Nancy Glick has recently joined the Town of Normal (Illinois) Parks and Recreation staff. Nancy is from Galena, Illinois and will hold the position of Aquatics and Activities Supervisor.

Nancy received a Bachelor of Science Degree in Parks and Recreation Administration from Western Illinois University and a Master of Arts Degree in Public Affairs from the University of Iowa. Her previous full-time work experience was with the Cedar Rapids and Muscatine, Iowa Parks and Recreation Departments.

Her responsibilities will include management of the aquatics facilities/programs and assisting and coordinating special events and cultural activities.

Western DuPage Special Recreation Association is pleased to announce the appointment of Nancy Meisenbach to the position of Program Specialist. Ms. Meisenbach is a 1981 graduate of the College of St. Francis in Joliet with a major in Therapeutic Recreation and a minor in Art. W.D.S.R.A. provides special recreation for residents of Glen Ellyn, Naperville, West Chicago, and Wheaton.

Ms. Bobbie Herakovich, Superintendent of Recreation for the Urbana Park District was the recent recipient of the Champaign-Urbana YWCA's Achievement Award for outstanding leadership and service in the area of government.

Ms. Herakovich, a 1973 graduate of the University of Illinois' Recreation and park Administration Department, has been responsible for the development of several highly successful District programs including a comprehensive Ballet Arts program.

Her extensive involvement in many professional and community service organizations include her present responsibilities in serving on the Executive Board of the Downtown Urbana Promotion Committee and the Mid-Year Forum and Affirmative Action Committees of the Illinois Park and Recreation Associations.

Rick Mansell, formerly a director of RETHINK, Inc., a Canadian consulting firm, has assumed the position of Administrative Coordinator for the city of Calgary Parks/Recreation Department. A graduate of the University of Illinois (M. Sc., 1973) Rick would like to extend an invitation to all his professional colleagues and friends in Illinois to give him a call if they should be in Calgary. The three new leisure centers complete with indoor wave pools, the one hectare indoor park on the third floor of a downtown mall, the decentralized community development oriented delivery system are but part of the excitement and challenge Rick faces in the next four years.

William E. Eberley, President of the Sterling Park District Board of Commissioners (center), presents a plaque to Craig Dahlquist, Western Illinois University, Graduate intern, for his outstanding work and contributions to the Sterling Park District during his Master's degree internship (Western Illinois University) during the period August 1981-February 1982. Looking on: Neal Wick, Vice President of the Board; Dahlquist; Eberley; Ray Vandersteen, Westwood Track Building Coordinator; and James Eshleman, Commissioner.

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Thompson A Dyke of Thompson Dyke & Associates, Ltd. announced the appointment of Drew Petterson and Ann Blocher Hill as new associates.

Petterson is an attorney/planner with the Chicago office of Harland Bartholomew & Associates, Inc. He is a licensed attorney. Petterson received his Bachelor of Science in Business Administration from Northwestern University in 1967 and his Juris Doctor degree from Duke University School of Law in 1970.

Hill comes to planning from the field of architecture and is a site designer for the firm. She is also a school media specialist and has taught library science. Hill received a Bachelor of Arts degree from Wheaton College in 1967, a Master of Science in Library Science from the University of Illinois-Champaign/Urbana in 1971 and a Master of Architecture from the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee in 1981.

David Espeseth has recently been selected as the Supervisor of the new Outdoor Program for the Village of Oak Lawn, IL, Youth Services. The Outdoor Program has been named Discovery Three and is aimed at enriching the lives of youth through self-awareness, outdoor challenges and shared adventures. David is a recent graduate of Southern Illinois University receiving his B.S. in Outdoor Recreation Management. He worked as a practicum student for the Environmental Workshops and Underway programs of Touch of Nature Environment Center, Carbondale, IL and last summer served as a backcountry ranger in North Cascades National Park, WA.

Pictured with the Daniel L. Flaherty Award for Park Excellence traveling trophy and finalist plaque at the Lakeland Park are, from right to left: Robert D. Ems, Director of the Canton Park District; Peter J. Tarabolett, President of the Canton Park District Board; William H. McCamey, Park Commissioner and chairman of the Lakeland Development Committee and Gary G. Baker, Assistant Director of the Canton Park District.

