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Tin 2005 The Foundation for SAFERAthletic FieldEnvironments (SAFE)STMAs charitable arm receivedmore than $44000 in donations SAFE providesfunding for scholarships research and education

Leading the donations is Jacobsen A TextronCompany which generously sponsors the JacobsenSAFE golf tour-nament at the annual conference Another major contributor is TheToro Giving Program that provides two scholarships in honor of DrJames Watson a long-time industry researcher and consultant

The generous contributions to SAFE allowed The Foundation toaward scholarships to 10 two-year four-year and graduate studentsthis year and fund continuing education to the 2006 STMA annualconference The winners are

2-Year CollegeUniversityNoel Brusius Anoka Technical CollegePreston Stensrud Southeast TechnicalInstitute (The Grau scholarship recipient)

4-year CollegeUniversityWeston Appelfeller The Ohio State University bull

Nathan Bickerstaff The Pennsylvania State UniversityJohn Koenig Ohio StateNoah Snyder University of Massachusetts at AmherstGregory Yeich Penn State and our four year isWendy Walsh University of Florida (The Watson scholarship recipient)

Graduate ScholarsTheresa Bayrer Virginia TechJim Brosnan (The Watson scholarship recipient)

Contributors to the SAFE Foundation in 2005 were

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Sports Turf ManagersAssociation of Arizona Forinformation on the Chapter orupcoming events contact ChrisCalcaterra CSFM at e-mailchriscpeoriaazcom or call623412-4231 or Bill Murphyat e-mail bmurphyciscotts-oereezgov or 480312-7956

Chesapeake Chapter STMA (for-merly called Mid-Atlantic AthleticField Managers Organization -MAFMO Chapter STMA) Forinformation on the Chesapeake

synltmtaChapter contact Graham Davisat gdavisamericanedu or call301495-5522

Colorado Sports Turf ManagersAssociation CSTMA will behosting their annual SpringIrrigation Workshop at the endof February or in early MarchPlease check the CSTMA web-site for more details Also thenew Infomercial is on the web-site check it out For more infor-mation about CSTMA visit ourwebsite at wwwcstmaorg or call

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Florida 1 Chapter On March23 2006 the IFAS - Universityof Florida Field Day will be heldin Davie FL For information onthe Florida 1 Chapter orupcoming events visit theFlorida 1 Chapter page onSTMAs website or contact JohnMascaro at 954341-3115 orSTMAturf-teccom

Gateway Chapter Sports TurfManagers Association Forinformation on upcomingevents or on the GatewayChapter cantact Mike Krone MissouriBaptist College at 314392-2328 or e-mailkronemobapedu

Georgia Sports Turf ManagersAssociation For information onthe Chapter or upcoming eventscontact Skip Kirby at 770928-1580 or by e-mail at skipsport-sturrmanegerrentcom

The Greater LA Basin Chapterof the Sports Turf ManagersAssociation Congratulations toSteve Dugas of California StateUniversity Fullerton on becomingour newest Certified Sports FieldManager We hope to see morein the near future For more infor-mation on the Chapter or upcom-ing events call Emilio Avalos at949824-8243 or e-mail ecaval-oseucteou

Illinois Chapter (formerly MidwestChapter) STMA For informationon the Illinois Chapter or upcom-ing events call chapter secretaryLibby Baker at 847263-7603 ore-mail Bake60ft6inaolcom

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STMA Chapter NewsIowa Sports Turf ManagersAssociation The ISTMA

announces their 2005 AwardWinners They are Iowa Sports

Turf Manager of the Year - John

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ISTMA Football Field of the Year

- University of Iowa Cale Doyle

ISTMA Soccer Field of the Year-Grinnell College Dave Ditzlerand ISTMA Baseball Field of theYear - Prairie Ridge Sports

ComplexAnkeny Matt Carl The

2005 ISTMA Golden Cleat AwardWinner is Ted Thorn University

of Iowa and the 2006 ISTMAGary Peterson Scholarship was

presented to Ben GrimmKirkwood Community CollegeFor information on the Chapteror upcoming activities visitwwwiowaturfgrassorg or con-

tact Jeff Wendel eGCS of TheTurf Office at 515232-8222 orfax 515232-8228 or e-mailJeffiowaturfgrassorg

