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FORE YOUR INFORMATION Peach Tree Golf & C.C.’s Stacy Baker By Sean O’Brien
INSIDE THIS ISSUE:
President’s Message Meeting Schedule
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Haggin Oaks Expo
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Government Relations Update
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Valley Hi Superintendent Mat Dunmyer
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Aquatic Pesticide Use
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Wilber’s News
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Grass Roots Honorees
Well, we had a new meeting host for the SNGCSA this month at a venue many of us have visited in the past, Stacy Baker of Peach Tree Golf and Country Club in Marysville. Stacy comes to us after logging many miles across the western states by way of Colorado, Oregon and Washington since his graduation from the University of Colorado in Boulder. Stacy is the latest of a distinguished list of our past members to apply his skills at Peach Tree. I’m sure some of you long-
time members will remember Mr. Tim Thilo who served the association and hosted a number of meetings there. Another longtime and favorite among us, Joel Blaker, served as Assistant at Peach Tree before his career blossomed into the “King of Truckee” managing 4 courses there over his career, growing in 3 of them. Another longtime and involved member, Gary Rodgers, also put in a considerable amount of time at the Marysville club. Peach Tree is one of the many courses built in 1959 during Bob Baldock’s
illustrious career in Northern California as it seems he had his hands in every other course built during the late 50’s and 60’s. Unlike most of them Peach Tree sits atop a deep sand base that is the envy of almost every superintendent as the course drains very well. A fact Stacy is very happy about, especially given the winter we have had this year. Peach Tree winds its way left and right, mostly left though, through a very large number of trees that line virtually every fairway. The course isn’t exceed(Continued on page 4)
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Annual Grass Roots Meeting Cherry Island G. C.
By Phil Brown
Dates to Remember May 23, 2011 Valley Hi C.C.
Sierra Nevada GCSA An Affiliate Chapter of the Golf Course Superintendents Association of America
When we think of the term “grass roots”, many of us think of a group or an organization of ordinary individuals with a common purpose at the local level of their community without any major political influence or agenda. Along those same lines, the members of the Sierra Nevada Golf Course Superintendents Association wanted to start a policy whereas the members
of our association would meet annually to recognize various individuals for their esteemed accomplishments and discuss the myriad of current topics that challenge us as an industry. This goes back about eight years ago, when Sam Samuelson CGCS, Past President, and Superintendent at Haggin Oaks Golf Course, put forth the initiative to set aside a special event in our
annual calendar of monthly meetings and educational seminars for the membership to involve staff participation and honor our peers. Since that time, numerous individuals have been recognized as distinguished recipients of certain awards that reflect their positive contributions towards our association as well as their professional successes (Continued on page 8)