June Newsletter

Hi folks,

We are fast approaching the end of the cubbing year. I've uploaded a PDF of the June newletter that will handed out at tonight's meeting.

June Newsletter Download

YIS
Shere Khan

IMPORTANT - Senior Cub Camp Update

HEADS-UP !!!
The senior cub camp scheduled for April 11-13 has been postponed to May 9-11

Click here for more info.


YIS
Shere Khan

Kub Kar Rally Coming Up

This year the kub kar rally will be held on April 5th in Place d'Orleans.
See handout to this effect.

YIS
Shere Khan

Telesat Tour

This past Tuesday, our meeting was held at the Telesat facilities in Gloucester. There were 16 cubs and 3 leaders present. I think it turned out to be a great event.

Kids arrived at 7pm and received an official and personalized building pass (that they get to keep). We proceeded to the Satellite Control Centre (SCC) where a most gracious host (Mike Ryer) gave the group a great presentation on the SCC and its role within Telesat. The kids also got a chance to see the SCC from behind a window.

Above: Watching the presentationAbove: Taking a peek at the SCC room

After the SCC we proceeded to the R&D Lab. The SCC is where the satellites are controlled and monitored but the R&D lab shows off the various applications that are employed over satellite (ie: broadcast, broadband, etc...). The kids got to see some fancy videoconferencing applications, medical(ultrasound) application and the famous HD Movie Theatre room (showcases eCinema).

It wasn't long that 8:15pm was upon us. We left the R&D lab and headed back towards the entrance where the parents were patiently waiting (we were about 10 minutes late). On the way to the entrance we took a group shot in front of the rocket "fairing". This piece is part of an enclosure that houses the satellite during the launch. It is dismantled prior to pushing the bird into space and the fairing pieces fall into the ocean. This time (possibly a 1st time ever) a piece was recovered by a local fisherman and eventually made its way to Telesat. Pretty cool.

Group pic in front of fairing.

I think this was a great (fun and informative) experience for the kids and adults alike.
YIS
Shere Khan.

PS : Reminders:
1. There is NO meeting next week.
2. The following week (after march break) please bring in your completed cub cars for an in-house race
3. Have a great march break.

Reminder - Telesat Tour

Hi Pack,
Just a reminder that tomorrow's meeting will NOT be in the gym as usual but at the Telesat facilities at 7pm.

Unfortunately space is limited so only leaders and youth can attend. Parents, there is a Timmies close by so you can have some coffee in the meantime. (there's also Gloucester Centre and a Royal Oak close by)

The address is : 1601 Telesat Court, Gloucester. Take the 174 west bound and get off at Blair. Take Blair South and turn right on Meadowbrook (at the lights) and take the 1st or 2nd entrance and drive up to the front of building which faces Blair rd.

Pick up is at 8-8:15pm.

YIS
Shere Khan

Winter Camp

Hi Pack,

Wow what a winter camp !
I hope you all had fun. This weekend was jam packed with activities. Here's a summary of what we did:

Friday Night :

• Arrival was between : 7-8pm with the "SlowNeal's" arriving late.
  
• A leather craft was setup for those who were interested. Others could play games.
• Bed at 10pm (however some were still awake at midnight)
• Leaders light's out pas 12:30am
  

Saturday :

• Leader/parent wake-up at : 6:30am
  
• Cub wake-up (pots & pans) at : 7:00am
• Grand Howl opening. This is different from the "normal" opening we do in the gym. Really cool.
• Breakfast @ 8:30am
  
• Snowshoe hike
  
• Skaking and/or burling. Burling is a 1st Rockland exclusive game that is a mix between curling and bowling ... really fun. Some of the kids opted for skating. However designated area was pretty bumpy (good for broom ball though) so we shoveled a new area that was quite good.
• Lunch at 12:00
• Tobogganing. Here Akela did his usual score cards, giving points to the best wipeouts and believe me we had many.
  
• Afternoon craft : God's Eye which is a Mexican/Mayan traditional craft
• Free time. Here the cubs spread out to various activities. Some did tobogganing, others played in the small park while others went x-country skiing.
• Supper at 5pm
• Practicing of skits (some free time for indoor games)
• Camp fire with skits, cheers and songs.
• Mug up
• Light's out at 10pm. This time however the kids were asleep very quickly
• Leaders/parents played cards 'till 12-12:30am

Sunday

• Leaders/parent wakeup at 7am
• Youth wakeup (no pots & pans) at 7:30am. In our pack, the kids, when they wakeup, have to get dressed and brush their teeth. On the last day they also have to have everything packed and ready to go. All this before breakfast. However breakfast was at 8:30 so that gave them less than an hour to do all this. Needless to say that alot were not done. Lessoned learned.
• Breakfast at 8:30
• Scout's Own
• Broom ball game and burling
• Lunch
• Free time. Some opted for skiing, others snowshoeing and others tobogganing.
• Pick-up was between 2-3pm

All in all this was a great weekend. The kids were "generally" well behaved, the food was good (well not everybody thinks so...) and the weather was excellent (this everybody agrees on). We had 19 kids and 9 adults.

This camp is located near Val des Bois (see map), Quebec and it is called : Camp de l'Amitié. It has been there since 1964. I think it's an all-around very good camp and I would recommend it. However it boils down to opinion, expectations and past experiences so don't take my word for it.

I'd like to thank all the leaders Hathi (Christine Rozon) and Akela (Bill Cain) and for this well planned and executed event. I'd also like to thank the parent volunteers who attended, for without them these events would not be so : Carol, Craig, Laura, Scouter Christine, Scouter Mark and Tracy.

YIS
Shere Khan

PS: Pics and videos have been uploaded