FUTURE OF GOLF A HUGE SUCCESS!!! 

June 7, 2010 - A huge thank you to The Falls Country Club and Steve Pearson and his staff for a great day on the links. The word for the day was HOT!!! I think we all had a tough time surviving, but it was a fun day! The results are as follows:

1st Place with a net 54 - Michael Thomas, Brian Main, Scott, Chastain and Doug Reed

2nd Place with a net 56 (tie break) - Paul Slasza, Randy Haverslick, Jeff Feingold and Jade Stone

3rd Place with a net 56 - Mike Bonetti, Howard Hulsebosch, Joe Pantaleo and Drew Summerill

4thPlace with a net 57 (tie break) - Kevin Downing, Seth Srickland, John Sanford and Craig Smith

5th Place with a net 57 - TEAM AUSSIE - Mark Reid, Brook Maxwell, Matt Tacilascaus and Blair Kirby

6th Place with a net 57 - Bill Rayside, Steve Pearson, Andy Kjos and Talbot Denny

On Course Contests Results:

Closest to the Pin #3 - Guy Kennan @ 2'8"

Closest to the Pin #7 - Ben Hyduk @ 3"

Closest to the Pin #11 - Dave Oliver @ 4'3"

Closest to the Pin #16 - Mark Cocco @ 1'6"

Longest Drive on #13 - Blair Kirby @ 363 yards. Must have had his Wheaties!!!!!

Closest to the Line on #12 - Dave Self @ 1/2"

VOLUNTEER GOLF COURSES NEEDED

The National Water-Quality Assessment (NAWQA) Program of the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) is initiating a new water-quality study of shallow groundwater in residential and urban areas in Palm Beach County, Florida. A primary goal of the USGS NAWQA Program is to describe the water-quality conditions for the Nation and one of the components is assessing the occurrence of nutrients, pesticides, volatile organic compounds (VOCs), trace elements, and radionuclides in principal aquifers in the Nation. The surficial aquifer in Palm Beach County has been selected for study and we have already completed studies sampling domestic wells (11 wells) and public supply wells (15 wells) in Palm Beach County. Our next planned study in Palm Beach County is to install and sample 32 shallow (about 20 feet) environmental water-quality monitoring wells to assess the groundwater quality in residential and commercial areas. A similar project is currently ongoing in Broward County.

Drilling will paid for by the USGS and all work during the drilling process will be monitored by USGS personnel at all times and the drilling locations will be returned to original condition upon completion. The drilling process will take about 3 hours including drilling and clean up. When completed, the well will be flush with the ground with a 4 inch cast iron lid (similar to a manhole cover) surrounded by an 18-inch square concrete pad. After the wells are drilled late this summer, the USGS will collect a water sample sometime early  2011. The water sample collection will take about six hours, which we do on-site in our USGS mobile lab van. The following  7 years, we will visit the well once a year to do a water level (takes about 5 minutes) and visually inspect the well to see if any damage occurred over the previous 12 month period.  In 8 years (2018), we will revisit the well to collect another water sample. This will enable us to compare data over time and look for trends in water quality. Again, eight years later (2024) we will collect another water sample, and during the years in between we will visit the well annually to obtain a water level.  During this entire time, the USGS personnel will also repair or do any maintenance to well to keep the visible part looking good and if the well gets damaged beyond repair, the USGS will repair or pay to properly abandon the well.

The USGS is looking to locate a water quality monitor well on the perimeter of  6 or 7 golf courses within Palm Beach County. If any golf course or superintendent has an interest in participating in this national program, please call Richard L. Marella at 850-553-3672 (office) or 850-694-0025 (cell) or vie email at rmarella@usgs.gov to provide more information or answer any questions. If you have any questions about the USGS NAWQA program, please go to http://water.usgs.gov/nawqa/ or contact the project manager Marian Berndt at 850-553-3670 (mberndt@usgs.gov)

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John Gallagher is searching for the grass sprigging machine owned by the PBGCSA. Please contact John at 561-499-4075 if you know where the machine is.