Time Magazine issue last
summer which had as its cover story
“Sorry, America, Your Insurance has been
Cancelled?” After years and years of a true
buyer’s market during which extremely
broad coverages were available at inexpen­
sive prices, the insurance industry both
tightened up their coverages and increased
prices substantially. This change in the
industry’s approach has affected virtually
all business entities in all areas of their
insurance coverage.
An area of coverage for a country club
that has not been very broad during the
past few years has now become almost
non-existent. This is the area of pollution
coverage or environmental impairment.
Environmental risks arise from “the dis­
charge, disposal, release, or escape of
smoke, vapors, soot, fumes, acids, alkalis,
toxic chemicals, liquids or grease, waste
materials or other irritants, contaminants
or pollutants, into or upon the land, the
atmosphere or any water course, or body

of water.” Many common hazards of a golf
course operation in the area of environmen­
tal impairment are created by the need for
using chemicals. This use includes mixing,
applying, storing, and disposing of toxic
materials. Other hazards not often thought
of are swimming pools, underground
tanks, PCB’s, asbestos and aquatic expo­
sures.”
Prior to 1973 the standard General
Liability Insurance policy covered Bodily
Injury or Property Damage to third parties
arising from accidents of any kind. The
General Liability form was revised in 1973
to exclude coverage for damage or injury
arising from seepage and other forms of
gradual or “nonsudden” pollution. (Cover­
age was still provided for “sudden and
accidental” pollution.)
Court decisions of the past few years
have greatly blurred the distinction between
gradual pollution and sudden and acciden­
tal pollution. This liberal legal environment
pushed the insurance companies to adopt
the use of a new, absolute pollution exclu­
sion. Under the new exclusion, there is no
insurance coverage even if the Bodily
Injury or Property Damage is sudden and
accidental. There is coverage only if a
claim arises out of what is known as a
hostile fire. A hostile fire is one which
becomes uncontrollable or breaks out from
where it was intended to be. As stated
earlier, what was previously very limited
coverage for claims arising out of pollution
(in a broad sense) has now evolved into
virtually no coverage.
What are the ramifications of this change
in pollution coverage for a country club or
golf course operation and the golf course
superintendent? From the superintendent’s
perspective, it should not be a cause for
panic and concern over the exposure to
your personal assets. In almost all instances
there is an employer-employee relationship
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between the superintendent and the country
club or golf course. This establishes a
situation where the superintendent is acting
as an agent of the employer and court law
has precedents stating that an employer can
be held liable for the acts of their agents.
In other words, if a pollution incident
occurs, chances are your employer is going
to be required to get involved in whatever
action is taken against you and the club.
However, if the pollution incident arises
out of any gross or willful misconduct by
him or his applicators (who are his agents),
the superintendent should not expect
protection from his employer.
Of course safety is important in any
well-managed business, but when one is
operating in an area where insurance is not
available to cushion the financial impact
of a mistake or loss, safety should be of
the highest priority. This is not the place
for a discussion of what constitutes safe
use of toxic substances, but it seems to be
appropriate to emphasize how important it
is because of the absence of insurance
protection.
Remember that at one time or another,
all kinds of insurance were new. For
example, it was once highly innovative to
insure medical or legal malpractice - now
they are run-of-the-mill coverages. Eventu­
ally, environmental impairment insurance
should become available to the club indus­
try at a reasonable price. At this stage the
insurability of toxic waste users or generat­
ors is a relatively new concept. Once loss
experience is compiled and analyzed,
underwriters will be able to evaluate the
better risk and offer coverage. ■
— John L. Dana is a Vice-President of
FA1 Insurance Counseling. FA1 adminis­
ters the Metropolitan Golf Association
Property and Casualty Insurance Pro­
gram.

