5/18/01

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More than 120 veteran Camp Adventure counselors from universities and colleges across the country will be at UNI through Monday for intensive training. Headquartered at UNI, Camp Adventure trains college students to provide recreation programs to military dependent youths around the world. The directors are usually college upperclassmen and have had at least one year of Camp Adventure counseling experience. Abut 750 college students will be counselors this year, providing programming to half a million children.

Among special presenters for the training will be Shirlee Anderson, youth coordinator for the U.S. Army -- Europe; Genia Wessels, youth director of U.S. Naval Base Pearl Harbor; Tony Rojek, administration officer of defense cooperation-Anakra, Turkey; Micky Snell, public relations manager of the Green Gables Country Club in Denver, Colo.; and Connie Larson, youth director, U.S. Army -- Korea. All will be available for interviews at 10:45 a.m., Sat., May 19, in Wellness Recreation Center 203.

Chris Edginton, director, Camp Adventure, (319) 273-2840

Amber Lippincott, program assistant, Camp Adventure, (319) 273-2840

Gwenne Culpepper, University Marketing and Public Relations, (319) 273-2761

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