NEW FOR 98! Camp Mah-Kee-Nac gets more improvements for this summer See page 2 15 YEARS:Learn more about OPENING DAY: See All of the what Danny and Naney have photos from the opening day of planned for their 1Sth summer as camp!! the directors of camp. See page 3 See page 4 lume 52, Issue 1 Camp Mah-Kee-Nac OTE M“%i 70th, 70th Anniversary Season Opens With Excitement By Adam Levy Mah-Kee-Nac’s 70" season was gland, and one from New York Cheyenne 34 beginning. All of the counselors ity, The buses all met at a rest ‘As the buses came down _ Wee standing by, waving witha stop in New York, so that they ythorne road, and as the smile on their face. could travel to camp together. ers struggled to make the 90 Allin all, there were seven Jonathan Gold, in Bunk 34, ree turn into camp, an explo- buses that brought up the camp- _ said, “| felt great to be in camp of pure noise boomed out of FS, three from New Jersey, two and hope everyone in camp will huge buses, signaling that from Westchester, one from Long have the best summer ever.” ie Totem erImprovements This Year at Camp Michael Krupen Seneca 52 Every year, Camp Mah- Kee-Nac improves on its already phenomenal facilities. The sum- mer of 1998 is no different. For this summer, Danny made many changes, some more noticeable than others As the buses came down the driveway, the first thing camp- ers noticed was the repainting of the Lower Senior bunks. This year, they are grey! This to many campers and counselors alike, is an improvement over the previous shade of brown that the bunks were painted. According to Adam Levy, Cheyenne 34, “The bunks look nicer and more modern’ If you are very sports oriented, you will be pleased with the rebuilding of the Cherokee baseball field. The infield was redone and dugouts were added, a must on the hot days at Mah- Kee-Nac. The baseball program at Mah-Kee-Nac has improved in another way, with the addition of practice tees, and new batting and pitching cages. Moving on to the waterfront, one will see the addi- tion of two new sailboats. The The Totem new Hunter 14 and Holder 14 will be welcome addition to our fleet of Sunfish, DCs, Lasers, and Hobie Cats. According to waterfront director John Weil the new boats will give Mah-Kee-Nac the best sailing program in the Berkshires. Hopefully, this will mean our return to champions at the Berkshire Regatta. As you move on to our outstanding Riflery program, you will see that our range has been enlarged. Previously, their had been 7 posts to shoot from, now there are 12 posts. This is a nice addition. Editor and Chief Alex Feldm: Feature Editor Adam Le Sports Editor Jeremy Nowak Staff Writers Jeff Rubin Jonathan Bryer Spencer Heuman-Gutman Brett Hornby Joshua Erenstein Benjamin Gellis Erie Levy Sam Fanburg Joshua Goldman Kyle Sloane The Totem would like to congratulate Anthony Richards, on his new job as an assistant to Brett Kom Danny. According to Anthony, “I pe ES Ben Schein love the new position. It gives me a chance to use my talents on all three campuses. Campers play a vital role influencing on what can be done to improve Camp Mah-Kee-Nac. If campers have any ideas, within reason, they can tell it to Danny or Alan. Who knows? Your idea might be one of the improvements to Mah-Kee-Nac next summer. Dustin Balmuth Adam Donato Evan Schacter Sean Hoffman Craig Goldslager Jason Rohiman Josh Levine Photo Adviser Neil Malik Journalism Adviser Blain Fish Owner/Director Danny and Nancy Metzger SUMMER OFFICE 6 Hawthorne Road Lenox, Massachusetts 0124( (413) 637-0781 WINTER OFFICE 190 Linden Avenue Glen Ridge, New Jersey 070: (201) 429-8522 Photo by Sammy Stolzar The Totem is a weekly journal camp Mah-Kee-Nac, a summer boys camp in Lenox, Massachu setts.Danny and Nancy’s By Alex Feldman Seneca 52 Danny and Nancy are prating an anniversary this mer. This is the 15% year that have owned and run camp -Kee-Nac. MKN was founded in 1929 and was run by its der, Joe Kruger, until Danny Nancy bought it in 1983. ay had been a camper here always dreamed of owning his mer camp. “| used to visit D every year,” said Metzger. n one year, in 1983, | decided yy it’. Fourteen summers passed and Danny and sy have been here through- The Metzgers have seen mers come and go. After > ends, the camp is closed up made ready for another shire winter. During the ¢ months, the Metzgers and key staff have the most work to do. From October to December, Danny visits with every new camper. In January, they begin to hire staff. Then, in the springtime, the camp is opened and the necessary repairs and improve- ments are made. Summer then arrives and Danny and Nancy are ready for another great season. This summer, Danny and Nancy are very excited about camp. Both of them couldn't wait to get to know the new campers and counselors, as well as see the returning ones. The Metzgers are also excited about the improve- ments which have taken place here at camp, including the re- painting of the lower senior bunks and increasing the broadcasting range from WCM, the camp's radio station. The Metzgers are also looking forward to the events that will take place this summer. Fa- {3th Ye a rat MKN a Photo by Neil Malik vorite events such as the Carnival and the Olympics will be back. “We're also making a new camp video this summer” Danny said with a grin on his face. “That should be exciting.” Danny and Nancy have good reason to be excited. Danny believes that this year's staff is the best in along time. “This year we have better teachers and our programs have been strength- ened’, Danny said. “We have the strongest teaching staff and that's what makes the difference. “ The staff includes 35 returning mem- bers. As Danny sits on the bench in front of the chimney by the dining hall, he greets the campers going to dinner. “I remember Mah-Kee-Nac when | was a kid and there is stil that same fee!- ing,’ Metzger said. As he surveys the camp from his post he re- marked, “Buying this camp was a great decision”Opening Day at Mah-Kee-Nac Photos by Neil MalikExcellent Service!! Health Center staff ready to help all campers. i GREEN WINS: ? IMah-Kee-Nac Games Round One GREEN vs. WHITE SPORTS NEW FOR THIS WEEK The TOTEM now shows the three day forecast for the area, EUR PRS Ls) Camp Mah-Kee-Nac OTEM Celebrating “10 Season alent Show Big Success! By Alex Feldman Seneca 52 merica Celebrated its Indepen- - Day with fireworks, parades and cues, campers at Camp Mah-Kee- njoyed the holiday by watching the Fourth of July Talent Show. >ers and counselors from all three uses combined to form a variety of hat thoroughly entertained the nce. The evening started out with the ng of the Star Spangled Banner by Bryce. Bry\ esonated gh the field House revealing tic feelings. Next came 8 year old ael Wilner playing “My Heart Will ” on the piano. After Wilner’s r performance were David nurg and Jesse Schreirer reciting a ic American comedy act,” Who’s rst.” The entire Kahane family ed off their talent by playing and ag “Michael row the boat ashore,” ved by bunk 26 with a skit called -nlarging machine.” Buzzy Cohen wowed the audience with Rhap- in Blue on the piano, Next came a guitar harmonica s Voc EES duet of “Knocking on Heaven's Door,” by Mike Metzger and Ashley Neese This duet shocked the crowd with their talent, playing this old Bob Dylan hit Then came a skit by several of the Campers and counselors. Jason Feld’s drum solo seemed to grab the attention of each camper with his amazing fast hands and skill with the drums. Next came two piano solos, Jeff Liffiman played a Mozart sonata followed by Alex Feldman who played Cannon in D, I favorite, Another rock and roll duet was ormed by Mike Feld on the guitar acla Photo by Neil Malik and Jason Feld on drums. The two performed the song “Everlong.” An- other piano solo followed by Josh Verlin who played “When the Saints Come Marching In” and “Cops and Robbers.” Bunk 22 then performed the last skit and then Anthony Richards, who hosted the show, finished the show with a solo. The talent show was one of the best in years "Everything was great the overall performances were fantastic, Stolzar said.” As another Fourth of July came to an end at Camp Mah-Kee-Nac, campers came out of the talent show with a sense of freedom of expression from all of the performances. ageBULLSEYE By Ben Gellis and Eric Levy Bunk 22 Today we interviewed the archery teacher Alan Rudolph. First we asked him how long he has been teaching archery? He said, “I’ve been teaching archery for 18 years.” Then we asked him what is the highest score someone has scored this year? Who was it? “The highest was a 56 out of 60 and it was scored by Andrew Wachtenheim” Alan said. Next we asked him if he liked working with kids? * Yes 1 do” he said. Our next question we asked was if Mah-Kee-Nac was the only camp that he worked at? Alan said, * 1 also worked at a day camp for a few years.” Then we asked him if intercamps were important to him? Llike intercamps because it teaches other camps to be serious with ar- chery” Alan said. “Photo by Neil Malik Photo by Neil Malik The next question we asked him is how long he’s been shooting archery? He said, “ I’ve been shooting for about 35 years.” And our last ques- tion was if Allan was going to con- tinue teaching archery? “I would like to continue to teach archery” Alan said. Nancy Visits Totem Staff Sunday Last Sunday, the Totem had a surprise visit when Nancy Metzger stopped by the Totem Office with two of her beautiful red birds. While here, Nancy let the eager Totem writers hold the birds, and show us what they eat. This amazed the captivated audience. About this visit, Totem Ad- viser, Blain Fisher said “it’s a pleasure seeing Nancy interacting with the ‘campers, and making camp life pleas- ing for them.” Thank you Nancy for sharing your time with us at the Totem. “Totem Staff The Totem Staff Editor in Chief Alex Feldma Managing Editor Michael Krup Feature Editor Adam Levy Sports Editor Jeremy Nowak Arts Editor Jacob Levine Jeff Rubin Jonathan Bryer Spencer Heuman-Gutmat Brett Hornby Joshua Erenstein Benjamin Gellis Erie Levy Sam Fanburg Joshua Goldman Kyle Sloane Brett Kern Russell Krupen Ben Schein Dustin Balmuth Adam Donato Evan Schacter Sean Hoffman Craig Goldslager n Rohiman Josh Levine Photo Adviser Neil Malik Journalism Adviser Blain Fishe Owner/Director Danny and Nancy Metzger SUMMER OFFICE 6 Hawthorne Road Lenox, Massachusetts 0124 (413-637-0781 WINTER OFFICE, 190 Linden Avenue Glen Ridge, New Jersey 0702 (201)-429-8522 ‘The Totem is a weekly journa camp Mah-Kee-Nac, a summe boys camp in Lenox, Massach setts. eo) LsKN GAMES: GREEN WINS ROUND 1 —— se By Michael Krupen Seneca 52 For evening activity on July three campuses participated in rst part of the annual Mah-Kee- zames. While each campus was yetween Green Machine and Lightning, the two teams each pated differently. In Junior and sr Senior camp, White won all ents except on Upper Senior Events in the MKN games are ed by a series of challenges. year