By Jeff Smith, Stephen Lanino, Tom Lazansky, Paul Smith, Chucky Johnson, Paul Rosenfield, Gregg Baum, Peter Kessler, and Mark Grunblatt On Monday, Aug. 8, 11, Group II boys and 3 counselors, Mark G., Mark B., and Emily left on an overnight trip to the Blue Dot Trail, which loops through the countryside around the Paul Smith’s Reservoir. We hiked to the first lean-to, “Loon’s Lair” and set up camp. That...
The first stop of the Roving Reporter this Sunday night is the ski dock where the beginnings of a ski show are taking place. AJ’s Steve D. vows that he’11 do a flying dock start this year. Ricky twisted into a pretzel is attempting to do a backwards start on the rudderless tricksters. This year should yield an exciting ski show no matter who takes a flying leap from the...
Brian’s Song, for most people at least, was a very touching story about a man named Brian Piccolo, who for his whole life was number two. Throughout college he had very much been into competition. Later in life while playing on the Chicago Bears he met a man, Gale Sayers, who had been number one, so the competition started all over again. During the training and tryouts, Brian and Gale...
There were 3 buses. Two from N.Y. and one from Westchester. Some of the kids from Westchester had to get on the bus from New York because there wasn’t enough room. : The bus ride was about seven hours long, with one half hour stop in the middle. Most people talked, joked around, read comic books, and reminisced, After a while, the trip got boring and we were dying to...