ACCESSING THE ARCHIVES high school level . But the odd editorial approach to the magazine took another twist with a six-page editorial “ public service announcement ” in the October 1990 on substance abuse in the landscape industry .
Although it ’ s not an odd topic to cover and there is some actionable advice shared , what is odd is that the article is not attributed to a specific author , does not utilize advice from medical or clinical professionals , and opts for unnamed sources for comment . In addition , the first page and a half of the article shares multiple stories of unnamed industry professionals and their struggles with substance abuse , only to later reveal that these stories are all works of fiction by the author .
Hopefully , the article helped someone with their issues , but it just further highlights how strange the 1990 issues of the magazine were and how challenging they are to sum up .
But perhaps that is the lesson learned ; as , without the strong partnership between the magazine and STMA , the content clearly suffered and skewed heavily to profiles of golf courses .
To wrap up this look at the 1990 archives , we will leave you with this fun fact : The November 1990 issue featured legendary comedian Bob Hope on the cover , and
included an article bylined by Hope himself chronicling
his 60 years in golf . The article doesn ’ t indicate how they got Bob Hope to write for the magazine , or why . It ’ s an interesting get , but just another indicator of how bizarre the approach to the magazine was in 1990 . SFM
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