The Argus

Volume 65 Issue 2
Friday, August 20, 2004

Camp Shohola
105 Weber Road
Greeley, PA 18425

Duncan Barger- Executive Director
Adrian Hazell- Co-Director

Phone: 570 685-7186
Fax: 570 685-4563
http://www.shohola.com
E-Mail: office@shohola.com

Argus Administration
Matthew Schnall- Editor and Chief
David Booth- Counselor Advisor
Andy Edwardes- Assistant Editor
Tom Gibson - Supervision and HTML
Cover- Dave Booth
Illustrations- Hector Vasquez

The Shohola “S” Winners
Ben Elkind - Cabin 13 August
Alfonso Dominguez - Cabin 5 August
David Hecker - Cabin 16 August
Roberto Pardo - Cabin 4 August
Bryan Onley - Cabin 16 August
Evan Wilner - Cabin 1 July
Jose Carlos Falomir - Cabin 3 July
Mac Ackerman - Cabin 12 July
Philip Ayers - Cabin 12 July
Ethan Hun - Cabin 12 July
Alex Basil - Cabin 13 July
Sam Rashin - Cabin 13 July
Sam Tercek - Cabin 13 July
Mike Wadden - Cabin 15 July
Pablo Martin - Cabin 16 July



We Remember So Well

Ice Cream Wagon, It’s Not a boat, Duncan Barger rattlesnake wrangler, Ismael Rescue drill on the hill, July 5th Pine Forest 13-U Baseball home victory, Savior Fork, Silence of the Fawns, Danny Shulkin “Poison Ivy”, Mad Greeley Sailor rescues Mandy’s papers, 2 Weekers, 4 Weekers, Middle 4 weekers, first 6, second 6 and 8 weekers, Sparrow note books, One small Mandy, Sam Stein jumps fire and survives barley, Biddy dance party, Inspection scores cheerleader style, Jenni gets peed on by Jesse/Ethan, Dance at 7:55 AM, Lower camp dance on the hill, Camp Shohola “Stay Classy”, CITs get schooled by Jordan H-C, Max DeCarlo rowboat mishap, Rumack loses dignity, Counselor CIT basketball, Raining, What!?! Yeah!?! Okay!?!,  Modern Dining Hall Art, Counselor CIT basketball rematch, Only 6 Working seniors, People get pied at carnival, Booth Camo, Lower Camp who are Milnor and Bobby G?, The Apache Jump on it, Lubben gives away five year sweatshirt, Cabin Ken, Gabe is back, Rope course jump, Stopped by cop at Baron’s game, Elliot William turns off power while “We Remember So Well” is being typed, Bad joke day,  Still Raining ,Poetry Day, Hat Day, Balloon Hats, Worst OD ever, Working Seniors get raided, Water front on the hill, No more benches, Gibby in a box, Pedro plays classical Piano, Charis and the Microphone, Mr. and Mrs. Mirco-midget get dirty, GA-GA goes missing, 1985 pennies at banquet, 4 hour canoe trip takes 45 minutes,  Dave Seskins an OD? Shohola Blue, ACA checks over emergency procedures …really, counselor tunnel mishap... the monkey lives, Rob (Roberta) cross dresses at the dance, More Rain, FLOOD!!!! 15, 16 evacuate, where is the bridge?, George Quiles, Shoot da Freak Camp Shohola come in second at Shohola Netemus horse show but we looked better, Sam Stein laughs out loud remembering Ethan Schimt mistaking hair gel for sun tan lotion last year, Casino Night, Texas Hold'em, Nurse Debbie administers epi-pen to herself, Good idea getting your hair cut by Joe Barber bad idea getting you hair cut by Joe Pollinger, No Strings Cabin 16, Danger Beware Nurses Dock, Good Idea maple tree hugging Bad Idea maple syrup chugging, Camp Shohola goes whole summer without damaging a vehicle... O I guess that was typed yesterday, How many 21 year old can't drive, Rugby Biggest class in Shohola history… next to riflery, Lee goes water skiing... without skies,  Apache race event #20 waking up Alex Morales, Good Idea rowing in the lake bad Idea Row duty in the lake, Campfire, Banquet breakfast on the hill, the Shohola S and all of the other great memories of summer 2004.


