The Camp Nebagamon Alumni Association Newsletter - Fall 2011 No. 44
Funny Letters from Camp by Nardie & Sally Stein
A quick visit to the alumni authors' bookshelves in the Wanegan reveals so many interesting fiction
and nonfiction books written by the boys of yesteryears... But camp's other authors, notorious and otherwise,
were not idle in their camper years... More
Food for Thought: What We Ate Last Summer by Alex Gordon
Food trends come and go at Camp Nebagamon. As Logger Push last summer, I was on the front lines in
the Rec Hall. Some things may have changed since you were at Nebagamon, while others remain constant.
Here's an update... More
From the Helm: Is Camp Shrinking?
by Adam Kaplan & Stephanie Hanson
Throughout the year, I get emails, phone calls, and letters from alumni wanting to check in with
Nebagamon, make sure camp is still up and running, and, most importantly, see if they can come
visit... More
The View from Here: Golden in Every Way
by Nardie & Sally Stein
The view from here is a good one! This "view" is being written on October 3, and we look out our
window to a glorious view of Lake Nebagamon with its shoreline in full autumn dress. Fall in Lake Nebagamon
is golden for us. We hike... More
Wallensteins: Doing What They Love and Loving What They Do
Roger and Judy Wallenstein (camp directors from 1988-2003) have been making the most of their lives after
camp directing. They spend much of the year in Chicago where their lives seem as busy as when they were
directing Nebagamon... More
Click to email Roger & Judy Wallenstein
Alumni news from April-September, 2011 organized by decades, with a selection of photos from each decade.
Also news of births and deaths.
Excerpts from emails and letters
from alumni from April-September, 2011. We've got lots of fun updates from alumni through the years,
including some photos of reunions both spontaneous and carefully planned.
Funny Letters from Campers
by Nardie & Sally Stein
A quick visit to the alumni authors' bookshelves in the Wanegan reveals so many interesting fiction and nonfiction
books written by the boys of yesteryears. The collection on these shelves, which is in no way complete, features
many authors whose names you would recognize: L.D. Brodsky, Mark Caro, Gene Dattel, Bill Goldman, Roger Goldman,
Alex Gordon, Ned Grossman, Dana Gustafson Regan, Dick Harris, Barnett Helzberg, Brad Herzog, Betty Horvath, Polly
Horvath, Niels Jorgensen, Ken Kanter, Jim Kiersky, Joe Kirkish, Peter Kolind, Jim Mendelsohn, Danny Meyer, Jim Myers,
Jack Orchard, Peter Orner, Tom Rose, Lloyd Schermer, David Weiter Sievers, David Stenn, Will Stern, some people
named Stein (that's us!), and many more.
But camp's other authors, notorious and otherwise, deserve celebration too. Muggs and Janet Lorber started, and
we continued, a file of some of the funny letters and post cards that campers sent to family and friends. These
eye-catching epistles were often sent back to us by amused parents, sometimes with some very funny comments. Other
post cards crossed our desk thanks to an extremely vigilant Lake Nebagamon postmaster who used to promptly—and
sometimes indignantly—return cards to us that contained inappropriate language. Who would have thought those
nice Camp Nebagamon boys would send dirty jokes or use vulgar language? And on post cards no less!
There's one legendary letter that "got away." The one we wish we could show you was written in the mid-1950s
to the then owner of the Detroit Tigers, Spike Briggs. An enterprising young camper heard that the team was for
sale. He promptly wrote a Camp Nebagamon check for $3,000,000 and mailed it with a letter informing Spike
Briggs of his intent to buy the team. Briggs was so amused by this that he returned the check to us, along with
his own entertaining comments.
As you can imagine, some of these cards and letters were almost illegible, so instead of saving the original letters
in the files, Muggs and Janet, and then we, typed them up and then filed the typed versions. In typing them though,
we carefully retained the original (sometimes very original) spellings.
Click the links below to read some of our favorite post cards and letters home:
back to top > Food for Thought: What We Ate Last Summer
by Alex Gordon
1958_bk09_10. One thing that hasn't changed: boys' manners. Eating at camp is still as fun as it
was in this 1958 photo of Swamper 7. Counselors L.D. Brodsky and Paul Kent are doing their best to maintain
order.
Food trends come and go at Camp Nebagamon. As Logger Push last summer, I was on the front lines in the Rec Hall. Some
things may have changed since you were at camp, while others remain constant. Here's an update about the food consumed at
camp last summer. Warning: don't read this if you are hungry.
While the season begins the same way it has for so many years, with a meal of spaghetti, meat sauce, and garlic bread, there
has been a radical change in the condiment area. Hot sauce has now replaced the previously venerated ketchup as the condiment
of choice in the Rec Hall.
The great cereal debate still rages on though, with old timers pining for the days when they could spoon a half a cup of sugar
on their Cheerios. More recent alums lament the disappearance of Lucky Charms and Cap'n Crunch. Today's campers, truthfully,
happily make do with a steady diet of Crispix, Corn Flakes, and Raisin Bran.
2011 camper Sam Reichert (son of alumnus Steve Reichert) ready to enjoy his chicken fajita.
As much as campers and staff past and present love to talk about their favorite meals (Reuben sandwiches are mine, if you are
asking) and least favorite (Pasta Alfredo), few of us ever take the time to reflect on the truly amazing amount of food that
350 campers and staff consume during the summer.
While many of the home-cooked style meals of the past have fallen out of favor, a good old-fashioned roast beef and gravy
dinner is still a crowd pleaser at camp. Last summer, when roast beef was served, the camp family ate an average 200 pounds
of meat per meal. (Sorry vegetarians, but that's the equivalent of one entire cow.)
Sunday lunch no longer means the traditional fried (later baked) chicken. It's more likely to be chicken fingers or chicken
fajitas now, but that doesn't mean drumsticks, thighs and breasts have flown the coop. More than 3,700 pounds of chicken—the
equivalent of a flock of over 1,000 chickens—fed campers and staff last summer. Much of that was at our various barbeques,
where 2,000 pounds of charcoal (yes, one ton) went into grilling chicken, hamburgers, Italian sausages, hot dogs, pork
tenderloins, ribs, and, yes, even veggie burgers.
2011 campers Michael Rivkin (son of alumnus Tom Rivkin) and Matthew Saslawsky enjoy their breakfast of Nebagamuffins and fresh kiwi.
