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Kieve-Wavus News
vol. 86 no. 1
KIEVE-WAVUS EDUCATION, INC.
FALL 2011
A NON-PROFIT ORGANIZATION
PO BOX 169, NOBLEBORO, ME 04555
PUBLISHED TWICE A YEAR
Kieve’s 1st Fourth Generation Camper
I
must admit, when my oldest son
Wyatt decided he’d like to give
Kieve a try for the summer of 2011, I
was the happiest dad on the planet.
He is a very energetic kid but also a
bit hesitant to try something completely new (unless he’s convinced
he will excel). He knew well our
family history at Kieve and had
been on the campus a few times for
family reunions, but it’s tough for a
9 year old to completely appreciate
the fact that he would be the first
4th generation camper. I told him I
would make him a deal - that this
summer he would go to camp to
appease his father and if he didn’t
like it he would never have to go
back (knowing full well I had a high
probability of winning this bet!)
Before he left California with my
wife and his brother to make the
long journey to the end of West
Neck Road, I told him I thought that
his 10 days at JK would be the best
10 days of his life. Not surprisingly,
a postcard from his HBC Ben Watson
arrived just days before he was going to leave saying exactly the same
thing.
4th Generation camper Wyatt Walker (with
paddle) with his brother Brooks and Mom &
Dad Sydney & Will Walker.
would be fantastic. I still consider my
8 years there the best, most formative and fun-filled summers of my
life. Every time I go back to camp,
regardless of the capacity (for a brief
visit on my way to Monhegan, to attend an advisory board meeting, for
my sister’s wedding), those incredible feelings come rushing back and
I am instantly transported - not so
much back in time - but to a place,
an alternate reality, that is so intoxicating and magical it’s hard to put
into words. To be able to experience
that this summer through the eyes
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Wav ’11
“We spend our days at Wavus
in friendship and in peace;
We strive to reach new places,
We’re free to learn and grow….”
T
hese words from the “Wavus
Hymn” were discovered by two
counselors set to the task of finding a song that articulated a vision
of purpose and promise for Wavus
that I thought we could embrace
as a community. So, on the evening
of each Opening Day my staff and
I set about the task of teaching this
simple song to our campers. Singing
that hymn was the transformative
event I hoped it would be. Every
night thereafter, once our evening
activities were over and we lowered
the flag, from the shores of Damariscotta Lake you could hear a chorus
of voices – from the very young to
the not quite as young – singing
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Having spent 6 years as a camper
and 2 as a counselor at Kieve, I knew
that his experience, and the feelings
he would get from being in camp,
ELSEWHERE IN THIS ISSUE
Veterans CAMP..........................................6
LEADERSHIP SCHOOL....................................8
LOYALTY FUND UPDATE............................. 10
WAVUS FAMILY HISTORY............................ 11
9/11 ANNIVERSARY..................................... 17
ALUMNI NOTES........................................... 21
The 1st Wavus Maine Trails cabin eyes the prize at the end of their 100 mile wilderness journey.
LETTER FROM THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
A
nyone who has been a camper
or student at Kieve or Wavus knows our one rule: Everyone
deserves to be treated with kindness and respect. Each day that rule
guides us and is acted upon countless times. Below are just a couple of
examples.
10 years ago we all
watched in horror as the World
Trade Center and
Pentagon were
attacked. Kieve’s
instinctive, immediate response
was to extend a
helping hand to
our New York and Henry & BJ Kennedy
DC fellow Americans in harm’s way
by inviting them to the safety and
natural healing of the Maine woods.
Out of one of the most disastrous
days in the history of our country, a
cascade of goodness began. We surrounded our new friends with love
and time to enjoy the simple beauty
all around us. Soon surviving colleagues and family members found
people to share their grief who truly
understood their pain. Slowly they
regained their considerable strength.
Now, after a decade of attending our
family camp every August, the 9-11
folks are adamant that we invite
the Iraq and Afghanistan returning
veterans and their families to Kieve
during the same week. They want to
share this place and their new-found
strength with other brave, young
Americans who have selflessly put
themselves in harm’s way.
Kieve’s and Wavus’
Maine Trails trip
is a 22 day adventure, half in sea
kayaks paddling
the Maine Island
Trail and half on
foot hiking the
final 100+ miles of
the Appalachian
Trail. This summer marked the
first ever Wavus Maine Trails and
the 20th year of Kieve’s Maine Trails.
Between our 2 camps, this summer
6 groups of teenagers completed the
grueling trip. Most of these campers grew up here over as many as
10 summers; the bonds formed and
the lessons learned are some of the
strongest in their lives. Early in the
backpacking portion, a camper in
one of the groups developed some
knee problems and was devastated
that he would have to leave the trip.
Without hesitation the other boys in
the group divided up the gear in his
pack, lightening his load sufficiently
so that he could continue on. Two
weeks later I had the privilege of
standing at the top of Mt. Katahdin
on a day socked in by clouds. These
same boys waited for me to summit
first, followed by the Wavus girls.
About 10 minutes later we heard
the Kieve song and through the mist
emerged a line of 12 smelly, singing,
happy hikers.
Thanks to the leaders who have
come before us at Kieve and Wavus,
the spirit of giving comes naturally
here. It is engrained in every person
who spends time on these sacred
shores. That is how it has been for
nearly 90 years and that is how
it will be forever. Thank you, our
extended Kieve-Wavus family, for
instinctively treating people with
kindness and respect and for the
critical role you play in making a difference in this world.
Faithfully yours,
Henry R. Kennedy,
Executive Director
Leadership Maine Participants Meet the Outward Bound Challenge at Wavus
F
or the fifth straight year, a high
energy crew of business and
community leaders from across the
great state of Maine converged on
Wavus to take part in a challenging 3-day Outward Bound experience, the kick-off event for Maine
Development Foundation’s Leadership Maine program. “Wavus is the
perfect setting for the Leadership
Maine program,” says Luke O’Neill
of Outward Bound Professional. “The
level of hospitality is unmatched, the
facilities are beautiful, and the staff
first rate.” Henry Kennedy, Charlie
Richardson and Russ Williams are
alumni of Leadership Maine.
Leadership Maine offers participants
a truly unique year-long statewide
lected for their leadership capacities,
learning experience designed to
talents, and life experiences and all
build a pool of talented leaders to
share a core commitment to making
shape our state’s future. Participants
Maine a better place in which to live.
learn firsthand about the critical issues facing our state
through an intensive
behind-the-scenes
program that provides access to the
key community and
business leaders. This
is done in the company of 35-45 fellow
leaders from across
the state representing
a broad cross section of the economy. For the fifth straight year, the Maine Development Foundation’s Leadership Maine program converged on Wavus to take part in a challengParticipants are seing 3-day Outward Bound opening retreat.
Wavus ’11 continued from page 1
these words of promise and commitment to each other
and to the values of kindness and respect – with sincerity
and passion. To close the day in such a way was an amazing experience that helped to define who were and who
we would become this year. Our singing wove a magic
among us that was strong and inspiring and charted a
course for our days together.
Wav ’11 – as this summer was affectionately labeled – was
like no other year. From crazy skits that helped us “leave
our cool at the door” in favor of discovering ourselves just
as we are, to life-changing trips and wilderness experiences that left us in awe and wonder at the beauty of the
Maine woods and at our own inner strength and spirit;
from evening activities that showcased the wonderfully
creative imaginations of the counselors to innumerable
heartfelt discussions between campers and staff as we
discovered what really matters in our lives; from discovering hidden talents and interests in wood shop, pottery,
and riflery to testing our mettle and honing our group
dynamics on the ropes course or the zip line – every day
was a new adventure and every evening an opportunity to
express our gratitude for the gift of camp.
We celebrated the exit and re-entry of each and every
trip with enthusiastic applause and acknowledgement of
their accomplishments. And we were in awe of our Maine
Trails girls – two separate sessions of amazing women
who confronted the bugs, the weather, and at times their
own doubts to complete the 22-day journey paddling at
sea and hiking the last 100 miles of the Appalachian Trail
– a trip of a lifetime that culminated in a final summit up
Mount Katahdin. I was able to join the first session Maine
Trails girls and can attest that the journey up that hill is
Lauren Stone leads the Maine Trails “entrance” at the end of camp.
not for the faint of heart. On the last day of each session,
those same women shared their final hopes and thoughts
around the council fire and received their blankets and
paddles – a true right of passage and the highest honor
we bestow upon our campers. Parents Day was an equal
mixture of smiles and tears as we tried to capture in a few
words what was so special about the weeks we shared
for our parents and guests. And when the last car pulled
away, I was left with a tremendous sense of pride for
all that we were able to accomplish together, wonderful
memories full of laughter and love, a well of emptiness
from missing all the girls, and a determination to make
Wav ‘12 an even better “best year ever”!
