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Tuesday, May 22, 2012, 8:21 p.m.

Lake Nixon offering choices for crafty campers

By Kyle Brazzel

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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Photographs by Steve Keesee

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  • Headline: Lake Nixon offering choices for crafty campers
  • Publication: Family, Pages 31, 38 on 08/12/2009
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