The Lighthouse -- Jan/Feb 1996 The Lighthouse -- Jan/Feb 1996Our web site was mentioned in the December Leader magazine and it's in the new 1996 Canadian Internet Directory. Scouts Canada now has an official web site at http://www.scouts.ca which will soon have some information. The Guides also have an official site now. The December issue of [Ontario] Provincial Notes also contained a reference to the unofficial Canadian Rover Home Page (very slow link if accessing from the Durham Free-Net) maintained by former Brooklin Rover Dale Wick (it's in the Canadian Internet Directory, too).
Shortly, there should be a form on the Whitby What's New page on the World-Wide Web where you can register to receive e-mail from a robot every time something new is added. Watch for frequent updates (maybe even daily) of the results of the Whitby KubKar races.
A huge Advertising and Promotion (A&P) campaign is planned for Scout-Guide Week next month throughout the Mississauga to Oshawa 401 corridor. Although Whitby is not directly involved in this, we will be affected by it. Advertising in newspapers, radio and in busses will proclaim ``Be a Leader.'' A toll-free phone number is available for volunteers to register their interest. This campaign was done in B.C. last year and was highly effective.
We need help to man a mall display to promote Scouting during Scout-Guide Week. If you can spare an evening, call Neil Wick at 655-4065 or call the voice-mail number at the end of the newsletter.
She founded the 2nd Brooklin group in 1969, after moving to Brooklin from Highland Creek in Scarborough, where she had been a leader for many years. At the time, there was a two-year waiting list to get into the 1st Brooklin Cubs, which now no longer exists.
Hundreds of boys have benefitted from the guidance of Verna and of Joe, her husband, who started the 2nd Brooklin Scout troop. Joe died about 17 years ago.
Your editor was one of the original group of Cubs who made up the 2nd Brooklin group and when Verna asked me to help as a leader, I was hooked. I said I'd come for a couple of weeks, but I didn't think I could do it. More than 21 years after I first became a Junior Activity Leader, I'm still involved, so I guess I've concluded that I do enjoy it and I can make a contribution. After watching Verna being presented with 40 and 50 year pins, I hardly thought it proper to quit after only 5 or 10 years!
The Group Committee training scheduled for this month was cancelled due to lack of interest and there will be no TD-1 course held this year. A Crew Wood Badge course previously scheduled by Thornhill Summit has also been cancelled.
Many thanks are due to Kevin Tomlinson for the extremely successful Camp Certificate course held in November. This month's Emergency First Aid course was so popular that Jennifer had to start a waiting list.
This is a 30-hour course ($110) and you must have a current standard or emergency first aid certificate in order to enroll. The course is being given in Oshawa on March 8, 9, 10, 16 and May 3, 4, 5, 11.
Further information is available for these St. John Ambulance courses on our Web site, or on all courses from our ADC for Training, Jennifer Ackland. Register by Visa or MasterCard with the St. John Ambulance office at 434-7800 or 1-800-267-1032 or fax to 434-1042.
Planning is well underway for the White Tail Slap, this year being held at the Brooklin Community Centre on April 13.
The Whitby District Beaver Log Jam will be held on Sat., May 25, in the group camping area at Heber Down Conservation Area.
If you didn't send anyone to the Jan. 29 planning meeting from your pack, be sure you choose someone for the nest one.
Kub Kar races started Jan. 29 in the former Shopper's Drug Mart space at the Whitby Mall. We were lucky to get this large space, so come down any day Monday to Thursday and see the Cubs in action!
The Cub service team have noticed from this year's registrations that there are 33 Cub leaders who have not yet taken a Wood Badge Part I course. The next opportunity is Apr. 12 to 14 at Camp Samac (residential). Talk to your service team member or call Scouts Canada at Camp Samac to register. The cost is $60. We'd like to see as many as possible complete their Part I course.
The Whitby District Cuboree will be held May 10 to 12 at Heber Down Conservation Area. We'd like to see every pack participate. This is a great opportunity to get together with the other packs in the district.
The next district event for Scouts will be Laser Tag to be held Feb. 4 at Laser Quest in Oshawa. About 120 to 130 Scouts are expected to participate. What have you been doing in your troop lately? Write to the newsletter editor and let everyone know.
It's time to start thinking about the Canadian Jamboree, CJ '97, in Thunder Bay. As a Venturer, you have the option to participate as a participant or as staff. The Venturer service staff who attend the last CJ had a great time. Full details and registration forms will be available in March.
Photo packages are provided in a gold embossed frame with the Scouting logo. As last year, packages will be discounted for all sections and free packages will be provided for leaders. For further information and to book your group's photos, please contact Andy Hourahine at (416) 551-8681 (toll-free call).
Call John at 668-0193 or ask any Gilwellian. The Gilwellians are the people wearing Wood Badge beads around their necks. Their aims include promoting Wood Badge training among the leaders in the district and sending a delegation of people to the annual ``Gilwell Reunion'' at Blue Springs Scout Reserve near Acton every September.
The Maple Syrup Demonstration this year will be weekends from March 9 to 24 and daily during the March Break, March 11 to 15. Call the Conservation Authority office one week in advance at 579-0411 if you're planning to bring 20 or more people.
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