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Tru Mark Equipment Featured in Award Winning West Virgina Lottery Commercial

Services, Product_Review
Charles Ryan Associates received a Silver Award for their West Virginia Lottery Line Painter TV ad at the 2008 ADDY Awards featuring the Tru Mark Athletic Field Marker Model RS-500F out in front with mower deck field lin...
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K-State Horiculture Dept. Develops Sports Turf Management Focus

Trends, Turf _Tips, Services
Kansas State University horticulture department increases their Sport Turf Management focus in their curriculum. “The growing field, increasing professionalism in the sports turf industry and the number of opportunitie...
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Comparing Sand, Soil, Grass, and Infill Sports Fields

Turf _Tips, Services, Product_Review
What are the true costs over a 10 year life cycle of traditional soil based field, sand based field, and turf field with infill? SportTurf magazine of the SportsTurf Managers Association (STMA) March 2009 issue, article...
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Twitter--Social Networking Tools

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I've been using Twitter for about 3 months now and have found a few tools that add value to this social networking capability. One of the most convenient feature is the sharing of your Twitter tweets to your Facebook acc...
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What On-line Tools are You Using?

Trends, Turf _Tips, Services
The Weather Channel has become part of most golf superintendents and grounds keepers on-line tool kit. What other on-line and smartphone tools are you using to help with your turf operations? Here's a recent article tha...
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STMA Regional Conference and Exhibition

Sports, Turf _Tips, Services
STMA Regional Conference and Exhibition to be Held at Iowa State in June 24-25; Second Regional Conference Coming to the Northeast STMA, in partnership with eight chapters from the Midwest, will be bringing national le...
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Field Construction, Renovation, & Maintenance

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We are always looking for firms that we can refer local organizations to, especially when it comes to field layout and field striping operations. Here's our first to make a growing list. Frazier’s Field Repair http://w...
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Calculating Fertilizer Requirements

Turf _Tips, Services
Purdue University has developed a simple yet informative fertilizer application calculator that just about anyone can understand and apply. They recommend fertilization rates in pounds of nitrogen per thousand square fe...
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Obtain an AED for Your School Sports Field Activities

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Besides helping save school students, help provide live saving tools and training for your staff, sports event spectators, field and facility operations through the Scholastic AED Program. The Josh Miller HEARTS Act wil...
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More Turf Grass and Landscaping Educational Opportunities

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Over the past 5 years more community colleges and university systems as well as professional associations have increased their educational/U/420/Userfiles/Blog/ResourceList.pdf">reading list available and many of these b...
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Brand and Protect Your Indoor Facilities

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Protect your players, facility and display your branding at the same time! As basketball, volleyball and wrestling begin to gear up it is time to look to your gym and indoor spaces to make sure they are as ready for the...
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A New NCAA Baseball/Softball Rule could impact your facility: Make sure you are ready for the season!

With player safety in mind, the NCAA has implemented a rule requiring hard surfaces, such as wood, brick and concrete, to be padded to protect the athletes from injury.  The rule: NCAA Softball Rule 2.15. We rec...
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Football Field End Zone Design

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When you think about the aesthetics of a football field, we know that the sideline numbers, lines and hash marks are there to guide and regulate play. Let’s take the next step and explore options for beyond the goa...
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Football Field Painting and Stenciling Videos

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With football season around the corner it is a great time to get an idea on the scope of what is needed to prep your field. Not every field is going to need the attention, detail or man power of a premier D1 program or a...
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What You Need to Know When Painting your Logo on Tracks, Cement or Driveways/Sidewalks

Turf _Tips
Your team or organization's logo is important and is a symbol of pride. Painting your logo on grass is one thing, but what about hard surfaces such as parking lots, sidewalks and tracks? You can absolutely do this! The p...
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Baseball/Softball Mound Logos: Low Cost, BIG Impact

Trends, Sports, Turf _Tips
Fields are and always have been a source of pride for each team. The way the field is displayed, on the other hand, continues to evolve. Fields turned into stadiums. The grass went from whatever was grown locally, to per...
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Softball and Baseball Field Logo Stencils

Trends, Sports, Turf _Tips, Product_Review
It's 2020 - time to update your baseball field! After the hard work of mound rebuilding, regrading diamonds and topdressing are done don't forget to add your team's identity! Painting your logo on your baseball or s...
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