As soon as summer ended, Sara Taylor and I began the annual evaluation process examining staff training, trips and
equipment, and assessing our overall program. Some of
the counselors and I have already begun to develop daily
themes and activities to entertain and amuse our campers. With the help of our generous families, Henry and I
have been presenting our slide shows around the country
to drum up interest among new families. Soon I will meet
with our board to talk about the summer that was, and
the summer that is coming. There is a great deal of work
to do before I greet you on Opening Day 2012. But, still,
as I go about my tasks I catch myself humming our song,
and can’t wait for the day we will sing these words again
– together.
“We the girls of Wavus are committed to
Courage and kindness to all old friends and new.
We the women of Wavus are committed to
Respect, responsibility in all that we do.”
First Session Maine Trails campers receiving their blankets and paddles
at council fire. From left: Caroline Gribbell, Lindy Perry, Andrea Silvestri,
Lizzy Landry, Charlie Woodhams & Lauren Stone.
Enjoy your lives until we meet again.
I wish you well,
Nancy
Check the Alumni section of our website for alumni events and photos
www.kieve.org
uncle invited Don Kennedy to their
home in Birmingham to go dove
shooting. It was then that he met
my father’s older sister, Harriet.
They were married a year later and
the Walker and Kennedy families
were permanently united.
4th Generation camper continued from page 1
of my son is not something I will
ever forget.
I bumped into Charlie Richardson
and Tom Hartenstein (whom I took
on Long Voyage back in the early
90’s and has seemingly not left the
property since!) during Wyatt’s
week at camp and they both told me
that Wyatt had told them, “My dad
was right, this is the best 10 days of
my life”. I cannot imagine a better
place for young boys to grow into
young men, to learn about themselves, to be challenged by choice, to
try things they might not otherwise
try, to be encouraged by their peers,
to meet kids from all over the world,
from all walks of life, and to learn
to live with and rely on them for 10
days or 3 1/2 weeks, in a canoe, in a
tent, on a trail, in a rainstorm. I am
so grateful I was able to go to Kieve,
that it holds a special place in my
family’s history and that I am able to
have my son experience such a magical place and all it has to offer.
Will Walker
PS - Wyatt will return for the full
2nd session next summer and Brooks
will follow for JK.....
Wyatt’s great grandfather, Shelby
Walker attended Kieve from 1926
Bill Walker, known around camp in 1950 as
“camp baby”.
thru ‘29 and was part of the council
staff ‘31 thru ‘36. His grandfather,
William Walker II was a camper
from 1950 - ‘56 and on council staff
‘58 & ‘59. His Dad, William Walker
III was a camper 1980 thru ‘85 and
council ‘91 & ‘92.
I, William M. Walker II (Bill), followed in my father’s footsteps in
1950 as an 8½ year old. I was the
youngest boy in camp, known as
the “Camp Baby”. In those days,
camp was one 8 week session. I
attended as a camper from 1950
to 1956 and as a councilor in 1958
and 1959. I have fond memories of
those years (some of my best life
experiences), particularly participating in and guiding long (3 week)
canoe trips on the Allagash and East
Branch Penobscot Rivers.
Wyatt’s grandfather William Walker
II writes:
My father, Shelby S. Walker, came
to Kieve in its first year, 1926, from
Birmingham, AL as a 13 year old. He
attended every year as a camper or
councilor until 1936. In addition, my
father’s older brother and my uncle,
William A. Walker, was a councilor
from 1928 to 1931.
After the 1928 season my father and
The Walker Family – lower left, Bill Walker
and Grandfather Judge William Walker; back
left, Cullom Walker, Dick & Don Kennedy and
Bill Jessup.
In 1980, my son, William M. Walker
III (Will), attended Kieve as a 9 year
old. He was a camper from 1980 to
1985; and a councilor in 1991 and
1992 during his college years at
Princeton.
Shelby Walker (back row center) in the 1926 camp picture standing right behind Henry’s grandfather Uncle Don Kennedy.
Now, in 2011, the fourth generation,
Wyatt T. Walker, has attended Junior
Kieve as a 9 year old. From what I
can gather from him, he had a wonderful time during his 10 days and
can’t wait to return as a full-fledged
camper.
Kieve-Wavus Campers Enjoy a Third Summer on Hog Island
T
his summer marked the third
year of a unique partnership
between Kieve-Wavus and The
National Audubon Society. Both
organizations share common goals
of nurturing direct appreciation
for nature and developing skills for
leadership roles in society. Audubon
owns the 330-acre wildlife sanctuary
on Hog Island in Muscongus Bay, and
for six weeks this summer, KieveWavus campers enjoyed day visits
and overnight trips to Hog Island.
Led by educator Ryan Pelletier and
an enthusiastic team of camp counselors, Kieve-Wavus campers learned
about marine habitats while exploring the coastline and intertidal zone,
went swimming in the ocean, and
slept under the stars in the mature
spruce-fir forest.
Hog Island continues to be a wonderful part of our Environmental Discovery programs. When Kieve-Wavus campers are not on the island, a number of Audubon classes take place. One of the long
standing programs, the Puffin Project and Seabird Restoration Program is coordinated by world
renowned researcher, Dr. Stephen Kress.
teacher training program on Hog
Island. Ryan was one of 57 educators
from across the country who were
immersed in exciting field adventures, as well as workshops and
The Audubon Society has been
presentations on environmental edurunning environmental education
cation. Watching Ryan take a group
programs for adults, teens and youth
of campers out to explore the tide
on Hog Island since 1936. These
pools was, indeed, an inspiring sight
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2012 Audubon Programs
Maine Seabird Biology and Conservation
Joy of Birding
Field Ornithology
Coastal Maine Bird Studies for Teens (ages 14-17)
Sharing Nature: An Educator's Week
Family Camp (ages 8-12)
Audubon Chapter Leadership Program
Living on the Wind: Fall Migration and Monhegan Island
Unless otherwise noted, programs are for ages 18+
Dates
June 3-8, Sept. 9-14
June 10-15, 24-29
June 17-22
June 17-22, 24-29
July 19-24
August 19-24
August 26-31
September 16-21
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leaders and two special service-learning programs where campers work
side-by-side with Audubon biologists
to restore seabird habitat on offshore
islands. New for 2012 is the return
of family camp, an opportunity for
adults and children ages 8-12 to experience the island together. As part of
our partnership with Kieve, Captain
Bill and first mate Troy now provide
transportation on the Snowgoose for
all Audubon programs.
The friendship between Audubon
and the Kennedy family goes back
over 30 years, and we are thrilled to
be continuing this legacy with our
2012 programs. Thank you KieveWavus!
Pete Salmansohn
Education Coordinator
National Audubon Society
[email protected]
Kieve Annuals
Needed
We need Kieve Annuals
for the years 1935 & 1960.
If you can part with one,
please send it to
PO Box 169
Nobleboro, ME 04555
– Thanks!
Veterans Camp
T
his spring, as the winter sessions of Kieve’s Veterans Camp
came to a close and boys’ and girls’
camps readied themselves, the Veterans Camp staff shifted gears beginning a summer season of recruitment and growth. Recently, retired
Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff,
Admiral Mike Mullen called today’s
veterans “an American treasure.”
The admiral said they go off to war
without questioning the decision,
yet “come back as changed people.”
And, their families, he said, also are
“changed in ways they could not
have imagined.” He also cautioned,
“They are very proud. I promise
you, they won’t ask for help, so figuring out how to connect with them
to support them is really important.”
Kieve has heard Adm. Mullen’s call
and has set out on the task of finding
new avenues of outreach and new
service providers that we can collaborate with to further embrace our
offering of support to veterans and
their families.
We have attended numerous Yellow
Ribbon Events which are sponsored
by each state’s National Guard Command and required by the Department of Defense. Scheduled at 30,
60, 90, and 120 days post-deployment for Guardsmen and Reservists
these events give us an opportunity
to speak to large groups of Service
Members and their families about Ki-
Campers and staff welcome Veterans and riders to Wavus for our 1st Annual Burgers and Bike
ride.
eve, Wavus, and our Veterans Camp
Programs. We also have an opportunity to speak face-to-face with unit
leadership; First Line Leaders who
are very influential in their Soldiers’,
Sailors’ and Airmen’s lives.
Mid-June took us to Colby College
for the Maine Military Community
Network’s state conference. During
the conference nearly 100 service
providers gathered to present their
programs and answer questions
from the audience of senior military
leaders and public officials. The
afternoon included mediated breakout sessions so like-providers could
gather and collaborate. We were
also fortunate to have a brief meeting with Maine’s Adjutant General,
Major General John Libby, to update
him on the happenings at Kieve!
