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Official Publication of the

ILLINOIS ASSOCIATION OF PARK DISTRICTS

ILLINOIS PARK AND RECREATION ASSOCIATION

OFFICERS

OFFICERS

Tim G. Soldwedel, President Commissioner, Pekin

Joe H. Doud, President Northbrook Park District

Peter T. Trenchard, President-Elect Commissioner, Deerfield

Fred P. Hall, President-Elect Palatine Park District

Henry C. Deihl, Past President Commissioner, Salt Creek Rural

Chuck Paxton, Past President Zion Park District

Gerald E. Wernick, Vice President Commissioner, Rockford

Mary Colmar, Secretary Olympia Fields Park District

Barbara Straus, Vice President Commissioner, Olympia Fields

BOARD MEMBERS

James Cummings, Vice President Commissioner, Peoria

Ron Dodd Park Ridge Park District

Harold C. Hawkins, Treasurer Trustee, Springfield

Tom Gordon Peoria Park District

Robert L. Cole, Sergeant at Arms Commissioner, Decatur

Gerald Oakes Glencoe Park District

BOARD OF DIRECTORS

Daniel Newport Elmhurst Park District

Erwin Romke, Board Member Kane County Forest Preserve

Jerry Schaeffer Department of Conservation

Patricia Leonhard Commissioner, Champaign

Thomas Richardson Glenview Park District

Donald F. Earley Commissioner, West Chicago

David Colmar Homewood/Flossmoor Park District

Norman P. Smalley Elmhurst Park District

David Markworth Des Plaines Park District

Donald Palzer Commissioner, Kankakee Valley

David Jewell Chester Mental Health Center

Jean M. Foran Commissioner, Chicago

Ronald Secrist Champaign Park District

Charles E.Wright Commissioner, Canton

Charles Fields A. L. Bowen Center

Bruce Larson Commissioner, Urbana

Dale Hench Department of Conservation

Barry N. Shore Commissioner, Northbrook

Rhodell Owens Peoria Park District

Lewis Smith Commissioner, Elk Grove

Jerry Handlon Batavia Park District

Webbs Norman Rockford Park District

Frank Benedict Manteno Mental Health Center

Tom Brimberry Illinois State University

EXECUTIVE STAFF

Eugene/Berghoff, Executive Vice President, IAPD and Managing Editor

Bill Bodine, Accountant, IAPD

Kay Kastel Forest, Executive Director, IPRA and Editor

Marilyn Walters, Office Services Specialist Brian Dougherty, Legislative Liaison, IAPD

Robert A. Stuart, General Counsel, IAPD

Sam Basan, Field Service Representative, IAPD


Cover: Governor James Thompson supports a local recreation program- girls softball.

JULY/AUGUST
1977
Vol. VIII, No. 4

Kay Kastel Forest, Editor

CONTENTS

Features

Preserving Old Places ............ 4

Evaluating Youth Athletics ........ 8

Winterizing Outdoor Pools. ........ 10

Status of Public Support. ......... 12

Legislative Reception Highlights ..... 16

A Recipe for Social Recreation ...... 20

Departments

From desk of VP .............. 3

Association Highlites ............ 3

Legal & Legislative ............. 6

NRPA News. ................ 14

People and News .............. 18

Books and News. .............. 22

Whats Up With Students .......... 27

Editors Clipboard. ............. 27

IAPD Associate Members ......... 30

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
Henry Deihl, Chairman
Chuck Paxton
Tim Soldwedel
Joe Doud
Peter Trenchard
Fred Hall
Donald F. Earley
Dave Markworth

No.847580

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.


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