The last day of summer camp is a
mix of joy and sadness.

JULIE EDGAR SENIOR WRITER

KRISTA HUSA PHOTOGRAPHER

he days no fragrant campfires and end-
longer stretch less singing. It also signals
out forever and the the beginning of a new
insects aren't quite school year, new clothes and
so raucous.
new friends.
It is the bitter-
Freelance photographer
sweetness of camp's Krista Husa dropped by
end, a time that Camp Maas in Ortonville on
mixes the thrill of going Aug. 15 to capture the last
home with the sadness of day of camp. Her pictures
leaving behind friends, clean evoke the intensity of be-
air, the dreamy night sky, ginnings and endings.

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Jennifer and Ira Strumwasser of Ann Arbor are reunited with their daughter Lily.

Becca Fealk of Oak Park and Hayley Stahl of Huntington Woods preparing
memories.

Some parents,
like this mom,
came to
Ortonville to
pick up their
kids rather
than wait for
them at the
Jewish
Community
Center.

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Camp counselor Brett Cushman sees off her Fishman Village campers before they get on the bus for home.

