Our second Sports Turf Workshop of the season is scheduled for May 16, with  morning seminars to be held at the Daviess County Ext Office and the afternoon session held at various Owensboro parks.  We have a great and large group of speakers and Eddie Atherton, the Grounds Supervisor for  Owensboro Public Works will lead the afternoon critique of several fields.  You can qualify for four Pesticide CEU’s and visit with some or our outstanding exhibitors.  Please consider supporting Eddie Atherton, the exhibitors and the KySTMA with your attendance.  Invite others to attend with you.  We will have a great lunch provided by the Daviess County Cattleman’s Association.  The cost for all of this is only $15 per person.  Registration and other information is available on the attached brochure.  2013 West Ky sports turf workshop edited

We are less than two weeks away from our first sports turf workshop of 2013.  The Elizabethtown Sports Park is a ‘must visit’ location for all professional sports turf managers.  The Park Maintenance Superintendent, James Bergdoll, is one of only two Kentucky, STMA Certified Sports Turf Managers and he has done an excellent job with this new park. 

We will have several product and equipment exhibitors that will enhance the morning educational program that will be presented by four professional speakers.  Please pre-register so we can get the lunches ordered correctly.  The program will also offer four CEU’s that you may need to keep you legal when applying fertilizer and pesticides.   All the details are in the attached brochure.  Central KY Sports Turf workshop

Feb. 28 – KySTMA Conference,  KTC Short Course on Feb -27 & 28 and Pesticide Training on Feb 26 –All at Crown Plaza, Louisville

May 8 – Elizabethtown Sports Turf Workshop with James Bergdoll at the Elizabethtown Sports Park

May 16 – Henderson County Sports Turf Workshop to be held at Henderson HS and Henderson County Extension 

June 13 – UK Turf Field Day (am)  & Sports Turf Demos (pm)

June 25 – Northern Kentucky Sports Turf Workshop to be held at the Campbell County Extension Office (am) and with Darian Daily at the Bengals Fields (pm). 

October 23 – KySTMA Sports Turf Session and the KTC Conference (Oct 21 – 23) – Belterra IN

We are less than three weeks away (Feb 27 – 28) from the KySTMA Conference and short course.  Hope you are planning on attending and are already preregistered.  If not, all of the information is available on the UK website at www.uky.edu/Ag/ukturf.  If you preregister by 22 February, the cost is only $35/day.  Late pre-registration and on-site registration will be $50/day.

The KySTMA conference on Thursday, Feb 28 is going to be really good.  Because of several last minute changes in the program a revision has been made.  The KDA will offer 3 General and 1 Cat 20 Pesticide Credit for this program.  Turf Short Course 2013 sports turf

James Bergdoll at the Elizabethtown Sport Park has a Crew Leader position available.  If interested check the position details here.  The deadline for application is February 15, 2013.  ESP asst announcement

October 15 – 17 is the date of our Annual Conference.  This conference includes our annual KySTMA Business meeting and separate program.  It will be held again this year at the Belterra Resort, Florence, Indiana, only a Drive and Chip Shot across the Ohio from the Kentucky Speedway at Sparta.  Details concerning registration and lodging, etc. can be found at www.uky.edu/ag/ukturf/ktc.htm.   You can find a quick reference to the KySTMA program that will be held on Oct 17 by clicking K TC SportsTurf Program 2012.  It will be an outstanding program with plenty of time for  interaction with the speakers.  Hope to see you there! 

Dr. Dwight Barkley has edited and produced the KTC Newsletter from its inception almost FORTY (40) years ago.  That is almost unbelievable.    Most of that time he was also the Executive Director and Treasurer of the KTC.  He not only was  instrumental in starting  the KTC but he also has been the glue that held the KTC in its prominent position.  For the last few years he has been relinquishing some of his KTC duties to Dr. David Williams at UK. 

Most recently he gave up the newsletter reins to Dr. Gregg Munshaw, the new UK Turfgrass Extension Specialist.   With a young man’s computer skills, great newsletter software, and several years of  professional education experience at Mississippi State, Dr. Munshaw has just released his first KTC/KYSTMA Newsletter  and it is a DOOZY!  Check it out for yourself and be sure to congratulate Dr. Barkley for his decades of dedication to the KTC and to Dr. Munshaw for a job very, very well done. 

Hosted by the Professional Landcare Network (PLANET), this annual educational conference is held in conjunction with the GIE+EXPO and Hardscape North America trade shows, which boast nearly 500 exhibits for outdoor power equipment, along with products for landscapes, gardens, outdoor leisure, hardscapes, and light construction.  More details about GIC, including registration and hotel information, can be found at GreenIndustryConference.org or by contacting PLANET at 800-395-2522.  Several KySTMA  exhibitors will be involved and Aaron Boggs and Dr. Powell will be on the program.

Our next workshop is coming soon – Thursday, June 21.  We are expecting a large turnout for an outstanding program and a critique of several fields.  Four CEU’s are offered and Bobcat of Bowling Green will be sponsoring the lunch.  To make sure we have enough food, please pre-register by calling the Warren County Extension office at 270-842-1681.  Open the Workshop Brochure for details.

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This workshop will be held at Saint Catharine’s College and with a side trip to Makers Mark.  Dr. Mike Goatley, current President of the national Sports Turf Managers Association, author of several sports turf books and Washington County KY native will be our celebrated guest speaker.  We need a big attendence to welcome Dr. Goatley back home to KY.                                          

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