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Our Vice-President of Extension 
Darlene Fiske joined the Illinois Audu- 
bon Society in 1955 and served as a 
Regional Secretary for two years be- 
fore being elected to the Board of 
Directors in 1964. In her two years as 
Vice-President of Extension she has 
prepared the groundwork for the de- 
velopment of our Chapter System, 
setting up the rules and guidelines 
that will help local clubs to organize 
ive. Chapters. “It-is easier to start 
a local club with the advice and aid 
of I.A.S. personnel,’ Mrs. Fiske de- 
clares. “I hope that our members and 
affiliate officers will learn that we want 
to help, and can, if they will let us.” 
In 1961 Darlene started the Mc- 
Henry County Bird Club, which has 
become the second J.A.S. Chapter. She 
is serving her second year as its Pre- 
sident. She is also a member of the 
National Audubon Society and the National Wildlife Federation, and is a 
Founding Director of the North Central Audubon Council. 
In addition to her Audubon work, Darlene is active in the Woodstock 
Fine Arts Association, the Fine Arts Chorale, and the Methodist Church. 
She serves on the County Board of the American Cancer Society. Darlene 
is in demand as a speaker on birds and conservation. Her hobby of collect- 
ing folk music has led her into the performing field, although she admits: 
“My family’s busy schedule curtails this activity.” 
Directors and members who know this hard worker agree that her 
charm, effervescence and vitality have done much to further the cause of 
Audubon and conservation. Talk to her at meetings; she wants to know 
you! 
Her husband, Ken Fiske, a Research Farm Director, is very active in 
the Illinois Association of Soil & Water Conservation Districts. The Fiskes, 
with three charming daughters, aged 10, 7 and 3, live in a hundred-year-old 
schoolhouse outside of Woodstock. 
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New Members Since Aug. 20, 1966 
The Illinois Aububon Society continues to enjoy a steady, healthy growth, 
as shown by the long list of new members below. Many of these joined 
as chapter members; our new I.A.S. chapter in Kane County has accounted 
for more than 40 new members alone. We are especially happy to welcome 
