The American Sports Builders Association announced that the following individuals recently completed all requirements to become Certified Field Builders: Steve Bush, CFB, Bush Sports Turf, Milan, IL, and Nolan Thomas, CFB, Nolan Thomas & Company, Inc., Stovall, NC.
In partnership with the National Football League, Sargent will be on the field at Lucas Oil Stadium in Indianapolis during Super Bowl XLVI to assist the grounds crew for the biggest football game of the year.
A Highland Park (IL) park district task force convened to research and recommend new turf management practices to treat the community's weed-ridden athletic fields has concluded the previous manual weeding proposal would prove ineffective.
The average price of gasoline in the US could approach $5 per gallon this summer in Chicago and other areas due to improving economic conditions and tensions with Iran, some analysts say.
Foster City (CA) will fund a synthetic turf project at Sea Cloud Park with park-in-lieu fees from a new development currently being constructed in the wake of the California Supreme Court decision that upholds the state's action to dissolve redevelopment agencies.
OPEI's Kris Kiser, President and CEO, recommends that homeowners "make sure they have a basic assortment of outdoor power or utility equipment on hand to stay safe and self-sufficient during an emergency."
"There's concern about exposure to pesticides," said Shetlar. "Residents are calling for minimizing use of pesticides, and when they are needed, to use the least toxic available. With insecticides, we have some new technology that allows us to meet those expectations."
The Ohio Sports Turf Managers Association has named Beavers Field its 2011 Field of the Year. Beavers Field was among five finalists for the award, a list that did not include any professional fields but did contain stadiums from universities in Ohio. "It's really a great honor," Beavers Field President Al Beavers said. "I'm just never satisfied with it, I guess. I always see something I want to do."
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