Also disappeared from that traditional Sunday menu is the polarizing fruit and marshmallow Ambrosia salad that used to
accompany fried or baked chicken. More and more seasonal fresh fruits have found their place on the menu. For instance,
800 pounds of fresh strawberries were eaten this summer, and that's not including the berries diligently handpicked around
camp and on MOCA ("Masters of Culinary Arts" formerly known as "Bachelors Survival") field trips to the Oulu Berry Farm.
Something almost all current campers and staff agree on is that there isn't a meal on the camp menu that isn't improved by
a big dish of bacon sitting on the Lazy Susan. Last summer, at a typical breakfast, camp consumed 45 pounds of bacon.
However, when turkey club sandwiches (with bacon) were on the lunch menu, campers and staff—their appetites stimulated
perhaps by a morning of five-mile paddles, field hockey, or shooting archery—downed a whopping 75 pounds of bacon! In
case you are wondering, that's about 1,400 slices. Overall 675 pounds of bacon were consumed last summer. And yes, that
breakfast bacon often accompanied the 1,000 or so flapjacks flipped at a typical breakfast.
Multi-hued soft-, medium-, and hard-boiled eggs may have passed over into camp lore alongside the cabana, smell-downs,
and the fatigue squad, but eggs are still a breakfast staple. Now they might be sandwiched on a Nebagmuffin though, in
addition to their familiar fate of being scrambled or used in omelets. A usual scrambled egg breakfast last summer had
the kitchen staff beating 45 dozen eggs (that's 540 eggs). That's just about 3 percent of the more than 17,000 eggs the
staff cracked this summer.
Kitchen Manager Anne Rowe cuts red peppers. In addition to being a wonderful manager and cook, Anne does a
great job dealing with the dietary constraints and allergies in the camp family. Anne lives in Lake Nebagamon and
has been with camp for seven summers.
Not all of those eggs were eaten at breakfast. A great deal went into mixing bowls this past summer, combining with the
500 pounds of flour, 200 pounds of white sugar, 200 pounds of brown sugar, and 500 pounds of butter used to make everything
from Smores Pie to the favorite new dessert known as Carmelitas. "What's a Carmelita?" you might ask. Per camp's associate
director and office manager Emily Jodock, it's Kitchen Manager "Anne Rowe's most delicious creation! It is basically an
oatmeal crust, a layer of caramel topped with chocolate chips, and more oatmeal/brown sugar goodness."
Speaking of delicious, you never hear stomachs grumbling during the Keylog ceremony at Council Fires because at least 250
pizzas are served each Sunday night. Lumberjack campers now enjoy donning aprons and hairnets to serve the Rec Hall tables
on pizza night, bravely navigating the hordes of younger campers who may be pining for the delivery of a pepperoni instead
of a cheese pizza. And pizza isn't just for dinner anymore. Pizza bagels are now one of the campers' favorite lunches.
Proof: they eat an average total of 1,200 pizza bagels per meal.
Finally, while bug juice remains a familiar staple, there's news in the beverage department. Camp got new milk coolers last
summer. They were put to good use keeping fresh the over 1,100 gallons of milk that campers and staff drank at breakfast and
dinner, but not at lunch (of course).
The Hanson-Kaplan family: Adam, Stephanie, Josie, Josh, and Ben.
Throughout the year, I get emails, phone calls, and letters from alumni wanting to check in with Nebagamon, make sure camp is
still up and running, and, most importantly, see if they can come visit. Oftentimes, these alumni have not set foot on the
grounds for several decades. To be clear to all of you... the answer to this request is always YES! Truth be told, one of my
favorite parts of this job is to greet alumni who have not been to camp for ages and to watch them as they take it all in
for the first time in decades.
Certainly the reactions of visiting alumni vary, but usually the first thing they say is, "Gee, it looks the same, but smaller
than I remember." In fact, a variation of this assessment is made by virtually everyone who has not been to camp since they
were a child. I am not sure if it is the fact that they themselves were smaller the last time they were at camp, or if, for
a camper, the camp grounds represented the entire universe so there is really nowhere to go but smaller. I assure you though...
camp is not smaller!
Some alumni are brimming with stories. They cannot look at a cabin, or a water fountain, or even a tree without some bubbly
tale about what happened there... that shouldn't have! Without a doubt though, my favorite responses are the quiet ones: the
alumni who are so moved by the experience that they simply don't speak. They just stand on the Big House steps and gaze out.
Clearly in those moments, words cannot sum up what it is like to be transported instantly to one's boyhood. Generally at this
point, I excuse myself and leave them to experience this personal reconnection alone.
Several hours later, alumni usually return to the Big House all smiles. With the obligatory stops at the Rec Hall (my favorite
museum on the planet), their chain of cabins (which virtually every visitor, no matter how many years removed from camp, can
rattle off as easily as the days of the week), the waterfront, the Shrine, and of course, the Council Fire Ring, they all have
personal self-guided tours. But for all of them, the experience of reconnecting is indeed powerful.
Now, if you plan on sending me one of those emails or letters, or placing one of those phone calls about visiting camp, let
me suggest the following dream itinerary. Arrive at camp at around 3:00 p.m. on a Sunday so that camp will be buzzing with
activity and you can see all the projects in action as you wander the grounds. Then, if you are not up for pizza night at
camp (it's not for the faint of heart), head into Lake Nebagamon for some dinner. There are a few good options in town. Then,
of course, go to Dairy Queen for a dipped cone. Return to camp for the Council Fire. Sit on those same benches you did as a
child, sing the same songs, share the same Keylog ceremony, and engage in that same moment of silent prayer.
There is nothing and no place like it in 2011... or any other year.
Sally and Nardie in front of the beautiful mural on the waterfront shack at camp in 2010.
The view from here is a good one! This "view" is being written on October 3, and we look out our window to a glorious view of Lake Nebagamon with
its shoreline in full autumn dress. Fall in Lake Nebagamon is golden for us. We hike new and familiar trails, kayak new and familiar waters, explore
new roads, read, and "decompress" from the summer's busy weeks. We also have the opportunity to spend time with our Lake Nebagamon friends, both
year-round residents and the summer-only ones.
