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NRPA Executive Director John H. Davis has announced the recent appointment of Joseph H. Schultz as North Central Regional Director of the National Recreation and Park Association. The North Central Region covers the Great Lakes area, including the eight states of Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Ohio and Wisconsin and the Canadian provinces of Ontario and Manitoba. As Director, Schultz will act as the Association's liaison for information, program support and activities between the Washington, D.C., headquarters and local park and recreation departments in these states. In announcing the appointment, Davis pointed to Schultz's field experience as a prime factor in the selection. "Mr. Schultz has worked at the top management levels of local park and recreation departments, but at the same time he has had truly practical experience in mounting recreation programs for all age groups. He combines the philosophic approach to recreation with real field experience that will make him valuable to our members in the region." Schultz was the first director of parks and recreation for the Westmont. Ill., Park District. In addition he has been an adjunct faculty member at George Williams College in Downers Grove, Illinois, and an instructor at the College of DuPage in Glen Ellyn, teaching courses in recreation and park administration. He holds a master's degree in public administration from Sangamon State University in Springfield and is enrolled in the doctoral program in leisure administration at George Williams College. Ms. Cynthia Ann Kortkamp, a 1979 graduate from the University of Illinois Department of Leisure Studies, has been appointed Program Supervisor for the Villa Park Recreation Department. She is responsible for planning and supervising the Department's youth, pre-school and special event programs. She previously was employed by the Champaign Park District where she coordinated programs for special populations and scheduled winter and after-school recreation programs. She has also directed activities for camps in Minnesota and Peoria. Cynthia is a member of Illinois Park and Recreation Association and National Recreation and Park Association and enjoys music and running. The Sherwin Corporation, one of the leaders in the field of supplying asphalt pavement sealers for tennis courts, parking lots, playgrounds and ready-mix asphalts, is proud to announce that Steven Schultz has been elected by the Board of Directors to the position of Vice-President. He will also continue on as Sales Manager of the Corporation. He also has become the President of the Valley Blacktop Corporation in New Berlin, Wisconsin that strictly supplies ready-mix asphalts to contractors and municipalities.
Shirley R. Spencer has recently been appointed as the Community Recreation Specialist for the Office of Recreation and Park Resources at the University of Illinois—Urbana-Champaign. She succeeds Robert Humke who has accepted the position of Director of School Community Recreation for the Madison, Wisconsin, Metropolitan Schools. Ms. Spencer has been Superintendent of Recreation for the Peoria Park District since April, 1979. From 1972 until 1976 she was on the staff of the Recreation and Parks Department of Perinton, New York, where her duties involved planning, implementing and administering leisure programs. In 1976 she became assistant to the director for assisting in planning and administering a comprehensive leisure services program for the city of 295,000 population. Ms. Spencer received the bachelor of science degree, magna cum laude, from the State University of New York, College at Brockport, in 1974 with majors in recreation and parks and sociology. In 1975 she earned a master of science in education degree with emphasis on community college/higher education administration and management from the same institution. She has also completed the two-year program of the New York School of Labor and Industrial Relations at Cornell University, receiving a Certificate of Management Studies in 1978 with emphasis on employee relations, personnel administration, human resources development, and legal aspects of employment and arbitration.
