2012 BOARD OF DIRECTORS PRESIDENT Mal McLaren Award Sean McHugh, CGCS spm@clevelandmetroparks.com 440.232.

7247 VICE PRESIDENT Public & Government Relations Scott Brickley scottb@bunkerhillgc.com 330.725.2829 IMMEDIATE PAST PRESIDENT Craig Kachline craig23k@gmail.com 440.785.0870 CHAPTER ADMINISTRATOR Communication/Benevolent Michelle L. Frazier-Feher, CGCS mlfrazier@aol.com 216.469.9287 TRUSTEES Golf & Tournament/ Website/Communication Jason Bennett jbennett@shalecreekgolfclubggp.com 330.725.9996 Membership/Government Relations Mark Conner mcscsuper80@aol.com 330.864.3737 SECRETARY/TREASURER Program & Education/Strategic Planning/Historical Mark Figurella mfigurella421@gmail.com 330.562.1691 Golf & Tournament/Social Bryan Fitch bry_fitch@hotmail.com 440.934.6217 Membership Tobin (Toby) Lane tlane33sgc@yahoo.com 330.332.9095 Program & Education Brent Palich Bpalich@mayfieldsandridge.com 440.285.8304 Social/Assistant Relations Eric Snodgrass eric.snodgrass@tamoshantergolf.com 330.477.5111 ASSISTANT GCS RELATIONS Dave Willmott dwillmott2001@sharongc.com 330-239-2383 INDUTRIAL RELATIONS Scholarship & Research Ryan Miller rmiller@centuryequip.com 440.796.7990
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The summer of 2012 is starting out to be a doozy! The weather has been unseasonably warm with the rain being hit or miss. This month brings our Friends and Family Night at Canal Park. This is a great and inexpensive event for the entire family. Thank you to Mark Figurella, the staff at Barrington Country Club, our speakers for the evening and all of the volunteers! The May Club Official event was a tremendous success! There are several upcoming events to mark on your calendar. August 7, Bunker Hill will host our Annual Vendor day event; August 10-11 will be our family and friends picnic at Clays Park and September 26, Ridge Top will host our Annual Clambake. I hope to see many of you at one of our upcoming events!

Warmest Regards, Sean P. McHugh, CGCS NOGCSA President spm@clevelandmetroparks.com

Schedule of Events By The Board May EIFG News Superintendents Korner GCSAA News Assistants Corner On The Road With the USGA Family Friend Night at Canal Park Advertiser Directory

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Morgan Timberlake mtturfman@gmail.com 330.353.0816

Mission Statement Promoting the profession of the golf course superintendent through education, camaraderie and cooperation among fellow members in Northern Ohio since 1923

June 8, 2012 Friends & Family Night at the Aeros June 8, 2012 Host: NOGCSA Time: 7:00 PM Cost: $7.00/person

August 2012 Philanthropy Project Camp Cheerful

July 16, 2012 OTF Regional Seminar Kirtland C.C.

September 26, 2012 Ridgetop Golf Course Annual Clambake Scholarship & Research Tournament Host: Greg Bobbs Time: 12:00 Shotgun Cost: $70/person Points: 0.1 service points

August 7, 2012 Vendor Day Bunker Hill Golf Course Host: Scott Brickley Time: TBD Points: 0.1 service points

October 11, 2012 Pro/Super Sandridge Golf Club

August 11-12, 2012 Family Picnic Clays Park Host: NOGCSA Time: 10:AM Cost: $11/day or $20 for 2 days with camping

November 2012 Annual Meeting

March 2, 2013 Reverse Raffle Raintree Golf Course

Sleepy Hollow Golf Course

May 8, 2012

President McHugh called the Board of Trustees of the Northern Ohio Chapter of the Golf Course Superintendents Association of America meeting to order at 12:09 P.M. Roll Call: Brickley, Conner, Feher, Figurella, Fitch, Kachline, Lane, McHugh, Miller, Palich, Willmott, present. Bennett, Snodgrass, Timberlake Absent Trustee Figurella moved to except the minutes from the April 10 regular board meeting. Trustee Fitch seconded. Motion passed. Budget and Finance: Chapter Administrator Feher reported that there is currently $12,967.75 in the checking account, $31,801.44 in the money market, $23,790.76 in the Scholarship & Research account and $1,557.53 in the PayPal account. The Profit & Loss shows a profit of $18,882.74 from January 1 April 2012. Feher also presented a comparison of this year to date vs. 2011. We are showing a change of -21.7%. Feher believes this is due to timing and doesnt believe there is anything to be concerned about. Program and Education: Trustee Palich reported that he had been playing phone tag with Kim Derr to host the June meeting. OTFs regional seminar will be at Kirtland C.C. on July 16. Palich also reported that Kirtland would like to host another meeting for us in the future. Editorial: No Report Golf & Tournament: Trustee Bennett sent a list showing the games for the May meeting at Barrington. Trustee Figurella discussed the details of the meeting at Barrington and what else would be needed that day. Membership & Welcoming: No Report Social: Chapter Administrator Feher reported that the Aeros game was set for June 8. The Board discussed Kids picnic and we will work on getting

