Change is inevitable. Even at Nebagamon. Mother Nature sees to that. In the last issue of The Keylog, we highlighted a handful of iconic trees on camp’s property. One of the trees receiving an homage was the grand basswood between the Lower Diamond and the tennis courts. Alas, in the early morning hours at the end of June, a storm put an end to the icon.
But there is always hope. That very evening, a camper used a slice of a fallen branch as a keylog to Keep the Fires Burning. And plans are afoot to replant a tree at the same spot. Icons have to start somewhere. With that in mind, here are a couple of letters from the mailbag:
All the way from Denmark, the Jorgensen family sent in a photo of three generations of Nebagamon campers and staff (alongside a KTFB cake). From left to right below, we have Niels (who was a staff member in 1958 and from 1960-64), Thomas (a camper in 1980 and 1982) and Kasper (a camper this past summer). During Thomas’s first summer at camp, Niels (who went on to make his home in Nairobi) contributed the Swahili version of the “THIS SHALL BE A PLACE OF WELCOME FOR ALL” sign.
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Alex Gordon, the Logger push for the past decade, wrote in with a sports update of sorts: “In mid-September, about 15 Chicago-area alums played in the The Keystone Group’s Ninth Annual Charity Softball Tournament to Benefit Camperships for Nebagamon, which is held every fall in honor of former Nebagamon camper and counselor Michael N. Rolfe (1948-54), who was the father of alums Andy Rolfe and Jim Rolfe and grandfather of current camper Jacob Rolfe, The Nebagamon team was 0-2 for the day, but a great time was had by all. And, given the team’s median age, there were luckily no injuries to report. The Nebag-alums in attendance (as seen in these photos taken by Jim Koretz) included Ryan Marks, Joel Sachanoff. Judy Wallenstein, Roger Wallenstein, Jesse Weinberg, Andy Rolfe, Julie Gordon, Alex Gordon, Jon Gerstein, Josh Gray, Sam Quiat, Dan Quiat, Reid Kahn, Jeremy Bloom, and Larry Rivkin. If you are a Chicago-area alum and would like to play next fall or cheer us on, please contact me (alexgor23@gmail.com).”
