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SERVING GOLF AND LANDSCAPE PROFESSIONALS
13th hole, North Course, Des Moines Golf and CC
"SINCE WE REPLACED OUR BLUEGRASS FAIRWAYS WITH PENNEAGLE,
PLAYER SATISFACTION IS UP 500%"
Bill Byers completely reno- was slit-seeded into the sur- made the switch," says Bill,
vated all 36 fairways at Des face. When play resumed in "And we find that our player
Moines Golf and CC over a seven days, members had the satisfaction is up 500%."
period of three years... nine option of playing from the
in 1985, nine in 1986 and the germinating fairways or tak-
Oregon Certified PVP 7900009
remainder in 1987. ing a drop in the rough.
Penneagle is one of the "Penn Pals"
Three days after spraying Bill finds that lightweight
the existing bluegrass/Poa mowing keeps the Poa popu-
annua fairways with a non- lation in control. "I used the
selective herbicide, Penneagle clippings for garden mulch
one year, that resulted in a
terrific stand of Poa. This
Bill Byers, CGCS
illustrates the effectiveness
Des Moines Golf and CC, Iowa
of removing clippings and
seed heads."
Overall, the new Penneagle
fairways require less water
than trying to maintain the
old bluegrass/Poa fairways, Tee-2-GreenCorp.
and Penneagle proved to be
PO Box 250
drought tolerant during the
Hubbard, OR 97032
dry summers.
1-503-981-95" 1
"Bentgrass fairways are in
demand in our area. Other FAX [phone]
courses in Des Moines have 1-800-547-0255
SEPTEMBER 1990, VOLUME 29, NUMBER 9
MANAGEMENT
SERVING GOLF AND LANDSCAPE PROFESSIONALS
1991 BUYERS' GUIDE
18 Equipment
38 Equipment companies
66 Chemicals
80 Chemical companies
86 Seed and seed companies
DEPARTMENTS
4 As I See It...
8 Green Industry News
9 News Briefs
12 People
94 Products
98 Classified
100 Ad Index
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EDITORIAL STAFF
Striking back
Jerry Roche, Executive Editor
Will Perry, Managing Editor
at industry's Terry Mclver, Associate Editor
Office: 7500 Old Oak Blvd.
Cleveland, OH 44130
'good friends' [phone]
FAX (216) 826-2832
Our "good friends," the environmental activists, just won't give
MARKETING STAFF
us a break, will they?
If events in northern Ohio are any indication of what's happen- Jon Miducki, Associate Publisher
Ann Langhenry, Central States Sales Mgr.
ing around the country, the lawn and landscape industry still has
Paul Gams, N. Central States Sales Mgr.
a lot of public relations work remaining.
Bob Earley, Group Vice President
The most recent abomination to appear in this part of the
Office: 7500 Old Oak Blvd.
country was an editorial in the Cleveland Plain Dealer embla-
Cleveland, OH 44130
zoned with the headline "Watch out for toxic lawns" in no less [phone]
than 48-point type. The author was identified as Kim Hill, a self- FAX (216) 826-2832
proclaimed "environmental activist" who, for years, has been a
Dick Gore, E. Coast Representative
thorn in the side of the Ohio Pesticide Applicators for Responsible
Office: 3475 Lenox Rd. N.E.
Regulation (OPARR).
Suite 665
About once a year, the outspoken Mr. Hill dredges up every
Atlanta, GA 30326
conceivable piece of bad publicity the pesticide industry has [phone]
endured since 1980, and assembles an article for the PD or any FAX (404) 261-7022
other such mass disseminator of information irresponsible
Robert Mierow, W. Coast Representative
enough to publicly air his distorted claims.
Office: 1515 NW 51st Street
In the "toxic lawn" article, Hill resurrected the case of Navy Lt.
Seattle, WA 98107
George Prior, the National Cancer Institute's Kansas study, non-
(206) 783-0549
Hodgkins lymphoma, Agent Orange, diazinon waterfowl kills FAX [phone]
and—of course—the ghost of Spike the English bulldog.
