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Armed with their weapons of choice – sticks of Bazooka, wads of Double Bubble or chunks of Bubble Yum – visitors to the Phoenix Environmental Care booth at the 2008 Golf Industry Show (GIS) in Orlando, Fla., Jan. 31 – Feb. 2, were bursting with excitement. Phoenix’s NexGen Bubble Blowing Contest invited show attendees to pop over to the booth to “Discover Something Xtra” and to learn about NexGen™, Phoenix Environmental Care’s newest line of products. Each bubble blown helped them make an Xtra special donation to Golf Course Superintendents Association of America (GCSAA), the Club Managers Association of America (CMAA) and the National Golf Course Owners Association (NGCOA).
Winners of a $50 “Discover Something Xtra” gift card during the three-day show were Joe Burke of Indianola Country Club, Reed Rivers of Texas A&M, Brian Aaron with Azalea City Golf Course and Don Petrey with Twin Warriors Golf Club. Bill Tyde of Mission Valley Golf Course, Tim Kirsch with Elkhorn Valley Golf Club and Lawrence Flament of Stonewall Golf Club each won a $100 pre-paid card.
One bubble blowing contest pitted members of the GCSAA, the CMAA and the NGCOA against one another for bragging rights and for a special donation from Phoenix. With bubble-measuring calibers in hand, Phoenix Environmental Care’s Owen Towne, Patti Niewoehner and Rick Grant measured the contestants’ entries. Christian Thom, manager, CMAA career services, blew the competition away with a gargantuan bubble. Mike Tinkey, deputy CEO, was the bubble-blowing representative from the NGCOA, and Greg Lyman, director of environmental programs with The Environmental Institute for Golf, competed for the GCSAA. Thom received with a special trophy – a silver bubble-gum machine – but all three organizations received a $300 check from Phoenix Environmental Care.
A second competition called for members of the media to represent their respective publications in Phoenix’s NexGen Media Bubble Blowing Contest. Participants included Golfdom’s Larry Aylward, Golf Course Management’s Seth Jones and Ken Moum and Golf Course Industry’s Russ Warner and Heather Wood. Ken Moum won the contest, taking home a bubble gum trophy and the official Media Blow-Hard title.
