PhilNews — June 16, 2006: Issue 9

Issue Two
June 16, 2006
Tennessee Boys . . . . . . . . .Pg. 3
Fish Camp . . . . . . . . . . . . .Pg. 4
Mule Days . . . . . . . . . . . . .Pg. 6
ROCS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Pg. 14
Water Use . . . . . . . . . . . . .Pg. 21
Extreme Game Danger . . . . .Everywhere
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PhilNews
Philmont
News & Photo
Service Staff
Editor-in-Chief
John van Dreese
NPS Manager
Stuart Sinclair
PhilNews Manager
Benjamin Foote
PhilNews Staff
Angelo Pompeo
Kate Shipley
Eric Stann
Photo Manager
Kimberly Banzhaf
Table of Contents
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Miles from Nowhere
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Local News
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World News
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Sports
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Concert Calendar
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Scouting 101
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Entertainment
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Chaplain’s Corner
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Miles From Nowhere...
BY BENJAMIN FOOTE
Philnews Manager
"It's like email," said a coworker, explaining
the I-Camp system to an inquisitive advisor,
"just it takes about five days longer."
Reflection on this statement brought me to
the conclusion that I-Camping is, in fact,
fundamentally not like emailing. In the first
place, the spam factor of email which so
aggravates us back in the real world does
not exist at Philmont; except the few
unfortunate souls who have
received
square-tinned
"meat", to whom I send my
sympathies.
But more importantly, the time factor sets ICamps apart from emails, and therefore sets
our Philmont lives apart from our so-called
"normal" ones. Simply put, time is different
here.
Philmont time is a return to natural time.
Out here, time is not measured in minutes or
milliseconds, but rather in suns risen and set,
breaths inhaled and exhaled, hiking steps
taken, right and left.
In the dizzyingly hurried time of our modern
society, time is ticked off by the mechanistic
jerk of the second hand patrolling the
perimeter of the clockface; its ticking counts
off the perpetual march towards productivity
and progress.
The timepiece of Nature, on the other hand,
is a tree's shadow revolving lazily around its
base, lengthening and shortening like the
timeless ebb and flow of an ocean tide.
Back home, every second passed is something lost, something that should have been
done; out here, each moment, each breath,
each heartbeat, each step is something experienced, something gained.
We can see these differences manifested in
the crews that come through Philmont. In lit-
eral terms, crews on normal treks spend ten
days hiking Philmont's backcountry trails.
However, if you sit at the snack bar, the welcome center, or somewhere else in Base
Camp and watch for a while, you can see a
difference between trailbound and homebound crews for which ten days in the "real"
world could not possibly account.
Philmont's ten-day crash course in humility
and self-assurance, strengths and weaknesses, limitations and abilities is worth years of
experience and maturity. Even though
those homebound crews have
been lugging their heavy packs
all over these mountains for
almost two weeks, you can still
see them standing a little bit taller
than when they headed out on the
trail.
As staff, we are not immersed quite as completely in Nature's time. We have program at
a certain time, we have our days off schedules,
we have email to check and cell phones to
chat on. Often these are seen as amenities or
advantages that staffers have over campers,
but perhaps this is not always the case.
It is always good to keep in touch with the
folks back home, but that should not keep us
from taking full advantage of the precious
opportunity these few months provide: to
breathe, to relax, to air out and refresh our
spirits, and to waste time, because you may
never get another chance to waste time as
productively and fulfillingly as you will at
Philmont.
On the cover:
The men of Pueblano battle the
rest of the North Country staff in a
fierce logger ball showdown.
PHOTO BY JOSH FEATHER
NPS Photographer
Feature
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Tennesse Boy brings Appalachian flavor to Philmont
PhilNews Staff
upright bass; and, the only member not
actually from Tennessee, Ryan Crider, fiddle, mandolin, guitar, and vocals.
Patty Davis is a logger, not a lumberjack.
Don't mix it up, or he and his Pueblano boys
will set you straight. And it might hurt.
Younts, Pitcock and Davis perform a
three-part harmony in most of the songs
on the CD.
Patty went on three treks at Philmont and
loved the logging camps, but Pueblano
has always been his favorite.
They continued their tradition of playing
old Appalachian tunes at campfires
around Philmont. They have since gone
their separate ways, but they remain a
close-knit group.
BY KATE SHIPLEY
"Pueblano's kind of my home. I love the
land and the trees… I love cutting the
trees down," Davis jokes.
In his fifth year at Philmont, Davis has
been a program counselor at Pueblano
twice and the camp director at Crater
Lake. He spent one summer in cabin
restoration, "rat-proofing" buildings at
Fish Camp and Lower Bonito.
Currently he is the camp director at
Pueblano, teaching campers to climb spar
poles, split railroad ties, and play "logger
ball," but he brings more than just mountain man skills to the campfire there.
For the past 12 years, Davis has been oneseventh of the Tennessee Boys, who released
their first album May of this year (available
at the Tooth of Time Traders).
The seven boys met at their local council
camp as staffers. Mere 14-year-olds, they
formed a band and worked at the camp for
seven years.
When they got too old for that, they
applied as a group for Philmont, but they
were split up. That didn't faze them, however, and they have worked 22 seasons at
Philmont combined.
The Tennessee Boys are comprised of
Patty Davis, vocals and kazoo; Corey
Younts, banjo, mandolin, guitar, and
vocals; Charles Pitcock, harmonica and
vocals; Brian Rappold, guitar and mandolin; Brian Barnes, guitar; Carl Hofstrom,
"We're like brothers… we are brothers,"
Davis said. They still call each other often
and get together at least twice a year.
Shaefer's Pass, and Patty eventually lost.
