tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-74488544975813006942011-04-21T22:02:31.931-05:00It might mean Camp Karoondinha; it might mean Camp Kline; or it could just be Camp Kurt.kurteeckhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14197285769901057602noreply@blogger.comBlogger401100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7448854497581300694.post-77341588069896910972009-03-18T21:00:00.004-05:002009-03-18T21:21:49.894-05:00

So . . .I've been checking out the Camp K Alumni Facebook Group.Via a conversation about James "Fly" Rider, I end up getting in touch (briefly) with his mom - Inge. I had to dig out an old album to find something to post. I found our Camp Staff photo from Camp Freedom (1988).In an attempt to get all the names - here is what I remember:First Row (L to R) - Don't Remember, Don't Remember, Bob (or

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Here is page two of the scrapbook. We never did get a picture of Charlie.

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We always made a scrapbook at Thunderboomer (Girl Scout Camp). It made for a great memories each season when we returned to camp and could look through scrapbooks from years past. I don't own any of the scrapbooks. I did manage to grab a page out of one of the scrapbooks when I left my last Thunderboomer.Heidi (now married - Heidi Leofsky) added me on her facebook. Got me thinking about

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As seems to happen with many Blogs, I took a long break.My brother (Todd) has motivated me to start posting again. Checking the history for the site, I have noticed that, even without new posts, many people still check out the site.My personal goal is to post every Wednesday. It would be great if others would volunteer to help with posting. I am willing to share authorship of this blog.

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Kyle Bryan wrote me and asked if I would post the Susquehanna Council web site. I wrote about the site a while back. It could use an update in some sections. I have placed a link at the right of the blog. Check it out!

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I remember when the word came down from Williamsport that we were no longer allowed to have Order of the Oar initiations. There was a fear that we might emotionally or mentally harm the Scouts who were selected.If you look to the right of the pictures, you might catch a glimpse of Ed McCollin (sp). He was the Camp Director from 1982 to 1984 (maybe 1985). I still use many of the management

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Thanks to an e-mail from Jeff Jones, formerly of Lewisburg, I have an update on the Pirates pictured in an old post (http://camp-k.blogspot.com/2007/02/even-more-pirates.html).Eric Heberlig is a Professor at UNC Charlotte. He is in Political Science and swapped his red pirate shirt for a red tie (I don't know what that means?).I e-mailed Eric and did get a response back. He has been teaching at

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Added a link on the right to the Red Candle Story (since it is the most requested item). Hopefully this will make it easier for people looking for the story.

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JOSH BOWERJosh Bower. Where to begin? He was part of the last group of staff members I worked with. His enthusiasm and energy was unmatched. He was ADHD personified. Like Tigger - bouncy, bouncy, bouncy. . . He and Argus (previous post) were buds from Montoursville. Josh also spent lots of time with Jack Willliams, Kieth Yiako, and Chris Barsis.Any updates on any of the m would be

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The Scrapbook is slowly coming together. I am not happy with the size or detail. I would like to be able to click on an image and have it blow up for closer scrutiny. For the meantime, I have placed each page in a Snapfish Album. If you would like access, e-mail me (kurteeck@gmail.com) and I will send you an invite in return.

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I am trying to get a flip book to work on the bottom of the blog. Zip down to it to see how it is working. I seem to have some difficulty with some of the pages.

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The internet does not do the blue sky justice in this picture. The subject is Dave Barsis and he is sitting in the Lifeguard chair at the pool.BABY BARSIS

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Argus was is from the Montoursville unit. He was a good friend of Josh Bowers. This picture was taken for part of a slide show. If I remember, the song for the slide show was "Where Eagles Fly" by Sammy Hagar. I don't believe that Argus ever served as a staff member."ARGUS"

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Over the years I have spent at Camp Karoondinha, I took many pictures. They were often for slide shows. Some were for promotions. Others contribute to my scrapbooks and provide me with triggers for my many memories of Camp Karoondinha.A few 'portrait' type pictures have been blown up used as 'art' in my home. I will share some of these pictures over the next weeks. First up - one cool Staff

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One of the best programs I was involved in after I returned from the Navy was Thunderboomer Girl Scout Camp. Thunderboomer was held at Camp Karoondinha after the end of regular scout camp.A few select Boy Scout Staff Members had the chance to serve as staff members at the Girl Scout Camp. In this picture, Jack Williams and Eric Erdman have climbed into our tower. The male staff always kept a

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Steve Geist and manual typewriters! I remember that Smith Corona. It used to be what we typed meal cost sheets on in the dining hall. Steve was the Steward in 1980 and Don Geise was the cook. Steve's enthusiasm that year is largely responsible for bringing me back to camp the following year and starting a 10 year run as a staff member.

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I received an e-mail from Kay Trick this morning.Don Gensel, who has been in a nursing home since last September due to a stroke, passed away Saturday night.Kay, and I as well, ask that you --"Please keep Cathy and daughter Kendra, Cathy's son Richard and his family, and daughter Jolene and her family, in your prayers as this family goes through this most difficult time." Catherine Gensel

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I wish I could get a date on these pictures. I know they are from Camp Kline and were taken at a Red Cross canoe course. I can tell it is Camp Kline because of the Dining Hall in the background. The Dining Hall is no longer in existence. It was falling apart and a few years ago it was leveled and the wood burned.The large flat on Pine Creek in front of Camp Kline made it an ideal place to

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I have the blog stats for February. Their were 120 visitors to the site in February with 52 being returning viewers. Thanks for checking in on the site. I appreciate the support and seeing the numbers has motivated me to keep this up for at least another month. For a while I was thinking only my Mom checked out the Blog on a regular basis. As always, leave comments (no one seems to do that)

