ecfteatio~ iv. Qeoftgia 
 
This section of the Chattahoochee River has been called by some the most scenic stretch of any river within a large urban c1ty any place m the Southeast. Just around the bond are 200' bluffs, rock outcroppings and magnif1c1ent v1ews wh1ch defy descnption. Can you 1magme how the level, flood plain area to the left would look w1th an apartment complex 10' from the water7 
Preparmg to depart on the legislative Orinetat1on of the river are these members of the Chattahoochee River Joint Study Committee. lou Greathouse (left) who has been a crusader for legislative protection of the R1ver, and Jim Cone, (right) the DeKalb County Parks and Recreation D~rector are going over last mmute details w1th (l.r) Ross Wilson, Rep. Howard Atherton, Senator Cy Chapman and son Scott, Rep. Marton Young, and Rep. Brad Dorminy, Co-Chairman of the Study Committee. 
 
Commission 
 
August September 1971 
 
THE(, 1-'1. fAHOOCHEc R \ ER-TODAY! 
 
fOM >RROW? 
 
The ( hattahoodtee River from Buford Dam to Peachtree Creek is recognized a a natural, cultural, recre ti0n resource of major importance m the Georgia llentage. 
Witlun the past year, the river has been the subJect ol mu.;h controversy reg..Jrdmg rezomng of property, available publ1c access points, water quahty, protection of tlood plams and shorelines and, m gener I, the pnvate ver'>U public use of and acce s to the river. 
Last year the State Inter gency Councli on Outdo r Recre tion requested that the Georg1a General Assembly take appropriate <.Ctl.>n to (I) E. tabhsh Pubhc Policy and declare the State's interest m the Chattahoochee Scenic River from Peachtree Creek to Buford Dam; (2) Declare the Chattahoochee a Model Inland River for Scenic and Recreational Values in the State: (3) Est bhsh State Regulatory control , with area-wide and local planning and review process to ssure cenic protection of the nver corridor, and prohibit any permanent structural developments m the flood plam; establish a m1mmum set-back of permanent buildings of 200' from each .:hannel bank and proh1b1t developments on steep lope (over 157) 111 order to protect the cemc ba.:k drops and bluffs, protect the region's main water, and avmd evere sot! ero ton 
It wa further recommended by Council members that (4) adequate public acces areas be reserved from the remaining potential sites on the river corndor; and (5) a l\loritorium be placed on developments tn the nverscJpe and creation of a maJor public park be con idered in the area referred to as the Palisades pending completion of a Bureau of Outdoor Recrealton Study. 
Legislation was introduced which would have largely accomplished these recommendations. However, tt was referred to the Chattahoochee River Joint Study ColTUltittee \\ ho e Ch irman is Senator Robert Walling of DeKalb County. Through Senator Walling's efforts seuom study of the nver has taken place which is expected to precede successful legislation when th1s year's General Assembly convenes. 
Stnce Ia t October, the Bureau of Outdoor Recreation has labored to ..:omplete tts Chattahoochee Recreation Area Study and has attempted to draw upon the expertise of various local, state, federal, private and public agencies and individuals in order to assemble a plan of development and conservation of the nver and Its shorelines, flood plains and slopes. 
As of this writing the projected completion date of the Bureau of Outdoor Recreation Study is November 8th. Thts study will outhne recommendations for recreation areas. access points to the river (I R-20 in number, 5 to 40 acres in 
 
 l [ COMING EVENTS 
October 19-22 ational Congress on Recreation and Parks Houston, Texas 
November 17-19 State Conference on Recreation and Parks Macon, Georgia 
 
"Recreation in Georgia" publication of the Georgia Recreation Commission, Trinity-Washington Building, 270 Washington Street, S.W., Room 703, Atlanta, Georgia 30334 -Telephone: 666-2790 
JOHN H. DAVI5-Executive Director JAMES A. COLLEY-Deputy Executive Director 
LONICE BARRETT-Assistant Director THAD STUDSTILLAssistant Director DR. HAROLD D. MEYER-Consultant 
 