"It took me a year to grow up and apologize," Davis said. Now 25 years old,
Davis uses his role at Pueblano to help
campers grow in their own way. He may
jokingly taunt them during a game of logger ball, but at the campfire the message
is clear: Philmont is about the journey,
not the destination.
As a camp director, Davis also teaches his
program counselors how to positively
affect the campers' experiences at
Philmont. Leading by example, he
demonstrates the importance of hard
work and quality programs.
When they were asked to put together a
CD for the trading post, they spent two
days compiling some of their favorite
songs, most of which they borrowed from
Appalachia and transplanted to Philmont.
One classic Philmont tune, "Colfax
County," reflects the group's history of
great campfires. For Davis, the best part
of his job is performing campfire songs
and skits for the campers.
"It's the satisfying feeling of everybody
laughing, and by the end, you have them
in the palm of your hand," Davis said.
"The only things I remember from my
treks now are the Baldy Town, Tooth and
Pueblano campfires."
His most fulfilling memory at Philmont
also reflects his love for the campfires.
"It was the first time I ever told Pancho
Villa my style," Davis said. His goal at
Philmont is to have great campfires and
great programs, which he hopes will
change campers' lives for the better, the
way his life was changed at Philmont.
On his last trek, Davis, a cocky 18-yearold, wanted to hike down Tooth Ridge in
boxers and sandals, but his father thought
otherwise. They argued for three hours on
"Philmont opens my eyes and makes me
realize what life should be like," Davis
said. "Each year I say it's my last but I
keep coming back."
Patty has also learned to put up with the
rats in the cabin at Pueblano.
"Rats are very smart, one of the smartest
animals on earth. They're my friends,"
Davis said.
While he's not at Philmont, Davis studies
history at the University of Tennessee, with
a minor in secondary education. He plans on
teaching high school history or continuing
his education and becoming a professor.
"I want to be a professor someday …and
a dancer…a history dancer," Davis said.
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Feature
A Long Awaited Journey Close to Home
BY ANGELO POMPEO
Philnews Staff
It might sound strange and unfortunate to
you, but it took me over eighteen years of
living in Cimarron to get to see more of
Philmont than what's next to the highway.
I'd heard all about beautiful places up in
the mountains, but never had the chance
to experience them for myself. Fish Camp
was one of those places, and it bothered
me to know there was something so beautiful and so close to home, that until the
other day I knew nothing about.
Since I am only eighteen and just became
eligible to work at Philmont this year, I
guess it's a little more excusable, but it's
still something I didn't want hidden from
me any longer.
After my first year of college living in the
flatlands of west Texas, my whole view of
home changed. Even though I grew up
here, I never valued what I had. I always
took the mountains, the sunsets, and the
stars for granted.
I first began to recognize what I had here
when I came home for Christmas break;
now that I'm here for the summer, it's really set in. Every day I think about how
lucky I am to see Tooth Ridge and Black
Mountain from my porch, to have
Philmont right here in my front yard.
I started talking to a couple friends who
work at Philmont about just what goes on
out here, only four miles from my home. I
really started to think that if people from
all across the country come here to spend
their summer, there must be something
special out here that I don't know about.
There must be more to this area than the
symptomatic spells of boredom we complained of as children, and I wanted to
find out what it was.
I came out and looked to see if there were
any jobs that interested me. I decided on
News & Photo Services. I love to write any-
way, but it also gave me a way to see almost
any part of the backcountry I wanted.
Soon after beginning my job, people
steadily started flowing into the office,
usually for their photo IDs, from places
like Massachusetts, Georgia, Virginia, and
the great Northwest. All were amazing
places that I would love to see if only I
had the chance.
The weird thing was that they were the
ones coming here. Growing up here I
never saw northern New Mexico as a
thriving vacation spot or a quintessential
summer destination for college students.
Yet they kept coming in, one after another: Montana, Kentucky, Wisconsin, and
the Carolinas.
"What is it that draws all these people
here?" I kept asking myself. I couldn't
wait for my chance to go out and see what
these mountains I've been around all my
life really had to show me.
So Fish Camp it was. That's where I
decided I'd take my first hike. Not too
intense, or so I thought, and beautiful
from all I'd heard; it seemed like an all
around good place to get myself started.
The part you have to understand, before
hearing about the hike, is that after a few
years in Cub Scouts, a couple good years
of popcorn sales, and some pretty decent
success in the Pinewood Derby, I gave up
scouting and focused more on athletics
and other activities. For this reason, I
never got to do any serious hiking. Maybe
a day hike in the Cimarron Canyon once
or twice, but that's about it.
So I set off Saturday morning with my
rented pack packed as best I could, and by
about 3 O'clock we'd made it. We had
chili dogs for dinner with the Fish Camp
staff and they seemed so good after hours
of hiking. Then I fly fished for a while
under the setting sun, and finally got to
just sit on the cabin porch and rest my
sore bones. The full moon and the sound
of the converging streams were both
immediate and surreal.
The next morning we had to leave, out
and over Webster Pass. Since many of
you have experienced what I did-probably
to a greater degree-I don't have to go into
the details of the full-body soreness, and
the painstaking hour spent "bushwhacking" in the wet, cluttered, boulder-filled
old creek bed before finally finding our
way back to the trail.
The greatness and reality of it all hit me at
that point, you're probably familiar with,
when the hike turns from being a fun a
fun, sightseeing trip, to a tiresome excursion that becomes more focused on just
making it through. And it's that feeling
that once the trip is over, makes it all the
more meaningful.
Now I'm back home, sitting on my porch
swinging and watching the sun settle
behind the mountains. I just sit, writing
about my own trip, but also wondering
how many other people were up in those
mountains, at the camps, feeling the same
way I was.
