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February 2004
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Vol. 15, Number 1
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Tuscazoar ready to begin producing maple syrup
 Plans are well underway for Camp Tuscazoar to begin producing pure, old-fashioned maple syrup this
spring to generate much-needed income for the camp.
In February and March, maple sap will be collected from
almost 1,000 taps in maple trees at the northern end of camp. The
camp “sugar bush” includes an area stretching from the service
road to the northern camp boundary. Plastic lines will transport
this sap to a holding tank near where Netawatwes Brook enters the
railroad tunnel. From there, the sap will be pumped up to the
dining hall for processing.
The cooking shelter behind the dining hall has been enclosed
to provide a warm area for converting the sap to maple syrup. Once
the water has been evaporated out of the sap, the maple syrup will
then be poured into 8 oz. containers for sale to the public.
The public will have its first opportunity to taste
Tuscazoar’s all-natural product at the camp’s first Maple Days
festival on March 6-7. Supplies will be available for sale to the
public that weekend, and for the remainder of the year, until the
inventory is exhausted.
The Camp Tuscazoar Foundation hopes to raise enough funds
from syrup sales in 2004 to pay for all the start-up costs for the
syrup production. In subsequent years, proceeds from syrup sales
can then be used for camp maintenance and improvements.
If you would be interested in helping with this important
project, please contact the camp at 330-859-2288 or e-mail us at
info@tuscazoar.org.
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Consider Tuscazoar maple syrup for your group’s
fund-raiser
If your group or organization is looking to raise money this year,
then why not consider selling Tuscazoar maple syrup?
A discounted price is available to groups who will purchase a
minimum of 10 gallons of syrup for their group fund-raiser. The
syrup will be packaged in 8 oz. bottles and will be ready for
re-sale. You can then price the product as you see fit. In most
years, maple syrup producers in our area sell their complete stock
of syrup, so there is local demand.
Syrup supplies should be available for re-sale beginning in March
and the product can be stored for months without requiring
refrigeration.
This program is designed to benefit both Camp Tuscazoar and your
organization. If you are interested in participating, please contact
the camp at 330-859-2288 or e-mail us at
info@tuscazoar.org.
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Maple Days festival planned for March 6-7
The first Tuscazoar Maple Days festival will be held March 6 & 7,
2004. Join us as we celebrate Camp Tuscazoar’s first season of
maple syrup production.
A hearty meal including all-you-can-eat pancakes, sausage,
applesauce and orange juice will be served. Tours of the maple
syrup production area are planned.
Meals will be served from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. on March 6 and from 11
a.m. to 5 p.m. on March 7.
Tickets for this fund-raiser are for $6 for adults and $3 for
children (10 & under). The proceeds from this event will help pay
for the costs of starting up maple syrup production at camp this
year.
Transportation will be provided from the parking lot to the dining
hall, and the dining hall will be heated.
Mark your calendars now, and be sure to invite your friends!
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Tuscazoar events, programs and activities
For reservations or additional information,
contact Camp Tuscazoar at 330-859-2288 |
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Latest camp news
The Tuscazoar slide show is still
available for group events such as Blue and Gold banquets, courts of
honor, reunions or other group activities. This 20-minute program
traces the history of Camp Tuscazoar and includes dozens of
historical photos. If your group is interested in seeing this
presentation, please contact the camp well in advance to make
arrangements. A donation for this free showing would be appreciated
to help cover our costs.
Forty people attended the camp’s first bus tour to Oglebay Park
in Wheeling, West Virginia in January. Everyone had a good time with
the ride, the door prizes, laughter, Nancy’s cookies and Hoss' food.
The Christmas lights were spectacular and the camp was able to raise
some funds in the process. Thanks to Brenda Montandon who came up
with the idea, Nancy Schoenbaum who worked with Fidelity Tours and
made it happen and especially to those who came and/or helped sell
seats.
Upcoming workdays are scheduled for February 28 and April
17. There is never a shortage of work needed at camp. If you can
donate a few hours of time, we would greatly appreciate your help on
these days.
Plans are underway to expand the existing showerhouse. The
new addition will include eight new shower stalls and will offer
facilities for both men and women. Work is scheduled to begin this
spring.
Recent snows have occasionally made the roads to camp treacherous.
If you have camping reservations, but are concerned about the
road conditions in and around camp, please call ahead before you
leave.
It’s not too early to mark your calendar for our annual pig weekend
this fall. The Pig Gig Campout is scheduled for Sept. 10-12,
with the Pig Roast Fund-Raiser on Sept. 11 and 12.
Bob Schwartz and Troop 181 recently installed four lights in the
Keppler Lodge kitchen. They’ve made a big difference. Thanks,
guys!
