Summer Camp Festival 2009

[choson]

CHILLICOTHE, Illinois May 22, 23, 24.

http://www.myspace.com/summercampfestival

line up:

moe. (3 days)
Umphrey's McGee (3 days)
Willie Nelson
Keller Williams
Method man and Redman
Les Claypool
Medeski Scofield Martin & Wood
Girl Talk
Gomez
Darkstar Orchestra
Buckethead
Lotus
Bassnectar
That 1 Guy
The Wood Brothers
EOTO
Junior Brown
Assembly of Dust
Cornmeal
Family Groove Company
Future Rock
Easy Star All-Stars
Moonalice
U-Melt
Toubab Krewe
56 Hope Road
Zmick
The Bridge
Secret Chiefs 3
The Macpodz
Public Property
Greensky Bluegrass
Madahoochi
Waterstreet
Brainchild
Chicago Farmer
The Stretch
Alabaster Brown
Charley Orlando Band

there are more bands that are not listed on myspace.

is anybody attending this?

 

[dawghead99]

I WILL BE GOING TO THIs. who else?

 

[tRuKemist]

I WISH!

 

[DiggityD]

This was an amazing time. Drove 15 hours by myself to get there and meet up with friends!!!! Everyone should definitely set this weekend aside next year!

 

[BobbleheadJed]

Just be careful out there kids. Drugs don't play well in Peoria and Democrat State's Attorney Kevin Lyons is a big ol drug warrior.

Fifty arrests linked to Summer Camp 2009

http://www.pjstar.com/archive/x1594715953/Fifty-arrests-linked-to-Summer-Camp-2009

Police arrest about 50 people on drug-related charges during Summer Camp

http://www.pjstar.com/archive/x1473...le-on-drug-related-charges-during-Summer-Camp

Police, medical personnel report only minor incidents at Summer Camp

http://www.pjstar.com/archive/x9543...el-report-only-minor-incidents-at-Summer-Camp


Fifty arrests linked to Summer Camp 2009
By ANDY KRAVETZ and RYAN ORI
of the Journal Star
Posted May 28, 2009 @ 09:53 PM
PEORIA —

Police arrested 50 people in connection with last weekend's Summer Camp at Three Sisters Park in Chillicothe, a number officials have said is fairly consistent with past years.

Not all of those arrests were drug-related or even occurred at the music festival. However, all have some link to the Memorial Day weekend event that attracted an estimated 12,000 people.

Nearly all the people arrested were from out of the area, with dozens of people from other states. Drugs were by far the most common offense, but police did book people on charges of retail theft, possession of a weapon by a felon and resisting arrest.

On Thursday, the first of those people who have been formally charged by the Peoria County state's attorney's office began to appear in court to have their bonds reviewed by a judge. About 25 people were charged over the weekend and had their bonds set by an "on-call" judge who heard a probable cause statement, essentially the police report, from a prosecutor.

However, state law allows them a chance to appear before a judge again, this time with an attorney, to argue for a bond reduction.

One man, from Mount Vernon, pleaded with Peoria County Judge Paul Gilfillan to lower his bond, saying his father had been injured and his mother was laid off from her job. Gilfillan, however, opted not to lower Chase Draper's bond, saying it was appropriate given the others who had been charged.

Another person, Sampson Carpenter of Cosby, Tenn., told the judge he was the sole support for his family and that he never missed a court date. He, too, was denied a reduction.

All those already charged with a felony in Peoria County were scheduled for June 18 preliminary hearings, though it is likely grand juries will hear the cases before then. The rest were likely given notices to appear in court. Charges likely wouldn't be filed against those people until their court dates get closer.

Two people were arrested in Woodford and Tazewell counties by Illinois State Police on traffic-related matters, and drugs were later found. The occupants, the state police have said, were linked to the music festival. It was unclear if they had been charged Thursday.

Below is a list of those arrested, sorted by the department that arrested them. All arrests were made in Peoria County unless otherwise noted.




Police arrest about 50 people on drug-related charges during Summer Camp
By Karen McDonald
of the Journal Star
Posted May 25, 2009 @ 09:50 PM
CHILLICOTHE —

It wasn't the occasional joint smoker they were after. They weren't peering inside the seemingly endless sea of tents to find it.

The drugs essentially found them.

It was the drug peddlers that undercover police were after at Summer Camp 2009, a three-day music festival in Chillicothe that hosts concertgoers from across the country. In all, plain clothes officers arrested about 50 people on drug-related charges.