1987 Met GCSA Invitational Host
Ted Horton — Westchester Country Club
Ted Horton was an Agriculture Biology
student at McGill University (in Eastern
Canada) and like so many of us, spent his
summers on golf courses. It was at Summerlea Golf and Country Club, in Quebec,
that the superintendent and Geoff Cornish,
suggested Ted consider golf course man­
agement as a career. Stockbridge at U Mass
followed, and for over 20 years Ted has
been breaking new grounds in his field.
Ted’s placement training and first Assis­
tant’s position was at Winged Foot, and at
age 23, he became their superintendent.
He remained there for 14 years before
moving to Westchester C.C. in 1980.
Proudest of the full membership support
he received even in his earliest days at
Westchester, Ted initiated triplex and
contour mowing, maintained heavy rough,
and aimed to return the courses back to the
“target aspect” of golf. Ted is also proud
of the “companionship and success” of the
dozens of students who have interned
under him.
Important qualities for a superintendent
to aim for, in Ted’s opinion, are honesty,

and fairness. He feels “one should be able
to admit mistakes, and solicit help from
the best possible sources.”
Actively involved since his college
days, Ted is currently a Director for the
MGCSA, a member of NYSTA, NJTGA,
Hudson Valley GCSA, NYSPUC (Pes­
ticide User’s Council), MGA Green Sec­
tion Committee, GCSAA (serving on the
Government Relations Committee), and
finally, the Westchester County Drought
Emergency Task Force. In his remaining
spare time, Ted’s an avid raquetball player,
and he’s enjoyed “watching his family
succeed and grow.” His wife of 22 years,
Nancy, is a private school teacher and an
active church member. His oldest son Tim,
18, will be entering Johns Hopkins’ PreMed program this fall. His youngest,
Chris, 16, is a sophomore who plays
defensive end for his high school football
team. ■
Mary Medonis
Assistant Superintendent
Westchester Country Club

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Pesticide Progress?
by Gary R. Mullane
FIFRA, DEC, NYSPUC, PPUC,
METGCSA, 3PF, EPA, DEP, laws,
regulations, insurance, certification, regis­
tration, pollution, storage, liability, lob­
byist, hearings, off-target, labels, notifica­
tion, material safety data sheet, warnings,
respirator, cholinesterase, environment,
posting, drift, perceptions and October 21,
1972.
Pesticides have been used by mankind
for thousands of years. Sulfurous fumes
were used against rats by the Chinese in
2000 B .C ., Insect Control in ancient Greek
and Roman times consisted of burning
sulfur to form sulfur dioxide. Oil was used
in 200 B.C., according to the historian
Cato, to control pests and arsenic was
described for use later on by Pliny the Elder
for use in vineyards. It wasn’t until after
World War II with the increased demand
of agriculture that large quantities of
pesticides were used.
I doubt that the ancient Chinese, Greeks
or Romans had to deal with the agencies,

perceptions and other issues in the first
paragraph that we must live with. If they
did, they probably used ancient methods
to deal with them, methods that undoubtably wouldn’t be acceptible to modem man.
That brings us to October 21, 1972. That
was the day that the federal government
passed the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide
and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA). It has been
amended several times since then, but it is
the act that started all the regulations that
we now work under.
In short, FIFRA said that states would
adopt their own laws to comply with
FIFRA. In New York we have the Environ­
mental Conservation Laws, neighboring
states have similar laws. Mandated provi­
sions by FIFRA in regard to pesticide
applicators included educational require­
ments, integrated pest management tech­
niques and pesticide monitoring programs.
Pesticide applicators are also supposed to
be trained in the application and safe use
of pesticides by the regulatory agency.