for example, White made rst challenge. They challenged toa game of six on six foot- hen Green challenged White ther competition. This alterna- of challenges continued until all Senior campers participated activity, In the end, Green and e were tied up in matches from s to basketball. By the time that all campers alled to the Upper Senior ball court, Green had won in 1 Senior football, hockey, tball, and soccer. White won itch and tennis. The final part first night of the Mah-Kee- ames was the focus event. a long heated battle, Green iled and got the privilege of g the three leaders of the White with cream pies. "The first day ah-Kee-Nac games was a lot of itting Greg Nell, the White with a cream pie was a defi ighlight, Mike Birtwistle said.” Once again the Mah-Kee- ames proved to be an exciting veryone played hard wanting up on top, and the only thing ill seem to prove that is the day of the Green vs. White. So DreRifle Range Improvements Help Classes This Summer By Jeff Rubin ryennen 28 This year camp Mah-Kee-Nac enlarged its Senior rifle range. The idea belonged to Moshe Baytel. Baytel has been the head of the senior rifle program for Il years. Norbert Auger, the head of the senior camp and Greg Nell one of the counselors in the Upper Seniors took on the project during precamp. Floods slowed the project down but it was completed just in time for camp. The range can hold twelve shooters now, instead of eight. Mah- Kee-Nac also had to purchase a few more rifles for the range this year. Thanks Moshe for the idea and Danny and Nancy for making it a reality. Photos by Neil Malik for TOTEM Water Front Director Returns For Seventh Ye By Josh Levine and Jason Rohiman Mohicans 1 John Weil, the waterfront Director has came to MKN for seven years. Weil is from Homosassa Florida. He said that there are two new sailboats. The Hunter and the The Holder. The 1998 Berkshire Cup will be held on July 14th, Another improvment at MKN is a canoe rack. Weil said, “campers need to be ready to take a water saftey test to prove to the water staff that they can stay in the water and swim”, People who have taken the test receave a white chip to prove that they have passed the test. The people who have not taken the test have a red chip. When campers go down to the water- front every camper that is going to be on the waterfron must have the white chip. Thos with only the red chip must hay someone who knows how to sv with them. Most of the campers ha their white chip. Eighty-Five percent of all the people at can have the white the other 15 pe cent have the red. Campers can also get awards for being down at the water front, Weil said, that to | awards you have to be the mos energetic and prepared down b the waterfront He gave a few tips for campers who want to come do to the water front this summer “Campers need to be ready to have fun, Weil said.” TerExcellent Service Offered at Health Center The Mah-Kee-Na r offers great service to the d. I spoke with Dr. Gutmann 1¢ head nurse at the Health Health to find out more about them. arvey Guttman is the Doctor e first two weeks of camp. The doctors who work here this er will be taking shifts every veeks throughout the summer uttmann is from outside Phila- ja. He has been helping ers at camp Mah-Kee-Naec for years. Anne Lamott is the head at the Health Center, and she s that the best part of the Health Cheyenne 27 Chet Nowak,is just one of nany new counselors at Mah- -Nac.Chet will be teaching in lepartment of golf.Chet is a professional and gives lessons jults as well as kids that would to lear the game. Other than enjoying the e Chet sells golf clubs for Lynx Chet is involved in a band by Danny and Nancy’s in was built by campers and fin 1981? The totem pole < all summer to build and signed by all the people ) participated. is person is always ing others feel better. is person has never met a stranger. is person is always preading the love, Who is it? person went to camp re back in the 70's. s person has been the Totem adviser. person has a degree in Journalism. Who is it?Photos Of ae Wee!Who WINS Round Two In The The Weather Looks Great For MKN Games? Parent Visiting Weekend. The NEW MKN Video Starts Shooting! SPORTS - WEATHER! lume 52, Issue 3 Saturday, July 18, 19! 5 t Camp Mah-Kee-Nac 4 Celebrating a our | TOTEM “% Season White Tries To Catch Green In Round II! By Alex Feldman Seneca 52 The second week of the ih-Kee-Nae Games proved to be tas exciting as the first week. ier a boxed dinner, campers from campus assembled on their pective basketball courts, ready the games to begin. As each team pared for each event, campers id feel the excitement building up. In both Junior and Lower nior camps, events were pr ected and campers chose which nes they would participate in, me events included soccer, foot- I, and hockey. In Upper Senior np, teams challenged each otherto nes, some of which included leyball, one-pitch, and basketball. each of the three basketball courts ptied out, campers were ready for games to begin. One of the White captans gets prepared for round two of the MKN Games. Photo by Neil Malik As opposed tothe previous Asusual, the evening came ek, White seemed to dominate _toaclose with another exciting foods hidden inside tin foil. As the event s time. Many of the games were Focus Event, Directed by Andy began, selected Cherokees tied up the ycloseand very exciting. How- Cole, the bigevent included such captains from the opposing team. , white seemed to win most ofthe wacky stunts as shooting a basket Continued on pg 6 nes. from a stretcher and eating mystery cn TsDanny Metzger congratulat ‘games. Photo by Neil 1998 Soccer Champs At Lenox By Blain Fisher Totem Adviser The Sth grade soccer tournament at Camp Lenox proved to be very beneficial for camp Mah-Kee-Nac last week. The JR team swept all four games with victories. The juniors played both of the camps at Lenox with a 10-0 win against the Lenox B team and a 1-0 win over their A team. The team also beat camp Greylock’s team, 2-0. MKN’s final game was against camp Winadu, MKN won 3-1 and claimed the 1* place trophy out of nine teams. “All our players played together the entire time, “Matt Wilkes said. The defense for MKN contained if not dominated each game. The defense only let one goal on the board for the entire tournament. Congratu- lations boys on a job well done! Soccer Team Wins!! y the fiflh grade soccer team before round two of the MKN What's the Biggest Catch? By Josh Verlin ‘Two Reporters from the Totem interviewed fishing counselor Andy Lampo, of Bryan Texas about this years fishing program. Lampo said, "It’s fun and it’s challenging.” Many fish have been caught at Mah- Kee-Nac, including Catfish, Pike, Perch, and Shad. The biggest fish caught this year was 11 in. long, and weighed over | Ib. Over 100 people have fished this year. There are awards given for fishing at MKN, | for the The Totem Staff Editor in Chief Alex Feldmai Managing Editor Michael Krup Feature Editor Adam Levy Sports Editor Jeremy Now Arts Editor Jacob Levine Staff Writers Jeff Rubin Jonathan Bryer Spencer Heuman-Gutman Brett Hornby Joshua Erenstein Benjamin Gellis Levy Sam Fanburg Joshua Goldman Kyle Sloane Brett Kern Russell Krupen Ben Schein Dustin Balmuth Adam Donato Evan Schacter Sean Hoffman Craig Goldslager Jason Rohiman Josh Levine Photo Adviser Neil Malik Journalism Adviser Blain Fishe Owner/Director Danny and Nancy Metzger SUMMER OFFICE 6 Hawthorne Road Lenox, Massachusetts 01241 (413)-637-0781 WINTER OFFICE 190 Linden Avenue Glen Ridge, New Jersey 0702 (201)-429-8522 The Totem is a weekly journal camp Mah-Kee-Nac, a summe boys camp in Lenox, Massacht setts.Senecas Boston Bound!! By Michael Krupen Seneca 52 Every Wednesday, camp- : from Mah-Kee-Nac go on rious day trips to different ices. For example, on their st day trip of the summer, the necas went to Boston with the B-Yons of our sister camp, inbee. For those who do not ow, the Senecas and Wel-B- ns are the oldest camper oups at their respective camps. Clouds were looming erhead, as the Senecas were )ken up at 7:00 in the morning. : were told that we had 20 nutes to get dressed and have > usual pre-trip breakfast of ughnuts. After breakfast was fen, the Senecas boarded the ach bus. Before we were to go to Boston, we had to go to Danbee and pick up the Wel-B- Yons. Three hours later, the coach bus pulled up to the Boston Science Museum, our first stop in Boston. Here, we would be watching the latest IMAX release, Everest. Everest is about the expedition to the top of Mount Everest led by Ed Veisturs. This IMAX flick dealt first with the dangers of Mount Everest and what is needed to survive there. Next came the good part, the trek up Ey . This trek was excit- ing, but nonetheless it was very sad. I will not tell you what happened, that is for you to see and find out. After the 45-minute IMAX picture, we traveled to Harvard Square. Here campers and counselors alike from Mah- Kee-Nac and Danbee were able to look around the stores, and take a look at Harvard itself. This proved to be great fun, as many campers and counselors bought different odds and ends. After this stop, we got on the coach bus to go to the John Hancock Tower. Here, from the observation deck, we were able to see all around Boston. For example, from there, one can see right down the main runway of Logan International Airport. When we all had seen Boston from the observation deck, we walked the mile to Quincy Market. Once there, people bought dinner and little stuff to remember the trip. This trip proved to be a very popular one. Seneca Jordan Gellis said, “This trip was fun and exciting. I really enjoyed every- thing we did. Boston was GREAT!” The NEW transmitter is in! Mah-Kee-Nac are you ready to ROCK? WCM AM 640 Listen in daily for all your favorite hits.By Harry Black Iroquois 8 The new camp movie should attract a lot of interesting and excited kids and more chil- dren from last year. This video- tape should be twenty minuets long with fun, excitement, and action packed things to do. The ne w video for MKN will give prospec- tive camp- ers an idea of what MEN is like. The name of the com- pany, which makes the video for MKN this year, is “First Take Production”. This summer the prodution company plans to get video scenes from several of this summers activities. MEN AT WORK The month before the buses arrive.. By Blain Fisher Totem Adviser About a month before all the caimpers arrived at Camp Mah-Kee- Nac, a group of guys from all over the world got together to make Camp MKN what it was when the campers arrived on June 23. immy Herzog, the Head of Maintenance for the camp, planned all of the tasks that had to be done for the month. “Getting to know some of the guys before the entire group of campers and counselors got here was the best part of precamp Matt Johnson said. Because I was on the grounds crew I personaly know it was hard work. I did enjoy the fact that I could meet new people and also