PRESIDENT’S MESSAGE Kurt Thuemmel C.G.C.S. It is an honor and a privilege to be elected President of the WMGCSA, and I hope to continue the forward progress we have made in the past years with your assistance. Membership participation is a very important part of any association, and I intend to work on this area. In the next few weeks, you will be receiving a short survey to fill out and return. The purpose of the survey is to provide your Board of Directors with some input from the member­ ship as to what kind of association you would like to be. It is very important that you participate in this survey in order for it to have meaning, so a prompt response would be greatly appreciated. A special thank you to Keith Paterson for serving as President the past two years. A big job for someone who also serves as newsletter editor, and I am sure you all join me in expressing our sincere appreciation. Also thank you to Keith for hosting our recent Fall Party. It was a very enjoyable evening, so if you weren’t able to attend, you certainly missed out on a good time! Our next meeting will be scheduled for early January — prior to the Michigan Turfgrass Conference on January 13-14-15 and the International Golf Course Conference in San Fran­ cisco January 27 - February 4. See you there! KLEINS for turf care CIL Sulfur Coated Urea • research proven quality in slow release nitrogen Sulfate of Potash • a plus for plant turgidity and winter heartiness Soil Sampling • Kleins will custom blend fertilizer to meet your specific needs Minor Elements • secondary nutrients can be blended • elemental sulfur available for into the fertilizer mix problem areas Turf Chemicals • fungicides, herbicides, cides, and surfactants Turf Fertilizers • Golf Club Green • 20- 10- 10* • 24-8-8* 18-5-9 20-10-10* Weed & Fe< These are a few analyses that can be made with various percentages of slow release nitrogen up to 100%. For additional information contact: Ted Kasel or Dennis Judd (517) 223-9148 Convenient plant locations at Perrinton, Marne and Fowlerville Klein Fertilizer, Inc. 320 Garden Lane Fowlerville, Michigan 48836 1986 WMGCSA OFFICERS Kurt Thuemmel C.G.C.S.................................................................. President Walnut Hills Country Club, E. Lansing, Michigan 517/332-6060 Keith Paterson, C.G.C.S......................................................... Past President Spring Lake Country Club, Spring Lake, Michigan 616/842-4200 Roger Barton ..........................................................................Vice-President Blythefield Country Club, Belmont, Michigan 616/363-5945 Chris Fochtman.............................................................. Secretary-Treasurer Greenridge C.C., 740 Greenridge Dr, N.W., Grand Rapids, Ml 616/784-6597 Directors Bill Davis Mary wood C.C., Battle Creek, Ml 616/ 962-9784 Bob Hope, C.G.C.S. Kent C.C., Grand Rapids, Ml 616/363-6728 Fred Pastoor Muskegon C.C., Muskegon, Ml 616/ 759-0694 Charles Scott Gull Lake View G.C., Augusta, Ml 616/ 731-4148 Bob Johnson Forest Hills Golf Club, Grand Rapids, Ml Jeff Gorney, C.G.C.S. Grand Rapids Elks C.C., Grand Rapids, Ml 616/453-0705 Editorial Committee Chairman-Advertising..............................Keith Paterson C.G.C.S. Spring Lake C.C. - 616/842-4840 Photographer.......................................................... TonyTredente Spartan Distributors - 616/887-7301 Bill Madigan C.G.C.S., C.C. of Jackson - o17/787-0650 Kurt Thuemmel C.G.C.S., Walnut Hills C.C. - 517/332-6060 Advertisers Please patronize them as they have made this newsletter possible. Art Hills & Associates Boylan Sales C-R Grinding Century Rain Aide Ellis Sales Grand Rapids Tree Ideal Mower Sales Keizer Equipment Co. Klein Fertilizer LESCO Lawn Equipment Matthews & Sons Miller West, Inc. J. Mollema & Sons NOR-AM Chemical Co. O.M. Scott Parmenter & Andre Raymer Pump Spartan Distributors Standard Sand Turf Chemicals Turf Grass Woodland Tree 2 L ON THE MOVE Tony Tredente has recently accepted a new position as District Sales Manager with OMC Lincoln-Cushman Ryan Division. Tony and his wife Sandy will be moving to the Dallas area around the first of the year. Tony has been the photographer for Western Views the past four years. Thanks Tony for a job well done and we wish you success in your new