Page 4 Page 20 Cover: Some of the female participants in a recent Urbana Park District Thanksgiving Day run. The "Turkey Trot," held each year in Crystal Lake Park, attracts well over 250 bundled up entrants who run a one or two mile course. All participants receive at least a participation ribbon and an opportunity to win a turkey in the drawing.	INSIDE. . . Vol. 10, No. 6 NOVEMBER/DECEMBER, 1979 FEATURE The Art of Administration ...................................4 SPECIAL ARTICLES Maria! Santa's on the Phone! ...............................8 Collective Bargaining: An Attitude Analysis..................19 Poetry Therapy: A Reason for the Rhyme.....................20 The Drive to Procure Open Space ...........................22 DEPARTMENTS Editor's Page...............6 Legislative Scene........10-13 Student Perspective........14 Guest Editorials.......16 & 17 Association Highlights..... .21 Creative Corner............24 Mail Bag..................26 People, Places N'Things.... .28
ILLINOIS PARKS & RECREATION
Kay Kastel Forest, Executive Director, IPRA, Managing Editor Robert P. Humke, University of Illinois — Urbana-Champaign, Editor Leonard E. Cleary, Jr., Southern Illinois University — Carbondale, Associate Editor John Allen, Southern Illinois University — Carbondale, Associate Editor ILLINOIS PARKS AND RECREATION (ISSN: 0019-2155) is published bi-monthly 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.	IAPD-IPRA JOINT EDITORIAL BOARD Patricia H. Leonhard, Commissioner, Co-Chairperson Dan Newport, Elmhurst Park District, Co-Chairperson Jacqueline Blake, Commissioner, Glencoe Jeff Boubelik, Dolton Park District (Alternate) Ralph Cianchetti, Commissioner, Highland Park Mike Gienko, Commissioner, West Chicago Earle Hodgen, Park District of Highland Park David Markworth, Des Plaines Park District Paul Swanson, Elk Grove Park District Editorial Office: 600 E. Algonquin Road, Des Plaines, Illinois 60016

Illinois Parks and Recreation 3 November/December, 1979