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Show A day away from Morn at Cub Scouf Day Camp il-lt-'-' If vou were 8 years old and already wlKjith summer, what would you V Or perhaps a bettor question is, If vou were th0 )ront of an 8 ear oki and he was bored with summer, hat would you do? Well, at least for one day last week hatreds of people found something for their 8, 9 and 10 year old boys to A,. And the answer is. ..Cub Scout Day Gimp. Trv to imagine for a minute when you were 8 years old. You pro-bably" pro-bably" weren't involved in scouting much, and if you were, it probably wasn't like this. You probably met in someone's home and a sweet old lady tried to teach you to tie knots. The on-Iv'proNem on-Iv'proNem was, she really didn't know-tow, know-tow, except for the diagram in the scout manual laid out on the table in front of her. The hundreds of boys who con-EMated con-EMated at the Old Maeser Church each day last week also learned to tie knots, only those instructors didn't even need a manual. The boys also participated in crafts, archery, BB gun safety, a wet sponge throw (that's nght, an obstacle course, geology understanding, and what w ould a Cub Scout Day Camp be without a gunny sack race. Roger and Joan Allred acted as Camp Directors and Daw n and Hecky Gerrard w ere Camp Program Directors. Direc-tors. Besides these people, many volunteers came from throughout the valley to help coordinate and supervise super-vise the day's activities. There was one supervisor for every six boys in attendance. at-tendance. The camp was run one day for each LDS stake in the area. Stake Commissioners included Lota Snow, Yicki Merrell, and Kay Tassainer. The boys w ere split into groups and participated in each activity for 30 minutes. Then a horn would sound and the boys were on their way to another activity. The crafts area was split between leatherworking and rock painting. Leatherworking involved the basics of v.- - - , . 1 t ' t 1 t ! ' x i '! . ' 1 i i ' I '-4 i : t r i ! f i . . 1 ' .u, i . : THE OBSTACLE course allowed boys to prove their physical fitness. It included arm strength, running, climbing, jumping, jump-ing, coordination and balance. PERHAPS THE most typical of all Boy Scout activities is ty-'g ty-'g knots. But not just tying a knot, tying the right knot for the nght purpose. Volunteers here show scouts the proper cutting and tooling. The scouts made sliiles for their neckorchieves. The rock painting portion of crafts was basically meant to give the scouts a chance to be creative. Knot tying involved the sheepshank, bowline, slip knot, and square knot mow how does that go, right over left and left over right, or is that a granny?). The BB gun shoot had a dual purpose pur-pose for the boys. Before they were allowed to shoot the guns they wore Riven instructions on the safe use of all guns, leaders said this portion of the camp is very valuable, since this is the age boys begin to use BB guns. The instruction w as such that it can be carried car-ried over when they begin using other typos of guns. Not only was the BB gun shoot enjoyable for the boys, they also were given credit toward scouting advancement. The geology portion of the camp was also used toward scouting credit. The scouts learned about giisonite, lava rock, obsidian, petrified wood, and lime. They w ere also taught about the uses of all those minerals. Each of the scouts were given samples to take home. There are three levels of cub scouts: the Wolf, the Bear, and Weblos. Each age group advances to the next level, providing they have passed all the requirements. re-quirements. The geology is necessary before anv of the bovs can become a Weblo. The obstacle course tested the scouts' physical abilities. The boys had to traverse various obstacles on their way to completing the course. They involved in-volved such skills as leg and arm strength, and muscle coordination. It provided the boys a guide by which they could tell what things they need to work on. The archery activity was on much the same level as the BB gun safety shooting. The boys were taught the proper and safe way to use archery equipment, and practiced their skill as well. The two remaining activities of the day. the w et sponge throw and the gun-nysack gun-nysack race, w ere meant as diversions for the boys. It gave the scouts a chance to let off a little steam and be more prepared for the next activity. The wet sponge throw placed a few of the boys at the mercy of the others, as they stood behind a sheet of plastic and put their heads through holes. The other boys then took their best shot, once the sponge was good and wet, of course. The gunnysack race had two parts. The first pitted the boys' ability abili-ty to hop down the law n faster than the other boys. The other portion split the boys into tw o groups and a tug-of-w ar ensued, all while the boys were still confined in their sacks. As state law requires, an Emergency Emergen-cy Medical Technician was present each day in case of injury. On this particular par-ticular day, Robin Bemis donated his time, and treated a few minor scrapes - c ! f j I .. ! '' ' :'7 ' . -: ..,'.' i - ' . .:...:': A - . . : ' . 'A- . .'' ' t. - - ' ' ' ' . . p ' - 1 .V r y - A -'A .- , A. , f ' a a .VAA ' "A ' ' ' ' XW , ' , . :4 V i' -'.'. ' ' .'-.-:-' j WA'-.' ' -" ,:' ' 1 v- j '-'' -M v I y ) .... t . s..;,h ; ::-. . V : ;' ' J- , - . ' J i. - , s r -' A ) 1 K.m A. -m- -...n, t ' i - ----- - y i - - m r im. ' - r n i iiii rtf T - - n Tr w ' Mi THE GUNNYSACK tug-of-war provided a across the center line. Besides the tug-of- fun diversion from the learning activities war, boys also participated in gunnysack of the day. Boys gritted teeth and planted races, feet in an attempt to pull the other side and rope burns. No serious accidents occurred. Although the camp only spelled the boys from boredom for one day, the leaders hope that much more comes from the experience than just that. Not only did the boys spend an enjoyable day and learn things along the way, but they also had Die chance to be part of a coordinated experience between scouts, volunteer supervisors and scout leaders. Probably few- of the boys realized how much work went into in-to the day's program, but some time in the future no doubt they will appreciate ap-preciate it, and to all those volunteers, thanks will come from the heart, even if too few thanks were vocally expressed express-ed that day. I ? ,,- - - "' " " 1 -' -"f ZZ. T- , - V - - -i I" i ... ' J ,- , x : f "" . ' '; '-h : . 'I';' ' ; "V C-hteJ i , , l ' kv..-" rx " k S, , y " ' t '5-'Xi-.'-. .'?."- '. '5,- ' .-'-l tr ' - V . , ,' - ...... ... ,i.;i.r:' . s way to tie a bowline. Other knots the boys learned are the square knot, slip knot and sheepshank. I V. j ' ; v j . ' k... p. K """ ' r .A)f , ! ,. -. ' FOR MANY boys, Cub Scout day camp provided their experience ex-perience with a bow and arrow. The camp emphasized safety safe-ty first, not only with archery, but also with BB guns. |
