Japan taught us a bless-ing for our food -

“Itadakimas.”

Everyone brings a story to share and we all grow

in its truth.

Yes, the location is mag-nificent, the cabins

quaint, the staff remark-able (if I do say so my-self) but your planning,

packing, travelling, em-bracing simplicity, putting aside distractions and just being you are really what

does it. You take the time to find your smile, your laughter and fun.

Your example becomes our example and we thank you!!

Yokway

Francine

Because of you…

The screen doors have shut for another season.

Our last friends said

good-bye on Monday

October 12th. It is always hard for us to say good-

bye and it never gets

easier.

Every time we say fare-well to you and you and you, it brings us one day

closer to saying goodbye to the gifts of your spirit. As the camp closes, we

remember the fresh air, the vast expanse of dark blue water, the calm re-flections of the morning,

shimmering evening sun-

sets, nature’s many ac-quaintances, smiling wild-

flowers and perennials, peaceful moments, fun event planning and your

excitement!

We were asked often, “How was your summer?”

“Weather bad, eh!”

“Economic times, bad eh!”

Yes these have been fac-tors and we feel for all

who have faced the trials of change. One camper and supervisor told me

that the lay off at his company showed people a great deal. Employees

could manage and fami-lies grew stronger. Isn’t that what it’s all about? The weather was not the

best, but we kept the sunshine going – just in being & doing!

We see the sunshine

every week as families experience a northern adventure together.

In 46 years, many par-ents, grand-parents and

great grand-parents have told us, “Memories at Lighthouse Landing were

our best!!”

In our high tech world, we can give children and

adults the opportunity to experience an alternate way of life! Individuals can try living without a

T.V., computer, and cell phone. At Lighthouse

Landing, campers live

simply by experiencing cold water from the tap, outdoor washrooms, in-

door or outdoor fires, and face to face interactions with nature. These activi-ties deemed once impos-

sible are fully experienced as possible. How does this opportunity develop

our well-being? Greatly we’ve seen!!

We are fortunate to wel-

come visitors from all cul-tures and walks of life. Emily & Anna taught us a greeting from the

Marshall Islands in the North Pacific Ocean.

“Yokway” means You are a Rainbow and Yuki of

Fall 2009 Issue 4

The Beacon Lighthouse Landing

Campers In Action

Family Camp

Youth Leadership

Shining Lights Camp

for Adults with

Inside this issue:

Campers In

Action

Projects

2

CIA Projects

Continued

3

Trans Canada

Trail & Chil-

dren’s

Cute Com-

4

Going GREEN

Nature’s

Knockings!!

5

Legend of the

Bear & Chip-

munk

2009 Highlights

6

2009 Highlights

Continued

7

Thank you

Lake Cecebe

Photo Winners

Highlights

8

Lighthouse Landing –Campers In Action Projects 2009

impartially to all human beings. Translated into

English, it is simply to love. At Lighthouse

Landing we are learning everyday about what it means to live ethically

and have made this the foundation for our day to day operation. How can I be more conscious per-

sonally and globally? How can I do my little important part to help

others? Our northern location is Lighthouse Landing on Lake Cecebe

in Magnetawan. Our everyday location is wherever we live, go to school, work or play.

The season started with a donation to the Teen Challenge Vehicle Dona-

tion Program of our 87 Chevy Truck. The pro-ceeds will be used to

help youth in the many ongoing programs to support young men find

freedom from their

addictions.

Lighthouse Landing is glad to donate to

OrthoWalk 2009 in hon-our of Dr. Emil Orsini, an exceptional orthopedic doctor and individual.

He liked to say, “Work hard, Play Harder.”

Our new boathouse was

designed and built by Jim and Alyssa. This along with moving the main

dock was done for easy accessibility for all camp-ers to the canoes, kay-

aks, pedal boats and safety equipment.

In late June LL was part

of the Magnetawan Wood

N Things Show. As peo-ple looked at all the wood and chainsaw

carvings, Jim, Alyssa and Francine did busking for

the visitors.