I came to the conclusion that this must be it.
Aside from the obvious beauty of the land,
it's the test you set up for yourself. Atest that
you'll do anything it takes to pass, and the
feeling of achievement that comes afterward
must be what draws people here and continues to bring them back year after year.
I can't be sure what it is for everyone, but
this is the way I found to describe the
peaceful feeling of accomplishment that
accompanied the journey I'd just completed.
I can now look out differently and say that
I've seen at least a little of what lies
beyond my view from here on the porch,
and I see that the trip somehow amounted
to more than the number of miles, to give
me a couple of eye-opening and fulfilling
days.
Feature
Maverick Club Fourth of July Rodeo
BY CHUCK ENLOE
Rodeo Club Chairman
The Fourth of July Rodeo in Cimarron is a big
tradition for our community. This year will mark
our 83rd consecutive rodeo. The rodeo is sponsored by the Cimarron Maverick Club.
Philmont has always been a large part of our
rodeo. Many Philmont staff have been contestants, winning many events and buckles
throughout the years. Of course, many more
come just as spectators to enjoy the show.
Without Philmont, our rodeo would not be the
success it is today.
If you would like to participate in our rodeo look
for a rodeo poster outlining the events. To
enter, call 505-864-8769 6-10 p.m. on June 26th.
You may enter the morning of the Fourth, but
please try to call and enter on June 26th.
This is probably not a good time to try riding
your first bull or bronc. However, many years
ago I rode my first bull here in Cimarron. I did
not last very long, but it was something that will
stay with me forever.
Remember, if you do get hurt, and it does happen, your Philmont experience may end for the
summer. And you are responsible for all medical expenses.
We also have dances on the evening of the
2nd and 3rd of July. Please come join us and
have a fun time. Remember, however, that
underage drinking will not be tolerated. Also,
furnishing alcohol for minors is a fourth degree
felony in the state of New Mexico. That means
getting a free ride to Raton in a police car, losing your job at Philmont, and I do believe that
felons don't get to vote or own firearms.
Please be responsible. We not only represent
Philmont, but also the Boy Scouts of America.
If you can get the time, please join us.
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PhilNews
Feature
Cimarron celebrates Mule Days
BY ERIC STANN
PhilNews Staff
The Second Annual Cimarron Mule
Days was held at the Maverick
Grounds in Cimarron on June 9, 10,
and 11. Featured in the Mule Days
Parade on June 10 were the Oklahoma
City based Express Personnel
Clydesdales. Other attractions during
the three day event included a ride on
the Santa Fe Trail, a pancake breakfast, cowboy church, a barn dance,
and a consigned mule sale.
PHOTO
BY DAVID COUNTS
NPS Photographer
Summer Concert Weekend June 22 - June 24
The Short Grass Music Festival celebrates its second concert year with a
full weekend of music featuring a trifecta of talent. Kalichstein-LaredoRobinson Trio, Ferintosh Celtic AllStars and CowJazz Western Swing
Band will perform live June 22, 23
and 24 at selected venues in and
around Cimarron, NM. This is the
Short Grass Music Festival's biggest
production to date. With it, they pursue their mission of providing northeastern New Mexico with a variety of
fine, live musical performances for
people of all ages.
In a return engagement, internationally
acclaimed chamber trio KalichsteinLaredo-Robinson will launch the
weekend with a 7 p.m. concert
Thursday evening June 22 at the
United Methodist Church. The trio
played the music festival's first concert
in June, 2005. Celebrating their 20th
year playing music together,
Kalichstein-Laredo-Robinson began
their career as a trio performing at the
White House for President Jimmy
Carter's inaugural ball. The United
Methodist Church, though acoustically
wonderful, is nevertheless an intimate
venue and seating will be limited.
Ferintosh Celtic All-Stars will perform in the newly-built Immaculate
Conception Parish Hall Friday
evening, June 23 at 7 p.m. This trio
of traditional musicians joined forces
after recording the CD Castles, Kirks,
and Caves and have recently completed their first CD together, Ferintosh.
Their sound combines the soulfulness
and energy of Scottish songs and
dance tunes with the precision and
color of Baroque.
Because no proper northeastern New
Mexico music festival is complete
without a fandango of some kind,
CowJazz Western Swing Band will
play a dance at the Colfax Tavern 8
p.m. Saturday evening. Combining
East Texas roots music with their own
special twist, CowJazz is already well
established as a local favorite.
Formed in 2004, the Short Grass
Music Festival is a non-profit organization based here in Colfax County.
The Festival looks forward to building
a concert series that will enhance the
quality of life in the community, as
well as providing opportunities for
students who are currently underserved in the arts. Last y ear's concert
season allowed the group to bring NM
Winds, the University of New
Mexico's artist faculty ensemble to
give performance workshops in
Cimarron and Eagle Nest schools as
well as a free community concert at
the United Methodist Chruch.
Tickets are available now at Blue
Moon Ecelctic as well as other businesses in Cimarron. Please call 505376-9040 for further information on
tickets, reservations and festival
updates or check the web site,
www.cimarronnm.com and click on
Events. Tickts on sale at Staff
Dinning Hall or calling Lois Gallaway
at 376-4623.
Advice
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The Manly Men of Pueblano Know All
Please be aware that the
views expressed in this
column do not necessarily represent those of
PhilNews, Philmont
Scout Ranch, or the Boy
Scouts of America.
Q: Where should I hang my name
tag when I wear my Cool-Max shirt?
~Victim of fashion police brutality
A: The Cool-Max is a highly innovative and technological device greatly
utilized in the common era. However,
one should take note of the tradition of
greatness. Gene Schnell doesn't wear a
Cool-Max. How many Cool-Maxes do
you think he owns?
