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Follow The School Model
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Follow The School Model

Have you ever stood on the tee at a local charity golf event with trembling hands and a jack-hammering heart, fearing how ridiculous you would look swinging the club and never connecting with the ball?

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Revelations By Ron
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Revelations By Ron

Two guys were sitting at a table next to my wife and me as we drank our Saturday morning coffee. All of us marveled at the snow accumulating outside, grateful for the hot brew warming us.

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Planting For The Future
Parks, Features Bryan Buchko Parks, Features Bryan Buchko

Planting For The Future

The phone rings for the fourth time, and itХs only 8:30 a.m. A lady has heard from a neighbor that free trees are available for planting. Who should she talk to? The volunteer who takes the call expla

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Riverfront Roots
Parks, Features Bryan Buchko Parks, Features Bryan Buchko

Riverfront Roots

Imagine standing under a pavilion looking out on the Mississippi River. As the city noise fades into the background, the sound of lapping waves tickles your ears and the wind dances across your face.

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Training
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Training

Training seems to be one of those elements of a recreation operation that is badly needed in order to sustain a quality program, but that is often ignored because of more “pressing” issues.

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Biofilm
Aquatics, Features Bryan Buchko Aquatics, Features Bryan Buchko

Biofilm

It’s in all pools and spas--that slimy, sticky, gooey stuff that appears along the tile line, in skimmer baskets, around air jets, on ladders, in the filters and in the pipes.

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Getting The Rust Out
Parks, Features Bryan Buchko Parks, Features Bryan Buchko

Getting The Rust Out

Squeezing the last drops out of a budget is essential to making the most of any fiscal year. This includes improving the equipment on the property -- even the rusty stuff. One way to grind a few more years of life

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A Closer Look
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A Closer Look

Unless you are a trail manager or an ADA-compliance supervisor, you may not know there has been a flurry of activity to address public spaces after the Department of Justice (DOJ) amended several areas of

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