Camp Commotion: 4-H center viewed as way to boost Stokes' economy

MOORE'S SPRINGS (By Lisa O'Donnell, Winston-Salem Journal) - The cabins are quiet, the trails are empty and the archery supplies have been packed up, but the Sertoma 4-H Educational Center, a place that most people call Camp Sertoma, continues to buzz with activity.

People with hand tools are building mountain-bike trails in the woods across the road; students are learning about air conditioners in former cabins; and inside the hundred-year-old lodge, members of the camp's staff and others are looking at how the camp can give the Stokes County economy a boost.

In years past, when the school year began, the camp would essentially close down. Keith Russell, the camp's director, wants to change that.