Field Trips, Quell Quarrels and Make Paper Planes. Series: Visible or Just Plain Interesting Jobs Done by Folks in Maine. Sees and Tries His Hand at Some of the Job's Duties. Rrouthier@Pressherald.Com or Call 791-6454.

Portland Press Herald › July 12, 2011

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During a brief lull in the hectic rec camp schedule, counselor Keera Allen explained to me why she was planning to offer making paper airplanes as an activity to campers.

"During school they get in trouble for making and flying paper airplanes, so I wanted to have a time when it's OK to do it," said Allen, 20, a counselor at South Portland Parks and Recreation Summer Camp at Mahoney Middle School.

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Field Trips, Quell Quarrels and Make Paper Planes. Series: Visible or Just Plain Interesting Jobs Done by Folks in Maine. Sees and Tries His Hand at Some of the Job's Duties. Rrouthier@Pressherald.Com or Call 791-6454.

"I'm going to have a contest and have them fly their planes down the hallway here to see how far they go."

But a minute later, when camp director Pete Cekutis began shouting out the next hour's activity choices to dozens of campers gathered in the main h...

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