Official Publication of the ILLINOIS ASSOCIATION OF PARK DISTRICTS ILLINOIS PARK AND RECREATION SOCIETY OFFICERS OFFICERS President: MICHAEL J. CASSIDY Commissioner, Freeport President: ERNEST NANCE Naperville President-Elect: ALLAN A. WEISSBURG Commissioner, Skokie President-Elect: MICHAEL S. POPE Homewood Past-President BETTY IRONS Commissioner, Homewood-Flossmoor Past President: THEODORE M. KAVADAS Springfield Vice-Presidents: ROBERT S. NICHOLS Commissioner, Bensenville Secretary: GERI ERENBERG Skokie EDWARD R. HAUSER Commissioner, Elk Grove Village Treasurer; ROBERT GILLIKIN Champaign WEBSTER D. WILEY Commissioner, Kewanee BOARD MEMBERS Treasurer: HAROLD C. HAWKINS Trustee, Springfield ROBERT E. KUNKEL Des Plaines Sergeant at Arms: HENRY DEIHL Commissioner, Salt Creek Rural KAREN RISTAU Franklin Park JOHN SMILANIC Oak Park BOARD OF DIRECTORS TOM HALL Wilmette GEORGE KOSTOPOULOS Commissioner, Carol Stream DAVID L. SNIDER Peoria RAYMOND J. LINDBLAD Commissioner, Joliet CHUCK PAXTON Zion MRS. CHARLES (BARBARA) WILLIAMS Commissioner, Olympia Fields JACK WHITE Champaign TIM G. SOLDWEDEL Commissioner, Pekin JERRY CLAPSADDLE East Alton GLEN D. STEWART Commissioner, Oak Park DAVID WIEMER Elmhurst PAUL E.ROBERTS Commissioner, Maywood WALTER JOHNSON Glencoe THOMAS S. LAWSON Commissioner, Glen Ellyn DAVID JEWELL, Therapeutic Chester DOROTHEA WEIGAND Commissioner, Naperville ED HAAG, Student Western Illinois University EXECUTIVE STAFF Eugene Berghoff, Executive Vice President, IAPD and Managing Editor Robert A. Stuart, General Counsel, IAPD Bill Bodine, Accountant, IAPD Kay F. Kastel, Executive Secretary, IPRS and Editor Marilyn Walters, Office Services Specialist

COVER Lake Opeka is a 33 acre lake owned and operated by the Des Plaines Park District for boating (sail, row, canoe, paddle), fishing. An 18 hole par 3 golf course and 20 acres of play area are located around the lake. JULY/AUGUST 1973 VOL. IV, NO. 4 Kay F. Kastel, Editor CONTENTS FEATURES Lifetime Gold Key ............. 4 Special Saturday .............. 8 Today vs Tomorrow ........... 10 Promote Parks and Recreation ... 12 Therapeutic Recreation ......... 14 Illinois Nature Preserves ........ 21 Family Camping ............... 22 DEPARTMENTS From the Desk of the VP ........ 3 Society Notes ................. 3 Legislative and Legal ........... 6 What's Up with Students ........ 13 People and the News ........... 18 Associate Members ............ 25 SOCIETY HEADQUARTERS AND EDITORIAL OFFICE 600 E. Algonquin Rd. DesPlaines, Illinois 60016 Society phone (312) 297-6261 ASSOCIATION HEADQUARTERS Suite 206 St. George Bldg. 300 East Monroe Street Springfield, Ill. 62701 Association phone (217) 523-4554 JOINT COMMITTEE Betty Irons, Chairman Michael Cassidy Al Weissburg Michael Pope Ernest Nance Ted Kavadas ILLINOIS PARKS AND RECREATION is published bimonthly at Springfield, Illinois by the Illinois Association of Park Districts and the Illinois Park and Recreation Society. Subscription per year: Domestic $5.00; Foreign, $6.00. Single copies, $1.00 each. Second class postage paid at Springfield, Illinois.