lodge pricing for people who do not want to camp on Saturday. Strategic Planning: No Report. Historical & Benevolent: No Report. Public Relations: Vice President Brickley discussed Green Care for Troops. Brickley will post at the National guard post in Medina. We will need to be proactive, discuss at the May meeting. Feher will put the letter together and e-mail to everyone.

Website: Need to get with Kregg Kish to solve a few issues that are going on. Bennett will get a hold of him to get a meeting scheduled continued on page 5

Industrial Relations: Industrial Representative Miller reported that Vendor Day will be at Bunker Hill on August 7, with a 9 AM shotgun and Vendor Day and food following golf. Assistant Relations: We will need to get plaque, check and certificate for Tom Wyant for the May meeting. Miller will handle the Plaque & Feher will handle the certificate and check. Employment Relations: No report Mal McLaren Award: No nominations have been received.

Chapter Administrator Feher presented the following members for reinstatement: None Chapter Administrator Feher presented the following members for reclassification: None Correspondence: None The next meeting is scheduled Tuesday, June 12, 2012 at 12:00 P.M. at Sleepy Hollow G.C. in Brecksville, OH. President McHugh adjourned the meeting at 1:17 P.M.

Scholarship and Research: Four applications have been received. MF will scan them and e-mail to the committee.
Government Relations: Vice President Brickley reported that the Cuyahoga County Pesticide Ban went into effect for 62 properties that are owned by Cuyahoga County. Willmont reported the EPA is targeting courses and having them tie into sanitary sewer lines instead of using septic tanks. Website: No report Old Business: Ohio Green Advocacy Day: The Board discussed participating in this again and Feher will send an email out to the chapter to see if they are willing to participate again. Reverse Raffle: Chapter Administrator Feher reported that the date for next year is March 2, 2013.

NOGA is offering all NOGCSA members a discount on USGA TAS visits if booked by May 15, 2012
New Business: Chapter Administrator Feher presented the following applications for membership: None

EIFG to launch golf course research program The Environmental Institute for Golf announces it's Launching an expanded version of the successful Rounds 4 Research campaign originally created by the Carolinas GCSA in 2009. The fundraising program will roll out nationally this fall with the goal of generating resources to address a shortage of agronomic research in the profession. Funds will be generated by donated rounds of golf by facilities which will then be auctioned through an online public auction.

GCSAA introduces free industry webcasts

Contact Gregg Schaner at 614-878-6746 or gregg.schaner@syngenta.com to learn more.

Leading golf course industry companies are now bringing high quality education to GCSAA members through a series of webcasts accessible through GCSAA TV. These free webcasts are presented by a variety of companies with the goal of providing non-commercialized information to help GCSAA members do their jobs better. The next industry webcast, scheduled for Tuesday, June 5, addresses DMI Chemistry and is presented by Syngenta.

Billbugs or Drought?
The next day a plastic water bottle arrived by courier with a half dozen, nearly mature, billbug larvaestill squirming. Good grief! I dont normally think about seeing billbug damage until the end of June and first week of July. Again, I had to recalibrate my brain for this season. I called the superintendent and found out that they had already applied Dylox. When turf is being lost, golf course superintendents dont fool around. Anyway, I confirmed that Dylox would be one of the curative treatments to control billbug larvae. However, if the treatment didnt kill the larvae in two to three days, they may want to consider using a product that contains clothianidin (Arena or Aloft) or dinotefuran (Zylam). These are the fast acting of the neonicotinoids and our field studies have shown that both insecticides have pretty good billbug curative action. Just because this was found on a golf course, dont forget that billbugs do major damage to home lawns and commercial grounds, especially when we have early dry periods. I have been checking around campus and about half of the turf that is turning straw color is from drought stress, but the other turf is obviously being hit by billbugs. Remember that the test for this critter is to do the tug test. Simply grab some of the stems that are turning straw colored and tug. If they break easily and you see fine, sawdust-like material in the broken stem, you have billbugs! Author: Dr. Dave Shetlar

This season continues to catch the BugDoc off guard! Shortly after I sent out the last P.E.S.T. newsletter, I got an emergency call from our Diagnostic Clinic that a golf course superintendent in South Dayton had detected considerable damage on his fairways and around some of his greens due to a strange little white grub. I was thinking of the black turfgrass ataenius as it would be time for their larvae to be causing damage, especially in the

Dayton area.

