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FORE YOUR INFORMATION INSIDE THIS ISSUE:
President’s Message
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Meeting Schedule
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UCR Field Day
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Recreation & Family
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From the Field
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Delegates Meeting
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Meeting Highlights
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Meeting Highlights
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Dates to Remember October 22, 2012 Plumas Lake Golf & Country Club Hosted by Mike Kaveney Sierra Nevada GCSA An Affiliate Chapter of the Golf Course Superintendents Association of America
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M I C H A E L K AV E N E Y S U P E R I N T E N D E N T Mike Kavaney superintendent at Plumas Lake Golf & Country Club will host the October meeting for the Sierra Nevada GCSA. Though Mike has only been the superintendent at Plumas Lake for seven months he considers this job as his career highlight so far. Even though Mike’s family owned a golf course and he started working on the course at a very young age, he went his own direction for a while working construc-
tion jobs, asphalt, concrete, framing, and painting. He even worked one season of commercial fishing in Alaska before settling down at Whitney Oaks where he remained for 30 years. He loves being on the golf course every day, directing the crew watching the turf respond to the changes of the seasons, and he loves the game of golf. Plumas Lake Golf & Country Club was first established in 1926. It is a semi private facility
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that has long been called the “Hidden Jewel” of the Sacramento Valley. It has twice been listed in the top 100 public courses in America by Golf Digest. The original nine holes were developed by the membership but in 1960 the course underwent a complete re-design with architect Bob Baldock overseeing the project and became an 18 hole facility. Then in 2006 they completed a renovation to all the putting surfaces to add slopes, undulation, and (Continued on page 4)
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To summarize the event at Grizzly Ranch a couple weeks ago as good would be an understatement. The service, conditions and experience provided was exceptional and we cannot thank Mike and the Grizzly Ranch team enough. The event was enjoyed by all and was a huge success. What a day!
From entering the facility, the majestic views and peaceful surroundings set the tone for the day. I always look forward to Mountain golf in the Sierra’s and Grizzly Ranch did not disappoint. Mother nature provided ideal weather for the day, which made it comfort-
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able and ideal for golf. Service at the bag drop and pro shop was great. The practice areas and driving range were in superb condition and accessible to hone in on your game before the tournament started. The staff also did an excellent job in communicating and (Continued on page 4)
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Fore Your Information EDITOR Jim Alwine Bernardo Heights G.C.
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OFFICE SNGCSA 5322 N. Leonard Clovis, CA 93619 559-298-6262 Fax# 559-298-6957 sngcsaa@aol.com PRESIDENT Jeff Couwenhoven Resort at Squaw Creek 916-771-7370
VICE PRESIDENT Jeremy Payne Winchester C.C. 916-817-8106
SECRETARY/TREASURER Jesse Seguin Lincoln Hills Golf Course 916-434-7200
PAST PRESIDENT Jim Alwine
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Jeff Couwenhoven
I hope you enjoy this latest edition of our association newsletter. We are trying some new things with articles to allow you, the member, a chance to learn something about our region you might have known but might not have taken advantage of in the past. This is the time for family, friends and fellowship. We will still have
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our normal articles but for the next few months we will add an article that has activities, day trips etc, for you to try out and enjoy. Thank you Kurtis for the article and I hope we as members try it out. I would also like to take the time to thank the association for making my time as the President of our association a rewarding one. I feel as though we have accomplished a lot. Some of which are the initiatives we have supported, the amount of money that we have been able to donate to research, the scholarships we have provided, and we have put our association in a solid financial position for our future. Participation was
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good at our monthly meetings, and we have been able to maintain a strong and stable membership. Lets all remember to thank the support staff as well. Irene, Kim and everyone else at the association office have helped make our association what it is today. So let’s all finish our aerations, over seeding, other fall activities and projects, finish off strong, and spend our time to enjoying the finer things in life.
