Official Publication of the ILLINOIS PARK AND RECREATION SOCIETY Board Member (Cook District) WALTER JOHNSON Glencoe OFFICERS President: ERNEST NANCE Naperville Therapeutic Branch: DAVID JEWELL Chester President-Elect: MICHAEL S. POPE Homewood Student Branch: MARILYN COOMBS University of Illinois Past President: THEODORE M. KAVADAS Springfield ILLINOIS ASSOCIATION OF PARK DISTRICTS Secretary: OFFICERS KAY KASTEL Glenview President: MICHAEL J. CASSIDY Commissioner, Freeport Treasurer: ROBERT GILLIKIN Champaign President-Elect: ALLAN A. WEISSBURG Commissioner, Skokie BOARD MEMBERS Vice-Presidents: Administrative Section: ROBERT E. KUNKEL Des Plaines ROBERT S. NICHOLS Commissioner, Bensenville EDWARD R. HAUSER Commissioner, Elk Grove Village Supervisory Section: KAREN RISTAU Franklin Park WEBSTER D. WILEY Commissioner, Kewanee Leadership Section: JOHN SMILANIC Oak Park Treasurer: HAROLD C. HAWKINS Trustee, Springfield Board Members at Large: TOM HALL Wilmette Sergeant at Arms: HENRY DEIHL Commissioner, Salt Creek Rural DAVID L. SNIDER Peoria BOARD OF DIRECTORS Board Member (Northern District) CHUCK PAXTON Zion GEORGE KOSTOPOULOS Commissioner, Carol Stream RAYMOND J. LINDBLAD Commissioner, Joliet Board Member (Central District) JACK WHITE Champaign MRS. CHARLES (BARBARA) WILLIAMS Commissioner, Olympia Fields TIM G. SOLDWEDEL Commissioner, Pekin Board Member (Southern District) JERRY CLAPSADDLE East Alton GLEN D. STEWART Commissioner, Oak Park PAUL E.ROBERTS Commissioner, Maywood Board Member (DuPage District) DAVID WIEMER Elmhurst THOMAS S. LAWSON Commissioner, Glen Ellyn DOROTHEA WEIGAND Commissioner, Naperville 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

COVER Winter scene at Springfield's Washington Park. JAN./FEB. 1973 VOL. IV NO. 1 Richard R. Doering, Editor CONTENTS FEATURES Sense, Common & Preferred ...... 4 Clown School .................. 8 Professionalism ................ 10 Therapeutic Report ............. 12 Pollution ..................... 14 Waukegan Progress ............. 26 Land Shortage ................. 28 DEPARTMENTS Announcements ................ 3 Legislative Report .............. 6 Playgrounds ................... 11 Conference Pictures .... .15-16-23-24 People & News ................. 30 Sports Schedule ............... .32 Positions .................... .33 Associate Members ............ .35 Gold Medal Winners ............ .37 SOCIETY HEADQUARTERS Room 503 First Natl. Bank Bldg. Springfield, Ill. 62701 Society phone (217) 523-4556 ASSOCIATION HEADQUARTERS Suite 206 St. George Bldg. 300 East Monroe Street Springfield, Ill. 62701 Association phone (217) 523-4554 EDITORIAL COMMITTEE Ernest Nance, Chairman Michael Cassidy Al Weissburg Michael Pope Betty Irons Ted Kavadas 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, Ill. 62701. Subscription per year: Domestic $5.00; Foreign, $6.00. Single copies, $1.00 each. Second Class Postage Paid at Springfield, Illinois.