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This regulator agency in New York, is the
Department of Environmental Conserva­
tion (DEC).
Now that we have all the regulatory
agencies in place, at the federal and state
level, the pesticide user industry should be
able to live and work happily ever after.
Not quite. What we now have is a state
agency that is underfunded and can only
deal in a regulatory manner. For instance,
the issues regarding the health effects of
pesticides on the consumer have received
high priority, with no apparent concern for
the applicators in the state who are exposed
to far greater pesticide exposure than the
consumer. The need for a regulatory
agency is there. However, by FIFRA, they
are mandated to provide certain provisions
(education, training etc.) and the DEC is
simply not able to do this. The DEC is
actually forced to operate in a punitive
rather than regulatory fashion. You would
think that the DEC would want us to be
the most highly educated in the state and
not the least educated. The DEC’Sresponse
to any question of education or information
is that they are “under staffed and short of
funding.” Perhaps we should reply in kind
by saying when we don’t pass one of their
field inspections that “Sorry, we don’t have
to comply with the law, we’re under staffed
and short of funds.” After all, why should
we be made to comply when the DEC itself
is forced to ignore FIFRA.
Perhaps we should consider ourselves
lucky at this time considering what is
already happening in other states across
America. In California, according to David
Dietz, Executive Director of the Public
Pesticide Policy Foundation (3PF), “Prop­
osition 65” says that pesticides are banned
from use if they can enter water supplies
in any way and all those who can potentially
be exposed to those chemicals, even in
hospitals or convalescent homes, must be
notified in advance. Maine has a pesticide
container return law, many states already
have posting or notification laws, the
PPUC in Connecticut successfully beat a
notification bill last year, and in New York
last year over one hundred twenty-five bills
were introduced that would impact our
industry.
So what can you do with all the laws,
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special interest groups and liability that we
encounter. The public’s perception of the
pesticide user must be changed. This is
slowly happening. Studies have shown that
the applicator is always at the opposite end
of the spectrum than the special interest
group. In the middle, usually, is the
university scientists, we all have close
contacts with these people and their exper­
tise and writings should effectively be used
in our communications.
I’ve always noticed that the golf course
superintendent is quite adept at com­
municating with his golf members. When
a mower is broken or out-of-date or a new
method of cutting is found or when an
irrigation system must be replaced you tell
the greens chairman who passes it, hope­
fully, to his committee and then to the
membership. As your choice of pesticides
diminishes in the coming years, informing
the members of the loss and effects it will
have on the course seems prudent. Telling
them now of the problems inherent in the
use, handling, application and storage of
pesticides would also be wise. You should
also consider posting signs or use some
other method of informing the golfers of
the type of spraying being done or recently
completed on the course. Most impor­
tantly, find out what your risk and liability
is in regard to the use of pesticides, how
are you protected now and even once you
leave that course.
“Risk and Reward” is a phrase often
utilized in the golf course industry, in
design and play, the same phrase can be
used in the defense of pesticides. The risk
of pesticides used on lawns or trees remain­
ing or building up in the environment is
unfounded yet the reward is very notice­
able. The public recognizes the benefits of
pesticides, especially in food production,
but they don’t realize that pesticides are
chemicals, the same as all other substances
in the world. Even organically grown foods
contain complex chemicals, some of what
are highly toxic if taken in sufficient
quantity. Lets face it, anything taken in
sufficient quantity can kill you.
The public and the legislators have a
right to hear both sides of the pesticide
issue, not just the anti-pesticide special
interest groups’. These anti-pesticide
people claim to be environmentalists, but
in reality they are “anti” everything. In the
green industry I have found some of the
hardest working and honest men and
women, who care for the environment and
are the true environmentalists. We are
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good at what we do, care about what we
do and are in touch with the environment’s
future. Now each one of us must let others
outside our industry know the good things
we do and get active and have our voices
heard.
It is tempting at times to throw up our
hands in total discouragement and either
stop using pesticides altogether or keep on
with business as usual and hope we don’t
get caught in a routine inspection or worse
get into an accident. We are not at the end
of the world. The pendulum is still swing­
ing and will eventually come to rest some­
where in the middle and the activisits will
be on to some other issue. The best thing
anyone can do is become and stay as
knowledgeable as possible about the
materials we use and the target pests, keep
our subordinates informed and keep our
operations as close to “compliance” as we
can. Always be able to demonstrate that
you are making an effort and we’ll all be
better off. ■
The author, Gary Mullane, is a past
president o f the New York State Pesticide
Users Council and is currently a class C.
member o f the MetGCSA.