Q: What is the appropriate victory
dance for beating someone onehanded in foosball?
~The Foosball Master
A: Simply back-hand the adversary
with the free hand. Five across the eye
will put the pompous doofer back in
his place.
Q: An anonymous person keeps
sending me annoying multi-colored
I-camps. How can I politely tell them
to stop and just be normal?
~Tired of rainbow ink
A: First off, just be glad you're receiving such diamonds in the rough. Some
of us don't receive anything. Secondly,
loggers like sending their "works of
art," so suck it up and deal with it.
~C o n fu s ed ab o u t co w b o y s
A: You must pass these three questions:
1.Is your belt buckle bigger than your
face?
2.Do you prefer the smell of air conditioning to the smell of fresh cow pie?
3.Just freakin' ask them. A little conversation is good for you.
Q: Seriously why are loggers so
attractive?
~Lumberjack Lover
A: Two sticks of butter and bacon at
every meal. The rest is good wholesome exercise.
Q: I recen tl y h a d a n emb a rr assin g i n ci d en t wh ere I mi s took a p ers o n d res s ed u p fo r
PTC western night for a
wran gler. W h a t i s a g o o d wa y
to tell them apart to avoid
fu ture co n fu s i o n ?
Q: Why shouldn't we mess with
Texas?
~Walker Texas Stranger
A: Yeah. Why not? But be sure to hug
it to make it feel better afterward.
Tell us your troubles!
The wise and compassionate men at
Pueblano are anxiously waiting to help
you. I-camp your questions to the News
& Photo Service to get answers and have
your problems spread all over the Ranch.
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PhilNews
World News
What’s Going On Around the World...
Al-Zarqawi killed by airstrike in Iraq
Breeder hit with dead Chihuahua
Al Qaeda terrorist leader Abu Musab al-Zarqawi was killed
by blast injuries sustained after a coalition airstrike hit his
safe house. On June 7, at 6:12 p.m. local time, an Air Force
F-16 dropped two 500-pound bombs on the safe house near
Baquba where he was meeting with associates. According to
the U.S. military, Al-Zarqawi initially survived the blast,
only to die 52 minutes later due to clear evidence of blast
injuries. He was positively identified through DNA testing,
the U.S. military added.
A woman in St. Peters, Missouri who was angry that her
new puppy had died, pushed her way into a dog breeder's
home last Wednesday and repeatedly hit the breeder on the
head with the dead Chihuahua, police said. The woman, 33,
told police she had taken the puppy to a veterinarian, who
told her the puppy was only four weeks old and should be
returned to its mother. But before the woman could return
the puppy, it died. Then early Wednesday morning the
woman went to the breeder's home and began fighting with
the breeder as she tried to make her way to the basement to
get another puppy, police said. The breeder then wrestled
the woman out of the house to the front porch, where the
woman then hit the breeder numerous times over the head
with the dead puppy, the St. Louis Post-Dispatch reported.
The woman then drove away, waving the dead puppy out of
her car's sunroof and later called the breeder and threatened
the breeder and her family, according to the court records.
Police are considering felony burglary and misdemeanor
assault charges against the woman.
Bush makes surprise visit to Baghdad
President Bush arrived unannounced in Baghdad Tuesday to
meet with Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki. It was Bush's
first visit to Iraq since the new government was approved on
May 20. The trip, expected to last five hours, would enable
Bush to meet the new prime minister face to face and get a
clearer sense of the new Iraqi government's priorities. Bush
was scheduled to have teleconference with the new Iraqi
prime minister Tuesday as part of a two-day summit at
Camp David, but left secretly for Iraq on Monday night to
see Al-Maliki in person. This visit comes a week after the
U.S. airstrike killed Al-Zarqawi and the Iraqi parliament
approved the nominations for three key security posts in the
new Cabinet - defense and interior ministers and minister of
state for national security-which ended a stalemate over
these positions. Presidential counselor Dan Bartlett told
reporters aboard Air Force One that Bush wanted to visit
Iraq as soon as those last three positions were chosen. Bush
was accompanied by senior White House aides, including
Bartlett, national security advisor Stephen Hadley, Chief of
Staff Josh Bolten, Deputy Chief of Staff Joe Hagin and
White House spokesman Tony Snow.
First tropical storm of season comes ashore
Tropical Storm Alberto, the first tropical storm of the 2006
hurricane season, came ashore midday Tuesday over the Big
Bend area of Florida with maximum sustained winds of 50
mph. This was after the storm spent several hours on
Monday just short of hurricane strength at 70 mph and later
weakened. (Hurricane force winds start at 74 mph.) Only
the threat of heavy rainfall and inland tornadoes remained as
the major fears from the storm. Alberto was expected to
dump up to ten inches of rain through the day on Tuesday
across central and northern Florida as well as southeastern
Georgia. Isolated tornadoes were possible as well over parts
of central and northern Florida, southern Georgia and southern South Carolina. Florida Gov. Jeb Bush issued a state of
emergency for Florida and ordered mandatory evacuations
of low-lying areas in the path of the storm.
Pilot killed in Florida when plane crashes into house
A small B90 plane crashed into a house at the end of a runway Monday in Tampa, Florida, killing the pilot and leaving
the co-pilot in critical condition. The co-pilot is at Tampa
General Hospital being treated for serious injuries caused by
burning jet fuel. One woman was in the house when the
plane hit, but escaped without injuries. Federal Aviation
Administration we're unclear on whether the plane was taking off or landing or if the weather played a factor in the
crash. The FAA is currently investigating the incident.
