Spring Issue, 2006 Vol. 84 number 4 "New Home For Friday Nite Flix in 2006" ©2006 Siked!

For Boys & Girls - Established 1923Nestled in Northeastern Pennsylvania's Pocono Mountains

Owners & Directors: Mitch and Stephanie Reiter

Winter Address: 4 York Court, New City, NY 10956- 4418Tel: 845-639-4582 Fax: 845-638-2194

Summer Address: 700 Niles Pond Rd, Honesdale, PA 18431-6537Tel: 570-253-3266 Fax: 570-253-6334

Web Site: www.camptowanda.com E-Mail: info@camptowanda.com

The Official Newsletter of Camp Towanda, Honesdale PAThe Towanda TimesThe Towanda TimesThe Towanda TimesOUR 84th YEAR

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Pump it up, pack it in, hold on to that smile, shine up that logo, slap on some sunscreen…. It is almost camp time!!!!! Camp is getting ready for you!! We have been waiting all year for our family to be together.

The forecast is awesome: activities, events, shows, adventure, laughter, tournaments, excitement, friendships, sports, new skills, projects. And sooooo much more!!

The 84th summer of Camp Towanda is going to be amazing (some may say, "The Best Summer Ever!"). Many returning staff (see Welcome Staff article) and an incredible line up of new counselors as well as an unbelievable schedule of activities, evening activities and special events (see below).

Sunscreen Factor now set at 84:

Opening Campfire and Staff Show, Big Brother & Sister Dessert, Scavenger Hunt, Banana Splits, 5 Year Club Trip, Porch Breakfast, Mickey D's???, Inflatable Rodeo, Horseracing, Madd Chadd, Towandaopoly, Unique Entertainment, Campapalooza, Krispy Kremes (???), Talent Show, Dave Mathews Concert, Water Carnival, The Guinness Record Breaking (did someone say Sidewalk Art for everyone at once?), July 4th Fireworks, The Senior/Dorm/Club Play in the amphitheater, Electionality, Friday Nite Flix (hey, let's hear it for the new MEDIA Center and Hockey Arena).

….And this is just the first 10 days! Along with awesome activities, inter and intra camp tournaments, excursions and adventures, the Summer of 2006 is also jammed packed with friendships and laughter…for everyone.

So, finish your homework, and then "Get Ready, Get Psyched and Get Goin'!"See you at The Flagpole…. And don't forget your sunscreen!

Editor's Note: This issue was delayed due to a broken thumb (on the typing hand) being endured by Mitch!

NEXT ISSUE:ON THE BUS TO CAMP

Please note that the summer issues ofThe Towanda Times will be available online!

BENEFIT OF CAMPCamp is fun, camp is great, camp is awesome. But there is more…. Those who can't return often express their love and reflection on the benefits that were hard to realize or digest while at camp.

Camp helps, of course, foster healthy self-esteem and independence. Everyone has the chance to build on leadership and confidence qualities. Many alum report that the exposure of the different cultures help them see the world in a more understanding way.

Camp is like a learning laboratory; a healthy one. Camp certainly is continuing education…things perhaps one can't learn anywhere else. The support and structure is the way life should be. Camp is awesome!!

WELCOME STAFF!!!The Staff is who makes camp, camp! These are the people who make it happen…who care…..who teach…who listen…who protect….who are the counselors!!!!

We are proud to welcome back many returnees and former campers as our counselors (they are listed below with their Years at Camp (YAC)…….and also listed on the next page, we are excited to have many new faces join our camp family. Our experience is that it won't take long at all until we all know each other, having an awesome summer!!

Our extensive Orientation is already underway for some of our staff as we assemble and trickle into our summer home. Week by week and then day by day….the staff arrive, settle in and prepare for an awesome SUMMER OF 2006; WELCOME!!!