Jeff
DIRECTORS Dave Bermudez Del Rio Golf & Country Club 209-341-2413 Scott McCullough The Ridge Golf Course 530-888-7122 ext 2 Bob Franco Van Buskirk Golf Course 209-598-0564 Kurtis Wolford Cherry Island Golf Course 916-991-7659
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MEETING SCHEDULE October 22, 2012
February 4-8. 2013
Plumas Lakes Golf Course Host Superintendent Mike Kavaney
Annual Conference & Show San Diego, CA California Room USS Midway Wednesday Feb. 6, 2012
November 12, 2012 Cameron Park C.C. Host Superintendent Jessie Creencia, CGCS Annual Association Meeting & Election
December 14, 2012 River Boat Cruise on the Delta King Dinner & Entertainment
January 2013
March 2013 Pending Confirmation of Date & Location
Pending Confirmation of Date & Location
If you are interested in hosting a meeting email Jeremy Payne at jspturf@hotmail.com or Dave Wilber at davewilber@yahoo.com
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Mike Kavaney/Plumas Lake
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pure bentgrass. Course yardage is 6422 and #14 is the signature hole. Mike has some challenges with the irrigation system still being a quick coupler with night waterman, even for the greens. Bunkers need rebuilding but with Michael Kaveney limited budget this is taking time. Interesting facts include a major catastrophe at the course in 1997 when the Feather River levee system failed, which sent a wall of water that completely flooded the golf course and surrounding areas. The water went to the roof of the clubhouse and maintenance shop. Then in 2007 the club was struck again by a major catastrophe when a fire burned the cart shed containing the rental carts along with fifty member carts. Mike is supported in his new job by his wife Carol, who he has been married to for 20 years. They have a daughter Serena 18, who is attending junior college outside of Santa Cruz, and a son, John 16, who is attending high school. Mike enjoys motorcycle racing, cross country and desert, as well as boating. Mike is a member of the Placer County Search and Rescue motorcycle team. Mike is looking forward to hosting the October meeting and sharing his “Hidden Jewel”. Club House at Plumas Lake Golf & Country Club
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organizing the event. The rules, format and directions were easy to follow, which helped with the flow of the day and kept the pace of play tolerable. Now to my favorite part of the experience…the conditions and golf course. The golf course was setup to provide challenges and enjoyment for many different skill sets. Conditions were solid from tee to green. The greens were in phenomenal shape and a pleasure to put on; except of course when 3 putting. Some Jesse Sequin tricky pin placements kept things exciting and made you think twice when deciding on your approach shot. The Bob Cupp designed course blended in well with its natural surroundings, giving the golf course character and definition. The layout and setup also provided the opportunity to use every club in the bag. Food and service provided during and after the outing was also outstanding. All in all, what a great event. It takes a lot of hard work and preparation to put together an event like this. We are extremely fortunate to have members like Mike in our Association. Thanks again to Mike Baty and the Grizzly Ranch team for their professionalism The SNGCSA is now on Facebook and providing a quality and Twitter. Check it out! experience.
