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THE DES PLAINES: 
NATURE'S BLEMISH 
The river wends its bustling tide, 
Along an age old route. 
And like valiant soldiers by its side 
Stand maple oak and birch. 
Winter, summer, spring and fall. 
It hurries on its way 
And knits and binds mankind with all 
The rest of God’s creative works. 
Yet once the river, a sparkling stream, 
Now flows a deadly brown 
To think that what was once a dream 
Is now a dumping ground. 
Still in a seemingly naive way. 
It carried in its flow 
Mankind’s waste and mankind's trash 
And sometimes Man himself 
There was a challenge given to 
mankind when first created, 
Of dominion over all the earth 
The challenge God had stated. 
So now the river runs its course, 
And mankind without heed 
Disregards pollution at its source, 
Yet knowing of the need 
To meet the challenge God had given 
Or suffer the result, 
Still on and on the river flows, 
Laughing at man’s tumult. 
MRS. CHARLES CERNY 
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PM OT PEON) ORO) Cl Ole ate Ns 

Answers to Bird Quiz 
nuthatch 
Yellow-bellied sapsucker 
sparrow (spare & row) 
creeper 
flicker 
pewee (causes dwarfism) 
robin 
bittern 
Hairy 
thrasher 
killdeer 
Plover 
thrush 
junco 
tanager 
whip-poor-will 
bunting 
woodcock 
mallard 
sandpiper 
flycatcher 
pheasant (fex & ant) 
redpoll 
goldeneye 
bobolink (bob + bowl + ink) 
gallinule 
SCENIC RIVERS STALLED — Although the Scenie Rivers Bill (H.B. 2659) passed the Illinois House, it did not fare so 
well in the Senate. The bill is now stalled in a Senate subcommittee and letters from concerned conservationists 
throughout the state will be needed if the measure is to become law. 

1.A.S. — 1.0.U. FALL CAMPOUT — SEPTEMBER 18 & 19, 1971 
MISSISSIPPI PALISADES STATE PARK — SAVANNA, ILLINOIS 
Saturday, September 18, 1971 
12:00 noon — lowa Ornithologist’s Union Luncheon and Executive Council Meeting. 
1:00 to 5:00 P.M. — Registration at First Methodist Church, east edge of Savanna along Route 52. 
2:00 P.M. — Field Trips, Mississippi Palisades State Park. 
2:00 P.M. — !AS Board of Directors’ Meeting at Methodist Church. 
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