The Lighthouse - Friday, July 17

Everybody at this camp has a role, be it participant, program staff, publicity, subcamp staff or admin team. You may not think of them as vital, but it is only thanks to the Admin Team that this camp has been running as smoothly as it is. It is thanks to the hard work of all of these people that make up the admin team that we have had a pleasant experience, particularly thanks to Mike Tomczak, our wonderful registrar. Mike is the amazing individual who has communicated with every single OOS and Unit who attended PJ. His hard work enabled all of us to have the most pleasant experience possible while registering for camp. Another hardworking team member is Mike Tennisco, (that’s right, the admin team has Mike T2!) the person who has

made all of the nametags worn by leaders, OOS and participants out on scuba or kayaking. He informed this reporter that the Admin Team has processed close to 3000 of these nametags. In producing the nametags for Scouts attending SCUBA and kayak sessions, both Mikes worked until 6 o’clock in the morning. Because of their dedication, participants are able to go to these sessions. Fortunately for him, the nametag portion of his job is almost over, meaning that he will soon be changing pace and instead focusing on running the PJ Garage Sale. The Garage Sale, for those of you who don’t know, is a Jamboree’s way of trying to sell off some of the equipment that was bought and that it is not economical to keep in storage for the next four years. The equipment

being sold is typically specialized equipment that has only been used for PJ 15. Some of this year’s equipment includes Mountain bikes, scuba gear, and those lovely picnic tables you’ve all been using. If you’re interested, Mike (Tennisco, not Tomczak) will be selling these items starting on Saturday. Another important (and very busy) member of the admin team is Transportation Coordinator Scott Alsop. Due to the fact that he is so busy organizing the transportation to offsite activities and arranging departure, I was unable to interview him.

Masterminding the efforts of the team is Admin Team leader Cathy (AKA Princess) Hauen. She is the beating heart of the Admin organization, which touches every part of PJ 15. The Admin folk join every other department in hoping their work helps you have a great PJ.

I walked down the path, sheltered off to the side of Nah’Tsa’Maht or The Meeting Place, right through the games area. I followed the signs, and found myself trudging by the Legacy Trail, taking a hard right and walking right past the group of youth waiting at the fork. I was going fencing. I was excited about learning how to fence. Using a sword was a childhood dream of mine, and the dream is still alive. Trying my hardest to keep calm, I stepped into the clearing to see 65 Scouts, their Scouters and three other people trying to move benches covered in gear. Doing the Scout thing, I walked over to them. Before introducing myself, I picked up one of them and helped them finish moving. Then, I introduced myself and offered to interview them after the groups were done. I sat down on the benches with the participants, took off my Manitoba Contingent jacket and got ready for the long wait ahead. After a short while, the leader of the group, a Gold Medalist from France named Eric, gave his introductions, introducing Thomas and Fanny. As the youth were getting into lines, Eric pointed to me and told me that they’ll entertain me as well. I shuddered

with excitement, then got up and hopped into the line, got paired up with one of the Scouts, and we proceeded to the start point. Eric and Thomas talked to us about the swords; the Sabre- slashing and piercing, the Epee- solely for piercing; and what we were using- the Foil, a weapon like the Epee, but shorter and with a smaller hand guard. As with all of the blades, the point was covered and edges dulled till they were flat. We practiced for a short time, then got suited up and started the matches. On picking up the foil, what struck me first was how light it was, and how short mine was compared to my foe’s. Already I was placed at a disadvantage and began formulating a plan- something I’d done many times in virtual battles while playing video-games. Choosing to use my shorter, sturdier and less bendy blade to my advantage, parrying was key. One, Two, Three- Thrust! Would be my pattern, and it worked until he went on the defence. Now I had to rethink what I was doing.

What could only be described as a dance of sorts continued on for several minutes until we were given a different partner. This time I had some trouble, as I was fighting an aggressive fighter, where I’m very much the same. It became a game of blocking and redirection as opposed to a pattern. I had to react to every move separately, like a game of

chess. Stepping into every attack, dodging or blocking, then landing a point was tough, but the adrenaline from doing something I’d always wanted to and being in the midst of a match made me forget about the buckets of sweat and how tired I was. Once the match was over, and I’d come out victorious once again (humble brag) and everything had be cleaned up, I walked over to Eric and Thomas, and began the interview.

Eric had grown up with a fencer for a father, so he had been introduced at 5 years old, where Thomas was interested in it the same way I was - swords. I asked them about how they got the gear out.

