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Official Publication of the

ILLINOIS PARK AND RECREATION SOCIETY

ILLINOIS ASSOCIATION OF PARK DISTRICTS

OFFICERS

OFFICERS

President:

JOHN E. LINDBERG
Skokie

President: EUGENE C. POMERANCE
Commissioner, Elmhurst

President-Elect:
TED A. KAVADAS
Springfield

President-Elect: MRS. SPENCER (BETTY) IRONS
Commissioner, Homewood-
Flossmoor

Past President:
CHARLES W. PEZOLDT
Champaign

Vice-Presidents:
KENNETH R. MILLER
Commissioner, Carbondale
WALTER M. KEITH
Commissioner, Urbana
DANIEL J. SHANNON
Commissioner, Chicago

Secretary:
JACK L. FOGEL
Rock Island

Treasurer
JERRY D. KELLEY
Champaign
:

Treasurer:
HAROLD W. HAWKINS
Trustee, Springfield

BOARD MEMBERS

BOARD OF DIRECTORS
(Term Expires 1971)

Administrative Section:
K. ROSS RICKS
Addison

DONALD F. BRESNAN
Commissioner, Champaign
MICHAEL CASSIDY
Commissioner, Freeport

Supervisory Section:
JANET D. KUHLMAN
Springfield

KENNETH HALL
Commissioner, East St. Louis
WEBSTER D. WILEY
Commissioner, Kewanee

Leadership Section:
ALICIA F. SMITH
Skokie

RAYMOND J. LINDBLAD
Commissioner, Joliet
(Term Expires 1972)

Board Members at large:
RONALD H. DODD
Arlington Heights
ROBERT P. HUMKE
Peoria

ROBERT S. NICHOLS
Commissioner, Bensenville
ALLAN A. WEISSBURG
Commissioner, Skokie
MRS. CHARLES (BARBARA) WILLIAMS

Commissioner, Olympia Fields

ITRS Board Member:
STAN LABANOWICH
Champaign

WILLIAM C. ZIMMERMAN
Commissioner, Fairfield

EXECUTIVE STAFF

Eugene Berghoff, Execuitive Vice President, IAPD and Managing Editor
Richard R. Doering, Execuitive Director, IPRS, Dir. of Communications, IAPD and Editor
Robert A. Stuart, Legal Counsel and Legislative Representative

Dorothy Nickelson, Administrative Assistant
Marilyn Walters, Office Services Specialist
Judy Jahr, Secretary

Cover: Sangamon River with scenic view of Carpenters Park.
(Courtesy Springfield Park District)

November/ December, 1971

VOL. II NO. 6

Contents

FEATURE

Hardwood Bark Chips ................ 4

Lost Tax Revenue .............................................. 8

Where Do We stand? .......................................... 9

Mentally Retarded Camp ............................ 10

Lighted Schoolhouse ...............................................12

Ever Lose a Referendum? ............................ 13

New Careers ............................ 14

Politics and the Park District ............................ 16

DEPARTMENTS

New NRPA Director.........................2

"Duke" Regnier.............................7

Honorary Membership.............................7

Snowmobile Legislation..............11

Museum Tax .....................17

NRPA Award..............17

Books..............18

Historical Site..............18

People and News..............20

Anatomy of a Park..............21

IPRS Committees..............22

Position Referrals..............13

New Marina..............24

Associate Members..............26-27


ILLINOIS PARKS AND RECREATION (ISSN: 0019-2155) is published bi-monthly at Springfield. Illinois by the Illinois Association of Park Districts and the Illinois Park and Recreation Association. Subscription per year: Domestic, $5.00; Foreign, $7.50. Single copies, $1.00 each. Second class postage paid at Springfield, Illinois.


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