the lighthouse - wednesday, july 15

Back before the days of the internet, the way to find and communicate with people around the world was through radio. But the radio I’m referring to isn’t the type that you hear when you’re driving along the road; it is Amateur or HAM Radio. Why is it called HAM? Well, it’s called HAM because at the time it was created, HAM was slang for amateur. The basics of the system are that it uses open frequencies that allow people to communicate around

the world. Part of the significance is that it was one of the first and longest lasting systems of communication. It is a platform that has a worldwide audience and is open to all age groups. The significance of HAM radio at Jamboree is that it is helping to bring a new era for Camp Barnard. The site is being prepared to become an emergency evacuation ground for the town of Sooke, and a big part of that is having a communication system in place. During an emergency, many cellular providers will be swamped or broken, so you

need a backup system that can work regardless of whether you have cellular connectivity. That is part of the beauty of HAM Radio, as it relies on an antenna and can function with either a generator or a battery in power outages. Partially thanks to the Jamboree, Camp Barnard is gaining a HAM Radio Space next to the workshop. Lots of the equipment needed to operate a HAM Radio, such as radios and antennas, have been donated to the camp. This donation of second hand equipment has enabled Camp Barnard to purchase a nice new radio for

the emergency HAM center. If you happen to be passing through Na’tsa’maht, be sure to take a look at the HAM Radio tent, as they have many interesting activities and lots of information on HAM Radio. These include a list of eight activities that can be completed to earn a badge. Some of the activities include Morse code deciphering, making a bracelet, phonetic alphabet memorization, and talking on a HAM Radio. Keep in mind that there are a limited number of the badges, so head down soon to get one.

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WednesdayJuly 15, 2015 Vol. 2 No. 5

A Slice of HAM RadioConnecting with the world through the air

The Real Dion the Bear

He’s not quite Paddington Bear, but Scouts with 1st Neck Point and Cedar Troops have a rather cute little furry friend with them at PJ2015. Dion the bear travelled down with the patrol from Nanaimo and has been enjoying the Salish Sea adventures this week.So far, Dion has been Mountain Biking, and first thing Monday morning he was on a bus bound for the Gorge Waterway in Victoria. Elsie Steel with the group says they were a bit worried that Dion might get wet in the dragon boat racing. “Dion got a special sitting place in the Victoria West Community Centre.”Steel says this is the fuzzy critter’s first Jamboree, and the Scouts have been taking turns giving him hugs. He’s also done a great job of keeping watch of their patrol’s camp overnight, snoozing on the pop up He’s pretty well dressed for a bear, with his own scarf and badges. Dion and the rest of Thunderbird unit 26 invite you to come and have tea with them on Thursday evening at 6 o’clock by the big teepee at the entrance to the sub camp. Don’t forget to bring a mug.

Kate MyzukaReporter, The Lighthouse

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A correction from yesterday’s issue

Sarah McKinnellReporter, The Lighthouse

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SUP Boarding – What?

SUP Boarding, as anyone who has attended the activity will know, is the abbreviation of Stand Up Paddle Boarding, the newest craze in water sports. If you want to go try paddle boarding then you’re in luck. For the first time, PJ is offering a SUP boarding station with the thirty boards that they have bought from Ocean River Sports. SUP boarding originates from Hawai, where the surfers would sometimes stand on their surfboards and use a paddle to move across currents. There are three main parts of the board; the nose at the front, the rails at the sides, the deck where you stand, and a leash that straps around your ankle in case you fall so that you don’t lose your board (or hit someone with it.) There are eleven OOS at Whiffen Spit, where the station takes place. The Scouts are split up into two groups. One group paddles first, while the other one learns about the environment. The OOS then split up the Scouts who are paddling into small groups, each with an OOS leader. They paddle around the water protected by the spit, and come back to shore to learn how to maneuver the board. Don’t worry if you have never paddled before, because they don’t push you to stand up and they teach you everything you need to know. The OOS have a number of safety precautions like making sure all of the lifejackets fit, and a safety canoe that follows the group of paddlers. By the end, most Scouts were able to stand up, and it was mostly Scouters who fell in the water.. While one group was paddling, the other was learning about animal habitats, and predators. They played games to help explain how humans are encroaching on the space that the animals live in. If you get lucky you might even see some wildlife at Whiffen Spit, including crabs, jellyfish, eagles, herons, and even swans. The station leaders really want to make sure that they are left alone and not disturbed. Everyone seemed to enjoy paddle boarding and the environmental games, and you will too.

