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General Assembly opens Washington office

THE General Assembly now has an outpost in Washington, D.C. It is the Washington Office of the Illinois Intergovernmental Cooperation Commission, a legislative commission chaired by Senate President Philip J. Rock (D., Chicago). The new office is the legislative equivalent of the State of Illinois Office which primarily serves the governor and the state's executive agencies. The Intergovernmental Cooperation Commission named Bill Holland, Springfield, as executive director of the office effective in August.

Holland says the State of Illinois Office is doing a good job, but the General Assembly needs a place in Washington where its needs have top priority and legislators can get an immediate response. Holland will be monitoring federal legislation and administrative rules, working with the Illinois congressional delegation, and assisting state legislators when they visit Washington.

He thinks the office is an opportunity for the state to exercise more influence in Washington where "the big decisions during the next five years will be money decisions — where it's coming from and where it's going." Distribution of revenues from the windfall profits tax on oil will be a big issue, he says, and many states — including Illinois — are vying for funds from that tax to build coal gasification plants.

Holland was previously director of the Appropriations Committee staff for House Speaker William A. Redmond (D., Bensenville).

The Judiciary

A. Andreas Matoesian, Granite City, was appointed circuit judge of the 3rd Judicial Circuit, by the Supreme Court effective July 1. Matoesian previously served as associate judge. He replaces Harold Clark, who retired.

The following other judges have retired:

Louis B. Garippo, as circuit judge of the Cook County Circuit Court, effective June 15. Garippo had been a judicial officer since 1968 and will enter private practice.

Samuel G. Harrod III, Eureka, as circuit judge of the 11th Judicial Circuit. Harrod

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had been a judicial officer since 1966. Known as "the haircut judge" because he sometimes ordered convicted male defendents to cut their hair, Harrod was the subject of a dispute between the Judicial Inquiry Board, the Illinois Courts Commission and the state Supreme Court. In 1976 the board charged Harrod with going beyond his legal authority in imposing sentences. The commission upheld the board's complaint and ordered Harrod suspended, but the Supreme Court ruled that neither the board nor the commission had authority in the case (see Illinois Issues, December 1979, p. 11).

Community College Board's interim director

Dr. James Howard, Springfield, as interim executive director of the Illinois Community College Board (ICCB), by board chairman Hugh Hammerslag, effective in July. Howard replaces Fred Wellman who retired and is now living in Florida. Howard, who is deputy director of ICCB, will serve as interim director until a permanent director is selected this fall. The search committee consists of Hugh Hammerslag, Vivian Medak and Toussaint Hale, all ICCB board members.

Energy Resources Commission

Lawrence F. Metzroth, Springfield as staff director of the Illinois Energy Resources Commission (IERC), effective in August by Commission Chairman Kenneth V. Buzbee (D., Carbondale). Metzroth was a research technician for the technical services division of the Capital Development Board. He also worked with the Governor's Task Force on Energy Conservation and Coal Conversion created in January. The task force submitted its report in August recommending measures state agencies could take to use Illinois coal and to conserve energy. Metzroth replaces Mark Nelson who had been serving as IERC acting director since Donald G. Handy's resignation in March. Nelson assumes the position of assistant staff director.

Jones hired by comptroller

Nolan B. Jones, Springfield, as administrative assistant in the procedures section of the comptroller's office effective in August by Comptroller Roland Burris. Jones is an employee under the comptroller's merit system and will work on management and operational procedures within the comptroller's office. One of these is the "management by objective program" which is used by many state agencies to promote efficiency and to assist auditors. Jones was director of the Department of Personnel during the administration of Gov. Dan Walker.

Other appointments

John Harcourt, Boston, Mass., as coordinator of the federal compliance plan for the Department of Mental Health and Developmental Disabilities (DMHDD), by the governor effective in August. Harcourt worked on New York's compliance plan and most recently was a consultant in Boston. Because of Executive Order No. 7 (1979) giving job preference to Illinois residents over equally qualified nonresidents in agencies under his jurisdiction, the Department of Personnel had to approve Harcourt's appointment. In this case none of the applicants for the job were Illinois residents. The compliance plan is a multi-year project to move developmentally disabled patients from state facilities to private, community-based institutions.

