TOTEM 1980

Camp Mah.Kee.Nac For Boys Lenox, MA 01240

Directors:

Joe Kruger Bob Behrman

Office: 20 Allen Court So. Orange, NJ 07079 (201) 762-3536

On the Upper Senior Campus

we were greeted by two new tennis courts and six paddle tennis courts. On the Upper Senior Rifle Range we were surprised to see one new position which made eight positions.

On the Junior Campus we were surprised to see that Bunks 6-10 had new exteriors and new windows and screens. These two things made these bunks look much different then when we left last year, and much better.

When we were finished looking at the new sights and at the rest of the camp, we went back to the bunks and prepared for dinner. By the end of the day we were all thoroughly tired and went to sleep very quickly on the day of· our arrival to camp.

~ MAH· ~E· NAC FOR DOYS

Founded 1929 • Lenox, Massachusetts 01240

to the entrance of

, and we were all excited at start of the journey down the

to camp and the starting of 52nd year of Mah-Kee-Nac.

ing down the hill to camp we

out to see if we saw any _cuu~ .• iar faces and if anything was to camp while we were away.

When the buses rolled to a top, we took our belongings and led out of the buses. We all found our Head counselors who ld us where we would meet our counselors. We soon met them d went to our bunks.

As soon as we became acquainted

th our Bunks, we went around to

to see the new sights. On Junior Lodge there were numerwelcome signs greeting campers.

Peter Cohen, Cherokee 35 3

Mah- Kee- Nac Nostalgia

An early letter from a camper who saw his brother off at the bus and who. joined in to help us seat campers.

Dear Joe,

Being at the buses the other day made me realize how much I am going to miss camp this summer. Just seeing you and Frances and all the boys made me realize how much I would love to return to camp next summer.

I hope that everyone at camp has the kind of summer that I always had ••• Great!

And remember--this is the first application for the summer of 1981.

Sincerely,

Marc Grodsky

The first week of camp saw visi ts by two long-time campers of many years ago.

Dr. Wally Sinaiko was a camper in the 30's and early 40's and was a counselor in 1946. Dr. Sinaiko is now a psychologist with the Smithsonian Institution in Washington D.C.

The other visitor was Dr.

Julian Fisher who was a long-time camper in the 60's and who in his last year served as Nature Counselor. Dr. Fisher is now a Pediatric Neurologist at Children's Hospital in Boston.

Dr. Fisher was a resident in pediatrics at Children's Hospital in Philadelphia where he worked closely with our August physician, Dr. Peter Berman and Dr. David Cornfeld who was camp physician here for 12 years.

As Camp opened its 1980 season, the mailman brought on the very first day a "good wishes" letter from Colin Green, a soccer coach from Great Britain last summer:

Dear Campers and Counselors,

High time the sun shone!!

True to form it is raining here in England and my thoughts wander back to Camp last summer and the glorious weather. I wish I was returning this year, but unfortuntely can't make it, but hopefully will see

you all next year.

I hope all has gone well in

the preparations for Camp 1980,

and that you have got together as good a bunch of counselors as

there were last year. Not forgeting the children! Tell them

all that Mah-Kee-Nac has the Best Hot Shot Soccer Teams in the States.

Please accept my best wishes for Summer 1980 at Camp Mah-KeeNac, the best there is!!

Joe with Wally Sinaiko

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Julian Fisher and his Former Counselor George Gross

i O'Neill's 16th Summer

Jim is presently the Program Coordinator at Mah-Kee-Nac. When

he first came to Camp, 16 years ago, he was a swim instructor for two years. The next summer he was the Waterfront Director. For his next eight years he was Head Counselor of Lower Senior Camp. He enjoyed

iliat position very much. He has been the Program Coordinator for

six years.

During the winter months, Jim teaches American History and political science at Princeton High School in New Jersey. He is also head baseball coach at the high school. During the Fall, he is coach of the lightweight football team at Princeton University.

Jim lives in Plainsboro on the outskirts of Princeton. His favorite hobby is baseball. Jim goes to graduate school at night, and upon finishing will receive his

Principal's certificate.

Irwin Grossman: New Junior Camp Head Counselor

Translated literally, Irwin Grossman means, "Lover of the seafatman", but to the campers and counselors of the Junior Camp he means much more.

From 1973 to 1977, Irwin spent five glorious summers here; first as a Navajo counselor, then as Group Leader of the Navajos from

1974 to 1977. .

For the next two summers, I~in served as Program Director of Camp Ponkapoag.

In his work during the winter as Program Director of an outdoor recreation center, he utilizes

his expertise in environmental studies, his major at the University of Vermont.

Prior to the arrival of our campers this summer, IrWin shared his enthusiasm for Camp with the new counselors by introducing them to New Games.

Jim O'Neill

Jim has returned here every summer because he has made many close friends, and Camp has become an important part of his life.

Paul Reiner, Cherokee 36

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Irwin Grossman

This summer, as the new Head Counselor of our Junior Camp, Irwin hopes to get campers "to try new things, to be appreciative of others, and find delight in being themselves".

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Richie Zerneck and Steve Rubin Return as Head Counselors

Richie Zerneck, returning for his fourth summer as Head Counselor of the Upper Senior Camp here at Mah-Kee-Nac, is very pleased with the campers and counselors in his division.

Steve Rubin, Head Counselor of Lower Senior Camp, is having a wonderful summer with a "fine group of high-spirited fun-loving boys."

Steve is amazed by the unity of the counselors in his division who quickly organized their specialty areas to provide the best possible instruction for campers.

He feels that he is working with a "mature, responsible, highlyskilled staff, whose warmth and love for the campers will assure a great summer for all.

He speaks of the campers

in an equally proud tone, calling them an "exceptionally responsive group."

Steve has many years of experience in camping. He grew up in a camp owned by his parents

and later served as Head Counselor of Camp Onota in Pittsfield. Here,

at Mah-Kee-Nac, Steve took his position in Lower Senior Camp after serving four years as Head Counselor of our Junior Camp.

Richie exhibits the type of bearing, poise, and strength that define a leader. It is quite possible that he was

born with these traits, but, his experience in recreation programs and

as Athletic Director at City College of New York since 1976 sharpened his skills and deepened his insight. He realizes the complexity of young adults, and as Head Counselor is in a position to interact with the campers and to serve their special needs.

Steve is ably assisted by Group Leaders Mike Dale and Jay Toporoff,

as well as Counselor

Bob Gidari who is a

big help in organizing special events.

At the end of the

camp season, Steve

will return to the University of South Florida where he is Associate Chairman of the English Department.

Richie's wife, Barbara, and son, Jason, are here with him at Camp.

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avajos Start Overnight Camping

Five Navajos left Mah-Kee-Nac

Mt. Greylock on a camping trip July 2, 1980. Everybody was

ed and ready the night before. r lunch we met at the camping We were all excited and talking about what we hoped it

ld be like.

About 15 minutes after we met the bus came. It was a nice minibus with a lot of room. The bus ride was about 45 minutes long.

When we arrived we got off of the bus. While we got off of the bus the group that left before us got on the bus. George (our bus driver) tried to start the bus. There developed a problem, the

bus would not start. It took some time before the bus started. By ilie time the bus started we had our tents pitched. We sat around talking for a while and then we went to fill our canteens up with water. The bus had already left

by now.

Bob told us to go the the Stoney Ledge Campsite. We stayed there a little while and then went back.

Before we went to the Stoney Ledge Campsite we went on a little trail called the Nature Trail. It was nice. The trail wasn't that long and only took a little time.

At the campfire we all told ghost stories. It was a lot of fun. During the night it was hard to sleep. The ground had a lot

of uncomfortable bumps.

In the morning we got up and stayed outside until the counselors got up. We had granola and blueberries for breakfast. We had

some hot chocolate to drink. I think it was good, but I don't

know because somebody spilled mine.

About an hour after breakfast we left to climb up Mt. Greylock. From our campsite to the top of Mt. Greylock was about 1.7 miles. That isn't too long but it feels like it when you walk uphill over

rocks and in mUd. On the way up there were some pretty sights.

When we got to the top we had lunch and went inside the War Memorial. At the top there was a nice view. On a clear day you could see Camp Mah-Kee-Nac. For lunch we had tuna salad and honey on crackers. The tuna salad and honey were separate.

There was a big lodge at the top. A lot of hikers were at the top. They were all hiking on the Appalacian Trail. We stayed at the top for about an hour or two. Then we started our journey back. It was much longer than the one to the top.

When we got back to our campsite, we all wanted to go to the Stoney Ledge campsite again. I stayed with one of the counselors and someone else at the campsite because my camera ran out of film. When they got back, we waited for the bus to come. It wasn't too long before we were in the bus and ready to go.

The counselors who went with us were Ron Fox and Ken Weiss.

The campers were Bob Newitter, Dan Rocker, Alex Gross, Andrew Bart, and Craig Miller.

Craig Miller, Navajo 25

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Mah Kee-Nac and the 1980's

by Fred Goodman

This, the 52nd year at Camp Mah-Kee-Nac, marks the beginning of a new decade; a new beginning. The "me" decade of the 70's has come to an end, and we wonder what will be the hallmark of the 80's. One hopes the emphasis will be on "we" instead of "me". It is time to show concern for others around the world. We must remember that of all the people who have ever been alive on Earth, more than half are living right now.

Camp Mah-Kee-Nac has attracted counselors from all corners of the world who have come here in hopes of sharing their gifts and skills with campers to make this'summer as rewarding an experience as possible for the campers.

Camp Mah-Kee-Nac shares the ideal of the Israeli Kibbutzim, a commune where everyone is on equal ground, where everyone serves the common good by discovering the good that exists

in our hearts and minds.

The word "kibbutz" used as a verb, an action word, means "to play". Playing games and enjoying life are primary goals at this camp. In playing games, we discover that we must follow certain rules, but that the rules do not take away from the pleasure of playing the game.

Winning the game is not as important as enjoying the game.

Camp allows us to improve ourselves, to meet other people who have lived under different conditions around the world, and to tap our creative powers. We all have the power to create,

to shape something meaningful out of nothing. We get out of the camping experience what we put into it.

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Fred Goodman:

New Totem Advisor

Although many campers are responsible for all of the stories in the Totem each week, and thus are responsible for the fine Totem yearbook results, there is always the guiding hand of one member of our counselor staff.

This summer that guiding hand belongs to Fred Goodman of Cherokee Bunk 35 who is the staff advisor for the Totem.

Fred is a graduate of the University of South Florida, where he has known Steve Rubin, our Lower Senior Head Counselor who is a professor there. Fred majored in Speech-EnglishEducation.

It is Fred's ambition this summer to interest campers in creative writing as well as news writing.

Fred Goodman

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Birthday Celebrations
The Totem proudly announces birthday celebration for the
following persons. The festivities take place in Joe and Bob's
cabin following Taps.
Camper Date of Birth Present Age

Peter Greene June 26, 1970 10
Jeremy Lieberman June 27, 1969 11
Glenn Schiffman June 28, 1969 11
Michael Lazar June 29, 1969 11
Jonathan Rodack July 1, 1970 10
Michael Rodack July 2, 1967 13
Jonathan Weiss July 3, 1971 9 Greylock Overnights

We left Mah-Kee-Nac at 9:30 arrived at Sperry Campgrounds 10:30, then we hiked up to Mt. lock, the highest peak in sachusetts. On top of the mounis a War Memorial and a store. We hiked down a different route three miles. We ate dinner and

a relaxing time around the fire. In the morning we hiked a nature trail. It started

rain, so we hurried back to our ite and waited for Bob. Finally he arrived, and "'~.~Lu't you know it, the bus

.. ,~.~.cd! We were delayed one

We arrived back in camp, realized that even though were minor'problems, it

an excellent trip.

The counselors who headed the were Ron Fox, Ken Weiss, and Binns. The campers were

en Doff, Butch Ironson, Phil r, Rob Rubinson, Todd

erg, and Glenn Schiffman.

Glenn Schiffman, Navajo 22

Questioning Irwin

Q: The first questiop Irwin, is:

How old are you? A: Twenty-eight.

Q: When is your birthday? A: The fourth of August.

Q: When did you get engaged? A: June 20, 1979.

Q: What do you think about camp? A: It keeps me very busy.

Q: Do you enjoy working?

A: Urn ••• Yeah. I hate vacations. Q: How old is your wife?

A: Twenty-six.

Q: How long have you worked here? A: Five years •

Q: Do you like nature?

A: Yes, I like nature a lot. I teach outdoors, and I like animals. Q: What activity do you like the most?

A: I like softball.

Q: Do you play any instrument?

A: Yes. I play guitar, harmonica, and the dulcimer, which I built myself.

Jeffrey Epstein, Moh-ican 2 Josh Telsey, Mohican 3

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Mike Evans Leads Tennis Program

On behalf of the 1980 tennis staff I want to personally welcome all campers and counselors to an exciting tennis season.

Last year's program was excellent, this year

is going to be even better. Joe and Bob added two new courts and six paddle tennis courts which will give our Junior and Senior campers even more of an opportunity to improve skills.

Team tennis will continue for the second year along with the ladders for each tribe. Our 16 tennis Instructors have as much enthusiasm as our campers. Their goal is to see each camper learn the game, improve his skills, display proper sportsmanship, and enjoy the game of tennis.

Plans are being made to use the new video system so that classes can be filmed in order to improve the quality of instruction.

As one can readily see, our facilities are incomparable, and our program of tournaments, team tennis, ladder and the quality of instruction makes our tennis program one of the finest.

I urge you to keep involved, and continue working on the quality of your playing. You will see the improvement in your game

Please, always remember to return the balls and observe the common tennis courtesies that make the game of tennis truly fantastic.

Mike Evans

This is the third summer that Mike Evans is directing Mah-KeeNac's extensive tennis program, and his sixth year teaching tennis in camp.

Mike is a social studies teacher in a junior high school in Alexandria, Virginia, and for a number of years he has been the high school varsity tennis coach.

Mike Evans ITennis Director

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Wide Game

Upper Senior Camp played the first Wide Game of the summer. The British beat the Americans by a score of 350-70. Jon Wynett

scored twice for the Americans.

The objective of the Wide Game is to get your man in the enemy's territory marked off by pylons. The defense has to prevent the attackers of the opposite team from scoring, by tagging the runners (attackers). Once the attackers are tagged, their headbands are turned into the judges, for one point each.

Upper Senior Camp was divided into two teams of about 45 players on each team. David Neira headed the American team and Gavin Tait

'Upper Seniors

in First Wide Game

headed the British squad.

Mike Lonoff of Bunk 40, shown in the picture, reco~nts the experience:

"It was very exciting. We, the Britishers had the advantage. It was getting dark, the sun was going down, we were wearing green shirts, which were more difficult to see than the white shirts worn by the American team. Also, we were stationed on top of the hill whereas the Americans below had ' to charge at us up a hill."

Another vvide Game will be played before the summer's end.

. Chris Moss, Algonquin 42 Adam White, Algonquin 43

Upper Senior Tennis Results

On July 2, the Upper Seniors played their first team tennis match. These are the results:

Lobsters defeated Aces, 3-2

Tre' Bragg defeated Peter Seldin 8-0; Kenny Gellman d~feated Vic Krauss 8-0; Adam Seiden over Larry Maitlin 8-5; Kenny HollanderScott Young defeated Gene Steinfeld-Irwin Baum 8-1; Jon SternEric Tirschwell defeated Jon TelseyJon Kaiden 8- 3.

Sets defeated Volleys, 3-2

Steve Goldberger beat Andy Sturner 8-0; Mike Harlow over Steven Siderow 8-0; Steven Fields defeated Marc Jerome 8-4; Jess

Lonner-Jean Lemieux defeated Jeff Shorin-Marc Vitale 8-5; and

Danny Brotman-Mike Bross beat Eric Spitzer-Tom Yang 8-4.

Nets defeated Rackets, 4-1

Jimmy Lobsenz beat Paul Rosenthal 8-6; Andy Spicer over Harlan Protass 9-8 (5-4); Terrance Phox defeated Andy Gardner 8-2; Jon Wynette-David Roth defeated David Beck-Charles Shulman 8-5; Mike Rodack-Tom Scuderi over Stefan Pokorny-Mike Korsten 8-5.

This first match indicates a very close season.

Kenny Hollander, Seneca 45

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New Tennis Courts Added To Upper Senior Camp

Each year Mah-Kee-Nac presents a major improvement or addition to facilities, and our 1980 suromer improvement is no exception.

Due to the intensive and extensive tennis program, we found last summer that despite the large number of Har-Tru tennis courts there was need for additional courts if we were to keep pace with the development of our tennis program.

The results are two new tennis courts built next to the batteries of five courts each in the Upper Senior Campus.

In addition to the two new tennis courts, Camp added a new area next to the courts to serve as paddle tennis courts. These are half-size courts that will serve

two purposes--as paddle tennis for all and as smaller courts for our younger campers beginning in tennis.

These courts are not quite ready, but will be ready for play in another week.

Team Tennis Underway

The draft for this year's tennis teams were held in the everpopular Bunk 45. This year Tre' Bragg returns with his team, the Lobsters, head by Coach Shlomo Sabia.

Jimmy Lobsenz is captain of the Nets, coached by Elmo Williams.

Captain Jess Lonner is confident the Nets will win due to the efforts of Coach Simon England.

Paul Rosenthal will be trying to lead his team, the Rackets, to victory under Coach Shai Feder.

The Aces, led by Kenny Hollander and coached by Art Cano, are confident of a good season.

The Volleys, with Captain Jeff Shorin and Coach Allie Lynch will be a tough team to beat.

Kenny Hollander and Jess Lonner Seneca 45

New Tennis Courts

Super Special Days at Mah-Ke

Mah-Kee-Nac is great on most days, but is super-great on hoI If your birthday is during the mer, on the night of your bir you and your cabin go to Joe's cabin and eat cake and drink

On the 4th of July, you don' stick to your usual schedule. day there are fun activities.

Besides the 4th of July ce bration, we have movie nights, campfires, a camp-w i.de sing along, lazy days, skit nights, hobby nights, and "cafeteria" nights we can choose almost any activity out of a wide range of choices. Near the end of the summer we have a big carnival, where each bunk a booth and Friendly's makes us all Fribbles.

Michael Suchman, Iroquois 10

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July 10, 1'"9"80

Fourth of July and Camp's Birthday party

July 4th was a day of fun and celebration at Camp Mah-Kee-Nac. Campers and counselors participated in many special activities to commemorate the birthday of our country and the anniversary of

Camp Mah-Kee-Nac.

Early in the day all the campers received cards that assigned them toone of four groups that the camp was divided into. These four

groups, called the Tories, the Colonials, the 76ers, and the Red Coats, were to compete in different activities throughout the day.

. The first activity was a stick relay. In this relay, groups of four campers would be required to pass a stick under their whole team, then over their whole team, and finally pass the stick onto

the next group of four. The first team to have all the members complete this action won.

Next came the balloon relay.

Each member received a balloon,

anft he would have to run to a line, pop his balloon, and return to his team. Again, the first team to pop all its balloons-won.

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77 Campers Work At WCM

The final event was a Dutch a~ction. ~eam members each brought d~fferent ~tems to the Field House. The team would get points if they had the largest number of the item that was asked for.

Also, throughout the day, whenever music was played over the loudspeaker, the teams would have to find a designated person, and get

as many marbles that the team members carried into a can before the music stopped.

For dinner we had a buffet and a fabulous cake for dessert made by Counselor George Gross. We then proceeded to the Field House for assorted entertainment ending with the Senecas leading us in Taps.

The finale of the day was watching the fireworks across the lake. We then proceeded to our

bunks and went to sleep, ending

the 204th birthday of America, and the 52nd birthday of Camp Mah-Kee-Nac.

Kenny Rudin, Algonquin 42

This is the 18th summer of WCM, Camp Mah-Kee-Nac's camper-run radio station. This summer WCM is being managed by Dennis McCannell. Dennis has a lot of new ideas and

is getting new equipment for the station, such as a new mixing board.

The man who is keeping everything in running order is Richard Grossman, who has a genuine interest in electronics. As Head Engineer, Richard does a great service to

the station.

WCM's record collection goes back twenty years in time and taste. Adam White is the Head Record Librarian. With help from Dennis, he keeps everything in order.

Inside the station there is a taping schedule, consisting of a listing of those campers and times they tape their own shows. Approximately three to six shows are taped a day. WCM's air time for the

(I. to r.J Daryl Nanes, Lee Hirsch, Zarek Dietz

shows is from 8 a.m. to 10 p.m.

Jon Kiselik serves as the Assistant Program Director for the second summer. His job is to figure out what to feature in special programs and who to interview.

The people who bring you the sounds of Mah-Kee-Nac are Jeff Braemer, Michael Stifelman, Eddy Gray, Michael Lonoff, Jeff Gelb, Ed Eigen, Adam White, Richard Grossman, Andy Sturner, Jon Stern, and Jon Kiselik.

Three new campers have joined the station and are in the process of learning the ropes. They are Marc Vitale, Danny Katcher, and Terrance Phox.

There are 77 campers involved in WCM. Tune in on your dial soon to 650 AM and hear the voice of Mah-Kee-Nac.

Jon Kiselik, Navajo Aide

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Mike Garcia Heads Aquatics

After two summers on Mah-KeeNac's Aquatics staff, last summer as Head of Small Craft, Mike Garcia has moved up as this year's Aquatics Director. On the Waterfront, as gulls squawk and currents sweep sky above and sea beneath, Mike, clipboard in hand, answers constant questions and smiles a broad, confident smile.

Among many reasons, he smiles because he has been honored with what he claims to be "the best staff I've worked with .•. Each of the 24 Red Cross certified instructors is extremely skilled, conscientious, and really loved

by the campers."