Lyndsay Dagg and Hana BurdgeReporter, The Lighthouse

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Up on Cardiac Hill

The path to the glorious subcamp that is Raven is paved in trials, challenges, hardship, or in other words a very steep hill. The OOS often have to make treks up and down multiple times per day, unless you got positioned somewhere else. Then you only need to go up occasionally. While it does make for great exercise, it makes forgetting something back at your tent a harder walk than usual. You really have to need what you forgot before you decide to go up for it. But we can thank that hill for keeping most of the OOS in shape. I went around to ask the OOS about how they felt about the hill. Most agreed name for the hill is Cardiac Hill, but other names I heard people suggest were Heart Attack Hill, Man-Maker Hill (not from a female OOS), Fitness Hill, and THE HILL. Some say that the hill is supposed to be symbolic of a Raven’s nest, some think that the hill should get an escalator installed, and some think the hill isn’t so bad either because they are in excellent shape or they get driven up. The hill provides a challenge to the OOS but it is the subcamp closest to everything.

Noah PepperReporter, The Lighthouse

Site Services Work for You

You might have been busy splashing in the lake, hiking the Juan de Fuca trail or rappelling the rock wall, but there have been a bunch of folks working in the background to make all this happen. Those are the volunteers with site services.Site Services people have been getting ready for years for the Pacific Jamboree, installing all sorts of infrastructure needed for more than three thousand people. This week they have a crew of fourteen working on maintenance alongside the contractors getting rid of your garbage and dirty water. They’ve also been working on making this a sustainable event by sorting waste at its source. But had you ever considered the future Beavers, Cubs, Scouts, Venturers, Rovers and leaders who will benefit from all the work that has been done here this week?Gary Hendren, assistant DCC with site services says the legacy is large. “We’ve had a lot of improvements to the water system, the expanded dock that can be used for multiple groups, the equipment such as the stand up paddle boards and the kitchen may end up with a new oven.” He’s not sure if PJ will come back to camp Bernard for sure, but he agrees that it would make sense that the money and time that has been invested for it to be used again. Between the camp and PJ funds, he estimates between two and three hundred thousand dollars has been spent on infrastructure. Thanks to the efforts of these hard-working people, you can shower, find a place for your patrol to camp, have a place to get on and off the buses to events, take the stairs to the Climbing Wall, and many other things that you don’t even think of, but make your life easier and safer.

Kate MuzykaReporter, The Lighthouse

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Dutch Ovens

There was an exciting Dutch oven cooking session Monday night at Indaba, led by Chef Allen Graden . We made spectacular dishes such as mountain man’s breakfast, taco stew, and pineapple upside-down cake. It was quite the experience as we needed special permission from Fire Chief Allen to operate due to the fire ban.What is Dutch oven cooking? A Dutch oven is a very versatile, typically cast iron cooking device. It heats evenly, conducts heat very well, and is great for hearty meals during winter camps.Cooking tips and tricks Using a chimney is the best way to light briquettes. Chimneys can be as simple as a coffee tin with holes punch around the bottom rim. The rule of thumb for the number if briquettes needed is the diameter of your oven in inches times 3. Also if you are limited in terms of refrigeration on a trip, it is best to pre-cook meats.Taking care of your oven If properly cared for, Dutch ovens can last many generations. With a newly purchased oven, the protective machine coating needs to be washed off with soap and a good scrubbing (ideally a metal scrubby) and left to dry. This is the only time that you will ever use soap on your Dutch oven! Next, seasoning puts a protective coating over the oven and is done only once in its life, unless rust begins to form. Preheat the oven in a well-ventilated area like in a fireplace or outdoor BBQ to 375°F. Next, take a paper towel and completely coat the inside with vegetable oil, then bake at 375°F for 1hr. To clean, never use soap as it will wash off the protective oil coating. Simply scrub with a non-metal brush and hot water. Then heat and coat again with oil.If you are interested in trying out your skills with a Dutch oven an extensive list of recipes can be found at scoutorama.com and many other sites.

Tess KingReporter, The Lighthouse

Make a Splash

The path to the glorious subcamp that is Raven is paved in trials, challenges, hardship, or in other words a very steep hill. The OOS often have to make treks up and down multiple times per day, unless you got positioned somewhere else. Then you only need to go up occasionally. While it does make for great exercise, it makes forgetting something back at your tent a harder walk than usual. You really have to need what you forgot before you decide to go up for it. But we can thank that hill for keeping most of the OOS in shape. I went around to ask the OOS about how they felt about the hill. Most agreed name for the hill is Cardiac Hill, but other names I heard people suggest were Heart Attack Hill, Man-Maker Hill (not from a female OOS), Fitness Hill, and THE HILL. Some say that the hill is supposed to be symbolic of a Raven’s nest, some think that the hill should get an escalator installed, and some think the hill isn’t so bad either because they are in excellent shape or they get driven up. The hill provides a challenge to the OOS but it is the subcamp closest to everything.


