Official Publication of the ILLINOIS ASSOCIATION OF PARK DISTRICTS ILLINOIS PARK AND RECREATION ASSOCIATION OFFICERS OFFICERS Peter T. Trenchard, President Commissioner, Deerfield Fred P. Hall, President Palatine Park District Gerald E. Wernick, President-Elect Commissioner, Rockford Ronald Dodd, President-elect Park Ridge Park District Tim G. Soldwedel, Past President Commissioner, Pekin Joe H. Doud, Past President Northbrook Park District Robert L. Cole, Vice President Commissioner, Decatur Keven Kendrigan, Secretary NWSRA Donald F. Earley. Vice President Commissioner, West Chicago BOARD MEMBERS Barbara Straus, Vice President Commissioner, Olympia Fields Charles Fields, Jr. Al Bowen Center Harold C. Hawkins, Treasurer Trustee, Springfield Jerry Schaefer Department of Conservation Scott Randolph, Sergeant at Arms Commissioner, East St. Louis George Lowrey ORPR, Champaign David Jewel Chester Mental Health BOARD OF DIRECTORS John Hedges Franklin Park Park District Julia Crane Commissioner, Howewood-Flossmoor David Colmar Homewood Flossmoor Park District Waldon O. Degner Commissioner, Palatine David Markworth DBS Plaines Park District Jean M. Foran Commissioner, Chicago Robert Espeseth ORPR, Champaign Mildred L. Jones Commissioner, Niles Richard Westgale Western Illinois University Peter J. Koukos Commissioner, Highland Park Gregory Meyer Homewood Flossmoor Park District Bruce Larson Commissioner, Urbana Louis Bracked Moraine Valley College Patricia Leonhard Commissioner, Champaign Steve Meyer Northbrook Park District Don G. Prindle Board Member, Forest Preserve District of DuPage County Dave Henderson University of Illinois Barry N. Shore Commissioner, Northbrook Norman P. Smalley Commissioner, Elmhurst EXECUTIVE STAFF Eugene Berghoff, Executive Vice, President IAPD and Managing Editor Bill Bodine, Accountant, IAPD Marilyn Walters, Office Services Specialist Kay Kastel Forest, Executive Director, IPRA and Editor Brian Dougherty, Legislative Liaison, IAPD Robert A. Stuart, General Counsel, IAPD

Cover: Winter serenity is demonstrated by the form of icicles on a window/pane. Photo credit: Ted Flickinger, NRPA Regional Director. JANUARY/FEBRUARY 1978 Vol. VIII, No. 1 EDITOR: Kay Kastel Forest CONTENTS Features Nature Preserves ...................... 4 Way to Raise $10,000 .................. 6 Get Your Community's Attention ........ 7 Convertible Facilities .................. 8 1977 Salary Survey ....................12 Saturday Outdoor Ed ................. .26 Data Processing ......................31 Make a First Impression ................32 Sports Only a Part of Job .............. .33 Departments From Desk of VP ...................... 3 Association Highlites.................. 3 Legal & Legislative ................... .10 Emergency Number 911 ............... .16 Conference Highlites ................. .23 IAPD Anniversary .....................30 People N Places ...................... 34 Positions ........................... .35 Associate Members ...................36 IPRA HEADQUARTERS AND EDITORIAL OFFICE 600 E. Algonquin Rd. DesPlaines, Illinois 60016 phone (312) 297-6261 IAPD HEADQUARTERS Suite 206 St. George Bldg. 300 East Monroe Street Springfield, Illinois 62701 phone (217) 523-4554 JOINT COMMITTEE Robert L. Cole Waldon O. Degner Donald F. Earley Barbara Straus Peter T. Trenchard Gerald E. Wernick Ronald Dodd Joe H. Doud Fred P. Hall Patricia Norris 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.