Venture2000

Many of our existing members have asked me recently about their own eligibility or the eligibility of friends. Here are some reminders about how our shooting activities work:
1. Participants in our shooting programs (except BB) must be at least 10 years old at the time of the event.
2. Members converting from the BB program must complete an application, including a health screening form before participating in expanded shooting activities
3. Members are encouraged to recruit friends to the shooting programs. New members do not need to be Scouts, but the application process does require recommendations from two existing members.
4. Participants must bring a waiver signed by their parent or guardian to their first event. No waiver, no shooting.
5. I’ve attached copies of the application and waiver for you to print off and complete before the events.

CSSC Application.pdf Permission form-Shooting Sports.pdf

The Crew will be participating in the American Radio Relay League’s Field Day on Saturday (6/27) from 1 to 5pm. We will be inviting Boy Scouts and Cub Scouts and their parents to participate. We will be deploying the Mt. Storm Command Center, the ambulance and the Rhino at Pleasant Creek State Park. We will be operating both VHF and HF radios. We could use both youth and adult help with the younger kids. We will need to move them from activity to activity and through operating stations. Leadership credit can be earned for the event, in addition to the good time with all the hardware. Anyone needing a ride can meet at my house at 11:00 AM and ride out to the event in the Command Center or ambulance.
You can find more information about Field Day here: (http://www.arrl.org/contests/forms/fd-2009-packet.pdf)
Radio stations will be set up and available for use and practice.
We will be at Pleasant Creek State Park - North Shelter Map is located here: http://www.iowadnr.gov/parks/images/maps_pictures/pleasantckmap.pdf
We will have food for those that participate, but we need to know how many to provide for.
If you have any questions, please contact Greg Gibson (721-9259).

Reminder: We have a regularly-scheduled meeting on Sunday at 6 PM at the Ikes. Come prepared to be outside.

The Venture Crew is helping staff the Red Cedar Day Camp (1st through 5th grade), to be held June 23-26 at Morgan Creek Park. The Crew will be providing the medics and staffing the BB Gun activity. Please consider helping us in one of the following ways:
Red Cedar Medic: The camp requires that medics be available during all camp hours, 9 AM to 3:30 PM. We have divided the coverage into AM and PM shifts for each day, resulting in 8 shifts that need to be covered. Each shift needs to be covered by an adult and a youth with current CPR certification and Wilderness First Aid or equivalent training. We will be providing all the medical supplies and equipment needed by locating our fully stocked V2K ambulance at the park. The medics will be located at the ambulance and will offer minor first aid, sit under the awning in comfortable lawn chairs and mostly just chill out. Serious incidents will be handled by the usual calls to 911. You can sign up for this activity by going to the V2K webpage, clicking on the calendar and registering via the Eventbrite link on the calendar.
BB Gun Shooting: We will be staffing the BB Gun activity during the days of Thursday, June 25 and Friday, June 26th. The boys will shoot in rotating squadrons of about 15 each from 9:00 AM until 3:30 PM. I will need every warm body that we have to help with this one. This should be a blast. You need to send me an e-mail on this one - there is no on-line sign-up.
Each volunteer will receive lunch and a camp T-shirt is available if you wish. The youth medics will be furnished a special V2K Medic T-shirt (they’re pretty cool).
Better get on these quick…..the prime slots will go fast!!

Reminder: We have a regularly-scheduled meeting on Sunday at 6 PM at the IKES. In addition to the usual stuff, Luke and Eli will be hosting a hobby meet. Please bring something to show about a hobby you have. If you don’t have a hobby, come and see what hobbies other people have. This hobby meet is basically a show and tell of what you are interested in. An example of something to bring would be stamps that you have collected or a potted plant if your hobby is gardening. If we have time, we will be discussing and practicing bear bagging techniques. The Glacier Team will be meeting in advance of the regular meeting at 5 PM to discuss logistics for the upcoming trip.

Cedar Valley Amateur Radio Club will administering Amateur Radio Tests on Sunday 10am August 2 in Cedar Rapids. Follow the link below for more details.
http://cvarc.rf.org/Summerfest_2009.htm
This will be a great opportunity to take the test locally this summer.
Please contact me if you have any questions or would like any help.
Thanks.
Greg Gibson gpgibson@rockwellcollins.com

Reminder: Venture Crew 2000 will be hosting an Amateur Radio Licensing Class on this coming Sunday. (Please note the location change shown below). This will be an opportunity for you to learn how to obtain a license to operate these powerful radios. In this class we will cover:

Crew Members:
If you missed last weekend’s Court of Honor, you missed a lot. We recognized almost 150 accomplishments completed during the past year. Crew members were recognized for Bronze, Gold, Silver, Ranger and Quest Venture awards. Nine Eagle Scouts and numerous shooting awards were recognized. We’ll recap these at the V2K meeting on Sunday at the Ikes at 6 PM.
The Court of Honor is also the occasion where we announce the annual Jacob Giles Leadership Awards and scholarships. Congratulations to Chandler Heisler, our Junior Division honoree, and Ben Fiedler, the Senior Division honoree and winner of a $1000 scholarship.
At the meeting on Sunday, we will be wrapping up the Sports First Aid series with some practice on spinal injuries. We’ll end the session with a written final exam at the meeting. If you pass the exam, and have completed the prior meeting exercises, you will be credited with having completed the Sports First Aid requirement for future advancement purposes. At the next meeting, we will be reviewing CPR as a separate unit.
New and prospective members are encouraged to begin attending our regular meetings (such as this one) on the first and third Sunday of every month
Mr. B

Our last BB session is scheduled for Friday night with four hour-long sessions starting at 5 PM. I am still looking for coaches to assist the munchkins. If we can get sufficient help coaching, we can deploy the extra persons in cleaning and preparing paintball markers for the season. Please let me know who can help Friday night, so I know whether to bring out the Mt. Storm Command Center.

When I got home late last night, I was pretty burned out. Then I saw this amazing email from Spencer Kelly. Talk about Git R Done !!!! Spencer apparently didn’t need no stink’in seminar, he just sucked it up and made it happen. Congratulations Spencer !!!
Hey Guys, I just got back from Vinton High school for the Ham Radio licensing. I was well prepared and I passed with a 32 out of 35 for 91%. I’ll let you know my call sign when I look it up here in a few days.
~Spencer Kelly