Boseker Scout Reservation Good Turn Weekend May 31st - June 1st, 2014

Who: All Boy Scout Troops, Varsity Teams and Venturing Crews.

What will we do? Help get camp ready for another great year! There are many work projects that need to be done. The more people there the more fun we’ll have! Projects include painting, cleaning, loading dumpsters, organizing storage buildings and much more!

What do we get? Your unit will get to camp for free! You can stay Friday and / or Saturday night.

Lunch will be provided by the Properties Committee

What do we need to bring and wear? Bring gloves, rakes, shovels, ladders, wheel barrels, paint brushes and rollers. Wear old clothes!

How do we sign up? Return the Registration Form to the Council Service Center by May 28, 2014

Arrival & Departure: Friday arrival should be between 6:30pm and 8:30pm, Saturday arrival should be between 7:30am and 9:30am, Sunday departure no later than 10:00am.
Please check in and out at the Lodge.

Questions? Questions can be directed to Nancy Matson, Camp Ranger at 951-659-2690, or email nancy.matson@scouting.org

2014 Law Enforcement Appreciation Award Ceremony

On April 24, 2014, seventy-five Police Explorers and seventeen advisors from eleven Riverside County Explorer Posts helped support the 36th Annual Western Riverside County Law Enforcement Appreciation Committee (LEAC) Awards Ceremony held at the Pechanga Resort Grand Ball Room in Temecula, California.  LEAC is a non-profit community based organization focused on annually acknowledging the sacrifice and service efforts of law enforcement officers in Western Riverside County.  In addition to honoring Riverside County’s law enforcement fallen, men and women recognized by LEAC have been recommended by their department for exemplary actions related to community service, investigative excellence, K-9 Team, lifetime achievement, and Valor.  Much of the effort to plan and hold the dinner is accomplished through the efforts of dedicated volunteer community members.  Without the dedication of such volunteers, the event and recognition of our public servants would not be possible.  The Explorer’s participation in the LEAC Ceremony is invaluable and helps to reinforce the significance of this community recognition of our public servants.  Additionally, throughout the evening members of the Committee repeatedly received compliments and praise for the presence, professionalism, courtesy, and cheerful helpfulness of the Explorers.  The Explorers were guided by Explorer Captain Donny Anastasi, of California Highway Patrol Post #840. The Explorers helped at registration, table escorts, equipment display monitoring and other fixed positions.  Their efforts were noticed and greatly appreciated.  LEAC looks forward to having their participation next year.

Beaumont PD #1015        Corona PD #404                  Jurupa Valley Sheriff #880             Lake Elsinore Sheriff #881               Moreno Valley PD #882
CHP Riverside #840          Perris PD #522                   Menifee PD #315                          Riverside PD #714                          San Jacinto PD #347          Southwest Sheriff #884

More information about LEAC is available at;        http://www.riversideleac.com

Joseph Cleary, Chief Deputy, Sheriff’s Administration

Your Old Baldy Scout Shop is # 1

Your Old Baldy Scout Shop, in Montclair, was honored by the International Scouting Organization in April. We were No. 1 in the nation for the most contributions collected for the World Friendship Fund during February 1-14, 2014. Our Region and Territory were also No. 1. Our Territory alone raised well over 10% of the total collected at all scout shops nationwide.

The Old Baldy Scout Shop also received the Journey To Excellence Award.

I would like to thank Trudy Holloway, at our Old Baldy Scout Shop, for her relentless work and efforts, educating Districts, Troops, Packs and customers with the contributions of this organization within BSA and worldwide, which made us NO.1! Thank you to all that participated.

Herlinda R. Blair, Scout Shop Manager 

Temescal District 6th Annual Golf Classic

Drive a Scout to Camp! Come play and help Scouting continue its great tradition of service to the youth of our community. Monday, June 2nd, 2014, Western Hills Country Club, Chino Hills, California 7:00 am– 8:00 a.m. Registration & Continental Breakfast 8:30 am - Shotgun Start – Best Ball Tournament - At the 19th Hole a Putting Contest 1:30 pm - Cash Bar, BigWestern Style BBQ Lunch, Opportunity Drawings & Silent Auction Your $600 Foursome entry fee includes: * Four member team * 18 Holes of Country Club Golf * Cart & Gift Bag * Continental Breakfast * BigWestern Style BBQ Lunch * Contest, Prizes andmore REGISTER TODAY! CLICK HERE For More Information – Paul Reyes, 909-625-4534 x305 paul.reyes@scouting.org