get the camp back into shape before all of the campers got here in June. We started in May with getting the tennis courts ready for resurfacing and then painted the Lower Seniors cabins. Some of the guys were mowing and trimming tl grass, while the rest of us were raked or on the courts. After we g most of that done we broke up int groups and the construction of the waterfront began. Docks had to be put together and cabins had to be cleaned up the next few weeks of camp. We finished up the last few days by painting and doing the fina details before the campers got her Although the rain delayed us at precamp, there were always enoug things here at camp to keep us bus inside until it dried out, Precamp was hard work sometimes, but it was the best way get ready for camp. It wasn’t only pre camp for getting the camp rea¢ it was a pre camp getting the coun lors ready for the rest of the summ Seniors Have A Night Out At Par Fo By Russell Krupen Cherokee 35 As an Upper Senior, the amount of days out outnumber those of the Lower Seniors and Juniors. On many Mondays, Upper Seniors get nights out. The places to go to vary from movies to short trips. On the first night out, the Cherokees went to Par-4. Par-4 is a place with mini- golf, batting cages, go-karts, and bumper boating. The batting cages vary in speed and the go-karts can be a lot of fun. If you get a lot of people going into the bumper boats, you can really have a great time. Thad a lot of fun and so did many other Cherokees that went The go-karts were a big hit and so of the kids enjoyed the food. Man kids and counselors played out the mini-golf course. No matter what you want to do, Par-4 can be a lot fun,Gettin Jiggy With Danbee By Ian Asseal Mohican 3 (On Sunday the girls from bee came over to Mah-Kee-Nac avea social with the Mohicans hony Richards rocked Kruger e with tunes and remixes for nost two hours while the everyone lodge danced. The Danced ed out with the counselors playing me of musical chairs and the pers playing right after them. Next, Anthony gotall the vers into groups and had a dance est, € Itwasa great eveing with the boys and the girls having a dtime. After the dance the boys and ‘came outside for refreshments. girls|eft shortly after and went < to Danbee. NBA D By Danny Baneman, Mohican 1 NBA day was a big hit at p Mah-Kee-Nac. It took place on inesday, July 7, 1998, It was the time in a few years that NBA day place at Camp Mah-Kee-Nac. of the tribes participated in A day. Most of Junior Camp staff some other staff helped to run it. Everyone had fun. Unfortunately, Mah-Kee-Nac’s beloved NBA day was shortened some because of the rain, and we had the activities inside instead of out, which wasn’t so bad, considering the fact that there was no sun that could get in the camp- ers’ eyes because the events took place indoors. ‘The activities were as fol- lows. One was “Bankshot Basket- ball,” a contest to see who could make the most bankshots on unusu- ally shaped basketball hoops. The winner of each of the many groups that went there was rewarded with a trophy. The other activity was that Photo by Neil Malik four randomly picked teams played two games each. There wereno prizes awarded in that activity, but it didn’t matter since everyone had so much fun. Inthe morning, Danny Metzger had joked that some of the campers were going to Niagara Falls, and of course, no one be- lieved him. However, the junior campers, with the day being Wednesday, or special day, were eager to know what was happening that day. They soon found out when Mike Malloy announced that the day was NBA Day, one of the best days of the summer! eaion teedNews Around Camp Mah-Kee-Nac MKN Games Cont- Then, Brad LaMotte and Dan Rosen were stuffed with water balloons by the Juniors. Then they were “deflated” by the Lower Seniors. Then the Algonquins began their event. Five Algonquins were given a mystery snack to eat completely, then they were instructed to whistle the first verse of “Twinkle Twinkle Little Star” before the event was com- pleted. Finally,one Seneca was chosen to be strapped to a stretcher, carried across the basketball court , shoot a basket from the foul line. After two baskets were completed, the winning team’s captains were untied and got to throw a pie at the coaches. Unlike last week, the white team won the focus event “Lenjoyed being pied,” said Mike BirtwistleHead Coach of the green team, “the cream was delicious.” As another exciting evening of the Mah-Kee-Nac Games came to an end, campers can only wonder what will happen next Monday for the Mah-Kee-Nac games, part 3. Same Lows in the 60°s High’s in the 90’s ree Sunday, July 19 Lows in the 60’s High’s in the 80°s Sprint Championship By Eric Nehs Mohican 3 On Sunday, July 5, the Second Annual MKN Sprint Championship was held. About 96 campers entered the championship. Most of the races were close but some of the races were blowouts. In Jrs., Ramon Rubio beat Sam Nayman for the win, but it was a very close finish. In Lower Se- niors, Dave Warner raced Cory Cummins and Dave won. It was a close race. In Upper Seniors Brad Lomotte raced Dave Gutman, and Brad won. When I talked to the swim coach Rusty he told me that all the finals were close races. is for Totem Va Junior Tournaments By Brian Brauntech Bunk 10 A lot of commotion is going on in Junior Camp. Why? Four different tournaments are going on, There is the three on three tournament. There is the the Twizzlers Shoot Out. There is also the Basketball College Tournament going and the College World Series. In soccer the World Cup is the hottest thing going. Also the tennis program has tournaments for everyone. In the ShootOut ther are twelve college teams throughout camp and they play a series of games in the summer In the World Series about ten people are on each team with six teams. In the World Cup there are twelve teams competing to see who is the World Cup Champion of Mah-Kee-Nac. In the tennis doubles you play other doubles teams in camp. All the touma- ments here at camp always keeps everyone busy with many titles to win this summer, Camp Mah-Kee-Nac Three Day Weather Forecast ere Lows in the 70’s Berkshire Reg rerCartoons And Games Question of the week w deep is the Stockbridge Bowl (Mah-Kee-Nac’s lake) and how wide is it at its widest nt? ise put your answer, name, and bunk number in the designated box in the dining hall. The answer and winner ‘be printed in next week’s Totem. Did You Know? Did you know that the original Kruger Lodge was named the Junior Lodge and stood rightnextto the dining hall. yused art, totem, woodshop, rocketry, and photography until 1969 when the kiln caught fire and the entire building destroyed. The building was rebuilt in its current location. Itincluded the theatre and main auditorium. The building | many architectural awards because of its design and use of space. When Danny and Nancy bought the camp in 3, they added on office space and a bathroom creating the Kruger Lodge that exists today. In 1986, the building was ued the Kruger Lodge after Joe Kruger’s late wife. Today the Kruger Lodge is used as an office and a theatre rearPhotos Of Luis Week All Photos by Neil MaliFLYING HIGH: warlem SENECA TRIP: Wizards Put On Terrific Show. ecas go to Cape Cod. Saturday, August 1, 1998 Camp Mah-Kee-Nac ~_.Lrr EE Te Oe «CC Clebrating TOTEM “7; eason Reunion Of Families By Alex Feldman Seneca 52 On Saturday, July 18, ked cars lined the upper ds two large tents stood side the dining hall, and apers lined up anxiously; all one reason: Parents’ Visit- weekend, The week before the big was a hot one! As humidity sls rose, campers scrambled whatever relief from the heat y could get. Finally, the nt before visiting day, the opened up and thunder- ms rolled through the kshires, bringing coolei air and beautiful weather both days. The week before Visit- Day was also very busy. intenance men tidied up the 1pus, kitchen staff prepared a lunch, and a huge welcome 1 was created by the art staff rreet the parents. As Visiting y rolled closer, The weekend started out with the parents greeting their kids at their bunks. (Continued on page 2 Photo by Neil Malik ea EeThe Jacobs brothers smile big for the camera. (Continued from Page 1) two tents were set up next to the dining hall, Finally, the big day came. Parents poured down the big hill carrying bags of goodies, waiting to see campers. After greetings were exchanged, campers and parents went off to first and periods. Parents were very im- pressed by their childrens’ accom- After the first two mpers and parents were able to cool off in the pool or use the camp's excellent sports fa ties. After a delicious lunch pro- vided by Mariott, campers and parents went off to their afternoon activities. After fourth period, campers and parents gathered in the tent for refreshments and campers said goodbye to their parents. All Upper Seniors were able to go out nd Photo by Neil Malik after third period, Such places as the Dakota and Bev’s ice cre: were crowded with Mah- Ke families, The next day was similar to the first with the exception that the day ended at 1:30. After campers said goodbye to par- ents, they continued on with their periods and got ready for the Harlem Wizards game. This year, just like last year, the Mah- Kee- Nac broth- ers and Danbee sisters visited each others camp. This was designed to allow parents with children at both camps to have equal visiting days. This year’s “swap” seemed to be very successful Once again, Danny lucked out on beautifill weather, making for a great vi weekend TOTEM STAFF Editor in Chief Alex Feldman Managing Editor Michael Kray Feature Editor Jeffrey Rubin Sports Editor Jeremy Nows Arts Editor Jacob Levine Production Staff Heidi Nowak Monica Sidwell Beth Kaufman Staff Writers Jeff Rubin Jonathan Bryer Spencer Heuman-Gutman Brett Hornby Joshua Erenstein David Kelleher Erie Levy Josh Erenstein Joshua Goldman Kyle Sloane Brett Kern Russell Krupen Dustin Balmuth Jake Gladstone Evan Schacter Sean Hoffman Craig Goldslager Aaron Horowitz Josh Levine Photo Adviser Neil Malik m Adviser Blain Fishi Owner/Director SUMMER OFFICE 6 Hawthorne Road Lenox, Massachusetts 0124 (413)-637-0781 WINTER OFFICE 190 Linden Avenue Glen Ridge, New Jersey 0702 (201)-429-8522 The Totem is a weekly journal camp Mah-Kee-Nac, a summer boys camp in Lenox, Massachu setts. ma[he Cup Is Back Home! = 2 1998 Berkshire Cup championship team. This By John J. Weil Head Of Waterfront The golden rays of the sun e just peeking over the moun- s when they gathered on the of Kruger Lodge. Eight brave s set out on a journey into the ‘heart of darkness itself: Camp srson. For it was there that the ed Berkshire Cup was kept, and as there that these eight would : to prove themselves in one of most grueling tests of physical urance known to man - a ng regatta, The first race began nptly at 10:18 that Tuesday, it quickly became apparent that this would be no walk in the park. It would be a sail