April 17,2008

  • First National Golf Day brings golf leaders to Capitol Hill
  • Briggs & Stratton celebrates first 100 years
  • Greencare for Troops is seeking volunteers

  • Mountain man
  • Bolstering amphibian communities on golf courses
  • Reflections
  • Taking it to the Hill
  • Getting down to business in D.C.
  • National Golf Day revisited

  • R&A launches golf course bench marking service
  • Complete the survey for a chance at a flat screen TV
  • IA Launches Nursery and Floriculture Interest Group
  • GCSAA urges action from members on H-2B relief bill.
  • Honours Golf donates $10,000 to The Institute

  • Rain Bird adds two pump station options
  • John Deere launches online training for golf customers
  • Toro introduces TRX walk-behind trenchers
  • Jacobsen parts information available online
  • Chipco Triton registered for golf and lawn turf
  • Precision announces alliance with Agrium
  • GCBAA expands construction costs guide for 2008

  • GCSAA Class A superintendent Gary T. Snyder is hosting the Verizon Heritage
  • GCSAA superintendent Kristian J. Chambrot is hosting the Ginn Open
  • GCSAA Class A superintendent Jason M. Kubel is hosting the Outback Steakhouse Pro-Am
  • Cunningham on XM Radio April 23
  • Anderson takes Oregon GCSA award
  • San Diego GCSA names new leadership
  • Superintendents in the news

  • Duich gets C. Reed Funk Award
  • Andy Lee named CEO of Sipcam Agro USA and Advan LLC
  • Advanced Sensor Technology adds personnel

  • Upcoming events in the world of golf course management
 

Events

April 22 – Being Old Tom Morris: ‘Greenkeeper’ and Golf Course Architect, GCSAA Education, 800-472-7878, http://www.gcsaa.org/education/webcast/webcast.aspx

April 25 – Florida Sod Growers Cooperative Field Day, Bethel Farms, Fort Pierce, Fla. Contact the Florida Turfgrass Association, 800-882-6721, http://www.ftga.org

April 29 – Scouting for Pests and Problems of Turf and Woody Ornamentals Walkabouts, Elm Bank, Wellesley, Mass. Contact UMass Extension Landscape/Nursery/Urban Forestry Program, http://www.umassgreeninfo.org

May 15 – Karsten Turfgrass Field Day, Tucson, Ariz. Contact the University of Arizona Turfgrass Research, Education and Extension, http://turf.arizona.edu

May 16 – Annual Desert Horticulture Conference, Tucson (Ariz.) Convention Center. Contact the University of Arizona Turfgrass Research, Education and Extension, http://turf.arizona.edu

May 21-22 – University of Florida’s Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences’ North Florida Turfgrass Field Day, Envirotron, Gainesville, and the University of Florida’s Plant Science unit, Citra. Contact The Florida Turfgrass Association, 800-882-6721, http://www.ftga.org

May 22 – Citra Field Day. Contact the Florida Turfgrass Association, 800-882-6721, http://www.ftga.org

May 28 – IPM Workshop, Oklahoma State University, Stillwater. Contact Mike Schnelle, 405-744-7361

May 28 -- Scouting for Pests and Problems of Turf and Woody Ornamentals Walkabouts, East Bridgewater, Mass. Contact UMass Extension Landscape/Nursery/Urban Forestry Program, http://www.umassgreeninfo.org

June 3 – Iowa GCSA State Meeting, Jewell (Iowa) G&CC. Contact Iowa GCSA, 800-605-0420, http://www.iowagcsa.org

June 4 – Turf IPM Twilight Walkabout, Stanley Park, Westfield, Mass. Contact the UMass Extension Turf Program, 508-892-0382, http://www.umassturf.org

June 6 – Florida Turfgrass Association Board of Directors Meetings, Orlando. Contact the Florida Turfgrass Association, 800-882-6721, http://www.ftga.org

June 10-13 – Climate Information for Managing Risks’ Partners and Solutions for Agriculture and Natural Resources, TradeWinds Island Resorts, St. Pete Beach, Fla. Contact the Florida Turfgrass Association, 800-882-6721, http://www.ftga.org

June 18 – University of Florida Field Day, Milton. Contact the Florida Turfgrass Association, 800-882-6721, http://www.ftga.org

June 18 – University of Massachusetts Turf Research Field Day, Joseph Troll Turf Research Center, South Deerfield. Contact the UMass Extension Turf Program, 508-892-0382, http://www.umassturf.org

June 18-21 – 11th Annual Snow & Ice Symposium, Buffalo Niagara Convention Center, Buffalo, N.Y. Contact the Snow & Ice Management Association Inc., http://www.sima.org

June 18-21 – Southern Regional Master Gardener Conference, Clarion Hotel and Convention Center, Oklahoma City. Contact the Oklahoma State University Turfgrass Program, http://www.turf.okstate.edu

June 20 – 11th Annual PACE Turfgrass Research Seminar, Bahia Resort Hotel, San Diego. Contact PACE Turfgrass, 858-272-9897, http://www.paceturf.org

July 22 – Wisconsin Turfgrass Association Summer Field Day, O.J. Noer Turfgrass Research and Education Facility, Verona, Wis. 53593. Contact 608-845-6536 or mailto:ajander2@wisc.ed

June 23 – Bunker Renovation, Sand Issues and Golf, Mesa (Ariz.) Country Club. Contact the Cactus & Pine GCSA, 480-609-6778, http://www.cactusandpine.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 GCM. Send a contact name if all details are not final. Contact GCM, Attention: ComingUp, 1421 Research Park Drive, Lawrence, KS 66049-3859; fax 785-832-3665, mailto:ddevictor@gcsaa.org.

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