Nature News
Jokes
By: Nature John
By: Justin R. • Log Cabin
This was caterpillar week at the Nature
Museum. Kids found and brought to the museum, two smooth green caterpillars, two with
black branched spines, and a thin inch worm.
We have put them into clear-sided containers to observe what develops -- butterflies or
moths?
A camper caught a nine inch Bass fish at
the pond with a bamboo pole, line and hook.
We have put it into our 100 gallon aquarium.
We still have the nine inch Slider turtle in the
aquarium, but we are planning to release him
into the Hunting Camp Creek that runs by
lower camp.
A camper found a soft, light tan, oval shaped egg at the edge of the creek. We are
waiting to see what emerges from this egg.
The kids continue to catch crawdads (crayfish), salamanders, and minnows. They are
fascinated to see them so close.
Walking the bridge from lower camp to upper camp is an adventure in Nature observations. We see many multi-colored dragonflies,
young turtles, and young fish in the swampy
area below. (decades ago, this area was called
“Peanut Butter Land)
The cacophony from the 13-year Cicadas
has diminished considerably. We look forward to 2024 when they will return again!?!
What happens when a vampire and a snowman come
together?
A: Frost Bite
The Magic Broom which goes to the
cleanest camp all week long belongs to
Bear Cubs
for session 2. Great job Bear Cubs
for keeping your camp clean two
weeks in a row!
What do you call a skeleton that does no work at all?
A: Lazy Bones
Crawdads
By: Caroline Johnson • Log Cabin
Have you heard of a crawdad before? Well if you
haven’t you should read this. Crawdads come in all
shapes and sizes. Some are blue and some are red and
brown. When they are babies they have one big claw
and one tiny claw. Thank you for reading this article.
The Rosen’s
By: Max R. • Log Cabin
I am Max Rosen and I have a brother named Jake!
And Jake and I are very cute! And we are going to rock
out! And I am seven years old and Jake is eight years
old.
Whippoorwill Weekly
Written for campers, by campers
Whippoorwill
Relay
By: Wesley M. • Log Cabin
By: Greta Matthies • Log Cabin
Lately at our farm we had a pig (Milo) give a
goat (Buddy) a ride on his shoulders. In second
period archeology, we found a raptor skull, crystal gemstone, shells and arrowheads. Come to
our farm we got everything so come here to our
farm in Fairview with bus stops at Jim Warren
Park. We have everything from a horse barn to a
creek, a nature center to a swimming pool all at
Whippoorwill. Come on Thursday and you get
a free s’more. Meet Nature John and do a tone
more. Only at Whippoorwill.
Once in Whippoorwill my group Togo were working really hard to win the relay. I was the last one
to run and when I did it, something struck me and it
said I should run better than I ever ran before and I
ran fast enough to win. I was so happy. Now we are
against Teepee!
Montana
By: GA • Log Cabin
Animal beading is a fun relaxing activity. You can
make all kinds of things: people, wizards, snakes, bees,
butterflies and other fun things. You can also go relax
and cool off if you just played battleball.
Montana is white with brown spots. He is
handsome. He is friends with Tinker the pony.
Tinker is funny. He is short, brownish, grayish.
He eats the ropes. Montana is fast. His horse
friend Misty loves Ace the biggest hose. Ace
loves Misty. Ace is brown. Misty is white with
small black spots. Lucky is brown, too. Lucky
is the second biggest horse. Jazzy is a pony too.
Jazzy is black. Hope you have fun at the horse
barn.
Made History
Pet Snake
Animal Beading
By: Erica F. • Log Cabin
By: Will Braam • Log Cabin
Yesterday, when I was waiting in line for the zipline,
I saw a guy do a dive off the zipline. It was the first
dive off the zipline in Whippoorwill history. It was
truly amazing!
Session 2: June 6 - 10, 2011
Team Australia huddle up before the relay. Go Aussies!
The new chicks
By: Eme Carter • Teepee
There are new chicks! And me and three other kids
named them. There names are Sam, Snow, Boots,
Trouble, Einstein, Lil’ Catie, Feathers, and Midnight.
My favorite it Sam. They are the cutest things ever.
By: Sydney Bixby • Bear Cubs
We have a pet snake at Bear Cubs. It is REAL
and it comes alive at night! He slivers and he is
nice. This snake loves Bear Cubs so much!! He
feels and looks just like a real snake. He watches us do our activities during the day!
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as we strive to improve and add new features daily.
Abby’s Fall
Guilty or Not
Interview with Thumper
Quote of the week
By: Log Cabin
By: Kendall B and Allison O.
