New council to guide groundwater safety efforts

Gov. James R. Thompson appointed nine members to the new Groundwater Advisory Council in April. The council, created in 1987 as part of Illinois' Groundwater Protection Act, is to help guide efforts to restore and protect the state's groundwater.

Members of the new council include John A. Baker of Wheaton, manager of environmental monitoring programs for Waste Management of Illinois Inc.; Jacqueline Bruemmer of Carlyle, environmental planning division manager with Southwestern Illinois Planning Commission; Melford Dahl of Elgin, director of public works for the city of Elgin; Kevin Greene of Evanston, research director for Citizens for a Better Environment; Allen F. Panek of Naperville, manager of the Water and Wastewater Department for the city of Naperville; Catherine Patriquen of Morris, an environmental engineer with Nalco Chemical Company; Jerry Paulson of Crystal Lake, president of the McHenry County Defenders; John W. Pitz of Batavia, president of N.L. Pitz Inc.; and Harold Reetz Jr. of Monticello, regional director for Potash and Phosphate.

The appointments were effective immediately, pay expenses only and expire in January 1991. They do not require Senate confirmation.

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Board of Public Health Advisors named

Gov. Thompson also appointed eight members to another newly created board this spring. The Board of Public Health Advisors will advise the Department of Public Health on responding to public health emergencies, controlling health hazards, and establishing public health policy.

Board members include: J. Maichle Bacon of Rockford, a public health administrator with the McHenry County Department of Public Health; Springfield dentist Chauncey Cross; Donald Graham of Springfield, a physician with Springfield Clinic; Alan A. Harris of Chicago, a physician with Rush Presbyterian-St. Luke's Medical Center; Robah Kellogg of Elmwood, an associate professor of public health at the University of Illinois' School of Nursing; Kevin Miller of Bloomington, director of marketing for BroMenn Health Care; Donald D. Van Fossan of Springfield, director of clinical pathology with Associated Pathologists Ltd.; and Michael J. Williams of Rockford, an administrator with the Ogle County Health Department.

All appointments were effective immediately. Harris' term expires in January of 1989; Williams's, Bacon's, Graham's and Cross's in January 1990; and the others in January 1991. The positions pay $150 per diem plus expenses and do not require Senate confirmation.

Ad hoc committee to push day-care recommendations

Gov. Thompson in February named an 11-member steering committee to set priorities and a timetable for the implementation of recommendations made by the Governor's Task Force on Day Care. These include the creation of a private-public partnership linking state, local and private efforts to provide child day-care services for working families.

Named to the steering committee were Jim Bradley of Chicago, director of the Olive-Harvey Child Development Center; state Rep. Peg Breslin (D-75, Ottawa); Virgil Carr of Chicago, president of United Way of Illinois; John Casey of LaGrange, president of the YMCA of Metropolitan Chicago; state Sen. Beverly Fawell (R-20, Glen Ellyn); Sr. Julia Huiskamp of East St. Louis, Catholic Urban Programs; Elliot Lehman of Wilmette, co-chairman of the board, Fel-Pro Inc.; Pamela Mitroff of Wheaton, manager, health care cost management, Illinois State Chamber of Commerce; Michael Thorn of Homewood, an industrial consultant for private industry; Muriel Tuteur of Chicago, assistant director of education for the Amalgamated Clothing and Textile Workers Union; and Bernice Weissbourd of Evanston, president of Family Focus.

The ad hoc group will guide the development and distribution of information on employer support options, provide technical information to employers interested in supporting child care, and identify strategies and new techniques to increase the range of day-care options for employers.

The task force, which was cochaired by Lehman and Jayne Thompson, also recommended the following:

• establishing a consortium to develop a statewide education and training plan for all day-care providers;
• developing and marketing public service announcements on how parents can find, evaluate and monitor quality child care;
• designing and promoting incentive programs for day-care providers to encourage the development of higher quality programs;
• developing and implementing a plan for improving day-care services for infants, school-age children and children with special needs; and
• developing specialized training programs for day-care staff who work with special needs children.