ARIZONA: Janelle Victory 8, Tony Victory 10 CONNECTICUT: Amanda Peyser 8; FLORIDA: Amy Hash 3, Mike Little 4, Iwona Pralat 8, Justin Sheinis 6, Coach Lon Siegel 4, Andy Apicella 2; KANSAS: Matt Kunkel, Michael Pelton 14, Lisa Pelton 7, Alissa Ross 3; MASSACHUSETTS: Sean Trindall 2; Dr Dan Slater 11, MARYLAND: Terry Kline 2, Kevin Carr 3; MAINE: Kristi Williams 2; MISSISSIPPI: Childs Koon 3; NEW JERSEY: Rachel Albergo 12, Jessica Batt 9, Rachel "Freedawg" Freedman 13, Jillian Fromkin 9, Rachel Hirsch 13, Alison Leipzig 8, Ashley Lerche 10, Denis "Biggums" Lovius 3, Jessica Meister 10, Melissa Oyer 9, Ryan Rosner 11, Max Dixon 10,Tracy Shapiro 8, Corey "NJ" Singer 9, Sam St. Lifer 8, Emily St. Lifer 8, Josh Sussman12; NEW YORK: Jessica Almog 2, Lynn Brodsky 11, Alan Canarick 4, Denise Broffman 13, Drama Dani D'Orsi 3, Alli Fein 7, Adam Fox 7, Dusty Fox 2, Hallie Gittleman 10. Jessica Heimler 9, Chef Jonesy 8, Brian Klasner 8, Lauren "Kraz" Krasnoff 13, Erika Kremin 2, Ivy Levine 9, Farrell Lenoble 6, Amanda Lenok 14, Eric Lense 10, , Linda Lowell 3, Andy Miller 18, Matt Miller 14, Bob Miller 36, Emily Niesenbaum 10, Charlie Niesenbaum 10, Rusty Primeau 10, Cory Randell 2, Mitch & Stephanie Reiter 17, Taxi Reiter 13, Kimmie Sheiner 2, Alex Vinci 2, Michelle Weiser 7, Donna Yellen 8, Mark "Z" Zides 10; Dr. Ken Austin 5; OHIO: Heidi Bedrossian 2; MINNESOTA: Chris "FNF" Loehrer 6; PENNSYLVANIA: Hani Cohen 12, Rachael Cohen 11, Shaun Donald 2, Alex Neff 12, Jake Neff 9, John Nichols 2, J Sak 8; Adam Shelly 12; AUSTRALIA: Gerri O'Callaghan 8; CANADA: NEW BRUNSWICK: Andrea Dickinson 2, Trevor Glazier 2; NOVA SCOTIA: Melodie Belliveau 6, Lyndsey Benvie 2, Kevin Gobien 2, Laura Keay 3, Terry McSorley 2, Alex Bishop 3, Matt Blades 3, Jenn Chisholm 3, Jason Denyes 2, Karen Gormley 4, Tiffany Jewer 3, Melissa Knox 3, Lindsay Kwan 3, Mark MacDonald 2, Jazzy Riviere 3, Aimee Smith 2; ONTARIO: Louise Dally 6, Kim Walsh 2; PEI: Melora Rennie 3; QUEBEC: Kelly Abdelhay 3; SASKATCHEWAN: Luke Broughton 2; CZECH REPUBLIC: Jana Bohmova 3, Jan Drahorad 3, Jiri Eischmann 2, Jana Krulova 2, Petra Lezakova 2, Martina Novotna 2, Danuse Pechova 2, Pavla Tylova 2, Tomas Vlk 2, Pavlina Zbrojova 2: ISRAELl: Gil Doron 2; NEW ZEALAND: Simon Bates 6; POLAND: Pawel Bodzioch 2, Pawel Furmanek 2, Ewelina Slusarczyk 2, Magdalena Urbanska 2, Tadeusz "Bacon" Baczewski 4, Malgorzata Kulak 2, Michal Rozniakowski 2, Joanna Bielec 2, Dorota Luszczak 2, Elzie Batkiewicz 3, Andrzej Rosciecha 2, Lukasz Pasternak 2, Justyna Drajkowska 2, Monika Krawczynska 2, Malgorzata Bogucka 2; ROMANIA: Oana Caderea 2, Ion Timofte 2, Anca Andone 2; SPAIN: Jesus Arroyo Reino 3, Robert Edwards 7, Javier Pariente 4, Alvaro Lopez 2;

First year staffAnd we welcome our FIRST YEAR STAFF from the following States and Countries:

ARIZONA: Rachelle Richter; CALIFORNIA Zack Brannon, Danielle Drake, Eric Hubbs, Tanja Schroeder, Stephanie Haslam, CONNECTICUT: Rosemary Eberle, FLORIDA: Lindsay Calcaterra, Clinton Roberts; IOWA: Justin Conroy; INDIANA: Shelley Mika; KANSAS: Maegan Kinkelaar, Erin Koksa, Erin McMillanl; MAINE: Edward Hungerford Jr; MARYLAND: Richard Boyer; MICHIGAN: Miranda Haines, Aaron Todd; NEBRASKA: Christy Doeschot, Teri Shepard; NEW YORK: Cat Angst, Ben Barker, Shana Buxton, Andrew Cervoni, Richard Gillins, Shari Ilgner, Julie Provino, Becky Rubin, Kyle Wood; NEW JERSEY: Lisa & Dan Zirkman, , Kristin Nelson, Ellen Stein; NORTH DAKOTA: Mollie Douthit; OHIO: Jenny Stern; PENNSYLVANIA: Kimberly Arata, Eric Long, Jefferson Nesmith, Jill Rafferty, Betsy Reese, Jeremy Steppe; SOUTH CAROLINA: Daniel Money; TEXAS: Emily Russell, Joelle Morrison; WISCONSIN: Lory Leyman;

