O'BRIEN LAUDED FOR DISTINGUISHED SERVICE
Patrick O'Brien, director of the USGA Green Section Southeast Region, was honored by the Georgia Golf Course Superintendents Association (GGCSA) with its 2006 Distinguished Service Award. The annual award is presented for outstanding service to the GGCSA and the advancement of the golf course superintendent profession. The plaque was presented by GGCSA President Richard Staughton, CGCS. Patrick joined the USGA Green Section staff in 1979.
TY McCLELLAN JOINS THE GREEN SECTION STAFF AS MID-CONTINENT AGRONOMIST
The USGA Green Section is proud to announce that Ty McClellan has joined the Mid-Continent Region as an agronomist. He will be working with Bud White, who has been promoted to director of the Mid-Continent Region, after the departure of Paul Vermeulen, who left the staff in November 2006.
Ty holds an M.S. degree in horticulture, specializing in turfgrass science, from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. Most recently he worked at the Golf Course Superintendents Association of America as a chapter liaison for organizational development in their Member Services Department. In 2003, Ty was selected as one of the 15 students from across the country to participate in the USGA Green Section Internship Program, during which he spent a week making Turf Advisory Service visits with Green Section agronomists.
Ty will be making Turf Advisory Service visits in the states of Kansas, Missouri, Nebraska, Iowa, and Illinois. The USGA Green Section staff welcomes him aboard and wishes him much success.
PHYSICAL SOIL TESTING LABORATORIES
The following laboratories are accredited by the American Association for Laboratory Accreditation (A2LA), having demonstrated ongoing competency in testing materials specified in the USGA's Recommendations for Putting Green Construction. The USGA recommends that only A2LA-accredited laboratories be used for testing and analyzing materials for building greens according to our guidelines.
Brookside Laboratories, Inc.
308 Main Street
New Knoxville, OH 45871
Attn: Mark Flock
Voice phone: (419) 753-2448
FAX: (419) 753-2949
E-Mail: mflock@BLINC.COM
Dakota Analytical, Inc.
1503 11th Ave. NE
E. Grand Forks, MN 56721
Attn: Diane Rindt, Laboratory Manager
Voice phone: (701) 746-4300 or (800) 424-3443
FAX: (218) 773-3151
E-Mail: lab@dakotapeat.com
European Turfgrass Laboratories Ltd.
Unit 58, Stirling Enterprise Park
Stirling FK7 7RP Scotland
Attn: Ann Murray
Voice phone: (44) 1786-449195
FAX: (44) 1786-449688
Hummel & Co.
35 King Street, P.O. Box 606
Trumansburg, NY 14886
Attn: Norm Hummel
Voice phone: (607) 387-5694
FAX: (607) 387-9499
E-Mail: soildr1@zoom-dsl.com
ISTRC New Mix Lab LLC
1530 Kansas City Road, Suite 110
Olathe, KS 66061
Voice phone: (800) 362-8873
FAX: (913) 829-8873
E-Mail: istrcnewmixlab@worldnet.att.net
Sports Turf Research Institute
www.stri.co.uk
St. Ives Estate, Bingley
West Yorkshire BD16 1AU
England
Attn: Michael Baines
Voice phone: +44 (0) 1274-565131
FAX: +44 (0) 1274-561891
E-Mail: stephen.baker@stri.org.uk
Thomas Turf Services, Inc.
2151 Harvey Mitchell Parkway South, Suite 302
College Station, TX 77840-5247
Attn: Bob Yzaguirre, Lab Manager
Voice phone: (979) 764-2050
FAX: (979) 764-2152
E-Mail: soiltest@thomasturf.com
Tifton Physical Soil Testing Laboratory, Inc.
1412 Murray Avenue
Tifton, GA 31794
Attn: Powell Gaines
Voice phone: (229) 382-7292
FAX: (229) 382-7992
E-Mail: pgaines@friendlycity.net
Turf Diagnostics & Design, Inc.
613 E. First Street
Linwood, KS 66052
Attn: Sam Ferro
Voice phone: (913) 723-3700
FAX: (913) 723-3701
E-Mail: sferro@turfdiag.com