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2 0 12 U C R L A N D S C A P E & T U R F F I E L D D A Y YOUR RESEARCH DOLLARS AT WORK BY The Sierra Nevada GCSA has been a proud supporter of California turfgrass research for many years. The last two years have seen a great increase in funding with member generated proceeds from the S&R Tournament and auction. Just last July, you may have seen the presentation of a $10,000 check to Bruce Williams who was representing the California Turf and Landscape Foundation. That donation went directly to Dr. Jim Baird and his staff, funding experimental turfgrass plots throughout California. The UCR Field Day is the annual showcase of these studies and attendance at this year’s event surpassed previous numbers even though it was a million degrees in Riverside. Actually, it topped out at 103, but it felt so much hotter. Attendees could find some shade and cool refreshments under the main tent while browsing the well attended trade show. Many affiliate members set up shop and reported their appreciation of the strong turnout. I personally went home with multiple contacts and plans for future course improvements. Of course the real show is the turf trials and there were plenty Floratine AquaVive Bio-Amp JRM Farmload Distributors
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to observe. There were some NTEP trials, groundcover drought studies, and some work on buffalograss. On the turf disease and stress topic, we got a close look at dollar spot and anthracnose management, salinity tolerance, and nematode damage. As usual, there were multiple studies on irrigation practices including sub surface irrigation, ET regimes, and drip vs. overhead. After an excellent lunch, some education, and a little more time hiding in the shade, we all headed up to the Kikuyugrass study before calling it a day. The work at UC Riverside is only a small snapshot of the efforts of Dr. Baird and his team. They also manage trial locations throughout the state including the local courses of many Sierra Nevada members. Research in California is moving in the right direction with the support of the all local Chapters, the State Association, the PGA, USGA, and of course the affiliate companies. UpPhoenix AnaLync Gro-Power Aqua-Pucks (800) 322-8417
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Wilber’s Sierra Nevada News by Dave Wilber Certainly the passing, of Jim Alwine into the realm of San Diego will be mourned by all of us who needed his wit and wisdom on a regular basis. However Jim Dave Wilber says that he may be gone but not forgotten. We will miss Jim and wish him the very best at Bernardo Heights C.C. Replacing Jim at Stockton Golf and C. C. is a former right hand of Jim's, Rob Williams. Rob was running the show at Sunnyside C.C. in Fresno prior to his selection. Mat Dunmyer has left Valley Hi C.C. in Elk Grove to take a position at Monarch Beach G.C. in Laguna Nigel (that's So Cal, once again). There's no truth in the rumor that Mat
just wanted to be neighbors with Alwine. Mat's number 1, Jeremiah Stumph took the reins of VHCC for a bit, but quickly saw the light and accepted a position as Mat's right hand at Mat's new gig leaving Valley Hi open at the time of this writing. Changes at Edgewood Tahoe with Brad Wunderlich taking over. Brad was the Assistant Super at Montreaux in Reno. David Major is the new super at Tierra Oaks G.C. in Redding. Dave comes to us from Shady Canyon CC in the San Diego area and is a past president of the San Diego Chapter. Lots of talk about management groups and management consultants in our area as lots of distressed properties are being looked at. More than several supers and affiliates in our area have received calls from management consulting types who are looking for info and may be doing it behind the current super's back. Let's all remember our ethics in talking about other people's situations that we probably really don't know anything about. Lastly, (and I wonder why I always get this job---old age I guess)
lets all remember that our monthly meetings are places where we gather, network, educate and enjoy the fruits of association membership. A monthly meeting isn't really set up as an excuse for you to try to become a rockstar and party like one. Leave that for Friday nights in your hometown. We should never have a situation where we would ever be embarrassed to bring an official from our course or club to see what the SNGCSA is all about, after all they may be approving the expense of association membership and if it just looks like an excuse to get silly, expect that line item to be on the cut list. And really, isn't it a matter of professional courtesy? Sure, have a good time, but remember who you are and who we are. It's hard enough to get respect these days without pushing it. Pete Bowman and I are happy to have the task of being on point to set up meetings for next year. If you'd like the honor to host a meeting, we would love to fulfill that dream for you and can make it worthwhile for the club and the association with our experience in event planning. In fact, if Pete and I ever get tired of doing what we do, I'm sure that a Wedding Planning Service is in our future. Paul K. Smith Sales Representative Pest Control Advisor Western Specialty Division
