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FORE YOUR INFORMATION INSIDE THIS ISSUE:
Meeting Schedule
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President’s Message
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Wilber’s News
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Del Rio Dog
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From the Field
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Government Relations Update 10 Yrs of Grass Roots Honorees
Dates to Remember
March 4th 2013 Grass Roots Tournament Wildhawk G.C.
Sierra Nevada GCSA An Affiliate Chapter of the Golf Course Superintendents Association of America
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W I L D H AW K G O L F C L U B S A M S A M U E L S O N , CGCS TO THE
On March 9th, 2004 the Sierra Nevada GCSA held the First Annual “Grass Roots” Memorial Tournament at Bing Maloney G.C. That year we honored Dick Howe and Paragon Singh, two well known superintendents who came up through the ranks, true grass roots golf superintendents. For the past 10 years we have remained focused on honoring such great individuals. The tournament was the brainchild of Sam Samuelson, CGCS
2013 GRASSROOTS TOURNAMENT who was at the time serving as a director on the Sierra Nevada GCSA board. It was Sam’s feeling that in the modern day evolution of high profile golf properties, we sometimes have a tendency to overlook the guy or gal down in the trenches who has developed their craft primarily through in the field experiences. Sam felt all superintendents started in this business somewhere down towards the bottom rung of the turf ladder. Some of them had the good
2013 MEMBER Once again we look to celebrate our “roots” as well as our current success stories, by recognizing our peers for their commitment to the association and accomplishments in the field of turfgrass management. We call you, the members, to nominate a candidate who you feel
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fortune of higher education and the benefit of training with highly qualified and experienced turf managers. He felt it really didn’t matter how you obtained your knowledge to succeed or what golf property you were managing, only the fact that everyone was practicing a craft that maintains optimum playing conditions within a given budget, all the while being stewards of the environment. Sam also be(Continued on page 4)
YEAR AWARDS
embodies the qualifications necessary to receive the award of Distinguished Member of the Year, Turfgrass Manager of the Year, and the Affiliate Merit Award. You will receive the nomination forms by email or you can contact the association office to have the forms sent di-
rectly to you. All those chosen will be honored at the Grass Roots event on March 4th, so it is important that we get those nomination forms in by the deadline date, and be sure to attend the Grass Roots tournament.