“Can’t believe it’s been 6 years!  Every year the Annual Scouting Gold Classic gets better and better, all my friends can’t wait for this year’s event!  Come out and support Scouting and have a great time”

Robert A. Camerota, Sr. CIEC Vice President of Fund Development

NRA Certified Shotgun Instructor Course

The California Inland Empire Council, in association with the National Rifle Association and the Lucerne Valley Lions Club Shooting Range will be hosting a NRA Certified Shotgun Instructor Course. This class is not for beginners – there is a written test and a shooting test that are prerequisites (see below). The class will be intensive and there will be a written final examination. Upon completion, the instructor candidate will be a NRA certified Shotgun instructor, which is a requirement to operate a BSA shotgun range. Class is limited to 16 students, pre-registration is required.

When: Two Saturdays, July 19 and 26, 2014. 8 AM to 7 PM
Where: Lucerne Valley Lions Club Shooting Range
Course fee: $45.00

Successful completion of the pre course written test is required prior to enrollment in the course. The shooting qualification will be done on the first day of class.
There will be a NRA Instructor fee to be paid upon successful completion of the course – NRA membership not necessary.

Course Requirements:
- Registered BSA Adult Leader
- 21 Years of age minimum
- Pass written pre course examination with a score of 90%
- Pass the Shooting & Safety live fire qualification
- Bring your own shotgun and 50 rounds of ammunition
- No legal restrictions on firearm ownership or possession
- Eye and ear protection required

For an application packet, contact: Kurt Wampole, (909) 586-5395 email: kcw911@roadrunner.com

2014 Scout Memorabilia Auction & Trade-O-Ree

August 15th & 16th, 2014 Friday Aug. 15th 6:00pm - 10:00pm Saturday Aug. 16th 9:00am - 4:00pm Where: Immanuel Lutheran Church 5545 Alessandro Blvd Riverside, CA 92506

There will be 100’s of items, including CSP’s, OA Flaps, books, mugs, uniforms, pins, Jamboree, Philmont and other BSA related items to bid on in the SILENT auction the LIVE auction and the YOUTH LIVE auction.  View Auction Items CLICK HERE

$2.00 bidder numbers
$6.00 Lunch Meal (Please RSVP - Troop Fund Raiser)
$15.00 Tables, which includes Table, Bid Number & Lunch!! (Tables are Limited).

Come and see what this exciting hobby of collecting scout memorabilia is all about.

For more information and to find out about donating or consigning memorabilia please contact Matt Brandt @ 951-992-9438 or email @ mkb969@verizon.net   Click Here for Flyer

A Message from Health & Safety

In preparation for the summer camp season, we are rolling out a new, simplified annual health and medical record effective March 1, 2014. Thanks to you, your volunteers, your parents, and your unit leaders for providing constructive feedback on how we could make the record easier to use while still collecting the information needed to make sure our Scouts are ready for their experience. To learn more, we invite you to participate in a webinar on April 4 at 1 p.m., Central. On April 4, log on to http://www.livestream.com/bsanationalcouncil.

Some of the key updates are:    

The primary version will be English. The existing bilingual version will remain available.

Part A (Informed Consent, Release Agreement, and Authorization) will contain no medical information and will be shorter by one page.
           
Part B (General Information/Health History) will include only the most important information needed.

Part C (Pre-Participation Physical) will be reduced to one page with expanded sections for allergy explanation.  

Supplemental Risk Advisory (former Part D) will be shortened and be location specific.  This is designed to take to physicians so they will better understand what activities their patients will participate in.  

A redesign of the landing page for the annual health and medical record website so participants and parents will be able to download only what they need.

ACTION NEEDED:  We need your help in eliminating all reference to any prior versions of the record within your council literature, leaders guides, websites, and chartered units.  

Please host only this link:  http://www.scouting.org/scoutsource/HealthandSafety/ahmr.aspx. Don’t print out the record unless absolutely necessary. If you have previously hosted parts of the annual health and medical record, delete the PDFs, don’t just hide the link.  
 

Summer Camp Medical Notes

Clarification on the NEW Annual Health Medical Record. The BSA has rolled out a new form which was initially presented in the March 24, 2014 Monday Memo. Please note, if your current physical exam form does not expire until AFTER your summer camp stay, it is still okay even if it is not on the new form.  Either the old form or new form is REQUIRED, photocopies of sports physicals is not authorized. Please take note of WHO is authorized to complete/sign the physical. I.e., Medical Doctor, DO, PA. NP, ONLY. There is a new section authorizing us to administer Over-the-Counter (OTC) medications to your scout, as needed. You can specify any specific restrictions. You may send OTC with your Scout, but it must be in its original container with signed administration instructions. This includes dietary supplements and vitamins.