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R E C R E A T I O N - F A M I LY T I M E BY Lets face it, being a golf course superintendent is a difficult job sometimes. When we are in the middle of the summer season, the pressure is on, when its 100 degrees out in the day with high night time 60 degree temperatures, we work a lot of crazy hours, lose lots of sleep, etc. Some of us are always connected to the course via cell phones. With working those crazy hours we sometimes miss out on, or are late to, or cannot attend the things that are most important to us, “FAMILY Stuff”. With the stresses that our job produces, it is very important that we take care of the things that matter the most. Our families are the people that help us decompress and get our minds off our job for a while. “Family Time”. I have had the pleasure of working for a few super’s in my career that have taught me this and a few other things along the way. On a weekend day off schedule family time. Turn off the phone. Spend the time together doing whatever activity you all like to do. Plan a day trip. The Sacramento region, and the Sierra Nevada region have lots of things to offer. Most of us love the outdoors. If I had to be stuck inside I would go crazy. Here is an idea that offers something for just about everyone and you can spend just a few hours, to all day doing it. The Sacramento Region has a jewel that is easy to access and has lots of activities. Most of you know about the American River Parkway. The American River Parkway is 23 miles in length with paved paths that are designated as both a State and National Wild and Scenic River. There are 82 miles + of other maintained trails in the
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American River Parkway that extend from Folsom Lake to Sacramento. These trails include bike trails, equestrian trails, hiking trails and others. The Parkway incorporates four major parks. Discovery Park that is 302-acres in downtown Sacramento, Ancil Hoffman Park that is 396-acres in Carmichael, River Bend Park which is 444-acres in Rancho Cordova, and William B. Pond Recreation Area at the end of Arden Way. Lake Natomas offers boating (5 mph max), kayaking, etc. Nimbus dam and Nimbus fish hatchery have great events like tours and the salmon festival. Each of these parks offers numerous activities. The American River is a world class fishery for steel head trout, striped bass, and salmon. The bike paths offer miles of riding time (something I personally use twice a week). All the parks have playgrounds for the kids. The Effie Yeaw Nature Center is great for all ages and is very educational. The entire parkway offers nature viewing. These areas within the parkway I personally use and take my family to anytime I
can. It’s where I go to de-stress, decompress, and to have family time. Go and utilize this area with your family. It offers something for everyone. Have Fun and enjoy your time away from work.
Kurtis Wolford
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JEFF JENSEN, GCSAA FIELD STAFF, SOUTHWEST REGION As we approach November and the start of the holiday season, I want to remind Sierra Nevada members that next Jeff Jensen year’s GCSAA Education Conference and Golf Industry Show are going to be hosted by your neighbor to the south. The 2013 event will take place at the San Diego Convention Center. The Education Conference is scheduled for Feb. 4-8 with the Golf Industry Show taking place Feb. 6-7. This year’s Education Conference will feature over 100 semi-
nars providing you the in-depth education you need to meet today's challenges and prepare for tomorrow. 16 new seminars have been added featuring a variety of topics including turfgrass management, communications, finance, leadership and technology. Led by the industry's most renowned researchers, industry experts and superintendents, seminars are available in full-day, six-hour, half-day and two -hour formats. Education points are offered for completing the seminars and enrollment is limited, so register early. The Golf Industry Show, presented by GCSAA and NGCOA is an innovative trade show designed for owners and operators of golf facilities and golf course management professionals. Featuring
the largest exhibit floor in the industry, the event combines education, networking and solutions for golf course superintendents, equipment managers, owners/operators, general managers, chief operating officers, and architects and builders. In addition, a number of networking events will be held during the conference and show including a Welcome Reception, Opening Session, General Session and the19th Annual GCSAA Collegiate Turf Bowl. Early conference and show registration for GCSAA members begins Nov. 1 and can be completed online at www2.gcsaa.org/ conference/registration. We look (Continued on page 9)
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forward to a big turnout from all of our California affiliated chapters and we appreciate your support of this event as it returns to the West Coast. In closing, I would be remiss if I didn’t mention the California GCSA “California Room” that will be held Wednesday, Feb. 6 during conference and show. The annual cocktail party and social will take place this year aboard the aircraft carrier USS Midway in San Diego Harbor. The Midway now serves as a naval aviation museum and will offer members and guests the opportunity to tour the carrier and participate in flight simulations and other activities. The event was attended by nearly 600 participants last year in Las Vegas and this year promises to be even bigger. More information will be forthcoming and registration will be available online at www.californiagcsa.org. As always, if I can be of any assistance to you, please email me at jjensen@gcsaa.org and make sure to follow me on Twitter @GCSAA_SW.
