UPCOMING MAJOR ACTIVITIES CALENDAR FOR SHIP 25 – SSS YORKSHIRE, YORK, PA

updated 1/14/03 – subject to change where indicated

Updates generally available from the Activities Calendar section of the Ship 25 web site at http://ship25bsa.org

 

10-12 January - Friday/Sunday.  Catoctin Sea Scout Winter Training Weekend, Camp Round Meadow, Catoctin Mountain Park, MD  (Registrations closed)

 

9 February: 1100 – Scout Sunday at our sponsoring institution, Yorkshire United Methodist Church, 125 Edgewood Road, York, PA.  Yorkshire Church sponsors Cub Pack 25, Troop 25, and Ship 25.  Once a year on Scout Sunday we try to all show up in our uniforms for the 11 a.m.  Sunday Service.  Showing the congregation a large group of Cubs, Scouts, and Sea Scouts in uniform at the service, and carrying our respective flags to the front of the church, is one way we say “thank you” to Yorkshire United Methodist Church for sponsoring us.

 

29-30 March – Saturday/Sunday.  Northeast Region Bridge of Honor and Sea Scout Ball, Holiday Inn Executive Conference Center, Bridgeport, NJ – this is the social highlight of the Sea Scout year, attended by about 250 Sea Scouts from the Chesapeake to New England.  The conference center boasts an indoor pool, weight room, sauna, pool tables, arcade, etc.  Saturday night is a formal dinner (really excellent food, not ordinary stuff).  During the Bridge of Honor, there are presentations by each ship to their own Sea Scout of the Year and to those who have earned Eagle or Quartermaster during the previous year.  Adam Blackford will be recognized for earning his Eagle.  Who will be the Ship 25 “Sea Scout of the Year”?  After the dinner and Bridge of Honor, there is a dance similar to a prom.  We’ll be having the same DJ as 2002, who was very highly rated by the youth attending last year.  We’ll sleep over at the Holiday Inn Saturday night after the dance, and on Sunday morning there are presentations about regional and wardroom upcoming events for the youth.  Then we’ll head back home.  ABSOLUTE REGISTRATION DEADLINE IS WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 5. See separate detail sheet for more information.  Photos from last year’s affair can be viewed at http://neregion.seascout.org/program_and_communications/ner_boh_pix.html.   Also, the Northeast Region web site has additional information at http://neregion.seascout.org/program_and_communications/ner_boh.html.  

 

?? April – various.  Some April events are still in the planning stages, but we will probably be having our regular meetings back at the Sea Base with the coming of warmer weather.  The Ship will have to decide if it wants to participate in a staff capacity for the First Capital District’s Spring Camporee, which is definitely scheduled for the weekend of 25-27 April.  That may conflict with the Maryland Maritime Heritage Festival and a rendezvous with Sally Reuther’s Ship 90, which is usually held the last weekend in April. I’m trying to get details from Skipper Reuther.  Obviously the Maritime Festival would be more nautical, and might include going out in the Bay on Sally’s 36’ Moody sloop.

 

1 May – Thursday.  Appoint nominating committee to interview candidates desiring to run for election on 29 May as Boatswain for the following 12 months.

 

4 May – Sunday.  Chesapeake Squadron Canoe Race.  We offered to host the canoe race again this year, but the Baltimore Sea Scouts wanted very strongly to resume hosting it back at Creagerstown State Park in Maryland as in 2001.  That’s okay – Adam says “we’ll beat ‘em wherever they want to hold it.”

 

16-18 May – Friday/Sunday.  Adult Advanced Seamanship Course onboard der PeLiKan.  The skipper is signed up for this course.  Other Ship 25 adults may sign up as well.  This course is for adults only.

 

17 May – Saturday.  Armed Forces Day.  Plans not definite, but if world events don’t intervene, there might be a free air show on Armed Forces Day at Andrews Air Force Base.  We’ll have to see what’s going on in international affairs at that time and whether or not military events overseas might cause the show to be canceled.  Keep the date open, however, if someone other than the skipper wants to organize a visit to the air show.  (Skipper will be at adult training on der PeLiKan that weekend),

 

23-26 May – Memorial Day Weekend.  Nygard Regatta.  As I told everyone earlier, we know that there WILL BE a Nygard Regatta, but because the location at Naval Station Annapolis where it was held in the past is being sold by the government, the date and location of the Nygard Regatta may have to change.  As soon as I receive definite word, I’ll pass it on to all of you right away.  I know Commodore Yeckley will try hard to find an alternate location so that we can use the Friday night – Monday morning time of Memorial Day weekend, but we don’t know for sure just yet.  The point is we’ll have a Nygard, it’s just not certain the date or location.  For the moment, keep it on your calendars for Memorial Day weekend.