David L. Wise, Springfield, as deputy director of the Illinois Emergency Services and Disaster Agency (ESDA), effective July 15, by agency director Erie Jones. Prior to joining ESDA, Wise served 26 years with the U.S. Army, retiring with the rank of lieutenant colonel from Ft. Sheridan. He replaced Robert Ritz who retired in February and died this May.

Sandra Klubeck, Chicago, as deputy director for the Illinois Guardianship and Advocacy Commission (IGAC), by commission director Sandra G. Nye effective in June. A former director of the community children's services program at the Institute for Juvenile Research in Chicago, Klubeck joined IGAC when it opened its central program office in Chicago in January 1980. In her newly created post, Klubeck's job is to coordinate the three divisions of IGAC: the legal advocacy service, the human rights authorities and the office of state guardian.

William Brey, Springfield, as superintendent of the Department of Corrections' (DOC) new training academy in Springfield, by department director Gayle Franzen effective in May. A former police officer, Brey was head of the law enforcement branch of the Department of Conservation. (The training academy which opened in March does not have the room to train approximately 1,100 new employees needed to staff the Centralia, Hillsboro and East Moline correctional centers. As a result, DOC will be sending its instructors to the prisons to provide on-site training. It will be 18 months before the department can train all employees in Springfield.)

Franzen also appointed Harold Thomas, Chicago, who was deputy superintendent of DOC's bureau of community services, as supervisor of the 10 Cook County-based parole offices. He replaces Ronald Tounsel who was named head of the Maywood Parole District.

Replacing Brey as chief of the division of law enforcement, Department of Conservation, is Larry Closson, Oakwood, appointed by Glenn Harper, head of the department's natural resources bureau, effective in September. For the past four years Closson had been a conservation police officer.

David E. Baker, Chicago, as vice president of the Illinois State Chamber of Commerce (ISCC), by President Lester Brann Jr. effective in July. Baker was executive director of ISCC's long-range planning affiliate, The Illinois 2000 Foundation, and will continue to monitor and implement its 51 goals to ensure the economic growth of the state. Many of the goals will become

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part of ISCC's strategic planning now being developed under Baker's direction.

Sharon Buchanan McClure, Springfield, as associate director for government relations of the Illinois Community College Trustees Association (ICCTA), by association director David L. Viar effective in August. The newly created position is designed to strengthen representation of community colleges with the legislative branch. MeClure was previously unit chief of the education division for the House Republican staff. Former state Sen. Robert B. Mahar will continue to serve as ICCTA legislative counsel.

ICCTA also elected the following officers in July for one-year terms: Judith Madonia, Springfield, president; Chris Ringhausen, Jerseyville, vice president; Robert W. Anderson, Markham, treasurer; and Sheilah Dye, Macomb, reelected secretary.

Officers of the Illinois Association of Community Action Agencies elected in May for one-year terms are: Michael E. Banks, Peoria, reelected president; Doris Dalton, Joliet, vice president; Barbara Gordon, Waukegan, reelected treasurer; James Raibley, Mill Shoals, secretary. H. Brent DeLand, Springfield, was retained as executive secretary.

Deaths

W. C. Shaffer Jr., 70, in Springfield, on July 15. Active in Sangamon County government for many years, Shaffer was chief investigator for the Illinois Attorney General's Office.

Honors

The Conference of Women Legislators

received a plaque in May from the Illinois Association of Community Action Agencies for outstanding service as members of the General Assembly. Reps. Giddy Dyer (R., Hinsdale) and Eugenia Chapman (D., Arlington Heights), co-chairpersons of the conference, accepted the award.

Stephen Norris, Bethalto, and Eric Rittenhouse, Dana, received the Illinois Environmental Conservation Teacher of the Year award from the Illinois Association of Regional Superintendents of Schools and the Illinois State Board of Education in July. Norris teaches sixth grade at Hamel Elementary School, Edwardsville Community School District, and is a finalist for the national "Environmental Teacher of the Year" award. Rittenhouse teaches eighth grade science, agriculture, chemistry and environmental education at Mid-County Jr.-Sr. High School in Varna.