7-31-09

The SEND team is here. They will start their kids program...well, in about 15 minutes, at the Rec.. Afternoons at 3pm will be the time. Every one is welcome (especially kids). The Rec will be open for teens in the evenings, which will be nice if the rain continues. More about them later.

7-17-09

Here is a video of the cake walk. Conrad absolutely "owned" that thing; he must have won about half of the cakes. I don't know how he did it, but he always seemed to be on the right number.


Other photos included; Jerry helping out with the rubby-ducky squirt gun race, Patrick, Audrey and Agnes

7-17-09; "Back to Portland"

Today the group from Oregon took off. They had a great week here; their fourth in as many years. We all love having them and we appreciate all they do for the kids. The carnival on the last day was a blast.

They were able to catch a couple of canoe rides on the Nulato River. The first group saw some grizzlies and a cow moose. On the second float they saw a couple of bulls; one was pretty hefty, I saw the video (I hope he hangs around until September). They also saw the usual other stuff; lots of beaver, an eagle, fish in the river, etc.

Many thanks again for the team coming and spending a week with us. See you next year!

"The Record"

"Ladies and gentlemen, we have a new champion!"

On Thursday, July 2nd, Wesley Evans broke the long-standing pool record for consecutive wins. For about FIVE YEARS Starina Madros has owned the previous record; 22wins. That's 22 games she won...in a row! Her record was seriously threatened only once in that time, when Glenn "Glenn Boy" Demoski tied it. An amazing piece of history.

But not it's history! Wes crushed her record by dropping 24 consecutive opponents. He took on all challengers and put them away, one by one, twenty four times!

Nice work Wes.

I wonder how long this one will stand?

4th of July

Happy firecracker day everybody!

We had ourselves a little cookout. Well, not really all that little, I guess. We served about 60 dinners (+/-). I grilled burgers, hot dogs (I made the mistake of calling them "wieners" and everybody laughed, giggled, blushed or otherwise got embarrassed) and served up some chips jello and pop to go with.

The crowd included the standard "Reccies" and a lot of folks from around town. They all seemed to enjoy; well, Matthew was my ONE complaint. "It's too burnt", or something along those lines. Sorry Matt.

The weather was good and it made for a great day.

Camp Fire crew; 7-2-09

As promised, here are the bios on Lizzie and Monique. We'll go in alphabetical order, so Lizzie is up first.

full name; Lizzie Slegeir

age; 20

hometown; Longview, Texas

other info; she has one older brother, attends the University of Texas, enjoys swimming, biking, reading ("Catch 22") and the outdoors

fav food; grasshopper cheesecake (I'd check out the ingredients before eating)

fav movie; nada

why Camp Fire? she checked it out at a summer job fair at school, it sounded awesome and she wanted to go to Alaska

best part? working with kids and seeing Alaska, especially different villages

worst part? dealing with the limited village resources

OK, Monique, your turn.........

full name; Monique Marian Malua Miller (hmmm, wonder if she likes M&Ms?)

age; 21

hometown; Copake, New York

other info; she has two older sisters and a new nephew, attend the University of New Haven Connecticut, and she likes running, hockey, soccer and camping

fav food; salad with M&Ms (figures)

fav movie; American Tale

why Camp Fire? she googled it. She love kids and enjoys being a camp counselor

best part? this is her first time in Alaska

worst part? the mosquitoes

Thanks for coming ladies. We're glad you are here and hope you have a great time!

More CampFire pics; 7-1-09

Some nice photos of the kids. The somber faces might give you the wrong idea; theses guys were actually having a great time. They just gave me the tough look when I took their pictures

"Camp-Fire!!!"

Ok, calm down, everybody. No need to panic. We're talkin' CampFire; as in doing things with the kids, swimming, crafts, that kind of stuff.

This year's crew is "Lizzie" and "Monique" (hope I got the spelling right). I'll have their personal bios coming soon, but you can stop by and meet them. Better yet, bring a kid so they can get in on the food, fun and all that.

Today's pics are from their craft. They were building some "paper mache" thing-a-ma-bobs. My love of Mexico has me hoping they will turn out to be Pinatas filled with candy. We'll see.