CANADA: NEW BRUNSWICK: Janique Melanson, Christine Roy, Craig Russell, Meghan Craig; NEWFOUNDLAND: Gwen Evans; NOVA SCOTIA: Sonely Bulchandani, Christina Davidson, Nathaniel Emodi, Dekker Fraser, Anthony Habib, Chris Habib, Keith Habib, Shauna Hall-Coates, Marcy Johnson, Denise MacKenzie, Stephanie Marshall, Amanda Murphy, Sarah Pitts, Michael Wilson, Heather Chisholm, Heather Clancy, Amanda Keay; ONTARIO: Aileen Mens, Cory Seaman, Matt Steinberg, Megan Young; PEI: Christine Allain; QUEBEC: Jennifer Gardner; SASKATCHEWAN:Tanner Kirby, Matthew Reilkoff, Mark Seamone, Sarah Ramsay, Shawn Sampson; and from overseas...

AUSTRALIA: Dimity Sams, Kelly Delaney, Matthew Cracknell, James Downey, Vanessa Downey, Siobhan McCormack, Clare Dixon; CZECH REPUBLIC: Hana Richterova, Kamila Eretova, Jiri Kapitan, Petr Krsek, Petr Pistek, Martin Prochazka, Michal Zhanel; UK: Gemma Grange, Charlie Price, Jon Evans, Claire Spence, Cristina Anglada Pena; ISRAEL: Hilla Antar, Ido Ayalon, Ya'ara Katan, Meir Renford; NEW ZEALAND: David Silliams, Jason Hammersky, Simon Diprose, Kelly Dean, Sarah Grinham; POLAND: Beata Pichniarczyk, Lukasz Dyjewski, Piotr Baranowski, Lukasz Klonica, Lukasz Pasternek, Pawel Piotrowski, Lukasz Stepien; ROMANIA: Radu Radescu, Elena Timofte; SLOVAKIA: Lenka Frolova, Monika Sieklikova, Jaroslav Kolarik, Milan Dzurik, Andrea Filkaszova, Klaudia Stracarova; SPAIN: Julia Robertson, Jose Manuel Frago Calvo, Irene Lopez, Cristina Florit, Borja Salgado Gómez de la Torre, Alberto Torroba, Ana Torroba Garcia, Juan José Casado, Federico Garcia Corral, Javier Carrasco Soriano, Francisco Carreno Galvez, Enrique Fernandez, Carmen Gamez Arroyo, Lluís Visa Rexach.

ATTENTION: STAFF CHECK LIST-Travel Survey-Health Forms-New Staff will hear from their -"CamPal" by May 15th.-All Forms (tax, insurance) -Hey, if you are unclear on what you owe, contact the office!-Send us your parents' email address.-Be sure to confirm your arrival plans with the office.-Read The Staff Guide-Don’t forget your Mumps (mmr) vaccine!

ATTENTION: PARENT CHECK LIST-Health Form must be complete and up to date.-Insurance card copies sent to the office.-Contacted www.campmeds.com -New campers should have heard from their Big Brother or Sister-You will receive Baggage Shipping "Tags" by June 10.-Read The Parent Guide-Oh yeah, and paid up to date!!

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CAMP TOWANDA GRAN PRIX TENNIS LEAGUE

Robert Edwards, our Tennis Director for 7 years, is proud to announce the Gran Prix Tennis League. Roberto says, "This will be a weekly competition to accumulate points during the groups' tennis activity periods. A stipulated amount of tasks, exercises, and skills have to be performed to obtain the league points. Both boys' camp and girls' camp will have their own separate competition, producing a weekly champion (group) on each campus, with proper recognition!" As with everything Robert brings to camp, this promises to be yet another great enhancement to our program!

For returning campers and staff, it is always very exciting to get off the bus and have that familiar rush of breathing in "camp air", seeing the people you know, the places you are familiar and comfortable with …..and, of course, discovering what is new…… this year, many will notice small subtle changes like a remodeled THE BOARD, the relocation of the portable climbing wall to the bumper car barn (so you can climb in place while waiting for your bumper car turn!), new sailboat, redesigned high elements at the O&A (outdoor adventure) course; a new floating mat in the lake, and not to mention "improved" glow in the dark GHOST and Dancing With the Staff!! ... AND MORE!!!Speaking of S'more, more significant and noticeable changes could be the NEW OUTPOST 06 (formerly The Outpost 01), which will comfortably house our illustrious KMP (Kitchen and Maintenance Personnel) male staff, security guards as well as an all new MEDIA CENTER for our newsletter (The Towanda Times), radio station (WCTR- 1600 AM), Friday Nite Flix (FNF) and website and podcasting control

room. In addition the OUTPOST 06 will have guest bathrooms for our visiting teams.

