April 12, 2007
       

  • Modern Marvels focuses on Yard Tech
  • Earth Day coming up
  • Web site for yard enthusiasts launched by Project EverGreen
  • New program to promote renewable fuels

  • Georgia GCSA reaches water conservation plan goal
  • April GCM takes a look at wind and solar power
  • Kohler donates $100,000 to The Institute
  • Virginia Turfgrass Council to hold 25th golf tournament

  • Phoenix adds Hawk-I insecticide
  • Onset announces new soil moisture smart sensors
  • Honda introduces next generation portable power
  • Spindler Enterprises purchases CytoGro line
  • Lyon catalog offers safe, secure storage
  • Underhill adds turf rotor with 164-foot radius
  • Wilbur-Ellis to distribute Zeba

  • Gary T. Snyder is hosting the Verizon Heritage
  • Kris Chambrot is hosting the Ginn Open
  • Steven Singley is hosting the South Georgia Classic
  • RIGCSA board of directors elected

  • 2007 USGA Green Section TAS Internships
  • Farrell joins Bayer ES
  • Price to oversee New Holland North American sales
  • Zeba hires Harowitz as southeast regional manager

  • Upcoming events in the world of golf course management

 

Events

April 12 – Training for Grounds Managers and Public Officials on Implementing IPM Guidelines for Turf, Landscapes and Indoor Pests in Massachusetts School, Brockton, Mass. Contact UMass Extension Landscape, Nursery and Urban Forestry Program, 413-545-0895

April 15 – Deadline for Penn State’s Turfgrass Management Program applications, Fall semester 2007. Contact the Penn State Golf Course Turfgrass Management Program, 814-863-0129, http://cropsoil.psu.edu/academic/turfgrasst.cfm

April 15-17 – National Club Conference 2007, The University Club of Washington, D.C. Contact the National Club Association, 800-625-6221

April 18 – Poa Prevention and Control Strategies, Contact GCSAA Education 800-472-7878, http://www.gcsaa.org/education/webcast/webcast.aspx

April 21 – Nevada Landscape Association’s Field Days Exposition, Sam Boyd Stadium Star Nursery Field, Las Vegas. Contact Nevada Landscape Association, 775-673-0404, http://www.nevadanla.com

April 26-30 – American Society of Irrigation Consultants’ 24th Annual Conference, Marriott Riverview Hotel, Charleston, S.C. Contact the American Society of Irrigation Consultants, http://www.asic.org

April 26 – Advanced Weed Management, PGA Golf Club, 1916 Perfect Drive, Port St Lucie, Fla. Contact http://www.gcsaa.org/education

May 7-8 – 61st Annual Southeastern Turfgrass Conference, University of Georgia Coastal Plain Experiment Station, Tifton, Ga.  Contact Karen McBrayer, 229-386-3416 or visit http://www.ugatiftonconference.org

May 9-10 – Recruiting 2007 Conference and Expo, Las Vegas Hilton. Contact Kennedy Information, 800-531-0007, Ext. 631, http://www.recruiting2007.com

May 17 – University of Arizona Educational Field Day, Karsten Research Center, Tucson. Contact the University of Arizona Cooperative Extension, http://turf.arizona.edu/index.htm

May 22-24 – American Society for Testing and Materials International Committee on Sports Equipment and Facilities, Norfolk Waterside Marriott and Sheraton Waterside Hotel, Norfolk, Va. Contact ASTM International, 610-832-9714, http://www.astm.org/COMMIT/F08.htm

May 25 – June 1 – Ohio Turfgrass Week, Contact the Ohio Turfgrass Foundation, http://www.ohioturfgrass.org/

June 4 – Virginia Turfgrass Council to the 25th annual Research Golf Tournament, Country Club of Petersburg (Va). Register on-line

June 6 – Iowa GCSA State Meeting, Toad Valley GC, Runnells, Iowa. Contact the Iowa GCSA, 800-605-0420, http://www.iowagcsa.org

To learn if you can receive education points for any of these programs, visit the GCSAA External Education Listings.

We want to know about your conference in advance. To submit an entry for Conferences, please send your information five to six months before you’d like to see it published. We run conference information for two months in NewsWeekly and three months in Golf Course Management. Send a contact name if all details are not final. Contact Golf Course Management, Attention: ComingUp, 1421 Research Park Drive, Lawrence, KS 66049-3859; fax 785-832-3665, mailto:ddevictor@gcsaa.org.