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By John Peters jpeters@mtairynews.com
What is sure to be the highlight of the summer is coming up when the annual Eldora Handicamp takes place this coming weekend.
The annual gathering is a time when more than 100 volunteers come to the Homeplace Recreation Park to hold camp for area handicapped children and youth. The camp is usually a three-day affair, Friday through Sunday, but in a concession to the ongoing coronavirus epidemic, this year’s event will be a single day, on Saturday, July 31.
“We’re just going to do a bunch of games, hopefully can do some crafts,” said Kevin Simpson, chief organizer of the event. “Usually, over the whole weekend, we do a hayride, go swimming, do crafts, have a band that comes, a big church service … Sunday, just whatever we can get into.”