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STMA in ACTiOn 46 SportsTurf | February 2015 www.sportsturfonline.com News from the Sports Turf Managers Association S STMA will be highlighting accomplishments from select chapters in every issue ofSportsTurf. If you have new devel- opments or success stories in your chapter, please email Sales & Marketing Manager Shant Thomas at sthomas@stma.org. We look forward to highlighting your chapter! ChApTer SpoTlighT: KeNTuCKy STMA (KySTMA) [From KySTMA President James Bergdoll, CSFM's November 2014 update to chapter and affiliated STMA members:] Hello friends and fellow Sports Turf Managers! It was great to see a lot of you at the KTC Conference a few weeks back in Owensboro. I thought the event was very successful with a great turnout, great group of presenters, and of course a wonderful new venue. I would like to congratulate and thank the KTC Board and Mr. Bucky Trotter for a fantastic event! I would also like to thank them for allowing us to be a part of the conference and especially thank Bucky for basically single-handedly putting together the whole sports turf education program! Also, a big thanks to Dan Bergstrom for coming all the way from Houston, much appreciated! Thanks again to Marcus Dean, Mike Winkenhofer, Dr. Munshaw, and Dr. Woosely for also participating in presentations. Thanks to all of you who attended, I hope you got something out of it you can actually use. Finally, congratulations to Marcus Dean on being named KTC Man of the Year! The KySTMA Annual meeting took place with an update on membership, finances, and thanked our sponsors. As of October 2014, we currently have 37 commercial members, 32 Sports Turf Manager members, and three coaches and educator members. Our finances stand at $3,447.50 in the bank after presenting a $2,500 check to the KTC for research and scholarship. Thank you to Secretary/Treasurer Aaron Boggs for keeping all of this important information in order! Again, thank you everyone for a great year and I think we have built a great foundation to grow and do more. I hope that in 2015 we can start up a sports turf scholarship program in memory of Dr. Powell, develop a field renovation program, a Field of the Year award program, have another successful Field Day, and perhaps a social event just to name a few. Please if you have any ideas, let me know. I have a few more individuals I would like to thank for a successful year before I wrap up: Eric Harshman, Brad Nevitt, Aaron Boggs, Dr. Munshaw, Craig Mylor, Mickey Lovett, Bucky Trotter, Mike Winkenhofer, Mike Mason, Carla Hagan, Chris Waldridge, and Marcus Dean. Thanks everyone. James Bergdoll, CSFM KySTMA President SportsTurf and the Sport Turf Managers Association conducted an online "Mowing Pattern" contest at the end of last year. More than 2,000 people viewed the 26 entries; the winner was Ben Young of Minor League Baseball's Altoona Curve for this "Four Patterns, One Field" design. Contest Winner