PhilNews July 25th, 2014 years of Issue Eight 76 Philmont Herbal Amtrak Visits the Ranch Silver Sage Medicines Award Carlisle Evans Peck Ceremony STEM Staff Emet Blood When I say “herbal medicine” or “naturopathy”, Staff Writer most people probably think This year’s Silver Sage Award of a specialty fad for new age ceremony at PTC reconnected the past hippies and pretentious yuppies pioneering of the first female staffers stubbornly avoiding modern with the current development that medicine. But herbal medicine is Philmont experiences every summer not an antiquated and irrelevant as the female population at the camp form of treatment made obsolete grows. by “superior” modern healthcare. This year, three of the awards went People have historically used, to former staff members Cathy Leech, and continue to use, botanicals Nancy Wells and Dawn Chandler. for many medicinal purposes, All three played a major role in and there is real science behind paving the way for the presence of it. In fact, modern medicines female staffers at Philmont. aren’t entirely fabricated in labs; During the opening of the Continued on page 13 ceremony recognitions, were made to Ranch management staff. PhilNews Recognitions were also made to Kaitlyn Chaballa/Photographer Continued on page 3 Submissions Scouts from Troop 2334 ride the Amtrak train from Grand Rapids, Mich. to Raton, N.M. on Thurs, June 17. Emma Black Dallas Elmore national passenger rail carrier. economic contributors to Head of Dean Program Staff Writer Inaugurated by the federal communities along the route The Amtrak route to government in 1971 after the and the closure would be keenly Counselor Philmont may close in the near demise of commercially viable felt in Colfax County, as well future if a funding agreement passenger rail travel, the company as southeastern Colorado and isn’t reached by the states of New is charged with providing rail other parts of northeastern New Mexico, Colorado and Kansas. travel to the general public. Mexico. The Southwest Chief is an Although the smallest passenger Scouts choose to ride the Amtrak train line that runs from mode of transportation in the train for a variety of reasons. Los Angeles to Chicago and U.S., the railroad company has The train makes the trip covers a total distance of 2,265 posted steady gains in ridership affordable for many groups, miles. It is one of the four west- throughout the 2000s and carried almost halving the cost of an east passenger lines Amtrak 31 million people in 2013. airline ticket. Spacious seats and A Philmont Hiker operates, linking the two sides of Over 4,600 Scouts and dining cars avoid unnecessary Nick Weist the country. Amtrak, a federally staff used the Southwest Chief stops that most car rides need. owned for-profit company, is in in 2013 to reach Philmont. Large observation cars offers Troop 888 search of funding to maintain the The Chief stops in Raton, and almost 360 degree views of the Christine Henri/Photographer Hiking through the wilderness track since Congress did not pass Scouts catch a bus the rest of the surrounding countryside. Nancy Wells speaks about her Tents set up at night a law for capital investments. way to the Ranch. Scouts and The scenery made an experience as a Philmont ranger Philmont, Scouting paradise Amtrak is the nation’s other passengers are important Continued on page 3 in the summer of 1973.

@Philmont PhilmontScoutRanch.org Philmont Scout Ranch 2 | PhilNews Friday, July 25, 2014 PhilmontScoutRanch.org News and July 25-August 2 Continued From Page one, Award Friday, 25 Monday, 28 Tuesday, 29 Wednesday, 30 Thursday, 31 Saturday, 2 Saturday, 31 Photo Team 8 p.m. 8 p.m. 8 p.m. 11 a.m. - 1 p.m. 8 p.m. 8 p.m. Friday Floats at Concert: Chuck Movie Night: Brat Day in Baldy Humans vs. Saturday Shakes at the SSSAC Jewel with Bacon Fellowship of Pavilion Zombies in Baldy the SSSAC for Sale in Baldy the Ring at the Pavilion NPS Manager Pavilion Hardesty Casa Bryan Hayek Central

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PhilNews Writers “If you can dream it, you can do it.” -- “With the new day comes new strength Scott Allen Walt Disney and new thoughts.” -- Eleanor Roosevelt Dallas Elmore Kyle Nutter Emet Blood Photography Manager Erin Irwin

Photographers Kaitlyn Chaballa Morgan Court Christine Henri Cassidy Johnson Stephen Maurer John Mitchell Bethany Nilson

Photo Lab Lead Photo courtesy of Sarah Burgess, Conservation STEM Coordinator Photo courtesy of Sarah Burgess, Conservation STEM Coordinator Imara Chew Joey Dell and Emily Mangan, program counselors, pose with their This is an excellent nature box display: simple to make and will work creative display they made for their nature box contents at Ponil. at camps looking for a great way to put their resources on display. Photo Lab Techs Collin Anderson CHACO PRODEAL Corrections Peter Friedlander In Issue 8, it was stated in the trail camps article that Aspen Springs Thanks to the American Camping Association, all has purified water. However the sign at the Aspen Springs spigot states Marketing Manager Philmont staff members are eligible to purchase that the water needs to be treated. If any corrections are seen please notify the PhilNews Editor by Jessica Micheli Chaco products at a discount price. Simply go to emailing [email protected] or I-Camp it to News and Photo Services. Marketing Staff Chacos.com/ACA and fill out an online application. Once your membership has been approved, you Dominic Baima will be able to enjoy a discount of 40% off MSRP Lead Videographer on the items available on Chaco’s online store. Gabe Marchetti

Videographer Bear Safety Tip of the Week Connor Black Side hikes should not take a side note. The majority of bear rewards occur while campers are engaging in afternoon hikes. Always be cognizant of bear procedures, even if only for a few hours. PhilmontScoutRanch.org Friday, July 25, 2014 PhilNews | 3 Continued From Page one, Award Continued From Page one, Amtrak