 

29 May – Thursday.  Boatswain’s election.  If the Nygard Regatta gets pushed into June, the election will be delayed until the first Thursday after the Nygard Regatta.

 

1 June – Sunday, 1400.  Eagle Scout presentation ceremony for Adam Blackford at his church and the site of his Eagle Scout service project, Eastminster Presbyterian Church, 311 Haines Road, York, PA.  Refreshments will follow.  Come out and show your support for Adam on his big day.

 

4 June – Wednesday evening.   Program Launch at Camp Tuckahoe.  Be one of the first to visit the newly-renovated Camp Tuckahoe.  This council-wide event is designed to let other Scout leaders know what various programs the BSA has to offer.  Come on out, get a free dinner, and help explain to the clueless why “Sea Scouts have more fun!”

 

7 June – Saturday.  NCAC Eco-Challenge, Occoquan, VA.  If it’s the same as last year, and it probably will be, a two-member canoe team was required to race three miles down the face of Occoquan Reservoir, then hand off to a team of two runners, who had to run four miles through the woods and then hand off to two mountain bikers who raced another four miles up and down hill and over logs and rocks to the finish line.  In 2002, Sea Scout Ship 25 placed FIRST in it’s category (16-18 coed), and 2^nd overall.  Let’s keep up our good reputation!

 

14-15 June – Saturday/Sunday.  Quarterdeck training weekend.  This is the weekend tentatively set as a “get away” for the new incoming Boatswain and his or her quarterdeck team to get organized, trained, and have some fun.  It is possible this date may have to change based on when the Nygard Regatta is actually held, but for now put it down for this weekend.

 

20-24 June – Friday/Tuesday.  Sea Scout Life Guard Camp, Solomon’s Island, MD.  Hosted by Skipper Tom Ballew of Ship 1942, here is a chance to earn swimming, canoeing, rowing, and lifesaving merit badges, and qualify for the Nautical Mile Swim and as a BSA Scout Lifeguard all in four days!  Cost of $150 includes food and all other fees.  For details, see Skipper Kain, or email Skipper Ballew at tballew@cox.net. 

 

27-29 June – Friday/Sunday.  Northeast Region Sea Scout Sailing Championships, US Coast Guard Academy, New London, CT.  We drive to Connecticut on Friday morning, the afternoon is spent getting instruction in 420’s and FJ sloop-rigged dinghies, and then Saturday and Sunday are spent racing the boats.  We’ll be sleeping again at the Academy’s palatial Stonington Lodge.  Either on the way up or the way back we’ll try to stop at a worth-while place such as Mystic Seaport or tour the Navy’s first nuclear-powered submarine, USS NAUTULUS.  Preliminary details are available at http://neregion.seascout.org/program_and_communications/ner_sailoff.html

 

11-13 July – Friday/Sunday.  MS-Bikeathon, Gettysburg College, Gettysburg, PA.  Here is a free weekend and a great chance to easily accumulate any service hours you need for advancement and have fun in the process.  Last year’s crew had a ball!  Sleep in college dorm room, eat all the free food you can handle (Sat and Sun), swim in the college pool.  All you have to do is ride around in a van and help bikers in trouble and deliver supplies.  What’s not to like?

 

23 August – Saturday.  Possible participation in the Codorus Creek Boat Parade.  The event is a public water parade in canoes, kayaks, and/or other non-motorized craft designed to draw attention to the desirability of improving the Codorus Creek watershed.  Details pending.

 

19-21 September – Friday/Sunday.  Wizard Safari, Wizard Ranch, Hellam Township, York Co., PA.  This is a huge York-Adams Area Council event held only once every four years, where all the Cub Scouts, Boy Scouts, Venturers, and Sea Scouts get together for a “safari” at Wizard Ranch.  It’s the closest thing you’ll see to a National Jamboree without going to one.  Dates are fixed.  Details will follow.