THt: CHATTAHOOCHEE RIVER-TODAY! TOMORROW? (Cont.) 
size), archaelogi~l and historical sites, natural areas, and list priorities on all of these. The most frequently mentioned projected developmental cost of the river corridor amounts to approximately $40 million dollars from federal sources such as HUD, the Bureau of Outdoor Recreation, Land and Water Conservation Fund, and the Department of Transportation. 
The local governments of Fulton, DeKalb, Cobb, Gwinnett, and Forsythe Counties have been encouraged to assist in the protection of the river corridor by continuing their individual efforts to obtain the critically needed access areas. 
Special emphasis is given to the Bureau of Outdoor Recreation Study because in the year that has elapsed since B.O.R. initially announced plans to conduct the study tremendous interest has been generated. Many events have transpired which have had both positive and negative results upon the river. 
With some people or groups, the thought in mind has been to sell riverside land to developers with the only consideration being personal gain without regard to the detriment of a region wide public resource. While landowners have differed in opinion over the proposed river corridor being an invasion of their personal privacy, the majority of landowners view protection of the riverscape as being absolutely necessary and have organized activist groups to work to that end. Others, however, have viewed proposed zoning restrictions, particularly within the flood plain, as negating their privilege to use their personal property as they might wish. This is to say that some people would build houses or apartments in the flood plain at the risk of having the general public pay for their flood hazard loss. 
 
 This area IS perhaps the most popular and attractive spot along the Chattahoochee R1ver as this IS the entrance to the region referred to as the Palisades. In the background is the land wh1ch was recently rezoned to permit construction of an apartment and office bu1lding complex W1thm the flood-plain. All of the land pictured is posted. complete with security guard and NO Trespassing s1gns. 
 
The utter d.ilemma of gaming access to the river is reflected by these cars illegally parked (and t1cketedl by families, high school and college students and others deisnng to tube, canoe, raft or even swim in the Palisades are of the river. This photograph was taken near the mtersection if 1-285 and 1-75 on a Sunday afternoon. 
 
STATE COMMISSION RELEASES NEW SALARY STUDY FOR PUBLIC RECREATION/PARK EXECUTIVES 
fhe Georgia Recreation Commission has relea ed he latest data available for public recreation and park officials in Georgia. The I971 study reveals that c;alarte" range from $7,800 to a maxtmum of $22,863.00. The J\erage of the 61 reportmg fulltlme departments was $11 ,026.95. This average representmg n increa~e of $1, 326.95. 
Coptes of the study may be obtained by wntmg to the Georgta Recreation Comm1sston, 270 \\a hington Street, S.W., Atlanta, Georgia 30334. 
 
18 RECREATION/PARK STUDIES UNDERWAY BY STATE COMMISSION 
The Georgta RecreatiOn Commi . ton has underway some 18 recreatton/park studtes as requested by local govern ments. The studies deal with the basic facts necessary for Implementation of a sound recreation/park system for a c1ty or county. 
The Commission ts involved in tudte of varymg degree wtth: Albany-Dough tcrty County, Americus, Brunswkk, Clwmblee. Cherokee County, Chh:k  mauga, Covmgton, Hapeville, \hlledgeville. Royston, Tattnall County, Quitman, Youth Development Center, ('lin h Coun ty, Fulton County, Henry County, Harri County, and Adel, Georg1a 
 
CLAUDE M. LEWIS, Director of Recreat1on for the C1ty of Warner Robins is warmly congratulated by Governor Jimmy Carter upon being sworn in as a new member to the Board of Recreation Examiners. Mrs. Claude Lewis beams approval of the appointment. 
 
PSYCHOLOGIST DR. JOYCE BROTHERS, SEES BIK.I<S AS fEENAGI:.R "Till 'G" 
 
Commenting on .:hanging teenage attuudes, mothational psychologi t Dr. Joyce 
 
Brothers smd that bikes may be repl cmg cars in the dreams of good many teenagers as 
 
part of a commtttment to ftghting pollution and poverty "Hd\ing fun and domg the1r 
 
e.:ology thmg." 
 
Credtt Btke Commuters' \lews, Volume 6 
 
 SPRING SWING TO PLAYGROUNDS 
 
THE AUTHOR 
JACK C. OELIUS is General Manager of Parks and Recreation for the City of Atlanta. He was elected to this position in March 1964 at the age of 30 making him the youngest department head m the history of the c1ty. 
Mr. Del ius is a native of Smyrna, Georgia. He holds a B.S. Degree from Georgia State Univer sity and has completed additional academic work at the University of Georgia. 
 
