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Official Publication of the

ILLINOIS ASSOCIATION OF PARK DISTRICTS

ILLINOIS PARK AND RECREATION SOCIETY

OFFICERS

OFFICERS

President: HENRY C. DEIHL Commissioner, Salt Creek Rural

President; CHARLES PAXTON, Zion Park District

President-Elect: TIM G. SOLDWEDEL Commissioner, Pekin

President-Elect: JOE H. DOUD, Northbrook Park District

Past President: WEBSTER D. WILEY Commissioner, Kewanee

Past President: RICHARD E. JOHNS, Glenview Park District

Vice Presidents: GEORGE KOSTOPOULOS Commissioner, Carol Stream

Secretary: FRED HALL, Palatine Park District

PETER TRENCHARD Commissioner, Deerfield

BOARD MEMBERS

GERALD E. WERNICK Commissioner, Rockford

TONY KAMBICH Lake Forest Recreation Department

Treasurer: HAROLD C. HAWKINS Trustee, Springfield

RONALD DODD Arlington Heights Park District

Sergeant at Arms: NORMAN P. SMALLEY Commissioner, Elmhurst

STEVE GONZALEZ Department of Conservation

THOMAS GORDON Peoria Park District

BOARD OF DIRECTORS

GERALD OAKES Glencoe Park District

ERWIN ROMKE Board Member, Kane County Forest Preserve

ELENA RUANE Palatine Park District

JAMES CUMMINGS Trustee, Peoria

DANIEL NEWPORT Elmhurst Park District

BARBARA STRAUS Commissioner, Olympia Fields

DONALD E. PILGER Deerfield Park District

PATRICIA LEONHARD Commissioner, Champaign

ROBERT DUNSMUIR Wheaton Park District

DONALD EARLEY Commissioner, West Chicago

THOMAS RICHARDSON Glenview Park District

ROBERT W. BLUESTONE Commissioner, Franklin Park

HAROLD E. BROWN Granite City Park District

DONALD PALZER Commissioner, Kankakee Valley

RONALD SECRIST Champaign Park District

JEAN M. FORAN Commissioner, Chicago

KEVIN KENDRIGAN, ITRS President Northwest Special Recreation Assn.

CHARLES E. WRIGHT Commissioner, Canton

TOM BRIMBERRY, Student President Illinois State University

EXECUTIVE STAFF

Eugene Berghoff, Executive Vice President, IAPD and Managing Editor

Robert A. Stuart, General Counsel, IAPD

Bill Bodine, Accountant, IAPD

Kay Kastel Forest, Executive Secretary, IPRS and Editor

Marilyn Walters, Office Services Specialist


COVER: People, Parades, and Fireworks were used to celebrate the Bicentennial 4th of July in Glenview. Pictures courtesy of the Glenview Park District.

JULY/AUGUST
1976
VOL. VII, No. 4

Kay Kastel Forest, Editor

CONTENTS

FEATURES

Its My Turn ................... 4

Park Districts Growing ........... 6

New Games ................... 10

Recreational Hockey ............ 12

Projections for Parks & Recreation....14

Evaluation of Spectators Code.....16

News Briefs ................... 17

Children & Play ................ 19

Therapeutic Consultation Needs ....22

DEPARTMENTS

From Desk of Vice President ...... 3

Society Notes .................. 3

Legal & Legislative .............. 8

Position Referral ............... 19

Ideas ........................24

People & News ................26

Associate Members ............. 29

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
Richard Johns, Chairman
Chuck Paxton
Joe Doud
Jan Porter
Webster Wiley
Henry Deihl
Tim Soldwedel
Peter Trenchard

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.


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