Later in June, we met with the
president of The
Maine College of
Art in Portland to
form a collaborative partnership
bringing more
veterans in touch
with the creative/
expressive arts
at camp and in
continuing education.
Lester & Briar Webb enjoying Damariscotta Lake in September at our
Legacy Camp. Lester is currently stationed at Fort Lee, Virginia. The
Webb’s heard about our program at a Wounded Warriors event at Walter
Reed National Military Medical Center.
July was a very
special month
for the Veterans
Camp. As you
may know, in
February we hosted a special Vietnam Veterans only camp. That week
was special in so many ways that
words cannot describe. Many of the
veterans in attendance are members
of the Combat Veterans Motorcycle
Association, an association of veteran
riders who live by the motto, “Vets
helping Vets.” Shortly after our
Vietnam week, we were approached
by the association treasurer, Steve
Spooner, who told us that the members of the association had voted to
sponsor a benefit ride for the Veterans Camp. We quickly agreed and
the event began to take shape and on
July 30th the Wavus campus was the
site of the 1st annual “Burgers and
Bikes” benefit event. The day started
at Lewiston-Auburn Harley Davidson
with a pancake breakfast. The group
of assembled riders then set out on
an hour long, police escorted ride
through the scenic Maine countryside. As the riders made their final
turn onto the Wavus entrance road,
they were greeted by a gauntlet of
over 250 Kieve-Wavus campers and
staff waving American flags and
cheering! With tears in their eyes
and smiles on their faces the riders
waved back and rode down to the
parking area followed by a massive
procession of flags and smiling children. After some VIP remarks to the
assembled masses, everyone settled
down to a traditional camp lunch
with all the fixins’. With over 65
bikes and 75 riders/passengers, and
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nearly $4000 donated; it was a great
community event for all involved.
Thank you to all of the organizations who donated refreshments and
raffle prizes. Special thanks to L-A
Harley Davidson for donating and
hosting the starting point breakfast.
And a very special THANK YOU to
the Combat Veterans Motorcycle Association (CH 1-17) and Steve Spooner
for their tireless effort to make this
event a huge success.
Saturday night brought with it the
traditional Maine lobster-bake and
SMORES by the campfire. It has been
a great fall session!
Recalling what ADM Mullen recently said about how veteran and
military families become changed by
deployments, “Yet to these families,
their dreams haven’t changed one
bit,” Mullen said. “They want to
raise their families, they want to go
to school; they want to own a piece
August and September brought
us together with
the Maine Advisory Commission
on Women Veterans
and their database
of nearly 13,000
women veterans
statewide and our
first two Veterans
Camps of the fall
season. The fall
camps were held on Jason DeMania and his wife Lori and daughter Cipriana enjoy
some time on the Wavus adventure course. Jason is an Air National
the Wavus campus
Guardsman from Rhode Island.
and were a great
of the rock.” Kieve continues its
success! Over 50 veterans and family
nationwide outreach to veterans and
members enjoyed kayaking, early
families affected by the harsh reality
morning fishing, yoga, glass paintof service deployment and war. We
ing, pottery, the high ropes course,
will build strong partnerships with
the HS swing, and yes, the zip-line!
capable service providers so that our
veteran campers have options. And
finally, we will continue to seek out
dedicated funding for the Veterans
Camp so that all of our treasured
veterans can come to a tranquil place
in Maine and call it home.
Get Ready for our 2nd
Online Auction
We will crank up our 2nd Online Auction
in early 2012. Thanks to those of you who
donated goods, services and vacation homes
as well as all of our donors who participated
two years ago. We raised over $37,000 to help
provide camper scholarships and for our Annual Fund.
Kieve paddles
During the last evening of camp over a ceremonial and traditional bonfire on Kistler Point, many campers receive their
“paddle” which signifies that they have been a camper for 5 or more years and have finished either Long Voyage or
Maine Trails.
All First Session Paddle Recipients: Ben Achilles, Seth Cooper, Pierce Cote, Neil Craig, George Crawford, John Devine, Strawn Dixon, Zach Gardner, Carter
Gray, George Hamilton, Andrew Harrison, Duncan Harvey, Matthew Jenney, Peter Lawson, Sam Paine, Benji Pinsky, Max Pinsky, Aiden Redmond, Reilly
Simmons, Jack Sullivan and Sam Underhill.
All Second Session Paddles Recipients: Andrew Casey, Hart Clifford, Ray Close, Jamie Drayton, Ryan Fox, Alex Hirsch, Clay Holmes, In Soo Kang, Drew
Kimball, Ben Knopf, C.J. Little, Alex McIlvaine, Sam Rickerich, Chris Sanchez, Connor Shannahan, Campbell Streator, Pascal Tessier and Josh Tolbert.
Online Newsletter
We post this newsletter in pdf format
online if you would like to “save a tree”
or forward it on to a family who might
be interested in camp. Go to the “News
& Events” section and click on the link.
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9/11 ANNIVE
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Education
Kieve Alum in “The Sing-Off”
M
ichael Odokara-Okigbo (Kieve Camper ’02-’04), a graduate of Waynflete School in Portland and a senior at
Dartmouth College in Hanover, N.H. sang lead vocals on the
danceable hip-hop hit “Club Can’t Handle Me” by Flo Rida.
The performance helped his college
a cappella group The Dartmouth
Aires advance to the next round of
NBC’s talent show “The Sing-Off.”
Michael Odokara-Okigbo (center front) performing in NBC’s “The SingOff” as a lead member with the a capella group The Dartmouth Aires.
(Photo by Lewis Jacobs/NBC)
As of our printing, Michael and The
Dartmouth Aires were one of just
seven groups left out of 16 at the
start of the season. They are vying for the grand prize of $200,000
in cash and a Sony Music contract.
During his Kieve years Michael was
in South Harrington, Bank II and his
last year in ’04 in Long Voyage.
Michael enjoying his time at
Kieve as a camper in ’03 in
Bank II.
What’s the Scoop, Jefferson?
JW Responsibility cabin doin’ “the scoop”
Round Top –
a very yummy place!
Campers arrive early and often, by boat or van, to enjoy a
delicious treat from The Jefferson Scoop. The young ladies of JW
Respect on one of many camper visits to the north end of the
lake for ice cream.
Red Sox and Round Top, a great play.
On a hot summer afternoon it’s very common to run into a group of Kieve campers
returning from a day at the beach or our Bremen Landing property and Hog Island
at one of their favorite places in the world, Round Top Ice Cream. Here, the guys of
JK Courage are loving life!
Loyalty Fund Update
What’s New in the TLS
Classroom?
Environmental Stewardship!
Greetings Alumni,
It was another successful summer
on the top of the hill for our scholarship campers. Drew, Marcus and
Conner had a fantastic 3.5 weeks and
that is all thanks to supporters like
yourselves who continue to amaze
us with your generosity. Conner’s
mom wrote us a note and we think
she put it best when she said “It’s
hard to encapsulate what this meant
to Conner in an email or even in my
own mind, but definitely a huge life
experience in maturing and gaining
confidence.”
We also heard from one of Marcus’
counselors who shared this with us:
“The thing that really impressed me
about Marcus was that even when
he had tough days on the hiking,
he still had a positive outlook. One
of the most powerful things he said
to me was after day two when he
really struggled with the hike. ‘It
seems so tough when you are hiking
Marcus joined us in 2010 on the Allagash
and this past summer he conquered ocean
kayaking, hiking the 100 Mile Wilderness, and
climbing mighty Mt. Katahdin with his Maine
Trails cabinmates.
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Drew has been a Loyalty Fund camper since
‘07. This year he joined his cabinmates for
an amazing wilderness journey down the
Allagash Wilderness Waterway.
and you don’t know when it will be
over, but then you get in and look
back and it’s amazing what you’ve
actually just done.’ “
We know we don’t have to convince
alumni about the impact a summer
at Kieve can have but we hope you
find it nice and reassuring to hear
that a summer at Kieve still delivers.
If you would like to see more photos
of our campers from this summer
please check out the photo gallery
off of the Loyalty Fund website
under the Alumni link on top of the
Kieve site.
Thank you again for all your support!
Jason, Matt and Tom
Conner came to Kieve for the first time this
past summer in the South Glenayr cabin
– he and his cabinmates enjoyed a canoe
and camping trip on Damariscotta Lake
and a healthy climb to the top of Sugarloaf
Mountain.
For the last 30 years, Leadership
School programs have fostered selfawareness and positive personal
development while encouraging
healthy individual and community
relationships. Now we are broadening our application of these priorities to ensure that our conversations,
and our actions, about kindness and
respect extend to the natural world
as well.
