 2000
Gold Rush XII
February 11th - 12th - 13th |
Dear Troop Leader,
This year's Gold Rush will focus on the fun and excitement of
the Yukon. We know there are Klondike events which challenge your skills so we want you to
come to our Gold Rush Event and have lots of FUN! The activity fee per person for this
event is $6.00, and this will be collected at the W. C. Moorhead Museum when you register
upon arrival. This fee does include one event patch per participant, a hotdog lunch on the
trail during Saturday's events and a chili dinner at 6 pm in Kimble Hall. There will be an
Awards Ceremony at 8 pm in Kimble Hall in honor of our winners.
Flag raising will be at 9 am Saturday and the day's events will
begin with a "shotgun start" immediately following.
It's been muddy and it's been icy. If it's frozen and snowy
then we hope you'll bring your Klondike sleds. If it's not-quite-so-frozen and muddy then
please just bring your backpacks.
PLAN ON NOT BEING ABLE
TO DRIVE PAST CENTRAL CAMP. YOU WILL LIKELY HAVE TO CARRY IN ALL YOUR GEAR.
The Ranger has final say!
Camper departure time will be no later than noon on
Sunday. Make plans to be checked out before 11AM.
| As in the past, there will be three (3) classes of
competitors for the event: |
|
LEADERSHIP.. (average age 14 and older) SCOUTS..............
(average age less than 13½)
WEBLOS CLASS...(younger) |
| The equipment that will be needed by each
participating patrol is as follows: a compass
matches
a first aid kit
a Scout Handbook or Fieldbook
a pocket knife or lockback knife |
|
Additionally, equipment that will be
needed by each participant is as follows: a pen or pencil
a neckerchief
one piece of rope 6 feet long |
Further instructions for the Saturday events will be explained at the 9 pm
Patrol Leader's Meeting and 10 pm Adult Leader's Cracker-barrel on Friday night.
We will try to have plenty of firewood on hand for
your convenience, at the campsites and the cities. We do ask that you leave a stack of
"courtesy wood" in your site upon your leaving after the event.
Any vehicles permitted to enter the main camp must stay on the main service
roadways, and must be returned to the parking lot IMMEDIATELY after unloading. This will
depend, of course, on the surface conditions within the camp and is left up to the
Ranger's discretion.
A nondenominational chapel service will be held in Tom's Chapel
Sunday morning at 9:30.
Camper departure time will be no later than 12 noon on Sunday. At
noon the gates will be locked.
We look forward to seeing
you at the GOLD RUSH!!!
- Harry Wood, chairman
- Bob Spencer, co-chairman and chef extraordinaire. |
