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Category Archives: February 2009
This-N-That
Snow Warrior Awards Application Available Milwaukee, Wis.–The Snow & Ice Management Association (SIMA) is pleased to announce that application packets are now available for the 2009 Snow Warrior Awards. The awards for Excellence in Business, Employee of the Year, and … Continue reading
Room To Grow
The room was a mess. Jackets, hats, mismatched shoes, soccer bags, baseball bags, basketballs and a random collection of junk spilled out of the laundry/mud-room and into the hall–completely blocking the back door and cutting off the only access to … Continue reading
Multi-Use Sports Field Maintenance
Field maintenance is fairly straightforward–aerate the fields, fertilize, apply extra seed or sod when necessary. Well, not so much. As you probably know from personal experience, how you use each field determines its maintenance program. But unless you run a … Continue reading
Giving GPS A Different Spin
One of the most important obligations of a manager is to determine how well agency staff members actually do their jobs. Decisions about continued employment are hanging in the balance, not to mention the agency’s ongoing existence, which is dependent … Continue reading
Politics, Religion … And All-Star Games
Several issues ago, I wrote a column in PRB on how ridiculous I thought it was to have All-Star teams for 5-year-olds. After receiving hundreds of e-mails–in favor and against–clearly All-Stars rank right up there with politics and religion when … Continue reading