People.AWARDS Illinois Gov. George H. Ryan recently presented the 1999 Governor's Award for the Arts to the Decatur Park District at a dinner and ceremony in Chicago. This honor recognizes contributions made by individuals and organizations that encourage excellence in the arts and support the growth of arts in Illinois. The park district's cultural arts department offers diverse programming and special events, which involve hundreds of performers and reach thousands of audience members annually. "Illinois benefits educationally, economically, and culturally from investing in the arts and supporting established arts groups," Ryan said. "Recognizing those who have devoted so much to the arts is an important step toward increasing our awareness of all these benefits." Aquatics International magazine recently announced the winners of its first Best of Aquatics Awards: Best emergency action plan: Rutgers University Rutgers University, main campus at New Brunswick, N.J.; land-grant and state supported; coeducational except for Douglass College; chartered 1766 as Queen's College, opened 1771. Campuses and Facilities Rutgers maintains three campuses. , Piscataway, N.J. Best children's programming: Fairfax County (Va.) Park Authority Best special-events programming: Sioux Valley Hospital Wellness Center, Sioux Falls Sioux Falls, city (1990 pop. 100,814), seat of Minnehaha co., SE S.Dak., on the Big Sioux River; settled 1856, inc. as a village 1877, as a city 1883. Settlers abandoned the site in 1862 because of Native American raids, but with the establishment (1865) of Fort , S.D. Best programming for special populations: Fairfax County Park Authority Best adult programming: Transpersonal trans·per·son·al adj. Transcending or reaching beyond the personal or individual. Swimming Institute, Berkeley, Calif. Best in-service training program: Rutgers University Best promotional marketing campaign: Chatham County Chatham County is the name of several counties in the United States:
Best fund-raising campaign Noun 1. fund-raising campaign - a campaign to raise money for some cause fund-raising drive, fund-raising effort crusade, campaign, cause, drive, effort, movement - a series of actions advancing a principle or tending toward a particular end; "he supported : Virginia Beach Virginia Beach, resort city (1990 pop. 393,069), independent and in no county, SE Va., on the Atlantic coast; inc. 1906. In 1963, Princess Anne co. and the former small town of Virginia Beach were merged, giving the present city an area of 302 sq mi (782 sq km). (Va.) Department of Parks and Recreation Best customer service: Webb's Pro Fitness, Norwell, Mass. The three recipients of the 1999 Elly Doyle Park Service Award, Harry W. Allen, Park Partners, and Save the Farm, were recently honored. In addition to the Doyle Award recipients, five others -- Kristina M. Caplin, Reston Youth Baseball, the Washington Post, WBIG FM, and Julia Rausch -- were given special recognition for their contributions to the parks in Fairfax County, Va. The 1999 Walter L. Mess Northern Virginia Regional Park Authority The Northern Virginia Regional Park Authority is an association dedicated to providing people in Northern Virginia with access to parks and nature reserves and to protect Northern Virginia's rich heritage of woods, meadows, lakes and streams from the threat of suburban sprawl. Award was presented to Loren Booda and the Northern Virginia Model Railroaders. |
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