For sevcr.tl years the Commumty Development Cnrporation o: the C&S , 'a tiona! Rank has conducted a community wide impro'vement project in the Atlanta areJ. In the summer of 1970 the hank enlisted volunteers from tts own staff, help Irom the City of Atlanta's Sanitary Divt ion of the Publi..: \\orks Oepartment, .:hurches, fraternal orders civic associations and pnvate tndtvtduab 111 cleamng up various ec,liJOmically litsadvan: taged neighborhood of our City. The key to the project and the success could be directly contnbutcd to the heavy ctttzen involvement. The Commumty Development Corporation feels that it i not JUSt enough to make a donation and then tand back to see what happens they w nt people mvolved o that a vested tntere:t is cre:~ted. This year, in the early pring, lr. William Vanlandingham, executive Vice Pre ident of the C&S Bank and pre~ident tlf the C'ommuntty Development Corporation, contncted the Atlanta Parks and Recreatton Departme"lt and a.ked for list ot needed project tha t could be done dunng the umnwr of l 971. Stnce Atlant is very defktent in open pace and in the development for facilitie for recreation and leisure time, the li t of ttems that was ~ubmitted to Mr. VanLandingham w rather lengthly. One thing that caught his eye was the some 112 playlot that are generally located in ti'e economically disadvantaged area. of our city whtch Jre leased for $1.00 a ye,n by the Ctty of Atl...nta. The playlots are an attempt to bndge the gap of delldcncy that e ists in recreation facilities in Atlanta until such time s a massive botd issue cJn be successfully passed and for once the ctty can have at least the mimmum number of acreJge reqmred unde r :\RPA stand.trds, etc. 
 
The C&S Bank, on a strictly anonymous basis. decided to attempt to fully equip With modern. colorful playgnund apparatus. 60 or more playlots most of which are located in deprived areas. The bank offered to match, dollar for dollar, all nonations received from individuals, churches, civic organizations, etc. up to a total of S100,000. The bank was to order and be committed for the payment of the equipment without the City of Atlanta being directly involved. The bank selected a supplier with whom they had dealt previously on similar projects in other cities. Mr. YanLandmgham wanted all of the equipment installed from scratch on Saturday, June 5, !971. But after a ~urvey of the mechanics involved it was quickly detem1ined that holes had to be dug and concrete had to be poured several days tn advance for the installation of many of the pieces ol equipment. The City of Atlanta Department of Parks and Recreation is divided into four area maintenance districts. Each distnct has IS to 17 playlots which had to be prepared. Some 230 employees at one time or the other were placed on overtime. Twenty-three mobile two-way radio units of the department were assigned the responsibility of coordinating the final tn~tallation on June 5th. We knew from the start that certain parts and pieces would go to the wrong playlot. that nuts :~nd bolts might be missing. that there was a tremendous need for tools, etc. About 
 
this time Major Donald Tapscott, Com mantling Ofticer of the Sth Battalion, !97th Infantry Bngade :tt Fort Hemung came forward and aid to the City, "LOOK, we do a lot of commumty work on an overseas basts, so why not do community work right here at home?" Immediately Major Tapscott dispatched 32 enlisted men on a voluntary basts to Atlanta. It became obvious that billetmg would be a problem as well as food. Fort t\h:Pherson graciously agreed to accept quarters responsibthtie for the soldier , and the Pryor Street Llementary School arranged to prepare double portton meals for these hard working young men during the duration of "Spring S\\1ng to Playgrounds.'' On June Sth the Army showed up nth additional forces conststing ol radio technici.ms, and engineers, and thus the project had not only the Ctty of Atlanta's two-way communtcation system, but alc;o a backup system provided by the Army. The Army brought with them 20 additional I rge trucks. and these were divided among the four park districts, and along with the City' vehicles, all were loaded by 2 00 a.m. on the morning ol June Sth. At 7:30a.m. all of the trucks began to roll. I:.qutpmertt was dropped off at each rec;pec.tt've playground, withetther an Army enlisted man or a Parks and Recreatwn employee staying with the equipment to guard it from vandalism, etc. Then by <):00 bank employees, private ..:ittzens, church 
 
