Geocaching at Chickakoo Lake 2010 November

We spent 3 hours hiking on beautiful traisl in Chickakoo Lake Park. Kids were excited to find 7 caches.

2010-2011 Calendar of events

2009/2010 In Review :)

We've done some fun stuff this year.  Check it out!  (If you don't want to watch the slide slow click on "View All Images" below.)

Winter Carnival 2010

On Saturday our club hosted the annual Yellowhead Regional Winter Carnival. 11 clubs attended from the region resulting in about a hundred people showing up to the event. And what a successful event it was, too!

The carnival was held at and sponsered by the Spruce Grove Gun Club. Their guys volunteered their time for the whole day instructing both kids and adults.

People who came at first deciding that they wouldn't touch a gun left not only shooting but enjoying it, too. Shooting is not the big evil thing we've all been taught to believe.  The instructors at the Spruce Grove Gun Club aren't a bunch of so called "red knecks" bent on turning us all into gun wielding maniacs or worse...ahh!...hunters. They are calm, thoughtful, and patient indivuals whose main goal is to pass on the love and respect they have for firearm sport.

Clubs also brought along activities to share. There were fun and educational games, a first aid activity, fur identification, fly tying (for fishing) and archery.

We came away from the day having met people from neighbouring clubs, seeing old friends, and learning some new skills.

I want to take a moment and thank Lana from our club for taking care of the food for the day.  We all thoroughly enjoyed the beef on the bun lunch.  She bought the groceries, cooked and shredded the roast, and if - that wasn't enough - took care of the clean-up.  THANK-YOU, Lana, for your efforts.  It was greatly appreciated.

And thank-you to everyone else who came out and helped.  You helped to make it an enjoyable and successful event.

Ice Fishing

What FAB-u-lous weather we had for today's ice fishing event. The sun was shining oh so brrrightly and when there was no wind it was down right warm. There was good attendance as well.

What made the event even better was that the fish were actually biting! Whoo hoo. Sure the fish were small and, as a result, most were set free to fight another day, but everyone had fun catching them.

Exclamations of "I caught one!" could be heard ringing out with regularity.

Tamara catching her first fish ever.  Way to go!

Fish fryin'.

Here's the underwater camera.

I think it's safe to say that many of our Wardens got "hooked" (hardy ha ha) on ice fishing today.

Thank-you to Ron and Kevin who organized the event, and thanks to Kevin for bringing the tents, augers, under water camera (a huge hit), and bait for everyone.

Clymont Winter Camp - January '10

The Winter Camp this past weekend was a wonderful success.


The Adventurer/Challengers (wardens 12yrs and up) had their own programming on Friday night and Saturday morning. They stayed out in the outfitter tent overnight. They were a bit chilly, apparently, but they survived! They learned map and compass techniques and are on their way to being proficient. Martin Schiebel came up with an exciting indoor course to help them with this venture and the kids had fun navigating it.

The Pathfinder/Trailblazers joined the camp Saturday morning.

They learned about some essential items to include in their backpacks for emergency situations.

During this activity they made cotton ball fire starters and tin can emergency kits.

Thanks Rondalene and Martin for the presentation!

After lunch we went outside to learn fire starting. The Pathfinders learned how to strike a match, the Trailblazers learned how to start a fire with a twig bundle, and the A/C’s were instructed how to use flint and steel. It was a productive activity.

"Fire Starting"

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The plan was to then use their tin cans to boil water and make hot chocolate but it was pretty cold outside so the kids moved indoors. Luckily Kirt (as usual) had an activity up his sleeve. He demonstrated (literally) the building blocks of ecosystems. The kids had fun and learned an important lesson.

Afterwards, Kirt pulled the A/C’s aside for Leadership discussion and knot tying skills.

And the P/T's got to try thier hand at the map/compass course.

After supper, we learned about the Bronze Badge which brought us to learning about the Purpose, Code, Pledge, Watchword, and Motto. Then we enjoyed a skit put on by the Schiebels about the history of the JFW.

"Skit"

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While the A/C's braved the cold outisde, the rest of stayed indoors!

Thanks to everyone who worked behind the scenes in kitchen.  And thanks, Chandra, for getting the groceries so that we could eat.  It's much appreciated.

See y'all at the next camp!!

Pig Roast '09

The Pig Roast is our major fundraiser.  It's a good opportunity for everyone to pitch in and we had a fun time doing it.