ASSOCIATION UPDATE
or the second time in two years, we have lost an MiGCSA Member to suicide. I struggled to find an appropriate opening to this article, but I think the blunt impact of that line is important. There is no way or reason to sugar cote it or dance around it. Both members were in the prime of their life, married with kids, no one at all expected it. I have found this is often the case. There are so many resources to help others who you may know, or suspect may be battling inside. The problem is when we have no idea. How do you help then? As a former Superintendent I can remember the sometimes-hopeless feeling than can overtake you, especially this time of year. The weather has been awful, the amounh
Adam Ikamas, CGCS MiGCSA Executive Director
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