counselor for the third year. She took
a break last year to go to Israel, and
said, "I am sad that I am not return-
ing, but I am going to share my sto-
ries with everyone I meet, in hopes
that they go to Israel soon.
Hillel graduate Max Aronson, 14,
who heads to Groves this fall, will be
going to Camp Ramah in Ontario. He'll
spend time with. his friends from the
previous three summers. Max looks for-
ward to rock climbing, a newactiviry
this summer at Ramah, as well a"meet-
ing new people from Israel and Canada.
Cabinmates Alison Solway of
Seaholm High School and Lisa Kantor
of Cranbrook will attend Camp
Tamakwa aaaiu.shis summer because,

experience seems to be a common
theme for those who flee to sleep-away
camp each June. Other teens are staying
home for the summer to train for sports.
Andover student Lenny Kerwin, 17,
who has football training, said that get-
ting a job in the afternoons "seemed like
a viable solution to all the free time I
will have on my hands." Lenny will be
working in the fitness area at the Jewish
Community Center. _
Justin. Singer of West Bloomfield, also
from Andover, is giving up his nine-year
Tamakwa tradition to train for soccer.
However, that will give him time to go
on a college tour, which he is "looking
most forward to, because I am excited to
-
find out where I'd like to aoio - tolleg

ferent and expand my horizons."
Sixteen-year-old Ashley Belles of
West Bloomfield High School is also
yearning for adventure. Ashley will be
journeying to Israel and Prague for
five-and-a-half weeks with Young
Judea. The highlight of the trip, she
said, is a "specialty week, where we
choose between hiking, army training
and living on a kibbutz."
Meryl Goldsmith, 16, from Andover,
is also trekking across the ocean to
Europe. She'll visit France, Italy and
Switzerland. Meryl is eager to "meet new
people and visit new countries."
Seaholm student Willie Noveck of
Birmingham is heading west to
California, where he'll study justice at

according to Alison, 15, of Birmingham,
"there is a variety to do and each day is
different." Lisa, 16, of Bloomfield Hills,
added that Tamakwa is so much fun!"
West Bloomfield sophomore Jenn
Trepeck, 15, will be passing her time
at Camp Kennedy because it is a new
experience in a great outdoor atmos-
phere." This summer is Jenn's ninth at
Tamarack Camps. Last summer, she
joined the Teen Mission 2 Israel.
Getting away from it all for a new

Justin, 16, said he'll also have ample
time to golf, valet park and hang out
around town this summer.
Trips out of the country seem to
enlighten teens as well. Cranbrook's
Jane Fenkell, 16, is headed for
Oxford, England, to study painting
and international relations. She is
most excited to "meet new people,
go out of the country and learn.
The Birmingham resident said she
wants to "experience somewhere dif-

University of California-Berkeley. "It's
going to be amazing, four friends and
I on our own in California," he said.
Seems like a common feeling,
escaping the rigors of school life and
heading for a super summer, even if it
is just a job around the block. LI

"

Jodie Kaufman is a graduate of
Cranbrook Kingswood High School and
will be a freshman at the University of
Michigan.

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