Welcome to our March 4th, 2013 Monday Memo

Troop 148 Railroading Merit badge Weekend

Troop 148 Temecula helped the Riverside Live Steamers at Hunter Park in Riverside paint 25 of their train racks. In turn the train club conducted the Railroading Merit Badge for the troop. On Sunday the troop was given rides around the park on the club's trains. The Riverside Live Steamers have been around over 46 years and is one of the only exclusively Steam scale railroads. They offer rides to the public every 2nd and 4th Sundays. If you would like to set up a similar service weekend contact Ken Radosevich at ken767@aol.com

Camp Emerson & Camp Wiley

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Sign up for Camp Emerson and Camp Wiley early and save $10.

Early Bird registartion for Camp Emerson is March 15th.      For Camp Wiley early bird registartion ends on April 16th.

Why attend a summer camp at Boseker Scout Reservation? Here are just a few of them:
1) Fun and fellowship!
2) Cool mountain air!
3) Get back to nature!
4) Earn awards and advancement!
5) Great Food, and a lot of it!

Boseker Scout Reservation is still looking for camp staff members. If you are at least 16 and looking for a summer job apply today! If you are 14 or 15 and would like a to be a counslor and training and volunteer for two weeks also consider applying.
 

2013 Aca Chapter Winter Service Project, Potluck, and Kayak Football

The 2013 Aca Chapter Winter Potluck was held on March 3 at Lake Perris SRA. The day started early Saturday morning when several of us launched our  kayaks and paddled out to Alessandro Island to pick up trash along the shoreline as a service project. This wasn't a normal shorline clean up. We used the kayaks to get in to some of the riparian areas that aren't accessible from shore to pick up trash. Although pushing into the reeds was tough at times, the real challenge not scaring the fish and quietly going around the anglers during a fishing tournament. We got a lot of thumbs up and thank yous from the fishermen when they saw what we were doing.

After the service project we paddled over to Sail Cove to meet the rest of our group that came for the Aca Chapter Winter Potluck. Some of the youth OA members had their first experience with kayaking that morning. Once they became comfortable with handling the boat and paddle, they had fun racing out to the buoys and bouncing around on the swells. They would have the chance to really hone their skills for an activity we had planned for after the potluck.

The potluck began with a bugle call and the awesome sight of the color guard, paddling kayaks, bringing in the US flag. The food that everyone brought was fantastic and one in particular was pretty entertaining. One of the families brought a dessert that consisted of a bucket of crushed brownies mixed with gummy worms.

After lunch, youth Arrowmen that had served as Elangomats, on ceremony or service teams, and received their Vigil Honor were all recognized. Our main award that we hand out is the prestigious Chapter Service Award that is presented to an Arrowmen that has the best positive impact on fellow scouts. The 2012 Chapter Service Award was presented to Cameron Stiede and Nicholas Folts for youth. Curtis Stiede received the award for the adult.

After the close of the potluck is when the action kicked into high gear. That's when we played a few rounds of kayak football. The scouts that were a little shy in the kayaks a couple of hours before were now paddling warriors, jostling each other's boats and blocking passes with their paddles. The games concluded with only 9 kayaks capsized, several wet and chilly scouts, 2 paddles that almost floated away, and smiles as wide as a sea kayak is long. The day started off with cheerful service and ended with cheers. In other words, a perfect Saturday.

Visitor Night at the UCI Observatory

Date: Saturday, March 9th
              Time: 7-9 pm
              Location: The Observatory at the University of California, Irvine

Come to the UCI Observatory and see Jupiter, the Orion Nebula and star clusters with our  telescopes. Learn how to use a night sky map to locate your favourite constellations. Listen to a lecture entitled "An Archeological Road Trip with the Keck Telescopes” by Dr. Evan Kirby.

Visitor Nights are open to the public so feel free to forward this message along to friends and neighbours who might be interested. Visitor Nights are free of charge, although we suggest a $5 donation per family to defray the costs, and parking on campus costs $2/hr or a maximum of $8. No reservations are required. They are fun for the entire family - children, teens, parents and grandparents. Please remember to dress warmly and bring along flash lights. We heartily encourage amateur astronomers to bring along their own telescopes to share with our visitors.

For information on Visitor Night, to obtain a flyer or get driving & parking directions, etc., please see http://www.physics.uci.edu/%7Eobservat/#visnite. If you would like to be added or deleted from our email list to receive notices of future Visitor Nights, please send an email to uciobs@uci.edu with a Subject line that says "Subscribe" or "Unsubscribe", respectively.

Sincerely, Tammy Smecker-Hane
Director, UCI Observatory, Associate Professor, Department of Physics & Astronomy

"Are You Tougher Than a Boy Scout"

Nat'l Geographic Asks ARE YOU TOUGHER THAN A BOY SCOUT? in New Series, Begin. 3/4 The Boy Scouts live and breathe their motto: Prepared. For Life.(R) They are strong, resourceful and self-reliant. Honest, helpful and brave. They are downright tough. Would you be able to reach into a bag of snakes, shimmy across a rope stretched over river rapids, canoe across a lake without a paddle and rescue an injured hiker?

