Volume 35, Number 3 May/June 2004

Features Whats the big deal about Day Camp Accreditation? 14 -by Shari Ann Wenzel Special Focus Extreme Maintenance 20 A 10- Step Program for a Recreation Center Remodeling Project -by Daniel R. Atilano, AIA Get with the Program 28 Site Maintenance Strategies from the Pros -by Barbara Dutton

ON THE COVER Nancy Hubbard, planning assistant at the Oswegoland Park District took this photo of the Stonegate Dam Beautification Project on the Waubansie Creek. After a deluge took down the Lower Stonegate Dam in July 1996, the district worked with the Illinois Department of Natural Resources to restore and maintain this area as a spawning habitat for fish that move in from the Fox River. The project involved creating the gravel riffles shown here. Departments From the Editor 4 Are You on Board? 6 Networking - It Isn't Just for Conference Anymore Eye on the Profession 8 On Solid Turf Statehouse Insider 10 IAPD Forms Coalition to Fight for OSLAD and NAAF Funding Mixed Media 36 What's Your Story? People and Places 38