Keystone Athletic FieldManagers Organization(KAFMOjSTMA) On February17th KAFMO will be holdingthe 10th Annual KAFMOPRPSAthle~ic Field Conference at theHarrisburgHershey HolidayInn Topics will includeIrrigation Turf MaintenanceCalendar Logo PaintingStudent-Athlete Involvementand a PDA IPM update A tradeshow and the annual awardsprogram will also be featuredFor information on the Chapteror upcoming events contactDan Douglas Reading PhilliesBaseball Club at 610375-8469 ext 212 or bye-mail tokarmoeaotcom

Kentucky Sports TurfManagers Association Forinformation on the Chapter orupcoming events go towwwkystmaorg or contactDonnie Mefford at

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Michigan Sports TurfManagers Association

(MiSTMA) For information onthe Michigan Chapter visit theirwebsite at wwwmistmaorg orcontact Chad Follis at269377-3340 or 269381-0596 or by email at chadfol-nsetermngaroencom

Minnesota Chapter STMA TheMinnesota Turf and GroundsFoundation of which theMinnesota STMA Chapter isallied association held its annu-al conference and trade showJanuary 4th - 6th at theMinneapolis Convention CenterThe 7000 attendees had 100educational sessions and over350 exhibitors at the tradeshow available for their needsFor information on theMinnesota Chapter or upcomingevents visit the Chapter websiteat wwwmstmacrg or contactchapter President Tom Adaminibye-mail at tadaminiciapple-valleymnus or by phone at952953-2420

MO-KAN Sports Turf ManagersAssociation For information onthe MO-KAN Chapter or upcom-ing events contact Paul Heckerat 913971-9717 or bye-mailat pheckerolatheksorg

New England STMA (NESTMA)For information on the NewEngland chapter or upcomingevents contact DavidPinsonneault at 781861-2757or e-maildpinsoncilexingtonmausor Nick Caggiano at 603589-3370 or e-mailceggienonsctnashuanhus

Nebraska Sports Turf ManagersAssociation For information on

the Nebraska Chapter or upcomingevents contact Loren Humphrey at402461-2324 or bye-mail atIhumphreycityofhastingsorg

Sports Field ManagersAssociation of New Jersey Forinformation on the New JerseyChapter or upcoming events callSFMANJ at 908730-7770 e-mailHQsfmanjorg or visit theChapter website atwwwsfmanjorg

Ohio Sports Turf ManagersAssociation (OSTMA) For infor-mation on the Ohio Chaptercontact OSTMA headquarters at614354-1196 orostmeeaorcom You can alsovisit our new website atwwwostmaorg The new OSTMAaddress is PO Box 3426 DublinOH 43016Pacific Northwest Sports TurfManagers Association For

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Southern California Chapter

For information on the SouthernCalifornia Chapter or pendingactivities call the ChapterHotline at 888578STMA (578-7862) toll free in SouthernCalifornia or 760226-8873 orMichael Tarantino at 858679-2526 or by e-mail atMTarantinopowayusdcom

South Carolina Chapter of STMAFor information on the SouthCarolina Chapter or upcomingevents contact Trent Hale PhDat 843662middot3526 ext 206 or bye-mail at tchaieecremsoneou formore information or visit ourwebsite at WWWscstmaorg

Texas Sports Turf ManagersAssociation For informationon the Texas Chapter contact

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Tennessee Valley Sports TurfManagers Association (TVSTMA)

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Virginia Sports Turf ManagersAssociation For information onthe Virginia Chapter or upcomingevents please contact VSTMAPresident Bob Studholme of theFairfax County Park Authority at703324-8590 or robertstudholmefa irfaxcou ntygov

Wisconsin Sports Turf ManagersAssociation For information onthe Wisconsin Chapter or otherpending events contact ChrisBrindley at 715346-3622 orcbrindleuwspedu