Here's an example of our very lucky life. On our 56th wedding anniversary, we took a fabulous eight-person "Geology Field Trip." This was
a tour of significant Northwoods areas around Duluth, as well as near camp. Our friend Jim Grant, a native of Scotland and a retired geology
professor from the University of Minnesota, along with his wife Christabel (a former teacher of geology and geography from Ireland) led this
adventure for six friends on a glorious, sunny October day. We started with coffee on the patio of a fellow participant's home. The patio
overlooked the Scenic Drive outside Duluth, with its expansive view of the Big Lake that was sparkling gloriously that morning. Next we "rock
scrambled" on a part of the Lake Superior shoreline, and spent some time sitting on the rocks listening to our entertaining professor. Then we
picnicked on a ridge overlooking the entire harbor area, visited a dam of the St. Louis River, and finally walked some trails in Amnicon Falls
State Park: a geologist's dream site. A potluck dinner at another participant's summer home on Lake Nebagamon ended this golden October day. It
was an anniversary that truly reflected the joy of the one 56 years ago, when we were wed in the Big House living room in the presence of family
and friends (and two dogs)!
We cannot help but mention that during the summer of 2011, four of our grandchildren served on the CN Staff at various times, and one was a
camper in Throck. Sally's sister, Ruth, had five grandchildren on the camp staff too. That meant that there were ten of Muggs and Janet Lorber's
great-grandchildren carrying on their tradition at Camp Nebagamon. We were delighted that three other Lorber great-grandchildren visited over
the summer too. We tried to underplay this during the summer, but since we "have the microphone," we just can't help ourselves!
And speaking of the summer of 2011, Adam and Steph made sure that all of the campers, staff, and family campers had an exciting, peaceful, safe,
and growth-producing summer at CN. As always, we are so grateful that Nebagamon has had such dedicated and fine leadership since our retirement.
Thanks for listening! Though we have resisted joining Facebook, we delight in phone calls and emails from our alumni, and especially would love
to hear where you are and what you are up to.
back to top > Wallensteins: Doing What They Love and Loving What They Do
Roger and Judy looking mighty happy at a White Sox game last summer.
Roger and Judy Wallenstein (camp directors from 1988-2003) have been making the most of their lives after camp directing. They spend
much of the year in Chicago where their lives seem as busy as when they were directing Nebagamon.
Judy, as ever, is very involved in politics. She also serves on the board of an organization that provides summer experiences for disadvantaged
children from Chicago. She is still the finest cook in the city!
Roger spends a good deal of his time in Chicago indulging in his other lifelong passion: baseball. He is the head coach of a youth team, and
writes a regular blog about his beloved White Sox for the Beachwood Reporter. Roger also remains very active in Camperships for Nebagamon, which
provides a camp experience for kids who would never otherwise have such an option.
During the winter, Roger and Judy head to their home in Indio, California where they also remain very busy playing golf... playing golf...
and playing golf!
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Hey alumni! We would love to hear from you. Send news of new jobs, interesting hobbies, and other accomplishments
to alumni@campnebagamon.com.
We are now including the filename for the photos in the photo captions. These are the filenames from the online photo archives. Use the
filenames to find these same photos in the online photo archives.
We encourage you to tag names in photos in the archives. Maybe you know one of the "unknowns" in the photos in this Keylog? Tagging photos
helps your fellow alumni find pictures of you and your friends. Cabin lists from 1955 on are in the archives too so you can use them to
help you remember names!
1942 BK 2-07. Counselor Dale Dougherty. Standing: Steve Loeb, Joe Halper. Front row: Fred Arnstein,
Sid Kleiman, Emil Nathan, John Isaacs.
1944 BK 1-025. Cabin group. Back row: unknown, Irv Stenn, Al Childs, Bud Pollak, Bruce Schimberg.
Front row: unknown, Byron Sachar, John Rosenwald, unknown.
1949 BK 2-010. Mighty slugger and Camp Director Muggs Lorber at bat on the Upper Diamond.
1942 BK 2-07. Counselor Dale Dougherty. Standing: Steve Loeb, Joe Halper. Front row: Fred Arnstein,
Sid Kleiman, Emil Nathan, John Isaacs.
Julian Edison (St. Louis) is retired from the business world but his plate remains full with serving on various art, health, and library
boards. He has a renowned collection of miniature books and in 2007 co-authored an illustrated book about these delightful treasures,
titled Miniature Books... Jack May (Nashville) says he "continues to translate Inuit poetry and hopes to renew his NCAA eligibility in
pursuit of a Heisman." Keylog fact-checkers are stumped trying to prove this, but we included it just in case his eligibility comes
through. We could confirm that Jack vacationed with his former cabin mate and friend, Julian Edison, last winter in Key West, Florida
where they no doubt told many tall tales... Last summer Bob Schweich (St. Louis, MO/New York) and his wife, Monique, reunited with the
Dutch brother Bob acquired during his 1953 participation in the Experiment in International Living. Joined by family and other friends
in Vezelay, France, Bob and Monique celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary. Bob maintains his strong scholarship support for New York
City minorities so that they can partake in the five-week long high school-age programs that the Experiment operates in some 30 countries.
He continues to work at Burnham Securities... Joe Tucker (St. Louis) has a fascinating collection of over 60 medals of historic and artistic
interest from both Europe and the U.S. The medals are housed in a special museum-quality exhibition cabinet. Joe is an expert on their
origins and value; he enjoys learning about medals and researching ones to add to his collection.
1950's
1951_bk02_26. Tennis group.
1955_bk02_25_02. Throck. Back row: Mickey Freiberg, Jim Livingston. Middle row: Roy Price, Bud Herzog,
Stuart Blankstein, Steve Chesler, Dick Fendell. Front row: Ken Baim, Gene Friedlander, Mike Metzger,
Tex Blair, Dan Hauser, Tom Kirchheimer. Counselor: John Davis.
1957_bk02_08. Logger 1. Back row: counselors Jerrold Graber and Jim Livingston. Middle row: Jim Gidwitz, Linn
Kempner, Jeff Jacobson, Ned Scharff, Tom Factor. Front row: Dan Michel, Jim Polacheck, Steve Middleman, Ed Arenson.
Bob Benton (Deerfield, IL) was elected to his third term as Village Trustee on the Deerfield Village Board... Ed Drolson (Lake Nebagamon/Twin Cities,
MN) is a retired teacher who, along with his wife, Luise, spends the summer months in Lake Nebagamon and divides his winters between Minneapolis
and Arizona... Niels Ove Jorgensen (Denmark/Nairobi, Kenya) is a retired consultant who specialized in mass housing in developing countries. He and
his wife, Inger, raise funds for the education of deserving Kenyan youth and help guide them through their high school years... David "Buzz" Neusteter
(Denver) is a principal and CEO of United Systems, a Denver company providing full-service security and life-safety technologies to residential,
commercial, governmental, and institutional clients... Sanford Passer (Kansas City/Detroit) celebrated his 70th birthday with his wife Brenda in
Paris and Normandy last summer.
