QD

{Another LVR staff blog}
Once upon a time, Steve Johnson wanted to be Quick Draw. It quickly morphed in QD, which is often misheard as “Cutie.” But watch out, ladies, the camp director of LVR is happily married to his wife Angie, aka Bam. They have 3 adorable boys – Sam, Mason, and Joe – who [...]

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Pineapple

After a break from LVR staff descriptions, I have a little bit of time to work on them again.
Sarah Cooley came to hate the nickname Pineapple by the end of the summer, so for her sake I will break form and refer to her by her real name throughout this post. If she comes back [...]

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Mountain Man

Sean Jeffres- Mountain Man- more commonly called Double M, earned his nickname by convincing the rest of us he was pretty hardcore.
As a former gymnast in great shape, he’s an extremely skilled rock climber. He believes that everyone should fall occasionally and that the only way to succeed is to take risks trying things that [...]

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Moptop

When Ryan Meitler first worked at LVR as a junior staff member, his long hair earned him the nickname Moptop or Mopsy. As a full-time counselor this summer, Moptop didn’t have the hair anymore, but LVR nicknames are irrefutable.
A Colorado native, Moptop loves activities like rock climbing and bouldering. When free weekends came along, he [...]

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Minnie

Back when Kendra Freudenburg was quiet (this lasted two days) Hawkeye declared her to be mouse-like. From then on, she was Minnie.
Minnie is always bubbling with things to share. She feels both joy and pain intensely and tends to wear her heart on her sleeve. If you tick her off, she’s going to yell at [...]

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Iceman

Self-proclaimed Iceman (from X-Men, not from Top Gun), also happens to be known as Danny Everett. He has no problem with animal brutality- campers asked him if his name was Iceman because he was heartless after they watched him kill a fish on the dock. OK, so animal brutality might be a little harsh. He [...]

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Hawkeye

A former paramedic, Chris Ramsel got the name Hawkeye from the doctor on the show MASH, though his red facial hair makes him look more like BJ Honeycut. Hawkeye seems to have experience in a little bit of everything- as site manager he was also sometimes a wrangler, sometimes a medic, sometimes maintenance, sometimes…fill in [...]

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Goliard

Josh Grote will always be Goli to me. Even though he chose to be named after medieval educated traveling singers, his nickname worked in the “golly gee” sense also. Goli is always fun to be around…as long as he isn’t mad. A man of passions, his weakness of a hot temper is made up for [...]

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Dash

Dash has the advantage of a real name that no one ever guessed- M’leigh Rempfer. Her incredible speed as a track runner earned the nickname for this returning staff member. I could tell before I even met her that she must be something special- she came to camp a week late and everyone who already [...]

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Charlie

I actually have no idea how Ellen Weidner got the name Charlie- she had it long before I had even heard of LVR. Charlie gave us something that we all desperately needed this summer- food. She’s been serving LVR as the summer cook since some of her now-grown kids were working as counselors and the [...]

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