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Contents November 2007 VOLUME 23/ NUMBER 11
FEATURESField Science
8 Post-season recovery techniquesatTexasA&M University
Sports Turf Managers Association's19th Annual Conference and Exhibition14 Speakers and Education Programs18 Schedule-At-A-Glance
22 Exhibitors'listing
Facilities & Operations32 Covering up: research on turf blankets
Field of the Year35 Lincolnshire, IL's North Park is Schools/Parks
Complex of the Year
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DEPARTMENTSFrom the Sidelines 6
STMA President's Message. . .. 7
John Mascaro's Photo Quiz. 12
STMA In Action/SAFE Foundation
STMA Chapter News.
Marketplace .
Online Education
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Advertisers' Index . 45
Reader Information Form(Green Mediator) . 45
46Q&A .
On the cover: The Grand Canyon in Arizona hasprovided inspiration to man for centuries. Come to the
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From the Sidelines
ERIC SCHRODEREditor
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Dauphin, PA 17018
Lawns of plumbers
Mylawn is not in good shape this fall. A hot, dry summercoupled with no spring overseeding or aeration, notto mention the divots I take while practicing my golfswing, have taken their toll. Luckily Llive on the side
of an Appalachian mountain where no one can see my mess just by drivingby, though a few friends tease me about not using "inside" information frommy job to produce a healthier result.
So I asked some turf managers what shape their lawns are in this fall:
"It's actually in pretty good condition considering the frequent summerrains in Florida, followed by periods of drought, water restrictions that limitwatering to one day per week, and roy dogs that like to use the yard as theirown personal playground (and restroom)," says Phil Whitehouse, the man-ager for athletic operations for the City of St. Petersburg.
"Like doctors who smoke and plumbers with leaky faucets, I have a yardat home that adds nothing to my credibility as a rurf professional," says BobStudholme, a park manager for Fairfax County, VA. "In fact, just tbe oppositeis probably true. As a general rule, 1 do nor irrigate the lawn, using supple-mental water only after seeding and for my ornamental beds, and keep thenutrition and weed management bare-boned. Exasperating as this is in myarea we're still in the throes of an unseasonably warm, very dry weather pat-tern.ln my 'lawn,' at least the crabgrass and other summer annuals are still indecent shape. On the plus side, I've only had to mow every 3 weeks or so!"
"I'm one that puts the home lawn in the low maintenance category," saysMike McDonald, CSFM, the turf manager at the University of Minnesota."1',>,10"1'at the most once a week, during the summer it could go to 3 weeks.I will nor mow it if it is dry condirions or until it rains, unless we can't findlost shoes in it. Fertilize once a year, maybe twice every other year. Handspray or pick a few weeds. Water just enough so it doesn't rum all brown.
"So in other words] do as little as possible, enough to keep it just behindthe neighbors' so as not to embarrass the block. It's looking pretty goodright now, we had about 6 inches of rain in the last month."
''As the saying goes, the cobbler's kids go barefoot, and the plumber's fau-cet leaks. My lawn is the last thing that gets any attention at my house," ~aysChris McGinty, superintendent of park maintenance, Framingham,:M.A."My wife laughs when people ask me for advice, saying for someone whodoes this for a living you wouldn't know it from our house.
"Doesn't Kentucky Blue turn green around October I5?"
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President's MessageMore educationat Conference
Great planning by great teams of member, has the upcom-ing STMA Annual Conference shaping up to be our finestyet! Dr. Mlnoer was flooded with applications during the"call for presentations." More than 100 practitioner, and
professionals offered to share expertise with us--far too many to use themall. These offers did allow us to expand the educational offerings by 40%,so you're going to have more topics to customize yOUtlearning experience.Dr. Minner is producing his fourth conference education program and withhelp from Conference Chair Abby McNeal and countless others, the con-ference bar is set very high this year.
You told us you wanted more education, so this year we added anotherday of education. Having the SAFE ColfTournament and the firstSeminar-on-Wheels tour on Tuesday allows for education on \Vednesday.You told us you wanted additional science added to the conference, soWednesday morning's optional education includes an Introductory and anAdvanced Institute. \-\Tednesdayafternoon's pre-conference workshops areincluded in your conference registration fee. Or, choose instead to hop on abus and take in an exceptionally good Seminar on Wheels tour.
