230 Attend Legislative Conference

One hundred and fifty-six park and recreation professionals and 74 state legislators attended the IAPD Fifth Annual Legislative Conference April 20 in Springfield. Several programs on legislative matters were presented during the morning and afternoon at the Hilton Hotel and an evening reception honoring legislators was held at the Sangamo Club. Rep. Michael J. Madigan, Speaker of the Illinois House, discussed "Illinois in the 1980s" in a keynote luncheon address. Shown are a few photo highlights of the Conference. Other photos will appear later in The Communicator.

Attending the legislators reception were (left to right) Dan Newport (face partially hidden), Winnetka; Lorraine Wax, Northbrook; Marilyn Mattes, Wilmette; Tom Richardson, Glencoe; Judy Beck (front), Glenview; Sen. Roger Keats, Wilmette, 29th District, and Sandra Fernstrom, Arlington Heights.

House Speaker Michael Madigan is presented an IAPD Leisure Chef Cook Book by President Morgan Powell following the lunch.

Rep. Howard B. Brookins, Chicago, 36th District, is flanked by Arlene Mulder (left), Arlington Heights and Andrean Brookins at the reception honoring legislators.

Having an enjoyable time at the legislators reception are (left to right) Henry Deihl, Salt Creek, an IAPD Past President; Rep. Ted Leverenz, Maywood, 51st District; Kevin Kendrigan, Palatine: David Harris, Arlington Heights, 53rd District; Rudolph Nelson, Rolling Meadows, and Barbara Staley, Salt Creek.

Posing for a photo at the legislators reception were (left to right) Rep. James Kirkland, Elgin, 66th District; Ted Flickinger. Springfield, IAPD Executive Director, and Rep. Terry Steczo, Posen, 78th District.

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Attending the legislators reception are (left to right) Guy Frisco, Fox Valley; Rep. Suzanne Deuchler, Aurora, 42nd District, and Chuck Hoscheit, Fox Valley.

Sen. George Sangmeister, Mokena, 42nd District, emphasizes a point in a conversation with Steve Luzbetak, Lockport, and Illinois Attorney General Neil Hartigan (right), Chicago, at the reception for legislators.

Charles Zulanas Jr., President of Olympia Field Park District, and Sen. William Mahar, Homewood, 19th District, pose for a photo at the legislators reception.

Sen. John Grotberg (left), St. Charles, 25th District, converses with fellow Sen. Aldo De Angelis, Olympia Fields, 40th District, at the legislators reception.

Shown (left to right) at the legislators reception: Jim Petkus, Oak Forest; Don German, Oak Forest; Sen. Richard Kelly, Hazelcrest, 39th District; Don Burns, Oak Forest, and Guy Gattone, Oak Forest.

State Sen. John Davidson, 50th District, and his wife were present for the legislators reception.

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