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 Jerry Schaefer Department of Conservation Harold C. Hawkins, Treasurer Trustee, Springfield George Lowrey ORPR, Champaign Scott Randolph, Sergeant at Arms Commissioner, East St. Louis David Jewell Chester Mental Health John Hedges Franklin Park Park District BOARD OF DIRECTORS David Colmar, Homewood Flossmoor Park District Julia Crane Commissioner, Howewood-Flossmoor David Markworth Des Plaines Park District Waldon O. Degner Commissioner, Palatine Robert Espeseth ORPR, Champaign Jean M. Foran Commissioner, Chicago Richard Westgate Western Illinois University Mildred L. Jones Commissioner, Niles Gregory Meyer Homewood Flossmoor Park District Peter J. Koukos Commissioner, Highland Park Louis Brackett Moraine Valley College Bruce Larson Commissioner, Urbana Steve Meyer Northbrook Park District Patricia Leonhard Commissioner, Champaign Barbara Manselle Western Illinois University Don G. Prindle Board Member, Forest Preserve District of DuPage County Barry N. Shore Commissioner, Northbrook Norman P. Smalley Commissioner, Elmhurst Jerome Brault Commissioner, Park Ridge EXECUTIVE STAFF Eugene Berghotf, Executive Vice President, IAPD and Managing Editor Kay Kastel Forest, Executive Director, IPRA and Editor Bill Bodine, Accountant, IAPD

Cover: One ol the few covered bridges In central Illinois. Photo courtesy of James Lattner, Kankakee Camera Club. NOVEMBER/DECEMBER 1978 Vol. IX, No. 6* ISSN: 0019 - 2155 CONTENTS Features Ice Fishing ............................4 Wood You Buy Wooden Playgrounds .... .6 Junking the Junket Myths ..............10 Proposition 13 - Editorial. ............. .11 Tax Revolt Or.........................15 Special Recreation - Pros and Cons .... .16 Illinois Park and Rec. Foundation ...... .18 Departments Special Report - Election Procedures .... .3 Legislative Report..................... .8 Conference Highlites ................. .12 IAPD Executive Appointed ............ .18 Etc. .................................18 People 'N News. ..................... .20 Associate Members ................... 22 "Previous issues were recorded incorrectly as Volume VIII; the correct volume number is IX. 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 ILLINOIS PARKS AND RECREATION (USPS 847-580) 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.