And finally, we will have opening ceremonies for THE NEW BONE GULLY HOCKEY ARENA….after 2 years of waiting, it will be ready for this summer. Many of you will recall untimely delays due to weather conditions (non stop rain in the 2004-5 off season), to the finding of the massive bone that was sent off for analysis (by the way, did you know that last year's National Boys discovered many bone and tooth fragments out at the farm that have been shipped off for forensic diagnostics.)? The hockey arena is large, enclosed but airy… it is awesome. You will just have to see for yourselves! Please note that the photos were taken in early April.

NEW AT CAMP...

iTowandaPODCASTSListen to WCTR 1600 AM Radio

or Watch FNF in iTunes oron your iPod!

To subscribe just go towww.camptowanda.com

Follow the link on the home page.THIS IS ALREADY AVAILABLE!!!

... and if your really savvy, Emai l us shout out mp3 f i les. Say hello to your camp mates. Email us at:media@camptowanda.com

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The College ConnectionThis winter we have experienced "college searching" with our son, Jared, who is entering his senior year in the fall (I know you alums who knew him as a newborn are flipping out)! We discovered when touring colleges it was an incredible benefit to know a counselor at every school we visited. The benefits of knowing someone at the school include great insight, getting a "real" tour as well as it being a great comfort.Stephanie and I realized that we want to offer, as a benefit, to our camp families, a networking college connection. Therefore, we are asking for our staff and alums (that are willing to participate) that are currently enrolled in college to send us their email address, the school name and graduation year. We will compile a list of emails and schools. Those families going on tour can then contact that camp person. By the way, it usually ends up being a "free lunch" for the touring college student!While on this subject, we would like to shout out and thank the following for their time while we were on tour: TUFTS: Alissa Brandon; DELAWARE: Michelle Lapidos; CORNELL: Charlie Niesenbaum; LEHIGH: Jason Schatz & Matt Miller; BOSTON U: John Salt; SYRACUSE: Amanda Silverman, Hani Cohen, Micki Kabler and Emily St Lifer.

For those of you who live on Long Island and in Westchester and want to shop for camp AND do a good deed at the same time....

The fist annual "S.C.O.P.E. Kids Go to Camp" will be held at all Neil's Stores, on Saturday, May 6th. For every dollar you spend on clothes and supplies for your kids, Neil's will donate a percentage to Summer Camp Opportunities Provide an Edge (S.C.O.P.E.), an organization that provides camperships for inner-city children to attend non-profit overnight camps in the tri-state area. Co-sponsored by S.C.O.P.E., Summer Camp Opportunities Provide an Edge. www.scope-ny.org. Mitch is on the Board of Directors of SCOPE, which is one o f the organizations we get the LITs involved with. It is a worthwhile cause for everyone who loves camp. Neil's Stores are located in: Albertson (516) 294-4425; Woodbury (516) 364-3942;Scarsdale (914) 472-8120; and, Mt. Kisco (914) 244-7010.

Leaders-In-TrainingThe LIT (Leaders-In-Training) Program, for those campers entering 11th and 12th grade, like other programs at camp, is always improving and enhancing. As our future counselors, they are making the transition from camper to counselor through many different activities. This year, their Group Leaders have designed several projects and activities for them. Activities such as mitzvah projects and community service to charitable volunteering. In addition, they will have a book club as well as encouragement in regards to thinking ahead about preparing for college. The 2nd year LITs will be doing a college tour to the mid-Atlantic region, while the 1st year LITs explore Niagara Falls and Toronto. As mentioned in The College Connection article (in this issue), we will be helping these high school students tour various colleges during the off season.

Additional daily activities this summer include experiences with each age group, opportunities to work alongside the specialists at their departments, waitering duties, and being a big part of special events.

The LITs have become an important part of camp….leading camp into the future. After all, leadership skills are key to success at school, work and play. We are excited for this year's crew to arrive (see you at the first dinner)!

2006 DATES TO REMEMBER Winter Address

4 York Court New City, NY 10956-4418

Pre-Camp Staff June 1, 2006Former Camper Orientation June 3, 2006Senior Staff Meeting June 4, 2006Outdoor Adventure Staff June 6, 2006Lifeguard Certification Class June 10, 2006Group Leaders, Arts & Crafts & Medical Arrival June 12, 2006International Staff Arrival June 16, 2006North America Staff Arrival June 17, 2006Flying Camper Arrival June 23, 2006First Day Of Camp June 24, 2006Visiting Day & Sibling Sleepover July 22, 2006Last Day of Camp August 11, 2006Culinary Weekend August 25-27, 2006Labor Day Family Weekend September 1-4, 2006

2006... "The Re-mix"