Leave No Trace Trainer Training  

Sponsored by: BSA Catalina Council

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Date:                                      September 28th-29th

Location:                               Camp Lawton 12900 East Organization Ridge Road, Mount Lemmon AZ 85619 

Fee:                                         $40

This course is open to all Scouters and the to the general public. Must be 14 years old or older.

Upon successful completion of the Leave No Trace Trainer Course, each participant will become a qualified

Leave No Trace Trainer. Those who complete the course are equipped to:

• Understand, demonstrate, and teach minimum impact techniques;
• Lead outdoor ethics discussions and help others explore their own personal outdoor ethic; and,
• Conduct Leave No Trace Awareness Workshops and may assist at Leave No Trace Trainer Courses.

Course Description:  Participants will receive hands-on training in Leave No Trace skills, ethics, and the seven principles. Other related topics may be discussed. You will have to present a 10-minute “Leave No Trace” presentation/demonstration, to be coordinated before attendance and presented on Saturday. Master Educator for this course will be Mr. Joe Reilly.

What to Bring:

1. Copy of current Medical Form (returned upon completion of course, paper and pen.
2. Water bottle, sunscreen, hat, closed-toe shoes, and flashlight.
3. Clothing appropriate for weather conditions
4. Your personal needs, such as medication
5. Please bring your own snacks and drinks if you have a special diet. If you have any food allergies or needs, please communicate.
6. Personal camping equipment (tent, sleeping bag, cot, hammock, etc.) as needed.

TreadLightly! TreadTrainer 

Sponsored by: BSA Catalina Council

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Date:                                      September 27th-28th

Location:                               Camp Lawton 12900 East Organization Ridge Road, Mount Lemmon AZ 85619 

Fee:                                         $40 ($25 of the fee is for Tread Lightly! Membership.)  

Participants completing this course will be certified as a Tread Lightly! Tread Trainer. A Tread Trainer is prepared to provide workshops to empower generations to enjoy the outdoors responsibly through stewardship and to further the goals of responsible and ethical recreation.

This course is available for registered Scouters, Venture Scouts, and the general public.  Must be 18 years old minimum.

Please bring paper and pencil for note taking, water and snacks, sunblock, and wear close toe shoes.

Please sign up early to insure your reservation. Space Limited to 21 Participants

NOTE: Those who are taking the Leave No Trace course on Friday and Saturday, may camp over for this TreadLightly! Course. However, you shall provide your own food until lunchtime for this course.

PREREQUISITES:Participants must complete BOTH Tread Lightly! And Leave No Trace online awareness courses prior to the class. Please bring the printed certificates from the online courses to class.

http://treadlightly.org/education/learn/online-awareness-course/

https://lnt.org/learn/online-awareness-course

Course Director:    Joe Reilly (Master Tread Trainer), fjreilly63@gmail.com.  Course agenda and welcome letter will be sent out prior to the training.  Please sign up early to insure your reservation.

Questions:  Contact Justin Westbrook, Catalina Council OE Advocate at jnwestbrook@gmail.com

More Outdoor Ethics Information:  http://outdoorethics-bsa.org

The Jamboree-on-the-Air (JOTA) is the largest Scouting event in the world.  It is held annually the third full weekend in October; this year on October 18 – 20th.  The objective of the JOTA is to use amateur radio to link Scouts to other Scouts and young folks around the world, around the nation, and in your own community.  This year the Catalina Council through the auspices of the Radio Society of Tucson (K7RST) and our own Scout station, WN7BSA, will be conducting the event in an outdoor setting at the Double V Scout Ranch.  Nearly all events will be at Ramada Grande.

– Talk to Other Scouts in the Community, USA, Canada, and other Countries

– Hidden Transmitter Hunt

– Learn to Solder and Unsolder

– Practice Morse Code

– Old Time Radio and the Great Vacuum Tube Giveaway

– Fun With Audio (or drive your friends crazy)

Observe the sun through a telescope in hydrogen-alpha light.  See the flames (prominences) and flares on the solar surface.  Star party Saturday night near Ramada Grande showing off Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune plus double stars, clusters, and galaxies.

To ensure that we will have patches available, please register by September 14, 2019.  Registration fee is $8.00 per scout.

Register Here:   https://catalinacouncil.org/jamboree-on-the-air/

For more info, email Joe Statkevicus, joestat4@msn.com.  Event underwritten by the Radio Society of Tucson (K7RST) and Amateur Radio Station K3TYE.

Catalina Council and The University of Arizona have partnered to bring you an AMAZING opportunity! For only $40 you can get a ticket to the University of Arizona Wildcats vs Washington Huskies football game on October 12th, 2019.  After the game you will be able to camp over night on the football field and Catalina Council will provide you with snacks, games, breakfast the next morning and a patch!

More information about check in and what to/not to bring will become available as the event approaches.

Share this flyer with your friends and family and invite them to join you and your unit at the game!

2019 U of A game and campout

Registration will close on October 3rd, 2019 so get your tickets today!

