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Calendar<br />
July<br />
17-22..Adventure Trek (New Date)<br />
Venturing Snow<br />
Weekends Were Great<br />
Successes<br />
The Venturing for Faith Snow Weekend<br />
held in February 10-12 filled up early<br />
w ith crews registering in December.<br />
Aubrey Watzek Lodge w as filled w ith<br />
excitement as 98 young men and<br />
w omen, felt <strong>the</strong> night skiing on Saturday<br />
w as <strong>the</strong> highlight of <strong>the</strong> w eekend, w hile<br />
o<strong>the</strong>rs really enjoyed <strong>the</strong> Sunday<br />
w orship service at <strong>the</strong> lodge.<br />
The LDS Snow Weekend for young<br />
men, members of The Church of Jesus<br />
Christ of Latter-day Saints, had a great<br />
time on <strong>the</strong>ir overnight stay at Nanitch<br />
Venturing<br />
Lodge on February 24-25. This year<br />
<strong>the</strong>re w as a rise in attendance w ith seven<br />
crew s bringing over 50 people. The late<br />
breakfast on Saturday is alw ays a hit<br />
w ith <strong>the</strong> group. Plan now to attend next<br />
year’s Venturing Snow Weekends. Also<br />
any unit large or small can make reservations<br />
to use one of <strong>the</strong> lodges by first<br />
participating in <strong>the</strong> annual w ood cut and<br />
<strong>the</strong>n signing up for a w eekend. Contact<br />
your district executive.<br />
Adventure Trek 2006<br />
The Adventure Trek w ill be held<br />
July 17-22 at <strong>the</strong> Wasco County Fairgrounds<br />
in Tygh Valley, Oregon. Come<br />
bike, hike, raft and canoe in Oregon’s<br />
high desert. Four to six-person teams<br />
w ill compete in fun and exciting events<br />
all w eek.<br />
Venturing age youth 14 to 20 are<br />
eligible to participate − this includes<br />
Varsity Scouts and Boy Scouts w ho are<br />
14 to 20 years old. Co-ed Venturing<br />
crew s are w elcome and encouraged to<br />
Sea Scouts<br />
www.joinventuring.com<br />
attend. Each team w ill provide <strong>the</strong>ir<br />
ow n bicycles, backpacking gear and tw o<br />
support adults, and a vehicle to act as a<br />
“sag w agon” for this event. All food,<br />
permits, rafts, and canoes w ill be provided.<br />
Reservations are now being<br />
taken. There is a $50/person deposit<br />
that may be refunded up to May 15. Full<br />
team registration of $175/youth racer<br />
and $75/adult is due by June 17.<br />
Applica-tions are available on <strong>the</strong><br />
council w eb site, forms page ,or contact<br />
Dennis McGary at<br />
Contacts<br />
<strong>Council</strong> Vice President, Venturing<br />
Dennis McGary<br />
503.579.3140<br />
Dennis.r.mcgary@opbu.xerox.com<br />
<strong>Council</strong> Adviser to Venturing<br />
John Lubbers<br />
B/503.225.5737<br />
jlubbers@cpcbsa.org<br />
Serving young men and women ages 14-21 with special<br />
outdoor high adventure and hobby interests<br />
Calendar<br />
<strong>Mar</strong>ch<br />
6 ..........Fleet Staff Meeting<br />
13........Skipper’s & Mate Mtg.<br />
17-18..Portland Dealers Boat Show<br />
<strong>Apr</strong>il<br />
6 ..........Fleet Staff Mtg.<br />
9 ..........First Class Recognition<br />
(Ordinary Rank)<br />
20........Skippers & Mates<br />
21-22..Outdoor Skills Institute<br />
22........Area Regatta<br />
A Year of Optimism<br />
The year 2006 promises to be a successful<br />
one for Sea Scouts, that is if things<br />
continue as <strong>the</strong>y have started. Sea<br />
Scouts have just completed one of two<br />
exciting opportunities. The first being<br />
this year’s Sportsman Show Service<br />
Project. Oh, by <strong>the</strong> w ay, it was a<br />
tremendous success. From <strong>the</strong> beginning<br />
crew s w ere eager to take part in<br />
this year’s show and <strong>the</strong>y cheerfully<br />
took turns staffing <strong>the</strong> Sea Scout booth.<br />
One enthusiastic participant w rote “I<br />
thought I could easily take a turn or two<br />
at a booth to support <strong>the</strong> Sea Scout<br />
public service message…hand out<br />
flyers, etc. But, this is not that …it w as<br />
soooo fun. Smiling kids and painted<br />
birds.” The atmosphere at <strong>the</strong> event w as<br />
one of fun and excitement as smiling<br />
kids and painted decoys symbolized <strong>the</strong><br />
positive impact Sea Scouts had on this<br />
show . For those w ho had tw o to three<br />
hours to spare and wanted to spend<br />
<strong>the</strong>m serving, being a part of <strong>the</strong> show<br />
w as a w onderful experience and a great<br />
w ay to earn FOS credit for <strong>the</strong>ir ships.<br />
Included in <strong>the</strong> show w ere more<br />
hands-on things to do like fishing, boating<br />
and hunting. The show also featured<br />
a variety of vendors from as far aw ay as<br />
South Africa and Australia. How ever,<br />
<strong>the</strong> highlight of <strong>the</strong> event w as helping<br />
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people learn about Sea Scouts. All in all<br />
it w as a great several days for Sea Scouting.<br />
In <strong>the</strong> end over 250 decoys w ere<br />
painted and $1,500 was raised for FOS.<br />
Way to go guys and girls!<br />
Contacts<br />
District Chairman<br />
Jim Larsen<br />
H/360.695.0867<br />
District Commissioner<br />
Stan We<strong>the</strong>rell<br />
H/360.254.1875<br />
District Executive<br />
Vernard Taylor<br />
B/503.225.5743<br />
vtaylor@cpcbsa.org
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