When asked why the Waterfront staff worked so hard, for so long during Orientation week, Mike's face deepened with thought, then he replied in his soft, relaxed manner, "We offer instruction in kayaking, canoeing, sailing, skiing, and swimming, and in

order to develop the most effective program it was necessary to put in long hours. All the hard work was worth it."

To impart knowledge, develop skills, improve swim strokes,

increase endurance, are some of the primary goals of the swim staff here at Mah-Kee-Nac.

Having graduated from Potsdam State University with degrees in psychology and anthropology, Mike then furthered his education by attaining a Master's Degree at Alfred University. He has been

a lacrosse coach, as well as an instructor of sports med~cine in his post as Athletic Trainer at Hartwick College in Oneonta.

"Almost Anything Goes". in Junior Camp

I thought "Almost Anything Goes" was fun. It had a lot of competition.

The events were: Anaconda, where your team ran an obstacle course with arms around each other's waists; Waiter relay where you had to run a course carrying

a tray with glasses on it.

There was also Softball Croquet where you hit a softball around

the bases with a bat.

In the Paper relay the whole team lined up and passed the ball over their heads or under their

legs until the last person in line took a layup. The Tennis Ball Pass is where your whole team has raquets and you pass a ball down the line

on them.

The team with the least amount of time during the day wins the game. This day the winners were Team 6. It was fun.

Junior Campers Enjoy "Counselor Sweepstakes"

The Counselor Sweepstakes was held on July 6 in Junior Camp. The winner was Bunk 3. On the panel were Angus Matheson, Jeff Varsa, Murray Whiteside, Brian Bonham, David Pitman, and Mike Murray.

The game was played like this: each panelist would get a set of odds anywhere from 1 to 1 up to

10 to 1.

A question would be asked and then each bunk would bet up to $50 on one of the panelists while they were answering the question on a sheet of paper.

They would then show their answers and the ones that were right paid off by the odds to the bunks

who bet on that panelist.

Some of the questions that were asked were: Who was Edsonarar:tesiDoNaseinento? On that quest.Lon only one panelist got it right and that was Jeff Varsa, who said Pele.

Other questions were what is the seventh planet from the sun? The answer is Uranus. Or, who is older, Lucille Ball, Les Hall, Johnny Carson or Mickey Rooney? The answer--Lucille Ball.

Also, what are the four dimensions? The answer is length width, depth and time. And last,' who was the Green Hornet's sidekick? Kato was the answer.

Campers Love Kayaking

The kayaking program this year is off to an excellent start. With many interested campers, we expect to have a good year.

Before traveling in a kayak, the new campers unfamiliar with this sport must learn the basic skills. Some of the skills are learning to get in and out of the boat properly, learning to use a paddle correctly, how to use a spray deck, and learning to capsize properly or rescue another person who has capsized.

Only after a camper has learned all of these skills, should he go out in a kayak. When paddling across the lake, the camper will quickly learn that the proper grip and use of the paddle will permit him to move along smoothly in a straight line while poor handling

of the paddle will cause the student to tire out sooner.

There are also more advanced skills a kayaker will learn after traveling in a kayak for a length of time. One of the most important skills of the advanced kayaker is learning to right himself when he

has capsized. This is the skill of rolling. When the kayaker comes up on the same side at which he has capsized, it is called a long roll, coming up on the opposite side constitutes an eskimo roll. The eskimo roll isn't harder than the long roll as many believe.

The mark of an expert kayaker is his ability to handle the roughness of white water and rapids in a kayak. This is an extremely dangerous feat which requires a lot of skill on the persons part.

Russell Williams, an Upper Senior counselor, is an experienced kayaker. He is this year's kayak instructor.

Mike Garcia, our Waterfront Director, is also an excellent kayaker. He is a former kayaking instructor at this camp and he taught me and many other campers how to kayak.

With our excellent staff, our interested campers, and our fine kayaking equipment, we look forward to a good year.

Eddy Gray, Algonquin 40

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Team Tennis - Improved Match Play

There have b~en two changes in team tennis line-ups to increase competition and make the teams

more even.

First: On each team there are now three doubles as well as three singles, so more people may participate.

Second: Any player can be placed anywhere as long as Number One singles can beat Number Two singles, and Number Two singles can beat Number Three singles. Number One doubles must be able to defeat Number Two doubles, and Number Two doubles must be able to beat Number Three doubles.

If the final score is 3-3 in match play, the team captain from both teams must play a nine point tie-breaker (first person to get five points wins the tie-breaker and the meet).

These changes should make Upper Senior Team Tennis more exciting and enjoyable.

On July 9 the second Upper Senior Team Tennis Meet was held. Following are the results of these hard-fought matches:

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~ nounces the following birthdays. Festivities take place in Joe and Bob's cabin.

Ira Gordon 7/5 12

Michael Grossman 7/5 11 Paul Suchman 7/6 12

Jonathan Gershon 7/7 9 II

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Rackets d. Volleys, 4-1

Paul Rosenthal defeated Steven Fields, 8-1; Charles Shulman over David Gross, 8-0; Terrance Phox beat Steve Siderow, 8-3; Andy Sturner-David Katcher over Mike Polaner-Stefan Pokorny, 8-1; Harlan Protass-Andy Tarica over Marc Vitale-Dan Brotman, 8-2. Lobsters d. Sets, 3-2

Tre' -Bragg over Jess Lonner, 8-4; Adam Seiden defeated Shaun McAndrews, 8-0; Mike Harlow over Greg Bruell, 8-0; Jon Stern -Eric Tirschwell

over Eric Spitzer-Evan Siegel,8-0; Steve Goldberger-Marc Jerome beat Gene Steinfeld-Jon Zeifert, 8-1.

Aces d.Nets, 3-2

Kenny Hollander defeated Jon Zins, 8-0; Scott Young over Andy Spicer, 8-0; Mike Rodack beat Ken Gellman, 8-4; James Lobsenz-Jon Wynett over Jeff Gelb-Alex Hait, 8-3; Larry Maitlin-Peter Seldin defeated David Roth-Sam Gaidemak, 8-4.

As of now, these are the

standings:

Aces 1-1 Sets 1-1 Nets 1-1

Lobsters 2-0 Rackets 1-1 Volleys 0-2

Interesting Plans In The Making For Nature Adventure

The heads of Mah-Kee-Nac's nature program, Kevin Flynn and Gary Rothenbucher,hope to reintroduce campers to their five senses through fun, nonthreatening activities in a natural environment.

For one of the sensory awareness activities, the campers are blindfolded and led through different kinds of

- environments, such as a forest or a field. The campers are urged to try their best to describe what their senses are telling them.

What follows is a list of ongoing activities:

1. construct a small garden which campers will maintain.

2. We will have a small zoo with free housing for rabbits, toads, frogs, chickens, and other guests.

3. Some half day hikes away from Camp Mah-Kee-Nac.

4. Everyday things:

a. Sensory awareness

b. Photographs

c. Nature Scavenger Hunt

d. Collect and sample different animals and insects from around Camp

e. Contact quiz boards

f. Leaf collection

g. Stuffed animals

h. Some nature crafts

5. Large topographic map.

6. Build a weather station.

7. Build a bird feeding station.

At Mah-Kee-Nac the campers are exposed to educational experiences outside of the classroom and have the opportunity to understand the living, growing, and changing world around us.

Michael Korsten, Cherokee 35

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First of Summer, Rollerskating Party, Enjoyed by Cheyennes

Rollerskating is "in".

The new rage of rollerskating gaining popularity in home communities has its effect in Camp.

Our older campers are all asking for rollerskating parties, and the first one was held at Broyle's Arena in Pittsfield on Wednesday, July 9.

The "kick-off" party was scheduled for the Cheyennes with the girls of Camp Danbee, and it was amazing to watch how quickly the "newcomers" could roll around the arena.

The Cheyennes enjoyed this rollerskating party, and they are asking for more.

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Other songs were sung to popular tunes, too. For example--the Cheyennes did their song to the tune of "The Gambler" by Kenny Rogers. The Iroquois, led by Andy Cole, substituted their own lyrics to Pink Floyd's "Another Brick in the Wall, Part II".

The winner in Junior Camp was the Mohicans and in Senior Camp the Navajos were successful once again.

The climax was the announcement of Navajos as overall winners.

Congratulations to Jay Toporoff and the Navajos.

The Sing was enjoyed by everyone this year.

Our Annual Sing

The 13th Annual Mah-Kee-Nac Sing was held in the Field House on Thursday, July 10. This was the second consecutive year that the Sing was held indoors, the main reason being that the sound quality is much finer indoors.

The cheers of each tribe were done first, starting with the ~paches, and finishing with the Senecas. The winner of the Cheer in Junior camp were the Mohicans, in the Senior Camp the victory t to the Navajos.

The! evening continued with

ach tribe singing their song. The erokees did their song to "Escape, I ina Colada", a popular tune by

ert Holmes.

Evan Siegel, Algonquin 40

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Our office administrative staff was filled out this week with the arrival of David Bedell. David has been an English teacher for 17 years at Chesterwood High School, where he also served as basketball coach. He is handling a variety of administrative responsibilities.

Our chef, Harvey Keene, is serving up delicious meals for his sixth summer at Mah-Kee-Nac. Harvey is a college chef during the year.

Serving as executive secretary of camp is Margaret Mahoney, here for her third summer. Margaret will be a senior at the University of Massachusetts, where she is a history major.

A Counselor arrival this week was Don Metcalfe, returning for his second summer here as director of our outpost camping program. Don is a college lecturer in Mechanical Engineering in England. He is in Bunk 39.

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George Marr is one of our two favorite bus driver on staff. George has taken up the bagpipes and practices at every opportunity.

Our other favorite bus driver is David Robbins who lives in nearby Pittsfield. David drives

a schoolbus during the year and knows his way around Berkshire County.

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Canoeists Paddle Housatonic River

Les Hall's canoe class took a trip down the Housatonic River on July 7, 1980.

They made twenty-one miles by canoe during two days and one night. During this canoe trip half was through rapids and half through quiet water.

Good weather was with the canoeists only on the second day. On the first day they had a little rain, but the sun appeared early enough.

Some of the campers and a counselor caught about 20 crayfish. The campers ate them at dinnertime.

The campers saw some cows, one beaver, one muskrat, and a lot of ducks.

During this canoe trip, Les Hall's class learned the basic rules of being a good canoeist.

The trip was a pleasure for all the campers. They returned happy, but tired to Mah-Kee-Nac, with a head full of memories.

Besides Les Hall, the group consisted of Counselor Ed Harrington, Todd Mirsky, Adam White, Richard Grossman, Jeff Braemer, Jean Lemieux, and Aide Eric Morrissette.

Eric Morrissette, Algonquin Aide

"Let's Make A Deal" Enjoyed By

Jtmior Campers

In Junior Camp on~Saturday night all the Junior campers had "Let's Make a Deal". It was run by Monty Irwin.

It went like this. Everyone made a costume and the wildest and craziest costumes would go up (with the people in them).

Monty Irwin would then give you a box or an envelope and try to buy it off you. The person with the most money at the end goes up again.

If you don't let him buy it off you, you open it. For your prize you can find anything from a Fribble to grundy undies.

Ken Gladstone, Iroquois ~

Cheyennes Win All In Intercamp Games

Intercamps against Camp Winadu were a sweeping success for our camp. The Cheyennes won 100% of

the games they played at Mah-Kee-Nac.

These included soccer, basketball, volleyball, softball, and

baseball. I

The scores were as follows: basketball, 36-24; A soccer, 4-2; B soccer 2-1; volleyball, 50-17; A baseball, 7-3; B softball, 7-2; C softball, 17-1; D-~oftball 0-0.

Special mention goes to Michael Zinn who scored 12 of the 36 points in basketball. Seth Schimmel and John Marlow both scored mentionable goals in soccer, and Jon Silverman for his excellent pitching and switchhitting in baseball.

Both teams showed good sportsmanship, and I hope all our intercamp games can be as successful.

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Berkshire Field Day is a day when neighboring camps get together to participate in several different events. The last Berkshire Field Day occurred in 1977. This year, Berkshire Field Day was reactivated after its three-year absence on July 11.

The Navajos, Cherokees and the Algonquin/Senecas left Mah-Kee-Nac to go to the three other camps, (Ken-Mont, Lenox, and Greylock). The Cheyennes remained in Mah-KeeNac to host their own age group.

The morning events for the Cherokees at Camp Lenox consisted of a track meet, an obstacle course, relay races, and a frisbee throw.

After lunch we participated in matches in tennis, water polo, and archery. We ended the day with an all-team broad jump.

·The Navajos at Camp Ken-Mont participated in a track meet, an obstacle course, relay races, and a frisbee throw i.n the morning.

In the afternoon they were active in tennis matches, water polo, and archery. They ended the day with a Grand Marathon.

The Algonquin/Senecas at Camp Greylock participated in the same morning events as the other groups. They ended ~heir afternoon with an all-team broad jump.

At Camp Mah-Kee-Nac, l2-yearolds from allover the Berkshires were hosted by our Cheyenne tribe. They followed the same basic

in Field Day

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schedule. The afternoon events were canceled because of a hurricane warning.

The day came to a close when all participants were given a patch to commerate the day. There was no real winner of the day, except for those that had a good time.

Jeff Braemer, Cherokee 36

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Mah-Kee-Nac Quintet Reaches Finals In Basketball Tourney

Mah-Kee-Nac participated in the Pittsfield Basketball Tournament for the first time in several years. The camps in the tournament were Lenox, Greylock, Brant Lake, Winadu, and Mah-Kee-Nac.

Of the five teams involved, Mah-Kee-Nac carne away with the best draw. We were given a bye to the semi-finals to play Winadu.

All Mah-Kee-Nac had to do was beat Winadu and we were in the finals. Mah-Kee-Nac beat Winadu in a well-fought game by a score of 49-21 to advance to the finals.

High. scorers were Terrence Phox and Ricky Bross.

In the finals, Mah-Kee-Nac played against Brant Lake, but was defeated by a score of 80-31. Mah-Kee-Nac was awarded second place with Brant Lake first.

Intercamp Games with Ken-Mont

Ken-Mont carne to Mah-Kee-Nac for intercamp games on July 17. They carne to challenge the Navajos. We won the day 5-3.

It started in the morning when the A soccer team won 9-0. There were four goals scored by Marc Rosenthal and there were good performances by Doug Kaiden who scored two goals and Evan Jerome who did a very good job scoring

one goal.

Ken-Mont played very well, too. Then in the afternoon our A baseball team lost 3-2. Marc Rosenthal started and Ben Gutstein finished.

The softball teams try hard every time. They won to help the Navajos beat Ken-Mont five games to three.

Marc Rosenthal, Navajo 26

Campers Enjoy Project Adventure

The campers in the Navajo tribe participated in Project Adventure a few days ago.

All the Navajos went up the hill to the baseball diamond. There everybody formed a circle and received a paper with an animal name on it. Everybody would then walk around and make the noise of your animal.

Teams were formed by finding the other campers who were making the same noise you were making. When the teams were together, we had relays that were different than usual.

After the relays we had hand wrestling. Two people would get in push-up position and try to knock the opponent down.

Project Adventure was a lot of fun.

Robert Miller, Navajo 23

The Cheyennes went to Ken-Mont for Intercamps on July 17.

The morning started with hockey. Mah-Kee-Nac won over KenMont with a final score of 5-4. The stars of the game were Jon Silverman and Seth Shimmel.

A and B basketball games were also played in the morning. The A game was won by a final score of 38-27, Mah-Kee-Nac. The outstanding players were Seth Goldberg and

Jon Kalman.

Unfortunately, the B game was lost although Mah-Kee-Nac put up a good fight. The final score was Ken-Mont 28, Mah-Kee-Nac 22.

We won the baseball game by a final score of 4-3.

All in all, Mah-Kee-Nac had a good day.

Jeff Clott, Cheyenne 30

Terrence Phox, Seneca 45

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Sailors Enjoy Boat Club Regatta

About 20 Mah-Kee-Nac sailors put all of their wits and skill

up against that of the Mah-Kee-Nac Boat Club in a sailing race around Stockbridge Bowl on July 15.

After lunch, the sailors were called down to the Waterfront and we changed and were off to our boats. We rigged up our boats which were the Mercury sailboats-the largest sailboats we have here at Camp. After this, we sailed across the Lake to the Mah-Kee-Nac Boat Club and were ready for the race. Carefully positioning our boats for a good position on the starting line, we were signalled every minute for five minutes on an air horn to get us ready for the race.

The sixth horn was our signal to begin the race. With good strong winds blowing that day, we were off to a great start. We sailed around nearly the entire perimeter of the Lake. All of the sailors demonstrated uncommonly good sailing skills. It was a good race all the way.

In the end, however, the sailors from the Boat Club came out ahead.

The sailors at the Boat Club obviously had more sailing experience than the campers. It was an excellent, friendly race and we are all looking forward to more races with the Mah-Kee-Nac Boat Club.

Eddy Gray, Algonquin 40

Lower Senior Intramurals

It was a muggy night. The Lower Senior Camp was about to begin the first round of Intramurals. The teams were evenly matched, and it seemed that everybody wanted to win. At the end of the evening, all the scores were about even. Everybody had lots of fun in the first round.

Here are the final results of the evening's games:

Team 1, "The Rebels" played Team 2, "The Pre-Molars", in softball. The Rebels won by the score of 3-2. Team 3, "The Dirty Dozen", played Team 4, "The Wedgies", in soccer. The Wedgies won 3-2 in a shut-out.

Team 5, "The Incorrigibles", played Team 6, "The Easy Riders", in two games of hockey. The Incorrigibles won both games 6-4 and 5-4.

Team 7, "Joe's Schmoes", played Team 8, ~olyadorsis", in two games of basketball. Joe's Schmoes won both of these games by big margins.

Team 9, "The Jocks", played Team 10, "The Yukadoos", in badminton and volleyball. Both teams won one volleyball game. In badminton, the Yukadoos won both games.

Michael Grossman, Navajo 27

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Campers Enjoy Tw-o Fine Movies

FAST BREAK

The first movie of this year

was called "Fast Break". It starred Gabe Kaplan as Bill Green. He was a high school basketball coach who got an offer to coach

a college team in Nevada.

His wife, Jan, didn't go with him. He got a group of four kids together to go down with him.

When they arrived, they found that there was an awful gym and a lousy team. For each game Mr. Green won he would receive about $50.

As Hollywood luck would have it, Bill Green built up his team and made a nice amount of money for himself. Teams always have problems and so did this one.

One person thought he· loved a boy on the team. But, swish, the boy was really a girl.

In the last game they barely won, but they didn't score over 100 points as usual. Bill's wife Jan carne to live with him and his mother carne down to visit. Now Bill would have a three-year contract at the college.

Hooray, another happy ending!

Jeff Gelb, Algonquin 41

THE CHINA SYNDROME

The second movie of the year was just "super man", yet this movie was called "The China Syndrome" .

Jane Fonda starred as

Kimberly Welles, a television newscaster. She does a special report on a nuclear power plant. While she is looking at the control room, an accident of some sort happens.

Her camerman took illegal shots of the control room during the accident. The film wasn't

permitted to be aired and the cameraman stole the film.

After the film was retrieved, the head of the plant was questioned. He denied a serious accident.

When this man, played by Jack Lemmon, found out the plant was truly dangerous, he took it over with a gun. He then had Ms. Welles interview him.

The guards broke into the control room and shot the head of the plant. He died and later on it was made public that the plant was really dangerous~

Jeff Gelb, Algonquin 41

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" Getting To Know Them"

We are fortunate to have George Gross back with us again this summer as Woodshop Counselor. George missed last summer. George is a teacher at Lenoir High School in Lenoir, North Carolina.

Louis Brawer has been at MahKee~Nac since he was a-years old, except for only one summer, throughout his four years of college. For the last two summers he has been administrative assistant to Joe and Bob. (Louis is the third Brawer brother to go through Mah-Kee-Nac.)

Louis graduated from George Washington University in June and is now on the fund raising staff of Loomis-Chafee School in Connecticut, (where he graduated from.)

Louis returned for one week at the beginning of Camp to assist in breaking in new people in his assignments, and he has been back on a number of weekends.

1. to r., Jean, Laura, Amy, and Lauren.

All our campers get to know our cafeteria servers very well as they see them at every meal. The four girls who work as servers this year are Lauren Pitkin, Laura Ann King, Jean Baumgarten, and Amy Hand. The first three are students at the University of Massachusetts, and Amy is a student at Wellesley.

Everyone knows our quartet of maintenance workers who are in and out of each campus throughout the day keeping things clean and making all kinds of repairs. Two of the four are from England. They are, in the cab, Laurence Herbert, and on the right, Chris Brown. On the left is Fred Lafave whose horne is in Lenox, and in the center is

Chris Downey from nearby North Adams.

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ISRAELI COUNSELORS INTEREST CAMPERS IN FOLK DANCES

Counselors demonstrating Israeli folkdance.

To salute Israel, the Israeli counselors shared their love for their country by presenting Israeli folk dances, songs, and a slide show.

The counselors that ran this night were Zohar Averbuch, Shai Feder, Shlomo Sabia, and three American counselors: Fred Goodman Alan Kowitz, and Ken Weiss.

We entered the Junior Lodge with Israeli music and the Mah-KeeNac "Jaffa Gate". Once we were seated, they showed slides of Jerusalem.

Fred got up and explained about Jerusalem. Then all the counselors did a few rythmic Israeli dances.

After that a slide show of Jerusalem was shown. Some of the slides shown were: The Wailing Wall, a marketplace, and an ancient street.

For an option we learned an Israeli dance. A lot of campers were excited about learning the dance and stayed after.

Our trip to Israel was over.

"Hail Israel!"

