Official Publication of the ILLINOIS ASSOCIATION OF PARK DISTRICTS ILLINOIS PARK AND RECREATION ASSOCIATION 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, Exacutive Vice President, IAPD and Managing Editor Robert A. Stuart, General Counsel. IAPD Bill Bodine, Accountant, IAPD Kay Kastel Forest, Executive Secretary, IPRA and Editor Marityn Walters, Office Services Specialist

ON THE COVER This play equipment found in one of the Homewood-Flossmoor parks is attractive to children even in the winter months. (Photo courtesy of Homewood-Flossmoor Park District) NOV./DEC. 1976 VOL. VII, No. 6 Kay Kastel Forest, Editor CONTENTS FEATURES Victorian Live In Program ......... 4 Citizen Involvement ............ 6 Community Gift .............. 12 Persistence of Dedicated Women ..... 15 Park District Immunity. .......... 16 Local Officials Day ............. 21 Special Recreation for Special People ... 23 DEPARTMENTS From Desk of VP .............. 3 IPRA Highlites ............... 3 Legal and Legislative ............ 8 Conference Highlights ........... 10 Editors Clipboard .............. 14 News Briefs ................. 18 Illinois Tax Facts .............. 20 People and News .............. 26 Associate Members ............. 29 IPRA HEADQUARTERS AND EDITORIAL OFFICE 600 E. Algonquin Rd. DesPlaines, Illinois 60016 Society phone (312) 297-6261 IAPD 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 Association. Subscription per year: Domestic $5.00; Foreign, $6.00. Single copies, $1.00 each. Second class postage paid at Springfield, Illinois.