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The 2007 Illinois Parks & Recreation Magazine Award Winners
Our annual photo contest just keeps getting bigger. The IP&R 2007 "Give Us Your Best Shot" Photo Contest drew more than 200 exceptional entries from shutterbugs at park districts, forest preserves, conservation, recreation and special recreation agencies all across the state. As you can imagine, these images depicted the wide range of activities and the beautiful vistas offered by Illinois agencies. The most successful pictures - Michael Paradise's "Her Winning Spirit," for example - also captured the moments in which the emotions of participants were just too big to contain.
The judges for our annual writing awards focused not only on the quality of articles published in 2007, but also on their utility. There was found no shortage of stories worthy of winning an IP&R Writing Award. But the judges were, finally, able to make some tough decisions and bestow awards in five writing categories.
I'm glad that we honor photographers and contributors, but I am even more glad that those of you who contribute to IP&R seem to do so without ever thinking of collecting a little piece of crystal for the mantel. You contribute because, through your words or your images, you've got something to say about how park, recreation, conservation or special recreation agencies touch people's lives or about how they can be made to work even better than they already do. I believe it's that altruistic intention that makes your contributions to this magazine so fine and so useful.
That's why I want to thank all of you who read and contribute to IP&R. Your willingness to share your knowledge and your joy is the stuff that makes up your winning spirit.
Pass it on.
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"Give Us Your Best Shot" Photo Contest Winners
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Nature and Landscapes Category |
"Go Green" |
"Prairie Burn" |
1st Place
Pam Nackers,
Romeoville Recreation Department
"Go Green"
2nd Place
Christine Martner,
Bolingbrook Park District
"Prairie Bum"
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Recreation Category |
1st Place
Margaret Gienger,
Oswegoland Park District
"What Were You Thinking?"
2nd Place
Jason Rubo,
Park District of Franklin Park
"Here's Looking at You, Kid"
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"Here's Looking at You, Kid" |
"What Were You Thinking?" |
Sports Category |
"Her Winning Spirit" |
"Archery Instruction" |
1st Place
Michael D. Paradise,
Northwest Special Recreation Association
"Her Winning Spirit"
2nd Place
Peter Kiger,
Forest Preserve District of DuPage County
"Archery Instruction"
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Wildlife Category |
1st Place
Christine Martner,
Bolingbrook Park District
"Lunch Time"
2nd Place
William C. Pearch
Downers Grove Park District
"There's a Buzz at Hummer Park"
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"There's a Buzz at Hummer Park" |
"Lunch Time" |
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Best Programming and Outreach Article
"Partners, Affiliates, Friends -
Working Together to Make a Community"
September/October 2007
by Michael Clark, CPRP
Batavia Park District |
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Best Finance and Funding Article
"Cost Recovery in Public Parks and Recreation"
September/October 2007
By Chris Dropinski.CPRP
GreenPlay LLC |
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Best Administration Article
"Becoming Competency Driven"
November/December 2007
by Amy R. Hurd, PhD, CPRP
Illinois State University |
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Best Facilities Design and Management Article
"The Keys to a Successful Sprayground" March/April 2007
by Joseph Brusseau, RLA, CPSI
Brusseau Design Group |
Best Education Article
"Education - What's Your Degree of Commitment?"
January/February 2007
by Dan Garvy, CPRP
Lisle Park District
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Laura Barron, CPRP, AFO
Oakbrook Terrace Park District
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Writing Award Judges
Dr. Nick DiGrino, Western Illinois University
Dr. Regina Glover, Southern Illinois University at Carbondale
Dr. Cynthia J. Watchter, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
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Photo Contest Judge
Chris Young, outdoors section editor,
State Journal-Register, Springfield
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Show off your agency and its visual images with "Give Us Your Best Shot," a photo contest sponsored by the Illinois Association of Park Districts and the Illinois Park and Recreation Association. Photos submitted may be used in future editions of Illinois Parks & Recreation magazine, on the cover of the IAPD/IPRA Membership Directory and Buyers' Guide, or in other IAPD/IPRA projects.
Enter as many times as you like in four categories: recreation, sports, wildlife and nature/landscapes. All entries must feature Illinois scenes. For complete guidelines and an entry form, go to www.ILparks.org and highlight "Publications" on the navigation bar on the left, then choose "Illinois Parks and Recreation Magazine." Scroll down the page.
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