1960's
1962_bk01_28. Throck. Back row: Counselor Ben Senturia, Robert Sabath, Dwight Lee, counselor Carl Fawcett.
Middle row: Larry Simon, Jack Goldenberg, Jeff Kohn, Mark Strauss, Richard Allman. Front row: Mike Spector,
Allen Bennett, Mike Loeb. Now a Rabbi, Allen Bennett was of great support to Carl during his last illness and
then presided over his funeral in August.
1966_bk02_16. Trip staff: Sonny Solomon, Paul Chutkow, Richard Denney, Jim Friedman, Jim Holden, Dale Christensen,
Harlan "Christie" Christensen, Dick Kolbrener.
1968_bk07_23. Water pushball, perhaps on Pow Wow Day. This was when the "H" dock was a capital "H" instead of a lower case "h".
1962_bk01_28. Throck. Back row: Counselor Ben Senturia, Robert Sabath, Dwight Lee, counselor Carl Fawcett.
Middle row: Larry Simon, Jack Goldenberg, Jeff Kohn, Mark Strauss, Richard Allman. Front row: Mike Spector,
Allen Bennett, Mike Loeb. Now a Rabbi, Allen Bennett was of great support to Carl during his last illness and
then presided over his funeral in August.
David Dreifus (Memphis/Durham, NC) and his band, the Instruments of Justice, were recently interviewed by their local public radio
station. Many of the musicians work with David at the law firm Poyner Spruill LLP.
Click here to listen to the interview...
Joe Dreyer (St. Louis) and his wife, Rosemary Watts, brought
their show Everything Old Is New Again to Don't Tell Mama in New York in October. The show is built on the standards of the Great
American Songbook of the 1920s through 1940s. Many camp alumni and relatives were in the audience for the show, including Ruth Mendelsohn
Rosen, Mike Mendelsohn, Jim Mendelsohn, Roxie Meyer Frank, Nancy Meyer, Susan Kander, Bengie Schmidt, and Leslie Loeb... Mike Eastman (St. Louis)
recently published a book titled Havana, which was one of several books profiled recently in a New York Times article about Cuba's
preserved architecture. This collection of photographs, like much of Michael's other works, explores the facades and interiors of
the city. Mike's photographs are in the collections of many museums, including the Metropolitan Museum of Art and the Art Institute of Chicago.
1970's
1973_bk01_11. Trip staff. Back row: Stan DeGroote, John Kiersky, Steve Salky, Jim Lewis, Bill Hensel. Middle row:
Dave Rigby, Don Mendelsohn, Erik Wurtzenfeld, Thorkil Bojlund, Niels Trolle Jensen. Front row: Kirsten Trolle Jensen,
Bob Schreiber, Frank Sachs.
1975_bk02_01. Logger 5. Back row: Ken Rosenthal and Tom Arenberg. Middle row: Andy Frank, Arthur Binder,
Ricky Kaplan, James Jampel, Jon Dreifus. Front row: Mike Danzinger, Ken Heldman, Jim Blumenfeld,
Joe Strouse, Ken Glickstein.
1978_bk03_08. Many familiar faces (and some big hair) in this 1978 waterfront photo. Back row: Mike Kaufman, Marc Margolis,
Ed Bearman, unknown, unknown, Tom Kalishman, Bill Susman, Joey Reinstein, Mike Mervis, Lee Kling, Craig Garfinkle.
Middle row: Scott Friend, unknown, Alfredo Phillips, Frank Baer, Tony Blumberg, Ajith DeSilva, Jeff Colman,
Dan Kopman, Steve Kaufmann. Front row: Mark Wittcoff, unknown.
1973_bk01_11. Trip staff. Back row: Stan DeGroote, John Kiersky, Steve Salky, Jim Lewis, Bill Hensel. Middle row:
Dave Rigby, Don Mendelsohn, Erik Wurtzenfeld, Thorkil Bojlund, Niels Trolle Jensen. Front row: Kirsten Trolle Jensen,
Bob Schreiber, Frank Sachs.
Chicago Tribune reporter Mark Caro (Evanston, IL) wrote The Foie Gras Wars: How a 5,000-Year-Old Delicacy Inspired the World's Fiercest Food Fight, about the influential
chef Charlie Trotter's controversial decision to stop serving foie gras... Steve Kaufmann (Denver/Washington, DC) serves as chief of staff at the Millennium
Challenge Corporation, an independent
U.S. foreign aid organization fighting against global poverty... Lee Rosenberg (Chicago/Washington, DC) is the national president of AIPAC,
where fellow alumnus Jeff Colman (Detroit/Washington, DC) serves as deputy director of policy and governmental affairs... Danny Meyer (St. Louis/New York) and the Union Square Hospitality Group
have opened four concession stands at the Mets' Citi Field. To see Danny pitch the first ball at a Nationals vs. Cardinals game last
spring, go to http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N8LjeIq0qeo...
David Semel
(Highland Park, IL/Los Angeles) is directing Fox's upcoming Cosmos: A Space-Time Odyssey, a remake of Carl Sagan's PBS series... while
brother Drew Semel (Highland Park, IL/Durango, CO) and his wife, Amy, run their own wedding photography business,
IlluminArts...
and big brother Mitch Semel (Highland Park, IL/New York) is general manager for the satirical news organization, The Onion. He
oversees all editorial elements of The Onion, including the newspaper, TheOnion.com, the Onion News Network, two TV shows
("Onion News Network" on IFC and "Onion SportsDome") and other new creative ventures.
1980's
1980_bk01_09: Swim team. Back row: Nancy Keene, Larry Kimmel, Scott Chukerman, unknown, unknown.
Middle row: Mike Barron, unknown, unknown, John Letchinger, unknown, Jim Ringel. Front row: unknown,
Ed Juda, Gary Sircus, unknown, Bob Lifton.
1986_bk01_12. Trip staff. Back row: Eric "Rock" Kramer, Jon Star, Joe Crownhart, Tom Blide, Jeff Mellow, Chris Willett, Steve Ballin.
Front row: Jim Koretz, David Stern, Bob Dubinsky, Judy Weiss, Keith Abeles, Frank Star, Michael Goldman.