on a lake actually. Nine camps were represented, with two boats each and as eighteen boats jockeyed for position on the starting line, our eight brave and healthy campers showed their coach, Greg Nell, that they had, indeed, been listening to him at practice. For through all the treach- ery and adversity that we have come to know as the Berkshire Cup Regatta, the Mah-Kee-Nac Green and White shone like a beacon for the rest of the world (well, the rest of the lake, anyway) to see. We sailed to victory in the first and third races, and took two of the top three places in the second ars team was coached by Greg Nell. Photo by Neil Malik to camp, victorious, arms laden with the Berkshire Cup, numerous trophies, and a few fribbles as well, truly deserved to be called champi- ons. And the legend that is Mah- Kee-Nac sailing continues... The members that competed in the 1998 Berkshire Cup from MKN are Brad Rothenberg, Rob Bemstein, Buzzy Cohen, Justin Broderson, Zach Tasher, Derek Frankel, Mark Filenbaum, and Andrew Nahmias. Congratulations to all who took part in this wonderful event. race, As these eight boys came back |MKN Games III, The Winner is .. Michael Krupen Seneca 52 After one false start due to rain, the third installment of the MKN Games went off with almost no problems. White went into the night leading 1025-959, but Green sought to change that. Once everyone had eaten a box dinner on their respective campus, they lined up on their basketball court to find out what they would be doing. The Juniors participated in Water Polo, Archery, Kickball, and Bombardment (a game similar to Dodgeball). The Lower Seniors participated in One Pitch, Basketball, Hockey, as well as other events. Once again the Upper Seniors challenged each other in games such as soccer, tennis, basketball, One-Pitch, and volleyball. The games began and everyone found a sport to partici- pate in, In Junior and Lower Senior camp, both Green and White were neck and neck. This meant that it would come down to who won Upper Senior camp. In Upper Senior camp, Green won tennis, basketball, and volleyball, while white won soccer and one-pitch. As 8:20 came, all of camp assembled in the Field House to watch the decisive focus event. First, 3 teams of 2 Algonquins from each team tied up the opposing leaders, Next, the Juniors had to pass a hula-hoop from one person to another. The objective was for it not to fall to the ground. After this, a team of 5 Lower Seniors standing ‘on cones, had to pass a basketball to the next Lower Senior who shot the ball at the hoop. If the person made a basket, another teammate had to reach into Jell-O and pull ‘out a hockey puck with a combina- tion on it, Then the player in front of the lock must test the com tion to see if it was right. [fit was the right combination to the lock that held the skateboard, the team could continue. If not, the process was repeated. Once a team found the right combination and got the skateboard, it was on to Seneca Bowling. In this event, Senecas with hockey helmets were pushed on a skateboard to knock down the pins. Regular 10 pin bowling rules were used. Unfortunately, due to unplanned circumstances, this event had to be cut in half from a score of 30, to a score of 15. Once a team completed this, 3 Cherokees tried to untie their team’s leaders. In the Kickin It Around By Joshua Erenstein Iroquois 9 This year’s JR Soccer Program at Mah-Kee-Nac is being led again by Jason “Goose” Allan. Goose said, “This year’s Soccer Program will have a Major League Soccer challenge and a World Cup Competition.” JR’s are taught a little of everything about soccer. The JR soccer Staff teaches the JR’s during JR Clubs. During clubs the staff offers penalty shootouts, goal- keeping clinics, and of course end, Green came out on top, and got to pie the White team leader With this, it was neck and neck. Only when the scores come out, will we know who won MKN Games 1998. When asked about this year’s MKN Games, Mohican ‘Adam Raphael said “It was fun because the games were well contested.” This was true throu out the games. Everyone played hard and should be congratulate Story Ideas Tell the Toten scrimmages. Romaner said, “We'v decided to keep it the same struct as before.” Goose also hopes that every camper will try and complet the MLS challenge, and compete i the World Cup Competion, “This year’s JR Soccer Sta a good mixture, “Ben Romaner said, Four Englishmen and one American, The Englishmen are Anday “Woody” Wood, Adam Pollington, Goose, and Romaner, The American is Matt Wilke:IT’S HANG TIME! By Russell Krupen Cherokee 3 As the final day of visiting ekend came to a close, some of campers felt down. A few 1s later, their feelings would ifted as that night the Harlem ards faced off in a comedy sd basketball game against our h-Kee-Nac staff. The match started with hony Richards introducing the h-Kee-Nac all-star team. stin Smith, Jason “Goose” en, Matt Wilkes, Dan Kupcho, h Borger, and Andy “Woody” od represented the Juniors in first quarter. John Hector, JB rama, Chris McLoughlin, Borger, Eli Levine, and Will in represented the Lower iors in the second quarter. The Wizards introduced nselves through a quick and v motion introduction. They wed off their shooting, ball ling, tricks, and ball handling, the campers watched, the zh shots the Wizards were : to make amazed them. The first half was full of ks, holding, hugging, and even ts being pulled down, The half combined a tough ketball game and hilarious cks. After the first half, the re was 39-21 with the Wizards ne lead, The halftime show con- ed of a game where one of the ards would throw a ball to ofa group of kids in a circle, The kids had to catch the ball and throw it back. The challenge was that the Wizard would look at one kid and the ball would go to an- other. It was fun to watch and the crowd enjoyed it. In the third quarter, Nathan Edmondson, Tom Cander, David Bayne, Chris Battiste, and David Farrell faced off against the Wiz- ards. The basketball coaches and head counselors played the fourth quarter. ‘The second half was full of dancing, The action was tighter and the final score was 77-64. The match ended with the entire crowd coming in and dancing, which really ended up being an autograph time. Although the Mah-Kee-Nac counselors lost, the campers had a great time. They enjoyed the action and the excitement. The ‘comedy made them laugh and the fun was at a soaring high. Maybe year Mah-Kee-Nac might win. The Harlem Wizards center slams it over the USR staff Photos by Neil Malik ronUSR’s Experience Cape Cod By Alex Feldman Seneca 52 On Wednesday, July 15" all Senecas and Algonquins piled into two coach buses bound for Cape Cod. The trip included a stop at a beach, shopping in Hyannis, a Motion Odyssey Movie ride, and six hours to walk around Boston. As the two buses pulled out of the Mah- Kee- Nac driveway, campers prepared themselves for the four hour drive to the Cape. At Craigville Beach, the buses first stop, campers had a few hours to relax, build or dig in the sand, or cool themselves off in the Atlantic Ocean. The bright blue sky and cool breeze made the weather almost perfect and assured an enjoyable day at the beach. ‘After the beach, campers boarded the buses for the ten The Senecas went to Cape Cod on July 15th and 16th. minute ride to Hyannis, a town on Cape Cod’s southern coast. Sen- ecas and Algonquins had the chance to walk around town visiting the small shops that lined Main Street. Campers could also find many JFK memorabilia, for Hyannis is the home of the Kennedy compound. After a nice afternoon in Hyannis, campers ventured to the Captains Quarters Motel for dinner and to prepare for the movies. After seeing “Lethal Weapon 4”, campers returned back to the motel for a good night sleep. The next morning, campers returned to the buses for the ride to Jordan’s Furniture Store to see MOM, a Motion Odyssey Movie ride, MOM was an exciting, turbu- lent thrill ride which involved a trip back in time to the time of the Photo by Neil Mz dinosaurs and an imaginary trip o1 roller coaster through a coal mine After an exciting ride on MOM, tl Senecas and Algonquins went on Boston In Boston, campers with counselors were dropped off on Newbury Street in the west of Boston and were told to meet at Quincy Market on the east side of Boston in six hours. Campers visited the many shops on Newbu street, including Niketown, and visited other attractions in Boston including the Cheers bar and the Boston Common. After the trip over, campers piled back on the buses for a final time for the trip back to camp, All the Senecas an Algonquins had a great time. ee [e7%Hiking To The Top By Sean Hoffinan Cheyenne 28 On the day before nt visiting day, there ahike to Monument intain, It took almost hours to reach the mit and a little over our to get back to the om. Since this was the first part of our ney we all had to mnough energy for cond half of our Bash Bish Falls was econd part of our There were several falls that we all to get pictures of before we had to go back to camp. The counselors that went were Paul Leinwand and Juan Carlos. avajos Travel To Riverside McDonalds Express. They also put in some new rides, such as the Hellavator which is like the tower of terror. The new rides seemed to excite every- one as well as the old favorites. Rollercoasters such as the Black Widow and a bungee jumping ride called the Skycoaster always keeps campers coming back for more. It seemed as if all the kids enjoyed River- side. They all seemed to have a great time and would like to come back again. By Erie Levy Navajo 22 On Wednesday, y 15, 1998, the Nava- went to a theme park ed Riverside, in awam, Mass. It had of rides and carnival nes for the whole ily, such as roller sters, bumper nd the ring toss. -y also opened a new erpark called Island .gdom that had lots of es. They also had a ve pool. Talking about er things in Riverside, y also had some good aurants, such as endly’s and Cheyennes at Bash Bish Falls on July 17th The day was long and it was tough to climb at times, but it was well By Ian Assael Mohican 3 On Friday, July 17, ten members of the Totem staff went to the local newspaper. The Berkshire Eagle. My thoughts on this trip are that the Totem is hard to create, but making real newspaper is even harder. The people at the Eagle are really dedicated to their jobs. These people start working at 8:00 AM and don’t finish until 1:00AM. The people at the Eagle are recognized for giving you the news and if there’s little news Photo by Chris Gerber worth all the climbing we had to do to see two won- derful landmarks. they make subscribers happy by writing about more local events. Every- one that went to the Berkshire Eagle seemed to have a great time and leamed a lot from all of the staff at the Berkshire Eagle. It was a trip that was well worth seeing for those interested in how a daily newspaper is put together. ren LedThe Mohican basketball team pose for a photo after their game. By Ken Sanders Head of JR. Basketball It was hot, but it did not stop the four teams from competing in the Mohicans Basketball tourna- ment, hosted by Camp Mah-Kee- Nac last Wednesday. The camps that competed were Greylock, Lenox, and a Green and White team from MKN. This was a round robin ‘Tournament; the team with the best record was the tournament cham- pion, All the teams that competed displayed excellent sportsmanship and great ability in the game of basketball Each team played a total of three games. The White Team from MKN played their hearts out, according to Coach Dustin Smith “Although we did not win a game, we did learn from the situation and Lam very proud of our players on the White team, It was an honor to coach these young men,“coach Smith said. The White Team mem- bers were Pedro Imbert, Jake Gladstone, Spencer Heuman- Gutman, lan Assael, Brian Polivy, Greg Mortner, Josh Levine, Brian Warheit, and Sean Posner. “Again, I am very proud of the guys and their The Totem Mohicans Capture Hoops Tourney! 