impression on one Indiana Friday, 25 Monday, 28 Tuesday, 29 Wednesday, 30 Thursday, 31 Saturday, 2 Saturday, 31 Scout. “To see it change as we go 8 p.m. 11 a.m. - 1 p.m. 8 p.m. 8 p.m. 8 p.m. 8 p.m. is cool,” said David Harbeson, Friday Floats at Concert: Chuck Movie Night: Brat Day in Baldy Humans vs. Saturday Shakes at the senior patrol leader of Troop the SSSAC Jewel with Bacon Fellowship of Pavilion Zombies in Baldy the SSSAC 4025 from Georgetown, Ind. “Its for Sale in Baldy the Ring at the Pavilion not dramatic, just gradual.” Pavilion Hardesty Casa Adult leaders had another Central reason for appreciating the rail line. “It’s a safety issue,” said Gabrielle Martin, an advisor from Venture Crew 1 from Champagne, Ill. “Advisors haven’t slept in a bed in two “With the new day comes new strength Christine Henri/Photographer weeks and are stuck in a crowded Doyle Maurer/Photographer Kathy Leach, Nancy Wells and Dawn Chandler wear their medals van.” and new thoughts.” -- Eleanor Rooseveltat the 2014 Silver Sage Awards. Amtrak CEO, Joe Boardman and New Mexico Senator, Martin Amtrak has requested Heinrich meet with Scouts that arrived to Philmont by train. previous Silver Sage Award recipients department of Philmont. that each state involved in and family members of recipients. She camped with her crew at maintaining the track contribute since the late 1800s,” said other routes that run westward Since 2005, the Philmont Staff Toothache Springs and woke up in the $4 million a year for the next ten Marc Magliari, an Amtrak from Chicago and New Orleans. Association has given 25 Silver Sage middle of the night with a bear standing years to complete renovations spokesperson. However, of progress toward Awards. The three recipients this year on her back. Her crew did not listen to and upgrades to the track in Outside of Scout travel, obtaining the funding have make it 28 total. The Silver Sage Award her and had set up their tents further question. A search is in progress the Chief carries over 350,000 been seen. Amtrak officials and is the highest recognized award available away than told that night so no one for more local economic activity passengers a year between a senator from New Mexico through the PSA. All recipients were heard her screams and struggle. After to use the freight system and Los Angeles and Chicago and visited Philmont in order to see people that made lasting contributions fighting off and scaring the bear away incentivize the modernization of is the only form of public firsthand the impact the train to Philmont. Through a process of she woke up the advisor, who at first the track. transportation in northeastern shutdown would have. selection that included a teleconference did not believe she had been attacked Keeping the rail line active New Mexico. Rerouting the Chief “We’ve had good activity in with all previous PSA presidents, the by a bear. Instead of going back to camp has historical precedence as well. because the track in New Mexico all three states, but have not yet final recipients were chosen. she used this incident as a teachable “Passenger rail has served is unable to be repaired would reached a conclusion,” Magliari The PSA opened the floor to moment. She explained to the crew the northeastern New Mexico cause major strains on two of the said. open nominations. The nominator is importance of camping near the same not required to be a member of the location. The crew broke down in tears Issue Seven Sudoku Solutions PSA; they simply fill out an application after seeing her clawed up back and that is forwarded to the PSA office for the rest of their trek they became Easy Medium where the Randy Saunders, executive a model crew, taking every ounce of director, goes through and creates a list advice she had to offer. that is then sent to the previous PSA Wells is now a science teacher in presidents. Two thirds of the presidents Nebraska, as well as a volunteer fire- have to agree that a person has earned fighter and medical technician. the award. Only five awards can be The third award was given to In Issue 8, it was stated in the trail camps article that Aspen Springs given a year. Chandler, the first female camp director. has purified water. However the sign at the Aspen Springs spigot states In 1971, full PSA membership was She was given the position in 1988, that the water needs to be treated. opened for females for the first time. Philmont’s 50th year, at Abreu. She had If any corrections are seen please notify the PhilNews Editor by The next year Joe Davis hired the first been on Philmont staff four summers emailing [email protected] or I-Camp it to News two female rangers: Leech and Wells. prior. Wells started out as a ranger in and Photo Services. “Why not now?” said Joe Davis in 1982 and eventually became a training 1972. ranger. Ever since her pioneering year as Difficult Expert Leech came from a long line of the first female camp director, Philmont Philmont staff family members, and is proud to have female backcountry Wells had been applying to work at the staff running program areas and camps. Ranch every year since 1969, making it This ceremony honored these easy for Joe to know they were the right three, much deserving, women in a choice. manner that truly showed the positive Leech started the female Kit impact they have had on Philmont Carson program, one of the first all Scout Ranch. female programs. She went on to law school and now works as a software consultant living in Colorado. Wells had an experience that perfectly expresses the strength and determination she brought to the ranger 4 | PhilNews Friday, July 25, 2014 PhilmontScoutRanch.org Mark’s Minute: Philmont’s New Look Mark Anderson not persistent. Fires are not likely make their way through their daily Director of Program, to become serious and control is assignments as well as when they Unit 2 relative easy. enjoy the Ranch on their days off. Doin’ it Right: Black Death and Super Black Death Over the past week, I With this new fire rating we Early detection can improve the have had the pleasure to visit a will begin allowing crew campfires ease of suppression. number of our backcountry and on Philmont Scout Ranch property I hope you will enjoy the frontcountry camps. Crews and in established fire rings. Rangers lightning shows as the storms participants continue to have a and backcountry staff will begin a move off across the eastern plains transformational experience just concentrated training effort with and are lucky enough to see a late like they were doing on June 8 as each crew to ensure that they are afternoon rainbow. These are Matt Hart we began the 2014 season. The trained in the Philmont crew special weather occurrences in Associate Chief Ranger profound difference is the change campfire process. We will continue our area that are usually followed in the land - green! to encourage crews to use their by glorious night skies. Everywhere I went I observed stoves for cooking, but, from time August brings the Perseid flowers and green growing ground to time along the trek a campfire Meteor Showers. Because of cover. The result is less dust, might add to the experience and our dark skies we have the significantly less erosion with each provide warmth on a chilly, wet opportunity to see these meteor rain storm and a reduction in fire evening. showers in the northeast skies danger. The forecast continues to around the Perseus Constellation. Samantha Waidler/Photography Manager 2011 On July 25, the fire rating include a 20-40 percent chance You may be able to see 60-100 for the Ranch will be lowered to for afternoon and eveningper hour. The peak nights will be family. response to the question “Was a moderate rating. A moderate thundershowers. With each storm August 11, 12, and 13. Between I continue to receive there something unexpected that rating means fires can start from we have had a numerous lightning now and then the meteor shower numerous complements about you enjoyed on your trek?” The most accidental causes, but with strikes. We should remember that will increase each night. I hope the experience from participants magnificent views, also, pleasantly the exception of lightning fires, the the Pueblano Ruins fire on June you will find time to enjoy this in all of our various programs. surprised at the courtesy of number of starts is generally low. 27 was the result of a lightning experience. Thank you for the work you to the staff. Treated like a valued You can expect moderate flame strike four days earlier. Every Our home is a special place. each day to ensure that we exceed customer. A crew leader wrote length and rate of spread. Short- staff member should continue to Please take time and enjoy it with their expectations. in response to the same question, distance spotting may occur, but is be observant of the land as they other members of your Philmont One advisor wrote in glorious experience! Dallas On Days Off: Los Alamos Dallas Elmore Staff Writer Two and a half hours from Philmont is Los Alamos, the site of the famed Manhattan Project and a rich cultural landmark in central New Mexico. A town with a population little over 12,000, Los Alamos offers museums, outdoor adventure and stunning vistas on a casual drive. Indians first settled the area around the town almost a thousand years ago. For hundreds of years, they farmed mesas and gathered wild plants until changing climate issues forced the native people into pueblo settlements. Kaitlyn Chaballa/Photographer The 1800s brought white settlers, Dallas Elmore, PhilNews writer, at the Amtrak train station in Raton. and eventually the town of Los Alamos one of the highest per capita PhD rates dream. Staff can visit the ancient ruins was incorporated. During World War II, in the nation. In addition to the brain in the morning and begin hiking the 70 the federal government selected the town power, the town has several dedicated miles of trails in the parks 20,000 acres as the sight of the famous Manhattan museums. The Los Alamos Historical of designated wilderness. Those who are Project, which ultimately developed the Museum pays tribute to the region’s looking for a more automobile oriented atomic bomb for use against Japan. The Indian ties, the Ranch School era and adventure can take the Jemez Scenic laboratory used the previous location of the Manhattan Project. Brainiacs will Byway. The trip is 132 miles long, offering the Los Alamos Ranch School, which is enjoy the Bradbury Science Museum. views of the Valles Caldera, Jemez falls now a community center. The museum hosts 16 exhibits that and other spectacular scenery. Los Alamos is now the home of explore atomic use, proliferation and Staff who have the time to explore the Los Alamos National Laboratory, safekeeping. Los Alamos should take Highway 64 a science facility that employs over Bandelier National Monument is west till they reach the turn off for Los 11,000 people. As a result, the town has both a trip into the past and an explorers Alamos. PhilmontScoutRanch.org PhilmontScoutRanch.org Friday, July 25, 2014 PhilNews | 5

