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[email protected] [email protected] clesenproturf.com TABLE OF CONTENTS THE PRESIDENTS MESSAGE THE GRASS ROOTS Sea Monkeys and X-Ray Glasses…..Privacy Please! . 4 is the bi-monthly publication of the Wisconsin Golf Course Superintendents Association. No part of the CHAPTER MANAGERS REPORT THE GRASS ROOTS may be used without the ex- Spring Notes . 6 pressed written permission of the editor. EDITOR TURFGRASS DIAGNOSTIC LAB David A Brandenburg, CGCS “What’s On Your Mind?” . 8 Rolling Meadows Golf Course PO 314 Theresa, WI 53091 WISCONSIN SOILS REPORT
[email protected] Are You In Compliance With NR-151? . 10 MADTOWN MUSINGS Talking Politics . 12 WGCSA Super Pro at Hidden Glen at Bentdale Farms . 14 WISCONSIN PATHOLOGY REPORT Money Matters: Which Cultural Disease Managment 2016 WGCSA OFFICERS AND DIRECTORS Strategies Make The Most Financial Sense? . 18 Front Row: Jim Van Herwynen, Jon Canavan, Josh Lepine, Kevin Knudtson. Back Row: Joe Sell, Scott NOTES FROM THE NOER Bushman, Phil Spitz, Scott Anthes, Mike Brem- Something For Everyone at Summer Field Day . 22 mer, Jeff Barlow, Chad Harrington PRESIDENT DIRECTORS WISCONSIN ENTOMOLOGY REPORT Jim Van Herwynen, CGCS Scott Bushman Billbugs: Out Of Sight, Out Of Mind . 26 South Hills Golf & CC Fox Valley GC 1175 Fond du Lac Ave. PO Box 38 Fond du Lac, WI 54935 Kaukauna, WI 54130 MEMBER SPOTLIGHT
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