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- 2 - Approximately 250 families per year used the facilities. The camp operated or i annual a-propriation of S10,000 from the state, S3,00r from Hennepin County, fee: from the guests ana donations. No major improvements have been made for many years. In 1967, the state stopped its appropriation. The camp continued to run on its remaining income with oinimal maintenance to keep the facilitif at a barely useable level. In 1969, tt+e law was amended to require any requests for appropriations to bo made by the Commissioner of Veterans Affairs and the chairman the Board of Govf -ors "who shall appear befora the proper :ommittee to ex)Iain such request". Though it is not documented In our files, it ►ould appear thit the Legislature stopped the appropria-,n because the camp had accumulated a large improvement fund (apparently S50,C to S70,000 at that time) and had not used that fund to make some of the necessary improvements or was unable to convince the Legislature that improvements on the order of S100,000 .. -e necessary at that time. CURRENT STATUS 1. Facilities The camp remains much in the condition it has been in since the 1930's. There are 37 cabins, the large recreation -dining hall, a barracks building, and some other buildings used storage. The cabins are onlr aeping facilities. Cab ire clustered around lavatory buildings and most have no furnishings otr, than beds. The barracks puilding is a two-story building with several single rooms. It is basically a -iod structure but is in r. of current improvements. Several of the cat'ns are onl, .ed for stor. There are some 25 inhabitable cabins. The r?r-reatien-dining hall is a large building with a 100 x 150 foot floor. It is .ed as a meal preparat;on and di:ninj facility and a new r:of was installed it 1980 ar.d in 19_' tnu floor was sanding and covered with urethane paint. The docks are maintained in : u!.eable and safe condition. The manager has been requesting since at least 1967, that a h-�rhor be dredged in a swampy area.of the Island +hat would be protected rom the elements. The ground; themselves r-_fmair, .ie-turi-..al ai] the-e 's an excrilent beach around mucn of the island, 2. &:a-d of (:)-/nrnor 0f the current Board of 10 members. three have been members since the C"j i rmun. Tha i'oard has only rarely met more *h..:. o^ce a