1 HOLIDAYS Tamarack Camps Adventure Center Tel-12 Mall (Between Montgomery Wards and Toys '11' Us) COMING ATTRACTIONS Sunday, December 13 — Pantomimist to Entertain - Wednesday, December 16 — Morning Story Hour for Pre-Schoolers Archeological Dig for 2-5th Graders Thursday, December 17 — Quiz Show/Game Show Program for 6-8th Graders Sunday, December 20 — Chanukah Fair For All Ages OPEN: Hours Open to: Wednesday-Friday 10-3:00 Children who must be accompanied by adults Wednesday 3-5:30 Children in grades 2-5 Special weekly programs (new this year) Thursday 3-5:30 Preteens & teens in grades 6-8 Special weekly programs (new this year) Saturdays 12-5:00 Sundays 12-5:00 All ages, ten & under only must be accompanied by adult All ages, Ten & under only must be accompanied by adult Members* Weekdays: Kindergarten & younger $3.00 First grade & older (before 3:00) $4.00 (after 3:00) $3.00 Saturday and Sunday Kindergarten and younger $3.00 First grade and older $4.00 Continued from preceding page than could be plucked from even two large chickens. The ladies who did the plucking felt that it would require both of them to de-feather this giant fowl. Once a fair price was settl- ed, the shochet began to sharpen his special blade. Both my mother and I hasti- ly left the scene before the ac- tual slaughtering took place. This was, after all, no or- dinary fowl. He had been a temporary guest in our kit- chen and had put up a valiant protest all the way to the shochet's shop. We were sud- denly devasted at the thought of his demise. Now my laughter turned to tears, and as my mother tried to comfort me, I noticed tears in her eyes also. At last the poor bird, now denuded of both feathers and fight and wrapped in newspapers, was ready to be taken home. We retraced our five-block route in a quiet and somber mood. We felt the warmth of the heavy burden through the thickness of newspapers, and our return walk was almost as slow as our initial one had been. My mother reflected on what a beautiful bird it had been, and philosophized on the brevity of life — and I wondered aloud if we couldn't have kept the turkey for a while as a sort of pet. The prize turkey, served in sections that Thanksgiving night, did not look too dif- ferent from the usual pot- roasted chicken which we had each Friday on the eve of Sab- bath. In honor of Thanksgiv- ing, the table was set with "good-Shabbat-china" and a linen cloth. The only dif- ference was the absence of the Sabbath candles — which my mother traditionally blessed on Sabbath Eve — the Sab- bath prayers, and the wine. The menu was somewhat altered, also in honor of Thanksgiving. My mother had substituted cranberry sauce for the usual stewed- fruit-compot, and baked yams for the usual pot-roasted potatoes. It was, we all agreed, very festive for a Thursday night. I noticed that my mother served herself a very small portion from the large platter of roast turkey — and for that matter, I really wasn't all that hungry myself. From the vantage point of these many years, I have come to believe that to cap- ture the true essence of Thanksgiving, there is no substitute for having a hand- some live turkey in one's kit- chen. However, from a more pragmatic viewpoint, turkey may be impersonal and come wrapped in a plastic bag. ❑ Kozak is a writer in Milwaukee. °"'''''""••••H LOCAL NEWS Days Fees Ta am Turkey Non members - $4.00 $7.00 $4.00 $4.00 $7.00 *Members of Tamarack Camps, U.H.S., J.C.C., Synagogues, Temples or Jewish Youth Groups. Facilities and Program open for group rental. Great birthday packages. Call 350-8710 or 661-CAMP and leave message. THE FIJI\ IS ABOUT TO BEGIN. AGAIN 76 FRIDAY, NOV. 27, 1987 Mr. and Mrs. Jack Shenkman received an award from Bar-Ilan University "in appreciation for the sponsorship of the playroom at Bar-Ilan's psycho-educational clinic."