Catalina Council is celebrating 100 years of operation in 2019. In commemoration of this occasion, the Council is releasing this limited edition 100th Anniversary Patch Set. Only 100 of these amazing sets will be made to celebrate the 100th Anniversary! Each set is individually numbered 1-100. you can request your number in the registration form. We will do our best to accommodate everyone’s numbers, but we take preference on a first come basis. Get yours while supplies last.

Get yours Here today!

2019 USA Archery Instructor Level 1 October 5th- Register Here

The Catalina Council Shooting Sports Committee is pleased to offer USA/NAA Archery Instructor Level 1 and BSA Archery Instructor/Range Master Instructor Certification Courses for adult and youth (over age 15). This course is being held on Oct 5th, 8am to 5pm, at the Double V Scout Reservation (3801 S Kinney Rd, Tucson, AZ). Cost is $60.00. Certification is good for three years.

You will need to bring your own chair, lunch, hat, sunscreen, water and Med forms (Part A&B), all other materials will be supplied that day.  Registration will close two weeks before (Sep 20^th to order materials)

This is an instructor course, not a basic skills course. You should have some knowledge and experience in archery prior to taking this course.  However, this is also a good course to take to learn the essentials to improve your archery skills.  Certification is valid for three years, but may be renewed based on teaching experience and/or helping run two shooting events each year, without having to retake the class.  You’ll learn how to set up and operate a safe short-term archery range or archery program, how to teach new archers, how to maintain your equipment, and learn common shooting errors and correction which may also help your own skills.  You’ll also learn the BSA archery range rules and safety regulations, and the specific requirements and limitations imposed on archery events by BSA. When taking this course we are asking you to help with unit, district and council shooting events.  You must conduct at least one event each year to stay active as an Instructor.

This is a full day course with a written exam and pre-shoot safety briefing that you must pass in order to obtain the certification.  Those who successfully complete the instructor course will be able to:

• Run a Boy Scout and Venturing archery shooting event.
• Run a Cub Scout archery range at the District or Council level
• Check-out and rent council archery equipment ( Except for the LaPorte Machine)
• Counsel Archery Merit Badge for Boy Scouts
• Venturing Shooting Sports Elective

USA Archery Level II Instructor- Register Here

The Level 2 Archery Instructor Certification Course, is a continuation of Level 1 Archery Instructor Course and provides students with an introduction to the National Training System (NTS) Steps of Shooting for recurve and compound, equipment and accessory setup, athlete development and events as well as qualifies students to teach the Level 1 Archery Instructor Certification Course.

NOTE: You will need to become a member of USA Archery, pass a background check and complete on-line safe sporting protection. Along with completing course work and practicum. For more information please contact Jerry Schneider

This is normally a two day course unless you are already an active Level 1 Instructor.  If so, you can just sign up for the second day (Sun Oct 6^th).  If however you are not already an active Level 1 Instructor, you can sign up for and attend both days (Oct 5^th & 6^th) to earn your Level 2 Instructor status.

Please bring your own lunch, folding chair, sunscreen, water and enthusiasm.  You also need to bring your medical forms Part A & B. This is an outdoor training so please plan and dress accordingly.

This course is being offered at Double V Scout Reservation for Oct 5 & 6 (Sat & Sun) from 8am-5pm.  Any questions, please contact Jerry Schneider (jerry57@gmail.com).  Registration will close two weeks before (Sep 20^th to order materials)  Cost of the course is $60 for one day or $100 for two day. Camping is available for Sat (Oct 5^th) night, please contact Jerry Schneider for details (jerry57@gmail.com)

You can now reserve your Double V Facilities online!

Double V Reservation Site 

Double V Map

You can rent the following facilities by the hour under the “Activities” section of the reservation page with a two hour minimum:

Rifle Range-$25 per hour

Archery Range-$25 per hour

Pool-$25 per hour

You can rent the following facilities by the for the day under the “Day Use” section of the reservation page with a one day minimum:

Ramada Grande-$25 per day

Sports Ramada-$25 per day

Shower Trailer-$100 per day

You can rent the following facilities by the for the weekend under the “Overnight Use” section of the reservation page with a two night minimum:

Canoes- $100 per day, per trailer. This includes your damage deposit. $100 deposit will be deposited into the unit sundry account upon return of canoes

Anaconda- $25 per night

Amistad- $25 per night

Coyote- $25 per night

Mulcahy- $25 per night

Rattlesnake- $25 per night

Redfeather- $25 per night

Roadrunner – $25 per night

Saguaro- $25 per night

Order of the Arrow Papago Lodge is teaming up with the East Lawn Cemetery to assist with a service project for Memorial Day Celebrations. Come on out to help place flags at the graves of our fallen service men and women. We need help the Saturday before and Monday afternoon placing and retrieving flags for the Memorial Day Holiday.

Location: East Lawn Cemetary at the patio by the office

Time: 8am Saturday May 25th to place flags

3pm Monday May 27th to pick up the flags

Contact: Andrew Rasmussen- rasmuss1@email.arizona.edu