PEOPLE.The Ohio Parks and Recreation Association presented the Hamilton County Park District with an award of excellence for its efforts in renovating and expanding Winton Woods Harbor. The renovation initiative included preservation of the local environment through the dredging and restoration of the lake, construction of a 1.7-mile hiking/biking trail, six new picnic shelters, and other recreational improvements. OPRA OPRA Open Public Records Act (New Jersey) OPRA Occupational Pensions Regulatory Authority (UK government) OPRA Options Price Reporting Authority OPRA Ohio Parks and Recreation Association also honored the Color Guard Unit of the Hamilton County Park District's Ranger Department. The unit received OPRA's Law Enforcement Award. APPOINTMENTS Connie Wiersberg, division manager with the Loudoun County (Va.) Department of Parks, Recreation and Community Services, has accepted an appointment to the Governor's Child Daycare Council. Her tenure will continue until June 30, 2000. Wiersberg has worked for the county for 19 years and has served as the division manager since 1993. The International Wheelchair Basketball Federation The International Wheelchair Basketball Federation (IWBF) is the international governing body for the sport of wheelchair basketball. IWBF is recognized by the International Paralympic Committee (IPC) as the sole competent authority in wheelchair basketball world wide. Executive Council has named Dr. Bob Szyman of Hazelwood, Mich., its new secretary general. The secretary general plans, controls, and directs all activities of the WBF WBF World Bridge Federation WBF World Batch Forum WBF World Boxing Federation WBF World Bodybuilding Federation WBF Wood-Burning Fireplace WBF World Burn Foundation WBF Washington Biotechnology Foundation WBF Water-Based Drilling Fluid on behalf of the member nations in accordance with the objectives and policies of the council. Szyman has coached and administered wheelchair basketball on the local, collegiate, national, and international levels since 1971. The Fairfax County (Va.) Park Authority has appointed Cindy Messinger director of its Park Services division. Messinger has been with the park authority since 1979. Her new duties will include supervision of recreation and production services, golf enterprises, and the business office. Steve Yolitz, vice president of marketing for Textron Turf Care and Specialty Products, recently accepted additional business development responsibilities. Textron also promoted Yolitz's colleague, Peter Whurr, from director of product management to vice president of product management. The Franklin County (N.C.) Parks and Recreation Department has named Mike Loyd to its advisory board. The Hamilton County (Ohio) Park District welcomed Jackie Hibberd to its staff as the new volunteer coordinator. Hibberd will oversee the efforts of the park district's 508 Volunteers-In-Parks (VIPs) and recruit new volunteers to the program. RELATED ARTICLE: AWARDS The National Sporting Goods Association's Sports Foundation announced the following finalists for the 1999 National Gold Medal and State Park Awards program. Winners in each class, to be announced To be announced (TBA) A contract for the purchase or sale of an MBS to be delivered at an agreed-upon future date but does not include a specified pool number and number of pools or precise amount to be delivered. and honored at the NRPA NRPA National Recreation and Park Association NRPA Natural Resources Protective Association (Staten Island, NY) NRPA Niagara Regional Police Association (Canada) NRPA National Rifle and Pistol Association Congress & Exposition in Nashville, Tenn., in October, will be selected based upon improvement, service, continuing development, extent of future planning, and degree of participant involvement and acceptance by the community. Class I (Population over 250,000) Austin (Texas) Parks and Recreation Department Gwinnett County (Ga.) Parks and Recreation Lake County (Ill.) Forest Preserve District Maryland-National Capital Park and Planning Commission The Maryland-National Capital Park and Planning Commission (M-NCPPC) is bi-county agency that administers parks and planning in Montgomery and Prince George's Counties in Maryland. It was formed in 1927 by the Maryland General Assembly. Class II (population 100,001-250,000) City of Henderson (Nev.) Parks and Recreation Department Howard County (Md.) Department of Recreation and Parks City of Scottsdale (Ariz.) Community Services Department Springfield-Greene County (Mo.) Park Board Class III (population 50,001-100,000) City of Bellingham (Wash.) Parks and Recreation Department Bloomington (Ind.) Parks and Recreation Department North Richland Hills North Richland Hills, town (1990 pop. 45,895), Tarrant co., N Tex., a residential suburb of Fort Worth; inc. 1953. Corrugated boxes, food products, and textiles are manufactured. The town grew markedly in the late 20th cent. (Texas) Parks and Recreation Department City of Westminster Noun 1. City of Westminster - a borough of Greater London on the Thames; contains Buckingham Palace and the Houses of Parliament and Westminster Abbey Westminster (Colo.) Parks, Recreation and Libraries Class IV (population 20,000-50,000) Bismarck (N.D.) Parks and Recreation District Blue Springs (Mo.) Parks and Recreation Department Bolingbrook (Ill.) Park District James City County (Va.) Division of Parks and Recreation Class V (population under 20,000) City of Brighton (Colo.) Parks and Recreation Department Georgetown (Texas) Parks, Education, and Recreation Division Itasca (Ill.) Park District Town of Parker (Colo.) Department of Parks and Recreation. State Parks Florida Department of Environmental Protection The Florida Department of Environmental Protection (FDEP) is the agency in Florida's government charged with most functions relating to environmental quality in the state. [1] History By the mid-1960s, when the U.S. , Division of Recreation and Parks (Tallahassee) Missouri Department of Natural Resources Many sub-national governments have a Department of Natural Resources or similarly-named organization:
Department of Environment and Conservation Department of Environment and Conservation may refer to:
Department of Conservation and Recreation, Division of State Parks (Richmond, Va.) |
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