6 ; uJ i Photo by Neil Malik skills have improved since the start of camp,“coach Smith said The tournament concluded with a match-up between the two unbeaten teams, Greylock and MKN’s Green Team. It was a well- played game by both teams. MKN jumped out to an early lead only to have Greylock make a game of it at the end. MKN pulled out an exciting 26-19 win over Greylock. Accord- ing to Coach Matt Johnson, “These young men are a good group to coach! I had fun watching them play the game.” MKN captured the win for the championship trophy. Last year the Mohicans were run- ner-ups in the same tournament. The team members were: Andy Katz, Eli Stagg, Brian Helweil, Mare Leven, Leland Snaider, Andrew Davidson, Adam Raphael, Jason Rohlman, Daniel Balk, and David Rublin, “Congratulations to the young men from MKN! I am proud of both of our teams. I am happy we were able to enter two teams and have more people participate in the tournament games, “Danny said. Our Players played their hearts out and represented MKN well, “ Danny said. Tennis Team WINS By Jake Gladstone and Aaron Horowitz Mohi MKNvs.Winadu Tennis Doubles intereamp The matches were outstan ing. It was on July 20%. There w 10 matches, thus 20 kids from ea camp. Here’s a List of Who Played L. Needle! D. Balk MKN 6- J. Rohlman/ A. Davidson MKN ‘ S. Nayman/ G. Newman Win. 0-4 J. Gladstone/ L. Snaider MKN 6- J. Kaplan / K. Epstein MKN 6-4 M. Leven /Z. Abrahms MKN 6-% J. Bryer! J. Levine Win. 2-6 1. Assael/ A. Winkler Win. 4-6 B, Helwiel/ M. Rabkin Win. 4-6 A. Raphael / S. Human-Guttman MKN 6-0 Final Score MKN 6 WINADU 4 Congratulations to all the partici- pants from both camps! You play’ GREAT!!!)Counselor Of The Week This week’s counselor of the week is Ashley Neese. Ashley is working on the waterfront. This is his first year at Mah-Kee-Nac.He is also Attending the University Of Tennesse. This week’s nper of the week imon Abrahms n West Hampton in. Simon is a \che this year, his hery, because it’s ort he enjoys to Simon has one pes een her at camp, Who: Simon Abrahms best part of being ‘ hcwho's icon From: Wet Hampton | | camp is moct-, Wht Aly Nese Sone Conn. ing all of the new [rom hican. Congratu- Age: 8 people and work- 0"), Rainer Bunk: 12 ing with all of the a a nper Of The Years At MKN: 1 ics Conatsailation Geena vetriet ia Counselor of the Years at MKN?1 Week. | | ake Me Out To The Ballgame | Jeff Rubin losing 7-1 when we _the food was really Cheyenne 28 left in the top of the good and they had seventh. The Mets really good souve- scored their only run nirs Every year when the ball got ih-Kee-Nac sends __ past the catcher in We really can’t shicans, Navajos, __the 5 inning. The wait till the Pittsfield iCheyennes to go other team got all Mets come to Mah- : the Pittsfield their runs in the 6" Kee-Nac to 1 ‘ts play. Later in inning instruction and teach year some us some basic skills tsfield Mets come The highlight that are needed for Mah-Kee-Nacto _of the evening was baseball including \ through drills when we saw Chris- stretches, throwing th the campers. topher Reeves (Fa- techniques, and how mous actor who was _to run faster. On Thursday _paralyzed)in the /Cheyennes went _ handicapped section. see the Pittsfield Another good thing “ts play. They were _ at the game was that TotemGAMES AND CARTOON: Work Sere OP. Wetman 2 Who Are They? 1. This person is always walking around MKN. This person has the best view on the camp. This person has never missed a flag raising. 2. This person is a former camper of MKN. This person keeps the camp running smoothly. This person interviews possible staff members. Question Of The Week , x. person is working before campers are awake How tall is the climbing tower? iis barman tites olen at cam This person knows the precampers by first name, Dip You KNOW? Did you know that the site where upper senior camp was once was a swamp? From 1957 until 1960 the upper senior camp w: constructed by filling in the swamp with dirt. The original bunks were tents, later bunks were built and the upper senior camp began to look like it does today. Last Week’s Answer: The lake is 49 Feet deep and one and a half miles long. iri1998 Parent Visiting Weekend iT 1 sun}MKN Photos of The Wee eeeRacquetman Returns: John Kahane returns for his 8th year. BIG SHOW: Seneca’s go to Saratoga Springs for Dave Matthews showy New at WCM: WCM get’s new transmitter for studio, On page 4 On page 5 ime 52, Issue 5 Saturday, Aut Camp Mah-Kee-Nac a TOTEM “%:, t’s Carnival Time! By Alex Feldman Seneca 52 EMSs) On Sunday, August 2", e inflatable rides circled ior field, the immense midway iained kids, and Taco Bell s flew high above the dining No this was not a normal at Camp Mah-Ki Carnival Every year during the | week of August, Carnival entertained campers and nsclors. Carnival has been a Nac, it ition at camp since 1929 and Campers enjoy a afternoon of games during Carnival. Photo by Neil Malik parts have been added every ing of sleep, it was time for Cami- the excitement to begin. - Just recently, different food Sapna tees he ‘At 2:15 campers and counse- ins have been invited to cater bunk’s booth by making signs, using lors gathered on the junior baseball ne hungry campers, Last year streamers, and getting all of the field to watch the Main Event, which the first year of the Main things they needed to set up their consisted of Norbert and Anthony's nt and this summer was the booth. Sencas also prepared for spitting contest and a pie-cating year of judging booths for Carnival by helping to set up and" contest, Matt Rothstein, Michael ae ar organize the food court, a Seneca _Krupin, Matt Weiss, Rob Margolies, his year’s Carnival privilege. After the Carnival was set Dan Rosen, and Daniel “Sumo” ted with a lazy day for all of ‘up campers ate lunch and waited for Sherman all participated. The blue- ip. After a nice restful mom- i (Continued on page 2) Eee elUSR Hockey League Finishing Strong By Mike Wood Head of Hockey The Upper Senior Hockey Leagues are now starting to finish up with just a couple of games to go. After a couple of cancellations due to uncooperative weather, three rounds of the hockey leagues have been completed. The teams in the league consist of eight players each. The names of the teams are similar to the NHL teams with names like The Big Bad Bruins, The Rangers, The Blackhawks, and The Mighty Hurricanes. Where are the Devils? After three rounds of excit- ing play the Black Hawks lead the pack with 16 points. They are followed closely by the Hurricanes with 12. The Bruins have 11 with the Rangers hot on their heels with 9. The Rangers are really mirroring the real NHL teams. The next round or round 4 will see the Bruins facing Carnival (con’t from page 1) berry pies were placed in front of each camper as each was tied to their chair. The contest began. All the campers ate and ate for two minutes. When the time was up, Matt Rothstein had beaten the favorite Sumo Sherman. Afier the Main Event ended, Camival began. lll the booths on the mid- way were crowded with campers trying to win prizes such as candy and soda. Each bunk’s booth was also judged for creativity. One bunk from each camp won a pizza party Some favorite booths included, bean the boss, and candy in the haystack, and Coke and Pep: the big —— a the Rangers. The Blachhawks will dance with the Rangers. The date and times will be announced at assembly. Remember, it isn’tif you win or lose it’s how you play the game. Congratulations to all whom have participated in the hockey league. “The Velcro Olympics,” and the dunk tank, all of which were crowd pleasers. The Senecas, as usual, ran the foodcourt, which hosted Taco Bell as well as other different kinds of Carnival food... Taco Bell served both hard and soft tacos. Unfortu nately, the cotton candy machine was broken but that didn’t stop everyone from having a great time. The foodcourt seemed to fulfil everyone’s hunger. Overall, Camival was a big success. The beautiful weather and perfect day made for a great Carni- val. “This years weather was prob- ably the best we have ever had for Carnival,” said Alan Freidman, “and hopefully we will have the same Man The bo: setts. Feature Editor Sports Editor TOTEM STAFF Editor in Chief Alex Feld: Michael Kn Jeffrey Rubi Jeremy Nov Jacob Levit paging Editor Arts Editor Production Staff Heidi Nowak Monica Sidwell Beth Kaufman Staff Writers Jeff Rubin Eric Nehs Adam Yarnell Brett Hornby Joshua Erenstein David Kelleher Erie Levy Josh Erenstein joshua Goldman Kyle Sloane Brett Kern Russell Krupen Dustin Balmuth Jake Gladstone Evan Schacter Sean Hoffman Ross Weisman Tan Assael Josh Levine Photo Adviser Neil Mali Journalism Adviser Blain Fi Owner/Director Danny And Nancy Metzge SUMMER OFFICE 6 Hawthorne Road Lenox, Massachusetts 01 (413)-637-0781 WINTER OF! 190 Linden Avenue en Ridge, New Jersey 07 (201)-429-8522 Totem is a weekly journ: ‘camp Mah-Kee-Nae, a summ camp in Lenox, MassachRacquet Man Returns for 8th year By Alex Feldman Seneca 52 “Men, did anyone happen to e the tip o the day board?” For / people that and “Tell it to the are the first impressions of “Big Daddy” Kahane, the head sper Senior tennis. Returning is 8" year, Kahane is remem- i mostly for his interesting res and his love of tennis. John was brought to camp Kee-Nac 8 years ago. “I had to camp as a camper and a counselor and I saw the benefits for both myselfand my children,” Kahane said, “I wanted my children to participate in the experience.” John has been here ever since. ‘The most interesting part of Kahane’s curriculum is probably his famous lectures. His Mah-Kee-Nac classic lecture series draws campers to his tennis class every summer. Some famous lectures include “the raddish,” which teaches about the volley and “Bernoulli's law,” which explains topspin. “My lectures come (Continued on page 4) John Kahane smiles for the camera. Photo by Neil Malik Once Upon A Mattress” Impresses