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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

BOARD OF DIRECTORS

David Jewell Chester Mental Health
John Hedges Franklin Park Park District

Julia Crane Commissioner, Howewood-Flossmoor

David Colmar Homewood Flossmoor Park District

Waldon O. Degner Commissioner, Palatine

David Markworth Des Plaines Park District

Jean M. Foran Commissioner, Chicago

Robert Espeseth ORPR, Champaign

Mildred L. Jones Commissioner, Niles

Richard Westgate Western Illinois University

Peter J. Koukos Commissioner, Highland Park

Gregory Meyer Homewood Flossmoor Park District

Bruce Larson Commissioner, Urbana

Louis Brackett Moraine Valley College

Patricia Leonhard Commissioner, Champaign

Steve Meyer Northbrook Park District

Don G. Prindle Board Member, Forest Preserve District of DuPage County

Barbara Manselle Western Illinois University

Barry N. Shore Commissioner, Northbrook

Norman P. Smalley Commissioner, Elmhurst

Lewis L. Smith Commissioner, Elk Grove

EXECUTIVE STAFF

Eugene Berghoff, Executive Vice President, IAPD and Managing Editor

Bill Bodine, Accountant, IAPD

Kay Kastel Forest, Executive Director, IPRA and Editor

Robert A. Stuart, General Counsel, IAPD


1978 marks the 50th anniversary of the Illinois Association of Park Districts. Congratulations are in order. Keep up the good work — IAPD.

MAY/JUNE
1978
Vol. VIII, No. 3

EDITOR: Kay Kastel Forest

CONTENTS

Features

A Bit of History ........................4

Unique Nature of Park Districts. ..........6

Golf Courses without Tax Burdens ........9

Reduce Vandalism ....................14

BOR Becomes HCRS ..................28

National Heritage Program .............30

Departments

Legal & Legislative ....................10

Forest Preserve President Honored ......13

From the desk of VP ...................16

IPRA Highlites. .......................16

NRPA Update. ........................24

IPRA Tour Information .................26

People N Places ...................... 32

The latest on Students .................33

IAPD Associate Members. ..............34

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.


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