Official Publication of the
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ILLINOIS ASSOCIATION OF PARK DISTRICTS
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ILLINOIS PARK AND RECREATION SOCIETY
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OFFICERS
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OFFICERS
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President: WEBSTER D. WILEY
Commissioner, Kewanee
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President: JACK WHITE
Champaign
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President-Elect:
HENRY C. DEIHL
Commissioner, Salt Creek Rural
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President-Elect:
RICHARD JOHNS
Glenview
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Past President: ALLAN A. WEISSBURG
Commissioner, Skokie
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Past President:
MICHAEL POPE
Elmhurst
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Vice Presidents:
GEORGE KOSTOPOULOS
Commissioner, Carol Stream
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Secretary:
THOMAS HALL
Wilmette
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TIM G. SOLDWEDEL
Commissioner, Pekin
PETER TRENCHARD
Commissioner, Deerfield
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BOARD MEMBERS
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Treasurer:
HAROLD C. HAWKINS
Trustee, Springfield
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JOE H. DOUD Northbrook
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Sergeant at Arms:
FERDINAND C. ARNDT
Commissioner, Des Plaines
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DAVE MARKWORTH Des PIaines
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BOARD OF DIRECTORS
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STEVE GONZALEZ Dundee Township BARBARA ALTWIES Skokie
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PAUL E. ROBERTS Commissioner, Central Area, Maywood
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ROBERT HUMKE Champaign
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DOROTHEA WEIGAND Commissioner, Naperville EDWARD J. ROSEWELL Commissioner, Chicago
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ELENA RUANE Palatine DAVE SNIDER Peoria
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ERWIN ROMKE Board Member, Kane County Forest Preserve
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DONALD E. PILGER Deerfield
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JAMES CUMMINGS Trustee, Peoria
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ROBERT DUNSMUIR Wheaton
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BARBARA WILLIAMS Commissioner, Olympia Fields
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JAMES TALLEY Oak Park
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GERALD E. WERNICK Commissioner, Rockford
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ROBERT EMS Canton
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PATRICIA LEONHARD Commissioner, Champaign
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HAROLD E. BROWN Granite City
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MANNY HOFFMAN Commissioner, Homewood-Flossmoor
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FRANK WAIDE, Therapeautic Branch Madden Zone Center
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DONALD EARLEY Commissioner, West Chicago
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JOHN BRUNS, Student Branch Western Illinois University
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EXECUTIVE STAFF
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Eugene Berghoff, Executive Vice President, IAPD and Managing Editor
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Robert A. Stuart, General Counsel, IAPD
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Kay F. Kastel, Executive Secretary, IPRS and Editor
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Bill Bodine, Accountant, IAPD
Marilyn Walters, Office Services Specialist
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COVER
Spring is beginning to bud in the Wheaton Park District's Northside Park. (Photo courtesy of the Wheaton Park District.)
MARCH/ APRIL
1975
VOL. VI, No. 2
Kay F. Kastel Forest, Editor
CONTENTS
FEATURES
Save A Tree ................. 4
Arbor Day Highlights .......... 5
The Play is the Thing .......... 6
Community Concerns .......... 10
Creative Playgrounds .......... 12
Vandalism .................. 14
Swimming for Mentally Retarded ..... 24
Changing Jobs ............... 26
DEPARTMENTS
Legal and Legislative ......... 8
Survey ..................... 15
From the desk of VP .......... 23
Society Notes ............... 23
IPRS Lecture Series ........... 28
People and News ............. 32
Associate Members ........... 35
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
Allan Weissburg, Chairman
Webster Wiley
Henry Deihl
Paul Roberts
Michael Pope
Jack White
Richard Johns
Joe Doud
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.
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