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1998 February/March

Vol. 29, No. 1

Page Section/Selected Titles
1 Cover
1 Great Start of a New Year at Woodhill Country Club
1 Lots of MGCSA Members Make the Trip to Anaheim for the National Convention
3 From Your President's Desk: How We can Help Each Other
4 Table of Contents
4 Advertisers
4 1998 MGCSA Calendar
5 MGCSA Board Votes to Invest Research Trust Fund
7 Course Construction: A Checklist to Prevent Errors in Construction, or Errors from the Architect, Coming Back to Haunt You Once They've Left
9 U of M, MGCSA Benefit from Trans-Miss Turf Scholarships
11 Restoring Minnesota Valley
12 Common Environmental Violations for Minnesota Golf Courses
15 By Golf Digest Magazine: Classic at Madden's Ranked No. 3 Best Upscale Course
17 You would have Liked Charley Tillman!
20 On March 9 in St. Louis Park: Outstanding Program Set for MGCSA Mini-Seminar
23 Alternative Spikes
24 Dealing with People: Managing Your Staff Needn't be More Difficult Than Mowing Grass and Battling Insects
26 MGCSA Classified Ads
29 North Star Turf Supply Announces Sales Teams
29 -Shane Andrews Joins North Star Turf Supply
30 MnTAP Means Money
32 GCSAA Seminar Set March 10-11 in St. Louis Park
34 Editor's Corner

1998 April

Vol. 29, No. 2

Page Section/Selected Titles
1 Cover
1 141 Members Attend MGCSA Mini-Seminar
3 From Your President's Desk: It's Time to Utilize Our Stored-Up Energy for Course Clean-Up
4 Table of Contents
4 Advertisers
4 1998 MGCSA Calendar
5 Benefits and Strengths of GCSAA Membership
6 Pioneer Golf Course Managers
7 An Association's True Meaning
9 MGCSA Earmarks $8,250 for 1998-99 Scholarships
11 Waiting to Exhale: Golf Course Managers have Until July to Prepare for a New Respirator Standard
15 Where are They Today?: William "Bill" Fischer
17 MGCSA Looks into Group Health Insurance
19 The History of Mendakota CC
21 Planting Trees and Shrubs
25 Soil Scientists in Minnesota Must be Licensed
26 MTGF Update
27 Membership Report
30 The Ace in the Hole: Bringing Sanity to the Greens
33 MGCSA Business Office Update
33 Proposed for Blaine: MGA Supports National Youth Golf Center
34 Is Your Chemical Storage Area Up to Par for the '98 Season?
36 Vintage Photo from 1954
37 Microbes: Next to the Grounds Crew, Microbes may be the Hardest Workers on the Golf Course. Would Adding to Their Numbers be Advantageous?
40 MGCSA Classified Ads
42 Editor's Corner: [Could This be the Start of a "Normal" Season?]

1998 May

Vol. 29, No. 3

Page Section/Selected Titles
1 Cover
1 MGCSA Members Enjoy Dinner Meeting at Bearpath Golf & Country Club
3 From Your President's Desk: As the Season Progresses, don't Forget to Spend Time with Family and Friends
4 Table of Contents
4 Advertisers
4 1998 MGCSA Calendar
5 Vice-President Gore Issues Directive on FQPA
6 Pioneers in Minnesota Golf
9 The Facts About Golf Course Pesticides
11 Water Conservation: Here are Some Helpful Hints for You to Consider
13 Minnesota and Wisconsin Courses Featured in Winter Damage Study: Testing being Done at St. Croix National, Indian Hills and River Falls
15 Where are They Today?: Oscar Bergman
17 Heard It Through the Grapevine
20 Baker National Recertified as Audubon Sanctuary
20 Media Relations Tips
21 Affiliate News
23 Earn Certification Credits at Home
25 Exchanging Thoughts About the Early Golf Season
27 Golf Courses and the Environment
29 1997 Annual Report: The Fairway Foundation is on the Right Course
30 MGCSA Classified Ads
31 Membership Report
32 Socializing at Bearpath
32 Job Descriptions Offer Legal Protection
34 Editor's Corner: [Spring is Most Definitely Here!!]