 

4-5 October – Saturday/Sunday & 11-12 October – Saturday/Sunday.  Fall Fundraiser Weekends, Shiloh Nurseries, Emigsville, PA.  The first two weekends in October are the dates for Ship 25 to earn some real dollars by supervising the parking of cars in the Shiloh Nurseries parking lot and by selling slushies, pretzels, etc.  It sure beats trying to sell stuff door-to-door, so we expect each and every Ship 25 member to do his or her part and take work shifts sometime during the two weekends.

8 November – Saturday.  Liberty Ship John W. Brown cruise, Inner Harbor, Baltimore, MD.  Our 2002 cruise was such a success, we’ll try to repeat it.  Embark on board the only still-operational World War II Liberty Ship and steam around the inner harbor to help celebrate Veterans’ Day weekend.

NOTE:  There may well be additional activity opportunities coming along.  Traditionally, there are a variety of weekend training courses available on SSTV der PeLiKan, but I haven’t seen the schedule posted on the web yet. 

 

Skipper Selwin Gray’s Ship 1993 may host another Saturday regatta for daysailers at Rocky Point Park like last year in June, but I haven’t seen any announcement yet.

 

Additional ideas floating around just waiting to happen include spending a weekend on the battleship USS NEW JERSEY in Trenton, NJ, and visiting the older battleship USS OLYMPIA en route. 

 

Another weekend opportunity that I have heard is neat is to spend a night on the museum ship Coast Guard Cutter TAWNEY in Baltimore’s Inner Harbor. 

 

Maybe we could arrange to actually go to sea for a weekend onboard the modern Coast Guard buoy tender RANKIN. 

 

While we have no official “long cruise” definitely planned as yet for this summer to rival last year’s ScoutFleet activity, we are trying to put something together on or own, or by partnering with another Sea Scout ship. 

 

Might you want to spend a week or two in the summer  on a joint Willit Run??/Windrose Chesapeake Bay cruise?  How about cruising the length of the Bay from Baltimore to Norfolk, and even beyond to the Great Dismal Swamp.  What ideas do you have?  Let’s hear them!

 

That’s all for now.  I’ll keep you posted as more details emerge.

 

Thursday, 16 January 2003

 

Dear Ship 25:

 

Here is the information on the Ship 25 First Aid/CPR/AED classes for February and March.  This was put out at tonight’s Sea Scout meeting, but I am also putting it out by email so everyone, whether they were at tonight’s meeting or not, has the necessary information.

 

1. The classes taught will be First Aid, CPR, and AED (the new defribulators).

2. The CPR class is 6 hours, the First Aid class is 6 hours, and the AED class is 4 hours.

3. The classes will run for six (6) three-hour sessions from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. as follows:

1. Wednesday February 5

2. Wednesday February 12

3. Wednesday February 19

4. Wednesday February 26

5. Wednesday March 5  and

6. Wednesday March 12

4. Note that these Wednesday classes will be INSTEAD of the regular Thursday meetings for those six weeks, and that they start ONE HOUR EARLIER (6 p.m. instead of 7 p.m.) and run a full three hours until 9 p.m.  We will resume our regular Thursday meetings on Thursday March 20 at 7 p.m.  It is important that class participants be in class promptly at the 6 p.m. starting time for each session or late-comers risk not being certified.

5. The classes will be held at Garrod Hydraulics, 3466 Board Road in Emigsville, the same location as our regular winter meetings.

6. The classes are being held Wednesdays because the instructor, Mr. Mitzel, is not free to meet with us on Thursdays.

7. The final Wednesday class on March 12 is flexible depending on whether or not we have been able to fully cover all the curriculum in the first five sessions.

8. The cost for all three courses combined (First Aid, CPR, and AED) is thirty-five dollars ($35.00).  Checks should be made out to “Garrod Hydraulics”  and given to Mr. Garrod as soon as possible, and in any event before the first class starts.  The money will then be paid over to the Red Cross.  Neither the instructor, Mr. Keith Mitzel, nor Garrod Hydraulics, makes any profit on the courses.  The full $35.00 per student is paid over to the Red Cross for mannequin rental, instructional materials, and supplies, which will include your three course textbooks which you get to keep.

9. The maximum class size is 10 persons for certification and to get the text books.  Additional persons beyond the 10 may presumably attend the meetings (since they are Sea Scout meetings), but would not be certified and would not receive a text book.