Continued Training Schedule The Ranger Mile: Continued Trainings or CTs are training sessions put on by ranger trainers nearly every night of the summer from 6 p.m.-6:45 p.m. in the Walcott Room of the SSSAC. These sessions are fun and Doin’ it Right: Black Death and Super Black Death informative. All staff are welcome and encouraged to attend, we With the final month of our Philmont summer at hand, it’s bucket list time for many of you. For the hope to see you there! adventurous, that may mean it’s time to attempt Black Death or Super Black Death, two of Philmont’s hiking Dates Topic challenges. These strenuous routes provide the opportunity for memorable personal achievements, but carry 7/25 The Historic Chase Ranch significant risk alongside. Do not undertake one of them alone, and be sure to file a staff backcountry access 7/26 Visiting Forester, Paul Shepard - permit before departure from Base Camp. Tree Rings Matt Hart between Shaefer’s and the base of cool. Stay quiet and you’re likely to 7/27 Backcountry Medicine - Allergies Associate Chief Ranger the Tooth. Keep pumping water and catch a glimpse of ruffed grouse or and Anaphylaxis food, then scramble up the 500 feet other wildlife. Enjoy the summit 7/28 and 7/30 Backcountry Cooking Black Death of rock to the summit. Be careful: briefly, and then descend through 7/29 Backcountry Medicine - Shock The Route: Black Mountain footing can be treacherous, and this lush spruce-fir forest to the Phillips- and Perfusion camp to Base Camp via the summits is no time for a rolled ankle. Once Comanche saddle. After a quick 7/31 Meteorology and Climate Change of Black Mountain, Shaefer’s Peak you’ve made it, soak in the glory climb up to the 11,303-foot summit and the Tooth of Time. Three peaks of your third summit of the day of Comanche Peak, continue east over roughly 12 miles and 3,100 and the panoramic views it affords. to the trail camp of the same name, Backcountry Cooking Samantha Waidler/Photography Manager 2011total feet of elevation gain. Then take your victory descent to then take a hard right and head south The Beta: Be sure to arrive Base. to another saddle before knocking response to the question “Wasat Black Mountain camp the Super Black Death out your third 11,000-footer of the there something unexpected that night before you plan to hike the The Route: Clear Creek to Base morning, Big Red. The trail can you enjoyed on your trek?” Thechallenge. Get up early, fill up on Camp via Mt. Phillips, Comanche grow faint between Comanche magnificent views, also, pleasantlywater (at least five liters), and hump Peak, Big Red, Bear Mountain, and Big Red, especially around the surprised at the courtesy of it up the switchbacks to the summit Black Mountain, Shaefer’s Peak, intersection with the emergency the staff. Treated like a valuedof Black Mountain. There’s a reason and the Tooth of Time. Seven peaks road to Thunder Ridge, so be sure customer. A crew leader wrote this peak is regarded as one of over roughly 20 miles and 6,000 to check your compass and make in response to the same question,Philmont’s burliest: it is a steep and total feet of elevation gain. sure your continuing to head south. glorious experience! relentless climb from the staffed The Beta: You have to like After reaching the big rock camp, ascending nearly 2,000 more than a little pain to undertake cairn on Red’s summit, turn due vertical feet in roughly a mile. Take Super Black Death. Hike to Clear east and descend to Comanche a slow, steady pace – you’ll need Creek the afternoon before: if you Pass. Take the high road from the your energy later in the day. can get a friend to drop you off, pass and begin your ascent of Black, Once you’ve topped out on take the beautiful Tolby Road, an with a quick detour to summit Black, enjoy the view then set off off-Ranch trail which runs south Bear Mountain about a kilometer Cassidy Johnson/Photographer east on a gradual, rolling descent from Highway 64, climbing to from the pass. There is no marked Miller Bundy, Cimarroncito cook. to Shaefer’s Pass. From the trail the dazzling, aspen-lined Tolby trail to this peak, but the summit is camp, it’s a quick but steep climb Meadow then up to Clear Creek visible and a quick, steep 400-foot Kyle Nutter cook on a backpacking stove. up to the southern flank of Shaefer’s (the trailhead is on the south side of bushwhack from the trail. Be sure Staff Writer Carrying bulk food increases Peak. Turn left off the ridge trail and the highway, just before the hairpin to consult your map and compass the weight of a pack, but a dash the 200 feet up to the summit turns as you near Eagle Nest). frequently during this stretch. After Cooking in the non-dehydrated meal is worth of Shaefer’s before continuing your From Clear Creek, wake up your side-trip to Bear, continue on backcountry is quite different the hardship. eastbound trek along Tooth Ridge. at first light, load up on water, and to the Black Mountain summit, from cooking in a traditional A pizzadilla is a It’s a hot mile and a half climb Mt. Phillips while it’s still then follow the route for Black kitchen. A lack of electricity combination of two versatile Death as described above. and appliances at many dishes that entails placing Some final tips: Don’t take any camps demands creative peppers, onions, cheese, extended breaks (your muscles solutions to satisfy hunger. pepperoni and tomato paste will not want to get started again Regardless of the difficulties, inside a tortilla heated above afterward), keep pumping the water both backcountry camps and a backpacking stove. It’s a and the calories, and do your best to special treks concoct delicious simple but rewarding meal make it to Base before dark! Don’t meals. after a day of hiking. be afraid to bail if weather or fatigue Many of the staffed Baker and Nathan Ford, makes you at all nervous. The easiest backcountry camps cook their camp director at Metcalf way is to drop down from Shaefer’s meals on a wood stove, such as Station, claim that the Pass then rest up and seek a ride Metcalf Station. struggles of backcountry from Clark’s Fork or Miner’s Park. “I can control the heat cooking have nothing to do On Super Black Death, it is also an better than propane,” said with cooking. Their biggest easy descent from Comanche Pass Tucker Baker, program concern is finding the time to to Cypher’s Mine. Do not attempt counselor at Metcalf Station. actually cook. They are always any of the peaks if lightning is in Special treks, such as prepared to start a crew on Chris Lowery./Former Ranger the area, and as always, hike with at Rayado and ROCS, carry forging or railroad working. Matt Hart, associate chief ranger, comes down from Mt. Phillips for least one partner. vegetables, canned goods and “We work around the an early morning start to Super Black Death. Happy trails! other bulk food items but still Continued on page 17 6 | PhilNews Friday, July 25, 2014 PhilmontScoutRanch.org PhilNeighbors: The Heck Place Scott Allen navigation requirements and historical “western flavor”. Staff Writer Leave No Trace experiences lead Evidence of logging, ranching, This place is way the heck out to profound memories. coal mining and modern-day there. This area has only been used fire fighting are tucked into the Located just southwest of by Philmont since 2010 and it landscape. As crews find their way The Philmont Staff Dean Cow, the Heck Place is does not include modern trails. around, some may even stumbleAssociation Seasonal Staff owned by Ted Turner and is Instead, Scouts use GPS, map and across rocks with a “WP” carvedScholarship program has located on the Heck tract of the compass, game paths, firebreaks into them. Such markings weresteadily grown over the past Vermejo Ranch. This land, which and “bushwhacking” to find their made by Waite Phillips’ surveysseven years. was originally owned by the Chase way through this property. crews back in the mid 1920s. More dollars for college Ranch, was lost in a poker game, Just over 11,000 acres Some benefits of this areaexpenses have been awarded not once but twice by Manly’s encompass this land and the include learning about Fireeach year, and more Philstaff oldest son, Mason Chase. elevation is modest, ranging from Ecology, Wildland Stewardship,have submitted applications for In recent years, this land 6,435 feet to 7,924 feet. Technically, Watershed Management, Invasivethese funds. has become available for more there are no staffed camps on this Species Control and Leave No Both trends continued itineraries. The location and property, but Scouts participate Trace principles. Conservationlast summer. 120 summer staff low altitude makes it a prime in a geocaching program. Since plans include wildland fireapplied for the PSA Seasonal spot for crews, half of which the program is created by staff support, invasive speciesStaff Scholarships in 2013. spend their first day in this who are not present, most crews eradication and teaming up withThanks to our members’ area while the other half spend consider these camping areas run the Cimarron Watershed Alliancegenerosity, the PSA awarded a their last day here. The raw high by “ghost staff.” to help improve water quality intotal of $45,000 to 46 recipients desert ecosystem, adventurous The Heck Place also has the local streams and rivers. last year. The Philmont Staff Association is working hard to make 2014 an even bigger PhilStars: Coming to a Sky Near You year for the Seasonal Staff Scholarship program. There Week of July 25-July 31 will be more funds available for Scott Allen you to use for school expenses. Philmont Museum Bike Staff Writer However, you need to apply. As the month of July Giveaway continues, so does the Holly Moon. This moon cycle is named after the evergreen plant and it reminds us of the immortality of To register, fill out a form with nature. According to the Celts, it’s a symbol of masculine energy and your name, email and zip code firmness. Note: The faintest magnitude, or level brightness, the naked eye at the Philmont Museum can see is 6m and any number above requires help with binoculars or a telescope. The brightest magnitude John Mitchell/ Photographer Express UU Bar Ranch gate on a new moon. regularly seen is -13m which is a full moon. will be the farthest away, 252,629 away from Regulus. July 25: Forty-five minutes miles from Earth, which is over after sunrise, at 5:26 a.m., the 20,000 miles farther away than July 30: The Southern Delta waxing crescent moon will be usual. Also, an hour after sunset Aquarids peak with about 20 in the east-northeast sky with at 9:14 p.m., Saturn, Mars and meteors per hour. The meteors Mercury to the right and Venus and Spica will all be in-line. Spica is the appear to radiate from Aquarius, Betelgeuse to the left. Betelgeuse is brightest star in Virgo. the water bearer and an hour the second brightest star in Orion. before dawn, around 5 a.m., is the July 28: Thirty minutes after best time to observe. Overall, it’s a July 26: The new moon occurs sunset, 8:43 p.m., the young moon great time to view because of the Drawing will be Nov., 10, 2014 at 3:24 p.m. MDT. This is a great will be in the west with Regulus thin moon. time to observe faint objects such nearby. Regulus is the brightest Winner will be notified by email as galaxies and star clusters. star in Leo. July 31: An hour after sunset, at 9:10 p.m., the moon will be in the July 27: The farthest lunar July 29: Forty minutes after west-southwest sky with Denebola apogee of 2014 occurs at 9:28 p.m. sunset, 8:52 p.m., the young moon up and to the right. Denebola is MDT. During this time, the moon will be in the west, a little further the third brightest star in Leo. PhilmontScoutRanch.org PhilmontScoutRanch.org Friday, July 25, 2014 PhilNews | 7 PSA Seasonal History Blurb: Ernest Thompson Seton Emet Blood historical “western flavor”. frustrated, but he did not give up. placed. Evidence of logging, ranching, Staff Writer He purchased a few expensive, Seton approached Lobo after coal mining and modern-day Staff Scholarship Ernest Thompson Seton or higher quality traps in hopes he he had finally been caught with each fire fighting are tucked into the the “Black Wolf,” was a founding could fool the wolf. However when leg in a different trap. Regardless of landscape. As crews find their way The Philmont Staff Forms are available around pioneer of Scouting, the founder he followed Lobo’s tracks from one his leg injuries he stood and howled around, some may even stumbleAssociation Seasonal Staff the Ranch, including the Silver of Woodcraft and an advocate trap to another, he found the wolf when Seton approached. Seton across rocks with a “WP” carvedScholarship program has Sage Staff Activity Center and for getting youth to explore the had exposed each trap without was touched by Lobo’s bravery and into them. Such markings weresteadily grown over the past the PSA office. Scholarship outdoors. He was an author, trouble. It became months of back loyalty to his mate. He couldn’t made by Waite Phillips’ surveysseven years. awards of $500 for 1st year staff, illustrator and a naturalist. and forth, Seton setting traps and bring himself to kill the wolf so he crews back in the mid 1920s. More dollars for college $1,000 for 2nd year staff, and Recognized for his written work, poison, and Lobo keeping his pack and the other men muzzled him Some benefits of this areaexpenses have been awarded $1,500 for 3rd year staff will namely, “Wild Animals I have safe by nullifying all traps and and brought him back to the ranch. include learning about Fireeach year, and more Philstaff be made for the Fall of 2014 – Known,” a fictitious novel from removing all poisoned bait. When the wolf died that night, Ecology, Wildland Stewardship,have submitted applications for Spring of 2015 academic year. the perspective of wildlife he came One day, while Seton was Seton knew he had died from the Watershed Management, Invasivethese funds. Payment of the scholarship across. The first tale in his book is camping on a hill, he noticed Lobo’s heartbreak of losing his mate and Species Control and Leave No Both trends continued will be distributed directly to about a wolf named Lobo “the King tracks, but what he payed attention his freedom. Trace principles. Conservationlast summer. 120 summer staff the school. Applications are due of the Currumpaw.” Lobo was the to was there the smaller set of Seton, through this experience, plans include wildland fireapplied for the PSA Seasonal August 31, 2014. leader of the Currumpaw pack, prints Lobo was following. Seton became very conscious of his support, invasive speciesStaff Scholarships in 2013. Over the past five years, a group of wolves that had been had finally found it, the answer to actions against wildlife. He wrote eradication and teaming up withThanks to our members’ $150,000 was been awarded terrifying cattle herders. The locals capturing Lobo: his mate Blanca, a the book “Lobo the King of the the Cimarron Watershed Alliancegenerosity, the PSA awarded a to Philstaff. First-year staff to hired Seton as a bounty hunter, smaller white wolf. Currumpaw” portraying Lobo’s to help improve water quality intotal of $45,000 to 46 recipients seasoned veterans, Wranglers to putting a price of $1,000 on Lobo’s Now Seton was after Blanca, experience in survival against the local streams and rivers. last year. PTC staff to Rangers, freshmen head, beginning a lesson that would knowing if he caught her, catching Seton. This tale brought attention to The Philmont Staff to graduate school students, change Seton’s life. Lobo would be straightforward. He what is now wildlife conservation. Association is working hard the Philmont staff has been Seton planned out how he set up traps in a narrow passage, Seton explicitly set out the necessity to make 2014 an even bigger well represented amongst the would capture and destroy Lobo. using the same trap Lobo had been Leave No Trace. It was adopted into year for the Seasonal Staff scholarship winners. He estimated it would only take a able to escape. They carried Blanca the Boy Scouts of America and is Scholarship program. There All college and post- couple of weeks, but Lobo had plans back to their camp and Lobo practiced at the Philmont Scout will be more funds available for secondary education students of his own. The clever wolf avoided followed the scent of his mate. To Ranch. Seton also played a role in you to use for school expenses. are encouraged to apply this all traps and efforts to be killed. Lobo’s surprise, they had used her influencing Lord Baden-Powell However, you need to apply. year. Seton became tired and scent to disguise traps they had who founded Scouting.