Audience By Jeffrey Rubin Cheyenne 28 In past years the Lower iors have done their play with cir. This year that changed. this year Mah-Kee-Nac ded to do the play on two ts. This year the Lower Se- s did their play with the bee girls. We did the play e Upon A Mattress. It is a ition of Princess and the ,a story about a mute king a talkative queen. The en does not want her son to married so she gives the cesses vying for his hand in riage an unfair test. One day incess comes and does ys to make everybody like and in the end she passes test. The play is a comedy with mute king making everything y. It is a delightful play with a py ending and was enjoyed by everybody on both nights. The cast party took place at Friendlys where everybody was treated to either a sundae of some kind or a milkshake. The party was a lot of fun. The Cast King Sextimus: Max Leibowitz Queen Aggravain: Vickey Schussler Princess Winifred: Lisa Raylesberg Prince Dauntless: Zach Seideman Lady Larken: Sarah Boyce Wizard: Josh Grossman. Jester: Jordan Ledy Minstrel: Howard Myones Princes #12: Danielle Novick Lady Rowena: Rebecca Flam Lady Merrill: Ililisa Goodman Lady Mabelle: Rachel Hess Sir Luce: Josh Stiefel Lady Beatrice: Jamie Rubin Lady Lucille: Maia Gottesfeld Lady Helena; Ashley “Red” Weiss Emily: Lindsay Rothenberg Sir Harold: Ben Schein Sir James: Brad Gornish Sir William:Mike Feld Sir Harry: Alex Sheridan Sir Studley: Jeffrey Rubin Ladies In Waiting Stephanie Ellner Hillary Goldy Jenny Brandt Elizibeth Aguiar Jackie Waldman Kari Silbergleit Jamie Linker Directors: Leana Todd & John Brice Choreographers: Michelle Diring & Melissa Sparr Musical Director: Kathy Meir Production Consultant: Anthony Richards Drama Consultant: Carla Gerros Lighting Technician: Sean Hoffman Crew Ashley Weiss Katie Kilberg Jessie Katz Richard Bravman Paul Halverson Ashley Weinman Amanda Mausner Rachel Fink Brad Glass Craig RossDMB Rocks Seneca’s By Alex Feldman Seneca 52 Each year the Senecas have the privilege of attending a concert. This year was no different. The Senecas, this year, attended the Dave Matthews Band concert at Saratoga Springs, New York. After a three-hour bus ride (including the hour it took us to get into the parking lot), the Senecas took their places on the hill behind the Saratoga Performing Arts Center and waited for the concert to begin. The opening band was Agents of Good Roots, who surely entertained the crowd with their music. Then after a few minutes DMB came out and performed their opening song, “Lie in our graves.” The band then continued to play on, performing favorites suc! “Satelite” and songs from their new album “Before These Crowded Streets” such as “Stay” and “Don’t Drink the Water.” Dave Matthews also had time to jam and add intros and endings onto songs. Finally towards the end of the concert the band played encores and encores performing “Crash,” “Watchtower,” and their last song “Tripping Bil- lies.” Unfortunately, DMB did not play “Ants Marching,” one of the bands biggest hits. Most Senecas bought con- cessions and merchandise such as hats and shirts with concert dates on them. All of us that went, seemed to have a great time being able to listen to such a great band. RACKETMAN (Continued from Page 3) from out of the blue at unpredicta moments,” says Kahane, “Much k Archimedes and ‘Eureka. Kahane started playing ter at summer camp when he was 8 years old, He continued with the game and became number | singl at Clark University in, Worcester, Massachusetts for 4 years. He the played in Massachusetts tournam and “faired very well.” In the winter, John teache psychology at Springfield College He also is a psychologist and is known as Dr. John Kahane. John is in the middle of writing a book he would like to put together a portfolio of his lectures. When asked if he would return next year, John replied, “O never knows what is going to hay tomorrow, much less next year Mets Visit Camp MKN By Mark Thigpen Head of Senior Baseball The Pittsfield Mets recently conducted two clinics at camp Mah-Kee-Nae. The first clinic was held Friday 24" at the Upper Senior Baseball field. Approximately twenty upper seniors participated in the clinic. The second clinic was held Friday July 31" on the Cherokee Field, Twenty-one Lower Seniors participated in this one. The Pittsfield Mets are a Class A affiliate of the New York Met Representing the Mets were Assis- tant General Manager Dick Lenfest; Players Jason Brett, Ty Wigginton, and John Mattson, along with Sean Kinne and Connel McShane em- a Reon ployees of the Mets. The Clinic consisted of different stations that stressed basic fundamentals, such as sliding, fielding, hitting and pitchers fielding practice, The clinic was an opportu- nity for campers to get a break from their regular class instruction and work in a relaxed environment with professional players. Each player was told by Mr. Lenfest to Respect the game of Baseball by always hustling on and off the field.” The campers were given an opportunity to ask questions and get autographs toward the end of the clinic. Bryan Assael, a Chey- ene, said “all the guys were real nice” Michael Schwartz, a Navajo, said “my favorite thing about the clinic was the sliding station bece we got to slide on the mat.” WCM AM 640 Listen in daily for special Oly reports. Find out the latest scores Pagoccer Scores Big With irs By Ben Romaner Junior Soccer Staff G-O-A-L! MKN scores ther as the crowd goes wild. 1998 MKN junior soccer yram was one of the strongest vities going this year on junior p. During the summer the ors won the prestigious Lenox cer Tournament beating Winadu in the final The MKN youngsters also e victorious in numerous rcamp matches including the ch between Ashley Soccer np, held at MKN. Under the lance of Program Head Jason Soose” Allen, the Juniors were taught passing, turning, dribbling, ball control, and shooting in their regular classes. The juniors who chose soccer as a Mohican were given more individual coaching focusing on their strengths and weakness to improve each boys game individually. Soccer players such as Graham Gering, Daniel Winston and Jason Rohlman benefited from the World Cup Tour- nament held during clubs. There was noticeable improvement in every junior throughout the summer by all the hard work put in soccer by everyone In the last ten years the participation for youths in soccer has grown rapidly. By the 2006 World Cup the U.S. might certain have some of these MKN Junior soccer players. The 1999 junior soccer Program has a tough act to follow. rf ~- i. Se VCM Gets New Transmitter By Jake Gladstone Mohican 5 Do you take W.C.M? C.M. is the camp’s own radio tion. is summer we have a great gram head Robbie Molinari, m Austraila. ‘The camp bought us a nd new transmitter; we can ch from W.C.M ( Next to the uger Loge) to half way across lake. And past the upper cball field The kids create there own io show by running the switch- ard and choosing their own style sic. David Herzberg said “I med a lot and learned how to | the switch board, It has been a of fun.” Robbie Molinari said Teaching the campers how to pro- duce a radio program, with different equipment, has been an interesting and worthwhile experience.” Next time you are listening to the radio listen to W.C.M 640 A.M during period 1,2,4,5 and a night show from 8:30 10:00. Campers at the WCM studio try out the new transmitter during class. Photo by Neil MalikCamper of The Week This weeks camper of the week is Jared Katz from Randolph New Jersey. Jared has one sister Lauren, who is at Camp Danbee this sum- mer. Jared enjoys hockey, woodshop, and archery at camp. The MKN Games were Jared’s favorite part about camp this summer. Congratulations Jared on being Camper of the week Cooking For An Army Who: Jared Katz From: Randolph NJ Age: 9 Bunk: 8 Years at MKN: | Counselor of The Week David Bayne from Sacramento California is this weeks counselor of the week. This year David is coaching in the golf program. David is major- ing in English literature and Political Science at the University of Tennesee. Davids favorite things about camp is meeting all the people from all over the world. In David’s spare time he likes baseball, football and horses. From: Sacramento, Ci Age: 27 Bunk: 39 Coaching: Golf Years at MKN: | By Blain Fisher Totem Adviser The job of cooking for over 550 people is not an easy task, After inter- viewing several of the kitchen staff I realized it was much more difficult then I realized. The first shift of the kitchen staff has to arrive around 5:30am to start preparing for breakfast. This shift starts and finishes break- fast and is starting lunch before breakfast is even over, Bob Farley, Marriott Production Manager, said, “we have six people in the back of the kitchen preparing the food and seven in the front serving and cleaning. Farley said, that he has to work with the schedule of his staff and also the schedule of the camps to plan how much he has to plan to cook. Mealanie Houseworth, a Manager for the Marriott for twelve years said, I need two to three hours to get every- thing ready. “I have to look over the menu’s each day to try and decide how much salad the camp will be cating.” Campers will cat more salad during days that are hot.” When you're talking about cooking 160 to 170Ibs of meat in a meal you have to know how many people are cating to avoid over or under cook- ing, Farley said.” After lunch is served, well after Ipm, the cooks are already planning and starting to prepare dinner, During this time the staff starts washing up everything that was used to cook lunch. Also the areas where people ate need to be cleaned before dinner, Kenty Edwards said, making the deadlines of each day is what I like the best. Edwards has been cooking for the camp for two years and said every- day is different when you're cooking for so FOOD FOR THOUG 1. MKN campers ¢ many people. over 500 hambuger After dinner is during one meal. served, the kitchen staff works another two hours cleaning the kitchen and getting it ready for the next day. Most of the staff leaves around 8:30pm but the day isn’t finished until almost 11:00pm when the counselors snacks are finished. After talking to several of the Kitchen staff, one thing is said by all of them, Making people happy with what they cook and working, as a team to get a job done is what the kitchen tries to do every- day. 2. MKN campers drink over 400 gal- ons of milk weekl 3. The kitchen pre- pares over 170Ibs. Roast beef during « meal. 4. The kitchen staf arrives before 5:30 and some don’t I until after 10:00pmGames And Cartoons FATHER AND oon Space Monkey By Mat MorowtZ x MIND TEASERS Edwards rooster lays a egg on the state -of New Jersey and New York, ch state would the egg belong t day did Thomas Jefferson die? t language is Trigonometry en in nswers will be given next s Totem. eo Appliance Corner by Jacob LevineMKN PHOTOS OF THE 6 lS WEEK| page 3 [ulcEsyAa Site (cK) T = 7 Ab