JOHN MASCARO’ S PHOTO QUIZ
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The green turf with yellow squares on the right and the yellow turf on the left is not really an unexpected problem, but rather the result of a planned event. The director of leisure services for this municipality had been planning for this event for more than a year. Working with the local Bay County Veterans Council, the City of Callaway was the only Florida location in 2024 chosen to host“ The Wall That Heals,” a traveling Vietnam Veterans Memorial wall and mobile education center. Twenty-four hours a day for one week in November there were more than 5,000 visitors that came to the Callaway Recreational Complex from throughout the country. The wall is a three-quarter scale replica of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Washington, D. C., and is approximately 375 feet in length. Since Veterans Day 1996, the wall has traveled throughout the United States and has been displayed in nearly 800 communities, spreading the memorial’ s healing legacy to millions. While the wall is on display, an honor guard marches in front of the structure to pay tribute to the service and sacrifi ces of Vietnam veterans. This action, as well as the thousands of visitors to the wall, created the yellow turf( the green area is the area behind the wall that received little foot traffi c). After the event, the area was aerifi ed and fertilized; it recovered on its own in about two weeks.
Photo submitted by Tim Legare, CSFM, CPRP, CPSI, director of leisure services for the City of Callaway, Florida.
John Mascaro is president of Turf-Tec International
If you would like to submit a photograph for John Mascaro’ s Photo Quiz, please send a high-resolution digital photo to John Mascaro via email at john @ turftec. com. If your photograph is selected, you will receive full credit. All photos submitted will become property of SportsField Management magazine and the Sports Field Management Association.
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