10. As of tonight’s Sea Scout meeting, the following persons have expressed firm interest in the course:

1. Amanda Klinedinst

2. Matthew Wagner

3. Isaiah Landis

4. Alex Krynock

5. Drew Brenneman

6. C.J. Diamond

7. Wes Garrod

8. George Kain

9. ___________________   (opening)

10. ___________________   (opening)

 

11. These last two openings could presumably be filled by Tim Klinedinst and Leah Snyder, who normally attend regularly but were absent tonight because of exams, or by any other members of Ship 25.  In any event, the 10 openings will be filled on a first come, first served basis, in the order that people get their $35 checks to Mr. Garrod.

12. If you have any questions, contact me or Mr. Garrod.  Otherwise, if you want to be a part of this, get your $35.00 check to Mr. Garrod ASAP.

 

/s/ Skipper

 

George Hay Kain, III

Skipper, SSS YORKSHIRE - Sea Scout Ship 25, York, PA

skipper@ship25bsa.org

 

P.O. Box 14

Emigsville, PA 17318  

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First Aid, CPR & AED Course Outline

 

Ship 25 Certification

 

SESSION 1:    Recognizing Emergencies

                        Emergency Action Steps

                        Good Samaritan Laws

                        Obtaining Consent

                        Preventing Disease Transmission

                        Checking The Scene

                        Checking The Victim For Consciousness

                        Moving A Victim

                        Calling EMS

                        Prioritizing Care

                        Checking A Conscious Victim

                        Caring For Shock

                        Conscious Choking Victim

                        Checking An Unconscious Victim

                        Rescue Breathing

 

SESSION 2:    Signals Of A Heart Attack

                        Cardiac Chain of Survival

                        Adult CPR

                        Unconscious Choking Victim

                        Using An AED

                        Skills Scenarios

                        Sudden Illness

 

SESSION 3:    Bleeding Wounds

                        Burns

                        Injuries to Muscles, Bones & Joints

                        Heat & Cold Related Emergencies

                        Review & Written Exam

                        Checking An Infant or Child For Consciousness

                        Moving An Infant or Child

                        Conscious Choking Child

 

SESSION 4:    Checking An Unconscious Child

                        Rescue Breathing – Child

                        Cardiac Emergency With Child

                        CPR – Child

                        Unconscious Choking Child

 

SESSION 5:    Checking An Unconscious Infant

                        Conscious Choking Infant

                        Rescue Breathing – Infant

                        Cardiac Emergency With Infant

                        CPR – Infant

                        Unconscious Choking Infant

                        Review & Written Exam

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From:      Keith Metzel

 

To:          Wes Garrod

 

Re:          Ship 25 First Aid, CPR & AED

 

 

 

Wednesday, January 22, 2003

 

 

Wes,

 

     I wanted to clear up a few items from the e-mail George sent out to your unit. The class size will need to be limited to 10 people total. I don’t believe having additional observers would be of benefit in trying to complete the course in five sessions. Red Cross guidelines stipulate the class size per instructor and even though people would not be taking the class for certification it still creates a problem for me as an instructor. We need to have only registered participants in the group.

 

     The sessions are scheduled to start at 6:00 PM beginning on February 5. Promptness will be a key factor in completing the classes as scheduled in five weeks. The classes have an average instruction time of  about 2 ½ hours per session not including any break times. We will need the three hour time slot each week. The date of March 12 will be reserved in the event of inclement weather or time needed to achieve skills.

 

     Attendance at all sessions is mandatory to be able to take the testing for certification. The certifications will be for Standard First Aid, AED Essentials and Adult, Infant & Child CPR. The hands on practice is part of the certification process.

 

     We will be using disposable breathing barriers when we do the rescue breathing & CPR practice sessions. If any of your crew have resuscitation masks they can feel free to bring them along to use in class. Latex gloves will be used at all times when practicing skills. If any of your crew is allergic to latex I need to know this so I can have nitrile gloves available for use.

 

     A complete list of participants prior to the first session would be appreciated so I can fill out forms in advance. I will need complete names, addresses and telephone numbers for the Red Cross forms. The certifications will come to me and then I’ll pass them on so they can be distributed to your crew.

 

     The course cost covers the rental of the following training equipment and class materials:

Adult & Infant /Child Mannekins

AED Trainer Units

Disposable Gloves & Breathing Barriers

Class Materials (Skills Cards & Participant Booklets)

Certification Cards & Registration

 

     If there are any other questions you may  have I’ll gladly try to answer them. Looking forward to helping your crew in this learning experience.

 

                                Keith

                                (Buffalo NE-IV 141)