They motioned to the truck the swords were stored in and said they’d filled it and put several bags on the roof. They had 75 sets of gear, filling 15 bags. My primary interest with the gear was the swords, and I asked about them. They were all made of steel, forged individually. There were sizes suitable for young kids to fully grown adults. I chuckled at how I’d gotten a sword shorter than my arm, and we all got a good laugh out of it. I asked them what made fencing better than other sports, and their response was simple- it teaches you to respect your opponent and how to think differently than normal, less like how we do, and more like a chess board. It lets you be unique, using the example of boxes; we have only so many boxes, and we have to fit into one. Fencing takes the box away and lets you be unique within the rules. I asked them how many hours the average professional practices, and their response was 30-45 hours a week. With the sport running from September to July, it’s a lot of practice to get to the top echelons of the sport. Once the interview was done, I shook their hands and started working my way back to Raven HQ, having done something I’ve dreamed of doing for years.

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Visitors Day

Wednesday marked Visitors Day at PJ2015, and folks were busy checking in at the gate. Most people were eager to see their Scout or Venturer; most were from the Victoria area. Kat and Chris Rainsburry with 2 year old daughter Rayna were the first to make their way into camp. They were bringing supplies, clean socks, towels and treats to their offers of service CJ and Mika from 1st Cedar Hill in Victoria. They also have a son visiting on Cub day who was looking forward to badge trading. “We’ve heard it’s lots of fun, the food is really, really good and the wasps are nasty.” Dina and Charlie Rivers came to visit their son with 3rd Douglas Scouts “somewhere in Orca.” They have been following the events at camp on Facebook and Twitter and had a camp chair and coffee for their leaders. Proud grandparents Sharon and Gary Holland were looking forward to seeing their grandson Ben carrying on the family tradition. Both were involved in Scouting and Guiding 70 years ago. “I was a Brownie, then a Guide and a leader in Vancouver.” Gary was a Cub, Scout and Venturer with 41st West Point Gray United Church at the end of the 2nd World war in 1945. Neither had attended a jamboree before. They were excited to visit their grandson from 15th Capilano in North Vancouver. They were amazed at the size of the event with almost 3,000 Cub Scouts, Scouts, Venturer Scouts, Rover Scouts and Scouters.

Kate MuzykaReporter, The Lighthouse

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My Monkido Aerial Adventure

Yesterday I got up and got on a bus to Wild Play, an aerial adventure park. I talked to some Scouts waiting for the bus. Most had never been before and they all seemed really excited to go to. After a twenty minute bus ride, we arrived at Wild Play in Colwood. Once we arrived, the people at Wild Play collected all the parent consent forms from the leaders. After the paperwork was finished, everyone was split into groups by age. Each group was then called up to get their gear on. The Wild Play staff made sure everyone’s gear was put on properly and tightened. After everyone had their gear on we headed down to a small demo course to learn all the safety rules. Safety rules are very important at Wild Play. On everyone’s harness there are two straps with carabineers on them and one zip line hook. One main rule they have is whenever your feet aren’t on the ground one carabineer must be hooked on to the orange cord the runs through the entire course. This means if you slip, you will just hang there and not fall. After learning how to do the course safely we began. Wild Play has all different obstacles including cargo nets, zip lines, type ropes, swinging logs, swaying bridges, and rope swings. There are four sections with different difficulties: green, blue, red, and black. Green is the easiest and lowest to the ground, and black is the hardest and highest up. Any participant over 11 was allowed to do up to the red course. Anyone younger did the kids course. Everyone had their own way of completing the obstacles and had different opinions on which obstacles were the most fun or the scariest. Some even said the obstacles they found the scariest was also the one they had the most fun on. Wild Play is really about pushing your own boundaries, going at your own pace and having fun. I think everyone who came with me yesterday did just that.