"I think when you look at the numbers of people out here and the number of arrests that happen, it's a very small part of what's going on," said Ian Goldberg, a producer of the event that this year drew between 10,000 and 12,000 people.

Goldberg wouldn't allow media to tag along on any drug busts, saying it would cast a negative light on an otherwise positive and successful event.

"Look at statistics nationally, what happens at professional baseball events and the arrests. . . . We're well under the radar for a gathering of this size," he said.

Police concur, adding the crowd is not violent. But that doesn't mean no one in attendance breaks the law.

"This is no different than having a large-scale concert at the Peoria Civic Center. But this type of music and this type of following brings in the different types of arrests and drugs. . ." said Illinois State Police Sgt. Tony Halsey. "Unfortunately, with the large crowd, there does come the good with the bad."

Agents with the Peoria Metropolitan Enforcement Group (MEG), assisted by Illinois State Police, Peoria County Sheriff's Department and Chillicothe Police, found nitrogen, cocaine, heroin, Ecstasy, LSD, psilocybin mushrooms and ketamine, a horse tranquilizer. Those arrested were transported to the Peoria County Jail.

Last year, MEG arrested 10 people in one day. MEG made 19 arrests in 2007 and busted 30 people on drug charges in 2006.

Chillicothe Police Chief Steve Maurer said his department arrested between a dozen and 20 individuals for mostly driving and misdemeanor and felony drug-related and theft offenses. Though no one was arrested for violent crimes, Maurer said this year's event produced an increase in crime.

Emergency personnel said drug-related medical emergencies declined from previous years. A portable medical station was on hand with emergency-room nurses and doctors with the Region 2 Regional Medical Emergency Response Team, which serves a 19-county area.

Medical personnel said they treated only about a handful of drug overdoses throughout the event. Most problems were minor, including cuts, stubbed toes and dehydration.

"There's a lot of manpower and time spent on this operation. When you have 10,000 to 12,000 people coming to the town of Chillicothe, which is a small town that never has this much traffic, it's a large-scale event and takes a lot of people and departments to organize," Halsey said.

"Of the 10,000 to 12,000 people who are up here, a majority are here for the music."


Police, medical personnel report only minor incidents at Summer Camp
By PATRICK OLDENDORF
OF THE JOURNAL STAR
Posted May 22, 2009 @ 11:31 PM
CHILLICOTHE —

The occasionally rowdy Summer Camp festival was considered relatively calm by police and medical personnel as of Friday evening.

"It's been pretty quiet," said Chillicothe Police Chief Steve Mauer of the annual event at Three Sisters Park. "We did just arrest one guy who was getting a little out of hand, but that's about it."

And the OSF Saint Francis Medical Center team at the park hadn't had any patients with serious conditions.

"We're seeing mainly dehydration, heat-related stuff," said Troy Erbentraut, manager of OSF Saint Francis Medical Center Disaster Preparedness. "We've had some foot wounds because no one wears shoes. This is pretty typical."

Those treated for dehydration are usually given a bottle of water, or, in slightly more serious cases, given fluids via an IV.

He said of the nearly 200 patients treated at last year's festival, fewer than a dozen were for drug-related problems.

Anyone going to the concert should plan on drinking plenty of water in addition to anything else they may be consuming, Erbentraut said.

Chillicothe police had made several Summer Camp-related arrests by Friday evening, Mauer said, but no major drug or alcohol busts.

Other area departments along Illinois Route 29 had made several traffic and drug arrests, but nothing major.

"We've had a few traffic details, but they haven't made any major arrests," said Capt. Dave Briggs of the Peoria County Sheriff's Department. "We've had four or five arrests, some traffic and some drug-related."

The Peoria Heights Police Department K9 officer assisted Illinois State Police troopers three times Thursday night. The dog found marijuana in each of those three cars, but the amount was less than 2.5 grams in each vehicle.

A Peoria Heights officer also initiated a traffic stop on a vehicle headed southbound on Route 29 for speeding. The officer called the K9 in, and the dog alerted police to the presence of marijuana.

Police searched the car and found a jar containing 20 grams of marijuana. The owner of that jar was arrested and booked on charges of possessing between 10 and 20 grams of marijuana.

Illinois State Police Sgt. Tony Halsey said numbers regarding state police arrests wouldn't be available until after the festival.

Mauer shared his thoughts on the festival.

"If you're going to have it, make it safe," he said.