HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Huron Expositor, 1997-08-13, Page 3Seaforth scouts enjoy Canadian Jamboree
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What do you do with
13.000 kids for a week?
Keep them bury.
That's just what organizers
did at the Canadian Jamboree
tor CJ) for Snouts Canada
hold at Thunder Bay last
month.
Four Seaforth scouts and
leader Harry Denhaan -made
the recznt long trek up north
Io join in the many festivities
with scouts ages I I to 18
from every province and ter-
ritory in Canada.
It is a long. long drive_ to
Thunder Bay. In dollars and
cents it cost about S325 in
gas to go there and back.
Seaforth scouts Malindtna
Samoa. Trevor Ward. Ashley
Denhaan and Chris Lowe
were..up at 6 a.m. (after being
up to I 1 p.m. or later the
night before 1 every mtinnne
and off to, activities shortly
after 7.
"It was pretty strenuous
activity." says leader
-Denhaan. "They walked
about.20 miles a day:" And
the leaders didn't get out of
walking either. Scouts
weren't allowed to participate
in any activities if their lead-
ers were present.
• - BIG OPENING
Opening ceremonies were a
grand affair. with the
Governor General speaking
as well as Native leader
Ovide. Mercredi The thou-
sands of youths were enter-
tained by the mush of
Toronto-based pop stars the
Barenaked Ladies. The band
also. perlormed at the closing
of the Jamboree and MUCH
Music was there to tape it.
This was the second CJ for
leader Denhaan. He • went in
1985 with a Perth and Huron
composite group when the
event was held at the -Guelph
Lake Conservation Area.
Every four years it's held in a
different province. Thc next
Canadian Jamboree will he in
PEI in. 2001_
He said ir was the first time
a Seaforth Scotit'group had
attended - a Canadian
Jamboree since they started
holding thein in 1961.
FAVOURITE ACTIVITIES
For Trevor • Ward. the
favourite event was the hall -
day "Mud Mania" where -vol-
leyball, tug-of-war, obstacle
course and a pile of other
sports 'were played in the
mud. And there was a'Iut of
it.
"They hrought in 25 tons of
red mud and watered it
down." said Denhaan. "The
activities were phenomenal."
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BiG COLLECTION - Harry Denhaan, Chris Lowe, Ashley Denhaan and Trevor Ward, in
their Scout Canada Jamboree shirts, sit with.a collection of badges from past jamborees.
There were 152 activities to
choose from dunng the week.
Ea�;h group had' to decide un
about nine from that total.
For all the things they didn't
get to do, they saw most of
thein when they walked from
site to site There's also a
huge number of volunteers
who help coordinate this
massive venture. Sortie adults
or Rovers help at the CJ as
service representatives. said
Denhaan.
EARNED) A BADGE
Seaforth scout. earned an
Environment Canada badge
for cleaning up a simulated
oil spill on Hazelwood Lake.
There were lour activities
that had to be completed in
the "challenge" for the badge.
Thin was Ashley's.favountc
activity. She didn't mind
being. part of tht: 20_ per cent
female.. scout population tor
the week.
Chris, liked the "Belly
Boats." inner -tubes with -tri-
angle seats that were used to
play team sports like sticcer
un the water. .
"'There were 30 on each
team and you tried to push an
inllatablc- waterbed over the
line:" he said.
BIG JAMBOREE
"There's normally' 10,0(10
to 12,000. This is the first CJ
held inside -a -city - Norinally
it's in the country. But
Thunder Bay has a man-
made lake and there arc a lot
of conservation. areas close
by (where many of the activi-
ties -took place):" said
Denhaan.
T to or• finished in the top
10 tor.thc..fire-Lighting chal-
lenge. He had to shoot 15 tar-
gets with water in a time
EARNING A BADGE - Trevor Ward and Malindma Sampa
(absent from above photo) work cleaning up after a mock
oil- spill -on Hazelwood Lake to eam an environment badge.
hint. like it was 1815. •"They pre -
That wasn't the only water
the Seaforth scouts dealt
with. A thunderstorm one
night knocked their dining
tent on top of Ashley's lent.
She slept through it. Leader
Denhaan tied it down so it
wouldn't blow away and,they
fixed it the next day with
some help from their neigh-
bours because everybody
knows Scouts arc very help-
ful and neighbourly.
Thc Seaforth group had a'
chance; ter meet scouts from
all over the country and
exchange badges and pins. •
BACK TO FUR TRADE •
One of the sites they saw
was old Fort .Williatn where
everyone dressed and acted
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