REGIONAL REPORTS

In order of appearance, the program will RETIRED OWNERS ACCEPTED Mountains Northeast feature Worcester (Mass.) Country Club; Retired Pennsylvania owners Quidnesset Country Club in No. Kingston, will receive honorary memberships from the TURF RESEARCH TOURNAMENT R.I.; Green Hill Golf Club in Worcester; The Pennsylvania Golf Owners. Qualifying re- Massachusetts' third annual Turf Grass Quechee (Vt.) Club; Pine Brook Country cently were Joe and Olga Vuknic, from Bro- Research Golf Tournament will be held at Club in Weston, Mass.; Pawtucket (R.I.) ken Tee Golf Course, now Carmichaels Golf in Brookline on Oct. 3. Country Club; Weston (Mass.) Golf Club; Course; and Don and Marge Nagode, from The support Metacomet Country Club in East Providence, Fallen Timber Golf Course, now Quicksilver generated from R.I.; Rutland (Vt.) Country Club; and Fall Golf Course. golf clubs, River (Mass.) Country Club. Massachusets New England PGA Master Professional Turf and Lawn Jack Gale of Tatnuck Country Club in North Central Grass Council, Worcester coordinated the NEPGA's broad- Massachusetts cast. The program will feature segments on Golf Associa- the history of golf, rules and etiquette, golf tion, PGA of instruction, the people of golf, people of the SUPPORTS EXTENSION New England PGA and highlights of the New England The Arizona Golf Association's PAR com- and golf-related Section's activities and events. mittee has donated $28,707 for technical service compa- support of the state's turfgrass extension nies are an im- MASSACHUSETTS HELP program. portant component in reaching the goals for The Massachusetts Cooperative Extension PAR committee members are Kay Davis, turf research. Service has introduced two new publications Bill Ealy, Phil Edlund, Bill Emerson, Eric Through this funding support, grants this — "Professional Turfgrass Management HAAS, BEMOWSKI JOIN HALL Filsinger, Lynn Geisler, Tim Kloenne, Gary year have been awarded for the following turf Recommendations for Massachusetts" and Mark J. Bemowski, 44, of Greenfield, Wis. Panks, Bill Rodie, Mike Rothenberg, Tom research: "Fungicide Control of Summer "1991 Massachusetts Control Recommenda- and Eugene (Gene) R. Haas, 56, of Russell, Russell Skelton, Craig Sloan, Bob Patch with Minimal Environmental Impact," tion Guide for Insect, Disease, and Wood Wauwatosa, Wis., have been elected to the Swanson, Art Williams, Jim Woods and Jerry 'The Use of High Pressure Injection System Pests of Shade Trees and Woody Ornamen- Wisconsin Golf Hall of Fame. Zidow. to Control Sub-Surface Pests,"and "Studies tals." Bemowski won the prestigious Milwaukee on the Pathogenicity and Management of The first guide covers turfgrass culture, District match championshipfive time s and Please send Plant Parasitic Nematodes Occurring on insect, disease, nematode and weed man- was runnerup four times. He won and was Putting Greens." agement. It discusses monitoring techniques runnerup in the Wisconsin State Open, won news to GCN and suggested threshold levels for turfgrass three WSGA state amateur championships, Superintendents associations PGA ALMANAC insects, cultural management of diseases, as twice was WPLA Ray Fischer 72-hole cham- and others are invited to send New England PGA Section clubs will be well as environmental considerations in the pion and with partner Jim Covelli captured news stories and photographs to: featured on "PGA Golf Almanac," to be aired use of herbicides. the WSGA bestball championship. He is a Golf Course News, P.O. Box 997, on New England Sports Network at 11:30 The second book is for grounds managers travel co-ordinator.. Yarmouth, ME 04096. a.m. Sundays through Sept. 7. and others responsible for the care of woody Haas became involved in golf in 1958, and plant materials. It lists chemical recommen- was elected president of Whitnall Park Golf dations, IPM considerations, growing degree Club in Hales Corner in 1960. day information, and timings for control. He has been president and vice president of the Milwaukee County Public Links As- PEST MANAGEMENT sociation, vice president and member of the Aeration with The landscape pest message system is board of directors of the Wisconsin Public on line in Massachusetts. People may call links Association, and chairman of the U.S. Windpower. 617-894-3115 for an update on the man- Golf Association Amateur public links agement of turf and ornamental pests, as championship in 1966. well as the number of accumulated grow- He's been executive director of the Wis- Your water resources require care. Aeration can How to save ing degree days being calculated in make that job easier by controlling algae, fish-kill, consin State Golf Association since 1977, foul odors, and enhancing water quality when $180,000 in Waltham and Wareham. and was instrumental in restructuring the used for irrigation. The right aeration operating costs/ WSGA to include all types of golf clubs as equipment can pay for itself many times over. NEW ENGLAND GCSA HONORS CONNOLLY members. This enabled public links Eliminating the non-stop, ongoing costs Jim Connolly, USGA Green Section members to have equal status with private of electricity, along with the very often large up-front charges to run electrical agronomist for the Northeast Region, has and semi-private members, a major service to ponds, can mean big savings. Savings that can literally pay for your been elected an honorary member of the Golf breakthrough in streamlining the golf aeration equipment within as little as a year or two. Course Superintendents Association of New program in Wisconsin. Lake Aid Systems has over a dozen years of experience in successfully treating water, from golf courses, to municipal and industrial wastewater, England. Haas has been a USGA Regional Affairs to drinking water supplies. We can show you exciting, innovative new John Clark, new superintendent at Roch- Committee member since 1978 and a mem- solutions to age-old problems. Silent, clean and energy-efficient. Lake ester (N.H.) Country Club, was assistant to ber of the USGA Procedure Com- Aid Systems offers a complete line of wind powered, totally electric or Pat Kriksceonatis therefor many years. mittee since 1981. DO activated wind/electric combination surface aeration/mixing equipment, all with Lake Aid Systems' unique deep-mix capability. Kriksceonatis is now superintendent at Essex Haasfive times ha s been rated one of the Call or fax us for complete information today. Country Club in Manchester-by-the-Sea, state's Top Ten public links players, twice PERFORMANCE Mass. was club champion at Whitnall Park, was Clark's assistant is Woody Valley. club champion at Westmoor Country Club in 1982 and is the current Senior champion WILKINSON DIES there. Jason Wilkinson, former owner of the Duston Golf Club, died in a motorcycle col- MCBRIDE HONORED lision with a moose in Plymouth, N.H. Village Golf Course superinten- How capable is windpowered aeration? In tough industrial dent Mike McBride is one of three recipients applications like this, a single LAS Mk. 3 completely DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION SEMINAR SET of the Meritorious Service to Students Award, The complete line oftAKE Ml) SYSTEMS destratified and re-aerated an entire 45 acre reservoir. aeration product* includes totally wind- A seminar on golf course design and con- presented by Ohio State University's College powered units, totally electric, and wind/ electric combinations that can he activated struction is due Aug. 13 at the State Univer- of Agriculture. by computer-controlled IX) probes. sity of New York in Delhi. McBride was cited for providing turfgrass Its focus is on retaining the original design students experience in golf course work intent of a mature golf course while making through guest lectures, internships, hiring, modificationsnecessaryformodern-dayplay. and financial support to the Ohio State Speakers are David Whelchel of Hurdzan Turfgrass Club. 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