Tom Greney, Senior Vice-President
The article concluded with this:
Office: 233North Michigan Avenue 24th Floor
"Thousands of miniature Spikes now stand guard on poisoned
Chicago, 60601
lawns all across Ohio, warning of the danger. The ghost dog on
[phone]
each sign silently accuses the thoughtless people who order lawn FAX (312) 938-4850
chemicals, applicators who spread the poisons, and companies
that threaten our health for financial gain."
SUPPORT STAFF
This blatant emotional appeal aside, the article's bigger threat
came from the author's failure to paint the entire picture in almost Carol Peterson, Production Mgr.
every instance. Connie Freeland, Prod. Supervisor
So this intrepid editor—a self-proclaimed "environmental ac- Linnea Olson, Prod. Director
tivist" in his own right—journeyed into the nether world of news- Lynn Williams, Graphic Design
papers where, in another life, he once claimed a rightful spot and Jackie Eisenmann, Circulation Super.
even won a few awards for his reporting and writing. Bonnie DeFoe, Directory Coordinator
A three-and-a-half page letter refuting and clarifying every Gail Parenteau, Reader Service Mgr.
point of contention made by the illustrious Mr. Hill was written. Office: 120 West Second St.
To insure its validity, I enlisted the help of Elliot Maras, former Duluth, MN 55802
editor of LAWN CARE INDUSTRY magazine, and Paul Skorupa of the (218) 723-9200
Pesticide Public Policy Foundation (PPPF). FAX (218) 723-9223
Five days after it was placed in the mail, I phoned the paper to
David Komitau, Graphics Coordinator
see if, possibly, perchance, my letter would ever see the light of
Ted Matthews, Promotion Director
day again.
Office: 7500 Old Oak Blvd.
My phone call was answered with a recording: "Hope we
Cleveland, OH 44130
haven't left you on hold so long that it seems like you've drifted out
[phone]
to sea...'
(To be continued)
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GREEN INDUSTRY NEWS
SEPTEMBER 1990, VOLUME 29, NUMBER 9
LANDSCAPE
MANAGEMENT
GOLF
Is golf course construction
heading for a slowdown?
Despite a goal set forth by a $20 million land loan to
the National Golf Founda- finance his large-scale golf
tion of building one new course project."
golf course every day in the News from the Ameri-
U.S. to meet golfer de- can Society of Golf Course
mands, the golf course con- Architects is also on the
struction market could be pessimistic side. In a recent
softening a bit. environmental impact sur-
According to The Lan- vey by the organization, 39
nert Group of St. Charles, of 40 firms indicated that
111., hyperinflated land they had experienced diffi-
prices and the tightened culties in obtaining permits
availability of money for fi- for projects because of envi-
nancing may well herald a ronmental concerns by gov-
swan song for sprawling ernmental agencies.
large residential develop- "This survey vividly
ments, especially those demonstrates the impact
built around golf courses. that environmental con-
"This is the current sit- cerns have on the golf in-
uation, even though the dustry," says ASGCA
game of golf is so popular president Dan Maples, "and
that courses can't be built the need for the industry to
quickly enough to keep up work with key agencies to
with demand," says J. develop mutually-accept-
Christopher Lannert. But able guidelines that will be
he says that, in coming interpreted uniformly
months, relatively few de- throughout the country."
velopers will be able to buy Fifty-six percent of the
land to build golf courses, ASGCA member firms cited
with or without the resi- wetlands as the primary
dential aspect. problem they encountered
"The type of large-scale in the permitting process.
development that has been Other areas of concern
fueling the economy and were habitat, nitrates/
inflating land prices is cur- chemical contamination,
rently dying out," he notes. groundwater protection
"This is occurring because and pesticide use.
of high land costs, inflation- The ASGCA survey also
ary interest rates and muni- determined that new golf
cipal and county approvals course projects have expe-
that take too long. rienced the most delays be-
"In the future, we'll gen- cause of objections by the
erally see more phase-by- Corps of Engineers. Local
phase developments. It planning commissions
simply is too difficult for the Lack of affordable land and high interest rates may put were also cited as bot
individual developer to get construction like this in Palm Desert, Calif., in jeopardy. continued on page 12