Official Publication of the ILLINOIS ASSOCIATION OF PARK DISTRICTS ILLINOIS PARK AND RECREATION ASSOCIATION OFFICERS OFFICERS Peter T. Trenchard, President Commissioner, Deerfield Fred P. Hall, President Palatine Park District Gerald E. Wernick, President-Elect Commissioner, Rockford Ronald Dodd, President-elect Park Ridge Park District Tim G. Soldwedel, Past President Commissioner, Pekin Joe H. Doud, Past President Northbrook Park District Robert L. Cole, Vice President Commissioner, Decatur Keven Kendrigan, Secretary NWSRA Donald F. Earley, Vice President Commissioner, West Chicago BOARD MEMBERS Barbara Straus, Vice President Commissioner, Olympia Fields Charles Fields, Jr. Al Bowen Center Harold C. Hawkins, Treasurer Trustee, Springfield Jerry Schaefer Department of Conservation Scott Randolph, Sergeant at Arms Commissioner, East St. Louis George Lowrey ORPR, Champaign BOARD OF DIRECTORS David Jewell Chester Mental Health John Hedges Franklin Park Park District Julia Crane Commissioner, Howewood-Flossmoor David Colmar Homewood Flossmoor Park District Waldon O. Degner Commissioner, Palatine David Markworth Des Plaines Park District Jean M. Foran Commissioner, Chicago Robert Espeseth ORPR, Champaign Mildred L. Jones Commissioner, Niles Richard Westgate Western Illinois University Peter J. Koukos Commissioner, Highland Park Gregory Meyer Homewood Flossmoor Park District Bruce Larson Commissioner, Urbana Louis Brackett Moraine Valley College Patricia Leonhard Commissioner, Champaign Steve Meyer Northbrook Park District Don G. Prindle Board Member, Forest Preserve District of DuPage County Barbara Manselle Western Illinois University Barry N. Shore Commissioner, Northbrook Norman P. Smalley Commissioner, Elmhurst Lewis L. Smith Commissioner, Elk Grove EXECUTIVE STAFF Eugene Berghoff, Executive Vice President, IAPD and Managing Editor Bill Bodine, Accountant, IAPD Kay Kastel Forest, Executive Director, IPRA and Editor Robert A. Stuart, General Counsel, IAPD

1978 marks the 50th anniversary of the Illinois Association of Park Districts. Congratulations are in order. Keep up the good work — IAPD. MAY/JUNE 1978 Vol. VIII, No. 3 EDITOR: Kay Kastel Forest CONTENTS Features A Bit of History ........................4 Unique Nature of Park Districts. ..........6 Golf Courses without Tax Burdens ........9 Reduce Vandalism ....................14 BOR Becomes HCRS ..................28 National Heritage Program .............30 Departments Legal & Legislative ....................10 Forest Preserve President Honored ......13 From the desk of VP ...................16 IPRA Highlites. .......................16 NRPA Update. ........................24 IPRA Tour Information .................26 People N Places ...................... 32 The latest on Students .................33 IAPD Associate Members. ..............34 IPRA HEADQUARTERS AND EDITORIAL OFFICE 600 E. Algonquin Rd. DesPlaines, Illinois 60016 phone (312) 297-6261 IAPD HEADQUARTERS Suite 206 St. George Bldg. 300 East Monroe Street Springfield, Illinois 62701 phone (217) 523-4554 JOINT COMMITTEE Robert L. Cole Waldon O. Degner Donald F. Earley Barbara Straus Peter T. Trenchard Gerald E. Wernick Ronald Dodd Joe H. Doud Fred P. Hall Patricia Norris No. 847580 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.