On a day off in the middle of that summer, Judy Weiss married Roger Wallenstein and became Judy Wallenstein!
1989_bk01_15. Archery team. Back row: David Lavin, Chris O'Toole-Golovan, Ted Maidenberg, Craig Zimmerman. Front row: Philip Plough,
Jeff Becker, Jim Guest, Brad Kovach, Hector Gonzalez, Ari Mervis.
1980_bk01_09: Swim team. Back row: Nancy Keene, Larry Kimmel, Scott Chukerman, unknown, unknown.
Middle row: Mike Barron, unknown, unknown, John Letchinger, unknown, Jim Ringel. Front row: unknown,
Ed Juda, Gary Sircus, unknown, Bob Lifton.
Jim Feldman (Glencoe, IL/Madison, WI) has written a new book, A Storied Wilderness: Rewilding the Apostle Islands, which focuses on
recognizing the shared roles of people and nature in restoring and maintaining wild places... Bill Friedman (Evanston, IL/Chicago) is
a senior producer for original programming at the Big Ten Network... Michael Gordon (Cincinnati/Washington, DC) has helped in the setup
of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, a new federal agency whose mission is to make consumer financial products safer and easier
to understand, as well as to enforce financial regulations for lenders. He is now the deputy general counsel of the bureau... Jim Guest
(St. Louis) was recently elected to the Board of Governors of the Missouri Bar... Dana Gustafson Regan (Lake Nebagamon, WI/Kansas City)
just released a new eBook, I Can Do It Myself, in the iTunes App Store. She illustrated the book, which was written by her mother
Mary... Joey Lash (Detroit) serves on the board of Tamarack Camps... Jay Riven (Nashville, TN/Dallas, TX) serves as middle school
headmaster of the Parish Episcopal School... Bob Striker (Cincinnati, OH/Twin Cities, MN) has a new job. He is the practice development
director at the Minnesota State Bar Association.
1990's
1991_bk01_03. Buzz Neusteter, E.J. Hahn, Frank Sachs, Adam Kaplan, Richard Armstrong.
1995_bk02_17 Logger 3, second four weeks. Back row: Fernando Weber, Ben Curtiss-Lusher, Brian Zager, Karl Shevick,
Michael Koenig, Tucker Slosburg, Paul Lux, Brad Weidman. Front row: Geoffrey McFarlane, Jeff Goldstein, Nathan Jay,
Michael Saslow, Jeff Nefouse.
1997_bk01_15. Tennis team.
1991_bk01_03. Buzz Neusteter, E.J. Hahn, Frank Sachs, Adam Kaplan, Richard Armstrong.
Dan Adelman (Winnetka, IL/Northbrook, IL) is IT manager/project manager of USA Blue Book, a supplier to water and wastewater treatment
industries... Stephen Barrows (Hopkins, MN/Washington, DC) is a counsel for the Treasury Department... Jonathan Bell (Highland Park, IL/San Diego)
is digital marketing & social media manager at the San Diego Jewish Community Center... Andrew Block (Beachwood, OH/New York) recently
married Carrie Crane (New York) and is the vice president for speaker management at the Harry Walker Agency... Eliot Brown (Pepper Pike,
OH/Charlotte, NC) married Melanie Rousso (Charlotte) this fall and is working as an actuarial technician at Transamerica Reinsurance...
Darrah Feldman (New York) is the founder of In-The-Know Itineraries, a travel guide company based in New York... David Glattstein (Louisville,
KY/Bejing) appeared on the Chinese version of "The Dating Game" and had a flurry of Asian local fame... Ben Katz (Houston, TX/New York)
married Diana Raab (New York) this past spring and is now a vice president at Fortress Investment Group, where he analyzes investment
opportunities in corporate loans... David Nefouse (Louisville, KY/ San Francisco) is a senior associate at Wilson Sonsini, specializing
in representation of publicly-traded companies who are sued in class action securities lawsuits. He also just finished his second
marathon... Peter Orner (Highland Park, IL/San Francisco) has written another novel. Published by Little Brown in November, Love and
Shame and Love follows three generations of the Popper Family in Chicago... Michael Singer (Glencoe, IL/Chicago) has been working for
the past five years at The Marketing Arm, a sports and entertainment promotional agency where he reviews, evaluates, and negotiates
sports and entertainment sponsorships across the country on behalf of AT&T. Mike also recently obtained his master's degree in sports
administration from Northwestern University, and will remain involved with the program as a mentor and guest lecturer. Last year, he
married Sarah Broder, family camper and daughter of alumnus Hugh Broder (Detroit/New York 66-69, 74-75), and sister of alumni
Jake Broder (Farmington Hills, MI/Detroit) and Ben Broder (Farmington Hills, MI/Edmonton, Alberta). Ben is now the game day director
for the Edmonton Oilers hockey team. He works for Aquila Productions, Inc. producing, directing, and overseeing the live entertainment
components of home hockey games. The Broders and Singers were thrilled to return to camp last August for Family Camp 2011... Spencer
Pernikoff (St. Louis/Singapore) is opening an office for the Arch Coal Company in Singapore... Brian Sobel (Riverwoods, IL/Washington,
DC) was on the cover of the May edition of Government Technology Magazine. As one of the winners of the Apps for Democracy 2008 contest,
Brian was included in a follow-up article about government open data programs. Brian is now a (Rambo) Technologist at Ntrepid Corporation,
which provides national security and law enforcement customers with software, hardware, and managed services for cyber operations,
analytics, language technology, and tracking.
2000's
2001_bk01_19. Cross country team. Back row: Michael Singer, Rob Wile, Stephen Woldenberg, Rob Goldberg, Ike Murov,
Eitan Marder-Eppstein, Jesse Rosenbluth, Max Wise, Josh Kotin. First row: Evan Reinstein, Josh Siegel, Julian Jeberaeel,
Alex Neil, David Allan, Aaron Fulton, Mark Schutz, Brandon Kaufmann.
2005_bk02_13. LJ-1 First four weeks. Back row: Charlie Baldwin, Zack Colman. Middle row: Eli Kaplan, Nathaniel Flack,
Jeremy Aronson, Jerry Zuraw. Front row: John Allman, Brett Lewis, Michael Weston-Dawkes, Jared Horvitz.
2008_PBD_06. Boss Loggers (the Paul Bunyan Day equivalent of Pow Wow Day Big Chiefs) wake their teammates in the Axeman Village.
