Mid Atlantic Association of Golf Course Superintendents 2008

8th Annual

Education Seminar

in partnership with

Turf Equipment and Supply Company

MAAGCS is committed to providing our membership with a quality educational program. Please consider the excellent opportunity presented this year at our 2008 Educational Seminar. Pesticide Recertification for MD, DE, WV, VA and PA is available for Attendees of this Seminar.

Thursday, March 20th

7:00AM to 7:45AM Registration and Continental Breakfast

7:45AM Opening Remarks from Mark Kingora, President of MAAGCS, and Turf Equipment and Supply Company

7:45AM to 8:30AM Steve McDonald, President, Turfgrass Disease Solutions. “Fungicides and Fertilizers used for Disease Control, Chemistry and Use”

8:30AM to 9:15AM Keith Happ, USGA Agronomist, Mid-Atlantic Region. “How do I Answer That?”

9:15AM to 9:30AM Break with light refreshments

9:30AM to 10:15AM Herb Stevens, Meteorologist, Grass Roots Weather. “The Hottest Hoax in Town”

10:15AM to 11:00AM Dr. Peter Dernoeden, Department of Plant Science &LA, University of Maryland. “Research Snapshots from 2007”

11:00AM to 11:45AM Dr. Roch Gaussoin, Professor and Turfgrass Specialist, University of Nebraska. “Organic Matter, Should it Matter?”

11:45AM to 12:45PM Lunch

12:45PM to 1:15PM Dr. Kevin Mathias, Lecturer and Advisor for the University of Maryland Institute of Applied Agriculture. “Developing Training Programs for the Greens Industry”

1:15 PM to 2:00PM Dr. Karl Danneberger, Professor, Department of Horticulture and Crop Science, The Ohio State University. “Low Light Conditions and Why We Lose Grass”

2:00PM to2:15PM Afternoon Ice Cream Break

2:15PM to 3:00PM Jeff Michel & Peter Maybach, Consultants, M & M Consulting. “Material Selection & Grow In Strategies for Sand Based Putting Greens”

3:00PM Pesticide Recertification Applications

3:00PM to 4:00PM Cocktail Reception

Directions:
From Baltimore
Take I-95 South to the Capital Beltway (I-495); follow signs to College Park, US Route 1 South. Proceed approximately two miles south on US Route 1 and turn right onto Campus Drive. Continue straight around the circle "M" and travel up the hill. The Student Union is on your right.

From Annapolis and points east
Take US Route 50 to Capital Beltway (I-95/495); go north on I-95/495 to College Park, US Route 1 South (exit 25). Proceed approximately two miles south on US Route 1 and turn right onto Campus Drive. Continue straight around the circle "M" and travel up the hill. The Student Union is on your right.

From points south and west of Washington D.C., and Montgomery County, MD Take the Capital Beltway (I-495) and head north and east. Just after I-495 joins I-95 in Maryland above Washington, D.C., get off at exit 25B towards College Park on US Route 1 South. Proceed approximately two miles south on US Route 1 and turn right onto Campus Drive. Continue straight around the circle "M" and travel up the hill. The Student Union is on your right.

Free Parking in Lot 1,

West of Cole Field House

Mid-Atlantic Association of Golf Course Superintendents

2008

8th Annual

Education Seminar

University of Maryland

Stamp Student Union

College Park, MD

Thursday, March 20, 2008

Casual Business Dress

Cost (Members all classes) $100 (if paid

prior to seminar), $110 if paid at the door

or we invoice). Non-members $125

No charge for students.

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PLEASE REGISTER BY PHONE OR MAIL NO LATER THAN MARCH 16. CANCELLATIONS AFTER MARCH 16 WILL BE BILLED.

Make checks payable to:

MAAGCS

P. O. Box 1398

Abingdon, MD 21009

For more information call

1*888*MID*TURF

Turf Equipment

and

Supply Company

is proud to sponsor this

seminar and participate

with area

Golf Course Superintendents

in

Mid Atlantic Association of Golf Course Superintendents

2008 Education Seminar

Turf Equipment and Supply Company

Jessup, Maryland

800-827-3711

Mid-Atlantic Association of

Golf Course Superintendents

P. O. Box 1398

Abingdon, MD 21009

888-643-8873

410-569-8318 fax

TITLE SPONSOR

TURF EQUIPMENT

AND SUPPLY COMPANY

Platinum Sponsor

Fisher & Son Co., Inc.

Gold Sponsor

Finch Services Inc.

Bronze Sponsor

Genesis Turfgrass, Inc.

Mid-Atlantic

Association of

Golf Course

Superintendents

Mid Atlantic Association of Golf Course Superintendents 2008 Education Seminar

“The demands and expectations of the Golf Course Superintendent’s profession are changing rapidly. Continuing education is critical to one’s success in our Industry.”

Thursday

March 20, 2008

University of Maryland

Stamp Student Union

College Park, MD