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IPRA Calendar Submit an IPRA meeting or event 9/8 National Institute on Recreation Inclusion (NIRI) 9/13 C&M Section Meeting & Workshop 9/13 NPSI Course & Exam 9/14 Athletic Committee Meeting 9/15 Northwest Illinois Assoc. of Park and Rec. Meeting 9/16 A&F Annual Golf Outing 9/21 AFO Certification Course 9/23 1st Annual Park Pursuit 9/30 10th Annual Sprecher 5,000 Golf Classic 10/4-5 Supervisor Symposium-Your Winning Hand! 10/6 A&F Section Meeting 10/7 Facility Mgmt. Section Meeting 10/18 2005 Senior Center Statewide Conference 11/4 Facility Management Section 11/5 Early Childhood Trends Workshop 11/13-16 Professional Development School in Lake Shelbeyville 11/17 C&M Section Awards Luncheon/Meeting Read These Articles and More Online Submit your news releases to IPRA 8/25 Parks to be upgraded, preschool to be moved in Carol Stream 8/25 @ last, Hanover Park parks going online 8/25 2005 Professional Development School - Survivor 8/22 Kids’ games not just child’s play 8/22 A place to call their own 8/18 Homewood-Flossmoor Featured in Sports Illustrated 8/18 New Office Gets a Splash of Color 8/15 Online Cooperative Purchase Program Begins Today 8/12 Proposed Land Purchase Adds to Singing Hills Forest Preserve 8/11 What’s the Big Idea? To Blog or Not To Blog ... That is the Question 8/11 State gives communities smoking-ban option 8/11 Hanover Park District "Peek at the Park" 8/10 Schaumburg’s new water park keeps swimmers cool 8/10 Clubhouse keeps kids safe for working parents 8/8 IPRA's Mega-Garage Sale 8/3 IPRA Headquarters is Moving 8/3 Online Cooperative Purchase Program Begins Aug. 15 7/26 No more smoking on park property 7/25 Kids learn to relax 7/25 Police, park district team up to reduce vandalism 7/22 Education Needs Assessment Survey Order your plate TODAY Advertise Here March April May May extra June June extra July August August extra	Featured News » IPRA Offices Closed 9/1-9/7 » Last Chance For Park Pursuit - Late registration ends TODAY, 8/26 » Cooperative Purchase Program - Still time to participate in this year's program Resources » Did You Know? - Trends and information you need to know » News You Can Use - Fun, interesting and useful knowledge to help you succeed Things To Do » FREE Office Furniture - Garage sale items still available » Supervisor Symposium - Play your winning hand and register now IPRA Offices Temporarily Closed During Move On Thursday, September 1, 2005 the IPRA Headquarters will be relocating to Oakbrook Terrace, Illinois. Per previous emails and notifications, here is the timeline that will occur for the move. Note that the IPRA will be back in operation, pending any technological challenges on the afternoon of Wednesday, September 7, 2005. *TIMELINE* August 31 All IPRA systems will be shut down including phone and computer systems. This means there will be no access either by phone, fax or email. These systems will be removed from the Carol Stream Headquarters and moved for installation to Oakbrook Terrace. September 1 Movers arrive at the Carol Stream Headquarters and start packing the trucks for the move to Oakbrook Terrace. No communication will be available. Move in will begin at 3:00pm. September 2 – 7 Telephone and computer systems are installed and tested. Staff works to unpack and reorganize offices and prepare to again service its members the afternoon of September 7 th. Please note our new address: 1815 S. Meyers Rd., Suite 400 in Oakbrook Terrace, IL 60181. The new phone number is (630) 376-1911 and the fax number is (630) 376-1919. Email addresses will remain the same. Click here to view UPDATED pictures of the new IPRA headquarters including the paint colors. Late Registration Ends TODAY Friday, August 26 is the last day to register your team for the Park Pursuit. The late registration fee is only $200 for your 4-person team which includes an awesome race around Chicago, a cool shirt, prizes and a reception at the Hilton! Check out The Blog Spot for a listing of the top 10 team names. They are really funny. Click here to download your registration form. Cooperative Purchase Program Ends September 16 The new and improved Cooperative Purchase Program is running smoothly and the online process is proving to be an efficient use of time and money. If your agency has not participated in the past this is the year to join in on the savings. Alert your entire staff to the program and its benefits. Although you may not necessarily be the person in charge of registering your agency and placing the orders, make sure that everyone is aware that the program is going on and that you would like