ILLINOIS
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PARKS &
RECREATION
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MAY/JUNE 1992
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VOLUME 23
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NUMBER 3
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Intergovernmental Cooperation:
The Park District Advantage
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"Cooperative Efforts Create
Win-Win-Win Opportunities"
Page 8
Budget Crisis Portends
Long Legislative Session
Page 11
Trends Affect Your
Organization in Many Ways
Page 34
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6 Across the Board: Grooming The New Board Member
by Dr. Ted Flickinger, CAE, IAPD Executive Director
8 SPECIAL FEATURE: Cooperative Efforts Create
Win-Win-Win Opportunities
by Jim Clare and Glenn Kost
11 Legal/Legislative Scene
by Peter M. Murphy, CAE, IAPD General Counsel
16 SPECIAL LEGAL FEATURE: New Transportation Act
Means New Source of Funding
17 Fees And Charges: A Trend Towards Change
by John Muno and Roger Key
21 Meet The Environmental Odd Couple of the '90s
by Kenneth S. Kutska, CLP
27 Inclusion of Persons With Disabilities Into Community
Recreation Programs Has Dramatically Increased
by Thomas S. Suhs
32 Governor's Conference Charts The Future
by Ted Flickinger
34 TRENDS: Trends Affect Your Organization in Many Ways
by Kathy Cassens
35 People, Places & Things
Tim Snodgrass, Editor
Springfield, Illinois
Theodore B. Flickinger, Managing Editor
Executive Director, IAPD, Springfield, Illinois
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National Advertising Representative
Allan S. Young
P.O. Box 4407
Arlington Heights, Illinois 60006
(708) 670-0264
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May/June 1992
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A Note From The Editor
Are You Ecologically Literate?
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A Quiz on the Science of Ecology
1. Of all the species that ever lived on Earth, how many still exist?
A. More than 95 percent
B. Approximately two-thirds
C. Less than 1 percent
2. Which of the following statements about extinction is false?
A. Humans have had little effect of the rate of extinction.
B. Extinction is an essential aspect of Darwin's theory of natural selection.
C. Most animal species becoming extinct as a result of
Amazon deforestation are insects.
3. Which of the following is a permanent feature of the Earth's
surface?
A. The Mississippi River
B. The Rocky Mountains
C. None of these features
4. What is the ultimate source of virtually all energy used by living
things on Earth?
A. Energy stored in fossil fuels
B. Nuclear reactions in the sun
C. Geothermal activity
5. Which of the following does not apply to every ecosystem?
A. Energy of some kind must always flow into the system
B. The elements of life must always cycle within the system
C. There must always be predators
Answers
1. C. Scientists who study the fossil record of life believe that the
vast majority of species that once lived on Earth are now
extinct.
2. A. Humans, by overhunting large vertebrates and by altering
environments have caused a significant increase in the rate of
extinction. Scientists estimate that 20 percent of all species
could be lost in the next decade through human activities.
3. C. The Earth's surface undergoes constant change.
4. B. The ultimate source of energy for life is nuclear reactions in
the sun.
5. C. In every ecosystem, energy flows and matter cycles. Predators, which consume the consumers of plants, are not necessary in all ecosystems.
On The Cover
Jerry Pask took this
photograph of the putting green and first tee
at Palatine Park
District's Palatine Hills
Golf Course.
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