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Sensational Saturday brings us to the beautiful day of special programs! This morning we broke up into four teams and played ZANY OLYMPICS! Our fantastic events included tug-o-war, backward-three-legged race, opposite arm softball throw, and balloon pop! We all had a fantastic time playing the ZANY games, and the winners will be announced tomorrow!

After lunch, we moved into Carnival… face painting, fortune telling, bouncy house, slip n’ slide, and two amazing water slides… what a beautiful day in the sun! We had counselors at each station directing our campers to the fun activities. Prizes galore and water extravaganza kept us running around in the fresh water and the bright sun this afternoon. We concluded the daylight with a general swim, and a tasty meal of barbecued chicken! YUM!

We also started our recycling competition for Session 1 2009- boys vs. girls! Whoever can collect the most cans, plastic bottles and cardboard, sort them, and also come up with creative ways to express how we can be more green at Circle F will determine the winner. We will announce the winner next Friday, and at the Rodeo! We are so proud of our campers, counselors, and all of Circle F for wanting to be more green, and working to recycle, reduce, and reuse everything we can! Way to go!

Tonight will be our opening campfire. This is a tradition from the beginnings of Circle F that introduces the campers to how the Circle F family commenced in 1952. We have 12 speeches given by counselors, then the traditional “wood chip throw” where returning campers and counselors add their wood chips to the fire. We also have ashes from last year’s campfire placed in this year’s fire… and each year we build on this tradition. It is a beautiful time for us to respect and think about those who have made this place into what it is today, and how we are going to shape Circle F for tomorrow.

Tomorrow, we wake up for a day of wild animals and roller coasters- BUSH GARDENS!

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Jen: You were right about that bird. Should have known there was a reason you left a glove on the green bin. Can’t tell folks anymore a Collared’s bite has never drawn blood! Ouch. That guy’s name has got to be Grinch.
Still draining the fridge. The freezer thermostat is incredible stiff. It may be the whole problem. Not only was it stiff it had alot of algae growing on and around it. To me that indicates heat. Heat can be created by electrical resistance. So there may be an electrical malfunction.
There are so many things I want to clean!
Safari’s not behaving. There should be a bookmark bar in every open window, but there isn’t. That’s probably a system level malfunction.
Flo came by.
The bird room isn’t ready for babies. The incubator and brooder in particular require disinfecting. I may take them with me … but I don’t know where I’d put them.
Time to get out into the heat and work on the new service aisle. David