1998 June

Vol. 29, No. 4

Page Section/Selected Titles
1 Cover

1998 July

Vol. 29, No. 5

Page Section/Selected Titles
1 Cover
1 80 Members Travel to Creeks Bend for June Meeting and Golf Mixer
3 From Your President's Desk: Mother Nature can be Tough to Figure Out
4 Table of Contents
4 Advertisers
4 1998 MGCSA Calendar
5 Late Fall Sand Topdressing: Water Retention and Influences on Winter Injury: Mid-Year Report for the GCSAA/MGCSA Cooperative Research Project: May 1998
10 MGCSA Turf Tourney Raises $6,110 for Research and Education
13 Tartan Park Golf Course: The 3M Club of St. Paul Makes Environmental Stewardship Its First Priority
15 "The Little Course with the Big Name": Elm Creek Hosts MGCSA Scholarship Scramble
19 GCSAA Student Chapter at U of M Wraps Up It's First Year
19 Business Office Update
22 Establishing an Intern Program: A Valuable Activity that can Benefit the Student and Your Course
27 [24] Affiliate News
25 MGCSA Classified Ads
26 MGCSA Mixer Results: Monday, June 8, 1998: Creeks Bend Golf Club
26 Membership Report
27 Product Deliveries in Jeopardy Without Proof of Upgrade
28 Sweet Swings at Creeks Bend
28 New Department to Focus on GCSAA Membership Standards
28 An Open Letter to Affiliate Members
30 Editor's Corner: [Summertime Stress; Dealing with Stress; Straw Bales in Ponds?]

1998 August

Vol. 29, No. 6

Page Section/Selected Titles
1 Cover
1 Elm Creek Golf Links of Plymouth Hosts 1998 MGCSA Scramble: Albany & Wapicada Team Up to Win Scholarship Scramble
3 From Your President's Desk: Are You Ready to Become More Active in Our Great Association?
4 Table of Contents
4 Advertisers
4 1998 MGCSA Calendar
5 Minnesota Turf and Grounds Research & Education Center: An Update and Review of Its Purpose and Mission
9 Considering Relocating?
10 MGCSA Classified Ads
13 Site of the August 17 MGCSA Monthly Meeting: Here's a Hole-by-Hole View of North Links GC
16 Cragun's Resort Assistant Superintendent: Matt McKinnon Receives NCO of the Year Award
20 MGCSA Scholarship Scramble: Elm Creek Golf Links: Par 70: July 20, 1998
21 University of Minnesota Research Updates: Suppression of Dollar Spot by the Growth Regulator Paclobutrazol
23 A Growing Concern: A Golf Course Architect's View of Tree Placement on the Course
34 Editor's Corner

1998 September

Vol. 29, No. 7

Page Section/Selected Titles
1 Cover
1 North Links Golf Course Hosts Championship: Chris Manor Wins 1998 MGCSA Championship
4 Table of Contents
4 Advertisers
4 1998 MGCSA Calendar
5 From Your President's Desk: Can You Remember a Year with So Many Severe Storms?
7 'Dream Team' Building 45 Holes at Cragun's: First 18 Completed Rapidly at Gull Lake Resort
13 Nemadji GC Adds Three-Hole Par-3 Course for Juniors
17 Golf Making Spectacular Impact on Brainerd Lakes Area Economy
19 MGCSA Championship Results, North Links Golf Course: North Mankato, August 17, 1998
25 Four Legacy Scholarship Awards Announced by MGCSA
27 Affililate [Affiliate] News
27 Penn Sate Accepting Applications
28 [Scholarship Scramble at Elm Creek Golf Links of Plymouth]
29 Site of the 1998 Stodola Scramble on September 14: Here's a Hole-by-Hole View of Pebble Creek CC
30 MGCSA Classified Ads
32 Job Opening
33 Turf's Up and Traffic Stops on the Mall
34 Trends in Compensation and Benefits for Golf Course Superintendents
36 Editor's Corner: [Autumn; Serving as a Board Member; Summer Vacation]

