Echo Valley Campground Newsletter

July 2010 Edition

FROM THE OWNER’S DESK

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Summer is sure moving along at a fast pace. I hope all of our campers are enjoying our beautiful pool. We added the basketball game and the oversize ball in there to give you more to enjoy. In the new playground area, we added a new child size picnic table and the basketball goal. We have the volleyball net about ready to go back in this area. We have also located a merry-go-round that we will get in place on down the road. Also, Pete plans on adding two huge tractor tires for kids to play on. We’ll place them half in the ground.

Last week we hosted the Gotham City Land Cruisers for the fourth year. What a nice group they are. I’m sure if you were around you wouldn’t have missed them. They took up the entire pavilion area as well as several sites. It was fun having them here, but hard work too. This weekend we will have the Cape Cod Jeep Club back again along with the TTORA group from Ohio. We continue attracting large groups with the campground being so appealing.

Last week we found some very strange looking insects in site 8. After checking with the PA Dept of Ag we found that these insects to be a unique type of wasp and a predator of the boring insects. They are on the dead beech tree and use that to lay their eggs and for a food source. We need to take good care of these insects as they may keep away some of those horrible insects that can do so much damage to our beautiful trees.

Sales in our restaurant have been disappointing se we are back to a snack bar. That means you can still get breakfast there but only sandwiches and dogs the rest of the day. Use the café and store as much as you can. If nothing else, it saves you a trip to town. Also, don’t forget that Diane offers pool parties there and there will be catering for those. You can e-mail her at dmiller112909@yahoo.com.

I wanted to share with you the winners of the horseshoe contest that was held over the Fourth of July. First Place was Steve Halbert of Site 3B and Randy Showers of Site 1A. Second Place Lance Dunlop of Site 1A and Phil Hunt of Site 11. Coming in third was Bob Schoffstall of Site 5B and Eric Larson of Site 6A. Congrats to all of these winners. As I understand it, we had some fierce competition going there.

COMING SOON

Our Hawaiian Pool Party is coming soon. We’ll do the covered dish again. See the sign-up sheet in the café. Please bring the things listed.

IN THE NEWS

Carolyn Hendriskma (Site 26) has been transferred to Arkansas with Hershey Foods. We will all miss Carolyn and her lovely children. They have been such a nice asset to our campground. We wish all of them the very best in this exciting new venture in their lives.

WELCOME

Alfred & Marie Chendorian of Sellersville, PA Site 12

John & Mary Ann Seibert of Keystone Heights, FL Site 2

Cathy & Scott Fisher of Williamsburg, VA Site 13B

Parade Winners

Our Fourth of July Parade winners were:

First Place - Dakota Kobal

Second Place - Kimberly Rodemaker

These kids were chosen for the creative way they decorated their bikes. Congratulations to both!

TRADING POST

For Sale: 2003 Ford Focus, 5-spd; low miles. Call the office

For Sale: 2005 Sunset Creek 31’ travel trailer w/ rear quad bunkhouse plus queen bed in front br. Unit has full slide with sofa & dining table with bench seats. Full bath with tub/shower combo. Excellent condition. Moving, must sell. Asking $14,500. Can be seen at campground or Call 717-566-7608

For Sale: Commercial stainless ice dispenser. $100; Coke table with two chairs. $75 Call the office.

For Sale: Bookcase with built in mirror $25

Any resident of Echo Valley Campground can place an ad in this section of the newsletter. Call the office or send via e-mail. We will also accept any ad that would be of interest to our residents.