Official Publication of the ILLINOIS ASSOCIATION OF PARK DISTRICTS ILLINOIS PARK AND RECREATION SOCIETY OFFICERS OFFICERS President ALLAN A. WEISSBURG Commissioner, Skokie President: MICHAEL S. POPE Elmhurst President-Elect: WEBSTER D. WILEY Commissioner, Kewanee President-Elect: JACK WHITE Champaign Past President: MICHAEL J. CASSIDY Commissioner, Freeport Past President: ERNEST W. NANCE Park Ridge Vice Presidents: HENRY C. DEIHL Commissioner, Salt Creek Rural Secretary: MARILYN WOLF Homewood-Flossmoor TIM G. SOLDWEDEL Commissioner, Pekin BARBARA WILLIAMS Commissioner, Olympia Fields Treasurer: STEVE RISER Freeport Treasurer: HAROLD C. HAWKINS Trustee, Springfield BOARD MEMBERS Sergeant at Arms: JACK CLAES Elk Grove FERDINAND C. ARNDT Commissioner, Des Plaines ROBYN GLICK Naperville BOARD OF DIRECTORS NATE DIXON Champaign GEORGE KOSTOPOULOS Commissioner, Carol Stream JIM TALLEY Oak Park RAYMOND J. LINDBLAD Commissioner, Joliet JACK FOGEL Rock Island PAUL E. ROBERTS Commissioner, Central Area, Maywood JERRY OAKES Waukegan DOROTHEA WEIGAND Commissioner, Naperville FRANK LUPTON Macomb EDWARD J. ROSEWELL Commissioner, Chicago WILLIAM O'BRIEN Carbondale ERWIN ROMKE JERRY HANDLON Naperville Board Member, Kane County Forest Preserve DONALD WIRTH Evanston PETER TRENCHARD Commissioner, Deerfield JAMES HOHM, Therapeutic Dixon JAMES CUMMINGS Trustee, Peoria ED HAAG, Student Western Illinois University EXECUTIVE STAFF Eugene Berghoff, Executive Vice President, IAPD and Managing Editor Robert A. Stuart, General Counsel, IAPD Bill Bodine, Accountant, IAPD Kay F. Kastel, Executive Secretary, IPRS and Editor Marilyn Walters, Office Services Specialist

COVER The tranquility of a hot summer's eve is demonstrated by this photo of the deserted swimming pool. (Photo Courtesy: Walter Hinz, Treasurer, Broadview Park District) JULY/AUGUST 1974 Vol. V, No. 4 Kay F. Kastel, Editor CONTENTS FEATURES Trail of Benefit .............. 4 Revenue Sharing - Senior Center..... 6 Crisis or Opportunity .......... 10 Revenue Sharing and Your District ........... 11 Unstaffed Agency ............ 12 Crisis in Parks & Recreation .... 14 Comment on Certification ....... 16 Local Government Resources .... 18 Environmental Concerns ........ 22 Public Use Survey ............ 24 DEPARTMENTS From desk of V.P. ............ 3 Society Notes ................ 3 Guidelines for Park Police ...... 5 Legal & Legislative ............ 8 Readers Appeal .............. 17 People ..................... 26 Minimum Wage Law .......... 28 Associate Members ........... 29 SOCIETY HEADQUARTERS AND EDITORIAL OFFICE 600 E. Algonquin Rd. DesPlaines, Illinois 60016 Society phone (312) 297-6261 ASSOCIATION HEADQUARTERS Suite 206 St. George Bldg. 300 East Monroe Street Springfield, Ill. 62701 Association phone (217) 523-4554 JOINT COMMITTEE Ernest Nance, Chairman Michael Pope Jack White Michael Cassidy Al Weissburg Webster Wiley ILLINOIS PARKS AND RECREATION is published bimonthly at Springfield, Illinois by the Illinois Association of Park Districts and the Illinois Park and Recreation Society. Subscription per year: Domestic $5.00; Foreign, $6.00. Single copies, $1.00 each. Second class postage paid at Springfield, Illinois.