rmprcs IEE All The Teams That Played Water Mier. ite ae Witten Tae Cite Gast (Pipe seuccas (aver To Canada For Last Trip. Wedni Camp Mah-Kee-Nac OTEM day, August 19, 1998 Celebrating “10th Eason The Final Games Cheyenne 28 Every year, Alan, Andy, aul, Danny, and all the Head ‘ounselors put their heads »gether to think up a good and xciting breakout to fool every- ody. “Breakout was really cool nd I liked the helicopter,” said ndrew Werner. Breakout began ith firecrackers being launched om bunk one. Smoke poured ut of the windows, making it )ok like a fire. Everybody was sd to go to the hill. A few \inutes later, a fire engine came nd 8 Key Staff members jumped ut with flags from different ountries in the world. ‘Then a helicopter landed long with a limo pulling up into 1e middle of junior field and 8 Coaches dressed up in suits prepare to get their teams. Photo by Neil Malik counselors in old-time gangster Then they told the to coach suits came out, eight that were suppose to leave. The new campers were excited, but some of the more experienced camper knew the first coaches were part of the fakeout al The gangsters were the coaches. Breakout was complete, and Andy Cole then announced the teams saying that it promised to be a 1998 Olympic Banners On Page 9Closing Ceremonies End A Wonderful By Blain Fisher Totem Adviser This year’s Oly as about as close as a competition of eight teams could get and not have a tie. All eight teams were ighting for a strong position starting from day one, but none of the eight teams could ever get a strong lead to assure them first place for the four days. After four days of games, the scores were still too close to positively say who was the winner. The deciding factor was definitely going to be the Banner, Sing, and Cheer Competition at the Closing Ceremonies. Finally, after all the hard work from all the players and ‘coaches and their songs and cheers were complete, Norbert Auger gave the final results that Mah- Kee-Nac had been waiting for the entire evening. The final results were close and Great Britain ended up the winner, with Brazil coming in second, and Canada finishing were ie Senecas finished their Decathlon with a 7Syard dash. TOTEM STAFF Editor in Chief Alex Feldman Managing Editor Michael Krup Feature Editor Jeffrey Rubin Sports Editor Jeremy Nows Arts Editor Jacob Levir Olympics third. The entire Camp finished the night a winner, from Andy Cole and Paul Lienwand planning something, this massive to every counselor and camper in camp. Congratulations to everyone in camp that participated in this wonderful event to finish up this 70" season at Camp Mah-Kee- Nac. Heidi Nowak Monica Sidwell Beth Kaufman Staff Writers Jeff Rubin Eric Nehs Adam Yarnell Brett Hornby Joshua Erenstein Kelleher Josh Erenstein Joshua Goldman le Sloane Brett Kern Russell Krupen Dustin Balmuth Jake Gladstone Evan Schacter Sean Hoffman Ross Weisman Jan Assael Josh Levine Photo Adviser Neil Malik Journalism Adviser Blain Fish Owner/Director Danny And Nancy Metzger SUMMER OFFICE 6 Hawthorne Road Lenox, Massachusetts 0124 (413)-637-0781 WINTER OFFICE. 190 Linden Avenue Glen Ridge, New Jersey 070 (201)-429-8522 The Totem is a weekly journa camp Mah-Kee-Nac, a summe Iboys camp in Lenox, Massach Photos by Blain Fisher _|Setts-yuntries Competing In The 1998 MKN Olympics EAT BRITAIN Ist BRAZIL 2nd CANADA 3rd LS zismoan*E »Name: BritishMonarehs | |TeamName: Brazilliant [Team Name: Canada Ive Coach: Jason Allen Head Coach: Adam Pollington Head Coach: Chris Chater thlon Entry: Sam Cutler Decathlon Entry: Jacob Levine Decathlon Evan Shyer AOROCCO 4th USA 5th FRANCE 6th Name: Morrockin Your World| | Team Name: America Online ‘Team Name: French Fries Coach: Josh Cohen Head Coach: Aaron Spencer Head Coach: Will Grein thlon Entry: Gregg Hayim Decathlon Entry: Brad LaMotte Decathlon Entry: Jake Sokol NORWAY _7th NEW ZEALAND 8th Team Name: Norway Jose Team Name: New Zealand All Blacks Head Coach: Mike Birtwistle Head Coach Decathlon Entry: Matt Rothstein Decathlon Entry Taian Hanser: mlPhotos From The 1998 MKN OlympiJS Camp Mafi-Kee-Wa c¢ Olympics Statistics ‘inal Place For Teams Points Decathlon Scores lace: Great Britain 12675 Country Points ae 1264 France 2. Norway 1099 5 New Zealand 1093.5 Canada Top Three Winners of the Banner, r Matt Aptekar, Cheer, and Song competition ‘Adam Raphael, Mick Duchon ; BANNER Zealand Jon Kurzner, Andrew White, Michael Kaplan IST Brazil Eric Hertzog, Ross Green, ek Nathaniel Douglass 3RD Nonway } Zach Abrahms, John Terbell, il Ri erg CHEER Aaron Horowitz, Graham Zifferer, ea t Britain | Josh Rosen IST Great Britian Daniel Balk, Jesse Rentz, OE Deco Josh Brawer ania Sam Nayman, Michael Schwartz, a Russell Krupen SON IST Brazil ms Andrew Davidson, Seth Se ‘ Waldenberg, Billy Goldstein i 3RD FraThe Last Big Trip By Alex Feldman eneca 52 “Bienvenue a Canada,” a sign proclaimed clearly as the coach bus full of Senecas and Wel B Yons crossed the border. This was the first taste of French that would follow us over the next four days. Earlier that morning, all the Senecas and Wel B Yons boarded a coach bus bound for Montreal. After a quick stop for lunch, the bus crossed the border and headed for the group’s first stop, the Old Port. Le Vieux Port, as the natives call it, is the oldest part of Montreal. The narrow streets and the old-fashioned buildings gave the campers a taste of old France and made for an enjoyable evening. ‘The next morning, all the The Totem npers woke up early and got ready for a day of white water rafting. The destination was the Rouge River, one of the biggest rivers in Quebec. Due to the low water level, however, some class five rapids were lowered to class 4. This did not stop everyone from having fun. Rapids such as the Washing Machine and the Seven Sisters gave everyone a thrill ride After a great day on the Rouge River, the tired campers returned back to the hotel for a good night's sleep. A day at the Olympic Park was next in store for the group. The Senecas and Wel B Yons were privileged to have a tour of the stadium which was the main venue for the 1976 Olympics and is the current home of the Montreal xpos. Following this was a trip to Fete) exons enecas traveled to Canada for their last trip together at MEN. Photo by Norbert Au the top of the tower. A two-stor elevator that ran along the side o the tower carried the group to th top of the structure that offered great view of the city. After a sv in the Olympic pool, the camper traveled next door to the Biodon a building that houses 6 different environments. The next stop for group was La Ronde, an amusen park on an island in the St Lawrence River. Unfortunately, rain closed some of the rides for while, but campers still had fun ¢ the four roller coasters. On the final day boarded the bus for the under- ground city, a group of shops in Montreal connected by undergro tunnels. After a day of shopping the tired campers bade “au revoi to Canada, hopefully to return in. the grou 1igonquins (raver fo maine By Danny Hayes Igonquin Counselor 40 It was time to pack our because we were off to reast Maine. We all love pacious cabins at Mah-Kee- but the four-floor condo- ims of Sugarloaf Ski Resort luxurious accommodations. Sugarloaf Health Club was sacked with fun, indoor . saunas, steam rooms, ball courts, and an enor- , weight room. Most folks think of Maine ‘lobsters and lighthouses; ie Cherokees By Anthony Toscano Russell Krupen Cherokee 35 As Camp came to a close lar schedule finished, trip began. The trips range from yerstown to Montreal. The okees went to Boston for big trip. It was atrip to mber in the coming years. As we left our camp for days, we drove off to the on Science Museum. This n museum offered exhibits cd from illusions to fics. After a couple of hours oking around we gathered her at the Mugar O1 This the: s- jer uses a but more and more adventurers are g Maine has the best whitewater rafting in the northeast. little on this earth discov. There is ver that beats a whitewater rafting adventure down the Kennebec river. Imagine yourself plummet- ing through white walls of surging water, screaming and laughing, all the while following your guides’ instructions. In our raft, we worked hard as a team to paddle and maneuver the boat through swift flowing rapids, running 23 miles long The Kennebec’s upper Gorge section has huge roller coaster waves highlighted by the legend- ary magic falls. On the lower half, we enjoyed sit-on-top kay aks, There was lots of swimming and we even got to see the rare osprey bird. We had a great lunch, and then at the end of the rafting adventure we were pri sented a slide show and video of our trip. Just when we figured, the fun was over, it wasn’t. We shopped at an outlet mall with everything under the sun. Ina nutshell, camper Dan Jablon states it best; “It was awesome: there are not any other words for it.” End The Summer in Boston reflecting dome to give the illusion of 3-D. We saw the movie “Everest” which was about a group that climbed Mt. Everest. It was an interestin movie. We then went to the mall and the movies. We finished off the night at the hotel, where we relaxed to bed to get ready for the next day. We woke up to find overcast skies and our day looked bleak. Alan Friedman made the right calls and we were off to water country in southern New Hamp- shire. There were few other people there, so we had no wait for rides like “Geronimo” and “The Black Hole”. After our rain-soaked adventure, it was back to the hotel to change and off to Fuddrucke and “Sheer Madness” play where we were able to help and wel an inte tive solve a mystery. We had a great bite and some of us asked the most influential questions of the night Our day ended back at the hotel with pizza and TV. ‘On Wednesday morning, we met Danbee at Boston Harbor and toured the famous Boston Aquarium There were many exotic marine animals such as the sea lion and electric eel. After a boat tour of the Harbor, we all headed over to Quincy Market to eat and shop. There were over 40 restaurants and twice that many stores to explore. Our trip ended in historic Fenway Park, where we saw the visiting sas City Royals defeat the Bos- ton Red Sox, 8-4. It was a very exciting game, which our et group enjoyed. And so our big trip ended, leaving us back at camp and ready for Olympics the next day tireCheyennes Off To Lake George Jeff Rubin Cherokee 28 Every year the Cheyennes g0 to Lake George, New York, for two days and one night. This ye the Cheyennes left on Tuesday and came back on Wednesday. The trip started off with the Cheyennes going white water rafting in class two and three level waters. This was very exciting and all the campers had a great time. Next we went to our hotel and rested for an hour while watching TV. Then we went into Lake George village to go shopping and have dinner. All the Cheyennes seemed to enjoy the large amount of tee-shirt and souvenir shops that lined the main, street. Campers