Dedication

    The Working Seniors and I have decided to dedicate this edition of the Argus to Mr. David  Booth. Booth was this year's staff advisor to the editor. He has been an amazing help to the editor of the Argus this year, Matt Schnall.  However, he is also a role model to many campers. He is responsible for keeping many of the traditions of Camp Shohola alive.  He starts many of the chants that we hear every day in the dinning hall. If not for him the dining hall would just would not be the same.
    Within a couple days of the beginning of the second session this year, Booth was already in the cabin encouraging us to pick an editor of the Argus.  He wanted this edition to be amazing.
    
By Eric Lubben


Assistant-Editors Thoughts

    This year was a great year at camp. Even though we had a very small group of people and lots of rain we still had fun.  The green and white competition was very close and could have gone to either team till white’s war canoe touched the raft.  The green and white captains along with the four other working seniors were working hard all year to do what normal twenty people do with six.  And Matt Schnall worked especially hard being white captain and Argus editor.   I think the Argus is an important camp tradition.  It brings the camper together to work toward one common goal of creating a good Argus.  I would like to thank all the staff and campers this year for making this my best summer at Camp Shohola.

By Andy Edwardes

White Speech

We Won! And I am very proud of everybody and so is Christian. But over this brief two-week span of being your captain I have realized that color war is not as much about the winning as it is about the “we”. This competition is not about one side or the other winning, it is about all of us gathering together to scream and yell for the color, either green or white, that we hold so close to our hearts. The camp, the “we”, is what makes this competition so great and so fun for all of us.
 During Green White events everyone on camp comes together to watch and cheer on their team. During the Olympics everyone gathers for the first green white event to watch those first races as the excitement begins. Then Mystery Marathon, were we all chase after bumper stickers like they were gold, because they have 4 points attached to them. Then with half of the season done we have the quizzes. Where all of a sudden Dave Seskin’s feet look a little more appealing, because rubbing them will get your team 50 points.  Then the horse-show, where the riders get their chance to shine. Then we have the counselor hunt and swim meet.  Then the excitement of color war ends when everyone gathers on the beach to the war canoes head for home, in the last moments of the Apache Race. During these event there is not any other constant then the mass gathering of campers to celebrate how much they love this camp and there team.
That is what Green White is about. Not winning the competition. It is about being together as a camp to compete and have fun.
It takes everybody to make this happen counselors and campers and thank you for making this such a great year. I would like to thank especially Mark for organizing the events and Rob for organizing the green team.  I would also like to thank Senior Staff for their help in organizing the events. Also all of the counselors who took time out of their already busy schedules to organize. Also all of the campers on the Green and White teams for making this a great competition this year by showing up and yelling your all until you couldn’t any more at every single event.

By Matt Schnall


Basketball

    There are three different age groups of basketball classes.  There is 11 under, 13 under and 15 under.  The classes are run like team practices.  We start out by stretching and running a few laps.  After that we run a few simple passing and shooting drills followed by suicides.  Once were done all that we play games of five on five.  We practice like a team for Pike County basketball games where we go to other camps and play them or they come to are camp to play.

    Our teachers and coaches are Ruben Ortiz, Ryan Levan, Josh Fleishman, and Jorge Quiles.  They push us hard in class and make us do tough drills, so we are ready for Pike County.  And even though they push us hard in class we still have fun playing games and practicing.

By Andy Edwardes


Maintenance

The main guy in charge of maintenance is Kamil. He does all the fixing around Camp Shohola. He shingles rooftops, fixes the ramps at the skate park, fixes anything around camp that is broken besides body parts. If you need anything to be fixed ask him because he is the man to get things done around camp.

By Anonymous

Canoeing

    One of my favorite classes is canoeing because we paddle to Blueberry Island. We capsize a lot; it is very fun. One time we went in the river and called it extreme canoeing. The next month we had a class called extreme canoeing. You do a lot of capsizing. When we capsize to turn our self back over we put one boat on tome of another boat to get the water out. Then we flip the boat back to the right side. Shona and Reade are the counselors. They will help you a lot with turning and ways to paddle.

