YM Basketball Tournament - Fri Feb 28 & Sat March 1st

The YM Basketball Tournament is Fri Feb 28 and Sat March 1st.

We have so many YM interested in playing that we need to create a 2nd team.

Chris Wilkinson in the Chatwsorth Ward is the coach for our first team.

We are looking for a coach for the 2nd team. If you have any suggestions, please let me know.

Chris is holding 3 practices between now and the tournament.
Tue Feb 18 - 8p.m. at the Chatsworth Building
Fri Feb 21 - 7:30p.m. at the Chatsworth Building
Tue Feb 25 - 8p.m. at the Chatsworth Building

I wouldn't recommend skipping scouts for the Tuesday practice unless you feel it won't conflict with your scouting program.

Also, please encourage your Priest age YM to attend MTC Night on Tue Feb 25.

Please let all your YM know about the tournament and the practices you would like them to attend.

Thank you,
Brother Devor

2014 Varsity/Venture Basketball Invitation

Dear All,

On behalf of the Santa Clarita Stake, we want to invite you to join with us in our 2014 Varsity Venture Basketball Tournament. The 2-day tournament will run from Friday, February 28 to Saturday, March 1. Since court space is an issue, we are gathering an interest list from those that wish to participate. If you are interested in joining the tournament this year, please reply back to me by next Wednesday, February 5. We will be distributing packets to interested teams by next weekend.

As a reminder, the tournament is for registered scouts ages 14 to the boys 18th birthday. Cost for the tournament will be $30 per team. The deadline for registration will be WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 19.

We look forward to another exciting basketball tournament!

Warmly,

Mick
MICHAEL MEHL

Second Annual Scout Walk Sat, Feb 1st, 8a

On February 1st we have the second annual "Scout Walk" also known as the "12 Point Walk".
The cost is $7 per participant which includes a patch and lunch.

Last year we had a couple of scouts participate and they really enjoyed it.

We start at Prince of Peace Church at 8:00am and walk about five miles visiting various churches and hear how the scout law is part of the various religions. We usually end up at the Stake Center around noon. We will have one of our leaders speaking about reverence at the Stake Center.

Hopefully we can get good participation this year.

[From the Flier]

What : A 5mile walk to various Religious Institutions in our District to show our Unity and Celebrate Scout Sunday. We will have a representative from each institution discuss a point of the Scout Law.

We will be walking and stopping at various locations along the way.

Where: Start-Prince of Peace Church Parking Lot- 5700 Rudnick Ave. Woodland Hills, CA. 91367
         End: LDS Stake 7045 Farralone St. Canoga Park, CA. 91303

When: Saturday Feb. 1, 2014 at 8:00 a.m.

Who: All Scouts- to included Cub Scouts, Boy Scouts, Venture Scouts, Girl Scouts. Cubs can join us at the half way point so walk is not so long.

Wear: Full Uniforms – We want the Community to see us!!

Bring: Water Bottles

Cost: $7.00 for lunch and a Patch- Please RSVP for your groups as we need a count for lunch and patches

Contact: Vicky Goldberg for more information and pre-registration


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PS: You should also bring a hat and sunscreen -Ivan, a fair skinned leader

Scout Sunday & Sabbath - Feb 2nd & 8th, 2014

Please remember Scout Sunday Feb 2nd 2014 and Scout Sabbath Feb 8th, 2014. [more info]

Mountain Man Rendezvous 2014: Save The Date

Brethren,
Please save the date for the 2014 Mountain Man Rendezvous, which is Friday, March 14 to Saturday, March 15, at Camp Three Falls. The point person for this year's MMR is Dave Albee, from our Stake YM Presidency.

There will be much more information coming out in the weeks ahead, but we are hoping to get this to you in time for your stake calendaring purposes. 

We are looking once again to have a great experience with you and your youth. If there are any questions or input, please feel free to let us know. 

Brandon Black
Santa Clarita Stake Mountain Man Committee

100 Years of Scouting Celebration!

100 Years of Scouting Broadcast

President Peterson would like every ward to take a night with the scouts and celebrate 100 years of scouting.
He has asked that you watch the church broadcast with your scouts.
This is a big deal so please give it its due honor.

The Church of Jesus Christ of Later-Day Saints is the largest chartered organization associated with the BSA which includes over 420,000 youth!

Mountain Man Update - Important

Gentlemen and Brethren,

>> Here << is a form that is in addition to the packet that was previously sent.  >> This << waiver needs to be completed for each young man, in addition to the other forms that were sent. If you have a scout who is injured and will not be able to participate in Colter's Run, but who wants to participate in MMR, please keep in mind that these scouts can participate in the Mountain Man Costume Contest. Also, our Cannon Master has asked for volunteers to assist with the "Cannoneering" at MMR, so please let me know if you have this situation and a young man who wants to participate.


Please note that this year we will be factoring your participation in the Dutch Oven Cook-off and the Mountain Man Costume Contest into the final score or time that it takes each team/crew to run the course.  Here's how participation will factor in:

Dutch Oven Cooking will be judged on:

• Presentation (5 points max)
• Creativity (5 points max)
• Taste (10 points max)
• For a total of 20 points maximum. 

The team or crew that places first in this cook-off will have 1.5 minutes deducted from their Colter's Run time; second place will have 1 minute deducted; third place will have 45 seconds deducted and each participating team that does not place in the top 3 will have 30 seconds deducted.


Mountain Man Costume Contest will be scored or judged using the following criteria; Each participant must make a reasonable effort to reflect dress/costuming of the mountain man of the 1800's. Each participant must have at least three (3) articles of mountain man regalia, equipment/tools, dress or costuming reflective of the 1800's mountain man to qualify.

• First place will have 1.5 minutes deducted from his team/crew Colter's Run time
• Second place will have 1 minute deducted
• Third place will have 45 seconds deducted
• Team participation deduction: Each team/crew that participates will have 30 seconds deducted from their Colter's Run time (in order to get the team participation deduction, at least 1/2 of the registered members of a team/crew must participate with the minimum qualifying criteria listed above). Note that only one mountain man costume contest deduction per team /crew will be allowed. 

Participants in the Mountain Man Costume Contest do not need to run the course in their mountain man costumes.


Here is a photograph of a mountain man to help give you an idea of what types of costume or regalia can be used:

Both the Dutch Oven Cook-off and the Mountain Man Costume Contest will be judged at the discretion of those that have been selected to judge each of these events.


Some mountain man costuming resources can be found at:
www.varsityrendezvous.com

Tandy Leather
located at:
6436 Bellingham AveNorth Hollywood
(818) 763-1264

Standing Bear's Trading Post
located at:
7624 Tampa Ave, Reseda, CA 91335
(818) 342-9120

I've also heard that you can find some Mountain Man costumes and equipment on ebay.

Thanks again for your interest and participation. A friendly reminder that registration is due one week from today!!

[edited from Brandon Black - Santa Clarita Stake Mountain Man Committee]

Black Powder Waver:  [PDF]