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Birthday: ______Email: ______July 31: An hour after sunset, at 9:10 p.m., the moon will be in the Signature: ______MARK HERE FOR PAYROLL (through DEDUCTION July 31): _____ west-southwest sky with Denebola up and to the right. Denebola is the third brightest star in Leo. 8 | PhilNews Friday, July 25, 2014 PhilmontScoutRanch.org Pioneering the Past Scott Allen, Dallas Elmore corrals. There isn’t a time schedule, so ranch. and Kyle Nutter participants can do as much as they Washburne appreciates the fact Staff Writers want. that her characters have historical “Whenever they’re ready, they significance. Hard work exists throughout the knock on the door,” said Regan “I’m portraying somebody who The history of Philmont’s cabin Ranch and is all over the homesteading Milner, program counselor at actually lived,” Washburne said. “I get camps plops participants straight camps. Crooked Creek, Rich Cabins Crooked Creek. to tell people actual history.” into the past. Many of the cabins were and Abreu programs may look like Milner and her fellow staff In addition to hosting program originally built by pioneers and have chores, but actually are a direct step found ways to make the program counselors, the cabin is continuously since been rebuilt to show participants into the past. competitive. The winner of the poop being renovated by a cabin restoration what life throughout the 1800s and At Crooked Creek, Scouts throwing contest during the cleaning team. They wear interpretative early 1900s encompassed. experience life as it was during 1875. of the corrals receives candy, pudding clothing and are an integral part of The Kit Carson Museum Interpretive staff leads participants or a hot meal. preserving the cabin. (Rayado), Fish Camp and Hunting through daily activities and shows “Once we had two boys muck Each year, the team chooses Lodge are three landmark frontier them the hardships of pioneer life. the whole corral; both got prizes,” said a project to restore the cabin. The points. Touring the cabin excavates Peter Lenharth, program counselor at restoration team has rebuilt a barn Kit Carson takes campers to traditional sayings from their original Crooked Creek. and redone rooms inside the house. 1850, when this first permanent context. The phrase “sleep tight, don’t The time period is immediately This year, they are installing a stone settlement on the Beaubien-Miranda let the bedbugs bite” originated in the after the land was sold to a Dutch foundation to prevent water damage land grant was booming due to the days when rope beds were common. company. The new owners went in the old camp director room and Santa fe Trail. The tour goes through Before retiring to sleep, the rope was to either collect rent from settlers repairing a wall that has water damage. Kit Carson Museum and the Maxwell tightened. Bugs lived in the hay or or kick them off the land. The staff “Our goal is to preserve as much House, both of which housed high grass stuffed mattress and a good perpetuates the uncertainty that of the original wood as possible,” said walls and windows due to conflicts night would include minimal to zero pioneers would have felt by warning Pete Bergene, cabin restoration crew with local Native Americans. bites. campers of land officials who wear member. The tour starts at the pack room, Ox blood spread over dirt floor green shirts similar to Philmont staff. Portraying an immigrant family which includes saddles, animal to seal it, fireplaces in the rooms At Rich Cabins, life was also allows the staff to translate a broad supplies, a 150-year-old Granera, corner and other rudimentary hard. Fortunately, staffers and experience to the campers. In addition rakes, a plough, a hay cutter and a construction habits are shown during Scouts can approach it from a 1900, to taking care of animals and doing hobbel. the tour. Furniture fabricated from interpretive standpoint. The cabin, household chores, Scouts participate “A hobbel was used on donkeys branches and tree limbs testify to which began as a one room building, in a campfire which traces the Rich’s so that they wouldn’t stray far from the resourcefulness of settlers. The expanded to a two story structure journey through the 1800’s. camp during the night,” said Calvin lifestyle of pioneers is not forgotten. A with multiple bedrooms and a porch. “Basically our campfire takes it Walton, assistant camp director at Kit Bethany Nilson/ Photographer father controlled the time spent alone Rich Cabins is named after all the way from Austria to America,” Anthony Akins, cabin restoration foreman, tends to the cow at Rich Cabins. Carson. between his daughter and suitors the Rich family, who emigrated said Sam Anderson, program Next to the pack room is the with a dating candlestick. Once a from Austria in the 1880s. They counselor at Rich Cabins. milk a goat, interact with a chicken, share some of the history and showpelt room. Here, participants touch candle burned down to the tip of the soon established the ranch and They play a variety of Austrian, goat or burro and make adobe bricks. what the Abreu family was doing hereskins such as a fox, rabbit, beaver candlestick, the meeting was over, began prospering. After the Great American, Southwestern and They can also learn something from back in the 1910s.” and mountain lion. There are also but the candle could be adjusted to Depression struck, the family was Appalachian songs to emphasize the the cabin tour or relax in the cantina. Besides tours, participants getdifferent traps which are smooth- manipulate the time. forced to sell the ranch. Ellyn pioneer experience. “We make adobe bricks, which is the chance to do some hard labor suchjawed to preserve the pelts. Three’s Scouts help with staff duties by Washburne, the camp director of In the south country, the Abreu what our home and cantina are made as splitting wood. Sandoe said theytrap beavers, four’s trap coyotes and milking the cow, chopping wood, Rich Cabins, plays Frita Rich Wertz, homesteading takes participants to of,” said Ian Sandoe, camp director also usually mention Rayado. mountain lions and five’s trap black making candles and mucking the whose husband, Joe Rich, started the 1912. Here, campers get a chance to at Abreu. “We do tours of our cabin, “There’s a lot of the folks comingbears. Interpreters discuss the history through and going to the Rayadoof beaver pelts and their cost, bringing turnaround on their last day,” Sandoe said. “So we explain what the Abreu’s were doing out there and what to check out.” A change that’s occurred since last year deals with the goats. “Last year they didn’t have the goats roaming free, we just started that recently,” Sandoe said. “Goats are very social animals, they get lonely in their pin. This way, everyone gets a chance to see them.” Wherever you are on the Ranch, there’s rich history. The homesteading camps prove that the time-tested Doyle Maurer/Photographer Kaitlyn Chaballa/Photographer techniques of Philmont’s pioneers Josh Ornovitz of crew 630C3 rinses the tub after making adobe James Fields, program counselor, explains to participants that the American will always be something anyone can bricks at Abreu. flag in 1875 only had 32 stars on Tuesday, June 24, at Crooked Creek. enjoy. PhilmontScoutRanch.org Friday, July 25, 2014 PhilNews | 9 Touring Through Time Scott Allen, Dallas Elmore $7 per pelt. that only had one door knob on the and Kyle Nutter The kitchen, bedroom and “La inside. An underground tunnel from Staff Writers Sala,” or showroom, are next. The the main cabin to the guest cabin kitchen has a floor made of dirt and augmented the original design as an The history of Philmont’s cabin ox blood, which contains iron to seal escape route. camps plops participants straight the floor when dried. The bedroom The bars on the windows points into the past. Many of the cabins were has a rope bed and an adobe bed to his paranoia as they were likely originally built by pioneers and have which is where the oldest child slept. placed to prevent bears from entering. since been rebuilt to show participants The showroom features a 1850s piano Dutch doors with two handles that what life throughout the 1800s and that is believed to be a Maxwell family must be turned simultaneously to early 1900s encompassed. piano from Buffalo, N.Y. Red linens open, added a layer of protection. The Kit Carson Museum line the wall so the gypsum would not Unlike the Villa Philmonte, (Rayado), Fish Camp and Hunting rub on the clothes when dancing. Scouts can sit on the furniture. Kaitlyn Chaballa/Photographer Lodge are three landmark frontier After the museum, visitors see The other program at Fish Camp Crew 628Q1 from White Lake, Mich. ties flies on Sunday, July 6 at Fish Camp. points. the trading post that Jesus Abreu follows the activity that motivated Kit Carson takes campers to built. Next to the trading post is the Phillips to build the cabin: fly fishing. 1850, when this first permanent Maxwell House. Here, you can see the After a cabin tour, Scouts and advisors settlement on the Beaubien-Miranda structure’s original adobe bricks. learn to tie a fly and fly fish. The lures land grant was booming due to the “This is the original adobe bricks mimic insects in the area that the trout Santa fe Trail. The tour goes through that comprised these walls,” Walton in the creeks feed on. Materials such Kit Carson Museum and the Maxwell said. “They are about 165-years-old.” as feathers, wool or yarn is commonly House, both of which housed high In addition to the adobe bricks, used to manufacture flies. walls and windows due to conflicts the house has indoor plumbing, “Usually arts and crafts materials with local Native Americans. a signature of Waite Phillips. are used,” said Dan Donahoe, program The tour starts at the pack room, Interestingly, the same style plumbing counselor at Fish Camp. which includes saddles, animal exists at Fish Camp and Hunting Donahoe has been fly fishing supplies, a 150-year-old Granera, Lodge. since the fourth grade and brings his rakes, a plough, a hay cutter and a After the tour, visitors can throw expertise to the participants at Fish hobbel. tomahawks, blacksmith or visit the Camp. “A hobbel was used on donkeys graves of Jesus and Petra Abreu. “About 90 percent [of so that they wouldn’t stray far from Fish Camp was Waite Phillips’ participants] have fished normally,” Christine Henri/Photographer camp during the night,” said Calvin fishing cabin located where the Agua Donahoe said. “Not many have fly Expedition 703G takes a tour of the cabin at Fish Camp. Walton, assistant camp director at Kit Fria Creek joins the Rayado Creek. fished.” the house and had electricity installed He plays Will James, a friend Carson. Phillips invited Charles Dawes, Vice Fly-fishing techniques arein the home, but never spent more of the Phillips family who was a Next to the pack room is the President of the United States in demonstrated before Scouts disperse than a night there. bronc rider and artist. To add to the share some of the history and showpelt room. Here, participants touch 1927, and other influential friends to find a fishing spot along the creek. Guests are transported to 1941 interpretive feel, Lombardi pulls out what the Abreu family was doing hereskins such as a fox, rabbit, beaver to the cabin for fishing retreats. One As a catch-and-release rule, each and period music floats through the his knife on the porch and carves back in the 1910s.” and mountain lion. There are also of his friends affected the design participant must put back any fish air as Scouts enjoy the cabins historic while telling stories. Besides tours, participants getdifferent traps which are smooth- of the cabin. In 1932, the son of caught. material. The staff at Hunting Lodge Scouts appreciated the tour and the chance to do some hard labor suchjawed to preserve the pelts. Three’s aviator Charles Lindbergh, a good Waite Phillips’ Hunting Lodge lets Scouts choose what interests the atmosphere of the cabin. as splitting wood. Sandoe said theytrap beavers, four’s trap coyotes and friend of Phillips, was kidnapped was also built to entertain guests. The them, instead of sticking to a set tour. “The music was really cool, and also usually mention Rayado. mountain lions and five’s trap black from the Lindberghs’ residence. The cabin, located between Cimarroncito “Its very nonchalant,” said Trevor the tour was very informative,” said “There’s a lot of the folks comingbears. Interpreters discuss the history event could have triggered Phillips’ and Clarks Fork, was one of the Lombardi, program counselor at Catherine Hall, a Scout with crew through and going to the Rayadoof beaver pelts and their cost, bringing paranoia. He installed a panic room Phillips’ guest houses. Phillips built Hunting Lodge. 702T1 from McLean, Va. turnaround on their last day,” Sandoe In addition to the cabin tours, said. “So we explain what the Abreu’s Hunting Lodge has added new were doing out there and what to programs. The fly fishing program, check out.” added last year, has seen expansion, A change that’s occurred since exceeding the previous years total last year deals with the goats. participants halfway through the “Last year they didn’t have the summer. The camp director of goats roaming free, we just started Hunting Lodge, Amelia Trenga, has that recently,” Sandoe said. “Goats are developed a nature scavenger hunt. very social animals, they get lonely in The scavenger hunt is designed their pin. This way, everyone gets a to enhance wildlife knowledge chance to see them.” by exploring the lodges serene Wherever you are on the Ranch, environment. The program was one of there’s rich history. The homesteading the reasons Trenga picked the camp. camps prove that the time-tested However, Hunting Lodge has techniques of Philmont’s pioneers Cassidy Johnson/Photographer Bethany Nilson/ Photographer another facet that the staff emphasizes. will always be something anyone can Michelle Stinnett, program counselor, gives a crew a camp welcome Connor Sheagren demonstrates how to make a nail to Scouts in “The biggest program here is enjoy. on Tuesday, July 8 at Hunting Lodge. expedition 707N5 in the forge at Kit Carson. hospitality,” Trenga said. 10 | PhilNews Friday, July 25, 2014 PhilmontScoutRanch.org Weekly Advice Column: Ask Merchandise Warehouse Dallas Elmore Staff Writer