Do the Robot

For anyone who doesn’t know, STEM stands for Science, Technology, Engineering and Math, and they have a tent down in Na’tsa’maht, The Gathering Place, on the right hand side when you enter, just next to the Internet Café. STEM activities strive to teach the kids basic programming skills and explain the logic behind the programming. There are three activities that the STEM tent offers. The first, and probably the biggest and the one everyone knows about, is to program a robot. It’s very simple; about the only things the Scouts learn to do is make it blink lights, drive forward, and turn. There’s a leader to guide anyone programming through the learning curve and teach them how to use the computer to control the robot, leaving very little random mudding about by Scouts. The second activity is a solar projection, which is used to take a look at sunspots (many people noticed this in use yesterday during the camp-wide power outage). Finally, they have a very large, expensive piece of equipment called a magnetometer, which was explained to me as being a large metal detector. Although patrols have time arranged for going to Na’tsa’maht that’s not the only time—or people—that STEM is open to. It’s on a first come first serve basis, and it’s often full. They are open during the activity blocks for participants and during the evening, after dinner (when Na’tsa’maht is full of people who have no activities or remaining jobs for the day). I’d suggest Scouts, Scouters, and OOS alike all check out the STEM tent sometimes during the week. And if it’s just not your thing, don’t sweat it. There are tons of cool things going on in the Gathering Place, although I’d say STEM is definitely among the cooler of the activities happening in the area.

Natasha RitterReporter, The Lighthouse

Life Like a Lumberjack

Have you ever wondered what it would feel like to be a lumberjack? Well you are in luck, because at PJ 2015 there is an entire activity section devoted to lumberjack activities, so that you can live out that dream of wielding axes and wearing plaid. There is axe throwing, dot split, nail drive, and two person buck sawing to name a few. Among the scouts’ favourite activity was the choker race. This is an obstacle race where scouts run through tires, over/under beams and up logs to attach a chocker to a large horizontal section of tree. It is intended as a small scaled mimicry of the obstacles that the loggers and lumberjacks experienced as they attached chokers to trees to prepare them for transport And as a separate activity, but located in the general vicinity of the logjam sports is the logjam pole climbing. The challenge here is to climb up a vertical post using spiked foot braces and a rope that is tied around the waist. Though it sounds daunting, it is not as scary as it initially sounds as you are attached to a rope with a belayer on the ground to catch you whenever you fall. This is a first come first serve activity that is open to everyone, but if you are an OOS or leader and want to reserve yourself a spot and not have to wait in line, you can sign up through indaba. Come check out logjam pole climbing Sunday, Tuesday, Thursday from 1:30-4:30pm and 7:00-9:00pm and Monday, Wednesday, Friday 9:00am-12:00pm and 1:30- 4:30pm.



Lights Out On Monday, one of the trucks that pump out our Port-a-Potties had a steering failure and crashed, taking out a power pole and cutting power to Camp Barnard and PJ. The Subcamps and their headquarters were fine, because they don’t use a lot of power and they have generators. The hospital and Emergency Services Headquarters also have emergency generators. Everyone else had to fend for themselves. For the few hours that the power out we here at The Lighthouse were preparing for the worst; we were not sure the power would return in time for us to put the paper together in time for the printer. But positive was it returned sooner than expected and we were able to deliver on time. There were other programs that had to do a lot more than we did. The OOS kitchen had to bear with many issues. Although the 2 main stoves run on propane, the lights and ventilation are electric. Also, there are new electric ovens. It was interesting to see the cooks working with headlamps on their heads in rapidly rising heat. Site Services was rigging emergency lighting when the power came back on. Lesson learned – another place for an emergency generator! While STEM was not able to carry out with their usual robotics program, they were able to provide substitutes. They had two things that the youth were able to use. The first was a solar projector which, when aimed at the sun, would let the youth safely see the sun’s rays and the dark spots in them. They also had something called the magnetometer which was pretty much a giant metal detector that allowed them to see irregularities within the earth’s magnetic field. With the power out, they were able to make sure the youth still had something to do in the STEM tent. Nobody wants to have the power fail, and thankfully nobody was hurt in the accident, but the power failure let us at PJ show our Scouting ingenuity, and gave us a chance to learn and improve.