As world systems have become more
connected and more tight-knit, it is
clear that conversations about our social community are very connected
to conversations about our natural
community. The Environmental
Stewardship class at the Leadership
School takes advantage of the beauty
of the ecosystems at our lakeside
camps and uses the outdoors to
provide students with opportunities
to explore their values, perspectives
and understanding of the natural
environment. Students will have the
chance to cultivate an awareness of
the environmental assets and challenges in their own communities as
well.
Kieve & Wavus Alumni
Check the Alumni section
of our website for alumni
events and photos
www.kieve.org
A Wavus Family History
W
avus Alumna Diana Judd Stevens (’50-’52) tells us this past
summer, “Aunt Alice Chase Taylor
and her son David Taylor visited Wavus today after having lunch with
us in Hemlock Park. Aunt Alice
commented to me she thought she
may be oldest living Wavus alum.
She was 91 in February.” Alice Chase
Taylor was at Wavus from 19291938, some of those years as a staff
member, and earned her gold in
1993. Her four children came from
1954 thru 1967. Her nephew, Bill
Judd, now living on the shores of
both Damariscotta River & Lake, has
given us more of the family history:
This family really includes two very
significant Wavus families: the Judds
and the Taylors that came from the
two Chase sisters from Connecticut.
In the beginning, at Moses Brown
School in Providence, there were
two teachers: Emma Andrews (Mrs.
A) and Ruth Arnold, who were
best of friends. Ruth Arnold was
born in Cambridge, MA in 1879 and
attended Mount Holyoke College
(class of 1900). She married Charles
F. Chase in 1914 and they moved to
New Britain, Connecticut where he
was president at the Berlin Construction Company, which specialized in structural steel. They had
two daughters, Margaret (1918) (my
mother) and Alice Arnold (1920) (my
aunt).
Point (where the adventure course is
now), enjoying the beauty of Maine
and the chance to see all her grandchildren.
Aunt Alice Chase Taylor, who attended Wavus
from 1929-1938, visited Wavus this past
summer with her son David.
Taylor family of George (Jeff, Wavus
’54, ’57-‘61), Carlton (Wavus ’57-’60,
’62-‘67), Dorothy (Wavus ’61-‘64), and
David (Wavus ’61-’64, ‘67).
But wait, there is more. Ruth Chase
was definitely one of Wavus’ better
recruiters. Clara Mitchell (Wavus
’29-’34, ’38-’39), the daughter of
a neighbor attended with Margaret and Alice as did Jane Judd (my
father’s sister). Clara Mitchell married Kenneth Ekwurtzel and their
three children (Gail, Tommy, and
Lurene ) went to Wavus in the 60s.
Jane Judd married Claude Garland
and their son, Claude, also attended
Wavus in the 60s. My Grandfather
Judd died in 1961; in the years following my Grandmother Florine
became a regular tenant of Parent’s
I guess I should mention the third
generation as well. Martha Judd
Estroff’s daughter, Samara, was one
of the first Wavus Pioneers in 1995.
After graduating from Kenyon College, she became a teacher at Moses
Brown School. She has since moved
to Minneapolis where she is a 3rd
grade teacher at the Blake School.
Here is another quick connection
from Steve Kaback, a Kieve and
Wavus dad and long time Kieve alum
who also works at Blake. “Samara
Estroff taught my daughter, Lindsay
Kaback, in her second year at Blake.
She and Lindsay have had running
conversations about Lindsay going to
Wavus. This last summer, Lindsay finally attended Junior Wavus. Samara
actually stopped by in late July to
visit Lindsay but Lindsay’s cabin was
out of camp on a beach day.”
It is the Andrews-Chase connection that resulted in my (Bill Judd)
parents buying the family camp in
Hemlock Park on Damariscotta Lake.
And it is also this long time Maine
connection that resulted in my retiring to Damariscotta. – Bill Judd
It was the Andrews-Arnold connection that resulted in Margaret and
Alice attending the Wavus Camps
(Wawenock). My parents, Margaret
and William Judd, Jr., were married
in 1939 following Margaret’s graduation from Swarthmore College (Alice
followed her mother to Mount Holyoke). Alice married George Taylor in
1942.
And then the next generation begins: the Judd family of Diana (Wavus ’50-‘52), Martha (Wavus ’50-’52,
’61-‘62), William (Wavus ’52, ’61-‘63),
Margaret Ann (Wavus ’56-‘62), and
Rebecca (Wavus ’62-‘64) and the
Second grade students from Sayre School in Lexington, Kentucky, are raising scholarship money to help
support The Loyalty Fund, which helps give the Kieve experience to those who might not otherwise be
able to attend camp. Jason Nahra, seen here in the back row wearing a Kieve shirt, was on the Kieve
council staff ‘96-’07 and is on our Advisory Board. He has been teaching at Sayre School since 2000
and is one of the Loyalty Fund founders along with Matt McKenna and Tom Hartenstein.
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Siblings at Sea
T
his past August, The Healing
Tree Children’s Program of
The Patrick Dempsey Center for
Cancer Hope & Healing offered a 5
day adventure based program for a
small group of brothers and sisters
who have a sibling with cancer. This
unique program was made possible
through collaboration with KieveWavus, LiveSTRONG and SuperSibs!
Participants were ages 11-16 and
came from Maine, Vermont, and
Massachusetts.
Siblings who have a brother or sister
with cancer are often referred to as
“shadow survivors” as a result of
their peripheral role. Parents often
struggle to balance the needs of their
well children with the immediate
medical needs of their sick child.
Due to this and other factors including development, resource availability, and the relatively small prevalence of childhood cancers, siblings
do not often receive opportunities
for emotional and/or peer support.
With this in mind, The Healing Tree
Children’s Program created this
pilot program with the generous
support of Kieve-Wavus to deliver
a unique opportunity that would
appeal to young$5,935,000
adolescent siblings
Tuition, all programs
Annualin
Fund
an influential $353,000
and lasting manner.
Investment Income
Gifts & Grants
Other
$205,000
$276,000
$114,000
Camping on Thief Island in Muscongus bay and enjoying campfire baked apples made by Wavus’
Wilderness Tripping Director Sara Taylor (back, center). Program facilitated by Tookie Bright,
LMSW-CC (front, left) and Dr. Rod Nadeau Ph.D. (back, right).
Specifically, this program delivered
these teens an opportunity to develop meaningful relationships with
other siblings their age and fostered
resiliency, confidence and personal
growth.
Salaries, Wages & Benefits
and there’s truth behind the words
‘I know how you feel.’”
Program
& Operations
When asked what
the best
part of
Utilities, Insurance, Depreciation,
doing this sibling-based
program
Taxes
Reserve
for Future Capital
and
was, one participant
reported:
“They
Program Expenditures
know exactly what
I’m
talking
about
Scholarships & Grants
If you would like more information
about The Healing Tree Children’s
Program or The Patrick Dempsey
Center
for Cancer Hope & Heal$2,238,000
$2,125,000
ing,
please contact Tookie Bright,
Children’s
$1,056,000 Program Coordinator at
207-795-8256. Tookie was the Junior
$515,000
Wavus
Director from ‘07-’09.
$948,000
KIEVE-WAVUS EDUCATION, INC. REVENUE & EXPENSE BUDGET, 2011
Expenses
Investment Income $160,000
Revenues
Gifts & Grants $250,000
Other $60,000
Annual Fund
$390,000
Reserve for Future Scholarships & Grants Capital and Program
$980,000
Expenditures
$201,000
Salaries, Wages
& Benefits
Salaries, Wages & Be
$2,482,000
Program & Operations
Tuition, all programs
Annual Fund
Investment Income
Gifts & Grants
Other
Tuition, all programs $6,167,000
REVENUES 12
$7,027,000
Programs
& Operations
$2,242,000
Utilities, Insurance,
Depreciation, Taxes
$1,122,000
EXPENSES $7,027,000
Utilities, Insurance, De
Taxes
Reserve for Future Ca
Program Expenditures
Scholarships & Grants
Kieve West
W
e are excited to announce that after 10 years in
Colorado, next summer Kieve West will explore
the Pacific Northwest. The opportunities for new adventures in the Cascade mountain range along with impressive reviews from other Moondance (our Kieve West
partner) participants inspired the switch after a decade
in Colorado. While the Pacific Northwest will be as back
country living intensive as the Colorado trip, experiencing the scenery and wildlife of the Cascade range is a
unique opportunity. The trips will begin with a few days
of rock climbing followed by ten days of hiking through
the breathtaking Cascades. On the trek we will hike over
dramatic peaks practicing our off trail traveling & camping techniques and leadership skills. The trip will end
with four days kayaking in the San Juan Islands where we
will explore the bold, pristine coast, and paddle among
the eagles and other plentiful wildlife, perhaps even including whales. Kieve West will still be oriented around young adults
learning and practicing the skills necessary for becoming
leaders at both Kieve and Wavus, or in any future leadership roles. It provides an opportunity to push yourself fur-
“It’s not just the elevation that will take your breath away.” The view
from Desolation Peak, North Cascades National Park, Washington
ther with the support of friends you have already made
and to explore the incredible American west. Because of
back country travel permits, only ten spots per session are
available for campers, so reserve a spot soon!
