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- 6 ~ I.A.S. Newsletter, November 1966 
KERNER COMMENDED FOR APPOINTING LEWIS AND CLARK PARK COMMISSION 
A letter in a recent issue of the Chicago American, commended Governor Kerner for 
appointing a commission to develop the Lewis and Clark Park near Wood River, 
Illinois, The letter stated: "If sufficient acreage is provided, it is clear 
from what other states are doing that this park can develop into one of the great 
tourist attractions of Illinois....and will commemorate in a permanent way the 
Lewis and Clark Expedition starting point." 
Audubon members will want to get together to do some planning, too, for this 
park can become a choice birding place and might well have an interpretive center 
serving not only the tourist public, but local and visiting school groups, 
Natural history, as well as American history, can well be interpreted and enjoyed 
first-handedly in this proposed park. Local schools would do well to look into 
the possibilities of using Title III monies to aid in developing a center within 
the park or contiguous to it. A park with strong educational implications, such 
as this one has, will increase its recreational horizons far beyond mere picnic 
tables. (Write Editor of Newsletter if interested in mre details in Hducation 
Title III, or consult with local school authorities.) 
HAVE YOU THOUGHT ABOUT BEQUESTS FOR IAS PROGRAMS? 
We Audubonites are probably more aware than most people of the influence 
Ml of today's changes on tomorrow's environment and all of the living 
}i things that inhabit it. Many of the beauties of Nature we enjoy today 
were secured for us by those who made it financially possible through 
bequests in their wills. 
If you would like to perpetuate your memory through the worers and 
grandeur of Nature,then ask your lawyer to include in your will a 
bequest to the Illinois Audubon Society, or either to its Sanctuary Fund 
or Educational Fund. He can draft this in a few minutes, 
If you are contemplating some major memorial that would fulfill your 
innermost thoughts or symbolize the life of someone gone, please contact 
any of the officers or directors of I.A.5, 
--Charles Lappen. 
DATES FOR AUDUBON WILDLIFE FILMS IN CHICAGO 
December 11; January 15; and March 12 are the remaining dates for these excellent 
Audubon Wildlife Films being shown in the James Simpson Theater of the Field 
Museum of Natural History in Chicago, These are the last three of a series of 
five films which are engaged as a part of the educational program of the I.A.S. 
Programs start at 2:30, each Sunday on dates announced. The public is welcome, 
Come early; over 400 have been turned away at some lectures, Dutch treat lunch 
held at 1:00 p.m. in basement cafeteria of Museum, A chance to meet some of the 
officers and directors (and sometimes the speaker). Other communities in 
Illinois (Rockford, Woodstock, DeKalb) have scheduled a series of these Wildlife 
Films, Attendance and interest has been excellent, 