Andrew Bart, Navajo 22

WIDE GAME PLAYED BY BOTH TRIBES

IN LOWER SENIOR CAMP

The Wide Game, a very popular event in Lower Senior Camp, started its second season with the Cheyennes and the first for the Navajos, newcomers to the Wide Game. They enjoyed it very much.

The game is played like this: two teams, the Americans, led by Head Coach Bob Gidari; and the British, led by Head Coach Gareth Llewellyn are arch rivals. Each team has offensive and defensive

men."

The object of the game is to get one or more of your offensive men into the other team's goal area.

(This is an area marked off by pylons.) Each team's offensive men wear bandanas around their fore head. The dividing line divides up the American side from the British side.

All offensive players who cross onto their opponent's side can be captured. Once the offensive men are captured (you capture them when an opponent's defensive man tags you), their bandanas are taken and each is worth a point.

Every time an offensive man ~et~ into the opponent's goal area 1t 1S worth 20 points.

The team with the most points at the end of the day wins the ever-famous Wide Game.

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Algonquins' Social With Camp Lenore

Last Saturday night, July 12, the Algonquins had a social with Camp Lenore. After an enjoyable bus ride to the Camp, 23 campers and their Counselors entered the Dining Hall.

As usual, the boys stayed on one side and the girls stayed on the other. Very soon the boys all moved over and sat with the girls. Soon a lot of people danced.

Eddy Gray seemed to stand out in the crowd by acting like his usual humorous self.

Refreshments were served all night. Finally, the counselors had to drag the kids out of the door.

All in all, a good evening.

Jeff Gelb, Algonquin 41

Junior Campers Sight First 1980 Snipe

On the night of July 14, the first Berkshire Snipe was seen in the Junior Camp for the 1980 MahKee-Nac season.

It was found on top of Bunk 6.

The first person to notice it was probably Jason Wong. He yelled "Snipe", and all the cameras were out ready for pictures.

Irwin got a broom, a baseball bat, and many other necessary things, hopped on the porch railing and tried to capture it. Unfortunately, the Snipe flew away.

All the excitement had ended.

Adam Bloomfield, Iroquois 7

George Gross Return Attracts Campers

George Gross is back again for another year. Last year he didn't corne back and was replaced by

Cleve Wilson.

George gives campers a big choice of projects to do, ranging from meat boards, cheese boards,

docks and sailboats to cabinets, boxes, and much, much more.

Ulf Blomgren teaches Juniors how to build things like cars, pencil holders, and letter openers.

Go down to the Wood Shop and do a project. It's great! You can even be a part of the Wood Show and win a ribbon.

Jeff Gelb, Algonquin 41

Skits for Uppers Make Good Night

The Upper Senior Camp held its first Bunk Skit Night.

The Master of Ceremonies was David Neira. Some of the skits included a new wave band called "The Video Trippers", a take-off on the Gong Show, two skits of suicide, a travel guide skit, weekend update, Mr. Rogers at Camp, a man-eating lettuce, and a take-off on Cinderella.

The highlight of the evening was a special Israeli folk dance performed by three counselors from the Holy Land.

Everybody enjoyed performing and watching the skits on Skit Night.

T earn Tennis Big With Lower Seniors

Team tennis has been a big hit in Lower Senior Camp and is sure to get better.

There are eight teams in all, The names of them are the Adidas, Dunlops, Etonics, Nikes,' Batas, Keds, Pumas and the Tretorns.

Each team has a captain and a coach. There are approximately 10-12 people on a team.

The way things are going team tennis will be going strong for many years to corne.

Seth Goldberg, Cheyenne 32

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July 24, 1980

EVERYONE LOVES CARNIVAL

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Rain delayed Camp's annual Carnival for two days, but rain in no way spoiled the fun and excitement that was allover the Camp on Saturday, July 19.

Four days prior to the Carnival campers were busily occupied in preparing and constructing their booths.

The Camp's Woodshop, and the Creative Arts Center were busier than ever, although most of the poster work and construction took place under the huge Carnival tent that was erected a week before the Carnival.

Early in the morning on the 19th, Caretaker Ron Greenleaf and his crew of maintenance workers transformed the large Junior Camp playfields into an exciting set of booths, each one belonging to one of our 40 bunks.

After a morning of intensive work putting all parts of each booth together, the Carnival was ready for the participating campers immediately after lunch.

As we do every summer, the Carnival was opened by a colorful parade with each Bunk of Junior and Lower Senior Camp in costume.

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This year's theme was "Movies".

Each bunk represented a different film, such as Rocky I and II, Animal House, Superman, and Star Wars.

All of the organizational details were in the hands of Jay Toporoff, Navajo Group Leader and long experienced in organizing special events at Camp. He was assisted by Peter Malcolm in Junior Camp, Gareth Llewellyn in Lower Senior Camp, and Paul Saunders in Upper Senior Camp.

The Junior Camp bunk group that took first place in the parade was Bunk 1.

The individual bunk booths

were still the biggest feature of the Carnival, and campers took turns in manning their booths, and then visiting all of the other booths.

And Camper Clown

Jon Maier gets into the spirit

Our Counselor Clowns Fred Goodman, Mike Gibbons and Paul Williams

The winners in the booth competition were: in Junior Camp Bunks 7 and 10 won for their joint effort on "The Haunted House"; in Lower Senior Camp, the members of Bunk 29 won first prize for their booth; and in Upper Senior Camp Bunk 36 won first place in their Camp and also won the overall first prize for the Camp with their booth, "Horse Race";

Besides the booths there were other features that brought joy to our camper group. Features of last summer were again top features this summer. They were the Moonwalk and the Friendly's stand which gave out a Fribble to everyone.

A new feature was the cotton candy stand.

Three of our counselors got into the spirit of the Carnival and were completely dressed as clowns. They were Mike Gibbons, Fred Goodrn~, and Paul Williams.

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Bunk 36 Winner

Best Booth of Carnival

Parade of Movies

Junior Camp Winners Bunks 7 & 10 in Combination

The Steady Drummer Michael Stifelman plays for Carnival

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Another Bunk in Parade Guess this Movie

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In the last scene, the witch's master, who looked like the devil, hands the man a "magic mirror II to show him "who he really is ". The Master tried to tempt the man to join his side, but the man refused. His love for his wife was stronger than the Evil Master's power.

There were some other people who played relaxing music on their guitars, flutes, and other musical instruments.

We went Camp Danbee. better. The and we would to see other shows.

MOHICANS ENJOY OUTDOOR THEATRE

On July 24, a hot sunny day, the Mohicans went to the Berkshire Theater Festival to see a play at the outdoor stage. It was very different sitting on the grass than it is sitting inside.

The play was exciting. We never knew what would happen next. There were four scenes in the play.

The first scene was in a dungeon with a witch making a magic potion. In the second scene, the witch made a handsome man. The man had no idea how to sit in a chair, how to smile, how to tell the difference between failure and success, and he had no common sense.

In the third scene the man married the mayor's daughter.

NEW GAMES ADD To GAME ROOM FUN

The teenage Game Room in the Sports Complex was given new excitement this summer by the addition of two new Bumper Pool garnes, and two new Foosball games.

Boys from Junior Camp and Lower Senior Camp have requested similar game rooms, and. Joe and Bob have started planning to achieve this in 1981.

OUTDOOR PING PONG AGAIN IN FULL SWING

Camp had eight popular aluminum ping pong tables for use outside on the campus, but by last summer, weather and use made them inoperative.

But, this summer

they were all refurbished by a local welding company.

They are once again in good use around Camp.

to see the play with This made it even trip was really good, like to return there

Illya Mowerman, Mohican 3

THE MYSTERY OF THE LAUNDRY BAG

The other day a large envelope arrived at Camp with one of the bunk laundry bags enclosed with this note:

Dear Joe and Bob,

This laundry bag disappeared from your laundry service four years ago. Please welcome it home with open arms.

There was no name, but the address is 1513 16th Avenue South, Nashville, Tennessee.

Wonders never cease~

****BIRTHDAY CELEBRATIONS**********
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* Adam Kraemer 10 on 7/20 *
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* Todd Mirsky 14 on 7/22 *.
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* David Brown 12 on 7/23 *
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* Butch Ironson 11 on 7/23 *
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* David Sturner 13 on 7/24 *
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LOVE AT FIRST BITE

The Lower Seniors saw a movie called "Love at First Bite". It was all about Count Dracula, a vampire who lived in Transylvania and moved to New York City in the 20th Century.

Dracula went all around New York looking for a beautiful woman. After he found her, he tried to turn her into a vampire.

The way he did this was by biting her three times on the neck. When he tried to do this, he succeeded.

At the end, the lady turned into a bat. The two vampire bats flew into the moonset.

Chip Konowitz, Cheyenne 31

SUPERMAN

The Senior Campers' Fourth Week movie was a great one--" Superman" . This was an unusual movie and held the attention of campers from the beginning to the end.

It all started on a planet called Krypton, many galaxies away. A child is born on this planet, and the planet was about to explode!

The boy's father (Marlon Brando) was worried that his son would die. So he and his wife sent the child away in a star-shaped spaceship to the planet Earth. Right after the ship was launched it happened--the huge planet Krypton exploded and

was completely demolished.

Meanwhile, the child was growing in lightyears. On Earth, this couple from a small town were driving along when suddenly the saw a tremendous flash.

They stopped to see what it was. The boy got out of the ship and lifted up their truck. After they realized that he had tremendous strength and that he had no parents, they decided to bring him in to

live with him. They named the boy Clark Kent.

Joe Manischewitz, Cheyenne 3~

After about twenty years, Clark (Christopher Reeves) decided to move to the north to New York City. He got a job in a newspaper office called the Daily Planet.

It was there that he met Lois Lane (Margot Kidder) and ran in to lots of criminals and emergencies.

During the movie, Clark (Superman) did a lot of incredible things and also proved to fight for truth, justice, and the American way.

Chip Konowitz, Cheyenne 31

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lachian Trail South, we all sat down and talked, while Sean ran up the mountain to call Camp. He was back in half an hour.

From this point we hiked down a part of the Appalachian Trail which was three miles long. When we finished hiking this stretch of the Trail, we ended up at a place called Jones Nose.

Here they had a lot of land full of blueberries and raspberries. We picked some of them. After we picked some, we went on a walk to

a stream where we filled up our canteens and had lunch. This lunch was the same as the last one.

After lunch we took a rest hour. Then we all walked back on the road.

We came to this place on the way back called Ash Fort where we stopped and took a look around.

We continued and finished our four-mile journey home. We had a dinner consisting of hamburgers and eggs again. We were all tired soon after dinner and decided to turn in and get a good night's sleep.

On Day Three of our hike we woke up and had our usual breakfast. After eating breakfast we cleaned our campsite up and washed the pans we had used. We all took down our tents and got everything ready to go home.

Then we went on a one-mile trail called the Circular Trail. This was right near the campsite and that was our hiking finale.

While we waited for the bus from Camp to come and pick us up to bring us back we did our last compass finding.

The campers who went on this three-day backpacking trip were David Gross, Irwin Baum, Andy Szafran, Hugues Morissette, Mike Polaner, and Zarek Dietz.

The campers were under the guidance of counselors Sean Binns and Don Metcalfe.

TWO CHEROKEE GROUPS GO 3 DAY BACK-PACKING

One of our best overnight trips this summer proved to be our three-day backpacking trip on the Appalachian Trail.

When we arrived at Mount Greylock, we pitched our tents at the Chimney Site and fixed up our area where we would be living for the next two days. After everyone was done, we set out on a hike, up the mountain on the Hopper trail which was two miles.

Two campers had backpacks, trading off 50 everyone would get the feeling of backpacking. It was really rough going up and also coming down.

We reached the top at around 12 noon 50 it took us about 55 minutes to get up there. It was great on the top. We did a little compass finding up there and also ran into the other group which wasn't supposed to be there, but ended up coming.

At 3:00 we went down the mountain on the Overlook Trail which ._ was three miles, and it took us only 30 minutes. On the way down, it started to rain a little. When we got down, everyone was tired and

sat down to rest.

We were all sitting around when we saw a little porcupine on a pile of rocks and we watched it until it left. We got some firewood and built a fire to cook our hamburgers and eggs, which we had for dinner.

After dinner we went for a two-mile stroll to Stoney Ledge where we watched the sun set. When we returned, it was dark so we lit our campfire and sat around drinking hot chocolate, eating cookies, and telling jokes. We all turned in

at about 10:30.

On the second day we woke up

at around 9:30, after a good night's sleep. We made French toast, cereal, and hot chocolate for breakfast.

After breakfast we went on our hike up the Hopper Trail. When we got to the beginning of the Appa-

Zarek Dietz, Cherokee 39

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ROKEE CK-PACKING (cont.)

Six Cherokees--Gregg Bruell, Gralla, Torn Scuderi, Jon Telsey, Vitale, and Torn Yang--went on

a three-day hike on the Mount Greylock State Reservation on July 23. With them were counselors Ron Fox

and Ken Weiss.

With our food and equipment divided evenly in our packs we were ready to go at 10: 30 a. m., and the bus drove us to the bottom of

Mount Williams.

It was a steep climb on the Appalachian Trail to the summit of Mt. Williams. At the summit, we met two other hikers that had backpacked from Georgia and were headed for Maine. They had left in midApril. Also, we had an excellent view of a town called North Adams.

We hiked down Mt. Williams and hiked up Mt. Finch. It wasn't a difficult hike on Mt. Finch because it seemed mostly level.

After that we climbed up Mt.

Greylock which was as steep as Mt. Williams, but had more open areas. When we got to the summit there was a nice lodge and a tall man umen t . dedicated to the soldiers who died during the Revolutionary War in Massachusetts. The lodge's name was Bascom Lodge, which had food and rooms to sleep in.

After that we went down the Overlook Trail, and found a campsite by a stream in which we drank and washed. We set up our tents and

ate dinner. After dinner we went down the Hopper Trail which was a little steep and very rocky. The Hopper Trail led to the Sperry Campgrounds in which there was a dirt road leading to Stoney Ledge.

Stoney Ledge was a cliff across from Mount Greylock. It also overlooked the valley. Darkness settled in and we started singing some songs as the moon shone brightly across our campsite. Soon we decided to

go back to our campsite. We then hit the sack.

In the morning we ate breakfast and started up the Hopper Trail.

Our Tripping Staff. Sitting,

1. to r., Ron Fox and Sean Binns; In back, 1. to r. Don Metcalfe and Ken Weiss.

We soon were on the Appalachian Trail which went over Saddle Ball Mountain. We went down Jones Nose which was the steepest part of the whole trip. When we got to the bottom we were in a field with delicious blueberries and raspberries. We ate lunch and then lay down and rested in the middle of the field.

We then hiked down the Appalachian Trail, where we found a campsite named Kitchen Brook which was by another stream. We ate dinner and explored the stream.

After that we decided to go to sleep.

Ken decided to sleep outside by a tree, but next morning we found him next to Tom Scuderi and Cary Gralla's tent. He said that at 2:30 in the morning a porcupine was chewing on his hiking boots so he had

to move.

Next morning we hiked up the Appalachian and waited in a parking lot near the field for the bus. We ,picked some more blueberries and raspberries until the bus came.

We had hiked about 20 miles with packs which weigh from 20 to 30 pounds. On the bus ride back we

felt tired, but contented.

Tom Yang, Cherokee 36

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"GETTING TO KNOW YOU"

Mah-Kee-Nac has three new nurses this summer, and they have already become a part of the Mah-Kee-Nac family. Kathy Lewis (left) and Denise Lewis (right) not related, are in

left photo. Laura Stats is

in right photo. She and Kathy are friends from Columbus, o.

Vern Baker joined our maintenance staff immediately after finishing our new tennis and paddle tennis courts. Vern has been building tennis courts here at MahKee-Nac for many years. We are fortunate to have Vern on a fulltime basis as an expert in the care of athletic fields.

This summer's Lower Senior and Upper Senior Camp productions are being directed by David Neira. David is a voice teacher in a high school in Troy, New York during the year. Serving as an Algonquin counselor (Bunk 40) David says his first camp experience is proving most exciting.

Ron and Millie Greenleaf are fixtures at Camp, and they are the only residents of Camp who live here all year long, with their sons, Ronnie and Steve. Their horne is on the lake beyond the Infirmary. Ron serves as caretaker and Millie works in the kitchen in charge of the cafeteria servers.

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JUNIOR CAMPERS CLIMB MONUMENT MT.

VAJOS AT GREYLOCK

The Navajos went to Camp Greylock for intercamp games. We won overall.

In tennis, Greylock won 7-5, but we tried.

In soccer, the A team won 6-3, but the B team lost 3-0. Andy Levi for the A soccer team scored two goals to lead his team.

In baseball, we won 4-0. Strong pitch~ng by Adam Paskow helped win the game.

In softball, the C team won 9-0, David Braemer pitched great. We won in D softball, too.

Michael Grossman, Navajo 27

Junior Campers made the climb up Monumen't Mountain in Stockbridge by Bunk groups, one at a time throughout the summer.

The climb is not only a good physical experience for our Junior campers, but when they reacn the top, there spreads out before them a beautiful view of the Berkshires.

All four of our Tripping counselors alternated in pairs in leading this trip to the top of Monument Mountain.

BUNK 2 MAKES CLIMB

The members of Bunk 2 in Junior Camp went to climb Monument Mountain on July 13, 1980. '

The first 20 minutes were slow and dragging. Soon it got steep.

We took a few breaks and saw some beautiful sights such as a battle field where Mohicans and other such Indians battled. We also saw some beautiful trees; such as oak, pine, cedar, and maple. " .

On the. way up rocks got slip-

KITES GO A-FLYING

It was a windy hobby night in Junior Camp. The campers who picked kites as their Carnival prizes went up to the top of the hill near the Dining Hall.

After 30 minutes everyone's kites were in the air.

It was exciting to watch the kites makes swirls and turns in .the air.

A crowd gathered. Joe got his camera and started to take pictures of us.

~t was a great kite night for all of us kite flyers.

Mike Rothenberg, Mohican 6

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The best part was at the top.

People on the ground looked like ants. It was beautiful.

Jeff Epstein, Mohican 2

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Volume 44, Number 5

July 31, 1980

Mah-Kee-Nac In Close Tourney Win

Steve Goldberger Takes Singles Title

The 13th Annual Camp Mah-KeeNac Invitational Tennis Tournament was held here on July 24 and 25. Camps Lenox, Winadu, Greylock, Watitoh, Half Moon, Crane Lake, and, of course, Mah-Kee-Nac participated in this prestigious event.

Mah-Kee-Nac, the defending champions, expected a tough tournament and, therefore, started training a week

in advance.

This vigorous training which started every morning at 7 a.m. was led by our Head Tennis counselor, (cont'd over)

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M-K-N Invitational Tennis Team

1st Row: Mike Rodack, Marc Rosenthal, Andy Katcher Marc Jerome, Josh Protass, Adam Paskow

2nd Row: Kenny Hollander, Harlan Protass, Steven Goldberger Chris Feinman, Larry Maitlin, Scott Young

3rd Row: Tre' Bragg, Jimmy Lobsenz, Paul Rosenthal Coach Mike Evans, David Roth, Adam Seiden, Andy Spicer

Mike Evans with help from Art Cano, Elmo Williams, Allie Lynch, and Simon England. Besides this early morning training, the 21 competitors from Mah-Kee-Nac practiced almost every minute of their spare time.

Before they knew it, July 24 was upon them and the tournament began. As the morning progressed, it was obvious that it was going to be a close race between Mah-Kee-Nac and Winadu for the team title, with Greylock and Lenox close behind.

The vigorous training was obviously paying off for the Mah-KeeNac team. As the afternoon continued many players from M-K-N such as Adam Paskow, 11 singles; Larry Maitlin,

15 singles; Steve Goldberger, 13 singles; Paul Rosenthal and Jimmy Lobsenz, 15 doubles; Chris Feinman and Josh Protass, 11 doubles; and Andy Spicer and Scott Young, 13 doubles all reached the semi-finals, gaining valuable points for the

M-K-N team.

Of these players, Steve Goldberger, Josh Protass, and Chris Feinman; and Scott Young and Andy Spicer all reached the finals, with Steve Goldberger becoming the only M-K-N competitor to win his respective age group.

M-K-N ended up winning an extremely close tournament by one point, 30-29 over Winadu. The one point victory showed how important the combined team effort was, sinc~ every match won had a direct influence on the victory.

We would like to thank all the ball boys, especially Jess Lonner and Jeff Gelb, the Head Ball Boys; and the maintenance man, Eddy Gray, for such an excellent job, a true Camp effort.

An extra special thanks goes to Mike Evans and the rest of the tennis staff, for without them this whole exciting tournament would not have been possible.

Andy Spicer and Scott Young Cherokee, 37

Steven Goldberger Singles Winner, 13 and Under

Josh Protass and Chris Feinman Runners-up in Doubles

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T ennis Players 2nd, 3rd in Tourneys

Every year Camp Taconic has

its Boys Festival Tennis Invitational. This year was no different. Last Tuesday, August 5 was the tourney.

The players for this tournament

were as follows: 13 and under singles-Steve Siderowi 13 and under doubles-Andy Tarica and Eric Tirschwelli 15 and under singlesTerrence Phox; 15 and under doublesSteven Fields and Kenny Gellman.

With a record of 4-0, Steve Siderow won 13 and under singles

and with a record of 3-1, Andy Tarica and Eric Tirschwell' took a close first place for Junior doubles.

Also, Terrence Phox, the team captain, did his most with a 2-2 record which is also the say on Kenny Gellman and Steve Fields

and for the second year in a row, Mah-Kee-Nac placed a close second behind the hosting team Taconic.

Last year Mah-Kee-Nac made it a very close, close Invitational

by placing second to Camp Greylock.