were also able to eat at places like McDonalds or other local establishments, Later that evening we went to a theme park and had fun on rides for several hours. On the second day we started off with a huge buffet for breakfast, which filled the hungry campers. We then left and went to the water slides for a few hours at a amusement park. The park included everything from huge slides to a lazy river. All this and more surely cooled off the Cheyennes. After some of the Chey- ennes were tired of riding all of the rides, we all went to the arcade at the park and played video games until we had to leave for Albany. When we arrived in Albany we shopped and ate dinner and later watched a movie at the Crossgat Mall. The mall’s foodcourt enabl every camper to have a taste of something different, and the man shops provided everything from clothes to music After an evening at the m the tired Cheyennes piled back o the buses for the long ride back t camp. Little did we know that Olympic breakout was coming t next day After so many thi in three days, all the Cheyennes were tired but happy, and we all aa great time in Lake George. we Navajos See The Baseball Hall Of Fame By John Terbell Navajo 24 We all woke up in Lower Senior Camp about 7:15am. anxiously getting ready for the big trip to Cooperstown. We ate breakfast, loaded up the buses, and took off for an excellent adventure. First we stopped at Doubleday Field and watched a game and ate lunch. This was an excellent time where we all enjoyed ourselves. After the game was over, we went to the Baseball Hall of Fame. Here we all got to see players that have played baseball and set records during their career. After we finished looking through all of this wonderful collection of baseball player's memorabilia, we went and ate at a Steak House. After we finished up a full day of activities, we went back to our motel to get some good sleep for the next day of busy activities. After we all woke up the next morning, we left for the famous Howe Caverns. We spent several hours there, got back on the buses headed for Zoom Flume. After spending the rest of the day there, we headed back to camp. This two-day trip was more than we all expected. I had never seen this many things in two days in my life. All of us seemed to have a great time, but were rea for the next day when we hopet Olympics would be starting.Norway Jose SenSummer RewindJunior Camp Apaches Iroquois Me ou: ps oo ef PO 8 Ree og 8 Felet.| Mohicans ene ahaa e TotemApaches Bunk 11 Front Row: Max Gerson, Matt Kahane Middle Row: Ben Jul Toporoff, Dean Frankel, Michael Fink, Matt Krasnoff, Gregory Nowak ric Standing: Hayden Ormsby, Rob Shapiro, Maureen Watt, Brian Wigginton Bunk 12 Front Row: Sean Gordon, Zach Rubinstein Middle Roy S jocy Hochberg, Josh Abrahms Standing: Josh Cohen, Megan Inman, Jon Poole, Ryai neIroquois Bunk 7 Front Row: Josh Verlin, Matt Morowitz Middle Row: Corey Schneider, Stephen Myones, Adam Brownstein, Dan Schreir, Dan Morowitz, Tyler Odwin Standing: Neil Malik, Steven Gross, Ben Ray Bunk 8 Front Row: Steve Raskin, Jared Katz, Matt Brody Middle Row: Alex Cion, Michael Wilner, Gregg Fish, Harry Black, Ramon Rubio, Brett Wender Standing: Andrew Wood, Zach Borger Missing: Matt Harris Bunk 9 Front Row: Josh Erenstein, Andrew Leff, Jason Jacobs Middle Row: David Goldberg, Ross Peyser, Daniel Perlin, Ia Dubrowsky, Brett Parker, Evan Ludwig Standing: Adam Pollington, Jon Drillings, Josh Berger eeIroquois Bunk 10 Front Row: Alex Harris, Max Kusovitsky, Evan Brenner, Brian Brauntuch Middle Row: Daniel Winston, Dillon Reuben, Justin Schacter, Spencer Kahn, Alex Cole Standing: Mark Berenson, Ben Romaner, Matt Johnson PHOTOS ON THE JR CAMPMohicans Bunk 1 Front Row: Jason Goldman, Danny Baneman, Marc Leven, Brian Warheit Middle Row: Jason Rohlman, Aaron Levine, Josh Levine, Jesse Tasher, Steven Gutentag, Andrew Davidson janding: Jason Allen, Daniel Shaw, Chris Woodford, Logan Aaron Staenberg Bunk 2 Front Row: Jon Bryer, Keith Petri, Sean Posner Middle Row: Sam Fanberg, Brian Helweil, Jesse Schrier, Robby Hochberg, Jake Floyd Standing: Andy Thorn, Griffin Newman, Matt Wilkes, Spencer Heuman-Gutman, Rob Molinaro Bunk 3 Front Row: Eric Ross, Julian Levine, Adam Attas Middle Row: Jordan Kaplan, Jon Kurzner, Will Lenkowsky, Ross Weisman, Adam Winkler Standing: Dan Kupcho, Adam Yarnell, [an Assael, Eric Nehs, Adam Cutler, Blain Fisher eerMohicans Bunk 4 Front Row: Daniel Balk, Pedro Imbert, Eric Hertzog, Zach Abrahms Middle Row: Brian Polivy, Adam Raphael, Greg Mortner, Sam Nayman, Leland Snaider Spencer Steifel, Zach Cion, Kevin Conrad, Andy Katz, ‘Andy Lampo Bunk 5 Front Row: Kyle Epstein, Aaron Horowitz, Willy Welt Middle Row: Harrison Marks, Matt Zuckerman, Zach Drillings, Max Rabkin, Julian Gompertz, Bobby Bardin Standing: Kyle Johnson, Zach Davis, Neil Alpert, Jake Gladstone, Milan Mihaylov Bunk 6 Front Row: Adam Alovis, David Rublin, Scott Bressler, Sean Hendrickson, David Herzberg, Alex Glick Standing: Dustin Smith, Harris Reichenbaum, Daniel Lederman, Adrian Nette, Eli Stagg, Michael Sparago, Oren AsmanLower Senior CampBunk 21 Front Row: Josh Goldman, Josh ssman, Brandon Kessler, Brad Gornish, Ross Green, Evan Schacter r, Josh Thigpen, Mike MeMiillion, Howard Myones, Oliver Guzman, Chris McLoughlin Bunk 22 Front Row: Logan Hirsch, Brian Edwards, Craig Meyer, Dennis Kramer, Brian Dolphin, Jeremy Gerson Standing: Billy Bender, Jeremy Adams, Eric Levy, Elijah Duncan, Chris Sadlo, Ben Gellis Bunk 23 Front Row: Jake Levy, Tommy Cramer, Mitchell Leff, Evan Goldberg, Keith Robbins Standing: Jeff Fountai Donohue, Jason Greenstone, Jeremy Garrett, Lee Farber, Paul Trichon, Ian Grattidge Missing: Josh SonsteinBunk 24 Front Row: Andrew Seiden, Michael Schwartz, Eli Shoham, Barrett Gold, Zach Seideman, David Fein Middle row: Jake Kahane, Philip Borger, Jeff Barry, Jon Terbell, lan Meller Back Row: Eli Levine, John Hee- tor, Simon Molyneux Bunk 25 Front Row: Jesse Rentz, Mario Imbert Middle Row: Jon Share, Mick Duchon, Michael Lehrhoff, Josh Egert, AJ. Reisman, Brett Kaye Standing: Jason Villoria, Jordan Spitz, Zach Dauber, J.B. Rutagarama, Cory Warheit, Chris Donahue Bunk 26 Front Row: Ben Schein, Michael Feld, Michael Rubin, Daryn Hornby Middle Row: Barry Finder, Burton Witman, Zack Lerner, Greg Postyn, Jared Mine, Zach Gering Standing: Rafael Gomez, Brett Kern, Michael Park, Aaron Spencer, Adam Donato, Tyson SmithCheyennes Bunk 27 Front Row: Craig Rosenberg, Andrew Fensterstock Meyer, Jeremy Nowak, Kevin Hu Standing: Kamlesh Nanavati Ron Culley, Lance Polivy Rodburg, David Presle: Belliveau Bunk 28, Front Row: Andrew Werner, Josh Petri Middle Row: Justin Reitman, Phil Namdar, Sean Hoffman, Max Bryer, Jon Zeller Standing: Will Grein, Jeff Rubin, Nat Gryll, Andrew Liakos, Brett Pariser, Jordan Berg, Jon Brice Bunk 29 Front Row: Josh Perlin, Zach Rosenow Middle Row: Ross Goodman, Matt Silbermann, Andrew Cantos, Brett Habermann, Kyle Sloane, Matt DiLorenzo Standing: Geoff Raskin, Jon Scherdin, David Kelleher, Mike McLoughlin, Jordan Ledy Missing: Sam HomburgerBunk 30 Front Row: Matt Kushner, Zach Schaffran, Adam Kusovitsky, Andrew White, Matt Carples, Ada Eisenstein Standing: Rob Davis, Kyle Dia- mond, Seth Waldenberg, Mike Manno, lan Wishingrad, Jeff Liffman, Chris Gerber Bunk 31 Front Row: Josh Scheinerman, Michael Goldfaden Middle Row: Ian Borg, Scott Cohen, Warren Spitz, Eli Saline, ‘Stuart Chanin Standing: Greg Beaton, ER Borger, Maz Leibowitz, Chris Knobel, Michael Laskin, Brian Smith, Ross Mendlinger Bunk 32 Front Row: Josh Toporoff, Matt Hoffman, Daniel Rohlman, Jacob Kaplan, Josh Weiler, Andrew Scheinerman Standing: Alex Sheridan, Robert Taffe, David Warmer, Cory Cummins, Jobn Latham, Bryan Assael CheyennesCheyennes Front Row: Graham Zifferer, Greg Stein Middle Row: Zach Toland, Mark Filenbaum, James Rosenthal, Craig, Feibusch, Scott Kessler Standing: Justin Todd, Juan Carlos Lopez, Robert Gage, John Olmstead, Jordan Greenberg Missing: AJ Stott Bunk 34 ont Row: Adam Levy, Josh Steifel, Andrew Nahmias, Martin Douglas, Jon Gold Standing: Brent Morowitz, Bran- . Matthew Cohen, David Olson, Ben Schreier, Ben Gamble, Julian PackinUpper Senior Camp a PU ss ttf at Cherokees ea Le le Pit eee fe Ue ary Algonquins SenecasBunk 35 Front Row: David Salz, Jason Needles, Russell Krupen Middle Row: Andrew Kurland, David Gutmann, Tom Kilberg, Dustin Balmuth, Cory Julie Standing: Jon Kilberg, Michael Litterick, Brad Feldman, Anthony Toscano, Brandon Singer, Ramon Davila, Matt Estersohn Bunk 36 Front Row: Ricky Rosemarin, Brad Glass, Richard Bravman, Craig Ross, Andrew Feldman Standing: Mike Knights, Paul Halverson, Steve Rossi Missing: Eduardo Vivas Bunk 37 Front Row: Josh Ludwig, Brad Rothenberg, Rob Bernstein, Matt Gingher, Kenneth Ma Standi Eric Duchon, Ross Bently, Nathan Edmonson, Brian Abmad CherokeesBunk 38 Front Row: Ben W Tulis, Sam Gordon, Matt Brod ley, Ben ason Barash, Standing: Dan Rosenberg, Sam Goldman, Brett Goldberg, Richard Bailey, David Brauntuch, Jordan Weiss, Tom Cander, Ryan Kriser Bunk 39 Front Row: Buzzy Cohen Middle Row: Dave Bayne, Zach Tasher, Michael Gorin, Josh Sherman, Trevor Gentry Standing: Derek Frankel, Eric Mausner, Ben Silverman, Jamie Curr: Cherokees Tae tn oaBunk 40 Front Row: David Sterling Middle Row: Max Kaplan, Jordan Traister, Ross Ginsberg, Matt Weiler, Brad Erlich Standing: Chris Chater, Dan Jablon, Joe Smith, Adam Metzger, Dan Ahmad, Danny Bunk 41 Front Row: Billy Goldstein, Jon Hirsch Middle Row: Matt Brandwein, Jason Kessler, Dan Goldweit, Brian Gordon, Will Anderson. Standing: Bruce Uglow, Andrew Schwartz, Zack Dia- mond, Brian Harris, Jason Fesyk Bunk 42 Front Row: Josh Brawer, Standing: Chris Battiste, Cohen, Matt Kraus, Greg Nell, Evan Stopol, Justin Broderson, Phil Hayes AlgonquinsBunk 43 Front Row: Jordan Koss, Mike Arons, Josh Rosen, Justin Raphael, Michael Stein Standing: lan McClelland, Michael Metzger, Scott Wesley, Ashley Neese Bunk 44 Front Row: Andrew Cedar, Nathaniel Douglass Standing: David Zahn, Adam Nelson, Craig Rowin, Jon Bunk 45 Front Row: Alex Waldman, Bryan Stratt, Brett Hornby, David Krupnick, Marshall Marcus Standing: Joe Christner, Shaun Glassman, Josh Henry, David Farrell AlgonquinsSenecas Bunk 50 Front Row: Robby Luchow, Jon Hirschtritt, Chad Geartner, Daniel Koffler, Jake Sokol, Matt Rothstein Standing: Matt Crowther, Dan Sherman, Evan Shyer, Troy Goldberg, Dean Nourse Missing: Gregg Hayim, Andrew Horowitz, Matt Weiss Bunk 51 Front Row: Rob Margolies, Mark Gute Jon Sinaw, Matt Aptekai Michael Kaplan, Andrew Wachtenheim an, Standing: Stuart Barclay, Rosen, Adam Irlando, le Smith. Bunk 52 Front Row: Alex Feldman, Sam Stolzar, Michael Krupen, Jacob Levine, Sam Cutler, Jordan Gellis Standing: Shaun Tet Mike Birtwistle, Itay Bar- David, Brad LaMotte tenCelebrating our 70th Year mn wn Danny and Nancy Metzger SUMMER ANd Lenox, MA 01240 SOUP BT Ce Commence Ci omN A Ld Phone: 413-637-0781 Dae ERE Pa Pee Tyner SE RYE De) Fax: 973-429-1394 Dene CER) eo