CIA donates to the area for the Canada Day

celebration which holds a day of park par-ti-ci-pac-

tion and evening fire-works.

This year we welcomed

to the camp humanitar-ian Jane Roy and her adopted children Abuk, Achan & Ater. In 2008,

we did fund raising for Abuk’s herd and bought 12 goats for the people

of Southern Sudan. In 2009 the Roy’s personal visit to Lighthouse Land-

ing was very special. They enjoyed the camp-ing experience, fishing in

the rain and jumping off

the rocks in Magneta-wan. Jane Roy told a heart-wrenching story of

the people of Southern Sudan at the Magneta-wan Community Centre

and Mary Beth Hartill wrote a story for the

local newspaper. CIA sold massage bars to raise money for the

foundation.

Canadian Aid For South-

ern Sudan was again the summer project with our CIA Leadership Camp & Shining Lights Camp for

Adults with Special Needs.

Campers learned and

“We are children, chil-

dren of the light

We are shining in the darkness of the night.

Hope for this world, joy throughout the land.

Touch the heart of every-one, take everybody’s

hand.

Hands up, baby hands

up, gimme your heart

Gimme gimme your

heart, gimme gimme – hands up!!”

What is Campers In Ac-

tion? Campers in Action

envelops our social jus-tice mission to be camp-ers of action in our own

personal lives and to reach out and help those around us. Everyone

who visits LL is a Camper in Action and we hope you will continue to give

time, support and active participation to your local and global community. Jim recently completed a

graduate level thesis and in it defined social justice as the distribution of

benefits and burdens among people; and hu-manitarianism as an

ethic of kindness, be-nevolence and sympathy extended universally and

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Our special thanks to all

the staff who helped

with our Campers In

Action Camps

Alyssa’s thesis titled Summer Resi-dential Camps: Promoting Social Interaction and Self-Efficacy Among Young Adults With Special

Needs was recently published in the American Camps

Assoc. Journal

educated others about the plight of malaria in

Africa. Malaria is respon-sible for half the deaths

of African children under the age of five and takes the lives of 2,800 chil-

dren per day. Insecticide-treated nets are one of the most effective ways to prevent malaria trans-

mission and studies have shown that regular use can reduce mortality

rates by about 20%. Malaria infected mosqui-toes bite at night, and

these nets provide an

individual with a physical barrier. The young

campers made signs then sang and drummed in Magnetawan as a fundraiser for insecticide-

treated mosquito nets. A total of $270 was raised for 27 insecticide free

nets and will be delivered by London volunteers to help protect children and

families in Africa. This project will be ongoing until July 2010. If you would like to donate

please send your cheque to -

Campers In Action, 198 Muriel Cres., Lon-

don, Ontario, N6E 2K6

Campers In Action

highlights the achievements of youth at the Magneta-

wan Agricultural fair with their donation.

Francine, Jim & Alyssa

shared their musical talent again this year with “The Summer

Singers” music group and performed during the summer and at

the close of the Agri-cultural Fair.

LL visited the Magnet-awan Central School

to share Miss Fran music circles with the excited

Kindergarten children.

Food donations were

made to Magnetawan Central School

Breakfast & Learning program that provides a healthy breakfast

for all students. Studies show that well nourished children

perform better in school.

LL Campers In Action wel-comed a family from Lon-don under Project C.A.M.P.

This was set up with the Children’s Aid Society in London to give a family the

opportunity for a holiday in a camp setting. We will-ingly opened up one week for this very rewarding

experience.

THANK YOU

A sincere thank you to all the families and campers

who volunteered, supported and encouraged Lighthouse Landing Campers in Action in 2009. We are forever

grateful for your hard work and enthusiasm. Here are a few projects we

accomplished with your help: a new face lift on #9

Cabin; brush clearing of 15 fallen trees; newly crafted picnic tables; a new flag pole, improved wildflower

perennial garden and also cleanup and repairs during the opening and closing of

the camp. Thank you to all!