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Coming Events
JUNE
11-14

Manufacturers Hanover
Westchester Classic

Westchester C.C.
Ted Horton, sup’t.

17

WGA Caddy Scholarship Pro-Am

Metropolis C.C.
Bruno Vadalo, sup’t.

18

LIGCSA Meeting

Middle Bay C.C.
John Carlone, sup’t.

25

MetGCSA Invitational

Westchester C.C.

25

Turf Research Field Day

U. of Massachusetts
South Deerfield, Mass.

U.S.G.A. Senior Open
Championship

Brooklawn C.C.
Peter Bly, sup’t.

MetGCSA and
Hudson Valley Joint Meeting

ArdsleyC.C.
George Pierpoint, sup’t.

U.S.G.A. Women’s Open
Championship

Plainfield C.C.
Plainfield, N.J.

JULY
9-12
28
23-26

July 29 The Commemorative (Senior
August 2 PGA Tour)

Sleepy Hollow C.C.
Joe Camberato, sup’t.

Summer Social Party Cruise
The MetGCSA summer social will be held on Tuesday, July 21 on board the “Lady
Joan.” Please reserve this date on your social calendar as it will surely be a memorable
occasion. More details will be coming soon.

The June 18 meeting of the LIGCSA
will be at the Middle Bay Country Club.
The host superintendent, John Carlone is
a class A member of the MetGCSA. John
has graciously extended an invitation to his
fellow Met superintendents to attend the
meeting. For more information, contact
John Carlone at (516) 766-1838.

Summer has just started, but now is the
time to make arrangements to join the fun
at the 3rd Annual Golf Course Superinten­
dents Autumn Classic. The tournament
will again be played at the Quechee Club
in Quechee, Vermont on September 28-29.
The entry fee of $ 120 includes everything
but overnight lodging. Tournament host,
M ark Fuller, has again arranged for local
lodging and condo’s will also be available.
For more information, please contact:
The Quechee Club
Box 312
Quechee, VT 05059
or
Mark Fuller (802) 295-7488
There will be a new, separate 9-hole
event on Sunday, Sept. 27. The field is
limited so please reserve your spot soon.

We’ll Transplant
Your Large Trees
& Save You Money!
Get the most out of the trees you already have. Increase the look
and
effect of your golf course by using trees that are overcrowded or
are needed in another location.
With our Big John Tree Transplanter we can plant trees up to
12" in diameter for less than ydu think.

Now is an Excellent
Time to Transplant
Large Trees

Hawthorne Brothers
Tree S ervic e, In c o rp o ra te d

5 Center Street
Bedford Hills New York 10507
914-666-5035
203-531-1831

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Patrons of Tee to Qieen
Patrons listed on this page are supporting our Association. You are encouraged to support them.
*Denotes Met GCSA member

Alpine Tree Care, Inc.*
Main office: White Plains 914-948-0101
Branch offices: Chappaqua 914-238-4400
Darien 203-655-8008
Professional Tree Care & Consulting

I & E Supply, Inc.*
Dick Smith - Paul Roche
66 Ema Avenue, Milford, CT 06460
BUCKNER IRRIGATION SYSTEMS
203-878-0658

Pro-Lawn Products, Inc.*
Stephen M. Kotowicz
30 Nashville Road
Bethel, CT 06801
203-792-3032

Big Tree Nursery
Stan Lubowicki
P.O. Box 6081
Edison, NJ 08818
We transplant large trees

Irrigation Systems Incorporated*
P.O. Box 66, Windsor, CT 06095
203-727-9227
Installation, Service, Winterization and
Designing for Course Irrigation Systems

