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Official Publication of the

ILLINOIS PARK AND RECREATION SOCIETY

ILLINOIS ASSOCIATION OF PARK DISTRICTS

OFFICERS

OFFICERS

President: THEODORE M. KAVADAS Springfield

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

President-Elect: ERNEST NANCE Naperville

President-Elect: MICHAEL CASSIDY Commissioner, Freeport

Past President: JOHN E. LINDBERG Skokie

Vice-Presidents: KENNETH R. MILLER Commissioner, Carbondale

Secretary: K. ROSS RICKS Addison

ROBERT S. NICHOLS Commissioner, Bensenville ALLAN A. WEISSBURG Commissioner, Skokie

Treasurer: JACK D. WHITE Champaign

Treasurer: HAROLD C. HAWKINS

BOARD MEMBERS

Trustee, Springfield Sergeant at Arms:

Administrative Section:

ROBERT KUNKEL Des Plaines

JOSEPHINE KUFFEL Commissioner, Wood Dale

BOARD OF DIRECTORS

Supervisory Section: JANET MERUTKA Park Ridge

EUGENE C. POMERANCE Commissioner, Elmhurst

Leadership Section: BARBARA ALTWIES Skokie

EDWARD R. HAUSER

Commissioner, Elk Grove Village GEORGE KOSTOPOULOS Commissioner, Carol Stream

Board Members at Large:

RAYMOND J. LINDBLAD

Commissioner, Joliet

ROBERT P. HUMKE Peoria

BARRY LOMAN Commissioner, Granite City

MICHAEL S. POPE Homewood

GLEN D. STEWART Commissioner, Oak Park

Therapeutic Branch: STUART B. SWITZER Harrisburg

TIM G. SOLDWEDEL Commissioner, Pekin

Student Branch: RICHARD SCHROTH Western Illinois University

WEBSTER WILEY

Commissioner, Kewanee MRS. CHARLES (BARBARA) WILLIAMS Commissioner, Olympia Fields

COVER

The all new McDonald's Playground which is being planned for distribution throughout the United States.

NOV./DEC. 1972

VOL. III NO. 6 Richard R. Doering, Editor

CONTENTS

FEATURES

Gold Medal Award ............. 2
Boy Rangers .................. 4
McDonald's Playground ......... 6
Illinois Prairie Path ............. 8
National Flood Insurance ........10
The County Approach ........... 14
Rock Island Progress .......... .16
Special Recreation ............ .20
Crowing ...................... 25

DEPARTMENTS

Budgeting .................... 11
Tax Extensions ................ 11
Fisherman .................... 12
Leading the Way ............... 13
People & News ................ 18
Olympics ..................... 19
Books ........................26
IPRF New Officers ............. .26
Positions Open ................27
Lockport HUD Funding ......... .28
Kingsbury Park District ......... .28
Associate Members ....... .29-30-31

ASSOCIATION AND SOCIETY HEADQUARTERS

First National Bank Building Suite 503-7 Fifth and Adams Streets Springfield, Illinois 62701 Association phone (217) 523-4554 Society phone (217) 523-4556

EDITORIAL COMMITTEE

Ted Kavadas, Chairman Mrs. Spencer Irons Eugene C. Pomerance Ernest Nance John E. Lindberg Michael Cassidy

ILLINOIS PARKS & RECREATION is published bimonthly at Springfield, Illinois by the Illinois Association of Park Districts. Editorial and Executive Offices, 503-7 First National Bank Building, Springfield, III. 62701. Subscription per year: Domestic $5.00;

Foreign, $6.00. Single copies, $1.00 each. Second Class Postage Paid at Springfield, Illinois.

EXECUTIVE STAFF

Eugene Berghoff, Executive Vice President, IAPD and Managing Editor

Robert A. Stuart, General Counsel, IAPD

Bill Bodine, Accountant, IAPD

Richard R. Doering, Executive Director, IPRS, Dir. of Communications, IAPD and Editor

Marilyn Walters, Office Services Specialist

Nancy Usherwood, Secretary


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