Noah PepperReporter, The Lighthouse

Reduce, Reuse, Recycle Site Services, the Green Team, they go by many names, but they are the members of Site Services who work the recycling here at PJ. Services is a big group of people with many jobs, and this camp would not be nearly as pleasant without them here. Recycling is a big part of that.The team that does recycling work at all the subcamps (OOS and Scout), which includes taking away and replacing the containers used for recycling, as well as other essentials such as toilet paper for the subcamps. For OOS meals at Keego, members of the green team stand by to help out with sorting the recyclables so nothing gets sorted wrong. For those who still don’t have it completely down, one of the Green Team members was happy to tell me which container was for what type of recyclables. The green containers are compost, which means any food, paper plates, and paper towels can go in there. The regular blue is hard plastics, which is exactly what it sounds like: any plastic not easily bendable, and milk cartons. The red containers (or ones with a red lid) are soft plastics, which is wrappers, plastic wrap, and bags, anything of that sort. Light blue is cans, bottles, juice boxes, and anything else that could be brought to a bottle depot. Finally, brown containers are landfill, and anything that does not fit in any of the above categories can be thrown in there. This should be the smallest category. As a bonus, if a Green Team member spots you recycling, you could be on the receiving end of a stamp or even a bag of candy. I’ve been told that although all camps are doing an excellent job recycling, Thunderbird is currently the top of the recycling food chain (if only by a little bit). The only thing for the other camps to do here is try to catch up: recycle all you can and help keep Camp Barnard a clean, green place!

Natasha RitterReporter, The Lighthouse

A Caring place Care Corps Headquarters is a welcoming place set up as support for campers and leaders that may be feeling a little down, homesick or in need of someone to talk to. It is located next to the main field right behind bubble soccer. Care Corps is run by a dedicated bunch with: 5 staff located in the central Care Corps building (“Mowglis Den”) adjacent to the main field and 3 Care Corps staff members for the subcamps; one for each subcamp. Among one of the dedicated member is Scouter Rhonda, who spends her day at the medical centre speaking with and helping out with all who go through there. There are hanging paper quotes that connect to Salish Sea theme, that have marine life photos on them. The walls are also adorned with plaques describing many world religions. In addition there is a plethora of games and puzzles if the urge ever arises to play dominoes or Uno. And if you have lost anything, the lost and found is also located at Care Corps. The staff is always delighted when people reclaim their belongings. So to quote some of the hanging paper quotes; “Be awesome! Smile like a flower” Debasish Mridha MD

“You have to be odd to be number one” Mohad M.U.

Tess KingReporter, The Lighthouse

LogJam Originally created to determine who the better logger was, the entire team was down at the LogJam program has done a fantastic job bringing logging sports into camp. The station has five different sections, the first being axe throwing. At this activity, participants actually throw hatchets instead of axes for safety purposes. Going up two at a time, campers get to throw three axes per turn. The targets that they’re aiming for are rounds of cedar weighing over two hundred pounds. After axes, the next activity is the “Nail Drive”. Campers are each given three nails to hammer into a block of wood as fast as they can in order to finish before the person that they are competing against. The “Cross Cut” station is the most time consuming activity. Two at a time, campers go up and together saw off a round of wood – which one of them gets to keep afterwards. The fourth station is the “Obstacle Course”. Participants must first run through five tires, go either over or under a log, walk over another log, and attach a logging cable that they have brought with them to a final log. They then must return through the obstacle course and touch a cone. Finally, they have to go back through this time undoing the cable and bringing it back with them. The last station is “Split The Dot”. Participants are given an ax to split a log. The log has a red dot painted on one side The goal is to get four pieces of wood with red on them. All the stations are fun and exciting, not to mention accompanied by great instructions from the OOS. Anyone going there is sure to have lots of fun.

Nicole CongdonReporter, The Lighthouse


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Quotes from the Rock Wall

“Cool, its real rock.”

“Calum, when you’re at the top, stop climbing.”

“Go Spider Amy!”

“We made route #2 just for you, so up you go!”

OOS – “I’m not tied to the tree anymore.”

Tom BrennanReporter, The Lighthouse

The Rules of SudokuThe classic Sudoku game involves a grid of 81 squares. The grid is divided into nine blocks, each containing nine squares.The rules of the game are simple: each of the nine blocks has to contain all the num-bers 1-9 within its squares. Each number can only appear once in a row, column or box.The difficulty lies in that each vertical nine-square column, or horizontal nine-square line across, within the larger square, must also contain the numbers 1-9, without repetition or omission.Every puzzle has just one correct solution.

Row!

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