By Imlam Caping

Silk Screening

    Silk Screening is good because it is fun to design clothes. Before I came to camp I never knew what silk screening was. I am really glad that they offer this class
    You should take this class because you could individualize your clothes to fit your taste. Silk screening allows you to gain new talents. Silk screen is easy on my part I personally recommend that you try it.

By Tom Karam

Silver Shop

My favorite part about silver shop is that you can make really cool stuff out of silver. It’s fun to make rings and chains. You can also make gold and sliver rings. It’s also fun because you get to use tools, and learn how to use them. That is why you should try silver shop.

By Anonymous

International Food Night

    This year at international food night there wasn’t as many countries as there has been in the past, but the food was great as usual. I especially enjoyed the Mexican food. I really like it, because I love Mexican food. I am looking forward to next year’s international food night.

By Joe Polinger

Banquet

This years banquet was really well done.  The food was great like always.  We had turkey, stuffing, mashed potatoes, peas, nuts, mints, gravy, fruit, cranberry and ice cream for dessert.  After dinner the green and white captains made their speeches.  We had the awards ceremony where campers got recognized for being most outstanding and most improved in their classes.  And we ended with Argus dedication to and we remember so well.

By Andy Edwardes

Horseback Ridding

    In riding class at Shohola, we learn tons of techniques on a horse. We learn to walk, trot, canter, and jump. We go on trail rides and sometimes we go swimming with the horses. We learn to go bareback too.
    We also learn how to put on the saddle and bridal. Every 6th period we learn how to feed the horses and clean the barn. Horseback riding is great; I ride 6 periods a week.

By Matt Seskin

Web Design
    
    Wed design is a great class.  The point is to use HTML to design a web site.  Madison is our counselor and teaches us HTML to help us create our web sites’.  We learn tags, which gives the computer commands on how to display the web site.  You can even come during your free time to work on your web site. Web design is my favorite class.

By Jon Helman




Windsurfing

Windsurfing is an awesome sport where you’re free to do anything you would like to do.  You can swim near your board, or try windsurfing, the best you can.  You go really fast if the wind blows hard against the sail.  I love windsurfing, and will take it next year if I get the chance too.

It’s kind of scary when you get on the board the first time.  It’s also really hard to keep your balance. One of the hardest things to do is pull the sail out from under water.  If you succeed in that then, you have to hold the sail so it does not fall back down.  Overall its an awesome class that I won’t forget.

By Lev Ioffe

Sailing

Sailing involves a sail, rudder, a mast, and boat. In sailing you learn how to sail, it’s pretty easy.  When we get to sailing class they show us how to sail.  The first thing you learn is that if you the rudder left you go right and if you turn the rudder right you go left.  Then the consolers show you how to put the centerboard in.

Then you swim the boat out.  Then you pull the mast up and unfold the sail.  Then you put the rudder in the water.  You never want the sail to be parallel with the wind, always have it slanted a little.  It is really fun to go sailing when it is windy.  You can tell if its windy by looking at grass, trees or just looking to see if the lake has ripple on it.  Sailing is quite easy but it is very fun.

By Jake Berman

Shohola S

The Shohola S is the most honorable, prestigious, and noteworthy award at Camp Shohola.  It is given out at the final campfire to the best campers.  The campers who win this award are always on time to class and give it there all.  They don’t curse.  Show caring and kindness to all, will help when ever asked, and show great leadership qualities.

By Andy Edwardes

Babysitters

The babysitters here at camp Shohola are very well trained. They look after Adrian, Duncan, and Gales kids. They take the kids to the waterfront and basically all over camp so the little toddlers have fun while their parents are working. Without the babysitters camp would be very hard to run because the directors would always be getting interrupted and not a lot would be accomplished here at camp.

By Anonymous



Pottery

Pottery here is very fun and it is easy to learn with our pottery teacher Ann.  She is a very kind woman.  She always likes to help kids and she has the most practice out of anyone I have ever seen.  She does not only have kids do pots on the wheel she has slabs to so kids who do not like to work on the wheel can still make something.  She shows kids the different kinds of tools used in pottery.  How to use the tools and when to use them.  She teaches them to make a pot and encourages them to practice even when they are discouraged.  Pottery is fun in the sense that you could pretty much make any thing you want.  You can mold the clay into what ever shape of form you desire.

