Karl Weiss, golf course superintendent of Sleepy Eye (Minn.) Golf Club, is one of three candidates running for an open position on the five-person city council. The November elections also include two GCSAA member superintendents running for seats on area Water District boards in the Southwest: Rory Van Poucke at Apache Sun Golf Course in San Tan Valley, Ariz., and Jim Schmid at The Lakes Country Club in Palm Desert, Calif.
Karl Weiss was born and raised in the small town of Sleepy Eye, Minn., where he is the golf course superintendent at the only nine-hole course in town. He may also be a newly-elected city councilman on November 8, GCSAA.org reported.
“I want this town to continue to be a good place to live for my three children,” said Weiss, who is one of three candidates running for an open position on the five-person city council in the town of 3,600 people that stretches just 2.5 square miles. “I’ve always said, you can’t complain about something unless you’re going to stand up and do something about it.
“I think my chances are pretty good. I don’t have a personal agenda, but I am invested in this town. I have three kids in school here and my wife (Jill) is from here too.”
Weiss, 44 and a three-year member of the Golf Course Superintendents Association of America (GCSAA), has been at Sleepy Eye Golf Club for seven years, working in a consulting arrangement that also allows him to be the superintendent at Madelia (Minn.) Golf Course, a city-owned nine-hole course 30 miles away. He’s been serving both places for the past seven years after running his own landscaping business for 13 years, GCSAA.org reported.
The November elections also include two GCSAA member superintendents running for seats on area Water District boards in the Southwest: Rory Van Poucke at Apache Sun Golf Course in San Tan Valley, Ariz., and Jim Schmid at The Lakes Country Club in Palm Desert, Calif. Both are members of the GCSAA Grassroots Ambassador program, GCSAA.org reported.
Van Poucke, 56 and a 25-year GCSAA member, is one of 10 candidates for five open seats on the Central Arizona Water Conservation District, better known as the Central Arizona Project (CAP), and he has the endorsement of third-term Rep. Paul Gosar. He would serve a six-year term on the 15-member board, GCSAA.org reported.
“I don’t know if I’ll get it, but we’re definitely making inroads,” said Van Poucke. “There are more people running than ever before because water has become such an important issue for us.”
Schmid, 37 and a 12-year GCSAA member, is hoping to earn one of five board positions for the Coachella Valley Water District, and would serve a four-year term, GCSAA.org reported.
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