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Restaurant – This Friday don’t miss Laurie Vandahm’s BBQ Pork tenderloin! Other upcoming fine culinary opportunities:
o July 28 – Founders Day Dinner Pam Lau’s
o Sauerbraten or Pork Roast w/Bev Zitta’s homemade Spaetzle & all the trimmings
o July 29 – Dave Zweifel & Crew’s European Breakfast Pool Fundraiser
o Aug 3 – Ryan Wolf’s Schnitzel Special
Entertainment – we have entertainment lined up for every Friday this summer. Here’s the next couple of weeks:
o July 27 – Organ Sing-Along and Dorothy Janssens Celebration of Life
o July 28 – German Band EuroExpress (DJ Sandy at breaks & after)
o August 3 - Organ Sing Along
o August 10 – LJ & Jeff – Acoustic Guitar Duo Plus
o August 11 – Frank Sinatra (DJ Ed after)
Cottages for bid – the Illinois District has two cottages up for bid. To be eligible to own a cottage you must have been a member of a Turner society for at least one year by the time the bids are opened on August 27th at the next District Council meeting. Submit your bid in a sealed envelope with a check for your full bid amount, $750 or best offer. Include how many years you have been a member and to which Society you belong. Bids will be opened and read at the August 27th District Council meeting. Should you have a winning bid you may take possession immediately and you will have all the rights and privileges and will not owe anything until the ground leases are mailed this fall.
o Cottage 26 – one room cottage in Mosquito Hollow (near the river)
o Cottage 52 – one room cottage in Aurora Lane (close to parking and the Rathskeller)
Unique Duty Opportunity – we are looking for someone who could take ownership of checking the pool supplies twice each weekend, bring up needed supplies from the Rathskeller, and note what supplies are needed for next weekend. This would take about 30-45 minutes per weekend and would be in lieu of be assigned three specific duties. If there was a weekend or two you would be out of town that could be covered by someone else. If interested please see Scott Lau for more details.
VOLLEYBALL- Thank you to everyone who participated in the volleyball tournament last Saturday. Congratulations to the winners. A special THANK YOU to Bill Alles for having the volleyball courts in great shap
COUNSELOR APPECIATION DINNER: It will be on Tuesday, August 7th at 6:30pm at theRathskellar. Show your appreciation to our staff for a job well done by preparing your favorite Dish to Pass. Please bring your food ready to serve (Disposable dishes are very convenient since no one has been assigned dishwasher duties for the evening. If cooking is not your thing, make a monetary donation, so that no one goes hungry!! Please give monetary donations to Laurie VanDahm (Cottage 91) by Friday, August 3rd.
Golf - Illinois District Turner Golf Two-Person Scramble Tournament.
August 11th, 2018 at The Cary Country Club The cost is $60 per golfer
The first tee off time is 9:30 AM. Men, women, or a combination of man and women. Prizes include but are not limited to Four Closest to the PIN, Four Long Drive Holes, and Skins. Contact Bob Haderlein to reserve your space with your partner 773-859-2398 or This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.. Thank you, Bob
Recycling - As a reminder, recycling is an ongoing program here in Camp.
It always has been and continues to be a mandatory program. For everyone’s convenience, there are two large recycling containers placed conveniently on the property, one next to the garbage bins in the large parking lot, the other behind the a Rathskeller. Spread throughout Camp are numerous blue 55 gallon drums marked for cans only. We have placed them so they would be readily accessible to all campers. Please use them for their purpose. We have also placed blue recycle cans in and around the Raths. Two are inside and one outside the main door. These cans have the recycle logo on them and are meant for bottles and cans. Please use them as such. Any questions or recommendations regarding this program, please speak to anyone on the buildings and grounds crew. Thanks for your continued cooperation. Buildings and grounds.
Pool Fundraiser – July 29 @ 8:30 in the Dining Hall. European breakfast will include scrambled eggs, bacon, meats, cheeses, fruit and yogurt all for only $10. Thank you Dave Zwiefel
ATTENTION: All you crafters. If you would like to sell your craft items - Craft Fair at the Ladies House on Sunday, August 12th - 11 AM til? Will serve hot dogs, water and pop.$10/table. Make your reservation at the Raths on Fridays or my e-mail: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..
All age Safety Breaks at the Pool - Please understand that we will be calling all age safety breaks at the pool when the weather is extremely hot. We want to make sure that our staff is able to cool down and hydrate. Thank you, The Youth Committee
Youth -Our youth had a fun filled busy week from cooking tacos on Tuesday to our 9 and under sleep out filled with a silly string fight, snacks, and watching a movie. Community day was a big hit on Thursday for our campers by painting, planting, and cleaning up by the Gut Heil as well around the whole camp grounds. We enjoyed a special mystery Friday with the Traveling World of Reptiles. The kids were able to touch or hold a variety of animals such as lizards, turtles, frogs, and snakes. We ended with a pie eating contest down at awards on Friday. Our winners were Ayden Moore, Clare Blasgen, Amy Sawicki. Our first prize winner was Tyler King.
Campers of the week were Amy Sawicki and Declan DeRusha.
Swimmers of the week were Lily Rogowski, Julia Mutert, Lia Ganatos, Gunnar Garelli, Lorenzo Koehler, and Luke Compton.
Liz Kenty is trying to set up a remind app. This app will remind Turner’s of events and meetings and things going on at camp. If you’d like to be on this app please text Liz Kenty @ 312-286-5354. Your name, your email address and cell phone number & cottage #( if you have one ) Then you will be sent an invite to join.
WEEKLY BULLETIN - PLEASE MAKE SURE YOU ARE GIVING ME TIME AND LOCATION OF ANY OF YOUR EVENTS. If you would like to publish an item email me no later the Wednesday afternoon at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.. Thank you, Chris