 By Kevin Garwood

Dining Hall

The dining hall is one of the most important places in camp.  Its where we eat three times a day.  But the dining hall wouldn't be such a great place if it were not for the cooks Marnita and Liz for making such great meals and the non-cabin staff for keeping the dining hall clean for every meal.  and the dish room staff for giving us clean plates and utensils to eat with.  Finally, Cathy Gibson-Smith who runs the dining hall.  She has to order food and other things for the dining hall.  Without all these people the dining hall wouldn’t be such a wonderful place.

By Andy Edwardes

Laundry

The two ladies that do a very important job around camp are Olga and Yuliya. They do the laundry. A very smelly job around camp but in the end they make it smell clean. They wash your clothes and have them ready the next day along with three other cabins. They work very hard till late at night. Olga and Yuliya get up very early to start on the clothes also.

By Anonymous

Kayaking Trips

    
    Every year at Camp Shohola the tripping staff takes the campers out on the river to put their Kayaking skills to the test. The more advanced kayakers conquer river in the class III range, while beginners can have their first white-water experience on the swift Lackawaxen. The most advanced can take the play boats out for a spin and surf them on the standing waves that appear on most rivers.

    Kayaking trips range from a half day to a full three-day experience. The Delaware and Lackawaxen Rivers are the destinations for most of the one-day trips. These rivers offer an array of class I and II white-water. Many of the younger campers go out the first time on one of these rivers.

After a couple time on one of these river many campers choose the venture on to the more difficult Sacandaga River. This is a three-day trip during which the campers run the river 4 times, often stopping to surf the huge standing waves. “The Sacandaga trip was very fun. It really allowed me to work and my surfing and river running abilities,” said participant Matthew Schnall.

The Kayak tripping program is a very special part of Camp Shohola that allows the campers to have great experiences. The trips are open to all, from the most inexperienced to the most advanced kayakers. Trips allow Camp Shohola kayakers to take their Kayaking ability to the next level.

By Matthew Schnall


Banquet

This years banquet was really well done.  The food was great like always.  We had turkey, stuffing, mashed potatoes, peas, nuts, mints, gravy, fruit, cranberry and ice cream for dessert.  After dinner the green and white captains made their speeches.  We had the awards ceremony where campers got recognized for being most outstanding and most improved in their classes.  And we ended with Argus dedication to and we remember so well.

By, Andy Edwardes

 Red Barons Game

Red Barons game this year was fun.  This was one of the most exciting games i have seen in my six years at camp.  The barons were down for most of the game till the last innings when they began to make an amazing comeback but in the end they lost like always.  Even though they lost we still had fun.  We did a bunch of camp songs and did a few chants.  Also we finally after about 15 tries got a wave across the stadium and back a few times.  We also ran around the stadium till the police stopped us :(.  And every one
got over priced food and drinks.  We ended the night by watching the fire works, which were awesome.

By Andy Edwardes

NHL Championship

    Monday August 16, 2004 the upper camp NHL championship happened. There were a total of 4 teams to play in league this year.
    Game 1- In the first game it was the Lubbenators came out victorious over the Green Trees. The Lubbenators goalie had shutdown Quin Trigg, which was the key to their success in the game. The game went into overtime in the fight for third place. In overtime, Sam Weinstock scored, the final goal, to seal the Green Tree's fate of a forth place finish.
    Game 2- In the championship game there were goals, assists, saves, great plays, and injuries. It was a good game between the Fuzzy Caterpillars and Le Chita Y Dormir. The game started out pretty bad for the Fuzzy Caterpillars, until they had a goalie switch. Paul Becker then was goalie for the Fuzzy Caterpillars. There was an injury on the pavement when Andy Edwardes was hit in the face and chipped his tooth. The Fuzzy Caterpillars then brought in Quin Trigg, who had 2 goals. There were 2 hat tricks in the game. Bryan Onley and Kevin Long both had hat tricks home for Le Chita Y Dormir. Le Chita Y Dormir's captain, Frenado Leposse, was ecstatic when his team won the championship.

