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	Foresight is Twenty Twenty By Jared Bodnar, TOCA President In my first official TOCA Talk column as president of the board, you may expect me to drone on about the strength of the organization and wax poetic about its future. You may also think I would talk about my vision for the association and outline the steps I’m going to take to ensure the continued success of TOCA. Well I’d hate to disappoint you, but that’s not going to be the case. You see, I want to listen more than I talk. I affectionately refer to myself as a sponge—soaking up all the information as I possibly can and learning new things everyday. Using every interaction I have with someone to take away something valuable and educational. And that’s what I want to do with you, the TOCA members and sponsors. read more



	Puerto Rico: TOCAcabana Says it All By Den Gardner, Executive Director (A Personal Commentary)
	As the Wednesday night reception at the 20th annual TOCA meeting wound down, suddenly, as if from another space and time, these words musically rang out throughout the TOCA crowd. TOCACABANA LYRICS Our name is TOCA, we are a great crew With so much loving in the air and we’re lucky to be there We can merengue and do the cha-cha And while we’re 20 years thus far, no one ever leaves the bar Because we’ve passion for, our work and so much more We’re still young and we have each other Who could ask for more At the TOCA, Tocacabana (Tocacabana) The hottest group north of Havana (here)At the TOCA, Tocacabana Music and laughter is all that we’re after With TOCA – we have it all

Calendar Of Events
Check out upcoming events in
the turf and ornamental industry.
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Member News
Read about our exciting member
news and new members.
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Golf, Tour Wednesday Morning
Golfers braved the rain at the Rio Mar Country Club in the rain-shortened (for some) annual golf outing. Thanks to the diligence of the team of Lyle Orwig, Matthew Swaim and Den Gardner, their -4 under par score was a winner.
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Professional
Development Highlights
Highlights of the professional development workshops on Wednesday and Thursday.
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Business Meeting Highlights
The business meeting followed, where the election of officers was the first piece of business..
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TOCA Scholarship Winner
The 2009 TOCA Scholarship Winner attended this year’s meeting. Jennie Love, a student at Longwood Gardens School of Horticulture in Pennsylvania, will graduate in the spring of 2010.
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Environmental
Communicator of the Year
The 2009 TOCA Environmental Communicator of the Year award, sponsored by Project EverGreen, was presented to Drs. Larry Stowell and Wendy Gelernter of PACE Turf.
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Syngenta Awards Banquet
The Syngenta Awards Banquet was another raucous affair, with excellent food and drink, surrounded by a slide show commemorating the 20th anniversary of TOCA in words and pictures.
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