The Canton Park District recently received the Daniel L. Flaherty Award for Park Excellence at the 1982 Great Lakes Park Training Institute. Their entry, Lakeland Park, competed with seven (7) other projects from the Great Lakes Region. Lakeland Park is a reclaimed coal strip mining area donated to the Canton Park District by the Consolidation Coal Company. The Park encompasses over four hundred and fifty (450) acres of which one hundred and five (105) acres is divided into four (4) bodies of water. The Canton Park District officially dedicated Lakeland Park on May 27, 1981. The site was developed through matching fund grants from the Land and Water Conservation Fund by the Illinois Department of Conservation.

A (3.5) mile multiple purpose hiking/jogging/biking path follows the rolling terrain along the parameter of the Park. Two (2) boat ramps allow easy access to the lakes. The Canton Park District began a fee fishing program at Lakeland in the fall of 1980. The lakes were stocked with popular sport fish, such as largemouth bass, northern pike, walleye and channel catfish.

Lakeland Park is a showpiece of coal strip mining reclamation as an example of how natural resources can be utilized for the benefit of everyone.

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During the past year, Jim Storms has been Director of Youth Services for the Village of Oak Lawn, a service of municipal government providing a balance of program activities for youth including employment services, leisure experiences, counseling and Discovery Three courses (an adaptive Outward Bound program). Jim received undergraduate degrees from Western Illinois University in Parks and Recreation and Business Administration and then spent four years employed by the Village of Oak Park as a Community Center Director before returning to Indiana University where he received an M.S. degree in Parks and Recreation (Administration and Outdoor Recreation/Education).

He then was employed by the Mellon-Scaife Foundation of Western Pennsylvania as Director of Project Challenge, a community based Outdoor Adventure Program for adolescents of Monroeville, Pennsylvania followed by three seasons as an instructor for the Minnesota Outward Bound School. His publications on guidelines for outdoor experiences have appeared in both state and national publications including Illinois, Pennsylvania and the National Parks and Recreation Magazines.

The Illinois Park & Recreation Foundation (IPRF) has given an outstanding service award to Steven Gonzalez of the Illinois Department of Conservation. Shown here, from left, are Robert Nichols, President of the IPRF; Peter Koukos, Commissioner of the Park District of Highland Park and President of the Illinois Association of Park Districts; Gonzalez; and Charles Tamminga. Assistant Director of the Illinois Department of Conservation.

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Charles T. Balling is now Superintendent of Recreation with the Homewood-Flossmoor park district. Before joining the Homewood-Flossmoor park district staff, Superintendent Balling was acting Superintendent of Recreation and Program Manager for the Naperville park district.

Graduating from Eastern Illinois University with a Bachelor of Science Degree in Parks and Recreation Administration, he is currently enrolled at the College of DuPage taking business classes.

Professional affiliations include the Illinois Parks and Recreation Association and the Suburban Parks and Recreation Association. During the 1980-81 calendar year, Mr. Balling was Director of the I.P.R.A. recreation program section.

The Wheeling Park District has recently hired a new Facility Coordinator for their Neptune's Recreation Center (located adjacent to Wheeling High School at 900 S. Elmhurst Road, Wheeling) Terry Horan will be in charge of the recreation center which includes a health club, swimming pool, and concession/game room.

Horan, who currently lives in St. Charles, Illinois with his wife, Marlene, was previously employed as a Physical Education Instructor with the Carol Stream School District. Horan also has past employment experience as Aquatics Director with several suburban park districts. Horan's wife is a Special Education teacher.

The park district welcomes Terry Horan to their facility, and is encouraged as to his future work with and for the citizens of Wheeling.

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Left to Right: John Wilson, Director Chicago Ridge Park District; Eugene Seigel, Mayor Chicago Ridge; Joan Davis, President of Chicago Ridge Park District Board; Board members, David Weigand, Mike Witt, Joanne Christian, and architect Jeff Braun, Cody-Braun & Associates.

October 12, 1981, marked the dedication of Frontier Park, a three acre park, newly developed by the Chicago Ridge Park District. This park represents a significant addition to an area of the Village of Chicago Ridge that has been lacking park and recreational facilities for a considerable period of time.

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