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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 Berghotf, Executive Vice President, IAPD and Managing Editor

Kay Kastel Forest, Executive Director, IPRA and Editor

Bill Bodine, Accountant, IAPD


Cover: One ol the few covered bridges In central Illinois. Photo courtesy of James Lattner, Kankakee Camera Club.

NOVEMBER/DECEMBER

1978

Vol. IX, No. 6*

ISSN: 0019 - 2155

CONTENTS

Features

Ice Fishing ............................4

Wood You Buy Wooden Playgrounds .... .6

Junking the Junket Myths ..............10

Proposition 13 - Editorial. ............. .11

Tax Revolt Or.........................15

Special Recreation - Pros and Cons .... .16

Illinois Park and Rec. Foundation ...... .18

Departments

Special Report - Election Procedures .... .3

Legislative Report..................... .8

Conference Highlites ................. .12

IAPD Executive Appointed ............ .18

Etc. .................................18

People 'N News. ..................... .20

Associate Members ................... 22

"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
Joe H. Doud
Fred P. Hall
Patricia Norris

ILLINOIS PARKS AND RECREATION (USPS 847-580) 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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