2001_bk01_19. Cross country team. Back row: Michael Singer, Rob Wile, Stephen Woldenberg, Rob Goldberg, Ike Murov,
Eitan Marder-Eppstein, Jesse Rosenbluth, Max Wise, Josh Kotin. First row: Evan Reinstein, Josh Siegel, Julian Jeberaeel,
Alex Neil, David Allan, Aaron Fulton, Mark Schutz, Brandon Kaufmann.
Charlie Baldwin (Chicago) is a research analyst for Technomic, Inc., a firm which specializes in food service research. He does
consumer research on food and menu trends... Charlie Barrows (Oak Park, IL/Seattle) is pursuing a Ph.D. in inorganic chemistry at
the University of Washington... Chris Cabatbat (Portland, OR) is a business intelligence developer for
MercyCorps.org, providing
technology solutions for fundraisers and marketing groups of nonprofits. In addition, Chris serves as a field photographer for
the organization... Zack Colman (West Bloomfield, MI/Los Angeles) is an associate producer at the Disney Interactive Media Group,
working on the website Disney Movies Online... Robert Kurtzman (Chicago/Los Angeles) is pursuing a Ph.D. in economics at UCLA after
two years as a research assistant at the Federal Reserve Board... Henry Pulitzer (New Orleans) is owner/operator of Geaux Plates,
a food truck serving up hot eats all over New Orleans... Cody Zalk (Boulder, CO/New York) received his master of architecture degree
from Columbia University.
back to top > Our Productive Alumni
We welcome these new additions to the camp family and congratulate their proud alumni parents.
Tiffany and Ken Broda (Columbus, GA, 81-85, 87), Carla
Brooke and Steve Fisher (Clayton, MO/Forest Hill, MD, 80-85, 88-90, 93), Rylee
Amy and Dan Maidenberg (Grand Forks, ND/Piedmont, CA, 86-92, 94), Eden Jasmina
Emily Scott and Jonathan May (Memphis, 94-98, 00-01, 05-06), Holden Kennedy
Linh Hua and Jeremy Pressman (Olivette, MO/San Ramon, CA, 86-88), Ian Wei-Chaing
Dina and Brice Rosenbloom (Louisville, KY/New York, 84-90, 93-94), Lazer Ayler
Erin and David Schonthal (Glencoe, IL/Los Angeles, 88-92, 94-95), Annabel
Jason and Elisha (Schoelzel) Winters (Poplar, WI/Rochester, MN, 99-00, 03-05), Linus James
back to top > We are Sad to Report
We are sad to report these deaths in the camp family.
Fred Arnstein, Jr. (St. Louis, 39-40, 43-44) Frank Baer (Charleston, WV, 39-43) Richard Carlson (Duluth, MN/Twin Cities, 62-63) Carl Fawcett (Albuquerque, 58-59, 62-63, 65-68) John Mann (St. Louis, 79) John Grossman (Cincinnati, OH/Portsmouth, NH, 44-51)
back to top > Out of the Mailbag
When the Keylog was printed on paper, we had limited room for your letters and emails in the "Out of the Mailbag" column. Now that
we are online, we have more room! Send letters or emails about camp memories, funny coincidences, things you learned at camp
that are serving you well in your life now, etc. Send them to alumni@campnebagamon.com
or to a friendly camp director past or present.
After attending Family Camp last summer, Joe Jankowsky (Tulsa, OK/Oklahoma City, 47-52) wrote, "When I walked into camp, it
was like I had never left. When one of the young campers asked me when was I there as a camper, and I answered 'about sixty-five years
ago,' it hit me how long ago it was and yet how same everything seemed. It is very difficult to explain to anyone who has not been
privileged to attend Camp Nebagamon, the impact it has on our lives. Not just the summer's experience, but the values you learn and
the friendships you make that are very important lifelong."
Wrote John Kupper (Milwaukee/Chicago, 70-76) to Nardie and Sally last winter. "I still trace my career in politics back to running
the CN political convention in 1976. Don't know if you remember, but Jerry Brown was the winner. And now he is again governor of
California." [John is senior partner at AKPD Message and Media in Chicago. Yes, the AKPD that helped elect President Obama in 2008.]
From an email Reed Maidenberg (Marion, IN/Santa Rosa, CA, 59-64, 67) wrote to some camp friends last winter,
"Hello all, while
sitting with a colleague at work today we started first discussing weird Scrabble words. From there we went to Yiddish: schmuck,
farshimmelt, etc. My much younger friend started singing the theme from [the television show] Laverne and Shirley, which
apparently starts, 'One, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight/Schlemeel, schlemazel, hasenfeffer incorporated'...I
looked it up (we had some time to kill...) and then that chant got me wondering about the camp chant:
Bo bo skadeeten dotten
Wha dab chew!
Ish kabibble be hoten doten
Bo bo skadeeten dotten
Wha da chew!
"I found a fascinating number of variants on this chant [on the Internet], and learned that Ish Kabibble was a jazz musician
from the 1930s and 1940s. His real name was Merwyn Bogue, he played cornet, and his name is derived from a Yiddish phrase
meaning 'I should worry?' (What, Me Worry?)
"I again marveled at the crazy power of the Internet in digging out and illuminating such arcane references."
A crew of fellow alumni joined the Schram family. From left: Jeff Schram, Andrew Schram, Mike Weinberg III, Andy Bloom, Rabbi Ken Kanter,
Bud Schram, Tony Blumberg, Bud Herzog, Jim Hensel.
From Bud Schram (Highland Park, IL/Boston, 54-69) about a family trip to Chicago, "Peggy, Jeff (Boston, 97-02, 04, 06) and I
visited Andrew (Boston/Chicago, 94-99) in Chicago last weekend [May 13, 2011] and surprised Ken Kanter (Chicago/Cincinnati, 62-66, 69-76)
by showing up at Temple Beth Israel in Skokie Friday evening. He was the Scholar in Residence and did his Jews on Tin Pan Alley presentation."
And then from Ken Kanter himself, we heard this great story: "This High Holy Day season I had the privilege of conducting Rosh Hashanah
and Yom Kippur services for Kehillat Beijing, the 'progressive' synagogue of Beijing, China. While there, I co-officiated a service with
the Chabad Orthodox congregation... Upon leaving the service, walking with the young man who serves part-time as program director for the
Beijing congregation, I asked him about the college students I had just been talking to. He said he did not know them, but that one was
working in Hong Kong and the other was in Beijing. The Hong Kong man's name was Jadwin. I responded that I wondered if he was related to
Ted 'TJ' Jadwin. I introduced myself to him and asked if he was from Chicago. Incredulous, he asked why. I said that I had a friend from
many years ago with whom I had gone to camp. 'You went to Camp Nebagamon?' he asked. 'SO DID I!' The young man's name is Ari Jadwin
(Chicago/Hong Kong, 96-02)!