Lighthouse Landing –Campers In Action Projects 2009

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There is no other door to

knowledge than the door

Nature opens;

And there is no other truth

except the truth we

discover in Nature.

-Luther Burbank

This year LL reached into the community

to support the 5km-10km run/walk to

help with improve-ments to the “Friendship Club” in

Magnetawan. This fund has raised over $7,000 to assist the Magnetawan School,

Nursing Station, High School Scholarship program and Mag-

netawan Fire Depart-ment. This year 10 participants came

from LL. Francine led the unveiling

ceremony of those showing support for the Trans Canada Trail movement in

Canada.

Here are some amazing facts:

Magnetawan is

on the Trans Canada Trail that winds across

Canada and links 1,000 communi-ties.

When the trail is

completed it will cover 21,500 km

from the Atlantic to the Pacific and the Arctic

Oceans.

The trail is made

up of wilderness

pathways, for-ested trails, rural tracks, historic

canoe routes, paved urban walkways, down-

town streets, country roads, logging roads and secondary

highways.

The Magnetawan

kiosk has over 700

names of those dedi-

cated to the cause of keeping and develop-ing trails

2010 WALK SEPT. 11th.

Francine spent time at the Burk’s Falls Food Bank and aided in the

sorting of food which was then made available to those in need.

Mikey & Ryan having hours of beach fun!!

Children’s Cute

Comments

Emma catches a fish and asks, “What will we

name the fish?”

Before going out fishing Michael exclaims, “This is

going to be a memory to remember!”

Mikey yells, “I had one

but it bited it all off!” “Look what the fish done.”

Carolyn says, “My fa-vourite part at camp was running around with Daddy.”

Claire adds, “My favour-ite part was going down

the big slide and running around with Daddy and

Carolyn, and playing in the sand and water. We caught a fish with a stick

and a worm. Only Mommy would touch the worm.”

On a hike Peyton ques-tions – “Is that a crystal-lite?” (talking about fun-gus on a tree).

Michael explains –“Hypothermia is a flu-you get very cold and

sick and get a flu.”

David slides into first

base while playing soccer baseball and is muddy. He states, “Boys are

meant to get dirty!!”

When Emma is leaving she says, “The clouds

are crying because Lighthouse Landing’s favourite family is

leaving.”

Lighthouse Landing con-tinues to follow the three

R’s of Reduce, Reuse & Recycle. Thank you for composting this year. We take more recycla-

bles to the landfill site than regular garbage.

Lighthouse Landing—Campers In Action Projects

370 lbs of non-

perishable goods

was given to the

London Food

Bank in our

Halloween for

Hunger

Campaign

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What a great accomplish-ment in working for our environment.

Thanks for your dona-

tions of biodegradable products, recyclable items and fluorescent

light bulbs to be used in the cabins.

To follow our plan to go

green at Lighthouse Landing, we have

included opening up our minds and soles to walking in the green &

learning about what lives in the green. This year as we roamed in the woods, we celebrated the

red squirrel & chipmunk.

Nature’s Knockings!!

This year our families participated in making

friends with our camp residents: the red

squirrel and chipmunk. We had so much fun

watching, feeding and

taking pictures of our furry friends. It was in-credible to watch the

Blue Jay take the nuts before the squirrels could grab them. We had many entries for our picture of

the year and after much deliberation “The Crum-mer Capturing Mo-

ment” won!!

We celebrated the squir-rel with our new T-Shirt,

“WE GO NUTS FOR LIGHTHOUSE LANDING”.

Designed by Jim, this shirt is part of our going green project since it is 100% organic and pesti-

cide free (from harmful

chemicals to farmers and the environment) and produced using environ-

mentally friendly dyes

and North American

labour.

We finished the season when Alyssa & Jim made an acquaintance with a

flying squirrel. No one would believe it until we saw it hop on the

ground, climb to the top of a pine tree and then soar to the ground. It was a moment we will

never forget!

A Few Fun Facts:

Why does the squirrel have a long tail? Tree squirrels use their long

tail to assist with bal-ance, to protect against sunlight and rain, to

keep warm during the cold weather and to

communicate with other squirrels.