Paul G. Daniels has been appointed Aquatics Supervisor for the Madison School-Community Recreation Department in Madison, Wisconsin effective July 1, 1980. Mr. Daniels was formerly Administrative Assistant in Aquatics for the Intramural-Recreational Sports Department at Southern Illinois University-Carbondale. Carol Peterson, associate professor of leisure studies at the University of Illinois has been elected president of the National Therapeutic Recreation Society. Dr. Peterson, who is a specialist in recreational services for the mentally or physically disabled, will serve as president of the society for a year beginning next October. Some 2,000 recreation therapists belong to the society, which is a branch of the National Recreation and Park Association. Illinois Parks and Recreation 36 September/October 1980 T. Alien Cassady, Complex Manager for the Robert Crown Community Center, 1701 Main St., was elected to two key offices of the Ice Skating Institute of America (ISIA) at that association's 1980 national convention held in May at the Hyatt Regency Hotel in Chicago. As the Eigth District Representative, he will speak for all Metropolitan Chicago Ice Arenas on the National Board of Directors. He also was elected President of the Illinois State Chapter of ISIA. At the 1979 ISIA Convention, Cassady was elected to the National Board, the youngest person ever accorded this responsibility and then named chairman of the Ice Skating School Committee. Cassady joined the Evanston Recreation Department as Complex Manager for the center on Oct. 30, 1975 and has been in charge of the ice center and community center components since that time. In 1976 the ice center received ISIA's prestigious award for excellence in ice rink programming.
Diane Dillow, has been appointed to the position of Recreation Supervisor with the Fox Valley Park District. Her responsibilities will include Senior Citizen programming and special event activities. Previous to this appointment, Dillow was employed by the Sands Springs Park & Recreation Department in Oklahoma. She had also served as Recreation Director for Carol Stream. She received a degree in Park & Recreation Administration from Illinois State University in 1975. In a recent announcement made by Philip Bennett (City of Elgin Director of Public Property and Recreation), J. Karl Foss was named Superintendent of Parks with the City of Elgin, Illinois. Foss was graduated from Michigan State University in 1957 with a bachelor of science degree in park administration and municipal forestry. In the public sector, Foss' previous employers include the park districts in Highland Park and Naperville, both located in Illinois. Bennett, director of the Elgin parks, explained that Foss' assignment is a new position created to help meet the needs of the city's continually expanding and developing system. Elgin, a community of more than 63,000 residents, is located on the banks of the Fox River in northern Illinois, approximately 40 miles northwest of Chicago's Loop. Elgin's park system includes more than 1,000 acres of developed parks and open space. Bennett's department is reponsible for upkeep, beautification and planning of special events for Fountain Square Plaza, the city's downtown pedestrian mall. Also, the DPPR operates the Hemmens Building, a 1200-seat public auditorium and exhibition hall. Because of the expanding system and growth of the complexity of its operation, the Elgin City Council authorized the new position to which Foss was named.
A groundbreaking for the restoration of the Japanese Garden on Wooden Island in Jackson Park was held at 10:30 a.m. Wednesday, July 30, 1980. The first Japanese Garden at this location was built by the Japanese government along with the Ho-o Den (Phoenix Bird) Palace in 1893 for the World Columbian Exposition. In 1934 the Chicago Park District expanded the garden, rehabilitated the Ho-o Den Palace, moved the Japanese tea house from the 1933 Century of Progress Fair in Burnham Park to the site of the Japanese Garden and placed a large Torii or traditional gate in the west lagoon. The buildings were destroyed by vandals in 1945. Plans for the restoration include reconstruction of the waterfall, the half-circle "Moon Bridge" and "stepping-stone" bridge and two "boat landings." The shoreline will be rebuilt by landfill. A circular path system will take visitors on a walk which will reveal, stage by stage, the various attractions of the garden— water lilies, plantings of Japanese character, the pool, stone lanterns, the footbridge, the waterfall and an open pavilion that will replace the former Japanese tea house. The restoration of the Japanese Garden was initiated by the Chicago Park District and the Chicago Department of Planning when an application for the project was filed with the Illinois Department of Conservation. The project will be federally funded by $200,000 from the Land and Water Conservation Fund and $200,000 from Community Development Block Grant Funds. Located just south of the Museum of Science and Industry, Wooded Island was renamed the Paul H. Douglas Nature Sanctuary in 1976. In 1973 Jackson Park was placed on the National Register of Historic Places by the National Park Service of the U.S. Department of the Interior. Illinois Parks and Recreation 37 September/October 1980 'N More
The Homewood-Flossmoor Park District announces the appointment of Mark M. McKinnon to the position of Recreation Supervisor. Mr. McKinnon comes to the district from Madison, Wisconsin, where he held the position of Program Leader for Recreation Sports with the Madison School-Community Recreation Department. His responsibilities included recruitment, training, scheduling, supervising, and evaluation of personnel, as well as coordination of ice skating instruction and monthly department publicity. Graduating from the University of Wisconsin at LaCrosse, Mr. McKinnon received a Bachelor of Science Degree with a major in Community Health Education and a minor in Recreation. Other experiences that will assist him in his new position include, assistant coordinator for the Mobile Meals of LaCrosse, Campus Crusade for Cancer, conducting of School Health Fair Programs for elementary children, "Arthritis Quackery" program for the elderly, and his varied athletic background.
