Names Appointments Phillip Bianco Jr., as state representative (R., Chicago), by the 23rd legislative district Republican slatemaking committee, and William A. Margalus, as state representative (R., Chicago), by the 25th legislative district Republican slatemaking committee. Both were sworn in May 4 to replace Walter McAvoy (R., Chicago) and John Wall (R., Chicago), who were convicted and sentenced on a felony charge. Margalus and Bianco are on the ballot in their respective districts for election to a full-term in November. Judy Buchanan, Bloomington, as assistant deputy campaign manager for Gov. James Thompson's reelection campaign by the governor effective May 13. Buchanan was president of the Illinois Association of Mental Health for two years and will continue to be delegate director to the National Association of Mental Health. John Ryan, Springfield, as executive deputy director, Department of Children and Family Services by Director Margaret Kennedy effective June 1. As Kennedy's chief assistant, he will work on a variety of special assignments. Ryan was previously legislative liaison for the Department of Mental Health and Developmental Disabilities. He also worked for the state of Pennsylvania and for former Illinois House Speaker W. Robert Blair. Michael Williams, Pawnee, as coordinator of the Surface Mining Program, Illinois Department of Agriculture, by department director John R. Block effective May 1. Williams, who was formerly farm service manager for the Springfield Marine Bank, is responsible for the department's role in implementing the federal Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act of 1977. Joanne Mitchell, Chicago, as director of the Illinois Commission on Delinquency Prevention, by the governor effective June 1. She is in charge of the Illinois Status Offender Project which was formerly under the supervision of the Department of Children and Family Services. The project helps communities provide alternatives to detention for youthful offenders. Mitchell, who was previously associate director of the juvenile justice division, Illinois Law Enforcement Commission, replaced Antony Sorentino, who resigned. Captain Charles Yonikas, Sherman, as 32/ July 1978/ Illinois Issues
state police commander for District 9, effective April 1. Yonikas was transferred from the division of investigation, Department of Law Enforcement, to the division of state police by Director Tyronne C. Fayner. He replaced Captain Clyde Oliver, Springfield, who joined the office of inspections in the department's division of state police. Among those working on the Department of Conservation's Statewide Outdoor Recreation Plan are Judy Groves, Springfield, former director of the Illinois Environmental Council, and Dick R. Little, Pleasant Plains, previously section chief, division of water resources, Department of Transportation. Groves, who was hired in January, is in charge of public participation and trail planning. Little, who came to the department in March, is studying federal projects such as Illinois wilderness areas and a proposed national recreation area in the Shawnee National Forest. Boards and Commissions The 12-member Criminal Sentencing Commission, created by new criminal sentencing legislation, will review the fiscal impact of converting to determinate sentencing, whether any reclassification of felonies is needed, and make recommendations concerning prisons, sentencing and the need for any additional legislation. An interim report is due September 15. Appointed by the governor effective in March were James B. Haddad, professor, Northwestern University School of Law; Gary L. Starkman, Chicago, counsel to the governor; Daniel W. Weil, Chicago, chairman, Illinois Law Enforcement Commission. Appointed by Senate President Thomas C. Hynes: Sens. Robert J. Egan (D., Chicago) and George E. Sangmeister (D., Mokena). Appointed by Senate minority leader David C. Shapiro: Sen. Jack E. Bowers (R., Downers Grove). Appointed by House Speaker William A. Redmond: Reps. Michael L. Getty (D., Dolton) and Harold Katz (D., Glencoe). Appointed by House Minority Leader George H. Ryan: Rep. Allen F. Bennett (R.. Decatur). Appointed by the Illinois Supreme Court: Circuit Court Judge Vincent Bentivenga of Chicago; Circuit Court Judge Richard F. Scholz of Quincy; Chief Judge of the Cook County Criminal Courts Richard J. Fitzgerald of Chicago. Five new members to the Mortgage Banking Board by Illinois Savings and Loan Commissioner Timothy Griffin effective February 1. For terms ending January 31, 1981: Dr. Calvin Bradford, Evanston, Center for Urban Affairs, Northwestern University, and W. Gene Ross, Hinsdale, Great American Funding Corp.; for terms ending January 31, 1980: John P. Davey, Chicago, Great Lakes Mortgage Corp.; for terms Jean Kruppiak, Evergreen Park, board member, Homeowners Federation, and president, Evergreen Park Study and Action Association; for a term ending January 31, 1979: Thomas Gray, Chicago, Home Investments Fund. Deaths John Lewis of Abingdon, on March 30. Vice president and secretary for the Franklin Life and Investment Company, Springfield, Lewis was a charter member of the board of trustees of Carl Sandburg College, Galesburg.
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