Lake Nixon offering choices for crafty campers
Arts and crafts skills, with a few updates, are still a staple at summer camp
Wednesday, August 12, 2009
Ray Black, 7, displays his tie-dye creation during arts and crafts at Lake Nixon Day Camp.
Photo by Steve Keesee
The rolling hills, picnic pavilions and sandy beach of the summertime day camp at Lake Nixon once represented the whole of recreational activities for Little Rock youth. Many made that pilgrimage down Colonel Glenn Road to the camp, which hosted dance parties for teenagers twisting their way through the 1960s, before its takeover by Second Baptist Church.
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Family, Pages 31, 38 on 08/12/2009
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