PRESIDENT’S TURF King of the Wild Frontier
2023 TPI Board of Trustees
Officers Bob McCurdy
Te more things change, the more they stay the same. Davy Crockett spent the last 15 years of his life within just a few miles of our farm. His cabin and farm were nestled above the banks of the Rutherford fork of the Obion River. Te cabin and his mother’s grave are preserved as a local tourist attraction in Rutherford, Tennessee.
Davy lived an adventurous life. Most of his tales had some substance. At 12 he was indentured to pay a debt that his family had incurred. He volunteered to do so willingly.
Davy also volunteered to serve in several State and U.S. legislative offices. He lost about as many elections as he won, mostly because he was against President Andrew Jackson’s relocation of the Cherokee Indians.
In 1835, Crockett lost his re-election bid to the U.S. Congress prompting his famous phrase, “You may all go to hell, and I will go to Texas.” Discontent with the increase in human neighbors and the decrease in Black Bear numbers, he put on a coonskin hat and took his finest rifle for a six-month tour of duty with the Texican army. For his service he was to be awarded 4,600 acres of open Texas land. Most of us know the rest of the story. Te Texican Independence fighters lost to Santa Anna and his Mexican troops at the Alamo Mission. Crockett died on March 6, 1836.
Needless to say, Crockett is recognized as a local hero here in West Tennessee. We have Davy Crockett Days with parades and festivities of all sorts. Counties, streets, lakes, and schools are named after him. Even our local High School mascot “Te Pioneers” is a nod to the men and women like Crockett that settled the area in the early 1800s.
Besides being an adventurer, Mr. Crockett was committed to making a difference. In popular newsprint of his day, Davy is quoted as saying “Always be sure you are right, then GO AHEAD.” How often do we GO AHEAD with our convictions? How often do we comment that somebody needs to do something, and then hope that somebody else will? Davy Crockett was a volunteer. He was willing to step up to the challenge of “doing something” to make a difference. And whether that something was small, a matter of life or death, or anything in between, Davy would GO AHEAD in support of his convictions.
Are you passionate about the Natural Grass industry? Be a VOLUNTEER. Find a TPI committee, representative, or board position and GO AHEAD. You will make a difference.
By the way, you’ll never guess what the county seat of Crockett County TN is. Alamo!
Let’s Grow Together!
President Bob McCurdy McCurdy Sod Farms - U.S.A. +1-731-692-3515
mccurdysodfarms@gmail.com
Vice President Diane Mischel DeBuck’s Sod Farm, Inc. – U.S.A. +1-810-653-2201
office@debucksodfarm.com
Secretary-Treasurer Daniel Huggett Columbus Turf Nursery – U.S.A. +1-740-983-6580
danielh@columbus-turf.com
Past President Jim Keeven SelecTurf, Inc. – U.S.A. +1-573-634-3444
jim@selecturfsod.com
Executive Director Casey Reynolds, PhD Turfgrass Producers International – U.S.A. +1-847-649-5555
creynolds@TurfGrassSod.org
Trustees Eric Hjort Tater Farms – U.S.A. +1-904-692-2246
eric_hjort@taterfarms.com
Albrecht Knigge Rasenland – Germany 495 101 915361
knigge@rasenland.de
Larry LeMay A-G Sod Farms, Inc. – U.S.A. +1-559-289-2302
llemay@agsod.com
Lindy Murff Murff Turf Farm, Inc. – U.S.A. +1-281-328-2812
lmurff@murffturf.com
Adam Russell MVP Genetics – U.S.A. +1-971-718-4525
arussell@mvpgenetics.com
Ron Schiedel Greenhorizons Group – CANADA +1-519-778-7500
ron@greenhorizonssod.com
Wade Wilbur Sod Shop – U.S.A. +1-913-814-0044
wade@sodshops.com
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