If your Scout takes prescription medications they must be in the original container provided by the pharmacy with readable dosage info, prescription number and prescribing Physician’s name and phone number.

For either OTC or Prescription medications, the daily/weekly pill boxes sold at drug stores is NOT authorized.
Food Allergies…Please let us know in writing if your Scout is allergic to specific Foods prior to arrival at Camp.
Special Dietary needs…Please let us know if your Scout has dietary restrictions or needs a special diet as ordered by his physician.

Ward Roney, Camp Health Officer
 

Troop 34 Pacific Crest Trail Service Project While leaving the Pacific Crest Trail Arrastre Trail Camp on the on Sunday May 16th, Troop 34 stopped to assist the San Bernardino ranger with cleaning up illegal dumping on road 2N01.  Scouts helped to pick up small discarded items, debris and trash, which they took home with them to Corona, California. The ranger had run out of room on his forest service vehicle to transport any additional discarded items. It was a great weekend for scouting. While visiting Jenks Lake on Saturday May 15th, they saw scouts from troops in Chino Hills and Brea. In addition to assisting the ranger on the drive home, Troop 34 met scouts helping to complete an Eagle service project at Loch Leven Christina Camp in the Mentone A&W restaurant.

Swimming Merit Badge Revised in Time for Summer Camp

Swimming merit badge, that Eagle-required summer camp staple, has been upgraded and revised just in time for the 2014 summer camp season.
The new requirements focus more on teaching Scouts correct stroke mechanics while continuing to emphasize basic water skills. Previous requirements like snorkeling, competitive swimming and CPR (which Scouts learn more fully in other merit badges anyway) have been removed.

With the new requirements, the goal is to teach Scouts to swim with greater ease and efficiency, as well as keep them safe in and around the water.
Scouts may use either the old or new requirements in 2014 — it’s their choice. On Jan. 1, 2015, they’ll become official, and only Scouts who have already started working with the old requirements may use the old ones.

As you know, Swimming’s an important merit badge because to earn the Eagle Scout Award, a Scout must earn either Swimming, Cycling or Hiking MB.
A revised Swimming merit badge pamphlet, with new color illustrations, will be available soon for purchase at local Scout Shops and through www.ScoutStuff.org.
Most summer camps will want to use the latest requirements for Swimming merit badge this summer. So the BSA decided to release those new requirements early. I’ve pasted them below.
That said, Scouts may choose to work using the old requirements, which were published earlier this year in the 2014 Boy Scout Requirements Book. Here’s how the transition will work:

• Jan. 1, 2014 to Dec. 31, 2014: Scouts may begin or continue working on Swimming merit using either the old or new Swimming merit badge requirements. It’s the Scout’s choice.
• Jan. 1, 2015 and beyond: Scouts who have started work using the old requirements may continue to use the old requirements. They don’t need to start over again with the new ones. However, Scouts who haven’t started at all must use the new requirements.