Governor's other appointments

Gov. Thompson appointed Desi Harris of Springfield as his liaison to the Illinois House effective April 1, at an annual salary of $45,000. Harris had served as legislative liaison for the Illinois Department of Revenue since 1985 and had been the agency's chief legislative liaison since March 1987. She fills a vacancy created by the departure of Pam McDonough as deputy director of the governor's Office of Legislative Affairs. McDonough resigned April 1 to become director of state government relations with the Illinois Bankers Association. Marcia Tjader Erixon, the governor's liaison to the Illinois Senate, will replace McDonough as deputy director.

Also in April, the governor announced appointments to the Bi-State Development Agency and to his Small Business Advisory Council.

Robert Furmanek of Collinsville, an analyst with Southwestern Bell Telephone, replaced Kenneth Evers on the Bi-State Development Agency. His term expires in January 1992. The agency promotes economic development in the Metro East area of Illinois.

New to the Governor's Small Business Advisory Council is Berry Lipin of Worth, chairman of U.S. Auto Leasing, replacing Raymond Antolik. The appointment carries an unspecified expiration date. The council promotes and assists small businesses in Illinois.

Both appointments were effective immediately and pay expenses only. Furmanek's appointment must be confirmed by the Senate.

Bishop replaces Behnke at Alcoholism & Substance Abuse

Mark Bishop was appointed deputy director of the regulatory and management services bureau at the Illinois Department of Alcoholism & Substance Abuse (DASA) by agency director William T. Atkins in April. He follows Dan Behnke in that post.

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The Department of Conservation (DOC) recently announed the winners of its annual salmon and duck stamp art contests. Taking top honors in the salmon stamp competition was Jim Annis of Charlevois, Mich. His acrylic painting depicting lake trout "busting" a school of alewives (above left) was selected from among 80 paintings from 32 states. Annis, whose work can be seen at more than 80 commercial galleries, is a former Chicagoan. He is probably best known for his historical and nostalgic scenes of the city, published by the Chicago Historical Society. In addition to having his design appear on next year's stamp, Annis will receive a $1,000 purchase award. A painting of a ring-necked hen being pursued by a drake on an Illinois marsh (above right) captured top honors and the $1,000 purchase award for Charles M. Freeman of Amesbury, Mass., in this year's duck stamp art contest. The painting will grace the 1989 issue of the Illinois migratory waterfowl hunting stamp. In addition to the purchase award, Freeman will receive 100 artist's proof prints and will be paid $10 each for up to 200 remarqued prints to be sold by Illinois Ducks Unlimited chapters for the benefit of waterfowl conservation projects. Freeman's painting was selected from among 176 entries from around the country.

Bishop entered government service in 1978 as a compliance officer for the Dangerous Drugs Commission. He has been with DASA since its inception in 1984 and, since 1987, has served as division administrator of regulatory and support services. In his new post, Bishop will be responsible for overseeing the divisions of management and budget, regulatory and support services and information services.

Behnke, who had served over a decade, first with the Dangerous Drugs Commission and then with DASA, will be consulting in the private sector.

Viar accepts post with community college trustees

Illinois native David L. Viar was named as the new executive director of the Association of Community College Trustees (ACCT), a national lobbying group for board members of community colleges. Viar will assume his new post July 1, succeeding ACCT founding executive director William H. Meardy, who is retiring. Presently executive director of the California Community College Trustees, Viar was executive director of the Illinois Community College Trustees Association from 1977-1982.

Illinois' community colleges honored for Statewide Business Center Network

Illinois community colleges were nationally recognized in April for their innovative expansion of services to businesses through the Statewide Business Center Network. The Keeping America Working State/Employer/—Labor Partnership Award is given annually by the American Association of Community and Junior Colleges and the Association of Community College Trustees. David Pierce, executive director of the Illinois Community College Board, accepted the award on behalf of the state and the ICCB.

The Business Center Network now assists local economic development efforts in all 39 of the state's community college districts. In addition, state economic development grants to the colleges provide opportunities for job creation and retention efforts as well as job training and retraining services. An estimated 8,625 jobs were created and another 13,190 retained with the network's assistance in the last fiscal year.