The Merchandise Warehouse is in charge of all goods and materials for the different departments across the Ranch. At their location next to the Administration building, the Warehouse stores anything and everything the ranch could need to run its day to day operations, as well as managing the Ranch’s printing. PhilNews spoke with Merchandise Warehouse clerks Sam Durant and Amy Crudgington to find out about Morgan Court/Photographer what they do. Sam Durant, Merchandise Warehouse clerk, fills in orders and delivers general products to different areas of the Ranch. What exactly does the that backcountry camps might There is no specific time for big merchandise warehouse do? need, like paper clips or pens. deliveries, but typically orders We supply the different Anything that you would find at will come in from Rack on departments across the Ranch a hardware store or Walmart we Monday or Tuesday and FedEx with stockable materials can supply. will be here on Thursday or th across the ranch such cleaning Friday. UPS will deliver orders 5 AnnuAl supplies, paper products and What does the warehouse all week. We will also pick up office supplies. In addition, we deliver the most? orders from other places, like MAverick rAnch rodeo do shipping and receiving that What we deal with the most Raton or Springer. The FedEx isn’t expressly being sent to the are paper products, like deliveries are then delivered WrcA SAnctioned Trading Post. We also handle paper towels, toilet paper and daily to the mail room. Saturday August 2nd, 2014 the printing for forms for trash bags. A lot of times, Cimarron, New Mexico different departments, like PTC the Maintenance department How much printing volume do and CHQ. That includes crew will come in with requests for you handle? Watch Working Teams of Cowboys and Cowgirls forms and job applications. different kinds of tools, and we At the beginning of the summer, From Ranches Across the West will stock that for them. we could go through a box of Compete in Real Events of the Modern Cowboy What do you supply to the paper (10 reams) a day, which different departments with? How often do you get is about 500 pages a ream. Now, FREE ADMISSION!!! For the backcountry warehouse, deliveries? a typical day sees about 1000 we supply things like lighters, We get deliveries anytime pages printed. GrAnd entry At 10:00 A.M. lanterns and office supplies they come in during the week. How should someone approach getting materials M from the warehouse? M K Staffers should fill out a Team Branding Stray Gathering C K C request form and then have Wild Cow Milking Team Sorting K Ranch Bronc Riding K their manager approve it, then bring it to us. If you are from a backcountry camp, your orders have to go through the We Would like to thank the folloWing sponsors for Backcountry Warehouse. enabling us to offer this rodeo free of charge!. K Philmont Scout Ranch K Cimarron Art Gallery K What is your role in scatter K David Musolf & Family K Philmont Staff Association K and gather? K International Bank K The big warehouse has cages that contain all the non- Stock provided by: program supplies for each 3 Lazy S Rodeo Co. K Jeff Burton Morgan Court/Photographer backcountry camp, and we put Amy Crudgington, Merchandise Warehouse clerk, assists in locating and them on the trucks headed out delivering products from Administration to Camping Headquarters. to the backcountry. PhilmontScoutRanch.org PhilmontScoutRanch.org Friday, July 25, 2014 PhilNews | 11 NAYLE Inspires Leaders of the Future Dallas Elmore built on the principles that place at Philmont offer a the four stages of team Staff Writer are taught at National Youth different learning experience development. Leadership Training, or NYLT, than what Scouts learn “Its a really cleverly Each week this summer put on in each council. Scouts through council programs. designed syllabus,” said Keith at Rayado Ridge camp, some who go through NYLT training Instead of gaining leadership Nathan, an adult faculty of America’s youth gather to are given the opportunity to skills through classroom member for the program improve their leadership skills attend the NAYLE program at presentations and games, the during sessions two and three. at the National Advanced Philmont along with the other curriculum takes a hands on Each day brings different Youth Leadership Experience. high adventure bases. approach. trials. The participants have to The NAYLE program is The programs that take “We use the COPE course be flexible in order to achieve and wilderness first aid where that days objective whether the youth have to use the specific it be completing the COPE leadership skills learned at course, Search and Rescue or NYLT to be successful,” said an outpost hike. Morgan Court/Photographer Rachel Eddowes, the NAYLE Scouts find that the NAYLE participants build a trail transportation coordinator. leadership skills they learn in for their conservation project. NAYLE focuses on the classroom have practical and weaknesses, but others as expanding the servant applications. The repetition well. They learn to distinguish leadership concept that NYLT of the team building process between the different types of introduced to the Scouts. reinforce the servant leader leaders and how to implement Once the youth arrive for the theme of the program. servant leadership back into program, they are divided into “The purpose of NAYLE their home units. crews that separate them from is to make leadership skills a “I’ve learned to notice anyone they would know from habit,” said Emily Goelzer, a what type of leader other their home councils or units. NAYLE crew guide for session people are, as well as notice These units of six to eight two. what type of leader I am,” said Morgan Court/Photographer Scouts engage in activities that Participants begin to notice Pavan Mody, a NAYLE session NAYLE participants snap a selfie on top of the Tooth of Time. force them to pass through not only their own strengths two participant. 12 | PhilNews Friday, July 25, 2014 PhilmontScoutRanch.org

