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Period 1

Claire Ackerman

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Calli Bianchi

Ava Bub

Aizza Chase

Emma Haney

Jenna Herman

Kyra McConnell

Kaitlyn Patterson

Andreea Robu

Period 2

Trevor Bady

Abbey Buffington

Emily Buffington

Olivia Cataldo

Jamie Chiles

Callie Habegger

Andrew Levy

Xavier Meyers

Olivia Pace

Period 3

Max Goldenberg

Andrew Jones

Henry Keohan

Luke MacDonald

Charles Megwa

Clelia Megwa

Matthew Weiner

Jonathan Wisler

Other Contributors

Sarah Allen

Charlie Bruggeman

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Harrison Coyne

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Sophia Hess

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Samantha Hosp

Kate Lewack

Abby Martin

Tess Meyers

Victoria Miles

Rebecca Palmer

Alexus Ray

Margaret Strehle

Ned Torrey

Lindsey Vogelmann

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The Talking Tree

By Callie Habegger

Age: 12

Once upon a time, there lived a woman in a cute

little cottage by a fresh stream. This woman was a

witch, but a good witch. Her name was Casey.

Casey was in the process of creating a potion that

you pour onto an animal and the animal will the

able to speak the human language. Casey had a

huge cauldron of boiling water over a fire. She

was pouring in all different looking bottles of

mysterious mixtures into the cauldron. Each time

a different liquid combination was drizzled into

the bubbling pot, sparks of numerous colors

would shoot out of the pot and the potion would

change to a different color, at the moment, it was

blue. When Casey had finished putting all of the

main ingredients in, the potion had been an ugly

green. Casey always likes her potions to look nice

so she has a strategy that she does with every po-

tion she whips up. She went over to a bottle of

water she had got from the nearby stream and

dipped a cup into the bottle filling it to the brim.

She then was very precise to put in just a single

drop into the cauldron. When the drop of water

hit the surface of the potion, the whole concoc-

tion sizzled turning a beautiful light pink. Casey

then filled 25 flasks of the potion emptying the

cauldron. She then went to test it. She tested it on

a toad she found by the stream. When she

poured it over the bumpy back of the creature,

nothing happened. After all that work, Casey was

frustrated, this rarely happened. So she just

dumped the entire potion on to the roots of a

tree. The next morning, Casey heard a voice sing-

ing outside her cottage. She peaked out the win-

dow and couldn’t believe her eyes. The tree she

had poured the potion on to was singing! The

potion Casey had made makes plants talk, not

animals.

A few days ago I lost a tooth and the Tooth

Fairy came. She took my tooth and left me

$8.00.I put my $8.00 in my wallet because I

am saving up for an American Girl Doll. Her

name is Saige. 2013 is the only year she is

here. I think the tooth fairy is 2” tall. There

are so many secrets about the tooth fairy. I

wonder what his/her name is.

The Tooth Fairy

By Ava Bub

Age: 8

Traveling by car from place to place is sim-

ple, but what are some other ways to get

around? People that have to go a very long

distance, like several hundred miles or more

might take a plane. There’s also easy public

ground transportation like a bus or a train.

Kids who just want to go to and from places

but can’t yet drive a car could just ride a bike,

skateboard, rollerblade, or they could simply

walk. There’s always ways to get around, so

get up and go somewhere!

Ways to Travel

By Brianna Bennett

Age: 14

THURSDAY, JULY 25, 2013 VOLUME 25

25th Year

Friday marked the 25th anniversary of Derby

Summer Arts. Monday we celebrated with ice

cream and cake; I am in tech theater so I am

doing the lighting for the play “Adaptation.”

I am so excited for my first year at Derby. I

am so coming back!

By Charles Megwa

Age: 11

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Sally

By Clelia Megwa

Age: 9

Sally has worked here since 1999. That’s 14

years! Sally’s daughter Maddie also works

here. She teaches J.R’s, music video class, a

capella, and Animal Art. Sally’s favorite mo-

saic was seashells and stars. Her favorite Fes-

tival that she will teach is the Fairy Houses.

Sally’s favorite painting that she made is

called “Fox At The Pond.” Sally met Thaila

at the Creative Arts Park. Then Thalia started

DSA the fowling year. And once her kids got

old enough to be campers Sally started teach-

ing mosaic’s here. And she “Loved It Ever

Since”!

This year was my fourth year at Derby Sum-

mer Arts. I took many good classes, and had

quite a bit of fun. I worked on a lot of pro-

jects that were very enjoyable to make. It

gave me a lot of experience and I got to cre-

ate things that were terrific in the end. I was

able to be a part of the 25th year of Derby

and I was happy that I could see such an im-

portant event for the camp. 2013 was a great

year for Derby and I bet 2014 will be even

better.

A Good Year

By Max Goldenberg

Age: 14

Well the summer of Derby has come to an

end and that means that it is time for the su-

per issue. For those who don’t know, the

super issue is a giant collection of articles that

were written specifically for it. The newspa-

per people make sure that it is filled with in-

teresting articles, drawings and all sorts of

other things. It replaces the small normal is-

sues that are given to campers throughout

the summer. The super issue is a big deal and

a lot of work goes into making it. Many peo-

ple create things to go into it and they put a

lot of effort into them. The super issue is

always great and this year isn’t any different.

So have a great time reading it and seeing

everything that people have done.

Super Issue

By Max Goldenberg

Age: 14

DSA Ice Cream

By Emma Haney

Age: 8

Smile :)

Frown :(

Excited :D

Laughing: xD

Winking: ;-)

Crying: :’-(

Silly Face: :-P

Cool Face: B-)

Symbol Pictures

By Lauren Kearns

Age: 12

One of the coolest people here at the Weath-

ervane is Trevor, who likes to play bass and

electric guitar.

Trevor is very cool and smart. He started

playing bass since the day Dave Ruggiano

told him to play bass and it has been his fa-

vorite thing ever since. He started playing

electric guitar when he was five.

About Trevor

By Xavier Meyers

Age: 12

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The Super Issue

By David Ansaldi

Age: 9

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25th Anniversary Quilt By Trevor Bady and Andrew Levy

Age: 10 and 8

This is a quilt they

were making for

Thalia. It was a

surprise gift. They

used a sewing

maching and old T

shirt designs for

the squares.

I love to bake. I once baked a 2 layer cake. It

was awesome. I piped flowers and added

candy toppings that were blue. I thought that

it was the best cake that I ever made. It was

really fun to make! I also have made some

cupcakes. I usually make vanilla cupcakes but

I have once made blueberry cupcakes.

Baking

By Clelia Megwa

Age: 9

Breakfast is different for everyone. Some

have cereal, some have pancakes, and some

enjoy waffles or English muffins. People

don’t always have the standard “breakfast”

items sometimes you’re running late so you

eat some chocolate or pringles as you run out

the door. Breakfast is the most important

meal of the day, so as long as you eat some-

thing you’ll be fine.

Breakfast

By Brianna Bennett

Age: 14

Breakfast is said to be the most important

meal of the day because it gets you started

for the day. Without breakfast your body will

not have enough energy to function. It is

very important to have a healthy breakfast.

Try to make most of you grains whole grains.

Here are some healthy suggestio