The Newsasaurus
Remember!
Closing Ceremony, tonight at 7pm at the Main Stage! Musical guest: The Abrams Brothers.
Boots & Salutes
Boots Boots to those who are still using the ground as their trash can. Salutes Salutes to Scouter Rene of 101st Toronto, who sends late-rising Scouts to pick up garbage around Camp Woods – helping to keep our camp clean.
TELUS Cyber Wise BY MURRAY MELDRUM
On Monday and Wednesday evening, representatives from TELUS presented an Indaba session entitled Cyber Wise. The session covered topics such as cyber bullying, smartphones, social media, online gaming, and texting. The TELUS representatives explained essential security tips for people both with and without kids. These tips included how to create a secure password, how to avoid viruses and malware, how to avoid hackers, and how to stop a cyber bully. The presentation is available online in more detail at www.telus.com/wise.
Birth Announcement
Birth announcement from Quelsaurus? Subcamp! We are very happy to announce that we are now proud parents of a new baby dinosaur of the Quelsaurus species. Time of hatching was Monday, July 8, 2013 at 10:34 p.m. Baby is floating happily in the nest, munching on more eggshell and waiting for brothers and sisters to hatch. We wish to thank all subcamp Scouts for their help in gently rolling the egg daily and the frogs for providing the video surveillance system.
Scouting Spirit
The 1st Bolton Scouts were excited to be coming to CJ’13. When they arrived the first priority was to locate their troop gear that had been shipped to the CJ site. Unfortunately there had been a mix up with the shipping company and their gear was nowhere to be found. In true Scouting Spirit, their neighboring units opened their arms and welcomed them to use their equipment. A special thanks goes out to the 1st Port Moody, the 21st Anders Red Deer, and the 7th Aldershot Scout troops for exemplifying BP’s vision of what it means to be a Scout.
A Day at the Beach BY CARL WIEBE
Even though Sunday was a bit cloudy I was still able to see and enjoy the numerous Scouts enjoying the Atlantis Waterfront Program. Much fun could be had by attending the beach party (after a long walk to get there), paddling around the waterfront in a canoe or kayak, or learning how to become a sailor with their sailing program. I was able to interview Scouter Sean (in charge of the event) and he filled me on their wonder-staff of 25 OOS members, including 19 Venturer Scouts. Sean says he enjoys seeing youth teaching youth and learning how to relax and take a break. “Water craft is a program where you can relax and have fun in the water.” he says. Many kids were doing just that while I was running around the waterfront. As I checked out what every station had to offer, I ran into the 40th Edmonton Ismaili Scouts. The group consisting of Zafir Samnani, Zul Hassanali, Adam Danji, Arshil Ahmed and Amah Makhani talked to me about what they hoped to learn from the Sailing Program. “Whatever the instructor says.” was the most common response I got from the boys, who were very excited to learn different knots and techniques used in sailing. They felt the Sailing station was “a bit hectic” but that was to be expected from such a popular program. If you are feeling up to the challenge, grab your bathing suit and jump head first into the fresh water of Sylvan Lake.
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