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Camp Fantastic fosters fun, lifetime friendships
Posted: August 16, 2012
The Winchester Star
Camp counselor Caroline Wu (from left) plays cards Monday with campers Caleb Hawbaken and Jake Ingram. (Photo by Scott Mason/The Winchester Star)
Courtney Ashby of Stephens City is one of the campers at Camp Fantastic.
CAMPFAN1--Councilor Caroline WU, from left, plays card with campers Caleb Hawbaken and Jake Ingram Mon. evening at Camp Fantastic. 8/5/2012 SCOTT MASON (Photo by Associated Press)
Former campers and counselors Chrissy Byram (left) and Katie McConn take turns sprinkling soil around a memorial tree planted for Camp Fantastic at the Northern Virginia 4-H Center south of Front Royal. The women attended the first Camp Fantastic in 1983. (Photo by Scott Mason/The Winchester Star)
Camper Jackson Faircloth takes part in daily flag-lowering ceremony at Camp Fantastic.
FRONT ROYAL — Katie McConn met her good friend Chrissy Byram at Camp Fantastic 30 years ago.
Katie had bone cancer. Chrissy had leukemia.
On Monday, they both returned to the camp in Front Royal...
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