Friday morning showcases an exciting new event. In partnership withthe SAFE Foundation, STMA is paying tribute to Dr. Henry lndyk andDr. Kent Kurtz. In separate presentations, the conference will honor thememory and life-long work of these STl\1A giants with high-end presenta-tions on Field Testing Standards and Injury Surveillance Systems. Both menwould be proud to see where STMA's conference is heading.
The Exhibition has added features this year.We'll be constructing abaseball pitcher's mound on the trade show floor! The opportunity to watchthe construction process, step-by-step, will let us walk away with rips fromthe professionals on building our own perfect pitching platform. Studentand faculty members will also treat us to poster sessions on their work.Posters will also highlight how last year's Student Challenge teams usedtheir $4,000 award for more sports turf education at their schools. The exhi-bition hall is primarily an opportunity for you to meet with our commercialpartners, renew friendships, build new ones, and to gather information thatwe all can use to improve our facilities back home. This show is the roll-outfor all that is tried and true, and new and improved.
The Awards Banquet is always the highlight of the conference for me,and it will once again be held on Friday night. Don't miss the opportunityto salute our members who have helped the profession and our associationgrow to great strength.
Your conference brochure should be on your desk. I've only touched ona vcry few of the exciting elements in which you'll want participate. Mostof all, the conference is your chance to develop professionally. STIVIA isthe association you can count on to elevate your career and this profes-sion. Please do whatever it takes to get to Phoenix during the third week ofJanuary. I can't wait to see you there!
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SportsTurf 7
FIELD SCIENCE
Post-seasonrecovery techniquesat Texas A&M University
By Bob Marcotte
• ,l,ith nearly 90,000 participants hitting the fields
! on 240 event days, the Penberthy IntramuralSports Center at Texas A&M University inCollege Station, endures some big-time foottraffic. What the maintenance team does post-
season is often the most important process in determining how good aplaying field is during the season.
Penberthy is a 38-acre, multi-use sports complex. The complex fea-tures 12 athletic fields that host a wide variety of intramural Sports, sportclub events, physical education classes, general recreational and specialevents such as athletic camps and various state, national and interna-tional championship tournaments.
In order to deliver the best possible turf quality, the Department ofRecreational Sports has a well-defined turf maintenance program, anda dedicated staff to execute the plan. Thc department maintains a staff
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of three full-time employees and nine part-time student workers whoprovide a high-quality grass surface for the students and organizationsof Texas A&.M University, predominately in support of the intramuraland sport dub programs.
Twice a year between seasons we work an aggressive agronomic pro-gram to restore the fields to the best condition possible before the nextseason. Our fields are predominately Tin vay 419 bermudagrass. Theprocess is virtually identical during the winter break, which is usuallyfrom the second week in December until the first of February and thesummer break, usually early May through early June. The ultimate goalis to begin each season at peak condition.
With 12 distinct fields, proper planning is essential, \Ve usc a nine-step process for turf maintenance, moving each process through eachfield in sequence. \Vitb the equipment and staff available we can be atdifferent Hages of renovation on MO to three fields at a time.
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Step 1: Slice aerate the field with 6 x a-Inch blades. 'liVewill run itfour different directions in order to get a preliminary disruption of thesoil and slicing of the bermudagrass, stimulating new growth.
Step 2: Spike aerate with an aerator with 6 x 314-inch spikes forincreased soil disruption into the rootzone.
Step 3: Deep tine aerate with 10- x 'l-inch hollow tines. This reducesdeep compaction and allows some improvement in the soil structure.
Step 4 (optional): Usc a pasture renovator when severe compactionexists. This old farm tool allows us to cut 3 to 4-inch slits in the com-pacted areas to break up the most severely compacted rootzones.
Step 5: Verticut two directions to cut the stolons and rhizomes ofthe bermudagrass plant and promote thicker turf. It also helps reducethatch.
Step 6: Sweep to pick up the clippings from verticutting and reducethe amount of organic material in the turf.
Step 7: Topdress with sand to a depth of one-quarter inch. Over theyears of topdressing the Held recovery time after a rain has decreaseddramatically. Top dressing with sand also helps smooth the surface andwhen drug into the aerator holes helps improve the soil structure.
Step 8: Drag with a IO-foot drag mat to brush the sand in to thecanopy and into the holes created by the aerators.
Step 9: Fertilize based on recommendations from the soillab fromsamples taken from the fields.
"Vater management during the entire process is critical. We don'twant the fields too wet before we start, but once we open the canopy
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