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People, Places and Things The Round Lake Area and Zion Park Districts have formed the Special Recreation Association of Round Lake and Zion (SRARLZ). Formed through a cooperative agreement, SRARLZ serves area residents of all ages who cannot immediately participate in regular community recreational programs because of specific needs. Its board members include Robert Rolek, director, and Linda Wiltberger, superintendent of recreation, Round Lake Area Park District, and Rich Walker, special events director, and Doug Congdon, superintendent of recreation, Zion Park District. Brian Dowdell, Zion Park District, and Monica Madden Marr, Round Lake Area Park District, are the program supervisors. Ms. Marr, a therapeutic recreation specialist, received a B.S. degree in leisure studies, with a therapeutic recreation option, from the University of Illinois at Urbana. She previously worked as program supervisor for Special Recreation of Joliet and Channahon.
Robert A. Stuart was elected president of the National Recreation Foundation at its annual meeting in New York City. Stuart, a member of the Springfield (IL) law firm of Brown, Hay & Stephens, has been active in park and recreation programs for many years. He served as president of the Springfield Park District board (1954-75), general counsel for the Illinois Association of Park Districts (IAPD) and as a trustee of the National Recreation and Park Association (NRPA). The Foundation is administered to provide annual grants for research and development of park and recreation programs and facilities on a national, local and international level. The Peoria Park District announces the appointment of Janet M. Budzynski as its controller. Ms. Budzynski came to the park district in 1979 as internal auditor. She earned a B.S. degree in accounting and has completed course work toward an M.B.A. at Western Illinois University. Thomas J. Shuster is the new director of the Waukegan Park District. He began his duties on Dec. 15, 1986. Prior to this appointment, Shuster served as the director of the Department of Recreation and Parks for the Township of East Brunswick, NJ (1978-86). He was also manager of the Division of Parks and Recreation in East Brunswick (1976-78) and administrator of recreation services for the Ohio Department of Natural Resources (1972-75). While in East Brunswick, Shuster (conitnued on page 23) Illinois Parks and Recreation 18 January/February 1987 (Continued from page 18)
managed the operation of 11 parks totaling 344 acres, and a civic center complex, swimming facility, nature center, museum and senior citizens center. His department was also responsible for a full range of recreational programs for a population of 40,000. Shuster is a 1970 graduate of Ohio State University, where he also earned an M.S. degree in natural resources. In addition, he has completed local government and recreation management programs at Harvard, Indiana and North Carolina State Universities, and the University of Georgia. Letters to the Editor Editor's Note: State Sen. Virginia Macdonald (R-27) sent the following note to the IAPD following her hospitalization. The magnificent floral arrangement you sent from the Illinois Association of Park Districts was absolutely sensational. Patients and nurses even came from other floors in the hospital to enjoy its beauty. I want all of you in the Association to know how deeply I appreciate your kindness. Hopefully, all of you had a marvelous holiday, and I send best wishes for the happiest, most successful year ever. Thank you again for being such caring, special friends.
Sincerely,
(Continued on page 26) Illinois Parks and Recreation 23 January/February 1987 (Continued from page 23) The Alexander Chemical Corporation has received a Certificate of Merit from the Chlorine Institute in recognition of its outstanding safety record among chlorine packaging plants in the U.S. and Canada. The award was given to 33 packaging locations in North America which had no reportable accidents in 1985. Alexander Chemical was the only chlorine packaging plant in Illinois to receive the honor. Obituaries Gordon F. Moore, president of the Alton Park and Recreation Commission for more than 25 years, died on Sept. 28, 1986. Dr. Moore was well known for his devotion to work and volunteerism. Among his many honors, Dr. Moore received the National Voluntary Service Award in 1983 from the National Recreation and Park Association (NRPA) for his work on the development and beautification of the Gordon F. Moore Community Park, named in his honor. More than 3,000 volunteers worked to build the 703-acre park in the mid '70s. Prior to his death, he announced that a $4.5 million gift had been offered to the park to construct an 18-hole golf course there. Dr. Moore attended Wilmington (Ohio) College and received a master's degree in biological science from Ohio State University. In addition, he attended the University of Michigan and the Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, MO. His post-graduate training was done at Bames Hospital in St. Louis and University Hospital in Ann Arbor, MI. He subsequently taught surgery at Washington University for four years. Illinois Parks and Recreation 26 January/February 1987 |
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