Andy Tarica, Cherokee 39

First in Doubles

Eric Tirschwell and Andy Tarica at Taconic

First in Doubles

Andy Spicer and Scott Young at Greylock

Six members of the Mah-Kee-Nac tennis team set off to Camp Greylock to compete in their annual tennis tournament on July 31. This team consisted of Steve Goldberger playing 13 singles; Andy Spicer and Scott Young, 13 doubles; Adam Seiden for

15 singles; and Larry Maitlin and

Jon Stern playing 15 doubles.

As you can see, there were no Senecas on this team because the Senecas were on a trip the day of the tournament. Despite the absence of the Senecas, this team finished a surprisingly strong third place out of the 16 camps that participated in this tournament.

Both singles players, Steve Goldberger and Adam Seiden were able to reach the semi-finals while Andy Spicer and Scott Young won the finals over Lenox in a grueling three-set match.

We'd like to thank Allie Lynch for his superb coaching despite being the only coach there from Mah-Kee-Nac.

Andy Spicer & Scott Young Cherokee 37

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Junior Cam

College Day

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Sailing Regatta: at Camp Danbee

State Capitol Visited

On July 30 the Navajos went to the State Capitol at Albany,

New York. On the way we were given a dollar each to spend on a souvenir.

We could see Albany in about 55 minutes. The first building we could see was a strange one shaped like a salad bowl.

The first building we went to was the Capitol. There we waited about ten minutes for our tour to start. Then we went to look at some pictures from when the capitol was being built. We learned that it took over 20 years to build.

The tour guide, Rick, showed us the evolutionary staircase. It is based on Darwin's theory. For! the people who don't agree with Darwin the staircase ended with an elephant and a camel.

We then went to other parts of the capitol.' We could not go to the Mayor's office because the Indians were having a sit-in.

Then we had lunch. Later we went to Rockefeller Museum. It had exhibits about New York's history.

We then went to the tallest building in Albany. It was 42 stories tall. Outside this building there is a nice park.

This trip was finely planned by Jay Toporoff.

Josh Kurzban, Navajo 23

Twelve members of the Mah-KeeNac sailing program went on a sailing regatta against 12 members of Camp Danbee on Wednesday, July 30 at

Camp Danbee.

There were three boats from each camp allowed in each race.

In the first race, one of their boats carne in first. Second, third, and fourth went to us.

In the second race, Jon Telsey and Chris Feinman took first for us, they took second, and third

Senecas at Red Wing

The Senecas journeyed to Camp Red Wing in the distant Adirondack Mountains for a social on Wednesday, July 30. When we arrived in the afternoon, we were greeted by an enthusiastic director and campers.

We swam with the girls and played an exciting game of keepaway in the beautiful lake.

That night, at the social, we danced and talked with the campers about differences between our two camps. The girls commented that "w were gentlemen", and their director praised us for our excellent behavi during the afternoon and evening activities.

We departed the next morning with many fond memories of our day at Red Wing. From there we travele southeast to Lake George where we played an interesting game of miniature golf at one of the united States' most renowned courses.

We left Lake George after this and decided to travel to Albany whe we went to see the movie "Airplane". The movie was very repetitious, _ raunchy, and totally undeserving of the raves it has received from some of our esteemed Mah-Kee-Nac movie critics.

We then returned, satisfied after a long trip.

James Lobsenz, Seneca 45

and fourth went to us again.

In the third and final race, they took first. Second, third, and fourth went to us again.

At the end we totalled up all the scores and we turned out to be the winners.

They were really nice to us and gave us a sign saying "First Place goes to Mah-Kee-Nac", and gave us soda and cookies at the end.

Zarek Dietz, Cherokee 39

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Cherokees Enjoy Science Center

The Cherokee Tribe went to the Worcester Science Center and the John Woodman Higgins Armory on Thursday, July 31.

We decided to go to' the Science Center first. We left at 9:15 a.m. with counselors Mike Gibbons, Elmo Williams, Ron Fox,~m LaClair, Keith Marshall, and Don Metcalfe. We got there 2~ hours later.

When we got to the Science Center, we first received two dollars each from Mike and then we met the guide. She told us not to feed or bother the animals, and then Mike told us to meet at the outdoor snack bar at 1:00 p.m. Then we were allowed to go where we wanted.

Some went to the zoo which

was not the greatest, and some went to the building which was very interesting. It had some animals inside and many interesting things like a balloon showing how hot air rises, a machine-operated trivia game, a planetarium show, the Hall of Energy which was a room showing the Science Center's genera tors, and many more attractions.

There were two snack bars. An indoor one and an outdoor one. At 1:00 p.m. we all met at the outdoor one for lunch.

After lunch some of us went to see the planetarium show which was at 1:15 p.m. The others just looked around again. Some campers went on a little scenic train ride which went around the Science Center.

When we boarded the bus, we headed toward the John Woodman Higgins Armory. When we reached there, we went into a four-story building. We were led into a room on the second story. There, two men showed and explained the medieval armor.

They picked many campers to show or demonstrate the armor like Mike Stifelman who was picked to test the coat of mail, Jon Telsey to test how heavy the armor was,

Greg Bruell to test the weak points on the armor, Steve Croman and Peter Cohen to demonstrate how knights fought with swords and Torn Yang to test the blade of a samurai sword. After that, we were allowed to ask questions. Then we were allowed to look around on the third and fourth floors, but not allowed to touch

any armor.

On the fourth floor there were example of natural armor on animals and pieces of very old armor like

the Greeks and Romans. On the third floor there was a gift shop and many examples of medieval armor. There was even an example of armor that was worn by a dog!

After that we boarded the bus, and on the way back to Camp we all felt that the day had been very fun and interesting.

Torn Yang & Torn Scuderi Cherokee 36

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Navajos on l3acl",pacl",ing Trip

Campers Busy With Socials

Seven campers--Glenn Schiffman, Steven Doff, Matt Selick, Jon Maier, Andy Jewel, Steve Lippman, and David Stern--and two counselors--Sean Binns and Ken Weiss--made tripping history on July 31. They were the people

who went on the first Navajo backpack trip.

We were dropped off at Sperry Campgrounds. Then we got on the Hopper Trail that leads to the top of Mount Greylock.

We had heavy backpacks.

Walking 1.7 miles was very tiring. We reached the top--what a relief. It wasn't very steep yet.

We sat on the top of Greylock for an hour and a half. We ate lunch. It was triscuits and cheese. Then we filled up our canteens and left for our campsite. It was six miles to our site.

We started our walk and what

a walk. We had to go down the Hopper Trail to get to the Appalachian Trail. Once we got to the Appala-

The entire Upper Senior Camp hopped on two buses on July 27 destined for Broyles Rollerskating Arena. All the campers were excited about meeting girls from Belvoir Terrace. It turned out that most of us did. Even Paul Rosenthal!!! But, even those who didn't meet a girl still had fun.

The new ambience of this year at the rink is that of a disco,

and it is still undergoing changes.

After a few hours of skating, it became limbo time. If you were able to crouch under a certain level, 25¢ was deducted from any one snack item.

The funniest sight was seeing people skate for their first time. Too bad such a fun evening ended so soon.

Jess Lonner, Seneca 45

chian Trail we started to walk downhill for a while then we all stopped for a minute because Andy Kaplan's pink eye was acting up really bad. We took everything out of his backpack and then walked on, but we stopped again and one of the counselors went to call Camp so they could pick Andy up. Then we went up with Andy.

We started to get to very steep hills. We finally got to Jones Nose. We picked blueberries and raspberries for a while then Joe and Frances came and picked Andy up.

We started on to our campsite and we met some nice people.

The next day when we started to go on the bus for Camp it didn't start. We waited for an hour, then we got started. It was funny.

We got back to Camp and we went on with the rest of the day.

Ken Weiss, Counselor

Last week the Cheyennes had a very successful social with Camp Danbee. The social was a dance in the Dining Hall. Everybody danced and had a great time.

At first just a few people were dancing. So we decided to try a special dance. The boys lined up across from the lined-up girls. The first boy and girl in the line would dance down the aisle and soon, a couple of the boys got girls to dance that way.

At our last social with Danbee, a couple of boys got girls at the rollerskating rink. So, they remembered the girls and danced with them.

The Cheyennes all agree that ~e social with Danbee was the best.

They are all hoping for another one soon.

David Thomases, Cheyenne 29

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Instant Reply 00 Tennis Courts

Algonquin Carey Davis learns use of camera.

Carey and Counsellor Andy Gelsey watching the results.

New Paddle Tennis Courts Popular

L to R: Mark Weber, Jon Maier, Counsellor Guy Hoghton, Ron Biederman, Jeff Ratner, Jeff Gelb, Robbie Klugman and Matt Selick.

Counsellors Jerry Boyce and Mike Evans Instructing on Smaller Courts

Working on Camp's Garden

Tommy Tarica, Brian Shoobe, D.G. Levine with Counsellor Gary Rothenbucher.

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Rifle Range Improved

UPPER SENIOR TALENT SHOW

The Upper Senior Talent show this year offered some very enjoyable acts.

The show started off with music from the Mah-Kee-Nac rock band consisting of Eddy Gray, Ed Harrington (Counselor), and Michael Stifelman. For a change of pace, Mike Polaner played some classical pieces on the piano.

Zarek Dietz played his trumpet, followed by Counselor Ron Fox, who conducted a Sing-Along of English folk songs.

This brief, yet enjoyable, talent show concluded with another piece of music played by Ed Harrington, Mike Bross, Michael Stifelman, and Monty Montgomery (Counselor).

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Search on For Snipes

The Snipes are out, but not many. Since there was a drought and the Snipe lives in shallow water, it was forced to leave its home and search for water and a new home.

On July 25, for an evening activity, the Juniors had a Snipe Hunt. Campers were dressed in everything from underwear on their heads to slippers on their feet.

You should know that if you meet a Sn~pe face to face you should walk backwards. This will confuse the Snipe.

In the Snipe Hunt you are looking for many animals besides the Snipe. Earth worms that are three inches or longer are worth

2 points each, a live slug is worth 5 points, live salamanders bring

15 points, and a live snake will get you 20 points.

Any proof of a Berkshire Snipe such as ·feathers, fur, bones, droppings, or footprints are worth 40 points each. A photograph of

a live Snipe is worth 50 points

and a live Berkshire Snipe is

worth IO'Opoints.

Be careful and, above all, know your enemy.

Michael Friedman, Mohican 2

The Senior Riflery Range received its new backstop patching. This is to be painted shortly, thus matching the rest of the backstop. This is a beautiful renovation of a most popular facility.

On this same date, Algonquin Kenny Rudin, one of our two resident Experts created for the Range a beautiful new target box. This is bigger, handsomer, and much more convenient for our campers to use.

We thank Kenny and Joe for their gifts to our Range.

Lee Hirsch, Cherokee 35

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Interesting Note

* * * * * * * * * * * * *

*

* It is interesting to * note that Counselors Andy

* Cole (Iroquois 10) and Mike * Treitler (Navajo 28) both

* were campers with Counselor * Mike Dale (Cheyenne 30) as * their counselor.

* And later, as Seniors,

* they were both in Bunk 35

* with Bill Chandler (Cherokee * 35) as their counselor.

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c.NiP MAH · lEE · ~C FOR DO~

Founded 1929 • Lenox. Massachusetts 01240

"GUYS AND DOLLS" BIG HIT

The entire cast did very well in reaching out to the excellent performance of Marcie Neisenholtz, Belvoir Terrace, who played the lead part of Miss Adelaide. Marcie's performance was exceptional.

Another leading part was played very well by Liz Brous of Belvoir Terrace, in the part of Sarah Brown.

The Mah-Kee-Nac leads were also very well played by Andy Gardner as Sky Masterson, and Peter Cohen in the role of Nathan Detroit.

Eddy Gray also contributed to the success of the show, and with

Mah-Kee-Nac Campers in "Guys and Dolls"

Our 1980 musical, "Guys and Dolls", was a combined effort of some Upper Senior Boys of our camp and a group of very talented girls from Belvoir Terrace Camp.

All of the planning and hard work of the cast and crew finally led to the production of "Guys and Dolls" on August 2 and 3.

"Guys and Dolls" is a comedy that is supposedly taking place in 1948. The story is about crapshooters and their humorous conflicts with the law and with the religious aspects of gambling.

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BELVOIR TERRACE GIRLS JOIN IN MUSICAL

Girls from Belvoir Terrace in "Guys and Dolls"

summed up the fact that sinners could be fotgiven and really can "go straight".

Sky and Sarah's love affair had ,already led to their marriage while just at the end of the show, after fourteen years of Nathan's constant· backing out, he and Miss Adelaide got married. With this, the end of the show, the entire cast again sang "Guys and Dolls".

There is a very important point which I want to stress. The musical production's success was due to the supporting actors' and actresses' abilities every bit as much as the good acting of the lead parts.

There was a lot of hard work on the part of the actors and actresses for the three weeks learning our lines, dances, and songs. These were all necessities for the Musical's success.

Another extremely important part of the production, the real "backbone" of the Musical was the group of people who worked behind the scenes.

One of these people was Counselor Andy Gelsey, stage crew and lighting coordinator, who did hard

with Mike Lonoff, he sang the title song, "Guys and Dolls".

The play deals with one of the gamblers, Sky Masterson, who is guilty because of his sin and also as a result of a bet made by Nathan Detroit (Peter Cohen). He soon meets up with the sergeant of the mission, Sarah Brown (Liz Brous) . This meeting led to the beginning of a love affair between them.

Nathan Detroit was also involved in a love affair. He was engaged for fourteen years to

Miss Adelaide (Marcie Neisenholtz) who worked at the Hot Box Night Club.

In the meantime, the crapshooters were in the constant search for a place to have their game.

They were being chased by Lieutenant Brannigan (Adam White) , who was determined not to let the crap game take place.

The opposing forces of gambling and religion were broken when Sky Masterson brought his "sinners" to the Save-A-Soul Mission. Some of the sinners even gave testimony and repented for their sins. In this scene "Nicely-Nicely" Johnson, played by Eddy Gray, performed "Sit Down You're Rockin' the Boat". This

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He has a large amount of musical knowledge and he teaches music at his school. If it wasn't for his excellence in directing, the play would not have turned out to be the great success it was.

Our final curtain call marked the end of the show. The contributions of our orchestra, led by John Furth on the piano, with Jon Zins on clarinet and Mike Stifelman on the drums helped make the whole show an enjoyable experience for everyone involved.

Belvoir Terrace Star Marcie Nisenholtz

work with the more technical aspects of the play.

Paul Williams was our scene designer. He did a beautiful job with the painting of the sets. His arti~tic talent resulted in excellent scenery.

Also worthy of mention was

the make-up crew: Doug Huskins and Paul Williams, and they were helped by Laura and Denise, our nurses.

Also, Paula Kalustan of Belvoir Terrace did a superb job as our choreographer.

The play was directed by David Neira, our camp's music counselor.

Eddy Gray, Algonquin 40

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M'K·n UPPER Sf11(ORS (In COL~80RATiOI'i W1TH BELVOIR TERRACE) PROUDLY PRESENT1 )

l'uilJ~T 2nd~ 3rO,Cj'M? Mt~-L<EE-rrCJLEN~JMrc5'

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CAST

Sky M~.s te r son Andy Gardner

General Cartwright •• Lauren Stall Rust Charlie ••••••.. Steve Salee

Sarah Brown ...••.•...... Liz Brous

Nathan Detroit ..•.••..•. Peter Cohen

Harry the Horse •••.• Mike Polaner

Adelaide ••••••••.•.••••. Marcie Nisenholtz

Angie the Ox ••••.••• Dan Brotman

Nicely, Nicely Johnson •• Eddy Gray

Arvide Abernathy •••• Scott Young

Benny SOuthstreet ••••••. Mike Lonoff

Lt. Brannigen •••.••• Ad~~ lihite

Big Julie •.....•.•..•.•. Chris Moss

Agatha •••••••••••••• Valerie Roth

TECHNICAL STAFF

Director David J. Neira

Assistant ~.Eddy Eigen

Stage Crew & Lighting Coordinator ... Andy Gelsey

Crew

Terrance Phox Andy Sturner Rich Levi Ricky Bross

Mike Bross Bennett Goldberg Jean Lemieux

Jon Kiselik

Scenic Designer •.•..•.•••••..••.•. Paul Williams

Choreographer ..•.....•..•....... Paula Kalustian

Make-Up Paul Williams

Doug Huskins

Orchestra

Piano ...•..... John Furth

Clarinet ••.•.• Jon Zins

Drums •..•.•••. Mike Stifelman

Camp Mah-Kee-Nac wishes to thank Belvoir Terrace for their invaluable service in presenting this production.

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MORE OF "GUYS AND DOLLS"

Left to Right:Peter Cohen,Steve Salee,Andy Gardner,Mike Lonoff,and Eddy Gray

Liz Brous and Andy Gardner

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Mike Lonoff (left) and Eddy Gray

RUSS WILLIAMS COUNSELOR HERO SA VES CHILD'S LIFE ON HIS DAY OFF

THREE BROTHERS- CAMPERS TO COUNSELORS

It has been said that Mah-KeeNac has everything--but now it has something it has never had before-a hero.

On August 5, on his day off, Russ Williams, Waterfront Counselor of Bunk 40, revived a young boy at Prospect Lake after the child had been under wat~ for over three minutes, authorities said.

Upon noticing a man drag the boy out of the water, Russ responded immediately by rushing to the aid

of the boy.

After applying a chest massage, Russ proceeded to give mouth-to~ mouth resuscitation. The boy responded with a moan. He was breathing again.

An ambulance arrived and took the boy to Great Barrington Hospital, where he was listed in critical condition the following day.

Russ is from Dunstable, England, a town north of London, where he is an assistant manager at a sports club. During the weeks preceeding the arrival of campers, he and

other men at the Waterfront received extensive life-saving training from the Red Cross. It was there at the Water Safety School where Russ learned CPR (cardio-pulmonary resuscitation. )

At the Waterfront, Russ is the Senior Camp swimming coordinator

The Toporoff brothers have the distinct~on of three brothers as Mah-Kee-Nac Campers and all three having served as Mah-Kee-Nac Counselors.

Jay has been with Camp for nine years. He spent three of those years as a campers here. (Navajo, Cheyenne, and Cherokee.) This is his sixth summer as counselor at Camp, and this year Jay was Special Events Coordinator.

His first three years he worked

Russ Williams, Bunk 40 and kayak instructor.

Afte~ returning on Friday, August 8 from the Algonquin's trip to Boston, Russ learned that the American Red Cross has nominated him for the National Award of Merit.

All of us here at Camp are very proud of him, and it is wonderful that he has saved a human life.

Says Russ: It was an incredible experience to get signs of life from what moments earlier had been

a corpse, and I am pleased that the boy is alive."

Evan Siegel, Algonquin 40

in Junior Camp, then one summer in Upper Senior Camp, and is now in his second summer in Lower Senior Camp. Jay is now in graduate school at Springfield College, and he is an Advisor at the largest dorm there.

This summer Jay was joined by Mark, who served in Lower Senior Camp as Street Hockey Counselor.

In 1979 middle-brother, Bob, served as a waterski counselor. Bob spent this past year at college in England.

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Cherol"\ees on First Cape Cod Trip

This year's Cherokee tribal trip was to Cape Cod. After a long four-hour bus ride we arrived at the Mayflower II, which is the only existing replica of the boat that the Pilgrims used to sail from England to the New World.

We took an interesting tour

of the boat and then went on to Plymouth Plantation. This is the actual village that was built when the Pilgrims first arrived ~n North America.

That night we gathered at Friendly's and then went to a miniature golf course.

We stayed in bunks at Camp Monomoy. It was right on the Bay so we went to the beach quite frequently.

The next day we went to the Aqua-circus which is a Dolphin show. There were also interesting things there like dancing chickens, pianoplaying geese, and a chicken that played tic-tac-toe with you. I would say that this was one of the best parts of the trip.

We had lunch at MCDonald's and then went to the Cape Cod Museum of Natural History. This is more of

a nature hike than a museum, and we were led by the Museum Naturalist.

We took a hike which led us out to a beach. We were able to walk out for miles through ankledeep water and sand bars.

The interesting Aqua-circus

That night we had steak at a fancy restaurant, The Lobster Claw, and went miniature golfing again. The next morning we packed our things and headed for the ocean.

We stayed at the beach for three hours and had a great time building sand castles and dodging waves. After that we came back to Camp.

I know that everybody had a fun time on the trip, and I'm sure that future Cherokees will enjoy it too.

Steve Salee,Cherokee 39

TEN CAMPER BIRTHDAYS
Stephen Gordon 7/25 12 Joshua Piven 7/30 9
Richard Levi 7/25 15 Michael Harlow 8/2 14
Greg Brody 7/27 10 Michael Berman 8/6 10
Alex Hait 7/28 14 Bobby Loigman 8/6
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Fred Marton 7/28 14 Jonathan Wynett 8/6 15 58

For the first time in a number of years a group of backpackers

with counselors Ron Fox and Don Metcalfe went to Savoy State Forest. The campers were Mike Korsten,

David Beck, Jon Zins, Tom Scuderi, Cary Gralla, John Berman, Marco Morissette, and Frederick Kastler.

We left on August 4. On the way there we enjoyed nice scenery and the sight of Mount Greylock.

We arrived at 11 a.m., and we found our camping site, put up our tents. After an hour we ate lunch.

We rested a half an hour and then set off on our II-mile hike. On our first trail everybody seemed to be taking it easy until we hit pricker bushes which lasted about

a half a mile.

After that we walked on the main road past a snowmobile trail on to a dirt road which took us to a road that led to a fire tower.