groups. etc. along with City personnel began to a~semble the equipment U'lng tool donated by Sears & Roebud and cooltng off with refreslm1ent provtded by the Coca-Cola Company. By 10:45 a.m. three of the four distn..:t were full y installed and the playground eqt11pment in u e by literally thousands of h.. ppy children. By 1.00 the fourth dtstrict was finished and them the bank pon orcd a mammoth chicken fry at the pavilion in Piedmont Park. The playgound equtp ment manufacturer flew tnto Atlanta and viewed the operatiOn and later told the City that tlu~ was probably the large t purchase and the largest install tton of playground equipment in the history of the United States. Early the follo\\1ng \1onday mornmg towns and communittes near Atlanta began to call for mfonna tion. We now understand that .everal cities are carryine off the same type of program wtth the help of C&S Bank. 
WHAT DID ALL OF TliiS ACCO I PLISI I? Well, first of all and very ob viously, it provided a tremendous upgradlllg of 67 different playlots. In one fell woop tt pro'vided the City of Atlanta with as much playground equipment as our annual budget would have provided 111 30 years (we get about $5,000 a year for swmg , slides, etc.) But perhaps more tmportant than that, in the words of ~lr , Dtck Jones of C&S Bank and Mr. Ue Hess, the .:oordinator of Spring Swmg to 
 
 Playgounds, It showed the Atlanta Parks and Recreation Department tlwt it can tackle just about anything and that if this project could be carried off wtth a fmr amount of success. then anything el e down the road will be more or le chicken feed. It instilled a very poSitive attitude among our office and field employees. AdditiOnally, it involved literally thousand . of Atlanta citizens from all walk of life nch and poor, bla.;k and white, re ident and non-restdents m a community wtde project wtth great physical impact and lasting phy!>tcal improvements. Everyone now has a vested interest in these playgrounds and we are pleased to report that as of the time of thi writing that vandalism has been virtually non-existe!lt of any of the (,7 locations. It is worth emphasizing that the C&S Bank continued all during the project to remain anonymous, but our Park and Recreaction staff feels that they need proper recognitiOn. There is nothing wrong with telling the world about what some fine organization has done for its own community. 
 
TEAMWORK, COMMUNITY PRIDE AND INVOLVEMENT ... THE KEY TO COMMUNITY SUCCESS. People from all walks of the Atlanta community united their time, talents and interest to make the "Spring Swmg To Playgrounds" a tremendous success. 
 
The BEFORE scene of the Fraser-Reed Playground locat1on depicts an unused lot that presents an "eyesore" to the entire community. 
 
The AFTER scene mdicates the actual results of the Sprmg Swmg to Playgrounds program. A functional playground that will help serve the needs of the res1dents of the Fraser-Reed area. 
 
EDITORS COMMENTS: 
 
The prov1s1on of a comprehensive recreation :md park servtce rcquue the .;oordmated eflurt o numerous r,rnup , a entt , organizations and indiVlduals in a community. It is essential that :~II resources, phyical and l'um n. L-e fullv util,z'd if auah''lprograms are to be produced for the cituenry 
 
Tite "SPRING SWI"iG TO PLAYGROL'NDS" program is an ex.;ellent c. mple of "What can be done "Wllh I: VFR'r' 0 11 workirg together to benefit all the people of a cornrnunity. The spirit of this program has captured the tnagin ti P  nd ntlm Jasm ol p opl throughout the United States. The loming together of a private enterpns~, CIVIC and reltgtous orgam tiens, :l pu"Jlic; rec.n'atl m ara park agency, the l'nited States Army and thousands of mterested individuals have satd to the people of Atlanta YFS, v..e do 1.. re 
It i the fervent hope of the Georgia Recreatton Commission that thi is only the BEGINNI G. holl' tlu rna 'lificant pror,ram \\<II' spring forth renewed interest in providmg wholesome recreation and park pursuits for Jll Geurgtans. TOGETIIFR, as .. tea'll, it car be done. 
 
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PERSONNEL CHANGES 
 
BE BOOZER ha~ res1gned as h.!ad ul the \lacon Re~reat ion Department to head tle Department of Parks, Recrea- 
tion and Tourism for County ol Ci':.!tleston, South Carolina. 
 