By Kevin Long



Lower Office

The office will always be ready to help you in any situation. They are there for you if you need to take out money, if you need to talk to someone, also if you need to reach your parents for any reason necessary. When you go into the lower office the people you would usually see in there are Duncan, Adrian, Gale, Ali B., Sam and last but not least Holly. Gale is the person you want to see if you are interested in taking out money of your envelope or your camper account. Holly is the person you want to see if you are interested in purchasing anything at the wonderful camp store. Duncan and Adrian and Ali B. are the people you want to see if you are having any trouble with anybody in your cabin, if you have any concerns or anything in private you would like to discuss with someone. Because they will listen and try as hard as they can to make your summer here at Shohola the best summer you will ever have.

By Anonymous



Infirmary

The infirmary is a place you go when you get hurt, when you are sick, when you have a tick, or jus when you think something is wrong. Helen will always be able to help you out no matter what the problem may be. She always takes her time making sure she cleans any wound or does anything to you carefully. She always has a funny personality no matter what the situation is to make you feel better.

By Anonymous

Archery

    In archery we work on are stance and how we hold the bow along with are accuracy.  We practice shooting from 15 yards mostly and sometimes 30yards.   We usually shot five arrows then five more each turn.  Some times we shot balloons or hats.  Most of the times we use recurve bows but some people are aloud to use compound bows if they are good enough.  Booth is are teacher and reminds use to square are feet and helps us if we need help.
By Andy Edwardes

Camp Store


Two ladies that will always have smiles on their faces and will always be ready to help run the camp store. Gale and Holly run the Camp Shohola store. They have some really cool products and clothing running from toothpaste to sweatshirts. They have basically any necessity that you need during your time hear at camp. The store got some really cool shorts with the Camp Shohola logo on the right bottom leg.

By Anonymous

Word War Three

    In word war three class Mike Green teaches all the students the basics of argument. He explains the importance of ethos, pathos, and logos. With these three elements of the standard argument you can win any verbal confrontation, even if you are completely wrong and you know it.          Word War III is awesome!

