Official Publication of the
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ILLINOIS ASSOCIATION OF PARK DISTRICTS
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ILLINOIS PARK AND RECREATION ASSOCIATION
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OFFICERS
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OFFICERS
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President: HENRY C. DEIHL Commissioner, Salt Creek Rural
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President: CHARLES PAXTON,
Zion Park District
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President-Elect; TIM G. SOLDWEDEL Commissioner, Pekin
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President-Elect: JOE H. DOUD,
Northbrook Park District
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Past President: WEBSTER D. WILEY Commissioner, Kewanee
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Past President: RICHARD E. JOHNS,
Glenview Park District
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Vice Presidents: GEORGE KOSTOPOULOS Commissioner, Carol Stream
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Secretary: FRED HALL,
Palatine Park District
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PETER TRENCHARD Commissioner, Deerfield
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BOARD MEMBERS
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GERALD E. WERNICK Commissioner, Rockford
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TONY KAMBICH
Lake Forest Recreation Department
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Treasurer: HAROLD C. HAWKINS Trustee, Springfield
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RONALD DODD
Arlington Heights Park District
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Sergeant at Arms: NORMAN P. SMALLEY Commissioner, Elmhurst
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STEVE GONZALEZ
Department of Conservation
THOMAS GORDON
Peoria Park District
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BOARD OF DIRECTORS
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GERALD OAKES
Glencoe Park District
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ERWIN ROMKE Board Member, Kane County Forest Preserve
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ELENA RUANE
Palatine Park District
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JAMES CUMMINGS Trustee, Peoria
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DANIEL NEWPORT Elmhurst Park District
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BARBARA STRAUS Commissioner, Olympia Fields
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DONALD E. PILGER Deerfield Park District
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PATRICIA LEONHARD Commissioner, Champaign
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ROBERT DUNSMUIR
Wheaton Park District
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DONALD EARLEY Commissioner, West Chicago
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THOMAS RICHARDSON
Glenview Park District
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ROBERT W. BLUESTONE Commissioner, Franklin Park
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HAROLD E. BROWN
Granite City Park District
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DONALD PALZER Commissioner, Kankakee Valley
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RONALD SECRIST
Champaign Park District
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JEAN M. FORAN Commissioner, Chicago
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KEVIN KENDRIGAN, ITRS President
Northwest Special Recreation Assn.
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CHARLES E. WRIGHT Commissioner, Canton
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TOM BRIMBERRY, Student President
Illinois State University
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EXECUTIVE STAFF
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Eugene Berghoff, Exacutive Vice President, IAPD and Managing Editor
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Robert A. Stuart, General Counsel. IAPD
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Bill Bodine, Accountant, IAPD
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Kay Kastel Forest, Executive Secretary, IPRA and Editor
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Marityn Walters, Office Services Specialist
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ON THE COVER
This play equipment found in one of the Homewood-Flossmoor parks is attractive to children even in the winter months. (Photo courtesy of Homewood-Flossmoor Park District)
NOV./DEC.
1976
VOL. VII, No. 6
Kay Kastel Forest, Editor
CONTENTS
FEATURES
Victorian Live In Program ......... 4
Citizen Involvement ............ 6
Community Gift .............. 12
Persistence of Dedicated Women ..... 15
Park District Immunity. .......... 16
Local Officials Day ............. 21
Special Recreation for Special People ... 23
DEPARTMENTS
From Desk of VP .............. 3
IPRA Highlites ............... 3
Legal and Legislative ............ 8
Conference Highlights ........... 10
Editors Clipboard .............. 14
News Briefs ................. 18
Illinois Tax Facts .............. 20
People and News .............. 26
Associate Members ............. 29
IPRA HEADQUARTERS AND EDITORIAL OFFICE
600 E. Algonquin Rd. DesPlaines, Illinois 60016 Society phone (312) 297-6261
IAPD HEADQUARTERS
Suite 206 St. George Bldg. 300 East Monroe Street Springfield, Ill. 62701 Association phone (217) 523-4554
JOINT COMMITTEE
Richard Johns, Chairman
Chuck Paxton
Joe Doud
Jan Porter
Webster Wiley
Henry Deihl
Tim Soldwedel
Peter Trenchard
ILLINOIS PARKS AND RECREATION is published bimonthly at Springfield, Illinois by the Illinois Association of Park Districts and the Illinois Park and Recreation Association. 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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