Hade new president of Trades and Labor Council

Mike Hade, field service director for the Illinois Federation of Teachers, was elected president of the Springfield and Central Illinois Trades and Labor Council earlier this year, defeating outgoing president Steve Denton by what Hade described as a narrow vote. Elected first vice president was Bill Comstock of Carpenters' Local 16, and elected second vice president was Jack Dyer of the Laborer's Union. The Trades and Labor Council is the official local AFL-CIO umbrella organization and is comprised of 79 local unions.

State chamber of commerce forms new affiliate

The Illinois Chamber of Commerce organized a new affiliate, the Illinois Utility Policy Center, earlier this year to provide an effective forum for business energy users and utilities to discuss their common interests and concerns. The results of the center's dialogue and accompanying research will be used to shape business positions on these issues before the Illinois Commerce Commission and Illinois General Assembly. The center's office is located in Chicago. For more information, call Eric Canada, (312) 372-7373.

Ethnic and folk arts grants announced by IAC

The Illinois Arts Council (IAC) has announced that grants totaling $40,000 were awarded to individual artists by the council's Ethnic and Folk Arts Programs during fiscal year 1988.

Eight master artist/apprentice pairs received a total of $20,000 through the apprenticeship program, which encourages the practitionersof traditional art forms to share their knowledge with the next generation. They include: Pauline Cole of Chicago, to study African percussion with Amira Millicent Davis of Chicago: Margaret R. Gorman of Chicago, to study Battenberg lacemaking with Helen M. Olson of Berwyn; James L. Harriston of Chicago, to apprentice with recognized master of Afro-Cuban percussion and chant, Carlos Eguis-Aguila of Chicago; Doris C. Kiang of Lisle, to study traditional Chinese dance with Beiman Guo of Chicago; Dana T. Petkunas of Chicago, to study Baltic jewelry making with Lilita Spuris of Wood Dale; Bobby Rubenstein of Chicago, to study traditional tap and jazz dance with Jimmy Payne of Chicago; Vyjayanthi Seshadri of Oak Park, to study classical dance of India with Hema Rajagopalan of Lombard; and David C. Thomas of Anna, to study traditional old-time mandolin from Lynn W.B. Smith of Grayslake.

In recognition of their continued artistic excellence and achievements, four artists received $5,000 fellowship awards in ethnic and folk material and performance traditions. They include: Adele Ada Dragunaitis of Cicero for traditional Lithuanian weaving; Kimiko Gunji of Monticello for Kabuki, a form of theater with origins in 17th century Japan; Dawn R.D. Hesse of

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Bloomington for pysanka, a traditional Ukrainian folk art; and Ruth Noelle of Equality, for traditional American textile arts.

The Illinois Arts Council acts as a catalyst in promoting the continued vitality of the arts. The council provides grants and technical assistance to community arts agencies, individual creative artists and nonprofit organizations that present arts programming.

Older employees/employers honored

Five top winners were presented statewide awards in Springfield during national Employ the Older Worker Week in March, held annually to honor senior employees and their employers. The awards ceremony was hosted by the Illinois Department on Aging in cooperation with several social service and governmental agencies in the state.

The winners and their categories include: public sector employee of the year award —Frieda Koch, 70, of Metropolis, assistant cook at the Metropolis Senior Site; private sector employee — Edna Mae Brown, 79, of Rockport, a proofreader and copy editor at the Pike Press in Pittsfield; senior community service employment program enrollee of the year (a program administered by the Illinois Department on Aging and seven national contractors) —Rose M. Pierce, 60, of Springfield, a job developer/counselor with the Springfield American Association of Retired Persons/Senior Community Service Employment Program; private sector employer — the Scripps-Reno Department Store in Macomb; and public sector employer — the West Central Illinois Legal Assistance, with offices in Galesburg and Fulton County.

First annual Corporate Recycling Award winners

As a part of the 1988 Illinois Recycling Week activities in April, Gov. Thompson announced eight winners in the first annual Governor's Corporate Recycling Award competition. The winners were chosen from nearly 30 Illinois corporations that have demonstrated leadership in one of three categories: reducing solid waste that otherwise would have been deposited in landfills, using significant amounts of recycled materials in the manufacture of new products, and purchasing recycled products as a part of their corporation's standard procurement policy.

