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 Jerry Schaefer Department of Conservation Harold C. Hawkins, Treasurer Trustee, Springfield George Lowrey ORPR, Champaign Scott Randolph, Sergeant at Arms Commissioner, East St. Louis David Jewell Chester Mental Health John Hedges Franklin Park Park District BOARD OF DIRECTORS David Colmar Homewood Flossmoor Park District Julia Crane Commissioner, Howewood-Flossmoor David Markworth Des Plaines Park District Waldon O. Degner Commissioner, Palatine Robert Espeseth ORPR, Champaign Jean M. Foran Commissioner, Chicago Richard Westgate Western Illinois University Mildred L. Jones Commissioner, Niles Gregory Meyer Homewood Flossmoor Park District Peter J. Koukos Commissioner, Highland Park Louis Brackett Moraine Valley College Bruce Larson Commissioner, Urbana Steve Meyer Northbrook Park District Patricia Leonhard Commissioner, Champaign Barbara Manselle Western Illinois University Don G. Prindle Board Member, Forest Preserve District of DuPage County Barry N. Shore Commissioner, Northbrook Norman P. Smalley Commissioner, Elmhurst Jerome Brault Commissioner, Park Ridge 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

Cover: Fall Scene in beautiful rural Illinois. Photo courtesy of Dora Lattner, Kankakee Camera Club. SEPTEMBER/OCTOBER 1978 Vol. IX, No. 5* ISSN: 0019 - 2155 CONTENTS Features Fitness Trail Adds Life ..................4 Petites Promenades ................... .6 Swing Into Funding ...................10 Training for Lifeguards .................12 Can You Spare a Grant .................14 Senior Olympics in Illinois. .............28 Hit the Recreation Trail ................34 Departments From the desk of VP ....................3 IPRA Highlites. ....................... .3 Legal & Legislative .....................8 Editorial - Special Districts .............16 People N' Places ......................26 Latest on Students ....................27 50th Anniversary .....................30 NRPA in Action .......................36 "Previous issues were recorded incorrectly as Volume VIII; the correct volume number is IX. 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 Julia Crane 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.