Fall Semester 2006
My husband, Steve, and daughter, Andi-Kate, from the top
of Madison County—home of EKU!
Hiking with ALL my children—Whiskey, Coy,
and Andi-Kate
While doing sand topdressing
research (to control
earthworm casting) with my
students –we discovered one
of our sand types is forming a
layer in the soil.
We’ve started building a golf hole on campus—this is the
way we get to the tee boxes during the construction phase.
I thought I’d
show you what a
day of building a
golf hole is like…
1st We stick one
of the Bobcats in
the pond
Tyler A. takes
prideful ownership
of his mistake. (Tyler
is actually an
excellent Bobcat
operator so this
could have
happened to
anyone.)
Of course, then we’ve
got to get it out
But this proves easy enough to do with the right
equipment
William offers some advice while Matt S.
cleans up in the background
Uh oh! In our double scoop Bobcat plan April
has managed to hit a sprinkler head.
Its okay
though—
Matt & Alan
quickly dig
it out.
Tyler E. says he’ll fix
it if I get him the
parts.
Besides working
on the golf hole,
this class has
gone on a some
field trips. Here
we are visiting
Doug Bradley.
Doug shows us the buried
Sportsgrass fiber on the
sidelines
Students posing on the Georgetown
College/Bengals training camp field.
A picture of the field as we walk back to the van
We also visited Keeneland Race Course. The
horse sales are going on so that’s what is on the
screen.
Sept. 22nd was a freaky weather day in Ky—
Here it is 11:00 a.m. pouring the rain & freezing
A photo of the new Polytrack with the turf
course in the background.
Sammy Garland was our wonderful host and kept
us dry in the Grandstand.
My Freshmen Orientation class on
the EKU Challenge Course
The goals of the Challenge
Course include trying to come
up with solutions to “acid
pond” problems,
Learning to
work together,
and stuffing
your
classmates
through tiny
rope holes—
which
fortunately
turned out
to be very
fun!
Here my husband
is helping me set
up electric fencing
for Cow Patty
Bingo—A EKU Turf
Club Fundraiser.
The students prepared the field the day before.
I would love to show you a picture of the actual
event but we barely got the cow out of the trailer
before she deposited her gift.
Kari Nesmith
won half the
pot. The other
half went to the
Turf Club for
travel to the
National
Conferences—
which are in
San Antonio
With my daughter
on some Ky
Agritourism
Helping host the KTC high school turf tour
while at the Kentucky Turfgrass Conference in
Bowling Green, KY
1st We visited
Crosswinds
Then caught up with Sammy Montgomery (EKU
grad & TORO rep) while he was checking out
the equipment
Gabe, the asst. supt. at
Crosswinds, explaining the
various golf equipment
To the left and back of Gabe is Dr. Paul
Woosley, (my brother-in-law and WKU turf
professor) and to the right of Gabe is J.W.
Collins (EKU grad and Bunton seed rep)
Gabe showing how to
use a stimpmeter to
measure green speed
Our host at the Lover Lane Soccer
Complex on the KTC turf tour
Wandering the fields…
Lost River Cave was also
on the turf tour…
No turf BUT
The boat ride through the cave was
entertaining & educational
Casey Wiley winner of the Bluegrass Golf Course
Superintendent’s Association Scholarship with Jim
Cox, CGCS [BGCSA & Arlington (EKU’s golf course)
super.] At the same meeting Jim was voted in as the
new President of the Kentucky Turfgrass Council