Maine Trails from a “Maine-iac”
Dear Nancy,
I have been at home for about two
weeks now and it has taken me
this long to finally feel better about
being home. I was so distraught
coming home, leaving a wonderful place that will continue to grow
magnificently, a place that I have
learned to love and care for. In about
two weeks I leave for Colorado to go
alpine backpacking in the Rockies.
I feel prepared. I feel 100% ready to
conquer this mountain range because of what I have been taught at
Wavus and especially out on trail. Maine Trails was not an easy trip,
as we know. It was very hard, and
there were points where we all
wanted to give up. But we didn’t, because we wanted to be at that counsel fire and express how amazing
that trip was. Maine Trails is something that all kids should experience.
It pushes you to use all the abilities
you have, to be mentally and physically strong when it is demanded of
you. It puts the saying “No pain, no
gain” to the test. You have to want to
reach the summit of
Katahdin to complete
this adventure, to feel
that amazing emotion
that comes over you as
you are up there, to be
able to come back and
tell many stories, or to
keep quiet and remind
yourself that you just
finished an experience
of a life time.
as a camper, but I hope
to be brainstorming
activities for my O.D.
someday soon. Thank
you for everything you
have done, and thank
you for climbing
Katahdin with us and
realizing how hard we
worked to get to that
point!
Thank you,
I am emailing you
Sincerely, because I want to say
Lizzy Landry
Lizzy Landry, one of Wavus’ first
thank you for all the
(Maine-iac)
Maine Trails campers.
hard work you have
done for the first session Maine Trails
This was a great email sent from a
cabin. Your ability to put up with
first session Maine Trails “pioneer”.
our crap is phenomenal. It means
She was the only girl from Maine,
a great deal to me that you have
hence the “Trail name”, a long-standgone out of your way to let us have
ing tradition of Appalachian Trail
a fantastic summer and also have a
hikers. Lizzy is a Portland, ME native
fantastic trip. It was an honor to be
who first came to Kieve’s Leadership
part of Wavus this summer and I
School with King Middle School. As
can finally say that my cabin and I
you can see in the email, she can’t
are the first cabin at Wavus, ever, to
wait to return as a counselor and to
complete Maine Trails, and boy does
give back to a place that she loves.
that feel and sound great. I will miss
tremendously waking up to the bell
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Leadership School Update
Our totally awesome Leadership School staff!
T
he chill in the air heralds the
return of back to school traditions for parents, students and teachers – school bus schedules, lunch
boxes, afterschool activities, and
homework. For almost 500 Maine
students, returning to school this
year also means a trip to the Leadership School.
For years, three Maine school districts have included a Leadership
School program as one of their back
to school traditions. Five Towns CSD
7th graders arrived at the end of
Labor Day week to begin looking
at communication and community,
developing the strengths and skills
to be positive leaders in their school
communities. Sixth graders from
Memorial Middle School arrived a
week later, working towards building a unified and positive social and
academic community. They were followed by 6th graders from Falmouth
Middle School.
Posted throughout Falmouth Middle
School are signs that state five values
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the school wants to focus on. They
are respect, responsibility, safety,
honesty, and kindness. Their Leadership School program served to not
only reinforce this language, it gave
these words body and action. As students participated in classes, choice
times and evening programs, it was
fully evident that they were living
Kieve’s number one rule, “Everyone
deserves to be treated with Kindness
and Respect”. They also learned how
to aspire to the expectations of their
school’s motto and set their own
high expectations for themselves.
The group of highly committed
teachers and administrators who
participated in the week with their
students will make sure that the lessons learned while they were here
will be applied back at school.
Throughout the fall season, the Leadership School staff will work with almost 4000 young people and adults,
creating individualized opportunities for students of all ages to practice being their best selves. Whether
providing framework for starting
off a new year or a new venture on
the right foot, recalibrating midcycle, or pausing and reflecting on
past growth and future challenges, a
Leadership School program provides
an infusion of energy and commitment for students -- and the adults
who care for them.
To Parents of Kieve and/or
Wavus Alumni
If the Kieve-Wavus News is addressed to your son or daughter,
who no longer maintains a permanent address at your home, we
would appreciate your notifying
us of the new address. This will
allow us to better maintain our database and insure that all former
campers and staff will receive
important information regarding
alumni & camp events. Click on
the “Update your address” link
from the “Alumni” page on our
website if you want to change an
address online. Or just send an
email to [email protected].
News from Moultonville
(from Katherine Moulton Straziuso (Staff ’02- ’05) – co-founder of
Kieve West and instrumental in the
start up of Wavus Camp for Girls)
T
he most exciting part of our
lives is that our daughter
Harper Moulton Straziuso was born
June 6th, 2011 in Nairobi, Kenya, 6.4
pounds. 19.5 inches.
Harper getting geared up for her trip back to
the states to attend Wavus!
Climbing this summer!
Harper is in a really fun stage. She
babbles incessantly and does her
best to charm anyone in the room.
It’s amazing how quickly she changes. We’re encouraging our nannies to
speak to Harper in Kiswahili. It’s not
the most practical second language,
but probably better than nothing.
Scout (our dog) caught a baby
monkey a couple of days ago. It fell
from the tree when it was swinging
through our yard. Scout deposited
the monkey in her dog house and
then left to go and try to catch more
monkeys. Meanwhile, our nanny
Juliana discovered the poor monkey
unhurt but shivering in the dog
house. She brought the monkey to
the hedge line where her mom could
come get it and all is well. Scout was
disappointed to find no monkey
when she returned, but she was far
from inconsolable.
Today, all is well in Nairobi. Jason
is currently in Prague at a photo
workshop for the Associated Press.
I’m holding down the fort, with the
two nannies...and Harper is running
around in her Wavus onesie.
I returned to work 3 weeks ago.
My schedule is hectic, but it’s been
a smooth transition because of our
very good help. I actually now have
a difficult time imagining raising a
kid in the US. Lots of work, no?
This last summer we successfully extended
our adventure program to include day-long
rock climbing trips to the Camden Hills State
Park. It was a big hit. Transitioning from
the adventure course, rappel tower, the Buck
indoor rock wall, then out to the Barrett
Cove cliffs was both fun and challenging. The
campers who signed up got their first true
experiences of real rock, stomach-turning
exposure and, on one occasion, a torrential
downpour. We will be doing more outdoor rock
climbing next summer and look forward to
sharing this addition to our program with the
2012 Kieve and Wavus campers. See you soon.
Rob Reilly, Challenge Course Director
Alumni & Family
Adventure Camp –
Kudos to the staff!
Katie and Harper having a chat with one of
their friends in Nairobi.
Past Board Chairs
Past Kieve and Kieve-Wavus Board Chairs enjoying some fishing time together at Megantic Fish &
Game Club. From left: Bob Bower ‘00-’01, Jeb Burns ‘04-’07, Susan Russell ‘07-’11, Sandy Buck ‘91’99. Thanks for all your collective guidance and wisdom!
I
just wanted to tell you what a
great time we had at Family
camp. Director Julie did a fabulous
job! She and Rob were so nice today
to allow us to do ropes in the afternoon. They were not part of the
schedule. Our boys loved it. The
counselors were incredible!!! We will
definitely do this again and recommend it to other families. It was hard
to leave today. Thank you for a fabulous time and please tell the counselors how incredible we thought they
were. I want to be 10 again – either
that or work with your staff. As
our boys were going off to sleep last
night, they asked if they would ever
see Lewis and Jack and the other
counselors again. They had such an
incredible time with them!!!
Amanda Henson
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Damariscotta Lake Writer’s Conference 2012
H
enry Kennedy had been subtly–and not so subtly–hinting
at the prospect of a program for
writers at Kieve for at least a decade,
interjecting shameless non-sequiturs, prodding with comments like,
“Right, just like the writers conference we’re going to have at Kieve
someday…” And we’d both snort,
laugh, and I’d say, “Yeah. Right.”
But there was always an edge to
Henry’s smile and snicker, a spark
that I have come to recognize as his
own brand of persistence, an ability to see through the logistical haze
that might deter others from such
endeavors. I should have known
he was dead serious and just biding his time. But it was too late, the
germ had already gained traction,
and over the years, I’d be talking to
myself on the paths where I teach,
asking questions like, Why does the
world need another writers conference? How could this one be different?
When I saw the Kennedy Learning
Center on a visit this past summer, I
simply looked at Henry and BJ from
across the deck and said, “We could
definitely do a writers conference
here.” Henry’s response, “OK. Great.