Lindsay DaggReporter, The Lighthouse

Homeward Bound

PJ is slowly drawing to a close, and as much as we don’t like to think about going home after such an awesome week, we do have to start planning how we’re getting home. I got out to talk to some Scouts about how they plan on getting home, and the answers were all across the board. Ellie Cerhit, who came out to PJ from Edmonton, Alberta, is driving home. As someone who’s made the trip to Alberta in a car, my sympathies to her and anyone else who has to drive farther than a province to get back home. That long in a car can’t be fun. Although hey, you’ve probably already done it once, and it was (we hope) a more than fair trade for such an amazing week here at Camp Barnard. Aidan Horseman, whose group came from Saskatchewan, is heading home by train. Apparently, it’ll take three days and the train they’re travelling in lacks sleeper cars—best of luck to you on that trip, and I hope your seats lean back enough for you to sleep! I spoke to a few kids from Manitoba who are flying out, some who are from the lower mainland and only have to catch a ferry, and a few who are on the island and are being picked up when camp is over. However you’re getting home, have a safe trip and enjoy your final day at PJ 15 before you think about leaving.

Natasha RitterReporter, The Lighthouse

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Glass Work

Out at the special events tents beside the main field, there was an exciting glass work session/demonstration by local glass artisan and teacher Susan Isaac. Isaac works with fused glass to make beautiful pieces including jewelry, dishes and plates. The technique that Isaac uses for her glass work is a 4000 year old Egyptian technique. The only difference is that Isaac uses automated temperature regulating systems and other fancy machines whereas the Egyptians only had clay fire kilns. In order to make fused glass of brilliant colours, the temperature of the glass needs to be regulated like crazy, as the glass need to be heated evenly. Due to the difficulty in making fused glass, it is significantly more expensive than other varieties. Window glass is $3.75 per square foot, stained glass is $12, and fused glass is $26. There was a hands-on demonstration, where participants had the chance to cut glass and bend glass rods called stringers. We bent thin glass rods over tea candles (undoubtedly a difficult endeavor) and cut glass using a manual glass cutting tool with a diamond wheel attached to the front. Needless to say it was a spectacular demonstration! Be sure to check out other presentations at the special events tent next to the main field, with a new demonstration every day. Also if you happen to be a Sooke local and are interested in taking glass classes, be sure to look up Susan Isaac as she teaches glass work classes for all ages and perhaps you can make masterpieces as well.

Tess KingReporter, The Lighthouse

Lost In Space

“Where’s my water bottle?” “Has anybody seen my hat?” If you have lost something at PJ it might have been handed in to the Lost and Found. In a corner of the main field is the Care Corps (pronounced ‘core’ not ‘corpse’). There, Scouter Janet and Scouter Sally have a shelf full of hats, a box full of bottles and lots of other lost gear. They don’t want to take it home, so if you’ve lost something, you might want to take a look. Here are some things this roving reporter found there this morning: Complete Washkit (who hasn’t been washing all week?)Liam Northcott’s sunscreen (hope you’ve been staying in the shade then)Departure Bay troop banner (get it before you depart)Compass (maybe the owner is lost as well) “Andrew Dallas” name badge (guess who this belongs to?)A wedding ring was lost at the bottom of the lake (Sorry, not found yet)

Tom BrennanReporter, The Lighthouse

Obstacle Course Hero

Staff on the obstacle course are praising one of their own for his quick thinking, heroic act that saved a Scout from certain injury earlier this week. On Monday, Venturer Offer of Service Graham Laird was working a spot on the aerial course called “Ring around the Rosie,” a complicated series of platforms that surrounds an enormous old growth tree. Pauline Attle-Billey, an OOS with the obstacle course says one of the pieces of wood fell, and Graham quickly stepped in and braced both the plank and a rather nervous Scout that was standing on it.The section of course is at least seven feet in the air. “I put Graham up there because he was one of the larger youth we have. It was a good thing, because he was tall enough to catch him.” Graham doesn’t believe his surge of adrenaline was a big deal. “It just happened, it was a heat of the moment type of thing. I just did what I had to do.” Thanks to Graham, no one was hurt. Staff were so moved by his selfless act, they are recommending him for an award. It’s believed that Scouts were jumping on the rope before the incident; it has since been fixed and tested with the weight of six adults.



Plan-Do-Review

Scouting across the country is going through some exciting changes called the Canadian Path. Scouters and SIT’s have been turning out to the Indaba shelter at PJ2015 to learn more about the fun new program. Having been through the Chief Scout process once with my older youth (now Offer of Service,) I went along to take a sneak peek at what I can introduce to my brand new Scouts this year. Grant Loyer, DCC Program Services is leading the event that focuses on providing updated information on the Canadian Path’s four components: Youth led; Plan-Do-Review; Adventure; and S.P.I.C.E.S. It was also an opportunity for folks from across the country to collaborate on experiences and share information.After years of consultation within the worldwide movement, The Canadian Path will be rolled out starting next month. It will be gradually integrated into the current program across all five sections.


