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Articles in Feb, 2005 issue of Parks & Recreation

• The deep end of aquatics
• Meet your staff …
• Product catalog
• Including people who are deaf in recreation: despite advances in opportunity, people who are deaf still need more
  by Jo Ann Coco-Ripp
• National Disability Sports Conference announced
• Shelters
• Educational highlights
• Debris blower
• Behind the CPRP exam
  by Tim Leiwig
• Ethics and the health of public park systems: sharing best management practices with the public is the future for our parks
  by Will LaPage
• Get involved with good sports
• Utility vehicles
• Audio tour guide
• Parking/transit cards
• Coast guard team takes on the Ironman
• From the editor
  by Rachel Roberts
• New health guidelines stress physical activity
• Oregon: having A whale of a good time
• Parking station
• Spring baseball is in the air
• Paving over parkland: cash-strapped communities are trading green space for greenbacks
  by Maya Avrasin
• New leadership announced
• Donate to Park Relief
• Water fitness equipment
• Calendar of events
• Parkland means more than profit: parks have the power to inspire, and should be defended against being sold as excess lands
  by John A. Thorner
• Advocacy initiatives announced: upcoming legislative forum full of objectives
• Surplus river access site becomes waterfront park
• APRS awards its members
• Sweeper
• Deep water stairs: a step in a new direction: stairs in the diving well can help alleviate fear and possible safety issues associated with traditional ladders
  by Beth Bales
• Illinois: citizen efforts create paddle hut
• New people, new places
• Volunteers restore trail riverfront
• New tennis initiative a real ace
• Water testing
• Swim strong with schools: partnering with public schools to create water attractions can help alleviate budget issues while strengthening commitment to community
  by Steve Wagner
• Leader of the pack: world-renown scholar John L. Crompton has changed the concept of parks and recreation
• Big Apple receives big chunk of land
• Safe swimming: how to develop a site-specific drowning prevention program in your aquatic facility
  by Lynn Palmer
• Council rejects bond money
• NRPA membership dues changing
• Playground crawl tube
• Change of leadership
• Eagle Scout leads new trail development
• Step up to Health through NRPA summits
• Wood
• Boosting Sarasota's heartbeat: a new heart-pumping program helps a Florida community walk for weight loss
  by Jill Sandberg
• Pay to play
• Mining nature's bounty: Minnesota transforms an abandoned iron field into a revenue-building recreational resort
• Hiking up recreation fees
• Accreditation important in academics
• Playground components
• Irrigation nozzles
• The day camp dilemma: although a park and recreation department's day camp brings in revenue, how do you measure successful outcomes? A new survey by the American Camp Association has the answers
  by Karla A. Henderson