By Rob Bortner


Debbie Akerman 5 Marwell, Weskerham, Kent, England deborahakerman26@hotmail.com
Ken Baldino 30 Brook Lane, Mountain Top, PA, 18707 kbaldin@hotmail.com
Holly Barger 111 Remuda Dr. 2223 Hemlock Farms holly6@shohola.com
Shona Blackwell 1224 Bethlehem Pk. Philly 19031 blackwellshona@hotmail.com
Dave Booth 3041 Green Meadow Lane  West Minster MD 21158 dbooth@carr.org
Luis Buenrostro Zacatertros #46 San Miguel De Allende G70 Mexico luisbuenon@hotmail.com
Richard Chown 14 Neville Close Peckham London England SE15 5UE
Ismael Codesal Nicolas Salmenon 28, II, 47004 Valladolid, Spain
Tris Cotterill Lower Stone Farm, Lower Stone, Berkeley, Glos England G13 90J triscotterill@hotmail.com
Anne Dilker HCI, Box 463 A, Lakeville, PA 18438 clayart@ptd.net
Reade Etheringten 1563 North Valley road, Malvern PA, 19355 Retheringten2002@yahoo.com
Kamil Danielis 94 Ceskych legii Nove Mesto nad Metuji kdanielis@yahoo.com
Adriana Deigado-Loyola 1 A.P 892, San Miguel De Aliende, GTO. 37700 Mexico Adriana@addiseno.com
Anthony Delany adelany1@hotmail.com
Jaime Duerta Condor 412 col. Las Aguilas 01710 Mexico D.F volcom_reef_surf@hotmail.com
Jane Felmming jolley_janey@yahoo.com
Joshua Fleishman 1 Christian  street unit #15, Philadelphia, PA 19147 AirFleish23@aol.com
Ann Fox 166 Monument Street, Medford MA, 02155  Mamazgurl6@aol.com
Gabriel Garca Mimosa #62 Col. O. DE. Los Padres Mex. O.F 01780 Mexico gabgasca@hotmail.com
Tom Gibson  425 Ludlow Ave., York, PA, 17403  tgibson@shohola.com
Cathy Gibsonsmith cgibsons@ycp.edu
Michael Green 836 Oglethorpe street, NE, DC 20783 Mikey049@yahoo.com
Tony Grinage TonyGrinage@hotmail.com
Jon Hammer 946 Elm street,  New Haven, CT, 06511 JMH1130@hotmail.com
Alex Hecker 2415 Rosemount Drive Landenberg, PA 19350 Snwbrdr@comcast.net
Amy Hegedue P.O Box 129 Kallista Victoria 3791 Australia AmyHegedue@yahoo.com.au
Marnita Henderson  139 Prospect Hill, E. Stbg,  PA 18301 ccherryblowpop45@aol.com
Koegies P.O Box 79, Sea Park, South Africa, 4241 Kogies1@hotmail.com
Mandy Koegelenberg  P.O Box 21606 Umkenkweni, 4235 mandypalker@yahoo.com
Karin Krauss 102 Turkey Hill road, Greeley PA 18425 cmmk@ltis.net
In-Kyu Lee Yusung B/L 207 Sadang5dong, Dongjak-gu, Seoul, Korea
Ryan Levan 2318 Green street, Philadelphia, PA, 19130
Elizabeth (Liz) Llanes 427 Pulaski street Brooklyn NY 11221 Eyes4mello@aol.com
Kirk McAuliffe  3082 Mill road, Norristown, PA, 19403 dmbrulz@hotmail.com
Mark McAuliffe 6 Galway Place Dresher, PA 19025 marcmc@acninc.net
George Meling P.O Box 87 Lackwaxen PA 18435 otterkiss@hotmail.com
Scott Nabonne 3073 Blondell Place, Newbury Park, CA 91320 Snabonne559@yahoo.com
Tomas Nemec Vinohrady 656, Zlin, 76001, Czech Republic warrior1@centrum.cz
Gail Nunes 38 Holtan street,  Wmedfud  MA 02155 gmn213@aol.com
Derek O’Brien 1 Malloch St #0/2, Glasson, Scotland G208TP Dobrien20@ntlworld.com
Izaak Orlansky 7304 Willow Ave., Takoma Park, MD 20912 Izaak@yahoo.com
Pedro Orosco Textitlan S2-9 Sta. Orsola Xitla 14420 Mexico D.F Pedro_orozpin@hotmail.com
Ruben Ortiz 651 Club Club Drive, Allentown PA, 18130 rubenorkz77@yahoo.com
Luis Pacheco Av. La Carreta 87 E 409 Villa Coapa Mexico D.F 14390 Mexico luisenpr@hotmail.com
Rodrigo Pacheco Av. La Carreta 87 E 409 Villa Coapa Mexico D.F 14390 Mexico rodpar82@hotmail.com
Ruben Rodas Arsenio Erico 105 0/3 De Mayo B: ypat/-Villaelisa rodas_ruben@hotmail.com
Jorge Quiles GV/fernando el catolico N20 2nd Door 46008 Valencia Spain jqg_demon_11@hotmail.com
Andrew Schiff 642   Armstrong Ave. S. I. NY Aschiff@earthlink.net
Ethan Schmidt 2200 Mt Vernon street, Philadelphia ,PA, 19130
Marc Shinn-Krantz3 Washington  Sq. Ulg. Apt. 11M New York, NY 10012 Shinky000@JUNO.COM
Madison J. Smith 425 Ludlow Ave. York, Pa. 17403 mousedogg15@hotmail.com
Nichole Smith 531 Rt 434 Shohola, PA 18458 nichdotcom@yahoo.com
Sam Stein 127 W 26 street 11th floor New York, NY 10001 SamStein@mailandnews.com
Zach Stone 8796 Maryland Parkway Chestertown, MD 21620 zstone@thehill.org
Manuel Trevinto Londers 1948 #54 Col. Olimpica Del. Coyoacan C.P 04710 Mexico DF Mexico greenestweed@hotmail.com
Katarina Uakrckoua Malura 26/67, 05601 Martin, Slovakua Katy22@Centrum.sk
Richard Van Wyk P.O Box 191 Mtunzini Kwa-Zulu  Natal South Africa Lostboy2_2004 @yahoo.co.uk
Miroslav Zak Zahrandni 35, 78701 Sumperk Dough@Raz-dva.cz

Have a great winter!

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Duncan and Holly Barger


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105 Weber Road
Greeley PA, 18425