to participate. Click here to begin saving time and money! New findings...helpful advice...event recaps...LET US KNOW! Professional Development School Enrollment Has Begun This year's PDS in beautiful Lake Shelbeyville, November 13-16, will challenge you, teach you and develop you to be the best of the best in the field of parks and recreation. Enroll today to receive valuable learning, greater understanding, career building lessons, useful insights and trends and lots of fun for you and your colleagues. This year's theme, Survivor, features keynote speaker Butch Lockley who was the 4th place finisher in CBS's Survivor Amazon reality show. An excellent curriculum is scheduled with wonderful learning opportunities for every member of your agency. Click here to learn more about the 2005 Professional Development School. 2005 Awards Program Kicks-Off Soon The Awards Committee will be ready for you to begin nominating deserving individuals and agencies later this September. This year the award descriptions and nomination forms will be available online for you to print off. There will not be a printed brochure this year. The online process of viewing and printing off forms puts the control in your hands...there is no need to download, print or read anything that you are not interested in. Deadlines for all awards will be October 31, 2005. Additional announcements and a postcard will notify you of when the award forms are ready. New findings...helpful advice...event recaps...LET US KNOW! Solving the Wastepaper Problem Genetic engineering is normally associated with creating things, but now researchers are hoping it will destroy. The global wastepaper glut--caused by insufficient moisture in the world’s landfills to break the paper down--could be solved with a genetically modified form of cellulosome under development at Israel's Weizmann Institute of Science. Cellulosome is a molecular complex that degrades cellulose, a major component of wood and other plants. In the laboratory, the modified cellulosome took only a day to turn finely chopped paper into a syrup of soluble sugars. Although the designer molecules are not yet ready to be applied to actual landfills, the process offers hope for a solution to a growing problem. A simple way that you and your agency can help reduce the wastepaper problem is to use recycled paper. Now that you are using recycled paper...recycle it by placing them into the recycling bins provided by your waste management company. SOURCE: Weizmann Institute of Science, http://www.weizmann.ac.il/ Office Furniture Remains Thank you to all who bought items at the IPRA Mega Garage Sale. Currently IPRA has worked to dispose of property that the association cannot take with due to space restraints. However, we still have items that need to be removed from the building before the move. Either these are “free” or at a greatly reduced price. If you are interested in these items, please contact Bill or Dorothy at 630-752-0141. The items will need to be picked up at the IPRA Office on or before Tuesday, August 30 th. If you purchased items at the Mega Garage Sale please pick those up also before or on Tuesday, August 30 th. View the pictures of remaining items. Click on the picture to see a brief description. Sign Up for the Supervisor Symposium October 4-5 at the Fox Valley Park District Register Online Play your winning hand and attend the second annual Supervisor Symposium presented the Recreation & Facility Management Sections. The Supervisor Symposium offers a variety of sessions including internal marketing, recruiting fitness staff, helping volunteers help you, and dealing with youth parents and many more. Both the Recreation & Facility Management Section have recruited awesome speakers, pertinent topics & of course the opportunity to network with other professionals. CEU's will be available. Registrants have the choice of attending one or both days. Lunch will be provided each day. The registration deadline is September 29. Register online or contact Kim Washcher (South Elgin, Parks & Recreation Department) at 847-622-0003 or Debbie Karner (Streamwood Park District) at 630-372-7275 for more information or to have a registration form faxed to you.
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IPRA Offices Temporarily Closed During Move
On Thursday, September 1, 2005 the IPRA Headquarters will be relocating to Oakbrook Terrace, Illinois. Per previous emails and notifications, here is the timeline that will occur for the move. Note that the IPRA will be back in operation, pending any technological challenges on the afternoon of Wednesday, September 7, 2005.

