GIRL SCOUTS STIR UP FUN CAMPING IN PARK.Byline: Karen Maeshiro Daily News Staff Writer Miniature tornadoes in plastic bottles blew into Girl Scout day camp Wednesday at Domenic Massari Park. Six-year-old Ashton Sukosky vigorously shook two bottles, connected at their openings, and watched with glee as water drained Wa´ter drain` 1. A drain or channel for draining off water. from one two-liter container to the other in a swirling action that looked like a tornado tornado, dark, funnel-shaped cloud containing violently rotating air that develops below a heavy cumulonimbus cloud mass and extends toward the earth. The funnel twists about, rises and falls, and where it reaches the earth causes great destruction. . In other science goings-on, the girls simulated the ocean with baby oil, food coloring and water. ``The camp is good because it's fun,'' said Ashton, a resident of Elizabeth Lake and a member of Troop 676. ``You get to play in water and try to make tornadoes.'' She was among 100 girls who participated in the weeklong week·long adj. Continuing through the week: a weeklong conference. Adj. 1. weeklong - lasting through a week; "her weeklong vacation" seven-day camp for 43 troops from Lancaster, Palmdale, Rosamond, Elizabeth Lake, Littlerock and Santa Clarita Santa Clarita, city (1990 pop. 110,642), Los Angeles co., S Calif., suburb 30 mi (48 km) NW of downtown Los Angeles, on the Santa Clara River; inc. 1987. Situated in the Santa Clara valley and nearby canyons, Santa Clarita includes the former towns of Canyon Country, . ``It's a good idea. I'm having lots of fun doing it, and the girls are enjoying it very much,'' said Debbie Castillo, leader of Troop 22 and camp director. The girls, 6 to 12 years old, also learned camping skills Wednesday. They took turns erecting a tent, 10 feet by 12 feet, and occasionally fighting gusty gust·y adj. gust·i·er, gust·i·est 1. Blowing in or marked by gusts: a gusty storm. 2. Characterized by sudden outbursts. winds to do it. They also practiced rolling up a sleeping bag, made pocket knives out of cardboard and learned how to hold knives properly and pass them to other people. Heather Schmenger, 7, of Littlerock was in a group of 11 girls raising a tent. ``I've done this before at my house,'' Heather told one of the adult camp volunteers. Heather, a member of Troop 764, said she had the most fun making s'mores - chocolate and marshmallows melted on graham crackers. The Girl Scouts Girl Scouts, recreational and service organization founded (1912) in Savannah, Ga., by Mrs. Juliette Gordon Low (1860–1927). It was originally modeled after the Boy Scouts and Girl Guides, organizations created in Great Britain by Sir Robert Baden-Powell during also have kept busy with arts and crafts arts and crafts, term for that general field of applied design in which hand fabrication is dominant. The term was coined in England in the late 19th cent. as a label for the then-current movement directed toward the revivifying of the decorative arts. . On the first day, to get acquainted, they made name tags with faces of yarn, ``wiggly'' eyes and scraps of wallpaper. They also decorated sun visors Noun 1. sun visor - a shade (sometimes of green mica) affixed above the windshield of an automobile shade - protective covering that protects something from direct sunlight; "they used umbrellas as shades"; "as the sun moved he readjusted the shade" , used rubber stamps to make pictures and created holders for their water bottles out of old socks. The girls stayed active playing soccer and climbing on playground equipment. They also got lessons from a visitor who showed them how to juggle. The girls brought their own golf balls, tennis balls, bean bags, apples and oranges to juggle. CAPTION(S): 2 Photos Photo: (1--SAC and AV--color in AV) Troop 772 members Sh auna Sheppard, 7, left, and her sister Sara, 9, help erect a tent at Girl Scout camp in Domenic Massari Park, Palmdale. (2--SAC only) Kelsey Banks, 8, learns to roll up a sleeping bag at Girl Scout camp. Jeff Goldwater/Daily News |
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