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2012 D E L E G A T E S M E E T I N G BY JEFF COUWENHOVEN
The 2012 delegates meeting was a adventurous one from before I left to the time I got back from it. Those details can be spared but the experience I received from attending to represent the SNGCSA was paramount to understanding more about what it is that the GCSAA is doing to help promote our profession. In the next few pages I will be addressing many of the highlights and important messages sent home for myself to distribute to the members of our association. Sandy Queen, the sitting GCSAA president gave an overview and a “State of the Association” address highlighted by a few things; First, he shared information about golfer perception of our profession and the results from the survey taken were rather shocking, but yet exciting. Golf course superintendents according to the McMahon survey report indicated that 79% of golfers felt that Golf Course Superintendents are the key to economic success of our facilities. That was the highest amongst all professionals at our facilities. 62% of all golfers polled felt that we were the key to golfer satisfaction, which
was also the highest amongst all professionals at our facilities. 96% of our employers felt that Golf Course Superintendents were the key to the economic vitality of our facilities, tops of all professionals at our facilities! Our overall ranking tied with the club managers in level of importance at our facilities. Second, Mr. Queen discussed some things the GCSAA board are trying to do to raise funding through the EIFG our 501.3c organization that helps the GCSAA operate, provide research, and scholarships to our members and students. He also bundled that note with the fact that the national headquarters is in need of repairs and updating and that the headquarters is going to undergo a facelift of some sorts. The projects range from improving the exterior infrastructure, Interior infrastructure, and landscaping updates that will help present our profession in a better manner. The whole cost is to be estimated at 1.9 million dollars. This seems like a lot, but when you think about it, we own our building, and nothing has been done to update the facility in twenty years. I will be presenting
the details of the update at our annual meeting. Following Mr. Queen’s address CEO Rhett Evans gave us a status of the industry address that highlighted many items that regard the golf industry as a whole. They ranged from ten year comparisons of Rounds, course opening and closings, as well as the status of our maintenance budgets. He emphasized the importance of the GCSAA surveys some of us participate in every year. If we don’t participate, we aren’t represented in the data, and we might not get significant data to accurately provide a true snapshot of our end of the business. Those details will be shared at the annual meeting in November as well. Mr. Evans also touched upon how we are funded, how we spend our funding, and what they are looking to do in the near future to help promote, and serve our professional organization from a staff and operational level. Again, these details are going to be provided in more depth at our annual meeting in November. He finished off with putting the (Continued on page 12)
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2012 D E L E G A T E S M E E T I N G GCSAA mission. The key points in this segment were as follows: Serve the membership Advance our profession Enhance the enjoyment, growth, and vitality of golf Increase revenues and operating efficiencies Following Mr. Evans Mr. Sean Hoolehan, the chair of the Member Standards committee gave a presentation of the results of a study that has been analyzing three things: Determine if the original goals of the Professional Develop Initiative have, or are being met. Determine if GCSAA memberships standards have had any unintended consequences for the association and its members that should be addressed moving forward. Make recommendations on a future course of action for the GCSAA in regards to membership standards. The committee went through everything from our bylaws, affiliate chapter agreement, to the membership growth and classification data available. In a nutshell they found
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some things that have been occurring that the GCSAA did not think were going to happen when PDI was initiated and they range from the loss of Class A members to salary information regarding the classifications. The detail of the report will be provided at the annual meeting in November. Their recommendations will be provided as well at the annual meeting for our membership. Mr. Bill Maynard, chair of the membership committee went through the upcoming affiliate chapter agreement that we approve here at the SNGCSA every three years to be a affiliated chapter of the GCSAA. It was announced following some discussion that there will be a one year extension of the current agreement to get some more data from the current affiliated chapters to better implement the new agreement in the coming year. The reason for this is that there will be some verbiage change and there were quite a few chapters that felt it necessary to need more time to correctly change their bylaws and get a membership vote to approve the changes for the next agreement. This will be a topic for discussion in the coming