The Reichert Company*
Lubricant & Filter Distributor
P.O. Box 273
Riverside, CT 06878
203-637-2958 - Frank Reichert

James Carriere & Sons, Inc.*
Bill Carriere
7 Cottage Street
Port Chester, NY 10573
914-937-2136 or 914-937-5479

James W. Taylor Tree Surgery, Inc.
TREE TRANSPLANTING
240-B Plains Road
Walden, NY 12586
914-561-3490 - Vickie Poltrack

Rhone*Poulenc Inc.
Samuel L. Horst
RD 2, Box 294
Stockton, NY 08559
201-996-4306

Cecio Bros., Inc.
General Excavating Contractor
P.O. Box 4100; 500 Old Post Road #3
Greenwich, CT 06830
203-869-2340

LESCO, Inc.*
20005 Lake Road, Rocky River, OH 44116
Mike Oleykowski
201-387-9254
Bob Dwyer
201-665-9728
. . . for all your golf course needs

Stephen Kay, Golf Course Architect*
P.O. Box 81, Purchase, NY 10577
914-963-9555
Long Range Planning, Remodeling, &
New Development

Egypt Farms, Inc.
Golf Green Topdressing
John Strickland
White Marsh, MD 21162
301-335-3700

Loft’s Seed, Inc.
John Morrissey
Box 146
Bound Brook, NJ 08805
201-356-8700

Steven Willand, Inc.
Bill Rapp
Box 9, Rt. 206, South of Ross Comer
Augusta, NJ 07822
201-579-5656

Emerald Isle, Ltd.
Bob Middleton
2153 Newport Road
Ann Arbor, MI 48103
313-662-2727

The Magovern Company*
Joseph Schnieder
911 Hope Street
Stamford, CT 06907
1-800-243-9094

Terre Company of N .J., Inc.*
Byron Johnson, Jr.
206 Delawanna Avenue
Clifton, NJ 07014
201-473-3393

Glenmore Landscape Service*
Glenn S. Moore
RR3 Box 199 Hackgreen Rd.
Pound Ridge, NY 10576
914-764-4348

Metro Milorganite, Inc.*
John G. Wistrand & Anthony L. Grasso
P.O. Box 267
Hawthorne, NY 10532
914-347-4222

Turf Products Corporation*
South Windsor, CT 06074
Joe Kennedy - Irrigation
A1 Tretara - Equipment
203-528-9508

Grass Roots Turf Products, Inc.*
Bert Jones 201-686-8709
Ken Kubik 201-361-5943
P.O. Box 336
Mt. Freedom, NJ 07970

MONTCO/SURF-SIDE/ZAP!
Surfactants - Defoamers
Box 404, Ambler, PA 19002
Robert Oechsle
Home: 215-836-4992/Whs: 215-628-3144

Valley View Nursery*
Route 123 R.R. #2
Box 27
So. Salem, NY 10590
(914) 533-2526 (914)533-2504

Harford Industrial Minerals, Inc.
Jack Montecalvo - Topdressing, Bunker
Sand & Construction Mix
Joppa, MD 21085
301-679-9191

O.M. Scott & Sons*
A1 Arison
226 Barry Scott Drive
Fairfield, CT 06430
203-336-9890

Westchester Ford Tractor*
Goldens Bridge, NY 10526
914-232-7746
Wesco Inc., Norwalk CT 06851
203-847-2496

Hawthorne Brothers Tree Service, Inc.*
5 Center Street
Bedford Hills, NY 10507
914-666-7035 and 203-531-1831
Professional Tree Care and Transplanting

Partac Golf Course Topdressing
Kelsey Park
Great Meadows, NJ 07838
James Carriere & Sons/ J. & B. Trucki
914-937-2136 Bill & Joe Carriere

Westchester Turf Supply, Inc.*
P.O. Box 198, Lincolndale, NY 10540
Serving the Fine Turf Profession
Lippman
914-277-3755/Home: 914-248-5790