QUESTION: Does your counselor or anyone in your cabin snore?

YES: 26
NO: 15

THE MUSICAL OPENS TONIGHT

     THE LODGE - by Mary Morgan Johnson, Age 11, Meadowbrook - A lot of people are excited about the upcoming musical, The Sleeping Mountains.
     The Sleeping Mountains is about how two mountains in Mexico came to be. The play has a mix of two languages, mostly English and some Spanish.
     The main characters are the princess, Jaguar, the prince, the king and the old woman.
     The play is going to be performed tonight at Campfire! We are all looking forward to seeing it.

A WORD OF THANKS

     THE LODGE - Many thanks to all who helped make our special Harry Potter Day so much fun. And thanks to those who helped with our Sunday Service, "The Colors of God's Love".
     Remember the concert Saturday night? Thanks to Joel and his band for rockin' the Lodge!

RESPECT THE MILL TOOLS & TOYS

     THE MILL - reported by Terrence Lonam, Age 8, Chipmunk Hut - When at the Mill, please remember to respect the tools and toys. Miller Cindy has some great things to show us when we go there, but we need to be respectful and take good care of them.
     If one of her old-time toys breaks, please let her know so she can fix it. And remember to only put food in the grinders. Thanks.

MAKING BASKETS

     THE OWL'S NEST - by George Murnane, Age 10, Chestnut Hollow - Making baskets is easy. Red and yellow are colors people use a lot. Colors you can us are yellow, blue, red and green.
     Bead colors are black, orange, white, blue and yellow.

THANK YOU DR. TERRY

     THE HEALTH CENTER - by Terrence Lonam, Age 8, Chipmunk Hut - [in honor of Dr. Terry's week-long service here at camp, our reporter paid him a visit and asked several questions. Here is their conversation. —Editor]
REPORTER: How many patients do you get?
DR. TERRY: We see about 10 patients a day.
REPORTER: What is your most used medication?
DR. TERRY: I would say it is ice cream and TLC.
REPORTER: How much medicine to you have?
DR. TERRY: Oh, not very much.

VISIT FROM OUR MYSTERY FRIEND

     PETER PAN - by Jenna Epstein, Age 9, Peter Pan - Peter Pan cabin was out and then something strange happened. The Tajar pays a visit!
     The Tajar comes and switches our pillows around. Then we come back and we have each other's pillows!
     Then we tell Kerry and she said it was the Tajar!
          Names of the campers in Peter Pan are: Chandler, Jenna, Hannah W., Elizabeth, Allison, Carly, Sydney, and Hannah A.

HIKING

     PIONEER I - by Olivia Lucas, Age 7, Playhouse - Hiking is fun. You have to listen to your counselor when you go hiking. Remember: don't fall in the water and don't walk ahead!

CAST FOR TONIGHT'S PLAY

     THE LODGE - Here is the cast for "The Sleeping Mountains", our musical for this session. Enjoy the show!

Kerry the Magic Counselor
Lived by South Africa
She frolicked in the summer rain
In a camp called Gwynn Valley
Little Peter Panners
Loved that rascal Kerry
And really enjoyed it when she
Blew the fire pretty.

The creek
   likes to speak with its own little voice.

It's quiet
   and feeling
   and no little sealing.

It works
   and does not jerk
   the mind of Mother Nature.

And its in the perfect place
   with its own little space

And it will not stop flowing;
   but it likes to start showing
   the greatness of Mother Nature.

Long Hair
by Rachel Keane, Age 9, Shady Grove

Isn't it just annoying?
Fiddling with your hair?
Sometimes split ends,
   sometimes knots.

Brush, brush, brush
All day!
Man! It's a lot!

     Please, someone tell me where the first week of camp has gone! Before we know it, we'll be packing up to head for home. If you find that to be a depressing thought, thank Duke.
     Duke is my pet mouse. He's usually a huge pest around camp, but tonight be surprised me. No, tonight he shocked me! Duke shocked me because he wasn't getting in trouble the whole day. In fact, he was as good as gold.
     After Campfire, Duke found me talking to Debbie. We hung around the Lodge for a few minutes and then Duke, Debbie and I walked out onto the Green as the sun was going down. It was so beautiful.
     I think the beauty all around us got Duke to thinking about camp and about all the fun he's had here this summer. I'm not sure if there was something else going on for my pet mouse, but it sure brought up a lot of memories for me.
     Debbie said she was looking forward to the musical tonight so her thoughts were not about the end of camp but the middle. I said I was thinking about the first days we arrived here and how everything was so different than home.
     But it was Duke who said he was thinking about the last days. He said time is a funny thing. He said time is like a roll of toilet paper because it seems to go quicker when you're almost to the end.
     And he's right. The days are just peeling off, one by one, and right now they seem like hours instead of days. Soon they will go even faster.
     Ah, that Duke. Most of the time he drives me crazy but on that night, sitting on the Green with Debbie, he said some very wise things.
     I plopped Duke in my shirt pocket and he was fast asleep by the time we reached our cabin. Just before I stepped through the door, I looked at the sky one last time. It was golden with a thousand colors.
     And that's the way it is with Duke.