• Teepee
By: Adella K. • Teepee
“Hey! Smell my arm. It smells like man!”
- Archer M. • Log Cabin
One day, Abby and I were
walking by the lake and then
Abby accidently slipped on
my foot. And then she fell
into the pond with a shriek.
“AAHHHH” shrieked Abby.
Her friend Caroline was
frozen with fear and ran away
leaving Abby alone. Abby
said, “Why, why? I thought
you would help me up,” but
just as she though Caroline
was a goner, she returned and
pulled her out of the pond.
Abby
Apparently a dark brown
chick was under the gazebo
when it dashed out from under the gazebo. While it was
running, it went to the bathroom on a green backpack,
but did not do any damage to
the back pack, that we know
of. No one knows whose
backpack it is, but we hope it
is not damage.
By: Katherine Dagley and Jacob M. • Log Cabin
Kate
By: Cameron and Gillian F.
• Log Cabin
Q: What bus do you ride?
A: The orange turkey
Q: What is your favorite camp
activity?
A: Creekhike
Q: What is your favorite color?
Purple
Q: What’s your favorite animal?
A: Turtle
Q: How much do you like Camp
Whippoorwill
A: Too much to describe in
words.
Q: how old are you?
A: 20 years old
Q: Who is favorite friend?
A: Andrew, the camp secretary
Q: Who is your favorite camper?
A: The campers in Log Cabin!
Q: Do you have children?
A: Nope!
Abby, the whippoorwill counselor in Log Cabin says that this is
her first year. Her favorite activity is creekhike and she also really
likes pool and archeology. Her favorite activities in general are
singing and watching Disney movies. Her favorite color is teal. She
says she has not had the experience of Whippoorwill before. She
has seen strange kinds of snakes, crawdads, and even red grasshopper. Her favorite animal at Whippoorwill is Milo the pig and her favorite animal in general is Fluffy the three headed dog. Her favorite
subject is French. Abby said Camp Whippoorwill rocks!
Sunny Days = Kilowatts
Have you noticed the fourteen solar panels on the hilltop Barn?
They have been working hard producing electricity every sunny day.
They produce about twenty kilowatts every day. A kilowatt is equal
to 1,000 watts. A 100 watt bulb could burn for ten hours and use one
kilowatt.
You can find out more about this by signing up for solar fun. You
might even find out how to write your name by the power of the sun!
Archery
By: Reaghan M. • Bear Cub
Sam Barocas got a turkey feather! It is so cool. He go it at archery. He got a bulls-eye.
A: What is your favorite part of camp?
T: I love when kids go farming, and they visit
me.
A: If you were a camper, what would your favorite activity be?
T: I think I would like newspaper because it is
relating and I love to write stories.
A: Recently, you have lost a good friend. Could
you tell me about that?
T: yes. Chocolate Chip was a great friend. It was
just his time to go. I miss her, and I hope to get a
new friend because I am lonely, but at least I have
great campers that visit me!
Chicken Egg
Meet some of the staff
Andrew B • Office Coordinator
Fun fact: He has never been stung by a bee or anything before in his life.
Marissa L. • Bear Cub Director
Fun Fact: She ran the Nashville 1/2 marathon in
both 2010 and 2011.
Stay tuned for more fun facts from
your staff every issue.
By: Caroline J. & Abby the counselor • Log
Cabin
Once scorching hot
Wednesday morning,
Abby and I were strolling
near the pond. And then
we came upon the most
peculiar thing: it had some
feathers on it and some
yolk in it. It was a cracked
chicken egg. Abby and I
thought it came from Bunny Village or maybe it
came from the hen house. But I just wonder “how
could it get there because it is so far away from
the chicken house?” Thank you for reading this
article about the mysterious egg.
Interview with
Buddy
By: Emma Mirnics • Teepee
E: How are you today Buddy?
B: Gooood. You?
E: Just fine. What’s the best part of
camp for you?
B: I like it when campers feed me.
E: You’ve been a good boy so far so here you go.
(gives Buddy some food)
B: Fresh, juicy leaves. Yum.
E: Anything exciting going on?
B: No. Just the same stuff. Thanks for stopping by.
Oh, any more leaves?
The Champs!
By Allison Owen • Teepee
Bennett Hasty
caught the biggest
fish of the summer during Log
Cabin fishing.
This week in Teepee we are choosing a country
and then the next day we are dressing up like that
country would and whoever wins gets to go against
the Log Cabin and the Bear Cubs on Friday and do
a relay race against each other!