We’ve got a long list of potential Eagle projects. Several
are already under way in camp. If you are an Eagle candidate, or if
a scout in your troop needs a project, please contact the camp
Ranger at 330-859-2288 or via e-mail at
info@tuscazoar.org.
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2004 Dover Dam Weekend will focus on
forest management
Camp Tuscazoar will once again
offer a variety of fun and educational activities at its
annual Dover Dam Weekend, April 30 to May 2, 2004. As
always, this event will feature guided tours of Dover Dam,
along with forest management-related activities. Other
planned activities include a U.S. Forest Service
demonstration, a BBQ dinner, a campfire program and lots
of other surprises.
Scout groups participating in the Saturday events will have an
opportunity to earn Forestry Merit Badge.
The organized events will begin at flag-raising on Saturday morning
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will conclude with an evening campfire program at the
Hoover Lodge amphitheater.
Campsites are still available. The $7 per person activity fee
includes all camp events, a souvenir patch and the BBQ
dinner Saturday evening. Camping fees are additional. For
more information, call 330-859-2288. See you there!!
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Primitive Gathering offers atlatl, archery, flint knapping, June
19-20
Camp Tuscazoar will host its fourth Primitive
Gathering June 19-20. Once again, the ways of the bow, atlatl, and
flint knapping will be displayed by skilled artisans for the
public to see and learn. Hands-on demonstrations will be offered
as well, including:
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Flint knapping -- from rocks to points. Artisans will be on hand
to demonstrate and show points. Flint and tools will be for sale.
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Atlatl -- from beginners to ISAC international competition. Try
your arm at the throwing stick and dart.
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Primitive archery -- from axe to wax. Learn how to make self and
composite bows. Learn about various arrow woods.
Event hours are 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. on
Saturday and 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Sunday. Practice and challenge
ranges will be open to visitors and exhibitors to try their
throwing skills. Instructors will have throwing sticks and darts
to try. A benefit auction with finely crafted items is scheduled
for Saturday at 4 p.m. Admission is $5 per car. A concession stand
will also be open.
Group tent sites and cabins are available and registration is under
way for vendors and artisans. For more information, please contact
Ken at 330-756-2041 or e-mail Tim at
axetowax@yahoo.com.
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Camp Tuscazoar memories shared
By Dick Matheny
Member of Troop 70 from Guerne (between Wooster and Applecreek on Rt.
250
This picture was taken at the Wayne County Fair in 1941. I bought
the shirt I’m wearing at summer camp in June of 1941.
I attended one week of summer camp that summer at a cost of $12. I
stayed in Turtle village in a cabin and slept on log slab bunks with a
straw-filled mattress bag.
Chief Deaver was the Camp Director. I believe the trading post was
in the southeast end of the dining hall. I don’t remember of there
being a swimming pool.
There was a 14-mile hike requirement for Second Class, so we hiked
from camp to Fort Laurens and back. I received my first and second
Pipestones in 1941 and 1942. I received my third Pipestone in 1961, my
fourth in 1962 and my fifth in 1963 at Camp Buckeye as an adult leader.
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By Brian Criswell
It was my first year at summer camp, 1971,
and only three Scouts were in my troop. Dave Tschantz, Randy Kasler and
I made up all of Canton's BSA Troop 228. We were 11 & 12 years old and
we'd just gotten a new Scoutmaster but he wasn't able to stay in camp,
so the three of us shared one tent in Old Campsite, camping with another
troop. We barely knew each other. That hill from Old Campsite to the
parade grounds was a monster! Like others, we dreaded that climb,
stumbled, fell, sat and rested, huffed and puffed, and all week long our
legs stayed weary. It's one small thing I recall among others ... all of
those wooden steps set into that hillside through hard work and
determination of campers before us. Gee, thanks! I still climb that
hill, so many years later. And even with most of the steps gone today,
that hill is shorter now, and it reminds me of my friends ... and my
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Tuscazoar’s hills hold many years of fond
memories
By Robert W. Russell Jr.
Assistant Scoutmaster Troop 44
Institutional Representative Troop 15
Eagle Project Advisor Troop 15 and 44
I have some very fond memories of camping
at Camp Tuscazoar as a young teenager with Troop 15 of
Louisville, Ohio. That was in the late 1950’s and early
1960’s. Delbert Royer was our Scoutmaster and Forrest
Masterson was our Assistant Scoutmaster. These two men gave of
their time to take a rowdy group of young men camping and
hiking in the grand hills above Dover Dam. Those hills and
cliffs somehow have grown smaller over the years, but they are
hallowed with some of the fondest memories this man has.