Judge shot in Nevada courthouse; suspect sought
A family court judge was shot Monday at the Washoe
County courthouse in Reno, Nevada. Judge Chuck Weller
was shot in the chest while standing near a window on the
third floor of the Mills B. Lane Justice Center at about 11:15
a.m. local time. Weller was rushed to a local hospital where
he remained in serious but stable condition. Annie Allison,
Weller's administrative assistant, was also hit by bullet fragments but was treated and released. Following a lead, police
were searching Tuesday for Darren Roy Mack, a pawn shop
owner suspected in the killing of his estranged wife at her
apartment house and wanted for questioning in the shooting
of the judge, who was involved in his divorce case.
According to police, the killing of his wife and the courthouse shooting apparently happened within hours of each
other. Mack worked at a Reno jewelry store and pawn shop
located only a few blocks from the courthouse.
World News
MySpace.com teen is back home in the United States
A girl from Detroit, Michigan has returned home after flying
to the Middle East to meet a man she met on MySpace.com.
Katherine R. Lester, 16, tricked her parents into getting her a
passport and then disappeared after saying she was going to
Canada with friends. The MySpace account of the man she
was trying to meet described him as a 25 year old from
Jericho. The FBI traced the teenager to a flight from New
York's Kennedy Airport to Tel Aviv, Israel. At a scheduled
stop in Amman, Jordan, U.S. officials persuaded her to turn
around and go home before reaching the West Bank. The age
of sexual consent in Michigan is 16, and local sheriff
deputies are not certain if a crime was committed.
Israeli train hits truck; at least five dead
At least five people were killed and 67 were injured when
an Israeli passenger train carrying 200 people from Tel Aviv
to Haifa struck a vehicle at a rail crossing near the city of
Netanya and derailed. The truck had stopped at the rail
crossing but was pushed onto the path of the oncoming train
when another vehicle hit it from behind. Efforts were made
to alert the train of the truck's predicament but the train
smashed into the truck at high speed, a witness told a local
television station. There was no indication the van had been
pushed deliberately onto the tracks, Israeli authorities said.
Police SUV runs over, kills sunbather on beach
Two police officers in Oxnard, California patrolling a beach
in an SUV Monday ran over and killed a sunbather, police
said. After stopping on a small berm of sand to watch a
swimmer they believed to be in distress, the officers drove
over the berm and apparently over the woman's head. The
officers did not immediately realize that they ran over the
woman and continued driving. She was later identified as
Cindy Conolly, 49, of Sioux City, Iowa, and was in town for
her son's wedding. The officers are on paid leave pending an
investigation and an autopsy planned for Tuesday.
Anti-Hamas gunmen rampage in West Bank
Palestinian forces loyal to President Mahmoud Abbas went
on a rampage against the Hamas-led government on
Monday. The forces shot up the parliament and Cabinet
buildings and then set them on fire to protest an attack on
their comrades in the Gaza Strip. This was the most serious
violence in the West Bank since Hamas won legislative
elections in January.
Hamas also fired a group of homemade rockets at Israel on
Saturday, just hours after calling off a truce over an Israeli
artillery attack that killed seven civilians in the Gaza Strip.
Hamas claimed responsibility for at least 15 of the homemade rockets fired just after midnight, which caused no
casualties and nearly all landed inside Gaza. Israeli military
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officials express regret and claim the strike on innocent
civilians was accidental and say that the shells were aimed
at a target 400 yards away, which was a launching ground
for dozens of homemade rockets fired by Palestinians at
Israeli towns. The recent attack has raised questions about
whether a new wave of bloodshed will follow.
Three prisoners commit suicide at Guantanamo
Three detainees being held at the United States military
prison in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, committed suicide early
Saturday, becoming the first deaths of detainees to be
reported at the military prison since it opened in 2002, officials said. The three detainees were not identified, but officials said two were from Saudia Arabia and the third was
from Yemen. All three hung themselves in their cells with
nooses made of sheets and clothing and died before they
could be revived by medical personnel. The three suicides
were a form of protest, officials suggested. There have been
41 suicide attempts by 25 detainees since the prison opened.
The suicides come at a time when there has been mounting
international criticism of the Bush administration's handling
of the detainees at Guantanamo and other prisons.
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Roethlisberger in serious condition after accident
Super Bowl winning quarterback Ben Roethlisberger was
seriously hurt in a motorcycle accident Monday and
remained in serious but stable condition after he underwent
seven hours of surgery Monday afternoon for a broken jaw,
nose, and other facial fractures. The Pittsburgh Tribune
Review reported that Roethlisberger also suffered a 9-inch
laceration to the back of his head, lost teeth, and had knee
injuries from hitting the pavement. A plastic surgeon was
called in, a source said.
At 11:30 a.m. Monday morning Roethlisberger was riding
between two radio interviews on his black 2005 Suzuki
Hayabusa and was heading toward an intersection on the
edge of downtown. A silver Chrysler New Yorker traveling
in the opposite direction took a left turn and collided with
the motorcycle. Roethlisberger flew into the Chrysler’s
windshield and then hit the ground head first, blood pooling
around him on the pavement, the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
said. The Chrysler New Yorker was driven by a woman
identified as Martha Fleishman, 62, of Pittsburgh. The car
was registered in Maine where she has a summer home. No
charges were filed. Police and homicide units were investigating the crash. In only his second year in the NFL,
Roethlisberger became the youngest quarterback to lead a
team to a Super Bowl championship at age 23.
