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January/February 1992

Volume #20, No. 1

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Cover

Worzella Chosen to Lead WGCSA

Table of Contents

President's Message: Maintaining Success

The Editor's Notebook: Bizarre Weather

Jottings from the Golf Course Journal: Real Superintendents II: Real Golf Superintendents don't Wear Ponytails

Notes from the Noer Facility: An Update

The Wisconsin Golf Course Quiz: Name that Course

Personality Profile: Thanks to His Efforts, the Grass is Always Greener

Editorial: Three Cheers for...

The Campus Connection: An Assessment of Water Pressure Injection Cultivation in Treatment of Fairy Ring Fungi

From Across the Country: A Badger in Gopherland Suffers 'Sports Shock'

Wisconsin Pathology Report: Biological Turf Disease Control - Progress, Promises and Problems

Wisconsin Soils Report: Fertilizer N Combinations: How Good are They?

The Sports Page: "Did You Hear the One About the Golf Course Superintendent"

WGCSA Fall Meeting: WGCSA Fall Election and Business Meeting

WI Arborist Association Conference: Wisconsin Arborist Association to Hold State Conference

The Public Golf Course Superintendent: The Uneducated Golfer

Letters: GRASS ROOTS Selected for "Best Editorial Content"

Life in the Northwoods: Another New Feature is Coming to THE GRASS ROOTS

Legal Matters: Superintendent Liability in the Face of Regulatory Compliance

1992 WI Training Sessions: State of Wisconsin 1992 Commercial Applicator Training Sessions

The Sporting Green: From "the Clock" to a Salary - Things to Consider

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March/April 1992

Volume #20, No. 2

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1	Cover
1	Roberts Rules!
2	Table of Contents
2	President's Message: Get Smart
3	The Editor's Notebook: The Meeting Season
7	The Wisconsin Golf Course Quiz: More Trivia
9	Wisconsin Pathology Report: A Significant EPA Decision!
12	Wisconsin Soils Report: An Uneasy Feeling
13	The Public Golf Course Superintendent: Working for Private Owners
17	Personality Profile: New GCSAA President hasn't Forgotten His Wisconsin Ties
24	1992 WTA Winter Conference & Show: A Gathering of First Class Turf Professionals, Equipment & Education
27	The Sports Page: Fertilizers, Werewolfs and Instruction Make a Bad Threesome
29	Life in the Northwoods: Winter Turfgrass Management
33	Jottings from the Golf Course Journal: The Shop - Home Away from Home
35	Shop Talk: A Look at the New Ones
36	The Wisconsin Golf Course Survey: Surveying the National Scene
37	Notes from the Noer Facility: Mowing Height and Vertical Mowing Frequency Effects on Putting Green Quality
39	John Deere Team Championship
41	Editorial: Shopblindness
42	From Across the Country: "Setting Priorities"
43	The Grass Roots 1991 Article Index
47	The Sporting Green: First Impressions

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May/June 1992

Volume #20, No. 3

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1	Cover
1	Noer Foundation Awards Grant
1	Spring Business Meeting Recap
2	President's Message: The Waiting Game
3	The Editor's Notebook: Computers, Rumors, Research and Spring
5	Jottings from the Golf Course Journal: "Twenty and Forty-Five" and Still Anxious to Get to Work
7	Wisconsin Pathology Report: What Role for Turf Blends and Mixtures?
10	Letters: A Thank You Note from Bill Roberts
11	Editorial: Signs of Youth
13	Legal Matters: Official Position of the WGCSA on Ag 29
15	From Across the Country: A Procedure to Enhance Early Spring Green-Up
17	Computer Corner: Computer Use in Golf Course Management
23	Wisconsin Soils Report: Bioorganic Turf Fertilizers
25	Wisconsin Entomology Report: Survey of White Grubs Needs Your Help
27	The Public Golf Course Superintendent: The Trials and Tribulations of Going Private
29	Editorial: The Turfgrass Information Center - A Greaet Resource in Jeopardy?
30	The Wisconsin Golf Course Quiz: A Soils Test
31	The Sports Page: One Day at Augusta
33	Editorial: Golf Course Fever
35	Personality Profile: First UW Turf Graduate Found Greener Grass with O.M. Scott
38	Notes from the Noer Facility: Noer Facility Chosen as Site for National Tall Fescue Test
39	Life in the Northwoods: Spring Turfgrass Management
41	The Wisconsin Golf Course Survey: Some Suggestions for Study
43	The Sporting Green: The Offensive Linemen of Golf

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July/August 1992

Volume #20, No. 4

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1	Cover
1	Wyse to Lead College of Agricultural and Life Sciences at the UW-Madison
1	Interviews for UW Staff are Complete; Decisions Awaited
2	Table of Contents
2	President's Message: Making the Cut
3	The Editor's Notebook: Wet Spring Season Now a Dusty Memory
7	Wisconsin Pathology Report: Candidates and Challenges - Turf in Two-Thousand
9	Editorial: Hurting Ourselves
10	Personality Profile: Even His Name Shows His Love for Life
13	From Across the Country: Be Pro-Active Rather than Reactive
14	[Congratulations on Your Editorial]
15	Jottings from the Golf Course Journal: Cover-Up
19	The Sports Page: Effort Makes the Difference
22	Notes from the Noer Facility: Irrigation Please!
25	The Campus Connection: Phosphorus and Potassium Mobility in Putting Greens
29	Ferger Hosts Meeting at Country Club of Beloit
31	Wisconsin Golf Course Quiz: Putting the USGA to Test
33	Life in the Northwoods: Spearfishing, Tourism & Golf
34	Editorial: I'll Take an Automatic System
35	Wisconsin Soils Report: Managing for Moisture Stress in Turf
37	The Public Golf Course Superintendent: The Quiet Golf Course
38	Legal Matters: Some New Policies and a Few Suggestions
41	The Wisconsin Golf Course Survey: Who's Got One?
43	The Sporting Green: Beware of the Sun