The fire tower was pretty tall and everybody got a chance to climb up and look at the view from this height. We looked the same height as Mount Greylock.

After everybody went up we enjoyed picking some fresh raspberries. Next we went back to camp and rested until our dinner.

That night we were entertained

by fireworks by the people in the

next campsite and we roasted marshmallows. After that we went to sleep.

The next morning we woke up and had breakfast. After that we went on a hike to the South Pond. There everybody got to stick their feet

in the water.

We returned to our campsite and disassembled our tents and packed

ANOTHER CAMPING TRIPBUT SAME LEADER,

SAME BUS

everything to go back to Camp. After we all finished, we had lunch.

Since we had enough extra time we decided to go to North Pond. When we arrived we were delighted to see

a lifeguard. Once again we got to bathe our feet in the water. After

a half an hour we went back to our site and were picked up by the mini bus. Everybody had a good time

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OLDEST CAMPERS WIN SOCCER, 2-1

The Algonquin/Seneca A soccer team played one of the best games of the year against Camp Lenox on August 2. We defeated them by a score of 2-1.

Mah-Kee-Nac conceded an early goal to an inswinging corner kick. Frederick Kastler evened the score with an expertly placed penalty kick.

In the second half, Ricky Bross placed a banana shot from 35 yards past the goal keeper.

The defense consisting of Mike Lonoff, Chris Moss (team captain) , Andy Sturner, and Gene Steinfeld built a foundation which effectively prevented the Lenox team from scoring again.

Elsewhere upfield, David Roth and Terrence Phox with Dan Brotman and Larry Maitlin kept constant pressure on the Lenox goal keeper.

After the game, Coach Gavin Tait was very pleased with our overall performance.

Gene Steinfeld & Andy Sturner Seneca 47

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This, of course, was an interesting two hours. Following the shopping tour, we gathered for a fine steak dinner at Joe's Steak House.

Back on the bus after dinner, and we were then transported to the site of the Montreal Olympics, now known as "Man and His ~-Jorld." We viewed a number of the exhibits and then boarded a trolley bus

to La Ronde, where we spent the evening on the various rides of this amusement park.

We returned to McGill by the Montreal Metro, quite ready for bed.

After breakfast we had a repeat of the shopping tour until noon, when we assembled again at the bus and headed southward to camp.

On the way back we had an interesting stopover at Albany State University.

Though we arrived in Lenox at 6:30, the plan was not to arrive at camp until after we had supper at the Lenox Friendly's.

This trip proved interesting and educational. \-Je must say that Nontreal will always provide excitement for Senecas in the years to come.

Senecas Enjoy Visit to Montreal

3 DAY TRIP I3Y CAMPERS

The oldest camper group, the Senecas, enjoyed the annual Seneca trip to Montreal, leaving camp on August 5 by chartered bus.

That afternoon we arrived in Montreal and were met by our experienced guide Sara Hertz, who helped our group register at the McGill University dormitory. We were surprised that each of us was given a single room.

After getting settled at McGill, an interesting university campus, Sara took our group on a walking tour of Old Montreal.

Following dinner, we boarded our bus for a trip to the Olympic Stadium, where the Expos were to play the Mets in a National League baseball game. The Expos won in

a well played game, 4-1, and everyone had a good time, except the diehard Mets fans.

Then back to our quarters at McGill, where everyone settled down for a peaceful night.

Breakfast was scheduled at

the McGill cafeteria. Then along came Sara, and she guided our group to the Fort at St. Helens. After

an interesting look at the fort,

we went on to visit the famed Botanical Gardens, where we viewed the splendid arrangements of plants, flowers, and shrubs.

Our next stop was Mt. Royal, where lunch was scheduled. A number of campers and counselors journeyed to the top of Mt. Royal to see a breathtaking view of the city of Montreal.

Once again we went to visit parts of the Old City, with Notre Dame Church proving to be one of the most interesting places on our trip. We toured the Cathedral on the Mount and each of us was awed by its beauty.

Our group then went shopping in the downtown area of Montreal.

Always on a trip like this there are counselors to supervise, and who find the trip enjoyable. Leading the trip was Seneca Group Leader, Mike Evans.

Senecas on Tre Bragg

Ken Hollander James Lobsenz Jesse Lonner Paul Rosenthal Jeff Shorin Eric Spitzer Michael Bross Ricky Bross

the trip were:

Steven Fields Jean Lemieux Terrance Phox Jon Wynett Richard Levi Marco Morissette Andy Piera

Gene Steinfeld Andy Sturner

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Todd Mirsky, Adam White, Fred Kastner, and John Berman.

ANGONQUINS ON 3-DA Y BOSTON TRIP

The Algonquin 3-day trip to Boston August 6, 7, and 8 was filled with good times, fun and new places to visit.

When we left camp in our chartered coach, we were all filled with excitement. Les Hall, our Algonquin Tribe Leader, was

in charge of the trip.

Other years our campers stayed in the dormitory at Tufts College, but this year we lodged at Pine Manor College, which was a comfortable place. We ate our meals at a variety of places.

One highlight of our trip was

a Boston Red Sox--Milwaukee Brewers baseball game at Fenway Park. Boston lost 7-5 to Milwaukee.

Another highlight was visiting the well known Quincy Market, where we enjoyed walking around for about an hour and a half.

On the first afternoon we all went to the Boston Museum of Science, where we spent an interesting two hours. We followed this with a

show at the Planetarium. Lunch was at the Tea Party Wharf.

We spent a couple of hours at the John F. Kennedy Library in Dorchester. That evening we had dinner at Legal's and then went off to a movie.

The next morning the group went

to the downtown Boston area to visit the John Hancock Building and enjoyed the view of the city from there.

The counselors on the trip were Russ Williams, Art Cano, Gav Tait, Allie Lynch, Shai Feder, and Andy Gelsey.

All the boys were sorry that Adam Seiden couldn't join the trip because he was in the infirmary.

The campers on the trip were Kenny Gellman, Eddy Gray, Mike Lonoff, David Roth, Evan Siegel, Mike Stifelman, Cary Davis, Fred Marton, and Larry Maitlin.

Shaun McAndrews, Chris Moss, Kenny Rudin, Jon Stern, Michael Harlow, Dan Brotman, Ed Eigen, Jeff Gelb, Harlan Protass, Steve Siderow, and Charles Shulman.

Richard Grossman, Alex Hait,

Jeff Gelb, Algonquin 41 Les Hall, Counselor

8 ON OVERNIGHT

A group of eight Cherokees and Algonquins set out on a two-day, one-night backpacking trip to Mount Greylock on Friday, August 1.

Escorted by counselors Don Metcalfe and Ken Weiss were campers Jon Heck, Brad Handler, Eric Morissette, JohnBerman, Tom Yang, Hugues Morissette, Marc Jerome,

and Fred Marton.

The bus dropped us off at the campsite where we set up our tents. The kids decided to take some of

the stuff out of the packs to make the hike a little easier. We hiked up the Hopper Trail and then down to Jones Nose on the Appalachian Trail. At Jones Nose we picked blueberries and raspberries for dinner.

When we were finishing dinner, it started to rain so we went to our tent.

The bus picked us up at 11:00 the next morningand drove us back to camp.

John Berman, Algonquin 43

Jeffrey Epstein, Mohican 2

CAMPFIRE FOR JUNIORS

The whole Junior Camp went up to Camperaft to have a campfire on the night of August 7, 1980.

Once we came in we sat on logs and watched as Paul O'Raw set the fire. At first it wouldn't spread, then he got a Kleenex box and boy did it spread~

Well, we sang the Mohican song and other funny ~ongs.

Soon it came to the last song.

Three kids helped put out the fire with their canteens.

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C a.r+er

And'2rson?

ELEGION FRENZY FOR L.S.C.

It was a nice sunny morning on August 7 in the Lower Senior Campus, both Navajos and Cheyennes were sound asleep when all of a sudden "Stars and Stripes Forever" came over the loud speaker and that was the start of Election Day 1980.

The campus was divided into two team, the Democrats with Jay Toporoff, and the Republicans, with Mike Dale. During the day the two teams were competing against each other in different kinds of games.

While the day lingered on the two teams were thinking of good teammates that would be good for the Presidential and Vice- Presidential candidates.

A t the end of the day, the two teams congregated at the Field House. At this time, they went through their role call. Then we heard the election speeches from the candidates of each party.

After this, the two teams gave their cheers and songs. At the end of the night the scores were ready and the Republicans won over the Democrats 105-83.

The day was brought to a close with the announcement that Mark Rudis and Cary Granat were elected President and Vice-President over Evan Gewirtz and Aaron Kuhn!

Chip Konowitz, Cheyenne 31

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ELEGION DAY PROVES EXCITING FOR CANlPERS

Mark Rudis making election speech

Part of the Convention excitement

Bcskerooll Team Wins, 46-34

Camp Mah-Kee-Nac defeated the Stockbridge Police in basketball, 46-34, on the night of August 3. Stockbridge had their hands full once again as Mah-Kee-Nac was off and flying from the opening tap.

We dominated in the early play and piled up a ten-point lead by the end of the first quarter, and

a fourteen-point lead by the half.

Mah-Kee-Nac was guided by the hot duo of Bennett Goldberg (22 pts.) and Terrence Phox (12 pts.) as they scored a combined 34 points.

Jeff Silverman and Ricky Bross each added four points, and Alex Rait and Steve Siderow added two each.

This is the second time in three days that Mah-Kee-Nac has beaten the Stockbridge Police team.

Jeff Shorin, Seneca 45

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Navajo Campers Enjoy 2 Day Trip

TO COOPERSTOWN AND HOWE CAVERNS

CHEYENNES VISIT MYSTIC SEAPORT

It was August 5 when the Navajos left for the "Empire State" for the annual Navajo trip to the Baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown. Fifteen miles before our destination,

we came to a large rest area with fine picnic facilities, and we had a leisurely lunch there.

The first visit on our schedule was to the Farmers Museum. Although the weather was hot there, we all enjoyed learning about 19th centure village life. A 19th century town was assembled

in the back of the museum. .

We then boarded our bus and went on to the Baseball Hall of Fame. \\Te were told that the entire exhibition area had been fully renovated since our camp's visit last year. Here were displays of many years of baseball history, and we watched the highlights of the 1979 World Series. It was excellent.

Andrew Bart, Navaio 22

The Cheyennes went to Mystic Seaport on August 4 and 5. At about 8 a.m. the Cheyennes walked

up Oak Lane to board two big coaches. The ride was about three hours.

We got there about 12:30, ate a picnic lunch, and then we went

to visit the Mystic Museum.

We went through the Museum in small groups, and the high-lights were the Morgan, the last wooden whaling ship, and a special half hour program on whaling.

Then we went to the Ramada Inn.

We went swimming at the indoor pool for a half an hour. Then, we went to dinner at a steak restaurant.

After dinner, as a big surprise, we went to see "The Empire Strikes

Jeff Clott, Cheyenne 30

A short walk from there and we were at the Doubleday Batting Range. He all enjoyed the new radar device which calculates the speed of your pitch. This, too, was excellent.

It was raining when we arrived at the Village Inn in Richfield Springs for dinner. After dinner we played games in a nearby park on Lake Ostego, and then we went on to a movie.

Each year our campers have stayed at the Ostego Lake Motel, and they were very helpful.

After breakfast our bus headed northward to Howe Caverns. Though it was cool inside the caverns, our boatride tour was quite interesting. ~'le saw many different rocks.

Then we split up for lunch.

Half the group went to McDonald's and half to Burger King. Yum!

A few hours later we were back at Mah-Kee-Nac. A great trip!

Jay Toporoff, Counselor

Back". After the movie we went back to the motel for the night.

We were awakened early and went to a Howard Johnson's for our breakfast. After breakfast we went to the Mystic Aquarium.

We toured the exhibits, and saw lots of interesting sea life. We also watched a whale-seal-dolphin show. Many campers said this was the best part of the trip.

After lunch we started horne.

On the way we visited the Submarine, U.S.S. Croaker. We walked through the sub, and then the lights were flicked off, and everyone learned what it was like to be in total darkness in the submarine. It was an enjoyable trip.

Mike Dale, Counselor

CPMP ~ · lEE · Nl\C FOR DOYS

Founded 1929· Lenox, Massachusetts 01240

EVERYONE ENJOYS

Cossacks Finish First

The Olympics, always one of the st exciting times of the year, was great success in 1980.

There had been numerous delays f the Olympics due to rain, making a four-day Olympics.

On August 12, after a relaxing zy Day, the entire camp assembled the hill by the Mess Hall for I lympic Breakdown. Jim O'Neill

d the microphone over to Jay poroff, one of the Olympic co ortors, the other coordinator eing Mike Dale.

Jay read off the names of the 980 Olympic Head Coaches and

heir Assistant Head Coaches. I 11 now list the teams and their ead Coaches and the assistants. don't have room here to mention

Assistant Coaches although they serve a lot of recognition for amount of time and effort they t in for the campers just as the

d Coaches did.

Team One, "The Argonauts" was ched by Jason Wong who was wellsisted by Gavin Tait.

Team Two was called "Sheer sire" and was led by Bob Gidari assisted by.Murray Whiteside.

Team Three, "The Cossacks'! i. coached by Mike Evans qnd sisted by David Pitman.

1980 OLYMPICS

Laser Blaze Second

Team Four was called "Fungusamungus", coached by Gareth

Llewellyn and assisted by Allie Lynch.

Mike Gibbons coached "Cheap Thrills" and was assisted by Paul Wright.

Team Six, "The Mah-Ka-Bees", was led by Shlomo Sabia and assisted by David Slutsker.

Andy Cole led "The Cole Minors" and was assisted by Paul Saunders.

Finally, Team Eight, "Lazer Blaze", was coached by Nick Tomaszewski, who was assisted by Mark Sawyer.

After the announcements of the coaches, the campers were called out to their respective teams and team meetings were held to decide on a name for the team.

Throughout the rest of this Olympic Breakdown day the members of the teams covered the fields and the swimming areas of Camp drilling and preparing for the start of the Olympics the next day. They swam laps in the lake, and played games and ran races on land. At the art shop, the team artists were busy

at work making team signs, posters, and banners.

The Olympics had been started by a torch lighting ceremony in which the Senecas, our Camp's

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Decathlon Winner Chris Moss in center, Terrence Phox, left, second place, and Andy Sturner, right, third place.

oldest group of boys, ran around the Junior Camp carrying the burning torch to light the big torch at the bottom of the Mess Hall hill.

The next day the Olympics began with campers participating in almost every sport imaginable on the Waterfront and on land. They ran

in dashes and relays. They had potato sack relays. They also participated in team games such as volleyball, hockey, soccer, newcombe, ping-pong, one-pitch, tennis and paddle tennis. There were individual sports such as archery, riflery,

and basketball foul'shooting.

The Waterfront. also played an active role in the 1980 Olympics. There were swim races for Juniors and Seniors. There was also competition in fishing, rowing, canoeing, and the exciting war canoe splits and Junior cork gathering.

There were also very special competitions which were the true highlights of the Olympics this year. The foremost special events were the Marathons anCfthe Decathalon.

We had the Junior and Senior Water Marathons in which we relayed a baton to the next camper in the team order after doing a swimming stunt or other special task like eating a cup of cereal and whistling the tune of "Twinkle, twinkle, little star".

We also had the Junior and Lower Senior Minithons, which are smaller versions of the Marathon.

These consist of only activities on land. This event also consisted of some wacky stunts like three-legged running and running while holding a spoon with a golf ball in it.

Needless to mention, the most important marathon was the Grand Marathon. In this great event, nearly every member of the team participated. Team members relayed a baton to each other by running and swimming the entire perimeter of the Camp, and the Waterfront, with it. This event was very important for points. Andy Cole-' s "Cole Minors" won this one and improved their standings significantly.

Probably the most important group of events in the Olympics

was the Decathalon. In this event, the best athlete of each team partcipated in ten grueling events. These events were as follows:

1. The softball throw

2. Football punt

3. Basketball foul shooting

4. Chin ups

5. Swimming race

6. Riflery shooting

7. Shuttle run

8. Broad jump

9. Shot-put throw

10. 100-yard dash

Chris Moss, the great Algonquin tower of power, -took first place in the Decathalon. His great athletic ability, here and in other events,

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Coach Mike Evans giving Pep Talk

a big part in pulling his team, zer Blaze", from sixth place to inal second place in the standings Also worthy of mentioning were rence Phox's second place and

Sturner's third place in the athalon. All of these great etes tried their best and they deserve recognition.

A Cherokee, Jon Telsey, on

eer Desire" took true command on Waterfront in swimming where he every individual race he swam, by incredible margins. He these races continuously one the other. He had no rest,

he never tired out. This was a test of skill, technique, and

rance which Jon truly has.

I single out Jon for his excelt athletic performance, but all ,campers who participated gave

lr best effort so indeed, all

rs deserve recognition.

The Olympic games finally came a close on the evening of August On this night, the entire

ic staff, and the campers were nded for their excellent perforce throughout Olympics and the ches' and staffs' hard work in ring for the Olympics.

First Place Among Banners Goes to Mike Gibbon's Team

The teams also competed in a Sing, which was won by the "Mah-KaBees" and "Lazer Blaze" in a tie.

There was also a judging of the Olympic cheering throughout the Olympics. This was won by "Lazer Blaze". The banners of each team were also judged. "Cheap Thrills" won this competition with the banner designed by their talented Head Coach, Mike Gibbons.

The Decathalon ceremony also took place that night. The standings for the first, second, and third place were already mentioned.

The announcement of the final standings for the teams ended the closing ceremonies. The Cossacks had won. Mike Evans, for the second year in a row, had led a team to victory. Throughout most of the Olympics, they had been up in the t:op two te ams .

This had been a very successful Olympics. Every camper tried his

best for the most part. The sportsmanship was outstanding, and, as always, the healthy and hard, but

fair competition made Olympics a

truly memorable highlight of the summer for both campers and counselors.

Eddy Gray, Algonquin 40

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LOWER SENIORS PRESENT "OF THEE I SING"

Musical Performed With Camp Lenore Girls

On the nights of August 9 and 10 the campers from Camp Lenore and MahKee-Nac saw the play "Of Thee I Sing".

The Mah-Kee-Nac lead was Tom Lazansky playing the part of John Wintergreen. Tom gave an exceptionally fine performance.

Another fine performance was given by Mark Temkin as the second candidate for president, Throttlebottom.

Paul Waldman, Michael Ochs, Daniel Rocker, Josh Protass, Nathan Mintz, Damon Dell, Kenny Berland, Andy Bart, and Andy Sachs all had important parts in the play.

The production was directed by Mah-Kee-Nac's Music Director, David Neira. The piano accompanist was Counselor John Furth.

Counselors Andy Gelsey as Stage Director, Paul Williams as Scenery Designer, and Doug Huskins, in charge of make-up, helped in the production.

Leslie Pevin of Camp Lenore, performed very well in the lead role

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of Mary Turner, and Kathi Starin gave a fine performance as the maid.

The Mah-Kee-Nac campers enjoyed very much working with the girls

of Camp Lenore in this show.

The play was about a Presidential convention in Atlantic City. John Wintergreen went around trying to make people vote for him while Throttlebottom stayed in his old Hermit cave.

In a while, Wintergreen, now the President, meets a girl and falls in love. Now Wintergreen remembers that he is to be impeached and that Throttlebottom is to take his place.

Finally, the President had his impeachment, and also has found out that his wife is to be a mother. Since Congress never impeaches an expectant father, he was saved.

I, myself, was part of the stage crew and loved working with the counselors and campers.

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The girls of Camp Lenore

The boys of Camp Mah-Kee-Nac

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Leads: Leslie Pevin and Tom Lazansky

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A MAH-KEE-NAC PRODUCTION

IN COLLABORATION WITH CAMP LENORE-OWAISSA

CAST

TECHNICAL STAFF

Sunday

Jeff Ratner

Ken Miller

Matt Brody

Evan Jerome Brett Goldstein Bob Newitter

Debbie Fein Jon Maier Robbie Klugman Karan Keenam

I II III IV V

Hotel Room in Atlantic City Convention Hall

Various Locations in Terra Firma White House, Washington, D.C. Senate of the United States

Director ------------------- David J. Neira Accompaninist -------------- John Furth Stage Director ------------- Andy Gelsey

SCENERY DESIGN -----------Paul Williams MAKE-UP ------------------Doug Huskins Paul Williams

Lippimann --------------- Paul Waldman Gilhooley --------------- Michael Ochs Fulton ------------------ Daniel Rocker Maid -------------------- Kathi Starin Alexander Throttlebottom- Mark Temkin

John P. Wintergreen ----- Tom Lazansky Devereaux --------------- Sharon Perley Mary Turner ------------- Leslie Pevin Bathing Beauties -------- Diane Olick

Jennifer Feinsod Debbie Fein Judges ------------------ Cory Steinberg Josh Protass Nathan Mintz Tour Guide -------------- Marsha Silver

Miss Benson ------------- Wendy Strupinski Mr. Jenkins ------------- Damon Dell

Clerk of Senate --------- Kenny Berland Senator from Mass. ------ Andy Bart Senator from Ga. -------- Andy Sachs

CREW

Saturday

Jeff Ratner Adam Chapnick Neil Greenstein John Sore

Nini Mehta

Chip Konowitz

CHORUS

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SCENES

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Neil Greenstein Adam Stulberger Brett Kempler Jennifer Feinsod

Tracy Smith

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FRENCH BOY SPENDS MONTH AT CAMP

This year, Camp Mah-Kee-Nac

was privileged with a special camper. Hailing from Grenoble, France, this camper's name was Frederick Kastler. Fred was describing his country to me. "It (inland France) is a very beautiful country. I like it very much. There are many very big mountains. They are so big that

you can't see the sun go down.