ANDREW JACKSO 1 is the new Director of the Sylvania Recreation Department. 
ALEC CASWLLL ha rc 1gned a the Dlrector of Recreation for the City of Cedartown. 
GARY BRASWELL 1s the new Program Diredor for the Carrolton Recreation Department. 
 
MISS SIOTHIA LONGMIRE has joined the State Parks Department as Recreation Coordinator for Will-A-Way Recreation Area at Ft. Vargo State Park. 
She is a graduate of Carson Newnan College of Jefferson City, Tennessee. 
 
JIM HE ~11~1S, As istant Director of Recreation lor tle C!ly of Atlanta retued recently from this posl110n. 
 
MARIE LEWIS, recent graduate from the Untversity of Georgia has joined the . taff 
of the W:trnl!t Robm3 Recreation Department. 
 
1\11\11 ALl f 1 , Director of Pubhc Relation for the Gaine~villc Department ho.~s resigned from till posmon. 
DA11J1\/Y PI UNKETT has JOined the Roswell Rc.:rcat1on Departmcn '"'s athletic d!Tector. 
STEVE ( OL graduate of Georgia Southern College and the University of ~orth Carolina has joined the faculty of the South Georgia Jumor College ir. Douglas, Georgia. 
 
DR. JIM RICKETTS has joined the Georgia Department of Corrections as Dtrector of Correctional Recreatron Programs. 
Dr. Rrcketts is a nattve of Belle Center, Ohio. He received degrees from Ohio Northern Uni versity, Bowling Green State University and his Doctor of Philosophy Degree in 1971 from Ohio State University. 
He has held various positions at Ohio State University, Hanover College and Bluffton Col lege. 
Dr. Rtckett's main thrust with the Department of Corrections will be to rnitiate recreation programs tn Georgra"s Penal Institutions. 
 
A NEW DIMENSION IN RECREATION 
The Sun R~~e Lakcs \1obtle Home Community lo\:3ted 111 Conyers, Ceorgia ts opening a new dimension m the held of recreatiOn. Sun Rte Lakec; is the first community of its kind to recogmLe tre need for provtdmg th rcsidenh with a planned recreation program that will be orgamzed and di~ected by a professional ret.;reation taff. 
During the summer, two graduJte student<;, 1 erry Spence and Jack Stroud both of whom have earned B S Degrees at Clemson Um\erslty m Recreation and Parks Administration and arc now workmg on theu Master' Degree m Recreation Planning and Park De tgn at the University of Georgm. ha\e e~taiJli hcd a recreation program for the entire m(lbile home commumty. Thts pilot program \\ill hopefully pave the way for the possible implementation of an on going ye:tr round tull-tJme program that will be equal to any municipal program. 
 
FEDERAL AID 
Bureau of Outdoor Recreation LWCF Grants 
Ml LLEDGEVI LLE-BALDWIN COU NTY 
The tolledgeville-Ihldwlll County Recreation CommissiOn has rec.CI\'ed ap. proval of a B.O.R. grant of $132,000 for the acquisition and development of Baldwin County Park. 
HABERSHAM COUNTY 
A gmnt of SS 1.050.50 to develope a 34 n.:rc county park. 
COLUMBUS 
A grunt tn develope eight (X) net hhorhood recreation areas Jnd eqUJpment. 
CITY OF ATLANTA 
A grant of I S,X 12 to improve existmg 20 acre city park known  s Honeysuckle Park. 
CITY OF BROOKLET 
A grant for the acqumtion and development of a 12 acre p<~rk. Total gra nt 
21,840.00. 
CITY OF THOMASVILLE 
A S13,131.60 grant to improve live extsting park sates lor outdoor recre:llion use. 
CITY OF VIDALIA 
A grant of $26,350 to acquue an develope a seven (7) acre city park . 
CITY OF CUMMING 
A grant of $6,086 additiOnal sum to the original B.O.R. grant. 
CITY OF EATONTON 
A grant of $20,264 to develope and improve 3 acre city park . 
CITY OF PERRY 
A grant of $13,000 to develope a 2'1.2 acre park previously acqmred under a Federal grant 
CITY OF MONTICELLO & JASPER COUNTY 
An acquisllton and development gra nt of $36,80 I for a 6.04 acres of lant.l for outdoor recreation. 
CITY OF LOUISVILLE. 
A $19,032 grant to develope 6 a rrs of city property for outdoor recreatior use. 
CHEROKEE COUNTY 
A grant of $2),074 to develope a ten acre park for outdoor recreation use 
Continued on page 8 
 