Like humans, do squir-

rels have talents too?

Tree squirrels can

run and jump 20

miles per hour.

Squirrels chatter and

use their tails to talk in a complex lan-guage.

When in danger they

flatten against a tree to avoid predators.

Squirrels build their

own houses called

drays and live in tree cavities in the winter (we have seen these tree house holes).

Squirrels have a lot of

energy and like to gather and hide their treasures.

They work hard but are very forgetful. One sav-

ing grace is the squirrel has a great sense of

smell. Often times they lose their cache but do find their friends.

Squirrels eat seeds and

nuts but also beetles, larva, grasshoppers, crickets, worms, snails,

centipedes, millipedes, berries, apples, maple keys, and pine cones. With this extensive list,

we realize how important they are in the circle of nature!

Legend of the

Chipmunk & the Bear by Kevin Callan

Why do chipmunks have a stripe?

Legend goes that the bear and chipmunk

fought for the right of complete darkness or

complete light because

the earth was undecided.

Most of the animals

believed that the bear would win because of its

strength and size.

GOING GREEN

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Crummer’s Capturing

Moment

Yuki from Japan loves our Night sky!! Here she is

watching a meteor shower.

Legend Continued

When the struggle be-gan, the agile chipmunk

outmanoeuvred the awk-ward bear. Eventually the bear trapped the

chipmunk under its mas-sive paw and it looked as if darkness would soon

cover the earth. At the last minute the chipmunk squeezed its slender body out from under the

bear’s grasp. The battle ended in a tie allowing both day and night. To

this day the chipmunk bears the five brownish-black scars across its

back to remind everyone of the fight between darkness and light.

“Nature does not steal time – it amplifies it!”

We love our nature

friends – frogs, ducks, loons & geese. Building up the shoreline with grasses has kept geese

to the water which has

helped decrease the sou-venirs they leave behind.

In mid July the camp was filled with sweet wild

raspberries. We all went out and feasted on

nature’s dessert!

2009 became the Year of Astronomy at LL as we

all learned about the stars with our new 10” Dobsonian telescope and

our knowledgeable

astronomers Morris &

James.

Step Class lead by Alyssa was a fun and healthy daily activity that ener-gized campers. Jim con-

structed multiple steps out of recycled wood. These classes were

attended by complete families which made

them extra special.

The “Circle Of Life” gar-den for those we love

was designed and

The ice left Lake Cecebe on April 19th and we wel-comed our first guests on Easter weekend for their

11th year.

Lighthouse Landing cele-brated Canada’s 142nd

birthday by putting in teams for the Magneta-wan tug-of-war. Winners

Jim, Madelynne & Henry displayed their new

Canada T-Shirts.

planted by Joe to give individuals an area for quiet reflection.

Alyssa & Jim painted our aluminum canoes with a red stripe and created a

“Lighthouse Landing” stencil. What a

wonderful sight to see our canoes coming off the water from a

distance!

Nature’s Knockings

2009 Highlights

NEW!!

Take the time

to reflect on

those we love

in our

“Circle Of Life”

garden

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Nature Hike

in the “Circle Of Life”

In July we had 18 bags of garbage from the camp and 15 bags of

recyclables. We donated

pop cans to the Anglican Church for renovations and saved pop tabs for

wheelchairs. In one week Audrey had filled two compost bins and

this will in turn enrich our wild perennial gar-den for all of us to enjoy!

Gord and family volun-teered to perform at the Music Festival in McKel-

lar. The Valiquette

Family rented a pontoon

boat to celebrate a day on Lake Cecebe & Ahmic Lake.

Catch & Release fishing derbies for a new fishing pole were exciting.

Large fish were caught by Dean, Liz, John,

Mitch, Taylor, Lauren and Douglas.

Ultimate Frisbee was

again an ultimate experi-ence. We also had lots of fun with Soccer

Baseball!