Reprinted from the: OSU Buckeye Turf Program Website

Call for nominations Nominations must be submitted by July 2, 2012 Posted on behalf of James R. Fitzroy, CGCS 2012 GCSAA Nominating Committee Chairman

Per Article VII, Section 1 of the GCSAA Bylaws, Secretary/Treasurer Keith A. Ihms, CGCS, announces that the following members have been appointed to the 2012 GCSAA Nominating Committee: James R. Fitzroy, CGCS (Chairman) Presidents Golf Course 357 W. Squantum St. Quincy, MA 02171-2758 Shelia M. Finney Gaylord Springs Golf Links 2230 Skinner Rd. Arrington, TN 37014-9733 Kenneth A. Gorzycki, CGCS Horseshoe Bay Resort 15150 Clazemont Rd. Horseshoe Bay, TX 78657-5884

The following offices will be up for election for the GCSAA Board of Directors at the 2013 Annual Meeting in San Diego, Calif.:
President Vice president Secretary/treasurer Director (three positions) The deadline for the Call for Nominations is July 2, 2012. Eligibility To qualify for election as an officer or director of GCSAA, one must be a Class A member who is employed as a golf course superintendent. Learn what voting delegates look for in a candidate, based on information from past chapter delegates, voting delegates and chapter presidents, by reviewing the GCSAA Board of Directors skill set survey results. How to nominate a candidate Chapters choosing to nominate a candidate should do so in the form of a letter sent on chapter letterhead to:

Patrick H. Sisk, CGCS Milwaukee Country Club 8000 N. Range Line Rd Milwaukee, WI 53217-2030
Michael Swing, CGCS Visalia Country Club 2720 N Quincy St. Visalia, CA 93291-8523

GCSAA Nominating Committee Chairman c/o R. Scott Woodhead, CAE, CGCS Retired 1421 Research Park Drive Lawrence, KS 66049-3859
The 2012 Nominating Committee will meet in late July or early August to review nominations and to select the official slate of candidates for the available offices. 2012 Nominating Committee

Webcast calendar
A free member benefit brought to you in partnership with Syngenta July 19: Strategies and Planning for Fall Weed Control Sept. 13: Why Care About Organic Matter? Oct. 2: Managing for Winter Injury of Cool-Season Turfgrasses Oct. 24: Making Environmental Management More User Friendly Oct. 31: Most Commonly Abused Rules of Golf & Course Marking Tips Nov. 8: Realities of Organic Golf Education Spotlight Upcoming webcast talks anthracnose results The May issue of Golf Course Management magazine

contains research outcomes from 2011 that indicate that genetic tools and cultivar development may limit the disease. This work also updates the best management practices researchers developed in 2008. More information will be published in the June issue of GCM, and on Nov. 13, two of the researchers -- Bruce Clarke, Ph.D., and Jim Murphy, Ph.D. -- will present a special webcast focused on their findings.

Advice for Assistants from Seasoned Superintendents Jim Noel Golf Course Superintendent Lakewood County Club My advice in addition to learning as much about chemical application, fertilization and irrigation management would be to learn as much about the game of golf as possible while being an assistant. Learn the rules, and learn how to play the game. It is much easier to understand what conditions golfers desire if you understand where they are coming from. I would also recommend becoming as good a golfer as possible. Golfers and members will respect you more if you can play reasonably well. Being able to play with members within reason also can give you a time when the member can get to know you. It is much easier to talk business if you have some kind of relationship with members other than just a working relationship.

are the same with you. Never burn any bridges; you might have to cross it again someday. The end of your formal education doesnt mean the end of learning. Educating yourself is a lifetime endeavor and those who stop learning on a daily basis are the ones who will fall short of their potential. This piece of advice could be the toughest to follow. All Superintendents should read this as well. Try to find balance with work, family, and friends. It will seem impossible to achieve this balance at times, and thats ok as long as its an exception and not a common occurrence.

Submitted by, David Willmott Assistant Superintendent The Sharon Golf Club Sharon Center, Ohio 44274

Frank Dobie General Manager/Golf Course Superintendent The Sharon Golf Club If you have not already done so, take a class on etiquette. Take private instruction or check your local high school or college for night classes. At the very least, get a book on etiquette. Using proper etiquette with your members at work, playing golf or over a meal will tell them a lot about you.

Bill Prest Head Golf Course Superintendent Sweetbriar Golf Course Work harder than anyone around you. There are many ways to complete a task, but there is only one way to get the end results that everyone is looking for. The right way and getting there on the first attempt. Some times that means asking for help. Earn the respect of your crew, dont demand it. Always be truthful with your crew and demand they 10

Tall Grass RoughOr Natural Rough?