Former Duke star Redick charged with drunken driving
The 2006 Associated Press Player of the Year and former
Duke shooting guard J.J. Redick, a likely first-round pick in
this month's NBA draft, was arrested early Tuesday morning on charges of drunken driving. Redick, 21, was released
on a $1,000 bond and is scheduled to appear in court July
17. He was arrested shortly after 1 a.m. when he turned
around as he approached a license check point near the
Duke campus, but cooperated after police perused him to a
nearby parking lot of an apartment complex. He had a blood
alcohol level of 0.11 - the legal limit for drivers in North
Carolina is 0.08. Redick finished his career at Duke this past
year as the leading scorer in Atlantic Coast Conference history and was the 2006 recipient of the Wooden Award, given
to the nation's top college player.
U.S. Looks Disappointing in First World Cup Match
The Czech Republic started in on the Americans early with
a goal by Jan Koller just five minutes into the game.
Throughout the match, the U.S. looked slow and under
aggressive. Tomas Rosicky added two goals, one in each
half, and the Czech Republic coasted to an easy first round
win. The United States remains winless in World Cup
matches played in Europe, their record is now 0-8. With the
loss, the U.S. put themselves in a deep hole. Since only the
top two teams from the pool advance to the next round, they
will definitely have to pick up their level of performance in
their remaining first round games against traditional powerhouse Italy and Ghana.
The Heat keep the series close at 2-1
In the 99-85 game two blowout, that never seemed as close
as the final score indicated, the Heat players were hanging
their heads in defeat well before the final buzzer. But they
returned to Miami Tuesday and protected their home court
and kept from slipping to a devastating 3 game deficit with
their 98-96 game 3 victory. Even in the 4th quarter thing
were looking bad for the Heat as they were down by as
much as 13, but they did not surrender. Instead, they ended
the game on a 22-7 run. Dwayne Wade led his team, in the
come-from-behind win scoring 12 points in the final 6:15
and finishing the game with an incredible 42. Gary Payton
also hit his first shot of the finals with 9.2 seconds left to
give the heat the lead. Dirk Nowitzki went on to miss a free
throw that would have tied the game up, and had to watch
to commanding lead in the series slip to 2-1 in a game that
could have easily given them a 3-0 advantage.
Hurricanes Take 3-1 Lead in Stanley Cup Finals
The dream is beginning to fade for the no. 8 seed Edmonton
Oilers. With the 2-1 game four win the Carolina Hurricanes
will now head home to try to close out the series on their
home ice. In game four, both teams scored in the first period just 29 seconds apart. In the second period, Carolina's
thirty-eight-year-old Mark Recchi scored the go ahead goal.
Rookie goalie Cam Ward made it count, and held the Oilers
scoreless the rest of the game.
The Oilers will try to turn things around after dropping the
first two games of the series 5-4 and 5-0. In game three they
pulled out a 2-1 victory, but then failed to tie the series with
the 2-1 game four loss. Carolina will be set on winning their
first cup in front of their home crowd.
Rookie Hamlin earns first NASCAR win
After starting on the pole for the first time this season, rookie Denny Hamlin overcame an early blown tire to win his
first NASCAR Nextel Cup race at Pocono Speedway on
Sunday. On lap 51, Hamlin blew his left rear tire and spun
into the grass, but avoided any damage to his car when he
made a nice save. With the incident Hamlin fell all the way
back to 40th place before making it back into the lead shortly after the halfway point in the race. The win came in
Hamlin’s 21st career start and vaulted him from 11th to 9th
in the Nextel Cup point standings. With only 12 races
remaining until the Chase for the Nextel Cup, in which only
the top ten drivers can compete for the championship,
Hamlin is trying to become the first rookie to qualify for the
Chase in its three year history. Points leader Jimmie Johnson
finished 10th. Johnson still leads the Nextel Cup point standings
but is overall lead was reduced to 48 points over Matt Kenseth.
Sports
MLB Standings
American League
EAST
Boston
NY Yankees
Toronto
Baltimore
Tampa Bay
CENTRAL
Detroit
Chicago Sox
Cleveland
Minnesota
Kansas City
WEST
Texas
Oakland
Seattle
LA Angels
W
36
35
34
30
26
W
41
39
30
28
16
W
34
32
31
28
L
25
26
29
35
38
L
23
24
32
34
46
L
30
31
34
35
PCT
.590
.574
.540
.462
.406
PCT
.641
.619
.484
.452
.258
PCT
.531
.508
.477
.444
GB STRK
L1
1
L4
3
L3
8
W1
11.5
L1
GB STRK
W3
1.5
W1
10
W1
12
W1
24
L3
GB STRK
L1
1.5
W4
3.5
W3
5.5
W1
National League
EAST
NY Mets
Philadelphia
Atlanta
Washington
Florida
CENTRAL
St. Louis
Cincinnati
Houston
Milwaukee
Chi Cubs
Pittsburgh
WEST
LA Dodgers
Arizona
San Diego
San Francisco
Colorado
W
39
33
30
30
23
W
37
36
32
31
26
25
W
35
34
32
32
31
L
23
30
34
35
37
L
25
28
32
34
36
39
L
28
29
31
31
32
PCT
.629
.524
.469
.462
.383
PCT
.597
.563
.500
.477
.419
.391
PCT
.556
.540
.508
.508
.492
GB STRK
W5
6.5
L1
10
L1
10.5
L1
15
W2
GB STRK
W1
2
L4
6
W1
7.5
W1
11
W3
13
W3
GB STRK
W1
1
L7
3
L2
3
L3
4
W1
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Concert Calendar
June 2006
WORD JUMBLE
Use the letters in the shaded boxes
to complete the joke.
New Mexico
6/18 Chicago and Huey Lewis & the News - 7:30
p.m., Journal Pavilion, Albq.
6/30 Ron White - 8:30 p.m., Kiva Auditorium, Albq.