Patti lead a cooking

activity on the beach with her Radiant Heat Cooker. Gord prepared

for the annual Fish Fry. fish for 14 people. Our thanks goes out to all

who grew in their knowl-edge and love of the fishing hobby.

Canoe/Bike trip to Knoel-

phi Falls on Ahmic Lake. After a 3 hour paddle we arrived at the falls for a

picnic lunch. It was rain-

ing but was still exhila-rating. Audrey went by bike from LL and it took

her 45 minutes. Another

self-propelled out-trip that will be repeated in the future.

We had first lake swims for several campers and Jim & Alyssa swam from

LL to Magnetawan in one hour.

It was fun watching

Nicole(18) & Shannon(21) in the weed bed by the volleyball court look-ing at a swarm of catfish.

This same picture was taken years ago.

Jim, Alyssa, Ryan &

Christine took a canoe trip heading down the

Magnetawan river

system that begins in

Algonquin Park and

travels to Georgian Bay.

Lake Cecebe & Ahmic Lake are 40 miles of this 300 mile route. They

reached Maple Island which is a 3 day paddle from the camp and they plan to continue the trip

in the future.

Yuki travelled from Japan to Magnetawan to stay

with us for one week. She had never been camping in northern On-

tario and she really loved it. Yuki works hard in Japan and saves her

money so she can travel. We enjoyed her gentle manner, her stories and learning a Japanese card

game called “Babanuki”. We ended up calling the game “Babayuki” in her

honour.

Labour Day 4th Annual

Volleyball Tournament

was a spiking success.

Eight teams, including a

LL team, played hard, learned new skills and had great fun. This year

we served up a home-made gourmet meal for our players that included

Wraps, Wedges & Wicked Cookies. Looking

forward to next year.

Mark the September 3rd

weekend on your

calendars and plan

AHEAD!

In September, Jim,

Alyssa & Francine canoed to the landmark Echo Rock to discover the

walking trail that leads to the peak. After hiking to the top of the 100 ft

rock, we enjoyed the breathtaking view!

2009 Highlights

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Lake Cecebe Waterway

Photo Contest Winners

‘Mist On Lake Cecebe’—

James Andraza

‘Water Babies’ —

Joi Brennand

We are ever grateful for the

pictures you share with us!

Lighthouse Landing on Lake Cecebe in Magnetawan has been operating

since 1963. We have been blessed to welcome families year after year.

We played with children who are now parents with children and grand-

children. We like to say that each year we

can pick up where we left off. We have been

able to share special highlights in your

lives. Thanks for giving us this great privilege

and for all your help and encouragement.

Looking at the green trees we reflect.

Lighthouse Landing is people! Each of

you! The roots are your energy, the trunk

is your spirit, the fruit is your families and

friends, the branches are the love and hope you share while at camp and

in the world! Looking forward to continuing where we left off in 2010!!

Weddings at Lighthouse Landing

Lighthouse Landing is a

beautiful lakeside, wild-flower and woodland set-ting for a wedding. This

summer Joi & Ken will be wed at Sunset Serenade in August. We would like

to help you with your planning if you are inter-ested in making Light-house Landing your

wedding destination.

We were lucky to have

Brett & Bryan Hill host the Bachelor party for David James at Cedar Cove this summer.

Congratulations

Newlyweds

Sean & Nikki Slee who were wed in the

spring!!

Highlights Continued

We love celebrating your special moments over the summer. This summer

we recognized birthdays, anniversaries and an en-gagement. These mo-

ments remind us of our

wonderful LL family.

Family Reunion with the Crummer family of Lon-don. There was Grandma

Therese & Grandpa John with their three children and their seven grandchil-

dren (15 family members in total)!

The youngest member this summer was Cathleen

of Stevensville & the

oldest member was Ed of

Mississauga.

6 Months to opening!!

Lighthouse Landing Camp

3739 Hwy 520

RR#3 Burk’s Falls, ON

P0A 1C0

705-387-4626

Winter:

198 Muriel Cres.

London, ON, N6E 2K6

519-685-7161

info@lighthouselanding.ca