1953 or 1954 on Cruiser Day. Back row: Bob Rose, Steve Davis, Bunky Harris, Bill Rosenthal. Front row: Bill Goldenberg,
Sabah Al-Jadooa (with pipe), and unknown.
"To add to the 'two degrees of separation,' the next morning I flew back to the U.S. to officiate at the wedding of another Camp Nebagamon
alum, Michael Jones(Nashville, 91-94, 97-99)... Michael and his groomsman Max Gerson (Cleveland 94-95, 98-02) turned out to be counselors
at CN for Ari! Great story that the sun never sets on the alumni of Camp Nebagamon!"
Camp photographer extraordinaire and Family Camp regular for decades, Joe Kirkish (Houghton, 52-58) sent this fun photo from his own camp
albums of some campers and counselors on a Cruiser Day or some other similar day in 1953 or 1954. For whatever reason, this one didn't make
the official albums.
Happy golfers. It was the blue team versus the red team. From left: Rick Cohn (not an alumnus), Bill Glassman, Ronny Sklar, and Chuck Cahn.
Writes Ronny Sklar (Ruleville, MS/Memphis, 59-70), "Bill Glassman (Mt Vernon, IL/St. Louis, 59-64, 69), Chuck Cahn (Selma, AL/New York, 67-69),
and I got together this fall to indulge in those well known Southern pastimes of golf, football, and barbeque. We met in Birmingham and played
the famous Robert Trent Jones Golf Trail. We [also] made the pilgrimage to Tuscaloosa to watch the mighty Alabama Crimson Tide football team
dismantle the University of Arkansas (Whoooee Pig Soooee ... sorry Nards), and ate barbequed swine from state line to state line."
1958 LJ-4 reunion. Back row: Gene Dattel, Licia Hahn, Jim Holden, Pat Eastman, Tom Bettman, Jeff Eastman, Anne Joseph, Fred Joseph, Anne
Forrestel. Front row: Don Solomon, John Steiner.
From Gene Dattel (Ruleville, MS/New York, 54-61, 66) to Nardie and Sally last summer about a trip to Estes Park, CO with his cabin
mates (and some spouses) from LJ-4 in 1958: "Well, it was great. Lots of laughter, comradeship, emotion, stories. We really reconnected.
Each life story was appealing. [My wife] Licia enjoyed the guys and the three women immensely. I am still processing the experience... From
the first moment, there was humor and affection, the way old buddies can banter. And, of course, there were camp stories.
"[We made] a toast to the departed Tony Husch, an amazing entrepreneur who captured the cabin spirit... We are planning another reunion next year."
Cabin mates and long-time trip partners Jeff Goldenberg and David Michel.
From Mitch Semel (Highland Park, IL/New York 69-74, 76-77) in September, "I was at a business meeting yesterday at the Big Ten sports TV network.
At the end one of their guys says, 'Did you go to Camp Nebagamon?' Who asked? Evanston's own Bill Friedman (Evanston, IL/Chicago 85-89, 91). Funny
thing is he never crossed at camp with my brothers, cousins, or me. He recognized my name from my Big Trip plaque."
Writes Jeff Goldenberg (Minneapolis, 75-80), "For the first time since 1986, the [Quetico] trip was just David Michel (Chicago/Boston 75-80)
and yours truly. This was our 27th consecutive annual trip. We started in the summer of 1985 between our sophomore and junior years in college
and have not stopped." [Additional alumni joined them other years.]
back to top > 2011 Photo of Alumni at Family Camp
We had another great Family Camp last summer.
Back row: Mark Wittcoff, Joseph Jankowsky, Craig Jankowsky, Jeff Jankowsky, Jim Koretz, Hank Crane, Bill Hensel, Ken Heldman,
John Altshool, Tucker Slosburg, Joseph Tisch, Alex Gordon, Larry Rivkin. Middle row: Bruce Rogen, Mike Singer, John Montag,
Ned Montag, Hugh Broder, Tony Blumberg, Tom Shapira, Buddy Herzog, Jim Guest, David Serwer, Steve Apter, Dick Meyerhardt.
Front row: Bob Striker, Joel Shapira, Ben Broder, Adam Kaplan, Danny Slosburg, Sam Slosburg, Charlie Barrows, Jake Kessler, Joey Laskin.
Not pictured: Allen Bennett, Adam Bezark, John Bezark, Jake Broder, Matt Berler, Mark Caro, Ralph Greil, Jaime Hensel, Andy Mack,
Steve Rivkin, Jon Rogen, Amy Rusch, Grace Slosburg, Nardie Stein, Sally Lorber Stein.
If you guessed that this was the Fish Shack, you were right. Big How!
It was not a good summer for this building. Heavy straight-line winds on the night of Friday, July 1st made for a dramatic evening at
camp and throughout Northwestern Wisconsin where strong winds and a tornado in nearby Solon Springs caused widespread damage.
Surprisingly, the drama pictured here happened the next morning. As Adam wrote in his blog, "When I stepped out of the shower at 6:15 a.m.,
I took a moment to look out of [the Little House's] terrific picture windows that display the beautiful wooded area just behind our house.
It is all forest out there, except for one small structure, the Fish Shack. As I stood in the living room... I heard a crack, and then I saw
a giant basswood tree come crashing down... crushing much of the Fish Shack."
For those of you not familiar with this tiny building, here's some background. Built in 1946 for the express purpose of cleaning fish,
this shack had running water and just enough space for one or two people to clean fish, and a few more to watch in delight or horror as
the realities of being at the top of the food chain sink in. For many years, proud fishermen could clean their catch (sometimes with
considerable help), march up the hill to the camp kitchen, give their gutted fish to the camp cook, and be rewarded with a deliciously
breaded and fried fish at breakfast the next morning. Recalls campcraft director and enthusiastic fisherman, Rand Shapiro
(St. Louis, 65-69, 71-75, 08-11), "It was truly a badge of honor to carry that plate full of fish through the Rec Hall... everyone
congratulated you and, naturally, wanted a taste."
