‘Love in the Club’
Robin McDonald knew she would marry Eric Martin well before he proposed to her at the Girls’ Club last summer in what would be a nostalgic return to the area they once roamed as Boys’ and Girls’ Club counselors.
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Chautauqua Lake remains largely HAB-free
As one of the most fished lakes in New York — and a recreational hub for Chautauquans — Chautauqua Lake has seen its fair share of use. But when blue and green sludge-like goop coated the lake’s surface at the tail-end of each season for the past few years, officials prohibited Chautauquans from swimming and setting sail.
Annual Water Olympics bring greased watermelons and battle of red vs. blue
The five-ringed symbol of the Olympic Games is intended to represent the colors of all nations in the quadrennial sporting event. On a much smaller and chaotic scale at the Boys’ and Girls’ Club annual Water Olympics last Thursday, only two colors are needed: red and blue.
‘Progression’ wins Air Band, but priceless laughs take show
“Selections Inspired by the Works of David Hasselhoff” was not a lecture in Week Five’s theme, “Art & Politics,” but it did help draw several hundred people into the Amphitheater on Thursday.
A lasting tribute: The love behind the John R. Turney Sailing Center
By many accounts, Chautauqua is hard to explain. From the windows of the John R. Turney Sailing Center, it becomes…
Club Carnival brings droves to the waterfront
For a Friday at the Boys’ and Girls’ Club, North Lake Drive appeared to be very quiet. Bikes rested on racks, and the pavement was absent of children running to their next planned activity of the day, though a muffled voice and echoes of yelling from Sharpe Field speakers proved otherwise.
Club Carnival brings droves to the waterfront
For a Friday at the Boys’ and Girls’ Club, North Lake Drive appeared to be very quiet. Bikes rested on racks, and the pavement was absent of children running to their next planned activity of the day, though a muffled voice and echoes of yelling from Sharpe Field speakers proved otherwise.
SLIDESHOW: Ultimate play
Michael O’Brien organizes an Ultimate Frisbee game at 2 p.m. every Sunday on the Boys’ and Girls’ Club campus at the south end of the grounds. Above and at right are scenes from last Sunday’s match, played on Field Four.
Boys’ and Girls’ Club: Games as lively as the kids who play them
Boys’ and Girls’ Club has fostered the youth of Chautauqua Institution for generations, priding itself as being regarded the oldest day camp in the United States. Aside from camp staples like swimming, sailing, soccer and tennis, games like Ga-ga, Prisoner, and Nuke Em are the buzz of the morning schedule when campers arrive at 9 a.m.
Men’s softball vets talk past, what’s ahead
If they weren’t playing for anything, they wouldn’t be keeping score.