position. CONFERENCE & SHOW An estimated 10,000 golf course superintendents and others from around the globe will converge on San Francisco for the 57th annual International Golf Course Conference and Show sponsored by the Golf Course Superintendents Association of America (GCSAA) Jan­ uary 27-February 4th, 1986. Most major activities associated with the premier event of the golf turf industry will be in the Moscone Conven­ tion Center. Retired Air Force General Charles “Chuck” Yeager — a World War II fighter plane hero, career test pilot and the first man to break the sound barrier — will deliver the keynote address during the Opening Session at 9 a.m. Friday, January 31. Singer Dinah Shore will present GCSAA’s prestigious Old Tom Morris Award to world golf ambassador Patty Berg, co-founder, charter member and first president of the Ladies Professional Golf Association (LPGA) during the gala GCSAA Banquet attended by dignitaries from the world of golf at 7 p.m. Monday, February 3, in the San Francisco Hilton & Tower. Entertainment will be pro­ vided by the Lettermen, a versatile and enduring popular singing group. In another highlight of the nine-day conference, millions of dollars worth of the latest equipment, products and services used in the management of golf courses and grounds will be displayed by about 300 exhibitors at the Conference’s big Trade Show covering more than 115,000 square feet. The Show will be open for 19 hours Satur­ day through Monday, February 1-3. Throughout the Conference, nearly 150 leading golf course superintendents, educators, researchers and representatives of the industry will lead more than 350 hours of seminars and other educational sessions cover­ ing every facet of turfgrass management and many related subjects such as communication, the public golf course, personnel management, computer applications in golf course operations, landscaping, golf course design and many other topics of interest to golf course and turfgrass managers. GCSAA will hold its annual business meeting and election of officers on Monday, February 3. Nominated for President is Riley L. Stottern, CGCS, of Park City, Utah. Running for Vice President are Donald E. Hearn, CGCS, Weston, Mass.; John E. Laake, CGCS, Columbus, Ohio, and James M. Taylor, Sr, CGCS, Midland, Texas. Vying for three director’s positions on the Executive Com­ mittee are Gerald L. Faubel, CGCS, Saginaw, Mich.; Stanley Boraski, CGCS, Charlotte, N.C.; Stephen G. Cadenelli, CGCS, Toms River, N.J.; William R. Roberts, CGCS, Stevens Point, Wis.; and Kenneth A. Sakai, CGCS, Rodeo, CA. Other awards to be presented to GCSAA members at the Opening Session on Friday by GCSAA President Eugene D. Baston, CGCS, include Chapter Newsletter Awards, Distinguished Service Awards and the Leo Feser Award for excellence in literary contributions to the Association’s magazine, Golf Course Management, by a member golf course superintendent. A Spouse’s Program is also conducted in conjunction with the GCSAA Conference and Show. The Association’s Annual Member Golf Championship will be played January 27-28 at Palm Desert, CA. The tournament has been held since 1938. The men’s tournament will be played on the Palm Valley and Monterey Country Clubs and the women’s tourna­ ment at The Lakes Country Club. GCSAA member Den­ nis J. Orsborn is Vice President of Golf Course Opera­ tions for the Sunrise Company, which has operational con­ trol of the three courses. Each course has a staff of 14 headed by GCSAA member superintendents Collier Miller, Monterey Country Club; Bruce Duenow, the Lakes Coun­ try Club; and Gary Peterson, Palm Valley Country Club. Prizes will be awarded at a victory banquet on Tues­ day night, January 28th. For further information, contact Billy J. Shelton, Media Relations Manager, 913-841-2240. YEAGER TO KEYNOTE OPENING Charles E. “Chuck” Yeager, the first man to fly faster than sound, will launch as keynoter the 57th annual International Golf Course Conference and Show spon­ sored by the Golf Course Superintendents Association of America (GCSAA) January 27-February 4 in San Francisco. A decorated World War II fighter pilot and career test pilot, Yeager will speak at the Opening Session at 9 a.m. Friday, January 31, a^the Moscone Convention Center. 