New Swimming merit badge requirements

1. Do the following:
a. Explain to your counselor how Scouting’s Safe Swim Defense plan anticipates, helps prevent and mitigate, and provides responses to likely hazards you may encounter during swimming activities.
b. Discuss the prevention and treatment of health concerns that could occur while swimming, including hypothermia, dehydration, sunburn, heat exhaustion, heatstroke, muscle cramps, hyperventilation, spinal injury, stings and bites, and cuts and scrapes.
2. Before doing the following requirements, successfully complete the BSA swimmer test: Jump feet first into water over the head in depth. Level off and swim 75 yards in a strong manner using one or more of the following strokes: sidestroke, breaststroke, trudgen, or crawl; then swim 25 yards using an easy, resting backstroke. The 100 yards must be completed in one swim without stops and must include at least one sharp turn. After completing the swim, rest by floating.
3. Swim continuously for 150 yards using the following strokes in good form and in a strong manner: front crawl or trudgen for 25 yards, back crawl for 25 yards, sidestroke for 25 yards, breaststroke for 25 yards, and elementary backstroke for 50 yards.
4. Do the following:
a. Demonstrate water rescue methods by reaching with your arm or leg, by reaching with a suitable object, and by throwing lines and objects. Explain why swimming rescues should not be attempted when a reaching or throwing rescue is possible, and explain why and how a rescue swimmer should avoid contact with the victim.
b. With a helper and a practice victim, show a line rescue both as tender and as rescuer. The practice victim should be approximately 30 feet from shore in deep water.
5. Do the following:
a.   Float faceup in a resting position for at least one minute.
b.   Demonstrate survival floating for at least five minutes.
c.   While wearing a properly fitted U.S. Coast Guard–approved life jacket, demonstrate the HELP and huddle positions. Explain their purposes.
d.   Explain why swimming or survival floating will hasten the onset of hypothermia in cold water.
6. In water over your head, but not to exceed 10 feet, do each of the following:
a.   Use the feet first method of surface diving and bring an object up from the bottom.
b.   Do a headfirst surface dive (pike or tuck), and bring the object up again.
c.   Do a headfirst surface dive to a depth of at least 5 feet and swim underwater for three strokes. Come to the surface, take a breath, and repeat the sequence twice.
7. Following the guidelines set in the BSA Safe Swim Defense, in water at least 7 feet deep*, show a standing headfirst dive from a dock or pool deck. Show a long shallow dive, also from the dock or pool deck.
*If your state, city, or local community requires a water depth greater than 7 feet, it is important to abide by that mandate.
8. Explain the health benefits of regular aerobic exercise, and discuss why swimming is favored as both fitness and therapeutic exercise.
 

Course Director's Conference

Outdoor Ethics

Hi folks!
We are sorry about the confusion surrounding the role out of outdoor ethics as the umbrella term for these issues in the BSA. Here is a quick, succinct summary of where we are going:

Outdoor Ethics in the umbrella term for how a Scout relates to the outdoors.
Scouting' s statement of Outdoor Ethics is the Outdoor Code. The Outdoor Code is further supported by the principles and skills of Leave No Trace and the Land Ethic, and supplemented by the principles and skills of Tread Lightly! as needed.

An Outdoor Ethics master is a Leave No Trace Master Educator or a Master Tread Trainer. An Outdoor Ethics Trainer is a Leave No Trace Trainer or Tread Trainer. An "outdoor ethics trained individual" is any of those plus any individual approved by the council outdoor ethics advocate. If the council does not have an outdoor ethics advocate, the Scout Executive or his or her designee may approve appropriate individuals as "outdoor ethics trained."

Thus, anyone who is trained as a Master Educator or Trainer under the Leave No Trace program, or as a Master Tread Trainer or Tread Trainer under the Tread Lightly! program, or has completed the BSA Leave No Trace 101 course and has a Leave No Trace Awareness card, is qualified to "facilitate&qu ot; the activities required for the outdoor ethics awareness award. Additionally, those councils that do not have an outdoor ethics advocate (still about 100), the Scout Executive or designee can appoint someone to help facilitate the transition. There are numerous teaching and facilitation aids at the official www.scouting.org site if you search for BSA outdoor ethics.

I hope that this helps and would be pleased to answer additional questions.

Eric Hiser, Chair National Outdoor Ethics Task Force

Scouting Cartoons from the ’60s, Do they still hold true today?

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Positive Quote & Prayer
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"If you don't know where you are going, you will wind up somewhere else!"

    ~  Yogi Berra

Amazing grace! (how sweet the sound)
That sav'd a wretch like me!
I once was lost, but now am found,
Was blind, but now I see.

'Twas grace that taught my heart to fear, And grace my fears reliev'd; How precious did that grace appear The hour I first believ'd!

Thro' many dangers, toils, and snares,
I have already come;
'Tis grace hath brought me safe thus far, And grace will lead me home.

The Lord has promis'd good to me,
His word my hope secures;
He will my shield and portion be
As long as life endures.

Yes, when this flesh and heart shall fail, And mortal life shall cease; I shall possess, within the veil, A life of joy and peace.

The earth shall soon dissolve like snow, The sun forbear to shine; But God, who call'd me here below, Will be forever mine.

    ~  John Newton, Olney Hymns, 1779=
 

Monday Memo is from Scout Executive Joe Daniszewski and contains his reflection on what is happening within the Council. The purpose of Monday Memo is to communicate information about the week ahead, to acknowledge the good things happening around the Council and to address specific issues that the Scout Executive wants to bring to your attention. Joe welcomes any comments, suggestions or recommendations on how to make this memo as helpful as possible. If you have something you want publicized in the Monday Memo, please send it to his attention c/o Monday Memo: Joseph.Daniszewski@scouting.org for Monday Memo Archives Click Here