Trail of Courage Plants at Philmont Philmont Scout Ranch has been asked and agreed to launch the Trail of Courage Program. Over the next few years, it will be rolled out to all parts of the Boy Scouts of America including other high adventure bases, summer camps and Boys’ Life Magazine. I encourage you to join me by participating in the Trail of Courage-right Decisions/Right Now-Be Tobacco Free. Teenage smoking dropped from 36.4% in 1997 to 21.9% in 2003. However, each year since 2003 the percentage of teenage smoker continues to rise! This is a startling fact, since we know the danger and risk of smoking to our health. What is the program? The program allows conversation to take place with each crew. These conversation focus on the seven parts of the program: 1. Become personally fit. 2. Eat a nutritious diet. 3. Exercise. 4. Be tobacco free and not smoke or use smokeless products. 5. Live free of drug and alcohol habits. 6. Learn the seven cancer danger signs. 7. Live the Scout Oath and Law Who Leads the Conversations? Each Ranger is asked to coach the Crew Leader to guide conversations during the crew’s trek that focus on each of the seven parts of the program. On the last night of the trek, the Crew Leader will encourage the crew to take the pledge and commit to the seven parts of the program. John Mitchell/Photographer The recognition for making the pledge and participating in the program includes a Trail of Courage patch and Boys’ Skyrocket, Ipomopsis Aggregata Life Personal Pledge Card. These items are available to the crew free of charge at the Safekeeping Counter in Camping Kyle Nutter looks identical except the flowers lack Headquarters. Can Staff Participate? Yes! Each member of the Philmont Staff is asked to participate in the Trail of Courage program. Staff Writer the star-shaped mouth. Step 1: Review the material in the Trail of Courage-Right Decisions/Right Now-Be Tobacco Free brochure. You may Located in dry, open or lightly The plant blooms sometime wish to discuss the program with your friends and your department. wooded sites in the foothills and between June and August. The flowers Step 2: Make personal commitment to pledge to work on achieving each of the seven part so the program. montane zones, Skyrocket, or last about a month. When they’re Step 3: Complete the Staff Pledge Card and turn it in at the Personnel Counter at the CHQ Office. pomopsis aggregata, cultivates. crushed, the upper leaves release a Each staff member who participate will receive the Trail of Courage patch and the Boys’ Life Personal Pledge Card. The plant stands between one skunk smell. and seven feet tall, although it is on the Part of the Phlox family, this plant Trail of Courage -Right Decision/ Right Now-Be Tobacco Free Pledge shorter end around Philmont, with at is also called Scarlet Gilia and is a food “I pledge to become personally fit, eat a nutritious diet, exercise, be tobacco free, live free of drug and alcohol habits, least a dozen one inch long flowers source for pronghorns and sheep. learn the seven cancer danger signs and live the Scout Oath and Law.” growing on each narrow stem. It’s red, Skyrocket loves sunny openings Printed Name Signature star-shaped flowers make Skyrocket in ponderosa forests. It can be found identifiable. However, Scarletin the Rayado Canyon, Miners Park, Department Date Beardtongue, or Penstemon barbatus, Dan Beard and Cathedral Rock areas. PhilmontScoutRanch.org Friday, July 25, 2014 PhilNews | 13 Continued From Page one, Herbal Medicine over half of our pharmaceuticals bitter taste and tend to have Another class of chemicals with high concentrations of woods, instead of ignoring the are derived from plants. Modern strong effects on animals’ nervous called terpenes are strong polyphenols. plants and flowers around you science shows us that ancient systems. They are responsible for smelling compounds found in Medicinal plants are an or just admiring them for their surgeons, shamans and pioneers the toxicity of milkweed exploited the resin of conifers as well as important part of Philmont’s beauty, think about how they may knew exactly what they were by monarch butterflies, and the red and yellow fruits and flowers. history as well, since this region have been vitally useful to the first talking about, even if they didn’t poisons in the hemlock that killed They are the primary compounds was extensively inhabited by humans to live in this region. And have a chemist’s vocabulary to Socrates. But there are many in essential oils, and are very Native Americans and European maybe take some time to learn describe things. alkaloids that, used in small doses, useful in aromatherapy. Terpenes pioneers. The traditional uses about what those uses may have Plants are chemical are very effective at treating many also have anti-inflammatoryof many of these species have been. masterminds. Since they don’t human conditions. For instance, properties. Sunflowers, forbeen confirmed by laboratory have strong muscles, sharp quinine, derived from the Andean instance, have laboratory-proven tests. Selfheal, for instance, was References: teeth,or swift limbs to avoid Quina tree, is still used as a potent anti-inflammatory properties,commonly used to help heal Fabricant DS, Farnsworth predation like animals do, they anti-malarial. Most narcotics, thanks to their terpene content. wounds, and its antibacterial NR. 2001. The value of plants have been forced to evolve such as morphine from the opium Polyphenols are pigment and hypotensive effects have used in traditional medicine for creative ways of deterring pests poppy, are alkaloids, and are chemicals synthesized by plants been confirmed by modern tests. drug discovery. Environ Health and herbivores. Some plants use powerful painkillers. Caffeine, to protect against ultraviolet Yarrow was used historically in Perspect. 109(1): 69-75 physical defenses like sharp spines, found in the berries of the coffee radiation. They are also powerful various forms to treat headaches, Foster S, Hobbs C. 2002. A but others synthesize a fascinating bush and the cacao tree, is an antioxidant chemicals that have arthritis, and other types of Field Guide to Western Medicinal and sometimes terrifying array of effective stimulant. Cocaine, from proven useful in preventing swelling and pain, and its anti- Plants and Herbs. Boston: potent chemical compounds to the South American coca plant, is cancer, cardiovascular disease, inflammatory effects have also Houghton Mifflin Company make them unpalatable or deadly also an effective stimulant, derived diabetes, osteoporosis and been confirmed in the lab. The How Stuff Works. “Alkaloid”. to herbivores, and it is many of for centuries from chewing coca neurological disorders. Have you effectiveness of medicinal plants Accessed 18 Jul. 2014. http:// these same compounds that make leaves by indigenous peoples ever heard that it’s important to demonstrates that you don’t need science.howstuffworks.com/ botanicals useful to humans as before its status as an illegal eat colorful fruits and vegetables an advanced degree and fancy alkaloid-info.htm powerful medicines. drug. Nicotine, from plants in the for antioxidants? Well, that bit lab equipment to do science. Pandey KB, Rizvi SI. 2009. One of the more diverse and tobacco family, is both a stimulant of wisdom points to the role of People have been experimenting Plant polyphenols as dietary important classes of botanical and an effective insecticide, polyphenols as plant pigments. with complex chemistry for all antioxidants in human health and compounds are called alkaloids. indicative of the plant’s intended Grapes, pomegranates, red of human history. So next time disease. Oxid Med Cell Longev Alkaloids commonly have a foul, use of deterring pests. peppers and berries are all fruits you’re on a hike through the 2(5): 270-278.

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Monday - Saturday 9 a.m.-7 p.m. Sunday 10 a.m.-5 p.m. 14 | PhilNews Friday, July 25, 2014 PhilmontScoutRanch.org Wanted: Whiskers Continued From Emet Blood influential in the future of West show. Staff Writer the goatee within the artist The look traveled all the Page 11, NAYLE community. way to Paris, France during The opportunities for This week’s feature facial This style of facial hair the late 19th century heavily graduates of the course do not hairstyle is the mustache faded, but made a comeback arriving in the painter, poet, end with the hike up the Tooth blended into a goatee combo. during the last days of the intellectual and dropout of Time. Most graduates are This sporty look was French Empire in the mid cultures. This facial hairstyle eligible to join the National fashioned over decades of 19th century. It was worn by was a symbol of rebellion Youth Leadership Society of trial and error from many Napoleon III. The difference and those with a free-spirited the Boy Scouts of America, different well known men. was the use of wax on the nature. an organization that looks to The first was Sir Anthony handlebar extremities of the Our friend JJ displays fill its membership rolls with Morgan Court/Photographer Van Dyke, a 17th century mustache, officially titled the his imperial that he has been graduates of the NAYLE and NAYLE participants do sit ups Flemish Baroque painter “imperial.” sporting for a couple years. NYLT programs. during their flag ceremony to get pumped up for the day. from Belgium. He was well The imperial became He hasn’t had a clean For past participants known in all of Northern fashionable among officers shaven face in almost 16 looking back on the NAYLE “I thought I needed to be Europe for his art. He rocked on both sides during the years, a true testament of course, the difference between the Red Power Ranger to be a the original Van Dyke a full Civil War, mostly thanks to will power to those of us still what they thought and leader,” Eddowes said “[The handlebar mustache with Buffalo Bill Cody who toured finding our preferred facial what they now know about course] showed me I have it in a smaller goatee and was the country with his Wild hairstyle. leadership is striking. m e .”

Morgan Court/Photographer NAYLE participants simulate a Search and Rescue situation at Rayado Ridge.

Erin Irwin/Photographer “You are freaking out ... man.” --Jeffery Maiden Attention: If you are interested in being featured in the next “Wanted: Whiskers” please stop by Keaton Gaston, 17 the PhilNews office in the News and Photo Services Building PhilmontScoutRanch.org PhilmontScoutRanch.org Friday, July 25, 2014 PhilNews | 15 Ask the Participants Emet Blood Staff Writer

“I thought I needed to be the Red Power Ranger to be a leader,” Eddowes said “[The course] showed me I have it in m e .”

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“Baldy was my favorite. We summited the peak and it started raining on the way back, “Pueblano was my favorite staff camp, they had a great camp fire.” the hardest it’s rained for the whole trek. When we got to Baldy Town they let us in their warm cabin and gave us hot chocolate. Definitely the best part.” “The experience humbled me. One night we were hiking, and we saw some mountain lion prints and I realized we were really out there, at the mercy of nature.” “I can appreciate a lot more now, like even the bus drive back was eye opening. Walking to the bus and then quickly moving in the bus back to camp.” “The best Scouting activity I’ve ever done.”

