ILLINOIS CHAPTER

PRESIDENT'S MESSAGE
September 2021

The Shawnee National Forest is a United States National Forest located in the Ozark and Shawnee Hills of Southern Illinois, United States. Administered by the U.S.D.A. Forest Service, it consists of approximately 280,000 acres of federally managed lands. In descending order of land area it is located in parts of Pope, Jackson, Union, Hardin, Alexander, Saline, and Gallatin, Johnson, and Massac counties. Forest headquarters are located in Harrisburg, Illinois. There are local ranger district offices in Jonesboro and Vienna. The Shawnee National Forest is also the single largest publicly owned body of land in the state of Illinois. It is considered part of Southern Illinois, and is south of the St. Louis, Missouri, and Metro East areas, in area code 618. Portions of it are in the far south area of Illinois known as Little Egypt. Cities in or near the area are Carbondale, Illinois, Marion, Illinois, and Cairo, Illinois. Designated as the Illini and Shawnee Purchase Units, President Franklin D. Roosevelt declared these purchase units to be the Shawnee National Forest in September 1939. Most of the land added to the Forest in its first decade of existence was exhausted farmland. Take the family for a visit. This time of year is beautiful..

ASSE Illinois Chapter President, ,
Gary W. Howard

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Board of Directors

Michael McGaughan
Brian Mazzocchi
Kevin Sherlock
Jones Richmond
Ray Ehrlich
John Flader
Don Yurkovich
Ron Hackiewicz
Jim Coyne
Griff Gherke
Vince England
Mike Ponx

Committee Members

* Chapter president is a member of all committees

Annual Installation Dinner Dance	Vince England (Chair) Cristina Barillas
Spring Dance	Pat Flader (Chair) John Flader
Picnic	Griff Gehrke (Chair) Randy Olson John Khym Ray Ehrlich Mike McGaughan
Membership	Randy Olson (Chair) Kevin Sherlock Cristina Barillas
Publicity	Cristina Barillas (Chair) Mike McGaughan Mike Ponx
Product Show	Brian Mazzocchi (Chair) James Majerowicz Mike McGaughan Randy Olson
Finance & Budget	John Flader (Chair) Mike Scherer Joe Sowa
Awards & Nominating	Kevin Sherlock (Chair) Cy Gaimari
By-Laws	Joe Sowa Ray Ehrlich
Standards	James Majerowicz (Chair) Griff Gehrke John Khym Denis Riordan John Watson
Code & Research	Mike McGaughan Cy Gaimari Griff Gehrke Denis Riordan Gary Howard
Newsletter	Cristina Barillas (Chair) Mike McGaughan Cy Gaimari Gary Howard Denis Riordan
Newsletter Ads	Ray Ehrlich (Chair) Vince England Joe Sowa
Education & Speaker	Vince England (Chair)
Public Relations	Cy Gaimari Kevin Sherlock Jim Coyne
Hospitality	Mike McGaughan (Chair) Ron Hackiewicz Mike Ponx Cristina Barillas