On July 16, after a nine-hour airplane trip, Fred arrived here. It was his first time in the country.

Fred's trip to the United States was part of a program in which

French boys and girls each lived

with an American family for one month. Last summer Joe applied to this program, and as a result, Fred spent his month with the large MahKee-Nac family.

Fred enjoys Camp Mah-Kee-Nac.

He told me how this camp differs

so much from those of France. He stressed that this camp is full of variety, that a camper can participate in any activities which he chooses as opposed to the camps in Europe which are designed for the camper who excels in one particular activity.

As far as activities go, Fred especially enjoys sailing, archery, soccer, and ping-pong. He stressed that Dirk, our sailing counselor from the Netherlands, helped him

a lot throughout his sailing and camping experience.

I asked Fred if he liked the Uni ted States. He told me that he only saw two places of interest besides Camp during his stay in the United States. These were his canoe trip down the Housatonic River and Boston when he was on

the Algonquin trip. He liked these two American landmarks very much, but that was all he saw of our country.

I thought I needed an interpreter for this conversation with Fred, but a translation wasn't necessary at all. Although Shai

Feder from Israel, proficient in French and three other languages, offered to be a translator, I carried on an English conversation. This showed how much Fred has improved

in English since he arrived on July

16 when he spoke virtually no English.

Fred left Camp Mah-Kee-Nac for his home in Grenoble, France on August 12. He enjoyed going overseas, but he informed me of how expensive it was to travel to America. He wishes to find a way to return here without such an economic burden to his family.

I and all of Camp Mah-Kee-Nac wish Frederick best wishes for his future in France.

Eddy Gray, Algonquin 40

Gav Tait Some Coach!

Gavin Tait, the present Upper Senior Camp soccer coach, has held several positions in major Camp activities including Head Coach of the English Wide Game team, Assistant Coach of the Olympic team, and leader of the 76ers in the July 4th celebration.

However, Gavin's main responsibility has been to develop the Algonquin/Seneca soccer team. This year's performances have shown a marked improvement, illustrated in the 2-1 victory over Camp Lenox when the team played very well.

Mike Lonoff, Algonquin 40

Rocky II Big Hit

Everybody in Camp last year saw "Rocky". This year everybody was delighted to hear that we would be seeing "Rocky II".

RRocky II" is a good continuation of "Rocky" which starts off with the first fight and ends with Rocky winning the second fight.

Jon Zins, Cherokee 35

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JUNIOR CAMPERS GREAT IN "THE HOBBIT"

Robbie Lizt, Ethan Lowenstein, Steve Garfinkle, Matt Edelman, Adam Bloomfield, Noah Reibel, Jeff Epstein, Allard Cantor, Benji Silverman, Steve Selick, Scott Levy, Mike Rothenberg,

Andy Rose, Eric Yellin

It was eight days before the show would go on, and I sat nervously in front of a large portion of the cast. Despite much hard work that had been put in so far, I knew there was much hard work yet to be done.

I told the cast that a lot of rehearsing had to be done. I mentioned that they might have to use some of their Free Play and cafeteria periods in addition to the regular rest hour rehearsals.

And as I told them, I wondered what their reaction would be. Would they tell me to jump in the lake?

What they did tell me was quite different. They realized how much they wanted this play, for themselves and for Camp.

It was the last time I even mildly doubted this group.

And after much hard work, where we came very close to one another, the Hobbit was staged.

And it was a success.

But it is hard to pinpoint what made this playa success. Obviously, the tremendous efforts put in by

Robbie Lizt, Jeff Epstein, Paul Leinwand, and Ethan Lowenstein

had a lot to do with it. But,

there were other important contributors who were not necessar-

ily in the limelight.

I think of Allard Cantor, an Apache, who worked so hard on his very difficult part. I think of Larry Dubinsky, who worked with Jeff Ratner on the beautiful lighting scheme and put together a technical staff that really pulled through in the end. I think of every cast member who worked countless hours in perfecting their parts, large and small. I think of Paul Williams and Dave Ballantyne and Doug Huskins and Tim King, who gave their free time to help groups rehearse. I think of John Furth, who always had time for our young singers. I think of Andy Wise, and the enthusiasm he generated before the play and during the long days of rehearsal.

I think of Mike Suchman, who was handed a new part twenty minutes before the show and did beautifully.

In fact, I think of everyone from dwarves to goblins, from trolls to spiders, from dragons to elves.

And when I do think these things, I think of magic.

The magic that over 55 Junior Campers had to turn the Junior Lodge into Tolkien's Middle Earth.

And the magic to enjoy it.

Andy Cole, Counselor

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The Hobbit Robbie Lizt

Jeff Epstein, Ethan Lowenstein, Steven Garfinkle, Matt Edelman, Adam Bloomfield, Noah Reibel, Allan Cantor, Benji Silverman, Steven Selick, Scott Levy, Andy Rose, Mike Rothenberg, Eric Yellin

Robbie Lizt, Paul Leinwand

Peter Greene, Jeff Gross, Adam Kraemer, Jason Horne

Jeff Gross, Jason Horne, Adam Kraemer, Peter Greene, Steven Garfinkle, Jeff Epstein

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Philip Ende, Matt Crystal, Randy Gottlieb, Greg Fortunoff

THE

HOB BIT

Directed by Andy Cole

THE CAST

Bilbo •.•.•.•• Robbie Lizt

Gandolf .•.•.• Jeff Epstein

Smaug •••••••• Matt Crystal Greg Fortunoff Randy Gottlieb Philip Ende

Gollurn •.•.•.• Paul Leinwand

Dwarfs

Scott Levy

Andy Rose

Noah Reibel Allard Cantor Steven Selick Ethan Lowenstein Steven Garfinkle Matt Edelman Benji Silverman Mike Rothenbe rg Adam Bloomfield Eric Yellin

Lighting

Larry Dubinsky Greg Fortunoff Jeff Ratner Kenny Berland Jeff Harris

Neil Alexander Jon Rodack Michael Friedman Greg Brody

Scott Kaplan

Jon Schildkraut

Goblins

Elves

Scenery

John Furth

Ken Grunow

Jon Baron Michael Gershon Allan Barrie Michael Suchman Eric Gershwind Jonathan Gershon Orin Herskowitz Gregg Millman Kenny Gladstone Illya Mowerman Michael Ebright Jon Weiss

Steven Polaner Dan Gans

Brad Davis

Andy Pitman Jason Kurtz Josh Green

Drew Fellman Jordy Davis David.Wolfman Michael Willner

Spiders

Lewis Rubinson Dan Axelrod David O'Connor Ian Silver

Pianist

Scott Levy

Matt Crystal Steven Polaner Steven Garfinkle Ken Grunow

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The Nature-Science program introduced basic concepts of ecology to campers.

Campers were taken to ditferent ecosystems including: forest, field, stream, swamp, and lake ecosystems. Campers collected and learned to identify the various species found in each environment. Many of these species were put on display in the Nature Center. Trees, shrubs and other plant forms were also identified for campers.

The Nature Center had many interesting displays this year. These included: several tanks with live specimens, stuffed animals, contact quiz boards, animal tracks display, wildflower display, and leaf and' twig displays.

Bullfrogs, turtles, snakes, freshwater fish, various aquatic insects, butterflies, spiders, toads, snails, clams, leeches, gerbils, mice, salamanders, a chipmunk, rabbit, and a pigeon are among some of the animals that campers collected this year.

Camper Zarek Dietz brought an incubator and several quail eggs to camp in an attempt to raise some chicks, but unfortunately the eggs were infertile and the project did not succeed.

Several species of game and song birds, mammals, amphibians, and bird nests and eggs were among the items

ECOLOGY IMPORTANT PART OF PROGRAM IN NATURE-SCIENCE

Working the Camp Garden

that were on display. campers learned about many of these animals by researching and writing small information

cards that were placed in

front of the specimen to in-

form visitors of the animal's habits, reproduction, foods, and habitat.

A rather large garden was planted and maintained by campers this year. A variety of vegetables was planted, including tomatoes, peppers, squash, cucumbers, cabbage, cauliflower, dill, chives, two varieties of lettuce, parsley, and several types of herbs. The garden

was planted late in the season and the campers unfortunately could not partake of the harvest.

Flowers such as marigolds, zinnias, and celosia were planted along the perimeter of the garden and added a burst 9f color to the Upper Senior Campus, as well as serving to attract pollinating insects.

Campers at this project were taught how a plant is born, how it reproduces, the importance of soil, nutrients, sunlight, and water.

Plans for next year's program, now under consideration, include a small zoo, several day trips to sanctuaries around the Lenox area, and wildl~fe films from the Massachusetts Audobon Society. This year's nature program went very smoothly and was enjoyed by all those involved.

LARGER FLEET ADDS TO SAILING PROGRAM Jon Telsey Again Leading Sailor

Campers Racing Phantoms

The camp Sailing program was expanded considerably this summer with the addition of three new Designer Choice sailboats, with jib and mainsail, and four new single-sail Phantoms.

The new equipment gave us the largest fleet of sailboats ever (24), and this, added to our fine four-man sailing staff produced the expanded program.

The program was led by Steve o I Kane, Dirk Rodenburg, Honty Montgomery, and Tom Sackett.

All campers in the Sailing program are required to have passed at least the Red Cross Intermediate swim test.

This summer our ten leading sailors were to sail a large sailboat off the coast of Massachusetts. The first group arrived at the boat to sleep overnight before sailing the next day, but heavy rains forced cancellation of the trip and thus cancelled the second trip for the second five campers. This trip is

now being planned earlier in the summer in 1981.

Though there was a large number of campers involved in the Sailing program, not all of them were able to pass their Red Cross Basic Sailing this summer. The campers who did pass are:

Jon Telsey, Jim Prusky, Lee Richman, Hank Gerson, Jon Wynett, Stephen Fields, Cary Davis, Mike Polaner, Zarek Dietz, Charles Shulman, and Michael Harlow.

Also Harlan Protass, Mike Stifelman, Jeff Ratner, David Beck, Graham Weiss, Adam White, Robert Milstein, Stephen Croman, Daryl Nanes, and Josh Kurzban.

Also Brad Handler, Josh Pro-

tass, Mark Temkin, Stephen Siderow.

The camper with the highest grade in the Red Cross test was Jon Telsey, who proved to be the leading sailor this summer. Close behind Jon was Jimmy Prusky, with Zarek Dietz third.

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Quintet Improves, Wins 4 Straight

Alex Hait, Algonquin 43

The Mah-Kee-Nac basketball

earn concluded its season by winiing four straight games--two

nst Stockbridge, one against ox, and one against Wahnee.

In the first game against tockbridge, Mah-Kee-Nac jumped out a 12-5 lead by the end of the irst quarter and by the end of the If Mah-Kee-Nac had a 16-point

d that would never diminish.

When the final quarter was

r, Mah-Kee-Nac had defeated tockbridge, 65-32. Mah-Kee-Nac was ed in the scoring department by

de Bennett Goldberg with 19

I ints and Senecas Ricky Bross with points and Terrence Phox with 15.

On defense Phox and Goldberg trolled the boards with outside ntributions from Paul Rosenthal d Jeff Silverman.

In the second game against

amp Lenox, M-K-N kept it close the irst quarter until Phox got hot coring 10 of his team-leading l'

. ts in the second quarter. Ricky ross was the only other person to core in the second quarter. At the nd of the third quarter M-K-N had uilt up a IS-point lead and the

ubs were brought in. But, the

ore didn't diminish with Alex Hait eading the way scoring 7 of his points in the fourth quarter.

Other people who had large tributions were Bennett Goldberg,

Evan Siegel, Jeff Silverman and Stephen Siderow.

The third game was coached by Shlomo Sabia, not Torn McAndrews and Mah-Kee-Nac still triumphed. The third game was a rematch against Stockbridge Police and M-K-N needed all of Goldberger's 22 points, high for the series, and Phox's 12 points to pullout a 46-34 victory.

The big difference was the first half where M-K-N outscored Stockbridge lS-S.We theh held them to only two points in the second. Mah-Kee-Nac's 40 points was 10

points below any other of its scores.

. In the fourth game, M-K-N faced

a stronger, tougher Wahnee team,

but still, when the fourth quarter ended, Mah-Kee-Nac was on top. Again, Goldberg proved to be the difference, scoring 21 points. Other high scorers for M-K-N were Phox and Bross. Both with 15 points. The only other

people to score in the game were

Jeff Silverman, Steve Siderow, and Evan Siegel, all with 2 points •

In the first quarter, Wahnee kept it close with a team effort totaling 10 points to our 16. But, in the second quarter, Wahnee's poor foul shooting, 3 for 16 (.lS7) caught up with them. Wahnee did not make a foul shot until the third quarter even though they had nine tries. For Mah-Kee-Nac, the foul shooting was again above par, 5-9.

Cherokee Team

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Campfire Closes Season for Juniors

PROUD OF COSSACKS

On the first day of the Olympics we had Olympic breakdown, I found myself on Mike Evans' team. Our

team was called the Cossacks. My first impression of this year's Olympics would be a boring and unexciting Olympics. I was in for

a surprise.

In the first meeting we became acquainted with each other. We chose which activities we wanted

and learned the rules and were given the responsibilities that our team was given by Czar Mike Evans.

That afternoon was chosen to be the time for a team practice. Many people practiced for the activities they were going to compete in. That night we saw "Rocky II".

The next morning we met on the porch of Bunk 10. There we received our schedules and a pep talk. which by coincidence had something to do with "Rocky II".

After the first day of competition we were in the lead by consistently placing in most of our activities.

The second day we did much of the same.

On the third day, after we finally won by Olympics, it made me proud to be on Mike Evans' team.

Mike Lonoff, Algonquin 40

After all the excitement of a fine summer season the Junior Camp winded down the summer with a campfire held in the campsite located in the woods below the soccer field.

Various songs were sung by Head Counselor Irwin Grossman with his famous Roostentune, Tim King, leading the Camp in "Moonshadow".

We all sang a chorus of "Wacky Mah-Kee-N acky" led by Gerry Boyce and Tim King.

The campers were entertained by

Jewelry Attracts

The Art Shop saw the return of the Jewelry program and many boys, from Junior through Senior Camp, took the opportunity to learn the techniques involved in making jewelry.

Perhaps the most popular areas of this program were again the Copper Enamelling and ring classes. Rings made from "gold" and "silver" and in all shapes and sizes were made during the summer and, hopefully, all of them reached home safely!

In Copper Enamelling, many boys spent their time carefully preparing various shapes, that ranged from bird or animal through to 1eaves.or abstract designs. If that didn't seem like fun at the time, the reward came when the boys sprinkled colored glass on the surface and saw the enamel melt and fuse together when heated.

I was pleased to return to Camp this summer to continue the program I started in 1979.

The following campers showed particular patience and enthusiasm in the Jewelry program: Adam Kraemer, Gregory Millman, Jon Grant, Scott Crandall, ~llya Mowerman, Hugues Morissette-f~and Cary Davis. Congratu1ati6ns to all who made jewe1~ this summer.

Paul Saunders, Counselor

..

the "Not Ready For Prime Time Players" in a presentation of "Mommy, Mommy, I have been shot", starring counselors such as Wiebe Wie1ing and David Pitman.

In the Grand Finale the campers were led to the Waterfront where they held a candle ceremony in the launching of the plates into Stockbridge Bowl depicting the separation of friends for the winter.

Mike Murray, Counselor

In Iroquois the following awards were achieved:

Sharpshooter (Bar 1): Matthew Clott. Marksman 1st Class: Drew Fellman. Marksman: Jason Silverman, Steve Polaner, Shan Hanigan, Alex Lilien, Jon Grodsky, Micah Goldberg, Michael Ebright, and Ari Hait.

Pro Marksman: Adam Bloomfield, Greg Daniels, Jon Gershon, Steve Ochs, Josh Schnoll, Alan Seid, Chris Shammas, Josh Siderow, Kenny Gladstone, Danny Grossman, Brad Jacobson, Josh Piven, J.J. Rogow.

Jon Weiss, Allan Barrie, Steve Harris, Jeff Kaye, Greg Millman, David O'Connor, Josh Rocker, Roger Schwartz, Skipper Struhl, Andy Cohen Greg Dalin, Geoff Forsyth, Eric Gershwind, Orin Herskowitz.

Jason Kurtz, Jon Schildkraut, Mike Suchman, Jon Grant, Jon Harris, Doug Hirsch, Adam Kraemer, David Leviss, Adam Seitchik, Steve Selick, and Josh Wolfman.

The Junior Riflery program is intended not so much as a shortterm experience, but as a part of a long-term education in the sport. Without a doubt I can say that I have never seen such regard for safety and eagerness to develop skills amongst a group of young shooters.

Some particularly outstanding examples of shooting this summer were by Kenny Grunow who made a "grand slam" of highest award, highest score (48/50), and winning the Olympic shooting, and also Matthew Clott's incredible achievement of reaching Bar 1 Sharpshooter in his first year of shooting.

RIFLERY AWARDS FOR JUNIOR CAMPERS

This year saw the Junior Riflery program enjoying perhaps its most successful season yet with 110 shooters collecting over 200 awards tween them.

The standard of shooting was so

gh and the enthusiasm with which

he program was met was so encouraging hat by any standards 1980 will go

as an excellent summer on the

ior range.

The following awards were chieved by Mohicans:

Sharpshooter (Bar 2): Kenny unow. Sharpshooter: Eric Yellin, ff Harris, Benjy Silverman, David tlin, Danny Axelrod, Willie

I inkelstein, Illya Mowerman, Andy e~ Peter Greene, Josh Telsey,

Leinwand, Steve Garfinkle, Brad I avis, Randy Gottlieb, Peter Brown,

. J. Levine, Noah Reibel, Jon Reich, ewis Rubinson, Brian Shoobe, and ommy Tarica.

Marksman 1st Class: Jon Baron,

Gans, M~chael Gershon, Brett tchell, Seth Rosenberg, Steven trauss, Michael Friedman, Ethan owenstein, Richard Nelson, Josh reen, Jimmy Hausman, Ian Silver, ruce Willner, Mike Abitbol, Jeff uchman, Scott Levy, John Picker, chael Berman, Greg Fortunoff,

cott Kaplan, Jeff Kalman, Jeff

s, Robbie Lizt, Mike Rothenberg.

Marksman: Lee Friedman, Tommy ay, Andy Pitman, Da vi d Levine,

eg Brody, Matt Crystal, Matt Edelman, Schechter, Jordan Fisch, Jason orne, and Jimmy Kohl.

Pro-Marksman: Neil Alexander, ilip Ende, Jeff Epstein, and

on Rodack.

Angus Matheson, Riflery Counselor

Matthew Glatt,

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Ken Grunow

Chris Dupree winds up

Michael Ebright put in much work on their throwing.

And so, the second season of Ultimate Frisbee League closed with no champion, but a lot of winners.

Because everyone who played was a winner.

Juniors Learns to Pitch Frisbees

Woodshop Program Great Success

This year's Junior Camp Ultimate Frisbee League saw an exciting

season and improved play all around.

The regular season champion was the Unidentified Flying Frisbees, captained by Steve Garfinkle and

Mike Rothenberg, and they were joined in the final four playoff qualifiers by t.he Kaptain Silvers (Scott Kaplan and Benjy Silverman), the Executioners (David Maitlin and Brian Shoobe).

Because of delayed Olympics and other circumstances, the semi-finals and finals were never completed. Nevertheless, all eight teams in the league should be congratulated for strong play throughout the summer.

There should be special mention to David Levine and Jimmy Hausman for excellent leadership, and to

Benjy Silverman who showed outstanding sportsmanship throughout.

Danny Grossman, Greg Dalin, Josh Rocker, David O'Connor, and Micah Goldberg shined as Iroquois members. Louis Greenstein, Eric Nanes, and Jordy Davis made big contributions.

Many players also should be mentioned for improving their frisbee skills. Benjy Silverman, D. J. Levine, Andy Rose, Bruce Willner, and Kenny Grunow showed that practice pays off. J. J. Rogowand

When one looks back on all the accomplishments and achievements campers have made in the Woodshop, he sees that the 1980 Woodshop year was a great success.

This success was due mainly to the head Woodshop instructor, George Gross. George has been teaching campers how to express their woodworking talents for more than 16 years at Mah-Kee-Nac.

George supervises all the woodworkers, making sure all their projects come out as good as each camper is capable of doing, but also making sure that the campers do all their own work, not George.

Campers have a wide variety of

Andy Cole, Counselor

projects to choose from, such as meat and cheeseboards, birdhouses, toy cars, stools, and pencil holders. Many campers make one of these projects, but others create original projects, such as a tool box, mailbox, or a coffee table.

Campers learn the proper method of sawing, sanding, railing, staining varnishing, and waxing. Campers are allowed to use some electric devices also, but only after learning complete safety on them. Most of the work, though, is done by hand by the campers for a result that only manual work can bring.

Kenny Rudin, Algonquin 42

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USC TENNIS LADDER IMPROVES CAMPERS' GAME

One part of the Mah-Kee-Nac tennis program was the ladders, consisting of three separate sections-the Cherokees, Algonquins, and the Senecas.

Each player in the ladder had to play a minimum of four matches a week and was only allowed to challenge up to two places above

his position. The matches consisted of an 8-game pro set no add, 9- point tie breaker at 8-8.

The Cherokees being the largest tribe in the Upper Senior Camp had approximately 40 players in the ladder.

As expected, the No.1 position went to Steve Goldberger closely followed by Scott Young, Andy Spicer, Mike Rodack, Peter Seldin, Marc Jerome, Jon Zeifert, Eric Tirschwell, Andy Tarica, and Jon Kaiden. The competition between these players

was very intensive.