Morgan Court/Photographer Morgan Court/Photographer Keaton Gaston, 17 Jake Nelson, 17 “At first I thought it was going to be a lot worse than what I was told. But it was a lot of “The experience, was a lot different than what I was expecting. I thought it was gonna be fun actually. It rained on us for the last five days, every day.” torture to be walking up and down these trails with little water. But it was a lot of fun.”

“Hunting Lodge was my favorite. We had a 20 mile day and showed up at ten at night. The “It made me appreciate things a lot more. I grew as a person because I realized I don’t staffers gave us sandwiches and helped us get all set up.” need all these things in my life.” 16 | PhilNews Friday, July 25, 2014 PhilmontScoutRanch.org Philfiestas of Philmont Scott Allen Clarks Fork: July 29. Theme was ‘French bed and breakfast.” French- Staff Writer is “Clarks Fork State Penitentiary style food will be served. Attendees Abreu: July 17. Theme was “Save Presents: Jailhouse Rock” Their all- should bring a happy attitude, empty Jack: Titanic Theme.” Attendees were spoon menu will include: “juice,” stomach and sleeping gear if they encouraged to dress in fitting Titanic gruel and the every-present hope of want. attire. release on appeal. Events will include convict lassoing, bear riot quelling Head of Dean: July 31. Theme Apache Springs: July 21. Theme and an activities fair to choose the in- is “Shred of Dean.” Attendees are was “Christmas at the Springs.” prison youth group that’s right for you. encouraged to come to the chicken Attendees were asked to don their best Attendees should bring an attorney, if stomp. Santa hats, pointy elf shoes and cheerful you can’t afford an attorney, one will be Christmas spirit. provided to you. Also, if you would like Hunting Lodge: August 2 at to eat, bring items to trade. 4 p.m. Theme is “Bear-a-palooza.” Erin Irwin/Photographer Baldy Town: July 9. The theme Attendees should get ready for some Philfiesta invitations from Base Camp departments and was “S’moreo ‘straveganza III: Cyphers Mine: July 26. Theme bear sparring, pinata and food. backcountry camps are circulating Philmont. Chipwrecked”. S’mores were served in is “Wedding Crashers.” Various food should make sure to dress warm. be served. the new building and it was a success. and drinks will be available. Attendees Indian Writings: July 28. Theme should dress in wedding attire as well is “Pirate.” Pueblano: July 25, feast at 5:30 Sawmill: July 28. Theme is Beaubien: July 22. Theme was as bring a live instrument to contribute p.m. Theme is “Tiny Cabin Mega “Superheroes.” Attendees should bring as “Pitch Perfect” and celebrated the camp to the festivities. Miranda: July 31. Theme is Feast”. They will be serving cheese, much power as possible. director, Lizzy Standards’ birthday. “dress up, dress down” or “fancy hobo” lettuce, onions, tomatoes, meat, chips, Attendees were asked to wear their best Dean Cow: August 8. Theme is and their will be a Matt Hubbard potatoes and chocolate chips. A ruckus Urraca: August 2. Theme is Lizzy costume in order to compete in “Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and look-alike contest. Baked goods and will be raised and attendees should “Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle”. Attendees the Lizzy look-alike contest. There was Wizardry.” Attendees should bring pizza will be served. They plan to be bring avocados or cola, if possible. should bring a ninja mask, headband and singing, dancing and surprising. dress robes and British accents are working a lot, eating well and playing be ready to have some tubular fun. encouraged. mountainball. Attendees must have a Rayado: August 1 at 5 p.m. Carson Meadows: July 25. Theme desire to feast, play mountainball and Theme is “bring your own theme.” Zastrow: August 6. Theme is is “Christmas Bacon Techno Dance Fish Camp: July 20. Theme was an ability to sleep. Attendees are encouraged to bring “Cast-iron Chief.” Attendees should be Party.” Attendees should bring their best “Tie Flying.” anything they want as long as it’s BSA willing to cook and amaze. The meals or worst Christmas sweater, their Santa Phillips Junction: July 30. appropriate. Items such as barbeque being served with depend on what the hats and any other awesome attire. French Henry: July 23. Theme Theme is “five-star ski resort.” Attendees pork and bacon-wrapped chicken will contestants make. PhilmontScoutRanch.org PhilmontScoutRanch.org Friday, July 25, 2014 PhilNews | 17 Philfiestas of Philmont Chaplain’s Corner Meet the Chaplains Rev. Kerry Cheesman Trail Crew at Philmont. biomedical ethics, as well Protestant Chaplain My wife Maryann and I are as the interface of science heavily involved in Scouting at and theology which I enjoy I have always considered every level. In the past five years discussing with anyone who has Philmont to be a sacred place – most of our work has involved an interest. a place to reinvigorate my body, Religious Relationships, Maryann is now retired my mind and my connection to Messengers of Peace, and many from nearly 30 years as a labor God. phases of Venturing. and delivery nurse. I first trekked the We are our council’s Together we have four sons backcountry of Philmont in Philmont ambassadors. and three (as of early August) be served. 1972, and stayed on to be a Although we are both grandchildren, so you can staff member for the rest of that native Californians (in fact we imagine that retirement for her Sawmill: July 28. Theme isseason. met at our local Scout camp), is not a quiet time. “Superheroes.” Attendees should bring as Since then, I have trekked Maryann and I now reside in I look forward to meeting much power as possible. twice, participated in both Columbus, Ohio. many of you along the Philmont PowderHorn and Philmont My day job is professor of trail, whether that be at Urraca: August 2. Theme isLeadership Challenge training biological sciences at Capital chapel, the dining hall or at a “Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle”. Attendeescourses and taught at the University, and my weekend job backcountry camp. should bring a ninja mask, headband and Philmont Training Center ten is associate pastor at University And I hope and trust that be ready to have some tubular fun. times. Baptist Church (American God will allow me to have an I am an Eagle Scout, as are Baptist Churches, USA). impact on the lives of both Zastrow: August 6. Theme istwo of my sons who have both Much of my research campers and staff here at “Cast-iron Chief.” Attendees should be trekked and participated in OA emphasis has been on Philmont this summer. Rev. Kerry Cheesman, Protestant chaplain. willing to cook and amaze. The meals being served with depend on what the contestants make. Continued From Page Five, Backcountry Cooking

crews,” said Ford. cooking utensils, but their ignited, and on an empty a chance of having certain Special crews must arsenal is not extravagant. stomach, the attempt can be items every day. Some items ration their food between For the most part, the frustrating. Wood needs to are limited. Bison steaks commissary pick-ups. kitchen Metcalf Station uses is be chopped into small pieces are limited to one steak per “The hardest part of fully equipped, containing all for two purposes: to fit into person per week. White rice backcountry cooking is the basic kitchen utensils and the stove and to create a thick and kidney beans cannot be satisfying everyone,” said containers. coal-bed. ordered from commissary. Ben Lanham, participant on Two propane burners Another drawback of the Bacon can be unlimitlessly 707MR. supplement the wood stove, wood stove is the amount of obtained. Besides a small stove, which has its own drawbacks. heat emitted that warms the Regardless of the few special crews carry essential Sometimes a fire is not easily entire cabin. On a cold night, obstacles that face backcountry this heat is welcomed, but in cooking, some could consider the middle of a sunny, hot day, the staff lucky to prepare their it is unpleasant. own meals. “You can do a lot with “With fellow staff around, Kyle Nutter/Staff Writer backcountry cooking, it’s like I have more motivation to The wood stove staff use to we have a grocery store,” said cook better,” said Ford. cook their food at Metcalf Station. Baker. “If you do it right, and ROCS crew 707 huddled know what you’re doing, it’s under the dining fly during a commonality felt when like eating at a high quality torrential rainfall in the Valle partaking in a meal with restaurant in New Orleans.” Vidal preparing pizzadillas. others. Meals are a time “I was really impressed Every crew member was of vulnerability. When with the quality of food involved in the cooking, and discomfort is replaced by trust available to us,” said Charley the laughter that emitted from in the cooking, all dividing Walton, participant on the short dining fly was only walls among the party 707MR. partially associated with the vanish. Expectations place The Metcalf staff enjoy hot meal during a cold night. responsibility with the cook, the opportunity to eat Sharing food is an ancient and when everyone at the table Morgan Court/Photographer well-thought out meals. ritual. is satisfied, companionship Mark Risinger, backcountry cook at Ponil, prepares nachos for lunch. Unfortunately, there isn’t There is a certain emerges. 18 | PhilNews Friday, July 25, 2014 PhilmontScoutRanch.org US/Canada News Johns Hopkins Hospital pays out Gaza conflict: Two Americans in No cause of death for Eric Garner Investigation finds Florida police China ‘spy ship’ at US-led navy $190m over doctor tapes Israeli forces killed after New York arrest secretly KKK members exercise off Hawaii