3 More than 2,000 persons are expected to hear Yeager. A retired Air Force general, Yeager enlisted in the Army Air Corps in September 1941 and was accepted for pilot training in July 1942. Since receiving his pilot wings and appointment as a flight officer in March 1943, he has flown 183 types of aircraft logging more than 11,000 hours of flight time. More than 10,300 of those were in a fighter aircraft. Yeager distinguished himself in aerial combat during WWII by shooting down 13 enemy aircraft, five on one mission, including one of Germany’s first jet fighters. On March 5,1944, he was shot down over German-occupied France. He escaped capture with the assistance of the French Maquis. He also flew 127 combat missions during the Vietnam War. Yeager began experimental flights shortly after WWII. On October 14,1947, he became the first man to fly faster than the speed of sound in the nation’s first research rocket aircraft, the Bell X-1. It was during his nine-year assignment as the nation’s leading test pilot that he also became the first man to fly more than twice the speed of sound, flying the Bell X-1 A on December 12, 1953. In July 1962, Yeager became Commandant of the Aerospace Research Pilot School where all military astronauts are trained. He was promoted to brigadier general in 1969 and retired from active duty on March 1, 1975. General Yeager’s decorations and awards include the Distinguished Service Medal with one oak leaf cluster, Silver Star with one oak leaf cluster, Legion of Merit with one oak leaf cluster, Distinguished Flying Cross with two oak leaf clusters, Bronze Star Medal with V device, Air Medal with 10 oak leaf clusters, Air Force Commendation Medal, Purple Heart, Distinguished Unit Citation Emblem with one oak leaf cluster and the Air Force Outstanding Unit Award Ribbon. Other honors include selection in 1953 as one of the “Ten Outstanding Young Men” by the Junior Chamber of Commerce, election to the Aviation Hall of Fame In 1973, the “Golden Plate Award” presented by the American Academy of Achievement in 1974 and a peacetime Congressional Medal of Honor, presented by President Gerald Ford in 1976. He was also awarded honorary doctor of science degrees from West Virginia University in 1948, Marshall University in 1969, Salem College in 1974 and the University of Charleston in 1983. Yeager currently serves on the boards of directors of Louisiana Pacific Corporation, Dahlberg Electronics Cor­ poration and the Air Force Academy Falcon Foundation. He is also consultant test pilot for Northrop Corporation, Lear-Ziegler Corporation arid the Flight Test Center, Edwards Air Force Base. The 1986 GCSAA Conference and Show are expected to attract an international crowd of nearly 10,000 persons from the world of golf course management and golf. OLD TOM MORRIS AWARD LPGA Hall of Fame member Patty Berg will receive the Golf Course Superintendents of America’s prestigious Old Tom Morris Award at GCSAA’s 57th annual International Golf Course Conference and Show this coming winter in San Francisco. 4 Identified throughout the golfing world with the true heritage and tradition of the game, the award will be presented February 3 during banquet ceremonies at the San Francisco Hilton & Tower Hotel. The Conference and Show are scheduled January 27-February 4. Center of activities will be Moscone Con­ vention Center. “The Old Tom Award is presented to an individual who, through a continuing, selfless commitment to the game of golf, has helped to further the game with the same dedication and inspiration demonstrated by Old Tom Morris,” said Eugene D. Baston, CGCS, President of GCSAA. A founder, charter member and first president of the Ladies Professional Golf Association (LPGA), Berg is a leading ambassador for women’s golf. Although 1980 was her last year of professional competition, Berg continues to be active promoting the game, as did Old Tom. As an amateur, Berg won 29 championships and then amassed 55 victories as a professional. Among her pro­ fessional victories are 42 LPGA events, bettered only by five players in the Tour’s 35-year history. Berg has triumphed over personal adversity as well as over challenges in golf. In 1941, she was injured in an automobile accident and sidelined for 18 months. In 1971, she underwent cancer surgery. In 1980, she had hip surgery. Berg’s