Day 3 and the kids are in art heaven! Draw and paint in the morning, swim in the afternoon, more drawing, painting, scratching, inking then Mom and Dad come to pick them up from art camp and they show them all they have done during the day. Mom and Dad are thrilled to see their excitement, enthusiasm and passion.
One of the biggest sources of compliments at Camp Howard is the food service! They put out some great food and the kids love it. I was told at a meeting today that a Mom called the Camp Director and asked for some of the camp recipes. Seems her child has special eating needs and the camp did such a good job feeding him, he came home singing about the food! I am not surprised as i hear similar stories all the time but it always thrills me when I hear great things about our cooks and the great job they did.
You might be interested to know that several of the cooking staff voluntarily attended an in depth food safety class which included a test at the end of the course. They all passed and they are all very enthused about what they have learned. These are some of the reasons that Camp Howard is the local Health Inspectors favorite camp!
Head Cook, Fran, and crew produce some of their signature “Cheesey Rolls”
Shauna helps out with the cheesy rolls
Kathy works on cutting up the greens (much of which comes from the camp garden) for salad
John is thrilled to have the opportunity to wash dishes at camp this summer!
Drew works hard in the camp kitchen, one of the most important functions of the camp.
Ron gets the rolls ready to put in the oven
Wow…a treasure packed opportunity for the art camp campers this week! Joanne Radmilovich Kollman has pulled out all the stops to give the campers the very best possible art experience possible and this is only day 2.
The camp, billed as a “Portrait Art Camp” has lived up to it’s title. Starting with black and white mediums, Joanne got the concept of “value” across the the youngsters as they worked with various forms of charcoal and pencil.
Today, color was introduced in both watercolor and oil paint.
We took an hour off from 1:00 to 2:00 for a refreshing swim in the pool, came back ready to paint! Joanne set up a pear on a white plate and showed the students how to start an oil painting. Can’t wait to show you some results!
Morning shots: “reductive drawing with the eraser” We are “taking away” after adding dark values to the paper:
One of the annual traditions at CYO/Camp Howard is the annual work party at Camp with the CYO staff to help get the camp ready to open for the summer camping sessions!
Karen von Borstel had a list of projects including putting new mattresses into the cabins so the staff helped move mattresses around. Other projects included getting Cougar Award ready for the Cougar Campfires.
After the work party was over, the staff went down to the trap range for a trap shoot. What is a trap shoot? You launch clay targets into the air and shoot them with a shot gun. It is a fantastic target shooting game! Jenna Bass won the event this year which gives her bragging rights on the staff for a year. Unfortunately no photos of Jenna.
Karen delivering new mattresses
Bill Fogarty and Jeff Sevilla
This new mattress does not pass the new mattress test!
Taking mattresses into the cabins
Ann Reinhart & Marguex Hunter
Jenifer Kluthe and Karen von Borstel
Bill Fogarty getting ready to blast some targets
Marguex Hunter, Mark Lee, Jeff Sevilla, Ann Reinhart, Jenifer Kluthe, Jenna Bass!
Joanne Kollman, a local artist known for her portrait paintings has teamed up with CYO/Camp Howard to offer a week long art camp at the convent of the Sisters of St. Mary of Oregon.
The camp begins at 9:00 in the morning and finishes at 4:00 daily giving the youngsters the opportunity to really get into art all day. It has been a great start to the week and the kids are doing an awesome job!
The camp will delve into portrait work, architecture, nature and relate to the elements of art including value, color, shape, space, texture, line.
Joanne Radmilovich Killman
Joanne at work
artists at work!
artists at work
artists at work
artists at work
All Saints and St. Pius X 6th Grade Girls played for 3rd place in the CYO City Championship this morning. Both teams clad in green and white played a great game with a final score of 33-31 in favor of All Saints. Both teams played a great game and represented their schools well. Nice job girls!
St. Pius X 6th Grade girls take 5th in the CYO City championships
All Saints place third in the CYO City Championships for 6th grade girls
Paul Boileau, Track and Field Commission Chair, Rick Skayhan, Director of Officials and Mark Lee, CYO Director of Track and Field, spent Saturday morning training officials on the fine points of officiating track and field events.
CYO Track and Field officials training assembled at the long jump pit
Paul Boileau (right) conducts training at the long jump pit
Holy Trinity and St. Ignatius made their way to the Championship game which proved to be a contest that will be long remembered. Both teams showed a variety of talent but the Holy Trinity squad, on the verge of a growth spurt, showed remarkable shooting skills from the outside and agility and precision on drives. They owned the boards and came away with unbelievable rebounds.
A David and Goliath story where David wins again with a score of 37 – 26.
St. John Fisher and Our Lady of the Lake fifth grade girls provided ample excitement for the spectators this year as their game went into overtime with a score of 34 – 34 at the end of play.
With 2.6 seconds remaining on the clock, St. John Fisher was fouled and needed the two points to tie the game! The shooter scored the two shots and put the game into overtime!
Cool shooting free throws as the game came to a conclusion sealed the deal for St. John Fisher as they grabbed their third consecutive CYO title!
Valley Catholic won the fourth grade boys City Championship this year by defeating Our Lady of the Lake of Lake Oswego, This was Our Lady of the Lake’s first defeat in the championship that found five teams representing the school in the six games played over the weekend.
Valley Catholic won the contest with a 35 – 23 margin.
CYO/Camp Howard 