Next summer.” It was that easy. And
suddenly it was late September, and
he and Charlie and I were in a two
hour lunch meeting on my porch in
New Hampshire, getting more and
more excited as program, schedule,
and the details of hospitality began
to solidify into a recognizable shape
that we agreed would be called The
Damariscotta Lake Writers Conference.
We’re going to start small, with
about eighteen people for a five day
experience, six writers in the genres
Contribution through
will/trust
Please keep Kieve-Wavus in mind
when working on your legacy
planning ideas. Including KieveWavus in a codicil to your will
helps our organization and can
help your estate planning process.
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of poetry, fiction, and nonfiction.
The week will unfold with workshops, classes on craft taught by visiting writers, and readings by guests
and participants. The culmination
will be an annual trip out to Maine
Audubon’s Hog Island for a lecture
and reading by an established writer
(since the place was once owned by
Mabel Loomis Todd, Emily Dickinson’s first “editor”, it seems like fate).
I suppose many conferences have
components like these, but after polling a spectrum friends who teach
and write, I discovered that preferences are diverse. I also wanted to
braid together the best aspects of my
own experiences at the MacDowell
Colony, Bread Load Writers Conference and the limited residency MFA
program at Warren Wilson College:
a hybrid design of conference and
working “retreat”, which we hope
will satisfy those writers who just
need time and artistic space and
those who desire a little more direction. Rather than being a shmoozfest
or a crowded haven for hero worship
and posturing, the DLWC will be a
“working” conference, where participants pursue a project that they
describe in their applications. The
optional academic and collaborative
events during the week are intended
to stoke and propel a manuscript
through real change and growth.
The facility is ideal, but I’ve always
felt that any colony or conference
needs a natural setting that can give
the institution an environmental
personality, an identity. Kieve has a
rich and inspiring history, a tradition that we hope will lend its spirit
and principles to the conference,
but Damariscotta Lake itself is the
clincher. In the mid-1980s, when I
was driving vans of rising seniors up
from the Pingree School for bonding
sessions at Kieve, I always felt some
sort of surge when I spotted the lupines along West Neck Road. In such
environments, we always isolate an
image or two that we associate with
the place, and they’re the first thing
we look for when we return. After
Ralph Sneeden, Kieve and Wavus camper Dad
and coordinator of our upcoming Writer’s Conference, has been teaching English since 1995
at Phillips Exeter Academy.
the trips from Pingree stopped, and
I moved on to other jobs and schools,
I was still able to return not only to
visit good friends, but also when
my own children came as campers,
then counselors. Memory’s roster of
the place expanded with names like
Deep Cove, and even sounds like the
visceral howls and hoots of loons and
barred owls. Like those lupines, they
began to take up permanent residence in my imagination. And now,
with the help of John Casteen, a poet
and Kieve alum who now teaches at
Sweet Briar College, it looks like I’ll
be coming back to build an annual
community of teachers who write,
who will be in residence at the Kennedy Learning Center for five days
next summer, and whom I hope will
take away as many images, artistic
friendships, and memories from this
amazing place as they do new pages
of their own work. For more info
please send an email to dlwc@kieve.
org.
Ralph Sneeden
Writer’s Conference Coordinator
Ralph Sneeden was born in Los
Angeles and grew up on the North
Shore of Massachusetts and Long
Island. He has been teaching English
since 1995 at Phillips Exeter Academy, in Exeter, New Hampshire,
where he also directs the George
Bennett Writer-in-Residence Fellowship and is the Continuing ProfesStory continued on page 18
Kieve Hosts 10th Anniversary 9/11 Family Camp
9/11 Camp
ieve-Wavus hosted the 10th Annual Family Camp for families
affected by the September 11th
tragedies. Individuals and families
from a number of FDNY firehouses
and Cantor Fitzgerald in New York
as well as The Pentagon all arrived
at Kieve for another fun-filled and
relaxing week.
Dear Nancy and Henry,
K
New to the camp this year was
world-renowned fire engine and
equipment restorer Andy Swift of
Hope, Maine who offered rides to
kids and adults in his 1927 American LaFrance fire engine. Andy
also hosted a tour of his shop the
next day for everyone to see the
craftsmanship and detail of his fire
equipment restorations. Once again,
the firemen took over the kitchen
one evening and prepared a delicious
Italian dinner for everyone. Returning for their 10th Kieve appearance,
musician Bruce Marshall and his
guest James Montgomery provided
great live music.
Many of the FDNY families at camp
were associated with Ladder Company 3 and Battalion 6 on September 11, 2001 when twelve members
were lost while evacuating civilians
from the North Tower. On July 20th
Ladder 3’s truck “Big Red” became
a permanent part of the 9/11 Memorial Museum when a crane lowered
the truck 70 feet into the exhibition area. It was wrapped to protect
it and draped with American and
FDNY flags. It has been stored at
Hangar 17 at JFK International Airport since its recovery and will be on
display when the museum opens in
2012.
According to 9/11 Family Camp
Director Russ Williams, “We had
another incredible week together
with 4 new families joining us for
the largest camp since 2002. Once
again, many volunteers along with
local businesses and our staff helped
make this another very special week
for our friends from Washington DC
& New York.”
Andy Swift, world-renowned fire engine and equipment restorer from Hope, Maine took a crew of
9/11 Family Camp participants and volunteers to enjoy a delicious treat at Round Top Ice Cream in
Damariscotta.
Visit our website for the latest news at Kieve-Wavus: www.kieve.org
Thinking of Kieve-Wavus today
especially on the 10th anniversary
of September 11, 2001. It’s weird to
think that something good came
out of one of the biggest tragedies
in both my life and in the life of our
country. I remember my dad bringing home a video from a camp a few
months after 9/11. We watched it
as a family and had no idea what to
think, but my dad was pretty keen
on the idea of going. The moment
we arrived at Kieve we were all at
ease, there was an immediate feeling of peace and safety. I fell in love
with the land, the messages and the
lessons learned at Kieve and eventually Kieve West and Wavus. I don’t
think I would have ever found out
about this magical “bubble” in a
small town in Maine, but now I can
call it home. Since 2002, I have had
a place in my heart for all of the
wonderful people who gave us the
gift of Kieve-Wavus. It has made me
a better, stronger, more thoughtful,
selfless and respectful human being.
Thank you for opening your doors to
us, you will never truly know how
much it has done for us.
Love, Alex Danz
Summer camp counselor Alex Danz & Eliza
Denious from Omaha Cabin enjoying some
beautiful early morning sun on the St. Croix.
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Alumni & Family Adventure Camp
A
fter saying goodbye to the last
camper, the Wavus team geared
up for another awesome week with
the Alumni and Family Adventure
Camp here on Damariscotta Lake!
Although the first day brought rainstorms, bad weather didn’t stop the
fun! We started off with a day full of
activities like pottery and scrapbook
making and finished the day around
the campfire. We had many firsts at
this campfire including Jesse Stevens having his first S’more! Wavus
campers Zoe, Phoebe, and Story led
us in the now world-famous “fanny
pack song,” and we spent the rest
of the night sharing songs around
the campfire. The next morning
we woke up to beautiful weather!
We spent the whole day outside;
woodshop class became “mobile
woodshop” and traveled down to
watch the aqua zip! Aqua zip and
the H.S. Swing were big hits for all,
especially with the nice weather! We
took full advantage of the sunshine
and ran boat rides to J-Scoop for ice
cream with a stop at the Jefferson
Bridge to do some bridge jumping.
Wednesday night the staff took all of
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sional Development Coordinator. He
has also taught at the Pingree School
and Lake Forest Academy. The title
poem of his first book Evidence of
the Journey (Harmon Blunt, 2007)
received the Friends of Literature
Prize from POETRY Magazine/Poetry
Foundation and the book also received honorable mention for Washington and Lee University/Shenandoah Magazine’s Glasgow Prize. He has
been a Klingestein Fellow at Columbia University, the Chubb/LifeAmerica Fellow at the MacDowell Colony,
the Bergeron Fellow at the American
School in London, and has received
an artist grant-in-aid award from the
St. Botolph’s Foundation. His work
has appeared or is forthcoming in
The American Poetry, The Kenyon
Review, Ploughshares, POETRY, The
New Republic, Slate, The Southern
Review, TriQuarterly, and other
magazines.
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The Luftig Family enjoying a glorious day on the Snowgoose III on Muscongus Bay.
the kids to Kieve for a magic show
and gave parents the opportunity
for a night out on the town! Family
Camp wouldn’t be the same without
a trip to the ocean and several families spent a day aboard the Snowgoose fishing, swimming and enjoy-
ing the sun. This year’s Family Camp
will certainly go down in the books
as one of our most memorable years
ever and the staff is already excited
and planning for next summer! We
hope to see everyone back for “Fam
Camp” 2012!
