Camptown Ladies Sing This Song

4-H Camp Clayville got off to a rocky start this past weekend as future campers were plucked from Leechers Lake and used as laborers. During the orientation weekend, over twenty campers were taken to Camp Sergeant Dirk Freewood's home where they weeded his wife's garden and cleaned up "a lot of gross stuff" from inside the couple's home.

Freewood said the program, Build a Better Nest, was designed to teach the children how to successfully manage a home on their own. "Besides," Freewood said, "they didn't even do a good job."

Kathy Martin, whose daughter Tammy is a veteran camper, said, "There's a lot worse things that could happen to a kid. I just hope they was wearing thick rubber gloves and boots."

Camp Clayville officially opens next Monday.

CLAYVILLE COMMENTS...

Thanks to Sergeant Dirk, I learned how to clean rubber sheets and clogged drains. I am now a certified Martha Stewart stinkologist. I can identify and exterminate the source of any stinky problem before it blossoms into a crisis.

Is there more to camping than cleaning? You tell me.

Signed,
Former 4-H Camper