Camp Sweyolakan to host summer sessions
Organizers decided to go ahead this summer and host sessions at Camp Sweyolakan, a Camp Fire Girls facility, with safety adjustments.
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Camp counselors line up, properly distanced and wearing masks, on the dock at Camp Sweyolakan to practice their camp welcome song as the pontoon boat, used to carry campers from a landing at Camp Lutherhaven, approaches the beach at the venerable Camp Fire summer camp. The first campers won’t arrive until June 28.
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Poppy White, right, director of camping and program services for Camp Fire Inland Northwest, checks the temperature of Paden Buenzli, 15, before boarding the boat to Camp Sweyolakan on Lake Coeur d’Alene on June 19.
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Camp counselors line up, properly distanced and wearing masks, on the dock at Camp Sweyolakan to practice their camp welcome song as the pontoon boat, used to carry campers from a landing at Camp Lutherhaven, approaches the beach at the venerable Camp Fire summer camp. The first campers won’t arrive until June 28.
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Poppy White, right, director of camping and program services Camp Fire Inland Northwest, sprays disinfectant on the high-touch areas of the boat to Camp Sweyolakan on Lake Coeur d’Alene Friday, June 19, 2020. The Camp is being prepared to take their first campers June 28.
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Shawn Lewis, 18, learns knots with other camp counselors at Camp Sweyolakan on Lake Coeur d’Alene Friday, June 19, 2020. The Camp Fire camp is being prepared to take their first campers June 28.
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Camp counselors gather at a dining hall table and learn simple games they will use with their camp groups at Camp Sweyolakan on Lake Coeur d’Alene Friday, June 19, 2020. The Camp Fire camp is being prepared to take their first campers June 28.
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Camp Nurse Wendy Williams-Gilbert looks through her medicine cabinet in the health building at Camp Sweyolakan on Lake Coeur d’Alene Friday, June 19, 2020. Williams-Gilbert is on the faculty at the Washington State University School of Nursing. The Camp Fire camp is being prepared to take their first campers June 28.
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Canoes, rowboats, kayaks and other water toys await campers at Camp Sweyolakan on Lake Coeur d’Alene Friday, June 19, 2020. The Camp Fire camp is being prepared to take their first campers June 28.
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Camp counselors gather and listen to staff orientation, especially about dealing with medical issues of their charges, in the dining hall at Camp Sweyolakan on Lake Coeur d’Alene Friday, June 19, 2020. The counselors are, from left, Shawn Lewis, Hendrik Keyser, Alyssa Hiner, Jen Paull and Chris Gibbons. The Camp Fire camp is being prepared to take their first campers June 28.
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Camp counselor Mackenzie McNeilly, right, listens to staff orientation, especially about dealing with medical issues of their charges, in the dining hall at Camp Sweyolakan on Lake Coeur d’Alene Friday, June 19, 2020. The Camp Fire camp is being prepared to take their first campers June 28.
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Poppy White, right, director of camping and program services Camp Fire Inland Northwest, and Camp Nurse Wendy WIlliams-Gibert, right, mark off social distances on the front porch of the dining hall at Camp Sweyolakan on Lake Coeur d’Alene Friday, June 19, 2020. The Camp Fire camp is being prepared to take their first campers June 28.
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Poppy White, left, director of camping and program services Camp Fire Inland Northwest, and Camp Nurse Wendy WIlliams-Gibert, right, put up signs reminding campers of proper social distances on the front porch of the dining hall at Camp Sweyolakan on Lake Coeur d’Alene Friday, June 19, 2020. The Camp Fire camp is being prepared to take their first campers June 28.
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Poppy White, left, director of camping and program services Camp Fire Inland Northwest, and Camp Nurse Wendy WIlliams-Gibert, right, put up signs reminding campers of proper social distances on the glass door of the dining hall at Camp Sweyolakan on Lake Coeur d’Alene Friday, June 19, 2020. The Camp Fire camp is being prepared to take their first campers June 28.
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Camp Nurse Wendy Williams-Gilbert marks off social distances on the steps of the dining hall at Camp Sweyolakan on Lake Coeur d’Alene Friday, June 19, 2020. The Camp Fire camp is being prepared to take their first campers June 28.
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Camp Nurse Wendy Williams-Gilbert gives the medical orientation to camp counselors in the dining hall at Camp Sweyolakan on Lake Coeur d’Alene Friday, June 19, 2020. The Camp Fire camp is being prepared to take their first campers June 28.
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Camp counselors in traing are seen on the dock at Camp Sweyolakan on Lake Coeur d’Alene Friday, June 19, 2020. The first campers won’t arrive until June 28.
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The dining hall at Camp Sweyolakan on Lake Coeur d’Alene welcomes visitors Friday, June 19, 2020. The Camp Fire camp is being prepared to take their first campers June 28.
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Poppy White, left, director of camping and program services Camp Fire Inland Northwest, and Camp Nurse Wendy WIlliams-Gibert, right, put up signs reminding campers of proper social distances on the glass door of the dining hall at Camp Sweyolakan on Lake Coeur d’Alene Friday, June 19, 2020. The Camp Fire camp is being prepared to take their first campers June 28.
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