 THE AUTHOR : 
lillY Rhodes, a nauve of Albany, Georg1a IS a 
puate of the Umversity of Ge~rg1a w1th a 
a.s. Degree in Recreation. He IS currently 
pursuing a graduate degree an Recreat1on and f'lrks Administration. 
Mr. Rhodes is completing an assignment 
tllhh the Georgia Recreation Comm1ss1on as a 
~~~~~~~~r of Governor Carter's Student Intern Program. 
As profe sionals 111 the lield, we mu~;t not discipline our tune and ef 01 t a cording to the hn nc1 I compen atlo'l we receive. We must endeJvor to increa our knowledge and skill thrt ugl perfor'll ance and ervice to those \lie ~erve If we are to be referred to a prole s10nal  we mu t face squarely the problems tl:-at confront u und our profe sion. But, tl i is not enough. We mu t be problem solvers. ew programs and addllioral funds for the Recreation and Park profession is the action which make seme. 
As we enter a new decade, the future of the Recreation Jnd Park prnfes iln rests squarely on my shoulders a well a other tudent . We mu t have pnde m our profe ion and endeavor to ~.~dvan.:e ne\~; ideas and establish new ['O:Jls. We may want to keep these 1deas in mmd to u c guideposts for bettenng our professiOn. 
There ex1 ts a great urgency to: I. Upgrade our present ..:urnculums ., Support and participate in our pro- 
fessional orgamlat1ons 3. Extend preent programs to meet 
the need of Semor C'1tilens, and Ill and llandkapped and other new areas 4. Require mandatory certtfication 5. Look and act the part of a profe sional 6. Upgrade salaries and funds for additional programs and facilities 7. Acquire additional Recreation and Park lands and facilities 8. Work toward the establishment of the Park-School concept where applicable The challenges before us are many. We must prepare ourselves to face these challenges. I must ask myself. will 1 be 
to meet them? Will you'? 
 
A GRADUATE STUDENT'S VIEW OF THE RECREATION AND PARK PROFESSION 
How many times h ve w... topped nd a l.;.ed o.m .ve ucr que tions .. , Wh'r did I choo e the Recr atiJn and Park. Prole on' WI at do I '1 ve tc llfter t~e !Ield; and,\\ !.at 
can tlw II~IJ offer Me? 1 h  e t uesti n IT' :r sounJ 1.. dcrr IC, bu 'te you or I ever 
askeJ ourselves the most mportant q.J st10n " I d10se tlu held be u e of MY fi!Mi v b ckgrou ~ J p: rt-'Ir.l \liork xpen nee 
in the 'Ield Itself. Workmg rart-ti.ne Ill Boys' (tubs, "( M.( .A: 31 d Recreation and 
Park Dep"'rtment , I se1 ed a need fu nH re qual'! ed le der \1o t. , not all, d tht: 
prugr.1m~ .. nd f..:tCI'It'e'> I wa ~ po ed o were In de1 u d:r ~tJ'f d t.~nd und d t 
provide a wei' -rounded pro"r m for 11 peuo e Also, ">eca.J e ol tt-  opporturnv , part11..1pate m (,overnur Jm1mv Car.. 's 1971 h'~ern hp Prl)gram \\<Ith tl'e Gemg1 Recreation ( ommi on, I h~.~.,e been further e. po ed to the problems 1 tht Re re tior and P~ r profe ion I l.~re 1 de m1te need lor m rc prues n ! lCaderslup anJ addiliunal tund from locill government . Th.s 1  e't1den.:ed l>y the fa..: that pre nt salaue nd facihtle'S are Il'aJequate to me~t the pre nt need for t ualihed profes 10nal leader htp and erv1ces. 
THE CHALLENGE! 
 
 Continued frvm pagr 6 HUD GRANTS 
 
f J NEWS BRIEFS 
 
CITY OF ALMA A grant of $25.000 for park develop- 
ment . 
HOUSTON COUNTY i\ grant of $30,690 for outdoor recrea- 
tion purposes. 
CITY OF POOLER A grant ot $12.<>75 for park develop- 
ment . 
CITY OF CARTERSVILLE A g1ant ol $9.108 for acquisition of a 
1.3 acre park nca . 
COBB COUNTY i\ $173,500 open space grant for pnrk 
developments. 
CITY OF HINESVILLE A grant of $33.790 to acquire open 
space fnr park purposes. 
CITY OF MACON A grant of $40,000 for acquisiton of 