1998 October

Vol. 29, No. 8

Page Section/Selected Titles
1 Cover
1 Glencoe CC Group Wins Stodola at Pebble Creek Country Club
3 From Your President's Desk: It's a Good Time to Enjoy Your Course
4 Table of Contents
4 Advertisers
4 1998 MGCSA Calendar
5 MGCSA Announces Five 1998-99 Student Scholars: Four get Association Awards; Fifth is New Trans-Miss/MGCSA Grant
7 GCSAA Addresses Act that Will Affect Golf Course Quality
9 Where are They Today?: Maynard Erickson
12 Important MTGF Conference Hotel Information
14 IPM in Buildings
15 Jim Nicol Nominated for 1999 GCSAA Election
20 Minnesota Turf & Grounds Foundation Conference & Trade Show Schedule
26 MGCSA Classified Ads
27 Poa annua Reptans - Creeping Bluegrass
29 Ward Stienstra to Retire from Position in the Department of Plant Pathology
31 Job Openings
34 Editor's Corner: [Are We Done Yet?; Time to Put Our Courses to Bed; Summertime get Togethers]

1998 November

Vol. 29, No. 9

Page Section/Selected Titles
1 Cover
1 At the New Chaska Town Course: Erickson, Meier, Schultz and Grundstrom Capture Final MGCSA Mixer for 1998
3 From Your President's Desk: We Need to Take the Lead for the MTGF to Succeed
4 Table of Contents
4 Advertisers
5 6th Annual Chapter Delegates Meeting: MGCSA Chapter Delegate Keith Scott Traveled to GCSAA Headquarters in Lawrence, Kansas and Came Back with This Report
13 Vintage Photo of "Greenskeepers" at 1958 MGCSA Conference at the Curtis Hotel in Minneapolis
14 To Cover or Not Cover Greens that is the Question
14 MGCSA Events at December Conference
15 Join Us in Orlando for the Greatest Show in Golf
19 Educational Opportunities Galore for MGCSA Members
22 Job Openings
23 Research Break on the Purdue Golf Course
23 On the Road with the USGA: [Fertilization, Aeration, Topdressing, Gray Leaf Spot Resistance]
24 North Central Regional Update
24 Ten Guidelines for Good Mental Health
25 Membership Report
26 MGCSA Classified Ads
27 Outsourcing may Improve Your Bottom Line
27 Superintendents' Compensation on the Rise
28 Top 10 Common Chemical Infractions to Avoid: The Golf Course Superintendent Manages and Maintains the Most Valuable Asset in the Game of Golf - The Golf Course
30 Editor's Corner: [I Think We're Done]

1998/1999 December/January

Vol. 29, No. 10

Page Section/Selected Titles
1 Cover
1 At the 71st Annual MGCSA Business Meeting: Thomas Fischer, CGCS Elected President
3 From Your President's Desk: Like Past Years, Our Association is Faced with Challenges
4 Table of Contents
4 Advertisers
4 Job Opening
5 Scotland, the Best
11 This ain't Your Daddy's Poa annua
16 Garske Scholarships Now in Third Year
17 How does He Stay So Long?
18 Classified Ads
19 The Great Stewards of Minnesota Golf Courses
21 Nesting Structures Very Successful on Golf Courses
21 Make Plans to Attend the March Mini-Seminar
21 2 One-Day GCSAA Regional Seminars
23 Julie Sprau Succeeds Ross Galarneault as MGA Executive Director, COO
24 Membership Report
26 Editor's Corner: [December, the Hunt, Conference; Thanks]