Winners in the solid waste reduction category include Sutter Sanitation Services in Shumway for baling and marketing approximately 30 tons of cardboard per month and J. Walter Thompson USA Inc. in Chicago for initiating an office paper recycling program that generated funds for tree planting projects and community recycling programs.

In the recycled product manufacturers category, winners included FSC Paper Company, L.P. in Alsip for manufacturing newsprint consisting of 100 percent secondary or recycled fiber (old newspapers); Jefferson Smurfit Corporation's Alton mill for promoting the recycling of 250,000 tons per year of old corrugated containers that are used to produce new corrugating medium for the container industry; Moreco Energy Inc. in McCook for reducing solid waste destined for landfills by nearly 1,400 tons per year; and Owens-Illinois Glass Container Inc. in Streator for developing a series of recycling activities that included the purchase of nearly $4 million in recyclable glass.

Winners in the recycled product procurement category include Precision Twist Drill Company in Crystal Lake for using 26 tons of old newspaper annually in packaging their products; and Waste Management of Illinois in Palos Heights for conducting a series of internal and community recycling activities and for using over eight million sheets of recycled office paper at their corporate offices.

Zechman's Illinois tourism campaign wins 11 Addy's awards

Zechman & Associates Advertising Inc., the agency that created Illinois' tourism campaign for the Department of Commerce and Community Affairs, was honored by its Chicago peers in March, winning 11 of 26 Gold Awards at the annual Addy's competition. The awards are designed to recognize creative excellence in advertising.

Five of the Gold Awards were for television and print advertising developed by Zechman as part of the state's $10 million annual advertising campaign to promote tourism and the Illinois economy. In addition, Zechman picked up 10 merit awards for advertising promoting Illinois — eight more in the tourism category and one each for its economic development and Illinois Film Office ads.

Matteson wins design grant from National Endowment for the Arts

The village of Matteson has been awarded a $20,000 Design Arts Program grant from the National Endowment for the Arts. The only Illinois municipality to receive this grant, Matteson plans to use the funds to support an urban design study. A major objective of the study is to demonstrate how a freeway can be integrated into the surrounding community. The grant will be matched by village funds.

A nationwide search is currently underway to find an urban design team to assist the village with the project. Village guidelines have

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already been established by Matteson's community development department, under the direction of Ralph Coglianese. These seek to establish a link between the village's busy urban center and the surrounding residential areas that are presently divided by major highways. The urban design team will also be required to submit a practical, affordable layout and to provide strategies on how to implement these plans. Village staff will be responsible for implementation of the plan.

Tree City USA awards go to 53 Illinois communities

For the 12th consecutive year Urbana was honored as a Tree City USA. Three other communities — Elmhurst, Highland Park and Lake Forest — were awarded the designation for the eighth time. These four joined 49 other Illinois communities honored in March under the Tree City USA program.

Tree City USA was established as a U.S. bicentennial project by the National Arbor Day Foundation. It was designed to recognize communities that are effectively managing their tree resources and to encourage implementation of local tree management programs based on Tree City USA standards.

The program is cosponsored in Illinois by the Department of Conservation's forest resources division. For further information on how your community could become a Tree City USA, contact DOC's Mike Reichenbach at (217) 782-2361.

'Granny' Tomanik recognized for foster care

Elizabeth Tomanik of Bonfield, known around the Dwight Correctional Center as "Granny," was presented with a certificate of appreciation in February from Gov. Thompson in recognition of her care of foster children and her efforts in arranging visits between children and their mothers at the correctional center. Tomanik, 74, has been sharing her home with foster children for nearly 50 years and has served as a foster mother to dozens of children born to mothers incarcerated at Dwight during the last seven years, according to Warden Jane Huch.

Former legislator Saperstein dead

Former Democratic state Sen. Esther Saperstein died May 17 at her Chicago home. She was 86. Saperstein served two terms in the Illinois Senate (1967-75) and five in the House (1957-67). In the Senate she served as chairperson of the education committee, the Mental Health Commission and the Status of Women Commission.□

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