Mattie Jones playground. 
 
J AMES F. MANE SS, gradu ate of Cl emson University with a degree in Recreation and Park Administration has joined the Cobb Count#{ Park and Recreati on Department as D irector of Shaw Park. 
Mr. Maness's ho me t own in An na ndale, Virginia. 
ARE YOUR PROFESSIONAL PE RSO! EL CERTIFIED BY TH E BOARD OF RECREAT ION EXA II rERS? If not apply today. Write: Board of Recreation Examiners. 166 Pryor Street. S.W.. Atlanta. 
 
DEKALB COUNTY The DeKalb County Parks and Recrea- 
tion Department tluough the "Legacy or Parks" program has acquired 207 acres of Federal surplus land for recreation and park purpose. The land is a part of the former U.S. Penitentiary Honor Farm. 
VALDOSTA-LOWNDES COUNTY Valdosta and Lowndes County has 
established a legal Recreation Commission and initiated a summer recreat ion program. The Commission is now studying the possibility of beginning a fulltime program. 
TATTNALL COUNTY The voters of Tattnall County recently 
passed a $55,000 bond issue for the construct ion of a golf course. 
CARTERSVILLE-BARTOW COUNTY The City of Cartersville and Bartow 
County have combined their efforts to strengthen the recreation and parks program . 
 
GEORGIA SOUTHERN'S FACULTY GROWS 
Mary E. Fortune. PhD., wtll join the Recreation Curriculum faculty at Georgia Southern College on September 1st. Dr. Fortune. recently a member of the faculty at Virginia Commonwealth University has taught for seven years at the University of North Carolina. \Vhile at the University of North Carolina. she coordinated the master's program in Therapeutic Recreation. Dr. Fortune 's undergraduate degree is from Shorter College. 
Holding membership in a variety of progessionnl organizations, including NRPA. SPRE, and RTS, Dr. fortune has served as a member of the Board of Directors of NRTS and has chaired the Professional Standards Committee of the Organization. She was an active contributor to the Therapeutic Section of the North Carolina Recreation and Parks Society. 
\\11ile at Georgia Southern College, Dr. Fortune will coordinate the recreation therapy area of emphasis of the Recreation Curriculum. Welcome to Georgia, Mary! 
 
RECREATION IS BIG BUSINESS!!! 
 
fhe United States Corp of Engineers announced recently that visits to the Corps 
 
recreation areas was up more than 7.5 per cent over the record year I969. 
 
Lake Sidney Lanier again headed the list with 11,737.000 visits recorded, an increase of nearly 800.000 over 1969. 
 
Other Corps of Engineers lakes in this area ranked as follows: 
 
4th Lake Allatoona 
 
5,501.900 
 
5th Lake Hartwell 
 
5,383,300 
 
lOth Lake Clark Hill 
 
4,504,900 
 
19th Jim Woodruff Res. 
 
2,984,900 
 
22nd Lake Walter F. George 2,837,600 
 
COLUMBUS Bull Creek Watershed has been named 
the outstanding small watershed in the United States by the Nationa l Watershed Congress. 
COBB COUNTY The Cobb County Recreation and 
Parks Departmen t's " Barefoot Sailing Club" newsletter is an interesting program activity of the department. The Club is an affil iate of the department. 
CITY OF ATLANTA The City of Atlanta Department of 
Parks and Recreation recen tl y received a Recreation Suppo rt grant of $1 4 2,000 from the U.S. Department of Labor to expand and enrich recreation programs for children eight through thirt een . 
PICKENS COUNTY Pickens County elected officials have 
established a legal recreation commission to direct the ir recreation and pa rk activities. 
CLAYTON JUNIOR COLLEGE Clayton Junior College has estab lished 
an advisory committee of outstanding persons representing the recreation, park and yo uth serving agencies to assist in curr iculum develo pment.