The next largest tribe in the Upper Senior Camp--the Algonquins-had 15 campers participating in

the ladder. After many close matches the consistent Adam Seiden carne out on top followed by Harlan Protass, La~ry Maitlan, Jon Stern, Kenny Gellman, David Roth, Mike Harlow, Steve Siderow, Charles Shulman, and Evan Siegel. All the matches were equally contested, and campers were able to develop their skills.

The Senecas had all 18 campers in the tribe in their ladder. The final standings were as follows:

Kenny Hollander, Tre' Bragg, Ricky Bross, James Lobsenz, Paul Rosenthal, Terrence Phox, Jess Lonner, Stephen Fields, Jeff Shorin, and Gene Steinfeld.

The ladders ,coupled with the Mah-Kee-Nac team tennis, provided the backbone of the program, enabling campers to practice new skills learned from their lessons.

I hope everyone enjoyed the program and wish them all the luck for the future.

Simon England, Tennis Counselor

Lehel Reeves Phones Camp From England on Final Day

Mah-Kee-Nac ties with counselors across the ocean remain strong, and on the day of the Upper Senior Camp Banquet Joe received a phone call from

Lehel Reeves in London.

Lehel was a member of our counselor staff for three summers, teaching canoeing and kayaking. This year, Lehel was not free for the summer, but spent 10 days at Camp as Dean of Canoeing for the faculty of the Red Cross Small Crafts School held at Camp.

Lehel phoned to express his regret at not being at Camp this summer and sent his best wishes to all his Camp friends on the closing of the 1980 summer.

TACONIC BALLADEERS

The Taconic Balladeers once again provided a night of musical entertainment for the Juniors and Lower and Upper Seniors.

Jill Werman sang "New York, New York", from the movie of the same title. Jimmy Shapiro sang "Paper Doll", and Jenny Morrison sang "Carpet of the Sun".

Seven girls (Liz Bronstein, Stacey Chapman, Kerry Chiarella, Jane Miller, Debbie Young, Laura Alcott, and Jenny Bomser) sang "Chatanooga Choo Choo".

Some songs performed by the entire group were "Fun, Fun, Fun" by the Beach Boys, "Dixie Lily" by Elton John, "Blossom" by James Taylor, and "I'll Play for You" by Seals and Croft.

Jon Zins, Cherokee 35

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UPPER SENIORS ENJOY INTRACAMP TENNIS

Steve Goldberger Takes Title in Fine Match

Helping to spur the phenomenal growth of tennis at Camp Mah-Kee-Nac this year for the first time we introduced an Upper Senior Intracamp Singles Tennis Tournament, which too} place during the last two weeks of the summer.

This was in keeping with the goal of the tennis program--kids

able to have fun and at the same time learning to compete and develop

their skills as tennis players. This also gave the instructors some time to look at the players to see what they have accomplished and to better prepare themselves for the next summer. Thirty-two campers took part

in the tournament.

The tournament was run on a double elimination basis--all first round losers played again in the losers bracket. Jon Stern and Scott Young showed great skills and were expected to go all the way. All matches up to the quarter finals were played 8 games pro set.

In the quarter finals Tre' Bragg defeated Larry Maitlin, 8-4; David Roth defeated Adam Seiden, 8-1; Kenny Hollander defeated Paul Rosenthal, 8-1; and Steve Goldberger defeated Andy Spicer, 8-2.

The semi-finals and finals were played best 2 out of 3 sets. Bragg defeated Roth to a score of 6-1,

6-1 and Goldberger defeated Hollander 6-0, 6-2. The final was contested between Bragg, the #1

seed and Goldberger, the #2 seed.

The final was played on Court #1. It had lines men like any' international match. The lines men were campers and so was the Umpire,

Scott Young who called the match. There was a large crowd on hand to witness one of the best matches ever played at Mah-Kee-Nac. Goldberger won by a score of 6-1, 6-1. This score gave no indication of the high standard of play between these two outstanding players. In the eyes of many they were both winners. They are both good players and show great promise for the future. They must

keep up the good works and in doing so they will be not only good tennis players, but also great persons.

This tournament was a success.

The campers displayed great spirit and sportsmanship not only to themselves but to everyone who was involved. They are the future, not just of tennis, but of all sports and indeed Mah-Kee-Nac itself. May time prove it to be the event of even greater years to corne. Success to everyone and hope a lot of campers will return next summer because the tennis program has a lot to offer you as tennis players.

Bye.

Allie Lynch, Tennis Counselor

Sailors Rained Out on Coast Sailing Trip

A group of boys (Zarek Dietz, Jon Telsey, Mike Stifelrnan, Dan Brotman, Charles Shulman) went to Marblehead on Cape Cod to go sailing on a 31-foot sailboat on August 10. It took three-and-a-half hours to get there.

We arrived at Marblehead aro~d 8:30 p.m. and went to have dinner

at The Barnacle. This restaurant was too crowded so we went to a steak house instead.

At 9:10 p.m. we arrived at the marina where someone brought us out to the mooring by launch.

Once we got to the sailboat we unpacked and went to bed.

The sailboat had six beds, a bathroom, and a kitchen. It was one of the nicest sailboats any of us had ever seen.

The next day we got up at 7:30 and went outside. It was raining. We waited for about a half hour, but the rain would not let up.

We went back to the dock and waited until Bob Behrman picked us up to go back to Camp.

Dan Brotman, Algonquin 41

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ACES WIN USC TEAM TENNIS

The 1st round of the Upper Tournament was Id on August 10. The Volleys layed the Nets, the Rackets played Aces, and the Sets and Lobsters d byes. These were the results:

Bross eate James

senz, 8-5; Andy Spicer over Andy rner, 8-3; Mike Rodack beat David s, 8-1; David Roth-Jon Wynett

r Steven Fields-Marc Vitale, 8-4; ff Shorin-Steve Siderow defeated dy Gardner-Sam Gaidemak, 8-0;

y Katcher-Mike Bross over Jon ns-Tom Scuderi, 8-4. The score matches was 3-3, therefore a int tiebreaker was played to

termine the winner. James Lobsenz feated Jeff Shorin 5-4.

enny an r over Paul

thaI, 8-0; Scott Young over Polaner, 8-0; Larry Maitlin Stefan Pokorny, 8-2; Jon Kaiden

r Mike Korsten, 8-1; Terry PhoxTarica defeated Peter SeldinGellman, 8-6; Harlan Protass-

d Beck over Jeff Gelb-Alex Hait, 3.

The Aces play the Lobsters, and

Nets play the Sets in the sernials of the Upper Senior Team Tens League. These two matches should tennis even more exciting.

Kenny Hollander, Seneca 45

emi-Finals Round

The semi-finals of the Upper or Team Tennis League were

ed on August 11. These are

e results:

4-2

rated Tre' Bragg, -6; Kenny Gellman beat Adam Seiden, fault; Jon Telsey over Gregory 'uell, 10-1; Eric Tirschwell-Jon defeated Scott Young-Peter

din, 10-5; Irwin Baurn-Gene

Steinfeld over Larry Maitlin-Jon Kaiden, 11-10; Alex Hait-Jeff Gelb over Rich Levi-Raifie Bass, 10-4.

Nets d. Lobsters, 4-3 (5-4) Steve Goldberger defeated Mike Rodack, 10-0; Eric Spitzer over Jon Wynett, 10-6; Andy Gardner

beat Torn Yang, 10-3; James LobsenzDavid Roth over Jess Lonner-Mike Harlow, 10-8; Andy Spicer-Sam Gaidemak over Marc Jerome-Jean Lemieux, 10-8; Jeff RosensteinEvan Siegel defeated Jon Zins-Tom Scuderi, 10-3; Jimmy Lobsenz over Jess Lonner, 5-4 in a tiebreaker.

The Aces and Nets move into the finals of the Upper Senior Team Tennis League.

Kenny Hollander & Jess Lonner Seneca 45

The Finals

The finals of the Upper Senior Team Tennis League was played on August 17. These are the results:

Aces d. Nets, 5-1

Scott Young over James Lobsenz, 7-6, 2-6, 7-5; Kenny Gellman over Sam Gaidemak, 6-1, 6-1; Jon Telsey beat Jon Zins, 6-0, 6-1; Kenny HollanderLarry Maitlin defeated Andy SpicerMike Rodack, 6-0, 6-4; Peter SeldinJon Kaiden over David Roth-Torn Scuderi, 6-4, 7-6; Andy Gardner-Jon Wynett defeated Alex Hait-Jeff Gelb, 6-1,

6-1.

The members of the Aces, the Team Tennis champions are: Kenny Hollander, Scott Young, Larry Maitlin, Kenny Gellman, Peter Seldin, Jon Telsey, Jon Kaiden, Alex Hait, Jeff Gelb, and Coach Arturo Cano.

The final match was played during the day on the 17th. Alse, each match was two out of three, no-ad scoring sets.

This year's Upper Senior Team Tennis was a big success and enjoyed by many Upper Seniors.

Kenny Hollander,

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The soldering irons in the Electronics Shack warmed up to begin another summer of hot activity as eager hands set to work once more.

Unsuspecting transistors were soon to find themselves part of working pieces of electronic equipment, for the campers were back at the Shack, acquiring and developing

their skills in the exciting hobby

of electronics.

As last year, a much-built project was the 8-transistor Heathkit AM radio, with ten of these being successfully constructed

Another favorite was a sound syhthesisor, using a "complex sound generator" integrated circuit chip, capable of simulating the sounds of, among other things, racing cars and space guns.

This project was more demanding, as contructors only had the various parts and a schematic diagram to work with. Nine synthesisors were completed.

Other projects constructed include electronic bicycle speedometers, light dimmers, and photo-electric light switches, as well as a number of "P-box kits, comprising mainly AM and short-wave radios.

The camper who built the most projects was Butch Ironson (Navajo); he produced a speedometer, a Heathkit radio, a synthesisor, and a light dimmer.

Close seconds are Jon Maier and Craig Miller, both Navajos, with three projects each. The most

SCIENCE-MINDED CAMPERS DRAWN TO ELECTRONICS PROGRAM

accomplished beginner was Damon Dell (Navajo), whose standard of construction was_remarkably good. In the novelty section, Ron Biederman (Cheyenne) built an old-fashioned tube radio.

Junior Camp was also actively involved, coming in during their option periods, and particularly each week in "Hobby Night". They worked mainly on the two "lSO-inone" kits in which, as the name suggests, one hundred and fifty different devices can be made, and most of them were!

One of these was a mewing cat, and another an electric grandfather clock, which got scared and stopped ticking when someone yelled at it! Yet another was a burglar alarm which squealed when light fell on it. They also experimented with energy from the sun, using the solar power lab kit.

The two keenest Junior technicians were Alan Seid and Orin Herskowitz, both Iroquois. Alan repaired his loudspeaker system, while Orin designed and built an illuminated box which displayed the letters "MKN", a project which which was entirely the product of his own imagination.

Everyone showed a great deal

of enthusiasm and skill in the Shack this summer, as well as having a lot of fun, making it a very enjoyable and rewarding summer for me.

Guy Hoghton, Electronics Ccunselor

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z STAFF, MANY CAMPERS, MANY FISH CAUGHT

The fishing program this year at Mah-Kee-Nac proved to be very successful. Each day the campers caught many fish; mostly bluegills and shines that were up to nine inches long. Bread proved to be the best bait, off the dock, as Juniors and Seniors alike tried to catch as many fish as they could in one period.

Mark Temkin caught the most fish in the Senior Camps, and Michael Bernstein caught the most for the Juniors, with about 75 fish total, a very good effort.

One odd catch was early in

the season when Greg Daniels caught a superb trout, certainly a rare fish in the lake as it was the only specimen snagged all summer.

There was also quite a bit of learning to be done at the fishing shack. Counselors Ed Franklin and Murray Whiteside taught the campers how to use open and closed face reels, casting, and other fishing techniques.

Many campers passed various proficiency tests to see how much they actually learned. Senior Andy Sturner was the most successful, nassing the advanced stage. He

~nd fishing Aide Eric Morissette did very well and set a good example for fTounger campers.

Basically the fishing was for sunfish or bluegills and shines,

)oth of which were caught in quantity throughout the summer, although toward the end of the summer the

fish grew wiser to our sport and

~ere increasingly difficult to

ra t ch ,

Fishing was not without its interesting breaks in routine. Late night fishing afforded extra time for the campers. After regular evening activity, the Lower Seniors would stay out until 9:30. There was also some organized early morning fishing.

Bunk 8 (Steve Polaner, Greg Simon, J.J. Rogow, Brad Jacobson, Shan Hanigan, Jon Weiss, Josh Piven, Alex Lilien. Kennv Gladstone, Danny

Greg Daniels caught a good-sized trout

Grossman, and I) went out early one morning hoping to catch the early morning feeding of the larger fish; however to no avail, but Steve Polaner managed to catch a sunfish, one of the few of the summer.

Other fish that were caught were a pair of perch, the odd black and white crappy, and occasionally a sunfish was hauled in.

We had various levels of standards of fishing which the campers strived for by passing specific tests for each level.

In the Juniors, Brian Gitkin did remarkably well for an Apache

and became an Intermediate fisherman, just two levels off the Expert.

The fishermen have the use of

a rowboat which was not greatly used this summer mainly due to the lack of success we had every time we went out on the lake.

We used only spinners from this boat. Lower and Upper Seniors were able to fish from the boat if they had a blue chip to indicate competence in swimming. We caught one fish from this boat, a decent 16- inch pickerel.

At the end of the year, Ed presented awards to the Lower Seniors. Among them were: Most Improved--

Phil Klausner; Most Fish Caught-Mark Tempkin; Most dedicated--Butch Ironson, Scott. Crandall, and Jeff Stern; Best Fisherman--Michael Ochs and Brett Kempler.

Counselors Ed Franklin (LSC) & Murray Whiteside (Junior)

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JUNIORS BUILD UNUSUAL CAMPSITE

Campcraft was introduced as a new activity in Junior Camp this summer. The campfire area up on the hill was used for instruction and campouts.

Some of the surrounding bush was cut down to make more room. It was going to be a busy summer. The first thing was to make an entrance archway. Campers helped with the rope work and counselors lifted the the large posts upright.

As campers would be doing a lot of cooking, it was decided that a cooking fire should be built. This type of fire is an altar fire. Campers were quick to learn the knack of the various lashings required. Building two tables with seats wasn't much trouble to them.

With the tents, tables, and fires the campsite was in good shape. During the eay campers had instruction, at the campsite, in the basics of pioneerinq.

Paul O'Raw,

The other part of the Campcraft program was the cooking and campouts. Each bunk would go to the campsite at dinner time and prepare and cook dinner--and then eat it: Before they would go to bed, campers had toasted marshmallows around the campfire.

Two of the Mohican bunks missed out on the campouts. This was due to the rain and clashes with other parts of Junior Camp program. There was one night that Irwin Grossman had to get up at 4:00 a.m. and drive the campers back to the bunk because there was a thunderstorm. The campsite was also used for Junior campfires which everyone enjoyed.

A lot of campers have shown great interest in Campcraft and special mention goes to Scott Levy, Brad Davis, and Kenny Grunow. Let's hope that the campsite is built again next year for Junior campers.

Counselor

New Game - "Generals" - Popular

There is always a special game that comes into being each summer, and which captures the interest of campers of all ages.

Camp had a supply of a new game called Generals. About the middle of the summer the games were made avaL lable to campers, and in no time at all the Junior Lodge porch was covered each freetime' period with campers and their games.

In fact, the game became so popular that it was decided to hold a Generals Tournament in Lower Senior Camp. Jay Toporoff set this up. The winner was Lee Richman, Cheyenne, Bunk 34. He received a trophy provided by the game's company.

The tournament was set up so that the first losers went into a second losers' bracket and still had a chance to move up to the finals. This is what Lee achieved,

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Jay Toporoff Congratulating Lee Richman as He Hands Him His Winner's Trophy with Junior Camper Robbie Lizt

Holding the Tournament Draw Poster

JUNIOR CAMPERS IMPROVE IN BASKETBALL

Andy Cole, Counselor

liTHE HOBBIT" IS A-COMING

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The Mohican basketball program was extremely successful this summer, as many players developed their skills and attitudes to a great extent.

The mark of this Mohican basketball group is how well they handled many new drills and patterns that

are considered difficult for 10-

year o l ds ,

Many Mohicans improved tremendously, so it is hard to single out certain boys for mention. Yet some do deserve recognition. Neil Alexander and Jeff Kalman showed outstanding enthusiasm all summer. Matt Edelman and Lewis Rubinson also showed fantastic dedication

to the game. Peter Brown was perhaps the most improved players, as he added finesse and control to his blinding speed on the court.

But, if one was really pressed

to name a player who showed the greatest hunger for learning and improving, one might name Mike Rothenberg. Rich Nelson also made great strides, as did Bunkmates

David Levine, David Mai tlin, Jeff Harris, and Phil Ende. Matt Crystal also showed a thirst to improve,

and this trait also applied to Lee Friedman, Ian Silver, Steve Garfinkle, Jordy Fisch, Greg Fortunoff, and

Jon Rodack.

All these boys, and many more, will be a great asset to Lower Senior Camp basketball next summer.

Yes, Ladies and Gentlemen, here it comes. Not "The Wizard of Oz tI ,

not "Charlie Brown", but "Tb e Hobbit II • Atter days ot work we are

almost ready.

The Hobbit, which is played by Robbie Lizt, is a very important person. He helps them through wars, saves their lives, and does all

other things. That brings me to another important person or wizard,

Iroquois basketball ran very smoothly this summer. While the emphasis of the program was learning the basics of basketball, new drills were also introduced with good .results.

As with Mohican basketball, it is hard to single out a certain Iroquois for mention. But as with Mohican basketball, a number of Iroquois should be recognized.

Danny Grossman and Josh Siderow really showed a fine appreciation for the game.

The Bunk 11 trio of Ari Hait, Doug Hirsch, and Adam Seitchik were joined in their love for basketball by two other bunkmates, David Leviss and Steve Selick. Greg Dalin and Micah Goldberg truly improved their skills this summer.

Allan Barrie and Greg Millman were particularly dedicated to the game, and they were joined in their enthusiasm by Alex Lilien, Adam Bloomfield, Matt Clott, and Eric Gershwind. We also expect some big things next summer from J.J. Rogow, Brad Jacobson, David O'Connor, and Geoff Forsyth.

Before this piece ends, though, there should be special mention of Ari Hait. Ari not only attended his scheduled Iroquois classes, but also showed up for many other Iroquois classes, option periods, and cafeteria basketball.

Gandolf. He is played by Jeffrey Epstein, and he comes back in the nick of time to save their lives.

The Hobbit is basically about adventure and it is also about dwarves who want to kill the evil dragon, Smaug. They want to kill him because he stole their treasure.

Well, I'm not telling you any more so you will have to wait to

see the play to find out what happens.

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EMPHASIS ON PROGRESS IN SWIM SKILLS

The program use of our Lake Mah-Kee-Nac again proved to be

an important area for our campers.

Our Aquatic staff of 24

swim and small craft instructors carried on a varied program under Waterfront Director Mike Garcia.

Working with Mike as Junior Camp swim program coordinator was Peter Malcolm,and Russell Williams served as Senior Camp swim program coordinator.

Swim instruction continues to be a daily requirement for

all campers in the Junior and Lower Senior camps. However, many Upper Seniors continue their aquatics by taking advanced swim courses, or concentrating on sailing, or canoeing, or waterskiing.

Eight Juniors Pass "Red Cross Swimmer"

In the Junior Camp, our campers' swimming abilities placed them in classes for Beginners, Advanced Beginners, and Intermediate, for the most part. However, there were a number of our Junior campers who passed Red Cross Swimmer during this summer, a fine feat for this

age group.

The excellent Junior Camp swimmers who passed Swimmer are Randy Gottlieb, Scott Kaplan, Brian Shoobe, Josh Greene, Danny Axelrod, Scott Levy, Gregg Simon, and Mike Rothenberg.

Junior campers who passed Intermediate are Greg Fortunoff, Jeff Epstein, Jeff Gross, Lewis Rubinson, Jeff Harris, Josh Siderow, Steve Polaner, Brad Jacobson, Steve Selick, Jimmy Hausman, and Adam Seitchik.

Also Josh Rocker, Neil Alexander, Benjie Silverman, Roger Schwartz, Ken Grunow, Seth Rosenberg, Andy Pitman, and Brad Davis.

Junior campers who passed Advanced Beginner are Illya Mowerman, Noah Reibel, Jon Rodack, Jon Schechter, Willie Finkelstein, Tommy Gray, Dan Baron, Andy Prusky, Michael Bernstein, Brian Gitkin, Michael Suchman, Jon Weiss, and Greg Dalin.

Also Richard Nelson, David Levine, Brett Mitchell, Ethan Lowenstein, Jordan Davis, Louis Greenstein, Michael Ebright and Geoff Forsyth.

Also Allan Barrie, Chris Shammas, Matt Clott, Gregg Daniels, Michael Abitbol, Matt Edelman, Jon Picker, Matt Crystal, Andy Rose, and Jeff Buchman.

. Junior campers who passed Beginner are David O'Connor, Drew Fellman, Doug Hirsch, Jon Harris, Allard Cantor, Andrew Hyman, and Eric Nanes.

Also Eric Gershwind, Jon Grodsky, Stephen Harris, David Wolfman, Chris Dupree, Jason Horn, Peter Greene, D.J. Levine, Orin Herskowitz, Jeff Kaye,

Jon Schildkraut, Jason Silverman, and Josh Wolfman.

Lee Richman Is Senior HIron Man"

Most of the campers in our two Senior camps are already advanced swimmers, but six of our Lower Senior campers passed Red Cross Intermediate this summer.

They are Ken Berland, Mike Grossman, Matt Hirshfield, Robert Newitter, Rich Neuwirth, and Mark Weber.

