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Michael D. Chason Director of Public Relations ABAC 30 -- 2802 Moore Highway Tifton, GA 31793-2601 Phone 229-391-5055 Fax 229-391-5051 mchason@abac.edu

IMMEDIATE May 11, 2009

LAYTON TO REPRESENT ABAC AT TURFGRASS SEMINAR

TIFTON – Forest Lakes Golf Course Superintendent John Layton will be attending the 2009 Future Turf Managers Seminar on May 18 – 21 in Charlotte, N.C., on behalf of the turf program at Abraham Baldwin Agricultural College.

With the recommendation of Dr Eddie Seagle, Professor of Agriculture and Environmental Horticulture at ABAC, the Jacobsen Division of Textron selected Layton for the all expenses paid seminar.

“Dr. Seagle forwarded me the e-mail, and I thought it was a good opportunity to pass what I learn on to the students,” Layton said. “I am always ready to learn. I can give these new skills to the turf students of ABAC.”

The focus of the seminar is turf equipment, and Layton is excited to see what Jacobsen has in store with the new products.

“I will get to not only see all the new products but learn how to use them, as well,” Layton said. “I hope this information will help further the education of all the students within the turf program.”

Seagle is an alumnus of the program and will be a guest speaker at the program this year. He said the program started in Racine, Wis., over 40 years ago. ABAC has had 20 students participate in the seminar since 1978.

Layton attended both undergraduate and graduate school at Mississippi State University" might be a better way to word the sentence since I am still waiting on the graduate degree. He has served as Superintendent of the Forest Lakes Golf Course since June, 2008.

Forest Lakes is owned by the ABAC Foundation and operated by the college. The course is open from 8 a.m. – sundown seven days a week. Discounts are available for ABAC students, faculty, and staff and senior citizens. For more information, contact Forest Lakes at (229) 382-7626.

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