honors and awards are numerous. Some of the most notable are: induction into the LPGA Hall of Fame and the World Golf Hall of Fame; USGA’s Bob Jones Award honoring a person who emulates his sportsman­ ship, respect for the game and its rules, generosity of spirit, sense of fair play, self control and sacrifice; the Golf Writers Association of America’s Charlie Bartlett Award to a playing professional for unselfish contributions to the betterment of society; the William Richardson Award to an individual who has consistently made outstanding con­ tributions to golf; the Ben Hogan Award to a person who has overcome a serious illness or injury to play golf again; the National Golf Foundation’s Joe Graffis Award to individuals who demonstrate outstanding service and dedication to the educational advancement of golf; and the Herb Graffis Award. In 1976, Berg became the first woman to receive the Humanitarian Sports Award from the United Cerebral Palsy Foundation. In 1979, LPGA established the Patty Berg Award to recognize and honor her diplomacy, sportsmanship, good­ will and contributions to the game. One of golf’s first greats, Old Tom Morris was a greenkeeper, golf professional, club and ball maker, golf course architect and accomplished player who won four British Open Championships between 1861 and 1867. At the Royal and Ancient, St. Andrews, Scotland, Old Tom gained worldwide fame, boosting the popularity of golf throughout the British Isles and in many other parts of the world. Golfing great Arnold Palmer, entertainer Bob Hope and former President Gerald Ford are previous recipients of the Old Tom Morris Award. An international golf audience including representatives of every major golf association will be on hand for the 1986 banquet ceremonies. The banquet attendance is expected to reach 2,000. TERROR AT TENERIFE Everyone was burning to death around him, yet he was protected WOODLAND TREE SERVICE, INC. 3520 Wilex S W Wyoming Michigan 49509 H A R OLD POSTMA BILL DREW S Phone (616) 538 4030 Norman Williams admits he was a wayward Christian - at least before he found himself walled in by flames scorching everyone around him. He was one of the few people to survive the Canary Island crash of two jumbo jets in 1979 in which six hundred died. Amidst the chaos of the burning aircraft, Williams’ head cleared and Bible verses he didn’t realize he even knew came to mind. Above the screaming and cursing from burning people which filled the air, Williams shouted: “ I stand upon THE WORD.” Later from his hospital bed, Williams promised God he would tell his story to anybody who would listen. Since then, Williams has traveled over 300,000 miles testifying to God’s presence in his life to all who would hear. He will be sharing his story with us in San Francisco at our annual Christian Prayer Breakfast at the San Fran­ cisco Hilton on Friday, January 31,1986. Coffee and rolls will be served at 6:30 a.m. with the program from 7:00 to 8:00 a.m. The purpose of the breakfast is to seek God’s blessing on the Conference, its affairs, our membership, our directors, our staff, our Nation, and to share God’s love. Everyone is welcome. At his moment of trauma, Norman Williams found Christ at the center of his life. But we don’t have to wait for trauma. Christ stands just outside the center of our lives waiting for us to invite him in. If you want to know Christ better, join us. this opportunity and take 56th ANNUAL MICHIGAN TURFGRASS CONFERENCE January 14—15, 1986 Long’s Convention Center, Lansing Please join us for our 56th Conference. Out-of-state speakers are: Dr. Houston Couch (VPI); Dr. Joe Duich (Penn State); Dr. Richard Hurley (Lofts Seed Co.); Dr. Joe DiPaola (NC State); Dr. Alex Shigo (US Forest Service); and Dr. John Street (Ohio State). In addition to an exciting program of topics, you will be able to select from among 7 Basic or Advanced School topics, participate in the Vendor’s Appreciation Hour and the Annual MTF meeting and listen to another outstand­ ing luncheon speaker. The program and other details will follow soon. DISTRIBUTORS OF PROFESSIONAL TURF & NURSERY SUPPLIES LAWN & GARDEN SUPPLIES L.MI GREENHOUSE & HORTICULTURAL SUPPLIES / l \ J. MOLLEMA & SON, INC. 1530 EASTERN AVE SE GRAND RAPIDS. 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