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year. I do not think it will affect our chapter but I will research this matter further and discuss it with our board. Mr. Randquist, presented a proposal for the GCSAA to raise our dues $25 dollars. This would cover a CPI increase as well as some operating expenses with relation to our life insurance provided through the GCSAA membership. Further details will be discussed at the annual meeting. We then got to meet the candidates for the upcoming election that will occur at GIS. Everyone got five minutes at the podium to give us all a first impression. Mr. Pat Finlen gave us a vision for his Presidency highlighted the importance of the EIFG and strategies for its growth and future to help sustain its future. He touched upon the growth of the GCSAA into Asia, and other regions of the world. He briefly noted that the applications for certification for the first time since PDI are up. Our current secretary/treasurer was not present at the meeting due to family medical issues. He will be (Continued on page 13)
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2012 D E L E G A T E S M E E T I N G the incoming Vice president. There are two candidates for the Secretary Treasurer position. This will create a little drama on the floor of the election since one of the candidates will not be elected. Both are current sitting Board members and they both expressed interest to continue sitting on the board if not elected. The one that is not elected into the officer position will need to be nominated on the floor of the annual election to be eligible for one of the three open BOD positions. There are then five candidates for three positions if that occurs. The candidates that are running for that position are Peter Grass CGCS, and John J. O’Keefe CGCS. Both offer up a strong message and I will highlight them at the upcoming annual meeting. For the three BOD positions open there are four candidates: John Fulling CGCS from Kalamazoo Country Club in Kalamazoo Michigan. John Walker from Blackhorse Golf Club in Cypress Texas Mark Jordan CGCS from Westfield Group Country Club in Westfield Center Ohio Darren J. Davis from Olde Florida Golf Club in Naples Florida
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Out of the four candidates, Darren Davis is the only incumbent sitting on the current board. All will be highlighted more in the upcoming annual meeting. On Sunday, we heard more about the Environmental Institute for Golf or the EIFG. The focus is being made on how to get more member support to help its marketability with industry partners. Currently the support saturation is around 19% amongst current active members. The target has been set to get 51% of current members to donate to the EIFG. So they have a long way to go. Some ideas to boost funding are the sale of a superintendents life support bag. These backpacks will have essential tools and other little trinkets in them to be up for sale on the EIFG website to help boost revenue. The other ideas are through the now launched Rounds for Research program from which many of our members’ clubs have donated to. If you do not know where to look you can reach the R4R website from the GCSAA website or look for it on the actual auction sit at www.biddingforgood.com. We received a update from the Board policy Overview committee, all the GCSAA field Staff representatives, another update from CEO Rhett Evans, and most importantly from Chava McKeel and John O’Keefe with regards to the Public Policy committee. It is here that Chava let us all know the priority issues that the GCSAA is focusing on. They are as follows: American with Disabilities Act Fertilizers
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Labor and Immigration Pesticides Value of Golf Water Management There will be some slides devoted to what they have been fighting for at the annual meeting and we will be seeing what this group has been actively participating in at the National level as well as at the State level for our profession. So as you can see, there was a lot of information divulged for a one and a half day meeting. There will be even more information passed along in the upcoming months. I hope as your delegate that you bring to me any hot button issues and other items for discussion as time moves on and I will be sure to communicate these properly. Feel free to contact me at jeff.couwenhoven@gmail.com or on my phone at 559-250-0694.
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G R I Z Z LY R A N C H H I G H L I G H T S The day was perfect and friends had a time to share and catch up on things. At right are SNGCSA President Jeff Couwenhoven and Host Superintendent Mike Baty Pictured below are Sean Christensen, Bruce Christensen, Terry Williams, and Craig Heitman.
Pictured above hamming it up are Jeff Couwenhoven, with Scott Kotrc, Ernesto Ibarra, and Nate Weber. at right is Joe Kurung, James Slater, Jason DeHerrera, and Jason Collins
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2012 President Cup Winner Wes Leith
Tournament Winners Closest to the Pin #2 Terry Smith (Above right) Longest Drive Pat Smyth (Above) Most Accurate Drive Steve Byrne (left)
(Above) Terry Williams with Jeff Couwenhoven (Below) Christina Bolsko