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Park Notes 2 Also recognized for their special volunteer contributions are: • Madelon Cassavant for work in the Japanese Garden the Como Conservatory. Cassavant has continued a family tradition. Her father, William E. McMahon, was the first Zoo Superintendent and monkey island the zoo house were built on his watch. • Jack Olson for coordinating a remarkably successful community clean-up and development of the Como Park Community Forestry plan. Olson continues his commitment to preserving the natural beauty of Como Park and enhancement through additional plantings and maintenance of existing plants. David and Joey Radcliffe, (ages 6 and 3) for demonstrating that it is never to early to be a role model and if you are big enough to walk, you can probably be a park volunteer. Hard workers during the April park clean-up day, they gathered three trash bags of litter. In their regular forays to Crosby Park with parents, Tom and Leslie, they tote along trash bags and gather the litter they spy along the trails. Barbara Rose for leadership on the St. Paul Park Commission and in the Prospect Park Improvement Association. Through Rose's and the Association's efforts, the park now has many flowers and shrubs, and$123,000 in the 1995 Capitol Improve- ment Budget for structural changes in the park. Phil Zinc for years of dedicated service at the Tamarack Nature Center. Have you ever tried to get 140 candles to burn at the same time? Talk to Zinc. For the"Cross Country Ski by the Silvery Moon"he placed 140 luminaries along 3.5 miles of ski trail by dragging two loaded toboggans behind his snow mobile. • Pillow receives Sarah Pillow received a special recognition award for her volunteer efforts on behalf special award of the Friends. In what some times seems to be the project of the decade, Pillow has spent countless hours helping produce a directory of all public recreation facilities in Ramsey County. After the results of her work finally go to press,Pillow will receive an even more important award, seeing her final product in the hands of thousands of Ramsey county residents and visitors. Board Changes Milt Krona, long time Friends board member has decided to take his retirement Krona retires seriously. He aims to spend as much time as possible with wife, Marlene, at their lake place in the north woods. We will miss his sense of humor,his persistent advocacy, and his good advice. Fish? Beware! Milt is on his way. Best wishes, and if the quiet of the north becomes too quite,there is always space on the board! Marsha Soucheray completed her term as President of the Friends, and true to her vow not to become"president for life", declined a second term as president but will continue on the board. Stepping into the role of president is Jeanne Weigum, charter member of the board and co-editor of the newsletter. "My goal is to try to accom- plish as much as we can with our limited resources. Sometimes that will mean we have to say, 'No' to a specific proposal. It is easy for a small organization to be spread so thin nothing gets done. The need is so great it is tempting to try to do it all. I'll be satisfied if we merely accomplish small miracles." Dan Collins and Carol Osip were newly elected to the board at the annual meetir Collins is the Recreation Services Supervisor,Trails and Waterways Unit of the Department of Natural Resources. He has extensive contacts with trail user organi- Park Notes is published quarterly by the Friends of St. Paul and Ramsey County Parks. Editors are Peggy Lynch and Jeanne Weigum. For additional information call (612) 698-4543.