Kieve Spring Work Weekend
A hardy crew helped pitch in and help spruce up the Kieve campus last Spring – thanks again for
your help!
Jake Sneeden – Camp Speech
I
attended Kieve pretty sporadically
as a camper. I did Junior Kieve,
South Cunningham, and later came
back and did the Allagash. I guess
I was so busy having a great time
here, I never really thought about
what Kieve did for me, nor did I ever
really understand what a special
place it is. So when I was asked to
talk to you today, I finally reflected
on those two questions: what has
Kieve done for me, and why is it so
special?
I started my reflection at the definition of Kieve: to strive in emulation
of. To all of you this motto could
seem vague, and as a camper I honestly never paid it much heed. When
I was young I went through the motions, did what I was told, and had
fun. And that’s exactly what a kid
should be doing. I rarely self-evaluated or thought about what type of
person I would become, nor did I
recognize how much control I had
over the qualities that would define
me. But as you get older, you look
back, and you see that, even though
you didn’t notice it, you change and
evolve into someone you weren’t before. And maybe there is something
in this subconscious development
that reveals some of the beauty of Kieve. Because here you are all growing
up, forming who you are, molding
your particular character, and almost
imperceptibly Kieve is defining
you, making you a better person,
a person with experiences, and a
person who has pushed himself. So
many of your friends and peers do
the same routine during the school
year -- classes and sports, with some
extracurriculars sprinkled on top,
and then in the summer they go on
vacation, go to sports camps, or lay
around their houses. Kieve is not a
typical summer experience. Between
innovative activities and rewarding
trips, we test ourselves and we gain
a better understanding of who we
are. These experiences aren’t always
easy, life on trips isn’t a vacation,
and we may scare ourselves a bit
when we shoot a gun for the first
time, flip a sailboat, or stand at the
top of the aqua zip. On trips there
are rainstorms you have to paddle
through, all your toilet paper might
get soaked because a boat flipped,
or maybe some of your food didn’t
make it on the resupply, but you
learn to adapt, and these trying situations make you a stronger, more
confident person as you grow up.
John Krakauer described the philosopher Nietzsche’s ideal man, or
his Ubermensch, as a man who is a
risk taker, who believes suffering is
beneficial, and who scorns the path
of least resistance. In today’s society
there are infinite innovations that
make our lives easier and so it is
tough to find the paths of greater resistance that help us grow, but Kieve
remains a haven that provides them
for us. Maybe at first we don’t notice
it, but as you come back again and
again, you realize it’s because you
are accepting a challenge.
Now how do these challenges shape
us, and what do they provide us
with?
Looking back at the milestones in
my life, the defining moments that
I can point to, the ones that gave me
confidence in myself and formed my
character all came at Kieve.
My first time away from home was
when I did Junior Kieve. At the age
of eleven I summated the highest
Mountain on the East Coast. The
summer before I started high school,
I completed the Allagash, canoeing
110 miles, sleeping night after night
through rainstorms that created rivers of water that ran past my therma-rest, and explored the solitude of
an abandoned logging camp.
Maybe you don’t realize as you
complete these trips just how potent they are, because hey, they’re
the just the next trip at Kieve, but
looking back now, if I were to tell
someone the highlights of my childhood, it would be these moments
that I would share, not my routine at
home.
And now I come back to Kieve
mostly because I love working with
kids, but there is also a selfish side
of me that enjoys the challenge of
Kieve, the part of Kieve that asks me
to push myself in ways other jobs
can’t. I’m asked to lead trips on the
Allagash, St. Croix, White Mountains, or help thirteen boys who
are spending three and half weeks
away from home for the first time;
these are challenges from which I
still mature , through which I learn
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Jake Sneeden continued from page 19
about myself, and from which I gain
confidence.
Now I’ve mentioned this confidence
we get from Kieve a couple of times.
So what are we striving in emulation
of? To all be cocky Kieve guys swaggering around in our Kieve pinnies?
Is that the character that Kieve aims
to build in us? No, not at all, but
confidence still remains the key element. It is two very different things
to be cocky and to be confident in
yourself. A cocky person walks
around giving off the air that he is
the best so that no one can see how
truly afraid he is. But people who
are confident in themselves know
who they are, know what they stand
for and trust themselves; it may be
evident in their character, but they
don’t feel the need to tell you, they
show you through their actions.
I’ve been reading this book recently
about Pat Tillman who was a professional Football player who, out of
his sense of righteousness and duty,
curtailed his football career in order
to go fight in Afghanistan after 9/11
where he was eventually killed in
action. After reading this book he
has become an idol of mine, someone I want to strive in emulation of.
What set him apart for me was his
total confidence in himself and how
well he knew himself. He was this
incredibly tough person who never
backed down from a challenge and
was completely fearless, yet at the
same time he was also a vulnerable
person who was completely home-
Dick Henry, one of our first campers (Kieve
’26-’31 & Kieve grandparent ’96-’07), recently
joined Henry Kennedy at the DC reunion
along with a number of other alums. Dick’s
sweetheart Paulette of 63 years passed away in
June. Our thoughts and prayers are with the
Henry family.
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sick his four years in college. He had
a really sensitive side that he didn’t
hide because he knew who he was,
he knew how tough he was, and he
wasn’t afraid to show his complete
character to anyone.
Many people go through their lives
hiding aspects of who they are from
the people around them. I know I
have been guilty of this, and so for
me Pat Tillman is someone that I
can look to as an example of being
true to your complete character and
having the confidence and strength
inside of yourself to be comfortable
with who you are and to accept any
challenge. The reason I’m sharing
about him now is that I believe Kieve
provides us with a setting in which
we can be our complete selves, show
all facets of our personality, and play
with them, to explore them, and to
understand them so that when we
step forward elsewhere in our lives
to accept challenges and shoulder
responsibility, we have some aura
around us that says this is me, this is
what I do, and I’m comfortable with
it. This aura of confidence attracts
people to us, garners respect for us,
and defines us as leaders.
How do we develop this aura
though, this self-confidence, this
comfort with who we are? What is
it about the environment of Kieve
that makes us want to get a little bit
weird, helps us find the different
sides of our character, and allows
us to bring them together into one
entity? It comes from one place, and
that’s the people. It’s the counselors
who just seem to be able to balance
responsibility with craziness, and it
allows everyone to relax a little bit.
It’s all the awesome girls and guys
who don’t mind throwing themselves out there for public humiliation so that we all feel a little more
comfortable with ourselves. And
maybe they don’t know why they
do it, and maybe they hate it, or
maybe they love it, but they all do
it because that’s the culture that’s
been passed down here; it’s an ethos
that has bred many men who are
confident in themselves, who know
themselves, who have gone on to
lead lives full of passion, who continue to push themselves and those
around them.
So as you grow up, look back and
find the moments and challenges
that define you, gain confidence
from them; then draw from the environment of Kieve to help yourself
become a complete person: a person
who can laugh at himself, who can
cry, who can be brave, who can be
loyal to his friends, and who will not
choose the path of least resistance.
KIEVE-WAVUS ALUMNI NOTES FROM ALL OVER
Stephen Fulmer (Kieve ’83-’85,
Staff ’90-’93, Advisory Board Member) enjoying being a proud alumnus
and Dad on Junior Kieve opening day
with his son Charlie.
Blake Riley (Kieve ’99-’05)
Blake Riley and his University of Virginia Men’s lacrosse teammates won
the Division 1 National Championship on Memorial Day weekend. Virginia (no. 7 seed) beat the University
of Maryland (unseeded) 9-7 in front
of 35,661 fans at M&T Bank Stadium
in Baltimore, MD. Blake is a starting
defensive midfielder for the Virginia
Cavaliers and a member of Virginia’s
class of 2013. For those who watch
lax on TV, keep an eye out for Blake,
#25 for VA. (photo credit: wgdactionphoto.com)
George Ross (Kieve 9/11 Family
Camp ‘05-’11)
Long time 9-11 Family Camp member George Ross (on right) from
FDNY Ladder Co. 3 and his friend
John Ackerman, who was an officer
in Ladder 3 several years before 9-11,
entered the horseshoes competition
and won the Silver medal in the
doubles “A” division championship.
The World Police and Fire Games
PADDLE & THISTLE SOCIETY
T
he friends listed here have all made arrangements to leave a lasting gift to
KieveWavus. Deferred gifts, whether simple bequests, paid-up insurance
policies, IRA's or trusts, ensure that Kieve/Wavus' mission will continue to be
fulfilled beyond our lifetimes.
David & Louise Abbot
Ernest C. Marriner
Frances M. Abbott
William C. McCook, Jr.
