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.

In a guest-opinion article published in The Desert Sun of Palm Springs, Calif., Jim Schmid, Superintendent of The Lakes CC in Palm Desert, Calif., explained the long-term importance of clubs’ involvement in conservation efforts, even as severe drought conditions have eased.