Many of our Senior campers passed Red Cross Swimmer, the classification just before Basic Rescue.

Those who passed are Daryl Nanes, Adam Stulberger, Lee Richman, Harlan Protass,. Matt Lesnick, Nini Mehta, Ken Miller, Dan Rocker,

Butch Ironson, Craig Miller, Doug Kaiden, and David Boxenbaum.

Lee Richman proved to be an "Iron Man" by passing both Red Cross Intermediate and Swimmer.

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The following campers passed Red Cross Advanced Swimmer: Chris Feinman, Jon Gilbert, Mark Wolf, Mark Hudis, Jim Prusky, and Tom Lazansky.

Jason Erdos, Michael Rosenburgh, Dan Rosow, and Marc Rosenthal.

34 Campers Pass Life Saving Course

There was unusual success in the number of campers who passed the Red Cross Basic Rescue, formally known as Junior Lifesaving.

A total of 34 campers passed this major test in classes taught by Counselors Gareth Llewellyn, Rolf Fasth, Mike Gibbons, Wiebe Wieling, and Phil Jones.

These campers are Chip Konowitz, Aaron Kuhn, Bob Loigman, Jon Marlow, Neil Greenstein, Matt Selick, Steve Dalin, Matt Lesnick

. '

and Ken Ml.ller.

Nine Mehta, Andy Sachs, Peter

Spiro, Matt Hazan, Mike Weiss, .

Brad Siderow, Jon Silverman, Andy Jewel, Andy Bart, Ben Gutstein, Mike Simon, and Adam Kuhn.

Nathan Mintz, Peter Wilchek, Tucker Zinke, Bob Gans, Jon Maier

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Dan Kl.rshher, Jon Reich, Paul

Leinwand, Phil Ende, Dan Gans, Peter Brown, David Brown, and Jeff Clott.

Four Campers Pass Basic Survival

After Basic Rescue classification is the Red Cross Advanced Survival course, and four campers passed this difficult course.

Paul Suchman and David Thomasesi of Lower Senior Camp, and Brad Handler and Jon Telsey, of Upper Senior Camp, are the boys who passed.

Canoe Instruction and Trips Popular

Our canoeing program 'was led

by Counselor Les Hall for the second summer, and Les led his canoe pupils on several canoe trips on the Housatonic River.

Of the campers who passed Red Cross Basic Canoeing this summer under Les, two were Lower Seniors-Robbie Klugman and David Braemer.

Upper Seniors who passed are Jeff Braemer, Mark Szafran, David Gross, Adam VJhi te, Eric Morissette, Jean Lemieux, Richard Grossman, and Todd Mirsky.

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59 CAMPERS EARN SKIING AWARDS

Three Lower Seniors Reach 1 st Class

Fifty-nine Mah-Kee-Nac campers earned skiing awards through the American Water Skiing Association, the group which sanctions most major water ski1ng tournaments.

Our four skiing counselors, Frank Kirschner, Ed Harrington,

John Wilkerson, and Mike Dale were kept busy teaching everything from basic beginner skills through highly

\ difficult expert skills, with individualized instruction for each camp~r. The addition of a new Chrysler ski boat equipped with a 70-horsepower Mercury engine greatly enhanced the overall program.

In Lower Senior Camp, three campez s , Jirruny Prusky, Graham Weiss, and Chris Feinman, achieved the rank . of First Class camp skiier.

.;;' Second Class skiing awards in

'Lower Senior Camp went to Tommy Jacobson, Matt Brody, John Sore, David Brown, Danny Rosenberg, Peter Spiro, Marc Rosenthal, Danny Rosow, Paul Block, Brad Siderow, Neil Gr~~nstein, Matt Selick; Michael.

" Ro sanbuxqh , David Thomases, Adam Hait, Cary Granat, John Marlow,

. Paul Suchman, Jon Gilbert, Aaron

.!.

. Kuhn,:.Bobby Loigman, and Jon Maier.

• - ,'. ! , Lower Seniors gaining "Thlra

:C"lif5s skiing awards we::-e Mike Zinn,

Jeff -Ratner, Glenn Schlffman, Alex " ';' .Gross, Adam Kuhn, Matt Hazan,

: )., Natha.n Mintz, Ron Biederman, and ,; ~l Adam,Stulberger.

. " ... '

. In Upper Senior Camp, Ricky

I. Bross distinguished himself by ,earni~g the r~nk of Expert skiier:

'rr:~ ~ear'n this ,award Ricky was r equd re d _. ~ tolpt~~rm,\.d}_fficu~t mc;m~uvers on

• bothv slalom 'and t.r Lck sk i.s ,

'U~per 'Senior First Class skiiers . 1 I included Eddy Gray, Jon Telsey,

l'EqdYi,:Eigen, Sam Gaidemak, Ste;re Siderow! Evan Siegel, ~arek D~etz, Steve Flelds, Jean Lemleux, Jon wynett, and Jeff Rosenstein.

. ~ . Second Class skiing awards go to. Aridy Gardner, Jess,'~6ri,ner, Mike Rodack, and Andy Szafran.

Upper Seniors earning Third Class awards were Mike Lonoff, Peter Cohen, Kenny Gellman, David Roth, Adam White, Mike Harlow, Kevin Bross, Adam Goldman, and Cary Davis.

All campers in the skiing program are to be congratulated for a fun summer of accomplishment.

Mike Dale, Counselor

Cape Cod Trip Enjoyed By Our Four Aides

The Aides left Camp on August 13 in a station wagon with a trustworthy man known as Jim O'Neill. They were headed for a place called Cape Cod, where they would spend three days and two nights.

They arrived at the Jolly Whaler Motel. They then left for dinner, which consisted of steak and lobster. After dinner, the trippers moved on to Hyannis, a popular "hang out" of the Cape.

Early the next morning the beach was visited. For hours the Aides enjoyed bathing and swimming under the sun. By mid-afternoon, they were on their way to Provincetown, perhaps the most famous of all spots on Cape Cod.

Prior to their arrival, they stopped and raced go-carts, which was both fun to see and do •

In Provincetown, many souvenirs were acquired. After a delicious dinner, they went to see the movie "Fame". A good night was had by all.

The next day consisted of visiting a game room and batting cage, as well as another movie • After the movie, they were on their way back to Camp.

On this short visit the Aides learned why the Cape is such a popular place to visit .

Jeff Silverman, Aide

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Boxenbaum, Danny Kirschner, Jeff Stern, David Stern, Jon Gilbert, Joe Manischewitz, Tom Jacobson, and Rob Newitter.

Marksman 1st Class was earned

by Todd Solan, Damon Dell, Andy Jewel, Andy Kaplan, Craig Miller, Eric Tirschwell, Peter Seldin, Jon Maier, Peter Spiro, Marc Szafran, Nini

Mehta, Andy Levi, Scott Hyman, and Rich Neuwirth.

Marksman was earned by Todd Rosenberg, Alex Gross, Hugues Morissette, Victor Krauss, Bobby Lubin, Mike Lazar, Mark Hudis, Robert Miller, Jon Kalman, Robert Rubinson, Robbie Zaslow, Steve Dalin, and Jeremy Lieberman.

Pro-Marksman was earned only by Lower Seniors this year and they were Stephen Doff, Jeff Ratner and Jack Amiel.

This year Kenny Rudin started the Distinguished Expert rating which is the highest in the Junior Riflery Division. He reached 3/4 of the way through this very tough award, the furthest ever done in one year in Mah-Kee-Nac history.

Peter Cohen & Adam Goldman Cherokee 35 & 36

THREE CAMPERS GAIN ~EXPERT' IN RIFlERY

Peter Cohen, Sam Gaidemak, Adam Goldman

This year's riflery program was once again headed by Bill Chandler, who has been here for 23 years.

This year the coveted "Expert" award was earned by Adam Goldman, Peter Cohen, and Sam Gaidemak.

Bar 9 was gained by David Beck, the only one this year.

David Reif did another solo performance by being the only one in Camp to gain Bar 8~

Bar 7 was earned by Mike Buchman, Jon Stern, Fred Marton, Alex Hait,

and Chris Moss.

Bar 6 was earned by Stefan Pokorny and Evan Siegel.

Bar 5 was earned by Mike Polaner, the only one to gain this award this year.

Bar 4 was gained by Andy Sturner, Jeff Braemer, Eddy Eigen, Mike Lonoff, Kevin Bross, and David Gross.

Bar 3 was earned by Matt Brody, Gene Steinfeld, Mike Rosenburgh, . Marc Vitale, Cary Gralla, Brett Kempler, David Sturner, and David Carle.

Bar 2 was earned by Jon Wynett, Stephen Fields, Todd Mirsky, Mike Ochs, Paul Waldman, Jeff Clott,

Mark Aronson, and Bobby Loigman.

Bar I was earned by Jeff Gelb, Dan Rosenberg, Ira Gordon, Raifie Bass, Andy Gardner, Jon Zins, Mark Wolf, Mike Weiss, Marc Millman, David Braemer, Doug Kaiden, Ben Gutstein, Chris Feinman, Josh Protass, Adam Kuhn, Jon Silverman.

Sharpshooter was the award earned the most this year, and it was earned by Seth Goldberg, Andy

Katcher, Jason Erdos, Paul Reiner, Andy Szafran, Aaron Kuhn, Scott Crandall, Mike Stifelman.

John Berman, Dan Rosow, Mike Simon, Jimmy Kohl, Marc Rosenthal, Chip Konowitz, Daryl Nanes, Matt Lesnick, Butch Ironson, Dan Rocker, Torn Lazansky, Paul Suchman, Glenn Schiffman, Andy Sachs, Adam White.

Adam Hait, Kenny Berland, Tom Holton, John Sore, Tucker Zinke, Graham Weiss, Mark Webe~, David

River Kwai Movie Enjoyed by Seniors

"The Bridge Over the River Kwai" was seen by the Lower Seniors on August 12. The movie started with British soldiers marching

into a Japanese camp and ending up having to be slaves.

The Japanese captain ordered the so called slaves to build a bridge over a river. When the British finally got done with it, a Japanese train was to cross it.

An escaped slave got back to headquarters and had to go on a mission to blow up that bridge. So, finally, after fighting and killing, the bridge blew up and the train was demolished.

Chip Konowitz, Cheyenne 31

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American Archer, 100 pts.,

50 yds.: Jason Erdos, Cary Gralla, and Brad Handler. Silver Bow Archer Sharpshooter, 100 pts., 40 yds.: Scott Hymano

---- Silver Bow Archer First Rank, 130 pts., 40 yds.: Irwln Baum, John Berman, Zarek Dietz, Torn Lazansky, Richard Neuwirth, Dan Rosenberg, and Mark Weber.

Silver Bow Archer, 100 pts., 40 yds.: Jeff Ciott, Damon Dell, Dan Rosow. Archer Sharpshooter, 160 pts., 30 yds.: Matt Lesnick.

Archer Flrst Rank, 130 ~ts.,

30 yds.: Kevin Bross, Jon Gllbert, Vlctor Krauss, Lee Richman. Archer, 100 pts., 30 yds.: Mike Buchman, Chris Feinman, Fred Kastler, Bob Loigrnan, Bob Milstein, and Josh Protass.

Bowman Sharpshooter, 160 pts., 20 yds.: Peter Cohen, Adam Goldman, Matt HIrshfield, Butch Ironson, Brett Kempler, Craig Miller, David Sturner, Marc Vitale, and Tucker Zinke.

Bowman First Rank, 130 pts., 20 yds.: Rafie Bass, Mark Hudis, Phil Klausner, Joe Manischewitz, Peter Seldin, and David Weiss.

Bowman, 100 ~ts., 20 yds.:

Michael Harlow, Nlni Mehta, and

Mike Korsten. Junior Bowman, 80 pts., 20 yds.: Andy Katcher.

Junior Bowman, 60 pts., 20 yds.:

Hank Gerson, Jon Zlns. Yeoman, 100 pts., 15 yds.: Jon Maier, Kenny Miller, Robert Miller, David Reif, Michael Simon, Peter Spiro, Paul Suchman, David Stern, and Jon Zeifert.

Junior Yeoman, 8.0 pts., 15 yds.:

Dan Rockero

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There was a fine turnout of Senior campers in the Senior Archery Program this summer, with 60 boys participating.

Of these 60 boys, nine of them rated among the top camp archers in the country according to their scores in the Junior Olympic Archery Development Program (J.O.A.D.).

These nine archers were the best in the Camp and the Olympic competition proved how good they were. The following is the list

of the JOAD archers and the distance they have passed:

Brad Handler, 150 pts., 25 meters. Chris Moss, Jason Erdos, Nathan Mintz, Harlan Protass, Adam White, 190 pts., 30 meters. Cary Gralla, Jon Heck,-and Todd Rosenberg, 200 pts., 40 meters.

There were two other campers who worked very hard, but were unable to shoot the necessary 200 points at 50 meters to pass the test. They were Gregory Bruell and David Roth.

In the Lower Senior tournament, Nathan Mintz placed second, being beaten only by a few points by Jason Erdos.

In the Upper Senior tournament, a surprise second place finish by Harlan Protass was only surpassed by the shocking first place finish by Jon Heck.

There were many archers who continued to shoot right up until the last second of Camp and many of them passed tests on the last day. Below is the final list of the tests that were passed.

Robby Lizt & Jeff Gross Mohican 6

We made a trail back down.

It was very steep.

At the end of the trip we got cookies. It was very fun.

Bunk Six Climbs Monument Mountain

Today Bunk 6 went on a trip to Monument Mountain. We got to the top in 45 minutes, and we beat the Junior Camp record.

It was a beautiful sight from the top of the mountain.

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VIDEO TAPE FEATURES BANQUETS

Each Camp Has Own Fine Program

Camp always comes to a close with special final three nights of program for each camp.

Each camp, in rotation, gathers for a final camp fire, a special movie, and the closing banquet.

Featured at each of the three

banquets was a video tape review of the high-lights of the summer.

The Lower Senior and Upper Senior Camps held their tradional camp fires on the beach-at the waterfront. The Junior Camp held its camp fire in the camp pioneer area.

JUNIOR CAMP

LOWER SENIOR CAMP

On Sunday night we had a Junior Camp Banquet. We all went into the Dining Hall and had a served dinner. We all had steak, french fries,

peas, and we had chocolate and strawberry sundaes for dessert.

After dinner some Lower Seniors came in and did some entertainment. Then Irwin read all of the horoscopes and some famous people who had the same horoscopes. Irwin then read

all of the exciting evening acvities we had in order. We really enjoyed them. He told us all the movies

we had.

The program included Andy

Wise, Counselor from Bunk 4, giving a couple of numbers on the accordion.

The the Iroquois tribe sang their song from the Camp Sing, led by Counselor Andy Cole and, not to be outdone, the Apaches sang their song from the Sing.

The Mohicans then did a wonderful number-- "If Anyone Can, We Can" led by Counselor Tim King with his guitar.

We saw some films about all the exciting things we did during Camp.

On one wall there were cards with the horoscope and the people with it. On the other wall there were all of the pictures with the evening activities.

We all had a fun time and a good night. Then we went back to the Bunks and went to sleep.

Danny Grossman & J.J. Rogow Iroquois 8

On Monday night, August 19, the Lower Senior Camp brought its summer activities together with the traditional final Banquet. After a dinner with generous portions of steak, french fries, peas, ice cream and candy, the Lower Senior Campers reminisced about their summer.

The program opened with songs from "Of Thee I Sing", the Lower Senior Camp musical, sung by members of the cast.

Then Eddy Gray (Bunk 40, Upper Senior Camp) and Michael Lonoff (Bunk 40) sang the star number from our Upper Senior musical, "Guys and Dolls".

Mark Hudis (Bunk 30) then gave his election night speech from the all-day Lower Senior Election Day program.

With much zest, the entire Lower Senior Camp then sang "MahKee-Nacky" •

The final event on the program was a long video tape of special events involving the Lower Senior Camp through the entire summer. Music dubbed in and narration helped make this a successful video tape presentation. This was put together by Andy Gelsey, Video Counselor.

The sit-down affair was only a partial culmination of the summer, as the night before the Lower Senior Camp participated in a Camp-wide Stratego game and the night after they viewed the "Muppet Movie".

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CAMPER WELFARE FUND CONTRIBUTIONS

UPPER SENIOR CAMP

The 1980 Upper Senior Banquet was held on August 18, the last night of this 1980 seasono

We started the evening off with a delicious dinner of fresh fruit

cup, a juicy steak, french fries, peas, rolls, and a sundae for dessert.

After the meal, we had a lively assortment of evening entertainment.

This began with Michael Polaner playing Chopin's "Mazurke" as a piano solo. Following that was

Eddy Gray and the chorus from

"Guys and Dolls" singing "Sit Down, You're Rockin' the Boat".

The members of the chorus were Michael Harlow, Peter Cohen, Andy Spicer, Mike Polaner, Steve Salee,

The annual Camp Carnival serves two important purposesit provides a day of fun and excitement, a day that is so different than the normal

Camp day.

The second purpose is that the $5.00 admission charge to the Carnival is placed in the Camper Welfare Fund and each year our campers contribute monies to many worthy causes.

All expenses of the Carnival, for construction of booths, prizes, and the cost of special features such as Friendly's Fribbles and the Moonwalk, are paid by Camp so that all of the admission charge is given away.

Adam White, Mike Lonoff, Scott Young, Zarek Dietz, Chris Moss, Andy Gardner, and Dan Brotman.

I would like to thank John Furth, the accompaniest, for all the "Guys and Dolls" music, including the play itself.

After that Fred Goodman and

Ed Harrington, both playing guitars, sang a song written by Fred, "For Every Opportunity". They then accompanied Andrew Gardner as he sang the song "Yesterday" written by the Beatles.

We finished the evening off with an excellent videotape of the summer's events. This was created by Andy Gelsey, the video counselor.

I'm sure everyone has great memories of the summer of '80 and will come back in future years looking for similar experiences.

Steve Salee, Cherokee 39

The list of organizations receiving contributions is a shorter one than decided upon in 1979, but contains the favorite organizations our campers have selected in recent years.

Four of the organizations receiving contributions are

in Berkshire County. They are: Berkshire Medical Center, $350; Pittsfield Boys Club Camp Scholarship Fund, $300; YMCA Building Fund, $200; and Pittsfield Chapter of the American Red Cross, $100.

Contributions were also made to UJA, $200; the Heart Association $175; the Cancer Foundation, $175; and Care, $100.

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BUNK 2

Top Row .

Ethan Lowensteln Philip Ende

Neil Alexander Jeffrey Harris

Middle Row RodgersAllison David Maitlin Benjie Silverman Richard Nelson Jeffrey Epstein Gerry Boyce

Bottom Row Michaer-Friedman David Levine

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BUNK 1

Top Row

Ken Grunow

Seth Rosenberg Michael Gershon Eric Yellin

Middle Row

Brett Mitchell Michael Solo Wiebe Wieling Timothy King Andrew Pitman

Bottom Row

Jonathan Baron Steven Strauss Lee Friedman Tommy Gray Danny Gans

BUNK 3

TOp Row

Josh Telsey Ian Silver

Willie Finkelstein Danny Axelrod

Middle Row Jason·Wong Ilya Mowerman Josh Green Jimmy Hausman Andrew Rose Jeffrey Varsa

Bottom Row Peter Greene Bruce Willner

BUNK 4

Top Row

Larry Dubinsky Matt Edelman Matt Crystal Paul Leinwand Andrew Wise

Middle Row Michael Abitbol Jeff Buchman Scott Levy Gregg Brody

Jon Schechter

Bottom Row

Steven Garfinkel John Picker

BUNK 6

Top Row

BrIan Shoobe Jon Reich

Mike Rothenberg Tommy Tarica

Middle Row

Mike Murray Noah Reibel David J. Levine Lewis Rubinson Gary Stephens

Bottom Row Robbie Lizt Jeffrey Gross

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BUNK 5

Top Row

David Pitman Randy Gottlieb Jeff Kalman Michael Berman Paul Wright

Middle Row

Peter Brown

Jon Rodack Scott Kaplan Jordan Fisch Gregg Fortunoff

Bottom Row Brad Davis Jason Horne

BUNK 7

Top Row

Josh Siderow Martin Woof

Bob Caviston Jason Silverman

Middle Row Steve Ochs Chris Sharnrnas Greg Daniels Matt Clott

Adam Bloomfield Jon Gershon

Bottom Row Alan Se~d Josh Schnoll

BUNK 8

Top Row

Angus Matheson Richard Eisenman

Middle Row

Danny Grossman Shan Hanigan Steven Polaner Kenny Gladstone Greg Simon

Jon Weiss

Bottom Row

J.J. Rogow Brad Jacobson Josh Piven Alex Lilien

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BUNK 9

Top Row

Steve Harris David Slutsker Michael Chan Jon Grodsky

Middle Row

Jeff Kaye

Josh Rocker Greg Millman Skipper Struhl Allan Barrie Ari Hait

David O'Connor Bottom Row

Drew Fellman Roger Schwartz

BUNK 10

Top Row

Micah Goldberg Orin Hershkowitz

Middle Row

Mike Suchman Greg Dalin Andy Cole Peter Malcolm Eric Gershwind Jason Kurtz

Bottom Row

Andy Cohen Geoff Forsyth Michael Ebright Jon Schildkraut

BUNK 12

s Dupree David Weitzer Brian Bonham Louis Greenstein Danny Baron

ttom Row

Er c Nanes

Brian Goldman

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BUNK 11

TOp Row

David Ballantyne Adam Seitchik Jon Harris

Nick Tomaszewski

Bottom Row Adam Kraemer Doug Hirsch David Leviss Josh Wolfman Jon Grant Steven Selick