I loved the experience of cooking meals over an open fire, camping
in a tent, earning merit badges at summer camp, swimming in
the camp swimming pool, which is now filled in. I held
scouting in such high esteem that when my wife and I had twin
sons, I made sure that they had the Camp Tuscazoar experience
also. It was really a great pleasure to see Camp Tuscazoar
through the eyes of my sons, to share some of the same
experiences again, of weekend campouts, summer camping, of
Buzzard’s Roost and Pioneer Point, with them running ahead of
me and the other adults so they could say that they were on
top of the hill first. Once in a while I got them to slow down
to notice the beauty of nature that is to be seen in the
valleys and ravines of the hills of Camp Tuscazoar.
As a boy, I earned the first three years of Pipestone at Tuscazoar.
I came back and earned my fourth and fifth year stones as an
adult. I earned the fifth year stone in 1986 before camp
closed. I’ll never forget asking my twin sons Scott and Nathan
if I should wait to get my fifth year stone when they got
theirs. They received their third year stones in 1986. It
would have been a two-year wait, but I would have waited to
share that experience with them. But, the boys said, “No dad,
go ahead and get your fifth year stone.” I am glad I did, as I
was still able to share in their experience when they got
their fifth two years later, but in a different way.
I’ll never forget one polar bear campout when I was a youngster. We
used one of the cabins. I don’t remember which one. I remember
the pot-belly stove glowed red the whole weekend long. We
thought if it was glowing, it couldn’t possibly be cold in
that cabin, even though the temperatures outside that winter
dipped to 20 degrees below zero.
These are just some of the memories I hold dear to my heart. It
would take reams of paper to put all of my scouting memories
down on paper. I hope that those who read this will cherish
Camp Tuscazoar as I do. I will continue to support Camp
Tuscazoar when I can by taking scouts to Tuscazoar to build
memories to last a lifetime and beyond.
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Have a memory you would like to share? Email us at
info@tuscazoar.org or
send a note to us at: Camp Tuscazoar Memories; PO Box 308; Zoarville
OH 44656-0308 |
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List your group event on the camp calendar
You can list your group event on next
year’s Camp Tuscazoar event calendar. For $5, you can list an upcoming
campout, court of honor, banquet, or other group event.
Orders are now being accepted for the 2005 calendar. This is
a great way to help promote your group event and will help to support
Camp Tuscazoar also.
If you would like to participate, send an e-mail to us at
info@tuscazoar.org or send a note to us at: Camp Tuscazoar Calendar
Listing; PO Box 308; Zoarville OH 44656-0308.
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Coming Events: |
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March 6-7 |
Maple Days
Festival |
March 7 |
CTF Board Meeting |
April 4 |
CTF Board Meeting |
April 30 -
May 2 |
Dover Dam
Weekend |
May 2 |
CTF Board Meeting |
June 6 |
CTF Board Meeting |
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June 19-20 |
Primitive
Gathering |
July 11 |
CTF Board Meeting |
August 1 |
CTF Board Meeting |
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Camp Tuscazoar "Breeze"
is published by the
Camp Tuscazoar Foundation, Inc.
P.O. Box 308
Zoarville, OH 44656-0308
http://www.tuscazoar.org
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New geocaching sites draw visitors to the Tuscazoar woods
Camp Tuscazoar has become a popular
destination for those who enjoy geocaching. Two sites have already
been set up at camp and more are in the works.
What is geocaching? It’s essentially a treasure hunt using Global
Positioning System (GPS) coordinates and clues. Individuals and
organizations have set up caches all over the world and share the
locations of these caches on the internet. GPS users can then use the
location coordinates to find the caches. Once found, a cache may
provide the visitor with a wide variety of rewards. If a visitor finds
something in the cache, they should leave something behind in the
cache for the next visitors.
Geocaching participants will need a GPS unit. This electronic
device can determine your approximate location within six to 20 feet
anywhere on earth. Coordinates are normally given in longitude and
latitude. The unit can be used to navigate from one location to
another. Some units have their own maps, built-in electronic
compasses, and even voice navigation.
GPS units can typically be purchased at any boat supply store
and some camping stores keep GPS units on hand. GPS units can also
purchased online through amazon.com
and camping supply companies.
For more information, visit
www.geocaching.com. Several
visitors to Camp Tuscazoar have written about their experiences in an
online logbook at this website.
If you want to give it a try, you can locate Camp Tuscazoar’s
geocaches at:
#1 Tuscazoar - N 40° 34.167 W 081° 23.971
#2 Tuscazoar - N 40° 34.210 W 081° 23.828
Good luck in your search. Enjoy the adventure!
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