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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
April 1, 2008
For additional information, contact
Patti Niewoehner
Telephone: 229-245-8856
Website: www.phoenixenvicare.com
Phoenix Environmental Care Pops Up a Winner At The 2008
GIS
 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.,
on January 31 – February 2, were bursting with excitement. Phoenix’s
one-of-a-kind 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 enhanced products. And because the Phoenix
team is known for giving something back to the industry, 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)… and entered
superintendents into a drawing for a pre-paid Discover gift card.
Winners of the “Discover Something Xtra” gift cards during
the three-day show included: 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. These lucky winners each took home a $50, pre-paid Discover
gift card. And 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.
 But the Xtra fun didn’t stop there. One special NexGen Bubble
Blowing Contest positioned members of the GCSAA, the CMAA and the NGCOA against
one another for bragging rights, of course, and for a special donation from
Phoenix. With bubble-measuring calipers in hand, Phoenix Environmental Care’s
Owen Towne, Patti Niewoehner and Rick Grant measured the contestants’ entries.
Christian Thom, manager, career services, with the CMAA blew the competition
away with a gargantuan bubble. Showing much enthusiasm, 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. The winner was presented with a special trophy – a silver bubble-gum
machine – but all three organizations received a $300 check from Phoenix
Environmental Care.
A second, eye-popping competition called for members of the
media to represent their respected publications in Phoenix’s NexGen Media Bubble
Blowing Contest. Contestants who participated in this bubble-blowing showdown
included Golfdom’s Larry Aylward, Golf Course Management’s Seth Jones and Ken
Moum and Golf Course Industry’s Kevin Gilbride and Heather Wood. But even with
all that hot air, it didn’t soften the blow when Ken Moum popped up the winner,
taking home his bubble gum trophy and the official media blow-hard title.
“The 2008 GIS was a great success for us,” said Owen Towne,
president of Phoenix Environmental Care. “Besides having a chance to have some
fun interaction with show attendees, the media and members of the GCSAA, CMAA
and NGCOA, this year’s show provided an ideal opportunity to introduce NexGen,
our new line of top-quality, university-tested products.”
About Phoenix Environmental Care, LLC: Specializing in
turf, nursery, ornamental and aquatic products, Phoenix Environmental Care, LLC,
is a leader in the Green and Aquatic industries, providing products and services
that offer real benefits to customers through superior efficacy, innovation,
cost-effectiveness and product support.
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