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We were, in many ways, fearless. I think Dan, Steve, Mark Beck, and many others of us, would have done anything to make the program better - more exciting - over-the-top.I had mentioned earlier that people would crawl up on to the roof of the dining hall for various reasons. Here is a picture that shows the roost by the chimney.I don't feel that it was a lack of 'safety consciousness'. It was

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Just a little craziness with a few pictures of various Camp Karoondinha Staff Alumni. Enjoy. | Create Your Own

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The final (or is it?) installment of Dan's Red Candle story.PART THREE

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Here is Part Two of the Red Candle Story; but first --I remember the morning after the original 'incident'. I did not stay in the cabin. I must have been staying down in the office. I remember Dan and Glenn (Courtney) relating the story of the weirdness going on in the cabin. It was at the bottom of the stairs off the dining hall alcove on the cabin side. It was obvious that they were shaken

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After a little searching, the Red Candle Story has been found. Many thanks to Dan and Steve. Dan wrote the story. Steve has been archiving it. I placed the story on a seperate page for ease of viewing. Just follow the link and you'll be reading the tale after the jump.PART ONE

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Sorry . . .My computer crashed hard this morning.I have been on the phone with Firedog and am slowly putting things back together.I'll get back to posting as soon as possible.

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This picture is from 1980. 1980 was the year of the baby blue hat with the yellow K. It was my first year as a staff member. To the right is Arthur Bernstien. I remember Arthur from my first years as a camper. Arthur worked in the Dining Hall and was LOUD. And in my memory, he was mean. As a camper, I was afraid to take dishes to the dish window. He was this big looming figure in the

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Everyone in the 1989 staff picture has been identified. Thanks to those who helped. Here is the next challenge -- This is from 1981. In 1981 some genius decided that Thunderbird needed to be dug up for renovations. These renovations amounted to nothing more than lumbering out the woods behind Thunderbird. The downside to this was that campfires had to be held on the OA field. The OA field is

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Those of you who know me will probably know I believe the decision to allow women to serve as Boy Scout Leaders was the beginning of the downward trend in membership for the Boy Scouts of America. Since that decision was made, there have been other policy decisions that , I believe, have weakened the organization even further.With the internet providing access to the Annual Reports for the

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Not everyone who worked at camp went on to great things - but most did!Brian 'Sly' Slavinski (I know I probably hosed the spelling) is an engineer for the government, Lance Lyons served in the coast guard and on the Border Patrol, Aaron Golumbfskie (spelling again) is a chemical engineer (?), Chris Herman is a police officer. I do not know what happened to Eric Heberlig (Red Shirt in middle) but

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Thanks to James Bartlett. He identified Troy Shade on the Staff Picture!

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Brian Shaffer, John Connolly, and myself are pictured by 'The Rock by the Lake'. All three of us spent time in the navy. Ths picture would have been taken while I was home on leave for my brothers wedding. Brian was involved in fire fighting for the navy (I think). John had served on board the Samual Gompers. I was, at the time, stationed onboard the USS Truxtun.In July of 2003 the Gompers, also

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The Leader of the Royal Fleet (and Camp Program Director) was Dan Daneker. He is with his royal wife (actually Dee Given, the business manager) in this pic. In the background is a young Eric Startzel (If I remember, he was too young to be a staff member).Dan, like myself, has still not really 'grown up'. I think that may be a characteristic of a great Boy Scout Camp Leader. The leadership and

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In 1990 the theme was "Pirates". We may have had some fancy title, but there was no doubt that we were involved in high seas hi-jinx. How much trouble would we get into if we ran things the way we did - the right way - in the 80's?Start with the camera angle --These pictures were taken from the roof of the dining hall. Not only was the photographer on the roof, but I recall that, on occasion, we

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Before Jack Sparrow and the Pirates of the Black Pearl, we were Pirates! | View Show | Create Your Own | PlaylistIf you want music, click the little speaker in the bottom left corner of the slide show.

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Camp Karoondinha is the summer camp of the Susquehanna Council.I thought it would be a good idea to check out the council website. You can too, by clicking the graphic above. I found the site to be mediocre. I don't have real high standards, but I thought the site had a weak navigation, needed to be updated in many areas (Camp particularly, but other areas seem to be stagnate), and was lacking

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Camp Staff from 1989. Thanks to James Bartlett, Dan Daneker, and John Connolly for filling in the gaps in my memory. My memory is not as good as some others (like John C. aka Otter).First Row (L to R) - Eric Startzel, Brent Criswell, Tim Bowers, Steve Wyant, Sam Stahl, James 'Fly' Rider, Dave Whitnack, and Troy Shade.Second Row - Dan Daneker, Murray Roberts, Eric Heberlig, Carl 'Butch' Stamm,

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One of the disturbing things that has happened to me since I started digging through the old camp memorabilia is recognizing how fat I am now. Or, more politely, I used to be skinny!I have noticed that the reports on the news are correct -- at least in the micro-cosm of Boy Scout Camp. We are getting fatter. I don't mean fatter as we get older. I mean, the kids in the pictures from the nineties

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Camp K Staff Originally uploaded by kurteeck. I put the picture on 'flickr' with tags. I tried to get everyones names. There are still a few people whose names I could not remember. Help out if you can.

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A while ago - the beggining of December - I received an e-mail from Jon Sawicki (aka Father Jon). He had apparently done a search on the web (Googled 'camp k'?) and found a hit for a post on my blog 'ECKSCLAMATIONS'.I was immediately excited becuase it meant someone besides my mom had looked at my Blog. Then, as I thought about it over the Holidays, I realised that there might be an audiance for

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