Colorado
6/20 Chicago and Huey Lewis & the News - 7:30
p.m., Red Rocks Amphitheatre, Morrison
6/23 Widespread Panic - 7 p.m., Red Rocks
Amphitheatre, Morrison
6/24 Widespread Panic - 7 p.m., Red Rocks
Amphitheatre, Morrison
6/25 Widespread Panic - 4 p.m., Red Rocks
Amphitheatre, Morrison
6/28 Rob Thomas/Jewel - 7:30 p.m., Red Rocks
Amphitheatre, Morrison
This is where Camper Timmy went to
call his mom.
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Entertainment
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Roving Outdoor Conservation School (ROCS)
Please inform your brothers, sisters, troops and venture crews at home.
The Roving Outdoor Conservation School (ROCS) program is a 21-day trek for scouts and venturers that are between
the ages of sixteen and twenty-one. They will participate in an extensive environmental education program, and various
conservation projects throughout the backcountry. Lessons include:
Astronomy
Aquatic Insects
Botany
Dendrology
Ecology
Environmental Policy
Fire Ecology
Fish
Forest Management
Forest Health
Geology
Hydrology
Insects
Land Management
Mammals
Philmont Land Use History
Range Management
Reptiles and Amphibians
Soil Science
Weather
Wildlife Management
The program cost is only $370. The Scouts will hike approximately 150 miles throughout the entire Ranch, even into the
Valle Vidal National Forest. Conservation projects will be done in different locations. Projects include trail building,
streambed management and meadow encroachment. There are five sessions this summer and openings are still available
for each. Treks are not coed but there are sessions available for both genders. There are four men's sessions and one
female session. Dates for the men's crews are 6/17, 7/8, and 7/15; the date for the female crew is 7/22. Shuttles from
Denver, Albuquerque, and Raton are available if needed.
Applications are available in the Conservation office, 505-376-2281 x249, or the Welcome Center.
For more information, contact Justin Hougham. ADC ROCS (rhougham@wsu.edu) or Kevin Clegg, ROCS Coordinator
(kclegg@nmu.edu).
AUTOMATED EXTERNAL DEFIBRILLATORS
Where are they?
Health Lodge (x2)
Full Time Paramedics Truck
Fire Station 1
Administration
CHQ Camper Dining Hall
Between PTC Dining Halls
PTC Sun Room
Logistics Radio Room
Trading Post Snack Bar
AEDs: know where they are.
You could save a life.
June 16, 2006
Sudoku
Last week’s answer
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Entertainment
June 16, 2006
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Crossword Puzzle Extravaganza
Across
4. pack animal
5. lack of water
6. Into the ...
9. Angelo’s first backcountry destination
13. angry woman’s weapon
14. extreme and everywhere
16. jalepeno or cheddar
17. peach, apple or cherry varieties
19. location of free snacks
22. Wiate’s twin
23. chemical that ruined water at
Indian Writings
24. footprint in N. country
25. (mostly) clean campers
27. Taos building material
28.
29.
31.
33.
36.
38.
39.
40.
plateau
Cimarron event
what Philmont is really about
Larabar claim
where history was made
new backcountry stove fuel
uncanny
energy brick
Down
1. made for walking
2. humidity level
3. impertinent youth
4. ranger soapbox
7. not a lumberjack
8. black ____ rifle
10. U-shaped metal object
11. heart restarter, abbrev.
12. Ponderosa _______
15. ain’t no ... low enough
16. Angelo’s hometown
17. Tent City material
18. black, furry and curious
20. Easy-Bake ____
21. dirty campers
23. about thirty arrive daily
25. where the Boys are from
26. pack of lies on wheels
30. reason to wash hands
32. New Mexico symbol
34. ______ County Jail
35. these are made at Handicrafts
37. silver on the _______
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LOGIC PUZZLE ANSWER
The unique solution is 11. Briefly: Let N be the
number of council members. Then the largest
any answer can be is N, so the most any sum can
be is N*N. If (9) is true then Cal's sum is not less
than N*N, so Cal's sum is N*N. This means all
Cal's answers were N. But this contradicts (6), so
(9) and (6) can't both be true, which means Cal is
a Liar. So (3) is false and both Ann and Bob are
Truth-Tellers. Now (6) is false so all of Cal's
answers were the same. So if one of his answers
was true, all were true, so all of the council
would be truthful, which contradicts (4) or (5).
Thus all of Cal's answers were false, so all of the
council are Liars. (Not unusual for a governing
body!) Now the correct answer to (1) is 0, which
no Liar could give, so by (4) Ann's answers were
1,2,3,...,N. Also, the correct answer to (2) is N,
which no Liar could give, so by (5) Bob's
answers were 0,1,2,...,N-1. Now the sum of
Ann's answers is the triangle of N, and the sum
of Bob's answers is the triangle of N-1. By (7)
and (8) they must both be palindromes. So we
check the triangular numbers of 4 through 40 and
find that the only two consecutive palindromes
are 55 and 66 for N-1=10 and N=11.
It's funny that pirates were always going around
searching for treasure, and they never realized that the real
treasure was the fond memories they were creating.
~Deep Thoughts by Jack Handy
June 16, 2006
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Heading
PHILMONT SCOUT RANCH WATER USE POLICY
EFFECTIVE IMMEDIATELY
WATERING AND SPRINKLING OF LAWNS
AND GREEN SPACES IS PROHIBITED UNTIL
FURTHER NOTICE.
FLOWERS, VEGETABLE GARDENS, AND
SMALL TREES CAN BE HAND-WATERED
DAILY.
VEHICLES CAN BE WASHED AS NECESSARY,
BUT PLEASE BE CONSERVATION-MINDED.
WATER CONSERVATION TIPS
•Take shorter showers…get wet, turn off the
water, use soap and shampoo, rinse off…An
average five-minute shower uses 25 to 50 gallons
of water.
