Intergovernmental Cooperation: The Park District Advantage Homewood-Flossmoor Ice Arena: Unique Land Agreement Maximizes Use of Tax Dollar Page 8 Legislation Approved to Protect Illinois Park Districts Page 11 A Profile of the Baby Boomers in the 90s Page 32

6 Continuing the Commitment—Challenging the Future by Ted Flickinger, Ph.D., IAPD Executive Director 8 Homewood-Flossmoor Ice Arena: Unique Land Agreement Maximizes Use of Tax Dollar by Robert Malito 11 Legal/Legislative Scene by Peter M. Murphy, CAE, IAPD General Counsel 14 Pictorial of the Legislative Golf Outing 16 Designers of Our State Park and Forest Preserve Systems by Jane and Dean Sheaffer 21 Networking: Make Conferences Work for You by Margaret L. Arnold 24 Forest Preserve District of DuPage County Adopts Unprecedented Land Management Program by Brook McDonaldand Sandy Rodman 27 Recreation Internships: Training or Torture? by Sara Hensley 30 Public Awareness Perspective: A Flood of Aid by Chris Katsougris, CLP. and Kerry Patrick Hays, CLP 31 The Illinois State Fair—A Pictorial 32 TRENDS: A Profile of the Baby Boomers in the 90s 35 People, Places & Things Laura J. Bedford, Editor Director of Communications, IAPD, Springfield, Illinois Theodore B. Flickinger, Managing Editor Executive Director, IAPD, Springfield, Illinois

The Illinois Association of Park Districts and the Illinois Park and Recreation Association belong to a unique network of membership organizations located throughout the country. Following is an overview of U.S. associations, provided by the American Society of Association Executives.

• There are 1,300,000 nonprofit organizations in the United States with budgets more than $25,000.

• There are more people working for nonprofit organizations than for the Federal government and all 50 state governments combined (8.3 million work in nonprofits and 6.8 million for the government).

• If the revenues for all the nonprofit organizations in the Unites States were somehow combined, they would exceed all but the seven largest nations in the world.

• Associations held more than 10,600 conventions in 1992, and more than 135,000 other meetings.

• Associations spend $432 for every dollar spent by the government on setting and enforcing standards.

• Seven out of ten adult Americans belong to at least one association. Forty percent belong to four or more.

• America's trade and professional associations spend more on continuing education than all states—except California. In 1989, associations devoted $8.5 billion annually to education.

Correction: The photographer of the May/June 1993 cover of Illinois Parks & Recreation was incorrectly identified. Tim Boyle, free-lance photographer, took the picture of the Northbrook Park District Soccer Program. The photo was submitted with permission by the Northbrook Park District. The editor regrets this error.