The Lakesider

Newsletter of YMCA Camp Pepin

(Also published on our website at www.camppepin.org)

September 2008

Another Good Summer

Thank you campers, moms, dads, grandparents, and family friends for making 2008 one of Camp Pepin’s most successful enrollment years with many new campers and lots of returning ones.  Thank you also to the Camp Staff and to our volunteer Health Care Coordinators for keeping camp safe and fun for all of us.  If you haven’t seen the 2009 schedule yet, here it is:

Week 1: June 21-26

Week 2: June 28-July 3

Kickapoo Camp: July 5-8

Week 3: July 12-17

Week 4: July 19-24

Week 5: July 26-31

Week 6: August 2-7

Week 7: August 9-14

We look forward to everyone again at camp!

Camp Almanac: September

The first signs of Fall abound.  The Canada geese and tundra swans are flying south almost daily over Lake Pepin and down the Mississippi to warmer places.  Cooler nights have dropped the shoreline temperature of the lake considerably from a month ago.  The sumacs have already turned a bright crimson color, and a few of the maples and oaks are now showing a bit of yellow.

Staff Scoop

• Dan Kuske is attending school at the University of Minnesota – Crookston.  He says that school is good and keeping him very busy.
• Heidi Ridgeway is enjoying school at Chippewa Valley Technical College and says that it has been a wonderful experience.
• Bryan Weir is back at his job in Scotland and has started football again over there.

Wish List

• A landscaper who would be willing to donate up to 1 load of black earth
• Computers (Pentium 4 or faster, desktop or laptop PC’s with USB ports)
• Flat-panel computer monitors
• Picnic tables (wood, good condition) or lumber to build picnic tables (2x4’s and 2x6’s, 6-12 feet in length)
• Mini-van (road-worthy, 7 or 8-person capacity)
• Cross-country skis (waxless with bottom grooves, any length) and ski poles
• Bat boxes

Kimmy’s Korner

Hi folks!  It’s Kimmy the Kayaker.  Surely you remember me sitting up on the mantle in the Dining Hall during all those summer meals.  (Thank you to all of those who sang so beautifully to me during Sneaky – you did a great job!)

At the end of every newsletter, I will have a game or a contest where you can win a camp prize.

My game for September is a trivia question:

What is the name of Camp Pepin’s pontoon boat?  (Hint: If you don’t remember, a look through this summer’s weekly pictures in camp’s online Photo Gallery will help you.  Here is the link: http://www.camppepin.org/photogallery.htm)

Email your answer to camp@redwingymca.org.  A winner will be drawn from the entries with the correct answer, and he or she will receive a YMCA Camp Pepin Keychain Animal (bear, moose, or frog) from our Camp Store.  The winner’s name and the answer will also be posted in Kimmy’s Korner in the October Issue of The Lakesider.  Anyone can play, including campers, staff, and alumni.  Good luck!

YMCA Camp Pepin Staff

Scott Kolby, Camp Director

William Norman, Assistant Camp Director

Joetta Oien, Camp Office Manager

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