•Turn off the water while brushing teeth and/or
shaving…If you leave the water running you
will typically waste at least two gallons of water
while brushing your teeth!….the same or more
for shaving!!
•Consolidate loads of laundry. One larger load
instead of two smaller ones…use the proper load
setting to save water!
•Fix or report leaky faucets, showers, toilets,
pipes…A dripping faucet or pipe with a 1/16th
inch hole wastes over one hundred gallons of
water per day.
•Keep a pitcher of water in the refrigerator
instead of letting the faucet run.
Help conserve this precious resource!
___________________________
Keith Gallaway, General Manager
June 16, 2006
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Chaplain’s Corner
Duty to God
BY FATHER STEVE HOFFER
Catholic Chaplain
During this summer, you all will have
the opportunity to spend some time
alone thinking about what God is calling you to do. You will have the opportunity to develop your relationship
with God. Lord Baden Powell said that
the two bookends to the Scouting program are Duty to God and a Scout is
Reverent. Everything we do in scouting and here at Philmont should have
God as the center of it.
This year, for the second year, the
Philmont Staff is encouraged to work
on the Duty to God program. Philmont
has had the Duty to God program for
campers for a few years, and now the
staff can earn this beautiful patch. Each
of you should have received the requirements during training - if not, contact a
chaplain for the requirement sheet.
The requirements are fairly simple but
require an effort on your part: (1) Attend
a religious service of your choice - at
CHQ or PTC - at least 2 times each
month for a minimum of 6 times - if you
are staff at a backcountry camp, you
may substitute a staff developed religious service in lieu of a base-camp
service; (2) Volunteer to assist in any
religious service that is offered at
Philmont; (3) Participate in some kind of
daily devotion, meditation, prayers,
reflective journal writing, and/or
personal scripture study program;
(4) Obtain a copy of the Religious
Emblems Brochure - available
from any Chaplain - and agree to
share the program with others within your Scouting influence in your
home Council; and (5) Hold your
own personal grace before meals.
After you have completed the
requirements, bring the completed
form to the Tooth of Time Trading
Post to purchase the patch. The
Duty to God program is more than
getting a really cool patch. It is
about developing a personal relationship with God.
This summer can be a life-changing
experience if you let it. Spend some
time with our Lord each day. Enjoy the
beautiful
views
of
Philmont.
Experience the beauty of God's country. You have a unique opportunity to
experience the beauty of God's creation
here at Philmont, whether this is your
first year on staff or your thirty sixth
season. Every staff person who works
here has been selected from the best. It
is an honor to be a part of the Philmont
staff. Don't waste the opportunity to
experience Philmont and to experience
God this summer. Ask God to guide
your thoughts, words, and actions. As
you spend time with the Lord, ask Him
to help you decide what he is calling
you to do with your life. It may be that
you will remain single, or get married,
or go into ministry. Maybe someday
you will come back as a Philmont
Chaplain. Who knows? God does!
As Gerald Woods said: Work hard…In
all matters trust God…do the best you
can…and the loose end drag… May
God richly bless you this summer and
fill you with his love and grace. May
he draw you closer to Him and answer
all of your prayers.
If there is anything either I or any of
the Chaplains can do, please feel free
to contact one of us. I am looking forward to meeting and working with you
this summer.
Yours in Scouting and in God,
Father Steve Hoffer
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Father Steve Hoffer
Catholic Chaplain
This is Father Steve Hoffer's second summer here on staff as a Philmont Chaplain. He also previously worked here
in Conservation from 1996-2000. Hoffer is a Catholic Priest in one of the fastest growing dioceses in the U.S., the
Diocese of Las Vegas - Nevada, not New Mexico. He is the associate pastor at St. Peter the Apostle Catholic Church
in Henderson, Nevada. There are 3,427 families in the parish and he serves with the pastor and a retired priest. Hoffer
has been active in Scouting all his life. He is an Eagle Scout and has served in a variety of positions including scoutmaster, district chairman, chaplain, and now serves as a chartered representative for a Cub Scout pack. He is a member of the Diocesan Catholic Committee on Scouting and the National Catholic Committee on Scouting.
Before becoming a Catholic priest, Hoffer worked for Lockheed Martin as a government contractor and taught at the
Community College of Southern Nevada. He taught introductory computer, remote sensing, UNIX, and geographic
information system courses. Being a college professor, he got the summers off and it was then that he worked at
Philmont. While working in God's country, he felt the call to enter the seminary to become a Catholic priest. Hoffer
says God spoke to him, and he was able to listen to his call to enter into the ordained ministry in His Church. Hoffer
also says that it is awesome to be back in "God's Country" and to be on staff as a Chaplain.
“Silence is golden when you can’t think of a good answer.”
~Muhammad Ali
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I would feel more optimistic about a bright
future for man if he spent less time proving that
he can outwit Nature and more time tasting her
sweetness and respecting her seniority.
~E. B. White
CHQ Activities Calendar
Friday
Saturday
Sunday
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
June
June
June
June
June
June
16
17
18
19
20
21
Card / Board games
Capture the Flag / Flag Football
Ice Cream
Bratwurst Barbeque
Movie Night
Kick or Dodge Ball
8:30 p.m.
8:30 p.m.
8:30 p.m.
11-1 p.m.
8:30 p.m.
8:30 p.m.
PTC Evening Schedule
Sunday
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday
Saturday
Opening
Program
7:30
Handicrafts
6:30
Cracker
Barrel
7:30
Western
Night
6:30
Movie Night
7:30
Handicrafts
6:30
Cracker
Barrel
7:30
Closing
Program
7:30
No events
scheduled
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