In recent years, the Fish Shack saw less use. Perhaps fewer people know how to clean fish, or maybe it is a result of the growing
appeal of catch and release. In recent years, the fishing and campcraft projects ran some joint programs for budding fishermen. As
Rand describes it, "The way it worked was that [the fishing counselor] would bring his project to CNOC for a couple of periods. Campers
gathered around me and I instructed as we cleaned... and cooked fish... in a hot cast iron skillet with butter and olive oil." Campers
now still get that uniquely primal and locavore experience, with a cooking lesson thrown in as well.
What is the fate of the Fish Shack? Time will tell. The tree has now been cleared, but the verdict is still out on whether the building has been totaled.
So, did you recognize that snippet of the sign on the Fish Shack? If so, here's your candy line!
back to top > Thank You Recent Donors to the Camp Nebagamon Scholarship Fund
The Camp Nebagamon Scholarship Fund provides life-changing camping experiences for children who live with poverty in their homes and
communities, and/or physical, cognitive or psychological disabilities. Contributions support tuition scholarships at non-profit camps
that are uniquely qualified to change the lives of such children through recreation, friendship, and experiences that cultivate skills
and values needed for success in life. The CN Scholarship Fund gratefully acknowledges donations from April 1 to September 30, 2011 from:
Allen Bennett
Blake School Social Studies Dept.
Peter & Randal Bloch
Susan & Tony Blumberg
Ronald Borod
Liz & John Breyer, Jr.
L.D. Brodsky
Jane & Jon Davis
Jessie Stein Diamond & Scott Diamond
Steve Ehrlich
Gail & Dick Elden
Laura & Bill Freeman
Bill Friedman
William Friedman
Bobbie & Mark Gutman
Barbara & Dan Herz
Joe Herz
Hazel & Bud Herzog
Victor Hirsch
Sara & Mitch Hoffman
Joseph Family Charitable Trust
Fred Joseph
Ken Kanter
Blair Kaplan
Jane Stein Kerr & Euan Kerr
Heide & Jim Klein
Stu Kornfeld
Carol & Chuck Long, Jr.
Linda & Eric Lucy
Micki & Dick Meyerhardt
Nancy & Buzz Neusteter
Jerry Newman
Sandra & Arthur Pulitzer
Cindy Letzt & Jon Rogen
Marya & Anthony Rose
Carol Murphy & Bill Rosenthal
D. A. Sachs III
Steve Salky
Sally Lorber Stein & Nardie Stein
Margo King & John Steiner
Adam & Deborah Winick
A 2005 camper studies the Camp Nebagamon Scholarship Fund Board, which displays information about recipient camps.
back to top >
There is more information on the Camp Nebagamon Charities web site www.cncharities.org! This site is dedicated to
both the Camp Nebagamon Scholarship Fund and Camperships For Nebagamon (CFN). Here, you can learn about different
donation options, read about each charity, see if you qualify for CFN Legacy Society, and more.
Thank You Recent Donors to Camperships for Nebagamon
A wider spectrum of campers has attended Camp Nebagamon thanks to the contributions of these donors to Camperships to
Nebagamon from April 1 to September 30, 2011.
Lisa & Andy Aronson
Elizabeth & Andy Baer
Robert & Lynn Behrendt
Allen Bennett
Howard & Rhoda Bernstein
Rosemary & Frank Bloom
Lisa & Paul Blumberg
Susan & Tony Blumberg
Liz & John Breyer, Jr.
L.D. Brodsky
Linda & Don Brown
Andy Cohen
Sherman Cohen
Samatha Conrad
Ben Cronin
Jane & Jon Davis
Jon Dreifus
Elizabeth Moss & Bill Dubinsky
Mark Edison
Steve Ehrlich
Nate Engle
Barbara & Richard Fried
Bill Friedman
William Friedman
Phyllis & Glenn Gerstell
Nina Questal & Harry Glasspiegel
Stephanie Riven & Roger Goldman
Janice Anderson & Tom Gram
Bobbie & Mark Gutman
Paula Hassinger
Nancy Hensel
Barbara & Dan Herz
Joe Herz
Lou Heyman
Carol & Richard Hillsberg
Cathy & Rick Hirschmann
Anne Ledell-Hong & Nhat Hong
Jim Horwich
Clare Saulnier & Stephen Howard
Amy & Jim Kalishman
Ken Kanter
Benjamin Katz
Carol Kiersky
Heide & Jim Klein
Roberta De Araujo & Ron Kreisman
Janet & John Kupper
Kerrie Maloney Laytin & Dan Laytin
Karen Dukess & Steven Liesman
Kay & Arthur Loomstein
Linda & Eric Lucy
Norah Moak & Matt Meadows
Marina Melberg
Mary O'Toole Mellow & Jeff Mellow
Joe Mendelsohn
Julia Gittleman & Tom Mendelsohn
Deborah & David Mendelson
Gene Mesh
Micki & Dick Meyerhardt
Deborah & Morris Miller
John Moss
Albert Myers
Teena & Mike Myers
Cynthia Wachtell & Jeff Neuman
Renee & Joel Posener
Marcia Kaplan & Michael Privitera
Sandra & Arthur Pulitzer
Ruth Rosen
Carol Murphy & Bill Rosenthal
Eli Rothenberg-Lehrer
Chris & Frank Sachs
Joni Santini
Joseph Shlaferman
Lucy & Eric Slosser
Sue & Bob Smith
Estelle & Morton Sosland
Nancy Chasen & Don Spero
Barbara & Frank Star
Sally & Nardie Stein
Robert Stein
Irv Stenn
The Klein Family Foundation
Susan & David Weber
Harriet & Paul Weinberg
Adam & Deborah Winick
Cleo Zalk
Vicky & James Zimmerman
This sign, which faces the Big House porch, states that "THIS SHALL BE A PLACE OF WELCOME FOR ALL"
in the languages of all of our international staff and campers through the years.
After attending Family Camp last summer, Joe Jankowsky (Tulsa, OK/Oklahoma City, 47-52) wrote, "When I walked into camp, it
was like I had never left. When one of the young campers asked me when was I there as a camper, and I answered 'about sixty-five years
ago,' it hit me how long ago it was and yet how same everything seemed. It is very difficult to explain to anyone who has not been
privileged to attend Camp Nebagamon, the impact it has on our lives. Not just the summer's experience, but the values you learn and
the friendships you make that are very important lifelong."
