Author: randyheld
Date: 02-27-03 16:46
Randy Held checking in. I was a camper for 7 years (1969 - Pioneer C through 1975 - Cabin 14) and a counselor for 1 year (1978 - Woodsman B)
I want to issue a challenge to all who frequent this site to pass it on to at least 3 alumni who have yet to visit and/or contribute.
I have passed the information to Glenn Adilman (Glenn.m.adilman@abc.com), Peter Sperling (pes@fpkc.com) and Bruce Levy (blevy@rfminc.com). Glenn lives in LA and has promised to contact his brothers Brian and David; Peter lives in New Orleans and has agreed to contact his brother Andrew and Lenny Davis; Bruce lives in Houston has agreed to contact brothers Hoffer - Scott and Bruce.
I was in Birmingham two weeks ago and learned about this site from Jimmy Weil. Thanks Jimmy, it's been a lot of fun reading the forum. Not only have the memories been brought back to life but I have already re-connected with some old friends - Mark Schwartz gave me Glenn Adilman's contact information and we will be getting together soon here is sunny LA.
But Jimmy I'm a little disappointed in you my man. You told me about this great site but I can't find any evidence that you have contributed!!!! Remember the first rule about camping - always leave the campsite in better condition than you found it!!! You could leave this site better off by recalling some memories and letting us know a little about your life since camp.
Seriously though, reading through this forum has been great fun. It's inspired me to dust off my old picture albums; I wonder if my Golden Horseshoe initiation classmates (Jimmy Weil, Jay Berlin, Mitch Wittenberg & Pirate Jim) remember the 'lean-to' we built next to the Athletic field trail.
Something I will never forget about that initiation. One of the requirements was to catch and eat a legal size fish. I caught my 'permanent' four years prior and had not fished much in the interim years so I was worried about this task. Being no fool I tagged along with Mitch Wittenberg the first morning. About five minutes after we started casting Mitch pointed out a largemouth bass that was swimming near my feet. I maneuvered my lure (a large red & white daredevil), hooked the fish in the gill, cleaned it, ate it for breadfast and - voila - had met this requirement. Mitch, who was the best fisherman during my years at camp (and possibly in the entire history of Camp Horseshoe) went into an unlikely 'slump' and, if memory serves me correctly, did not catch a fish until the next to last day of intiation. Thanks for the help Mitch.
For those of you interested in what's going on with me..........I've been married for 13 years and lived in LA since 1991. Our first child, Jolie, was born 09/07/2002. You can see her at the msn site that Jeff Kane set up - http://groups.msn.com/camphorseshoeminongwi54859. I work as a financial systems leader at Homestore.com.
I hope this finds everybody doing well. I'd love to hear from more old friends
Best wishes to all.
Randy Held
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