From Emmy award-winning Original Productions (Deadliest Catch, Ice Road Truckers) comes National Geographic Channel's new series Are You Tougher Than a Boy Scout? Premiering Monday, March 4, at 8 PM ET/PT, and hosted by ex-Army Ranger Charles Ingram, adult "civilians" battle it out with scrappy Scouts in a series of challenges - all based on the Boy Scouts' 100-year-old handbook - designed to test their physical and mental stamina to determine if these adults have what it takes to earn their own "merit badge."

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REDLANDS: National Geographic show includes local Boy Scout

With his ability to build a fire under any conditions, his rock climbing experience and first aid knowledge, Redlands High School senior Rio Gifford is a formidable opponent in the great outdoors.

His skills will be on display Monday, March 4, during the premiere of the six-episode series, “Are You Tougher Than a Boy Scout?”

Gifford, 18, was one of hundreds of Scouts from across Southern California that auditioned for the show. Only 12 were chosen. Read More.....

KTLA News Interview with Rio Gifford

What You Need to Know if You’re Visiting the 2013 National Jamboree First, you can give up your seat on the sidelines and get into the game. Paying visitors this summer can sample some of the same high-adrenaline activities that the Scouts experience. At past jamborees, a lot of the fun stuff — BMX, climbing, shooting sports — was off-limits to visitors. Not this time. But just like an amusement park, all that fun comes at a cost. So brush up now on the 2013 National Scout Jamboree Visitor Policy: Click Here

The Boy Scouts of America’s ‘Family Discussion’ on our Membership Policy

When the Boy Scouts of America reaffirmed its long-held membership policy last June after months of media coverage and national attention to the issue, some leaders thought that signaled an end to the conversation.

Not so, as you no doubt know. As BSA President Wayne Perry recently said, many unit-level volunteers weren’t aware of the policy before the reaffirmation. “What we discovered as your Key 3 was that it started a very intense conversation,” he said.

In that eight-month conversation, Perry emphasized that he didn’t speak with outside special-interest groups with no affiliation to Scouting. Instead, he said, “I heard only from Scouters, people with different views than my personal views.

“It was hard, because people told me their Scouting commitment, and it touched you, it touched your soul. These are good people. They are people of faith that have a different view than I do.” Read More.....

International Opportunities

International education is a key tool for building "bridges" between countries and cultures.  In addition, when ordinary people of any age travel outside of the United States for their first time, their view of the world will likely change into a multicultural respect for others, resulting in a stronger worldwide coalition of friendship, understanding and goodwill.

Through scouting, one can get this experience.  I know because I did scouting in New Zealand when I was in high school and I have now taken Venturers and Scouts to Brazil (1992 International Jamboree), New Zealand (1995 Venture), Canada (1997 Jamboree), Australia (2000 Venture), Austria (2002 International Hiking Trek), United Kingdom (2007 World Jamboree) and Ukraine (2012 Jubilee). Read More......

Old Baldy "Scout Stitchin" Event Saturday - March 9, 2013 4650 Arrow Highway Suite B1, Montclair, CA 91763 If your needlework needs a little work, or you just don’t have the time, we’ll do the sewing for you. Come to Scout Stitchin’ Saturday from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Bring your uniforms and our Scout Stitcher will sew your emblems while you shop.

In Memory of Thomas K Russell

THOMAS K RUSSELL August 27, 1937 February 16, 2013 Thomas K. Russell, 75, of Victorville passed away seven weeks after an accidental fall. Tom was born in Chickasha, Oklahoma. Retired from the Air Force after serving 21 years, also retired as an Executive with the Boy Scouts of America after being affiliated with BSA as a Scout, Cubmaster and Assistant Scout Master. Tom was Commander of American Legion Apple Valley Post 256 after serving with Post 422 while living in Rialto. Also a member of Amvets. In the past few years, he volunteered with the Youth Accountability Board in Hesperia. He earned his Associate degree from San Bernardino Valley College. He is survived by his wife Shirley after 52 years of marriage, sons Terence, Brian, and Marc, daughter-in-law Kimberley, grandchildren Brian II, Amanda, and Tyler. Graveside services will be held at Victor Valley Memorial Park, 15609 11th St., Victorville, CA on Sunday 2/24/2013 at 2:00. Victor Valley Mortuary is handling arrangements. 760-245-8164

Published in the Daily Press on February 21, 2013 Click Here for Link
 

News & Tidbits

• The 30th Annual GOOD FRIDAY PRAYER BREAKFAST A morning of praise and community fellowship. Click Here for Registration
• The Area 4 Training Events Calendar for March 2013. Click Here to View Dates

Camp Wiley Registrations

Camp Emerson Availiablity

Friends Of Scouting

Positive Quote & Prayer
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”If you have some respect for people as they are, you can be more effective in helping them to become better than they are.”

    ~  John W. Gardner

"If there be righteousness in the heart, there will be beauty in character. If there be beauty in character, there will be harmony in the home. If there be harmony in the home, there will be order in the nation. If there be order in the nation, there will be peace in the world."

    ~  Confucius
 

Joe Daniszewski Scout Executive/CEO California Inland Empire Council, BSA PO Box 8910 1230 Indiana Court Redlands, CA 92374 909.793.2463, Ext. 120 877.732.1450 909.793.0306 Fax

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