The Student Association for Recreation at Eastern Illinois University is sponsoring the First Annual Panther Pedal Bike Ride. All enthusiastic bikers in the area are invited to join the ride on September 20, 1980. The tour will be 30, 60, and 100 miles allowing for all abilities, and is not a race so cyclists will travel at their own pace. Appropriate prizes will also be available to various organizations at E.I.U. for the greatest number of entries. There will be a pick-up service provided in case of breakdown, etc. Training rides are being planned for three weeks prior to the ride, so that interested bikers may gear up for the event. The entry fee for the ride will be $5.00 which provides a map of the route, a Panther Pedal patch and at least one meal during the ride. Contact the Student Association at E.I.U. for further information.
Three supervisors have recently joined the staff of the Lockport Township Park District. Peggy Green of Romeoville assumed the position of Aquatics Supervisor in March 1980. Originally from St. Louis, Missouri, Ms. Green has a B.S. degree in Parks and Recreation with a specialization in Preschoolers and Senior Citizens from Southwest Missouri State University (Springfield, Missouri). Ms. Green is responsible for coordinating, organizing and supervising all aquatics programs sponsored by the Park District. She has been involved with aquatics programs for the past thirteen years, teaching Preschoolers through Senior Citizens. She has also been active in Red Cross Swim Programs. Ms. Green is the mother of two children and is the wife of Ben Green, Romeoville Park District Recreation Director and Water Safety Chairman for the Chicago land area. Yvonne Brittain of Joliet also began her duties as Fairmont Community Center Coordinator in March. Previously, she was Program Coordinator for the City of Joliet and its Y.M.C.A.'s since 1970. Ms. Brittain has a B.A. degree in Commercial Art from the Art Institute of Chicago. She is currently seeking an M.A. degree in Mass Communications from Northwestern University. As Fairmont Community Center Coordinator, she is responsible for the supervision and implementation of numerous Community and Park District programs and functions. Ms. Brittain has two sons and is a nationally known poet, having published several volumes of original works. Lynn Coe, of Lockport, took the position of Cultural Arts Supervisor in July. A native of Peoria, Ms. Coe is a 1980 graduate of George Williams College in Downers Grove. There she received a B.S. degree in Recreation Program Design. Her responsibilities as Cultural Arts Supervisor include coordination and implementation of various recreational programs and Park District Performing Arts Center programming. Ms. Coe was previously employed by the Valley Community and Peoria Y.M.C.A.'s. Illinois Parks and Recreation 38 September/October 1980 Groundbreaking ceremonies for a new ten acre park in Chicago Ridge were held on Saturday, July 12, 1980, as about 40 people watched area dignitaries participate in the occasion. With the addition of this land, the Chicago Ridge Park District will increase its present acreage almost 100%. Furthermore the development of this land will mark the first development project for the Park District in its young history. The park will contain the first public tennis courts in the Village as well as established picnic and passive areas for the residents of the Village. The land was originally acquired in July of 1978 with a Land and Water Acquisition Grant. Now in 1980, the park will be developed with the assistance of a $100,000 development grant through the Land and Water Grant Program.
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