Chehaw summer camp ... from the very big to the very small

Alan Mauldin, The Albany Herald, Ga.
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May 31—ALBANY — It's a week of contrasts for some Albany area day campers this week. Campers will encounter the very small, in the form of insects, and the very big animals that inhabit Chehaw Park, including black rhinos whose home is near the zoo entrance.

Wednesday was the second day of summer camp at Chehaw Park & Zoo, and the "littles" — ages 5 and 6 — had embarked on a week of learning about the insect world and "creepy-crawlers" of the animal kingdom.

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