SUMMER KICKS INTO HIGH GEAR : CAMP BEGINS FOR LOCAL YOUNGSTERS.Byline: Alicia Doyle Daily News Staff Writer Allisyn Cashdan was searching for safety, fun and lots of TLC TLC total lung capacity; thin-layer chromatography. TLC abbr. 1. thin-layer chromatography 2. when she picked the White Oak Camp last year for her two sons to attend. ``It's an old-fashioned kind of camp,'' said the Westlake Village mom (1) (Messaging-Oriented Middleware) See messaging middleware. (2) (Microsoft Operations Manager) Software that monitors and captures system and application events throughout the network. , whose sons Patrick, 7, and Christopher, 5, attended for the first time last summer. ``It really lets kids be kids.'' As veteran summer campers, Patrick and Christopher were among roughly 60 youngsters who showed up Monday to register for the first day of White Oak Camp in Westlake Village. Wilderness wilderness, land retaining its primeval character with the imprint of humans minimal or unnoticeable. In the United States, the Wilderness Act of 1964 established the National Wilderness Preservation System with a nucleus of 9 million acres (3. hikes, flower planting and water-gun fights are among this summer's activities. Baseball games Noun 1. baseball game - a ball game played with a bat and ball between two teams of nine players; teams take turns at bat trying to score runs; "he played baseball in high school"; "there was a baseball game on every empty lot"; "there was a desire for National League , field trips to the beach and days at the movies are also planned. The six-week summer program is unique because children attend when they want, for as many hours a day as they choose, said Kathryn Dippong, coordinator of summer camps for the Conejo Recreation and Park District. ``They don't have to come five days a week, or stay the entire day,'' said Dippong. ``This is a more loose-set program, kind of like a community center. Kids can come and leave as they please. Whatever their parents are comfortable with.'' Christina Lightfoot enrolled her 5-year-old daughter, Courtney, for the camp's daily games and entertainment. But it was the $45 price for six weeks that made the camp even more appealing. ``Some can cost $200,'' said Lightfoot, who enrolled her daughter for the first time this summer. ``For $45, how can you go wrong?'' To attend, children must be between 5 and 12 years old, and must have completed one year of kindergarten kindergarten [Ger.,=garden of children], system of preschool education. Friedrich Froebel designed (1837) the kindergarten to provide an educational situation less formal than that of the elementary school but one in which children's creative play instincts would be . The camp is open only to children who attend White Oak or St. Jude's Elementary schools elementary school: see school. , or those who live in the Los Angeles Los Angeles (lôs ăn`jələs, lŏs, ăn`jəlēz'), city (1990 pop. 3,485,398), seat of Los Angeles co., S Calif.; inc. 1850. County side of Westlake Village. Cost is $45 per child for six weeks, or $25 for three weeks. The registration fee remains the same whether a child attends one day a week or five, Dippong said. Camp takes place from 1 to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday until Aug. 9. Registration will continue throughout the program. For registration information, call (805) 381-2735. CAPTION(S): Photo Photo: (Color) Youngsters enjoy a game of table soccer at W hite Oak Camp in Westlake Village. Monday was the first day of the six-week program. Andy Holzman/Special to the Daily News |
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