Anonymous (2)
Walter F. Morris
Marjorie W. Berry
Gardner M. Mundy
Bob & Sally Bishop
Caroline C. Newcomb
Evy Blum
Elizabeth W. Parker
Stephen & Kathryn Brackett
John & Meg Peacock
Alexander K. Buck, Jr.
Devereaux & Deborah Phelps
Jay W. Cooper
Robert G. Preston
Charles A. Dana
Ency S. Richardson
Jon & Mary Davis
Hugh C. Riddleberger &
Denny Emory
Louise W. McIlhenny
Hill & Susan Ferguson
Mark & Eleanor Robinson
David & Carol Ann Fulmer
Cliff & Susan Russell
Daren T. Hudson
Sheila G. Shorr
Al R. Ireton
Muffy D. Stuart
Anne S. Kennedy
Douglas O. Tawse
Betty J. Kennedy
Robert M. Trippe
Henry R. Kennedy
Stuart K. Van Durand
Richard C. Kennedy
William M. Walker
Mary H. Lansing
Betty B. Willey
is the second largest multi-sport
event in the world, second only to
the summer Olympics. The games
began in 1967 with the concept
to promote sport and fraternity
within the police and firefighter
communities. The 2011 Games were
held in New York City to coincide
with the ten year remembrance of
September 11, 2001 and were attended by more than 17,000 police and
firefighters from around the world.
The games will be held in Belfast,
Ireland in 2013.
John Lawrence (Kieve ’85-’90, Staff
’94-’95, Advisory Board Member)is
proud to announce that Avery Marie Lawrence was born at 9:38 PM
on April 26, weighing 8 pounds 3
ounces and measuring 19 inches. Tara and Avery are both happy and
healthy, and Sam and I are extremely proud of them both!
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James Riddleberger (Kieve ’95-‘03,
Staff ’05-’10)
James just after the white coat
ceremony at Tulane Medical School
– good luck down south, James!
Emily Riddleberger Blackwell
(Staff ’93-’96, ’00)
Eleanor and Phoebe Blackwell,
daughters of Emily Riddleberger
Blackwell and her husband Scott...
Junior Wavus campers in 2019!
Andrew Bevan (Staff ’09, ’10)
is teaching at the Collegiate School
in Manhattan. He moved into the big
city in August and is starting Masters work at Columbia. “Hopefully
this summer school thing is just a
one year resume builder and I can
make it back to Kieve for summer
2012!”
Rob Tawse (Kieve ’92-’98, Staff ’01’05)
Rob and his fiancée Anju Mahajan
enjoy a visit back to Kieve this past
summer.
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Johanna Karen Johannson
For the past 23 years she has been
an Episcopal priest in Manhattan. She retired this spring, and has
returned to Maine -- Bucksport. As
a priest, she was very involved with
9/11 -- travelling to Ground Zero each
day to lend a helping hand. She was
at Wavus in the 1950’s and was Miss
Maine in 1970, finishing 3rd at The
Miss America Pageant in Atlantic
City. Campbell Walker (Kieve ’87-’90,
Staff ’95-’98) Visiting camp this past
summer. From left: Andy Wise (Kieve ’87-‘90), Mary Field Wise, Amy
Williams, Campbell Walker
Tilson Family - Hugh and Judy
Tilson have sent many family members to Kieve. Carly Tilson was a
2011 Wavus camper. Her Dad, Max
Tilson, was on Kieve Staff from
’85- ’87, and his sister Alice (Tilson)
Koehler was a staff member in ’91
and ’92. Ann (Tilson) Janvier (Staff
’86) has three sons who help carry
on the family tradition: Will Janvier (Kieve ’06-’12), George Janvier
(Kieve ’08-’12), and Hugh Janvier
(Kieve ’11-’12).
Alumnus Tuck Gilbert (Wavus Staff
’46, ’47)
Tuck is seen here with his greatniece Helena Turner (Wavus and
Leadership School staff ’10-‘11) and
his wife Bobbie. Tuck was a counselor for the boys’ camp and a tennis
instructor at Wavus.
Stuart Lansing (Kieve ’87-’89, ’91)
Farley, Taylor and I are thrilled to announce the birth of Annabelle Hart
Lansing! She arrived on the last day
of summer—Thursday, September
22nd at 4:08pm: 8lbs, 6oz. and 20.5
inches long.
Bill Gribbel (Kieve ‘32, Kieve Grandparent ‘05-’11)
Bill “The Commodore of the Fleet”
Gribbel visits with Henry in front
of Mr. Ned and Uncle Don during
his annual pilgrimage back to Kieve.
Bill’s grandkids Margie, Laura & Kat
have been counselors, Henry is a
camper and Caroline finished Maine
Trails last summer.
Ward Wickwire (Kieve ‘52-’55, Staff
‘59, ‘68, ‘69)
Ward visited with Dick Kennedy
this past summer. In 1955, North
Harris campers included Hap Schroeder, Roy Thompson, Danny Floyd,
Charlie Ramsburg, Dick Sentner and
Ward Wickwire with Dick Kennedy
as their counselor. Dick’s memory
is very clear that “they were a lot of
fun but provided plenty of challenge. All came from Sewickley
(outside of Pittsburg) and were in the
same school in the winter, and all
were Kieve veterans; they were determined to get the most out of their
summer together. Many went on to
be fine counselors.”
Libby Schroeder (Kieve staff ‘97’02, LDI Teacher ‘97)
Dr. Mary Libby Schroeder at the
beach with her son Grant, who was
born on September 1st 2010. “The
picture was taken while visiting
my dad in Florida. Marshall, Grant
and I are living in DC. I’m doing
a year of critical care training and
then have two more years of surgery
residency. Grant is 13 months and is
a man on the move. We can’t wait to
get him up to Damariscotta Lake.
KIEVE-WAVUS ADVISORY BOARD
Robert F. Abbey
Frances M. Abbott
Maxwell O. Abbott
Barry Atwood
Jane G. Barrows
Robert R. Bishop
Adam M. Blatt
Robert W. Bower
Stephen M. Brackett
Charles C. Brown
James D. Brown
Frank T. Brown
Allen W. Burton
Henry M. Chance
Thomas K. Dorman
Christopher T. Dougherty
Patrice Fallon
Tench C. Forbes
Michael D. Fralich
Stephen T. Fulmer
William H. Gano
William T. Georgi
Samuel F. Glidden
Elizabeth Grever
Andrew F. Hawkes
Ed Hinkley
Jennifer T. Ireland
Anne O. Jackson
Jacqueline E. Jones
Thomas L. Kalaris
Blair W. Kennedy
Samuel S. Kennedy
Peter C. LaCasse
John H. Lawrence
Robert H. Linker
J. Spencer Mallozzi
Cara Martin-Tetreault
Matthew J. McKenna
Jason J. Nahra
Andrew P. Palmer
David A. Patch
Andrew C. Perry
Christopher L. Richardson
Page T. Riley
Andrew P. Roberts
James C. Roberts
Sarah C. Robinson
Jared R. Schott
Frank C. Schroeder
Timothy O. Shenton
Eleanor L. Spicer
Nicholas W. Stevens
Gary E. Stone
Frank C. Strasburger
James H. Stuart
John C. Thibodeau
Lowell S. Thomas
Charles W. Whinery
George S. Wills
Nate deKanter (Kieve staff ‘97, ‘98)
Enjoying a beautiful evening on
Round Pond Harbor with his wife
Courtney and daughters.
KIEVE-WAVUS TRUSTEES
John E. Burns, Sr.
W. Morgan Churchman, III
Candace E. Dyal
John W. Geismar
Robert V. Hansmann
Daren T. Hudson
Donald A. Keyser
William A. Knowlton
Christopher J. Maguire
Louise W. McIlhenny
Jane H. McKean
Nancy F. McKenna
Clifford E. Muller
Marshall D. Murphy
Oliver A. Parker, Chair
James C. Rea
Thomas R. Riley, Jr.
Mark K. J. Robinson
Susan R. Russell
Sheila G. Shorr
R. Dixon Thayer
Priscilla L. Watson
Kathleen Wilson
Emeriti
Alexander K. Buck, Jr.
Thomas W. Haas
Richard C. Kennedy
Michael N. Westcott
DECEASED FRIENDS
Gerhard R. Andlinger
Thomas N Armstrong, III
Jim Bates
Anne Cundle
Ed and Beth Danforth
Paulette Henry
Beverly Willey Hudson - Wavus ‘35-’42
Jack MacPhee
Esther Anne McFarland
James M. McKinney
Lawrence P. Murphy
Jefferson D. Robinson
Alexander Walbridge - Kieve ‘95 & ‘96
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stewardship through year-round experiential programs, camps for youth and
adults, and guidance from inspirational role models.
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Wish List
¾ ton 4x4 dumper pickup truck &
¾ ton plow truck
Fiberglass boats
Mini-van
SUV
Sailboards & Paddle Boards