There’s gold in them Thar Hills

It was early 1864 that gold was discovered in the Sooke river, just outside of PJ2015 at Camp Bernard. In just a few year, people rushed down from the Caribou and up from California to stake their claim. About five kilometres upstream from the location we’re using for our gold panning event is the ghost town of Leechtown. In August 1864, a hundred miners arrived on a boat, and by the end of that year the population had boomed to five thousand. The gold rush was short-lived, and the town was soon abandoned. Today the area is a glorious provincial park known as the Sooke Potholes, a series of deep polished rock pools carved naturally into the bedrock, a geographical wonder from the last ice age about 15 thousand years ago. This week, it has been one of the most popular destinations for PJ paerticipants, with twelve hundred people coming through. Neil Taylor is the program activity leader and says there really is gold in the riverbed, but admits they did give it a little boost for the Scouts. “We have about half an ounce but the dirt for the kids I brought down from Lumby and added it with the gold from Princeton.” Everyone who goes gold panning will find something to take home. There are five Venturers and a few adults running the program. It’s not a bad job to relax in the sunshine all day. If you’re scheduled for this event, be sure to take water shoes and hiking boots. You will need to cross the river and take a short hike through the trees.



We’re Almost Done

As the end of camp approaches many are wishing there were more days left. More time to make new friends, and to do activities they didn’t get a chance to. More days left to camp and to have more fun memories to remember.Scouts and Scouters from 1st Salmon Arm and 3rd Boundary Bay all wish they could have a few more days at camp to participate in more activities such as geocaching, sailing, fencing and the Spirit Quest.For some campers, walking back and forth to activities has been a long walk every day if they were out in Bear. The walk was shorter for those in Orca and even shorter for Thunderbird campers, but it was still a good walk. This however has not seemed to effect anyone’s enthusiasm about the week. Everywhere you look there are often smiles on everyone’s faces. Whether you were camped out in a field, up a hill or tucked into the trees, I think we can all agree that this has been a week that we will never forget. Besides, with fun activities both in and out of camp and the chance to meet many amazing new friends, who would want to? Of course, there are other Jamborees and the chance to be OOS in the next PJ.

Nicole CongdonReporter, The Lighthouse

OOS Shenanigans

Being an OOS isn’t all fun and games, but that doesn’t mean it’s all work either. Although there is a ton of work involved being an OOS to keep the camp and activities clean, safe, and exciting, the OOS have been doing it all with a smile, a few jokes and a couple of crazy events. For example, almost every OOS has brought, or at least knows of someone who brought a pack of cards. This means just about one kid per friend group has playing cards on them at all times, and games tend to gather a large crowd in a very small amount of time. Most games with over five people devolve into laughing and throwing cards after about ten minutes, but it’s mostly in good humor, and even chaotic crazy card games can be fun. Many of the OOS also have running jokes or make consistent pop culture references. I’ve witnessed fold up Frisbee magic tricks, multiple people being stamped on the face (either for recycling or for the popcorn the OOS get during the movie in the evening), a huge amount of jokes about wasps and apple juice, and one memorable moment when I myself yelled out “WHAT TEAM?” during lunch only to be greeted with a rousing yell of “WILDCATS!”—looks like everyone had their head in the game. One thing is for sure; as this week draws to a close and we all pack up and plan our departures, I’m positive I won’t be the only one who misses the crazy antics of the OOS.

Natasha RitterReporter, The Lighthouse

Shoutout to the Admin TeamPrincess Cathy Hauen wants to send a shoutout to all the members of the Administration department. This team has worked tirelessly to make sure everyone at PJ had all the right identification, registration, forms, and services that they need. Because of them, activities could happen on the Naval Base and Wild Play. That’s only a part of what they have done for you. Thank you all from Cathy.


Quotes from the Lake“I told you once, I’m not awake yet.”

“It’s on - I’m getting undressed.”

“I have a feeling I’m getting wet today.”

“Who owns that one dirty sock?”

“It’s only cold if you get out.”

Lifeguard: “Nobody swims outside the dock unless they fall out of a canoe.”

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1. Address numbers on the sides of a house2. A map3. White, it is a polar bear because if all the windows are facing south, then the house is at the north pole.4. You do not bury the survivors, they are survivors and do not need to be buried5. Roosters can’t lay eggs6. A waterfall7. A stamp8. A stick

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