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Restaurant – This Friday don’t miss the Guiness Beef Brisket Special. Thanks to the Fry Master Jim Gerstbrein for the awesome Walleye last Friday! Other upcoming fine culinary opportunities
Saturday July 7 – Laura & Marlana Turkey Dinner
Friday July 14 – Smoked Butt mitt Kraut
Entertainment – we have entertainment lined up for every Friday this summer. Here’s the next couple of weeks:
This Friday – Frank Sinatra had to cancel. 290 East Band will be playing instead.
July 13 – Piano Man Peter Miletic
Volunteer Duties – just a reminder that fulfilling your duties is important to the functioning of camp and our offerings. Your three duties are a key obligation of being a cottage owner. If something comes up it is your responsibility to switch with someone or find a suitable replacement. When duties are missed committee chairs often have to step in to keep things going. Those folks are already giving generously of their time and really don’t want to do another duty. A missed duty will result in a $250 fine. Remember to dress suitably for your duties. Closed toed shoes and t-shirts are recommended for kitchen duties.
Decks, sheds, cottage construction – just a reminder to contact Howard Boress or Kurt Potthast to have Buildings & Grounds review and approve all project plans and timing of the project.
Cottages for bid – the Illinois District has two cottages up for bid. To be eligible to own a cottage you must have been a member of a Turner society for at least one year by the time the bids are opened on July 23rd at the next District Council meeting. Submit your bid in a sealed envelope with a check for your full bid amount, which must be the minimum bid of $1500 or more. Include how many years you have been a member and to which Society you belong. Bids will be opened and read at the July 23rd District Council meeting.
Should you have a winning bid you may take possession immediately and you will have all the rights and privileges (pool tags, youth program, coupon book, etc.) for the remainder of the 2018 season. Cottage 26 – one room cottage in Mosquito Hollow Cottage 52 – one room cottage in Aurora Lane
Cottage Reclamation Opportunity – the District is also in possession of cottage 237, which is in severe disrepair. It is located just past the Sugar Bowl below the service road where the road bends. There is a picture of this cottage next to the definition of “Fixer Upper” in the dictionary. Since this cottage will require a significant upgrade investment The District is not asking for any bid. It is a larger footprint cottage and we are looking for someone who is handy and willing to bring it back to life. If you are interested please see Howard Boress & Kurt Potthast of Buildings & Grounds. The county building codes are very strict with what can and can’t be done and they’ll help you review the possibilities. Once you come up with a plan approved by Buildings & Grounds the Council will review and approve. As a side note, this is why the Camp Committee periodically does walk-throughs of camp and details repairs/work for cottages if they need it. This one got away from us and we’re trying to make sure cottages don’t get to the point of having to be torn down.
Communication – Jim Roth is leading a committee to develop ideas to improve communicate at camp. If you are interested in serving on this committee please see Jim Roth or email him at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..
Sound Mind, Sound Body – that’s the heart of Turnerism, Turning, fitness, and athletic endeavors. Camp provides a lot of opportunities to keep your bodies well tuned and to play.
Postural Fitness – a gentle stretching program to keep your body loose and limber. Meets during some mornings at the Rathskeller. See certified instructor Sara Schiller the program leader for details and nominal costs.
o Boot Camp – a higher energy level fitness class to challenge each participant. Meets during some mornings at the Rathskeller. See certified instructor Courtney Barts the program leader for details and nominal costs.
Thank you from your 2018 Tweenies for supporting our 4th of July Pancake Breakfast. Close to 200 people were served! We look forward to hosting the Tweenie Dance Saturday July 14th from 8:30-11:00pm. Admission is $5.00 which will include a light-up bracelet. Come and dance the night away.
Family Fest – Thank you to all that helped with Family Fest!!! It was another very successful year and we could not have done it without all of you!! See you next year!!
All age Safety Breaks at the Pool - Please understand that we will be calling all age safety breaks at the pool when the weather is extremely hot. We want to make sure that our staff is able to cool down and hydrate. Thank you, The Youth Committee
Youth- Another week of surviving the heat and rain but, now excited and looking forward to the week of Water Show. Campers of the Week from last week are Macy Ganatos and Issac Byrne. Our swimmers of the week were Declan Peterson, Carter Gibson, Daelynn Flowers, Addison DeRusha,Ray Kohler and Amy Sawicki. Craft house had a tremendous turnout making Slime. We want to give a HUGE shout out to Becky Tueke for donating the supplies for the campers to tie dye t-shirts. They loved it as usual. Monday there will be a Water Show costume meeting at 3pm @ the pool if you missed Fridays meeting.
Future Dates:
Saturday, July 14- Water Show (Pool)
Wednesday, July 18- 9 and Under Sleep Out (Afield)
Wednesday, August 1- 10 and Over Sleep Out (Afield)
Wednesday, August 8- Corn Roast at the Pool
Friday, August 10- Farewell Awards (Friday Night Fish Fry)
Saturday, August 11- Final Show (Sugar Bowl)
Save the date of July 28th for a full day of fun and remembrance. FOUNDERS DAY and TURNER TROT. Begins at 10:00am at the front gate with parade to the A Field. Wear your German attire and bring your antique cars and vehicles. Children’s short program followed by the Turner Trot. See you there!!!
Liz kenty is trying to set up a remind app. This app will remind Turner’s of events and meetings and things going on at camp. If you’d like to be on this app please text Liz Kenty @ 312-286-5354. Your name, your email address and cell phone number & cottage #( if you have one ) Then you will be sent an invite to join.
WEEKLY BULLETIN - The weekly bulletin is now being published by Chris Mostyn. If you would like to publish an item please email me no later the Wednesday afternoon at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.. PLEASE NOTE MY EMAIL HAS CHANGED THIS YEAR
LILI FUJI – GOLDEN SHOE AWARD WINNER