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September/October 1992

Volume #20, No. 5

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1	Cover
1	Here We Go!: Rossi Joins UW Turf Team
2	Table of Contents
2	President's Message: What's New?
3	The Editor's Notebook: June Frowns Turn into Smiles in July and August!
7	Jottings from the Golf Course Journal: The Joy of Kicking Tires
9	Personality Profile: He Worked His Way to the Top
10	Symposium to Move
11	The Sports Page: The Tates are a Perfect Pair
13	Editorial: An Open Letter of Thanks
14	He Really Did it - Gayle Worf Retires!
15	From the Director's Desk: Questions from the Floor
15	-[Bunker Sand Acceptable Condition for Play]
15	-[Recommended Bunker Sand Depth]
15	-[Are Turf Groomers Worth It?]
15	-[Advantages of Regular Greens Rolling]
15	-[150 Yard Markers]
17	-[Verticutting and Spiking Greens]
17	-[PGR's in Wisconsin]
17	-[Methods for Trimming Grass Around Trees]
17	-[Turf Loss in Wisconsin]
17	-[Effects of Drought on Golf Courses]
19	The Wisconsin Golf Course Quiz: A Personality Quiz
25	Notes from the Noer Facility: Buffalograss?
26	WTA Celebrates 10th Anniversary of Summer Field Day at NOER Facility
27	NOER Facility Dedication Held During Field Day
29	NOER Foundation Presents Kussow with $41,000 Grant!
31	Chad Kempf Wins Scholarship
32	Wisconsin Soils Report: Questions from the Floor
32	-[Calcareous Versus Silica Sand]
32	-[Organic Amendments in a 80/20 Rootzone Mix for Trees]
32	-[Nutrient Release Rate Factors]
33	-[UW-Madison Turf and Grounds Management Program Quality]
33	-[The Noer Facility]
33	-[Water-Absorbing Polymers]
33	-[Decline in Use of Calcined Clay]
34	-[College of Agriculture and Life Sciences New Dean]
34	-[Dr. Frank Rossi and the Wisconsin Turfgrass Program]
34	-[Golf Course Problems This Year]
35	The Wisconsin Golf Course Survey: Just Another Fad?
36	Lightning, the Underrated Killer
39	From Across the Country: The Facts on Triple Rinsing
40	WGCSA Gets Rained Out At Cedar Creek
41	The Public Golf Course Superintendent: Motivation - the Long and the Short of It
42	Life in the Northwoods: Growing Pains
43	Wisconsin Entomology Report: Questions from the Floor
43	-[Wisconsin Gypsy Moth Control]
43	-[BTA Control Without Oftanol]
43	-[Drought Impact on Golf Course Plants]
43	-[Biological Materials for Controlling Insect Pests]
43	-[Ants on Golf Courses]
45	-["Scare" Earthworms to Mow Fairways]
45	-[Golf Course Mosquito Control]
45	-[Unknown Bugs Effecting Honeylocust Trees]
45	-[Northward Travel of Insect Pests]
47	Editorial: Election Year Politics
49	Editorial: Three Cheers for...
50	Watertown Country Club Hosts June WGCSA Meeting
51	The Sporting Green: Sometimes You've Got to Wonder

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November/December 1992

Volume #20, No. 6

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1	Cover
2	Table of Contents
1	Symposium Gets Rave Reviews!
2	President's Message: Have Times Changed?
3	Jottings from the Golf Course Journal: Timeposts for Wisconsin Golf Course Superintendents: You're Getting Older if...
5	The Editor's Notebook: The Annual Editor's Awards, Including the Best and the Worst for 1992
11	The Public Golf Course Superintendent: The Superintendent Fit
13	Life in the Northwoods: Image
14	Personality Profile: He's Always Wanted to Work in the Golf Industry
17	Wisconsin Soils Report: The Nutrition-Disease Connection
21	Notes From the Noer Facility: ...And You Thought You Saw It All at Field Day
23	The Wisconsin Golf Course Quiz: Who Went Where? (Part I)
25	Wisconsin Pathology Report: Fungicide Evaluations for Snow Mold Disease Control, 1991-1992
27	The Wisconsin Golf Course Survey: Snow Mold Treatments
29	August WGCSA Meeting: Roberts Highlights WGCSA August Meeting
31	From Across the Country: Reprieve from the Fire on Sunday
34	Letters: From the GCSAA President
35	The Sports Page: What's so Great About Autumn?
37	New Members of 1992
37	Job Opening
39	John Deere Tournament: Monroe Country Club Team Repeats in John Deere Tournament
41	WGCSA Travels to Beautiful Brown Deer for Tourney Meeting
42	Letters: Thank You
43	The Sporting Green: Professional Motivation - Don't Fumble It

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