TIMELINE
August 31
All IPRA systems will be shut down including phone and computer systems. This means there will be no access either by phone, fax or email. These systems will be removed from the Carol Stream Headquarters and moved for installation to Oakbrook Terrace.

September 1
Movers arrive at the Carol Stream Headquarters and start packing the trucks for the move to Oakbrook Terrace. No communication will be available. Move in will begin at 3:00pm.

September 2 – 7
Telephone and computer systems are installed and tested. Staff works to unpack and reorganize offices and prepare to again service its members the afternoon of September 7 th.

Please note our new address: 1815 S. Meyers Rd., Suite 400 in Oakbrook Terrace, IL 60181. The new phone number is (630) 376-1911 and the fax number is (630) 376-1919. Email addresses will remain the same.

Click here to view UPDATED pictures of the new IPRA headquarters including the paint colors.

Late Registration Ends TODAY
Friday, August 26 is the last day to register your team for the Park Pursuit. The late registration fee is only $200 for your 4-person team which includes an awesome race around Chicago, a cool shirt, prizes and a reception at the Hilton!

Check out The Blog Spot for a listing of the top 10 team names. They are really funny.

Click here to download your registration form.

Cooperative Purchase Program Ends September 16
The new and improved Cooperative Purchase Program is running smoothly and the online process is proving to be an efficient use of time and money. If your agency has not participated in the past this is the year to join in on the savings.

Alert your entire staff to the program and its benefits. Although you may not necessarily be the person in charge of registering your agency and placing the orders, make sure that everyone is aware that the program is going on and that you would like to participate.

Click here to begin saving time and money!

New findings...helpful advice...event recaps...LET US KNOW!

Professional Development School Enrollment Has Begun
This year's PDS in beautiful Lake Shelbeyville, November 13-16, will challenge you, teach you and develop you to be the best of the best in the field of parks and recreation.

Enroll today to receive valuable learning, greater understanding, career building lessons, useful insights and trends and lots of fun for you and your colleagues.

This year's theme, Survivor, features keynote speaker Butch Lockley who was the 4th place finisher in CBS's Survivor Amazon reality show. An excellent curriculum is scheduled with wonderful learning opportunities for every member of your agency.

Click here to learn more about the 2005 Professional Development School.

2005 Awards Program Kicks-Off Soon
The Awards Committee will be ready for you to begin nominating deserving individuals and agencies later this September.

This year the award descriptions and nomination forms will be available online for you to print off. There will not be a printed brochure this year. The online process of viewing and printing off forms puts the control in your hands...there is no need to download, print or read anything that you are not interested in.

Deadlines for all awards will be October 31, 2005.

Additional announcements and a postcard will notify you of when the award forms are ready.

New findings...helpful advice...event recaps...LET US KNOW!

Solving the Wastepaper Problem
Genetic engineering is normally associated with creating things, but now researchers are hoping it will destroy.

The global wastepaper glut--caused by insufficient moisture in the world’s landfills to break the paper down--could be solved with a genetically modified form of cellulosome under development at Israel's Weizmann Institute of Science. Cellulosome is a molecular complex that degrades cellulose, a major component of wood and other plants.

In the laboratory, the modified cellulosome took only a day to turn finely chopped paper into a syrup of soluble sugars. Although the designer molecules are not yet ready to be applied to actual landfills, the process offers hope for a solution to a growing problem.

A simple way that you and your agency can help reduce the wastepaper problem is to use recycled paper. Now that you are using recycled paper...recycle it by placing them into the recycling bins provided by your waste management company.

SOURCE: Weizmann Institute of Science, http://www.weizmann.ac.il/

Office Furniture Remains
Thank you to all who bought items at the IPRA Mega Garage Sale. Currently IPRA has worked to dispose of property that the association cannot take with due to space restraints. However, we still have items that need to be removed from the building before the move. Either these are “free” or at a greatly reduced price.

If you are interested in these items, please contact Bill or Dorothy at 630-752-0141.
The items will need to be picked up at the IPRA Office on or before Tuesday, August 30 th. If you purchased items at the Mega Garage Sale please pick those up also before or on Tuesday, August 30 th.

View the pictures of remaining items. Click on the picture to see a brief description.

Play your winning hand and attend the second annual Supervisor Symposium presented the Recreation & Facility Management Sections. The Supervisor Symposium offers a variety of sessions including internal marketing, recruiting fitness staff, helping volunteers help you, and dealing with youth parents and many more. Both the Recreation & Facility Management Section have recruited awesome speakers, pertinent topics & of course the opportunity to network with other professionals. CEU's will be available.

Registrants have the choice of attending one or both days. Lunch will be provided each day. The registration deadline is September 29.

Register online or contact Kim Washcher (South Elgin, Parks & Recreation Department) at 847-622-0003 or Debbie Karner (Streamwood Park District) at 630-372-7275 for more information or to have a registration form faxed to you.