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STMA’s Playing Condition Index is ready to be used on your field
The first edition of the STMA Playing Condition Index (PCI) will be unveiled at the upcoming conference in San Jose.
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CT will study artificial turf at Montville High School
Connecticut announced Friday it will study whether the use of crumb rubber at Montville Public Schools' artificial turf playing fields causes health and environmental problems.
St. Norbert receives $1M sports complex gift
St. Norbert College in Wisconsin said that Fred and Carol Wakeman have provided a $1 million gift commitment through a trust toward the construction of the new Donald J. Schneider Outdoor Athletics Complex at the college in De Pere.
Industrial injection in Wyoming
For more than a decade, scientists from Exxon Mobil Corp. have been injecting a dense carbon-dioxide mixture deep into the rock beneath southwest Wyoming. The gooey liquefied gases, the unmarketable by-product of fossil fuel exploration, are injected back into the earth for permanent storage inside a dome-shaped geologic structure more than three miles deep.
Snow & ice management event
January 7 – 9, 2009 Rochester Riverside Convention Center Rochester, New York
Sports turf intern sought for Northwest Arkansas Naturals
The Northwest Arkansas Naturals (Double-A affiliate of the Kansas City Royals) are currently accepting resumes for a Seasonal Sports Turf Management Intern.
Bad recycling: Pay stub used as bank robbery note
The robber's threatening note made a Chicago bank job easy to solve: The FBI says the suspect wrote it on his pay stub.
Sioux Falls president wants to see NAIA title game played on turf
Todd Wofford is a purist, and he believes football should be played on natural grass. But after watching last Saturday’s mud-stained NAIA Championship Game at Barron Stadium, Wofford said he can understand why some observers — including University of Sioux Falls (SD) president Mark Benedetto — are lobbying for the title game to be played on artificial turf in the future.
42nd Ohio Turfgrass Conference attendance up 10%
The organizers of the Ohio Turfgrass Conference & Show recently announced a 10% increase in attendance figures over its 2007 event.
San Jose Unified SD delays decision on artificial turf after parents complain
Safety concerns about new synthetic turf on a San Jose elementary school playing field could mean at least one local campus will keep real grass.