By Bob Brame, director, North Central Region June 5, 2012

It has become very common to see golf courses throughout the North Central Region allowing areas of the rough that are predominantly out of play to grow tall. This is sometimes called no mow rough, although one knockdown mowing in the fall or spring is normally performed to control the growth of volunteer trees and brush. The big question that has been discussed on numerous Turf Advisory Service visits this spring is should these areas be clean grass growth or truly natural rough? Allowing areas that are predominantly out of play to grow tall provides enhanced definition, along with potential budget savings and elevated environmental friendliness. Often, the objective that initiates the establishment of tall rough is the perceived cost savings. However, utilizing herbicide applications to control all plant growth other than grass can actually be more costly than simply mowing the area when maintained as primary rough. On the other hand, if the predominantly outof-play rough is designated as a truly natural rough there can be a significant cost savings and environmental friendliness is taken to a higher level. Golf facilities should carefully define the objectives that are right for them so that a sustainable plan may be established. A plan is recommended because it has been common to see golf courses convert areas of predominantly out-of-play rough to tall grass rough only to struggle with subsequent management. The first step to successfully implement this program is to be certain the selected areas seldom come into play. Even though players may occasionally hit into the tall growth, its coverage should not be so expansive throughout the course

While establishing areas that are predominantly out-of-play to natural rough can be beneficial environmentally and help the budget, it will take good communication skills to win approval.

that it slows the overall pace of play. Establishing tall rough, even in predominantly out-of-play areas, will almost certainly generate some negative feedback from those players that tend to spray their shots. These players will argue that no area of the course is out-of-play for them. Effective communication of the many benefits of the program will help, as will providing assurances that adjustments to the mowing lines will be made if necessary. The maintenance of tall grass roughs will likely include spot applications of selective herbicides to remove undesirable plants. Also, since it is not uncommon for weed encroachment to increase over time herbicide input may increase. Some golf courses in the North Central Region make multiple complete herbicide applications to keep the tall grass rough a monostand of grass. While such programs result in excellent definition, budget efficiency and the environmental benefits falloff quickly as herbicide applications are increased.
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Conversely, declaring the predominantly out-ofplay tall grass rough to be natural rough eliminates all herbicide applications. How? It is because there are no weeds. By definition, a weed is a plant out of place. In a truly natural rough, however, no plants are out of place and thus no weeds!. One knockdown mowing annually eliminates trees and bushes and beyond that the door is open for plant growth. While it is very important prior to implementation and once established to communicate the benefits of predominantly out-of-play tall grass rough, even more communication is needed when the objective is natural rough. Whereas it is more difficult to gain acceptance for truly natural rough, it offers the greatest environmental benefits and budget savings. The management of predominantly out-of-play areas of the rough is an excellent topic to review with your agronomist during a Turf Advisory Service visit. Converting to tall grass or natural rough can be a very good addition to the maintenance package, as long as course officials agree on the objectives and clearly understand the pros and cons. Beyond the discussion of how to best manage

predominantly out-of-play rough, most courses visited in recent weeks are entering summer in much better condition than 2010 or 2011. Nonetheless, keep your guard up and always structure the maintenance program to maximize dependability during the worst case scenario for cool-season turfgrasses, i.e., prolonged periods of hot and wet conditions. In other words, hope for the best, but plan for the worst. Call or email anytime if we can assist in any way. Source: Bob Brame, bobbrame@usga.org or 859-356-3272

Reprinted from the USGA website

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(Jerry) Gerald E Husemann Senior Sales Specialist II - Professional Turf & Ornamental Plant Protection Products Phone: +1 937 492-8597, Mobile: 937-604-5617, Fax: +1 937 492-9405, E-Mail: gerald.husemann@basf.com

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2012 Advertiser Directory

Arms Trucking Brian Bates 800.362.1343 Baker Vehicle Systems Rick Baker - Gary Guhde Lenny Marino - Steve McCoy Ron Wolf 330.467.2250 BASF Corporation Gerald Husemann 937.604.5617 Century Equipment Norton Brick - Tim Hughes Ryan Miller - Ron Smolik 800.522.8676 Harrells Turf Specialty Glenn Omori 440.439.1393 H & S Stump Removal Jack Hopkins 330.654.2347 John Deere Golf Bob Burkett 440.653.1778 Ron Rucinski 440.647.1051 South East Golf Car Co. 888.684.4653 Syngenta Gregg Schaner 614-878-6745 TERRA Links Jack Hopkins 330.815.4148

Walker Supply Mike Sekula - Bill Walker 800.792.5537 * denotes new advertiser

Perk Air Bob Doty 330.296.7307 Precision Golf Construction Mike ODonnell, CGCS 440.285.2117

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