FR O M T H E T V S T MA S E CRE TARY/TREASU RER
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hank you to everyone that attended our East TN Meeting at Tennessee Tech University. We appreciate Scott McCrary and his staff at TTU for being such gracious hosts and to Dr. David McCall from Virginia Tech, Jimmy Abernathy with JRM, Dr. Douglas Airhart from TTU, and John Bennett with the University of Tennessee for presenting on a variety of topics. We had a great turnout, and in retrospect, picked the right date for the event. Which brings me to our next topic…
“COVID-19” If you had said that phrase to me a few months ago, I would have assumed it was another new liquid fertilizer ready to solve all turf managers’ problems or an herbicide that kills the 19 toughest weeds. Unfortunately, that’s not the case. Yet COVID-19 will leave its mark on all of us in ways that the “latest and greatest” could only dream of. It seems like things change very rapidly with this unknown virus. Because of the unknown, TVSTMA isn’t going to make any decisions about future events until a decision has to be made. Our next event is the Annual Field & Equipment Demo Day in late July. As of this writing (early April) we do not have the actual date set, but we are working toward that as well as continued planning for our fall meeting in the Middle Tennessee area.
Finally, I want to take a moment to recognize this year’s chapter sponsors. Please consider supporting the commercial members that support TVSTMA!
Stephen Callis 2020 TVSTMA Secretary/Treasurer
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TENNESSEE TURFGRASS APRIL/MAY 2020 Email TTA at: info@ttaonline.org
Stephen Callis
