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Basketball is always a popular sport at summer camp.
Glencoe resident buys share of Cubs
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ndrew Berlin of Glencoe is a new limited partner in the Chicago Cubs. The 54-year-old — also a limited partner in the Chicago White Sox — owns the Cubs Class A affiliate in South Bend. He is one of six new limited partners in the franchise, which is in the middle of a $375-million renovation of Wrigley Field. Since his purchase of the former Arizona Diamondbacks’ Class A affiliate in South Bend a few years ago, Berlin has introduced changes to lure families to 8,000-seat Four Winds Field. For $15, family members can enjoy Belly Buster Mondays, which includes a game ticket and as much food as one can swallow. Friday nights feature television giveaways. Berlin’s enticements are working. Attendance soared nearly 70 percent in 2012 and jumped roughly another 20 percent the following season. Berlin invested about $2 Continues on page 14
Place in the sun Summer camps combine learning with fun BY BILL MCLEAN
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school year ends. Students pour out of school buildings, feeling free. Summer has not officially started, but in their minds it has. Hibernation begins for most backpacks.
The students get to sleep in the next day, their alarm clocks sounding right before lunchtime. They stretch. They seize the start of a half-day. They repeat the routine on Day Two of summer-
time. The routine usually gets old by Day Three. Summer camps to the rescue. Though it may seem far off, given spring weather has barely touched the area, summer is closing in, and camp signups
have started. For children, attending summer camps can be the highlight of the year. “A summer camp, for many kids, is a chance to reinvent themselves, to enjoy a clean slate after a school year,” says Glencoe
resident Dayna Hardin, owner and director of Lake of the Woods Camp for girls and Greenwoods Camp for boys in Decatur, Mich., a fun-filled, education-packed escape for many children and teens from the North Shore (in fact, about 70 percent of campers come from the area). “Kids who attend summer camps have two sets of best friends,” she adds. “Their best friends at school and their best friends at summer camps. If things get tough during the school year, they know they’ll always have their summer camp best friends.” When you think of camps, you can no longer just think of archery and canoe sessions, followed by a snack, followed by a nature walk, followed by the delicate construction of s’mores around a campfire. Summer camps for artists and theater enthusiasts exist. Summer sports camps — for beginners and elite athletes — exist. From Aug. 10-14, the Northbrook Park District will stage a Zombie Survival Camp for children (ages 8-12). Undead-themed camps are alive. “The kids will defend the village,” says Frank Lamberti, Leisure Services Manager at Northbrook Park District. “It will be ‘under attack.’ The kids will be taught wilderness surContinues on page 14
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