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25TH ANNIVERSARYHarry Gill epitomized STMA

members camaraderieThe late Harry Gill along with George Toma Dick Ericson and the late Dr WIlliam Daniel founded the Sports Turf Managers Association in 1981These men believed that sports turf could be improved through the sharing of knowledge and the exchange of ideas between goundskeepers

Mike Schiller former STMA president and1993 recipient of the Harry C Gill MemorialAward was a good friend of Harrys Hewas a great storyteller and he loved to pullpractical jokes He loved to hear peoplelaugh especially if it was at his intended tar-get I was lucky enough to share a roomwith Harry at the conferences for almost 10years Often I was the subject of his jokesand it made everyone laugh and it brought atwinkle to Harrys eye and that always madefor a good time Schiller says

Mike Schiller lett with STMA founder the lateHarry Gill at Milwaukees County Stadium in 1982

STMA braintrust at the 1985 meeting in SanFrancisco (from left) Dale Sandin Orange Bowl DrKent Kurtz Cal Poly Melissa (last name unknown)the STMAs first secretary Tom Lujan SteveWightman then with Broncos and now with theChargers and Mike Schiller Lujan took over MileHigh Stadium duties when Wightman went west

Harry loved people he loved growinggrass and he loved the idea of sports fieldmanagers sharing ideas In 1982 hisBrewers lost in the World Series but thememento Harry gave my wife and I is atreasure that reminds me of one of thenicest people I have ever known

We made regular trips to CountyStadium and he would take my kids for

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rides on his gaif cart Although they are alladults now they stiil talk about and treasurethe times we got to visit Grarnps as mykids called him I did too just to aggravatehim a little Schiller says

Friendships and lasting memories iswhat makes STMA so special

Speaking on his STMA experiencesSchiller says Over the past 25 years somany new and innovative ideas have comeforth from this industry whether it was anoutlandish idea that worked once and oth-ers tried it or a plant being propagated forresistance or a certain growth habit or anew piece of machinery [invented]

I have learned so much at the sessionsand trade shows our vendors are great eou-

cators It has been 25 years of knowledgegrowth for me The best thing to come fromthis association beyond education are thefriendships that you make they are priceless

Tom Burns director of grounds forTexas Ranger Baseball and a veteranSTMA member says The most valuablething that I have come by through STMA isthe people who make up the organizationI have never been exposed to a group thatis as willing to help solve a problem be itpersona or professional

When I first started in this businesseveryone held onto their secrets That isnot the case any more I know that I wouldnot be where I am at in my career if it wasnot for the people who took the time tohelp me along the way The people of STMAare quite good at giving back to the indus-try and I think that is their best qualityBurns says

Dale Getz CSFM and US sports fieldsand grounds sales manager for The TaroCompany (and formerly a turf manager atNotre Dame) says Without a doubt themost valuable thing from my membershiphas been the reretronstuos I have formedthroughout the years I have been associat-ed with the STMA Getz adds that he also

greatly values becoming a Certified SportsField Manager

Without a doubt the most valuable partof my STMA membership has been the net-working opportunities with other membersfrom all categories throughout the countryMany management procedures I now employhave come from ideas and methods of otherSTMA members The educational opportuni-ties afforded by an STMA membership aresecond to none and run a close second tonetworking for me says Steve Wightmanstadium turf manager for OuarcornrnStadium in San Diego

Another influential and legendary turfman was the late Dr Fred Grau A greatfriend of turf managers Dr Grau was thefirst turf extension agronomist (at PennState) in the US STMA Historian Dr KentKurtz reports that Dr Henry Indyk whopassed away last year started the Dr FredGrau Scholarship with funds left over fromthe National Sports Turf Council after it wasdisbanded subsequent to Graus death

STMA annually awards a student scholar-ship in Dr Graus name Dr Kurtz says thisscholarship fund is running out of moneysince it is not endowed He encourages allSTMA professional and commercial mem-

bers to con-tribute to thisworthwhile fundto help futureSTMA leaderswith their schoolexpenses now bullAll photos courtesy

of Mike Schiller

The late Dr William Danielmakes a point at the firstunofficial gathering ofwhat is now the STMA atthe 1985 GCSAA convert-tion in San Francisco Dr Fred Grau

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