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Johns Hopkins Hospital in the Two Americans killed Authorities have yet to An investigative report has linked China says it has the right to US state of Maryland has agreed to on Sunday during fighting determine a cause of death three police officers in Florida to the Ku send a surveillance ship to monitor pay $190m (£111m) after some 8,000 between Israel and Palestinian involving a man who died Klux Klan (KKK), a racist secret society a US-led naval exercise, after women joined a legal case claiming a militants in the Gaza Strip have during an arrest in New York once active in the area. US media reported the vessel’s gynaecologist had secretly recorded been identified, US officials City. George Hunnewell, David Borst presence off Hawaii over the them. say. Eric Garner, 43, was forcibly and James Elkins, have all since left the weekend. Dr Nikita Levy, who killed Max Steinberg, 24, and detained on suspicion of selling Fruitland Park police force. Navy ships had the right under himself last year, reportedly used Nissim Sean Carmeli, 21, were untaxed cigarettes on Thursday. The officers were reportedly linked international law to operate in cameras in pens and key fobs to tape fighting for the Israel Defense Video of the incident shows to the KKK based on FBI information. “waters outside of other countries’ patients. Forces (IDF). Garner complain he couldn’t Residents of Fruitland Park territorial waters”, the defence Lawyer Jonathan Schochor They were among 13 Israeli breathe as a police officer reported feelings of shock learning ministry said. said all of the women had been soldiers killed on Sunday. More appeared to put his arm around that police were members of the secret China is also taking part in “brutalised” and described it as a than 100 Palestinians were also Garner’s neck. society, once politically powerful in the the drill. “betrayal”. killed on Sunday. Two officers and four 1920s. It has sent four ships with an The settlement is believed to be The UN Security Council emergency responders have “It’s rather disconcerting to know,” estimated 1,000 sailors onboard the largest of its kind in US history. has called for an immediate been placed on modified duty local Chery Mion told the Associated to the Rim of the Pacific (Rimpac) The hospital said in a statement ceasefire in Gaza. pending an investigation. Press news agency. “I didn’t think that operation. that one individual “does not define “We can confirm the “At this time, no organisation was still around.” Twenty-two countries are Johns Hopkins”. deaths of US citizens Max determination has been made Mark Potok, a senior fellow taking part this year and it is the “It is our hope that this settlement, Steinberg and Sean Carmeli by the medical examiner’s office at research organisation Southern first time China has been included. and findings by law enforcement that in Gaza,” state department as to the cause and manner of Poverty Law Center, told the AP, “It’s The US acknowledged images were not shared, helps those spokeswoman Jen Psaki said on death of Eric Garner,” medical exceedingly unusual these days to that it was the first time that a affected achieve a measure of closure,” Sunday, declining to provide examiner spokeswoman Julie find a police officer who is secretly a participating country had also sent the statement said. further details. Bolcer told US media. Klansman.” a vessel to monitor the exercise. World News Gaza conflict: Five dead at MH17 plane crash: UN demands MH17 plane crash: Train with Nigeria’s Boko Haram ‘controls’ Isis militants ‘seize Iraq hospital hit by Israeli strike immediate crash site access bodies leaves Ukraine station Damboa in Borno monastery and expel monks’

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At least five people have The UN Security Council has Pro-Russian rebels have Nigeria’s militant Islamists Islamist militants in Iraq been killed and 70 injured by an adopted a resolution demanding allowed bodies from the are in control of the key town are reported to have seized an Israeli strike on a hospital in Gaza, access to the crash site of a Malaysia Airlines plane crash of Damboa in north-eastern ancient monastery near Mosul Palestinians say. passenger plane downed over a to be taken to the city of Nigeria, a local vigilante leader and expelled the monks. The Israeli military said it had rebel-held area in Ukraine. Kharkiv. has told the BBC. Local residents said monks at targeted a cache of anti-tank missiles Pro-Russian separatists earlier Malaysia’s PM said the The vigilante force defending the Mar Behnam monastery were in the hospital’s “immediate vicinity”. allowed bodies from the Malaysia separatists had also agreed the town fled on Sunday, and allowed to take only the clothes Overnight, more than 30 Airlines crash to be taken to the to hand over the “black box” Islamist group Boko Haram’s they were wearing. members of two Palestinian families city of Kharkiv and handed over to flight recorders of flight black flag is now flying over The monastery, which dates died in Israeli strikes, Gazan health international experts. MH17. Damboa, he said. from the 4th Century, is a major officials said. Western nations say the rebels The UN Security Council At least 40 people were killed Christian landmark and a place of On Monday evening Israel said struck MH17 with a Russian- has unanimously adopted a when Boko Haram attacked pilgrimage. seven of its soldiers had been killed supplied missile, killing all 298 resolution demanding access Damboa on Friday, the vigilante Christians have fled Mosul in the past 24 hours, bringing the people on board. to the crash site. Western leader added. after the Islamic State in Iraq and number of Israeli military dead to 25. Meanwhile, the main rebel- nations say the rebels shot The group has been fighting the Levant (Isis) told them to Two Israeli civilians have also held city of Donetsk has seen heavy down the plane on 17 July, since 2009 to create an Islamic convert to Islam, pay a tax or face died in the recent violence. clashes. killing all 298 people on board. state in Nigeria. death. The Palestinian death toll from Eyewitnesses say there is Meanwhile, the main In April, it sparked Isis has seized large parts the two-week conflict has now passed violence near the city’s airport and rebel-held city of Donetsk has international outrage by of Syria and Iraq and said last 550, the majority of them civilians, the railway station. seen heavy clashes. abducting more than 200 girls month it was creating an Islamic according to Gaza’s health ministry. The fighting in eastern Ukraine Eyewitnesses say there is from their boarding school in caliphate. The UN says more than 100,000 erupted in April and is believed to violence near the city’s airport Chibok, in Borno state, like Mosul itself is now said to be Gazans have now been displaced. have claimed more than 1,000 lives. and the railway station. Damboa. empty of Christians. PhilmontScoutRanch.org PhilmontScoutRanch.org Friday, July 25, 2014 PhilNews | 19 Entertainment China ‘spy ship’ at US-led navyCasey Kasem body moved to The Imitation Game to open Ofcom receives complaints after Planet of the Apes takes $36m in Evan Davis to replace Jeremy exercise off Hawaii Montreal in family feud London Film Festival Sky News report on MH17 US in second weekend Paxman on Newsnight

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China says it has the right to The body of late US DJ Casey Codebreaking drama A Sky News report from Ukraine The latest instalment of Evan Davis is to replace send a surveillance ship to monitorKasem has been transported to The Imitation Game, starring has drawn 110 complaints to Ofcom the Planet of the Apes saga has Jeremy Paxman on Newsnight, a US-led naval exercise, afterCanada amid a bitter family feud. Benedict Cumberbatch, is to after a journalist rummaged through topped the box office in the US the BBC has announced. US media reported the vessel’s The body of Kasem, who receive its European premiere belongings at the scene of the MH17 and Canada for a second week The Radio 4 Today presence off Hawaii over thehosted US radio show American at this year’s BFI London Film plane crash. running. programme presenter was the weekend. Top 40 and was the voice of Shaggy Festival. Live footage broadcast at Dawn of the Planet of the BBC’s economics editor for six Navy ships had the right under in Scooby-Doo, was moved to The film sees the Sherlock lunchtime on Sunday showed Sky’s Apes took $36m (£21m) in ticket and a half years and previously international law to operate in Montreal a month after his death. actor star as Alan Turing - the Colin Brazier pluck items from an open sales in its second weekend. worked for Newsnight from 1997 “waters outside of other countries’ His second wife Jean had the British computing pioneer who suitcase. The film has made almost to 2001. territorial waters”, the defence body moved before his daughter cracked the German Enigma He dropped them back into the $140m (£82m) in North America The news was revealed on ministry said. Kerri took out a restraining order codes during World War II. luggage saying “we shouldn’t really be since its release, according the data the day the BBC’s annual report China is also taking part inin an attempt to keep it in Tacoma, Keira Knightley also stars doing this I suppose, really”. company, Exhibitor Relations. was published. It also stated that the drill. Washington. as Turing’s close friend and A Sky news spokesperson said It held off competition audiences spent 18.5 hours with It has sent four ships with an The pair were also involved in fellow code-breaker Joan both Mr Brazier “and Sky News from horror sequel, The Purge: the BBC each week. estimated 1,000 sailors onboard a court battle over his care before Clarke. apologise profusely for any offence Anarchy. That is an hour less than to the Rim of the Pacific (Rimpac)his death. The film will open the c a u s e d ”. Dawn of the Planet of the 2012/2013. The figure includes operation. He had suffered from Lewy festival on 8 October at the Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 Apes, a sequel to 2011’s Rise of the radio, TV and online use. Twenty-two countries arebody disease, a form of dementia, Odeon Leicester Square. crashed over rebel-held territory in Planet of the Apes - tells the story But 96% of UK adults still taking part this year and it is theat the end of his life. Cumberbatch, Knightley eastern Ukraine on July 17. of the early stages of the survival use the BBC each week. first time China has been included. A death certificate from the and director Morten Tyldum All 298 people on board were clash between humans and apes. Speaking about his The US acknowledgedState of Washington said the body are expected to attend the killed. Actor Andy Serkis has won Newsnight appointment, Davis that it was the first time that wasa moved to a Urgel Bourgie premiere, with simultaneous The crash left bodies strewn across critical acclaim for his motion- said: “I can’t deny that I feel participating country had also sent funeral home in Montreal on 14 screenings also taking place at several kilometres, as well as plane capture performance as the ape, terribly sad to be leaving the a vessel to monitor the exercise. July. cinemas across the UK. wreckage and passengers’ belongings. Caesar. Today programme.” Sports Isis militants ‘seize Iraq Big 12 Commish’s dire warning monastery and expel monks’ about pending change American League National League AL East W L GB East W L GB BBC AP Baltimore 53 44 - Washington 53 43 - NY Yankees 50 47 3 Atlanta 54 44 - Islamist militants in Iraq Big 12 Commissioner Bob Toronto 51 49 3.5 NY Mets 46 52 8 are reported to have seized an Bowlsby had a dire warning Monday Boston 47 52 7 Miami 45 52 8.5 ancient monastery near Mosul for anyone who likes intercollegiate Tampa Bay 47 53 7.5 Philadelphia 43 55 11 and expelled the monks. athletics the way they are now. AL Central Central Local residents said monks at “You’re going to hate it going Detroit 54 41 - St. Louis 54 45 - the Mar Behnam monastery were forward,” Bowlsby said. “There’s a Cleveland 50 48 5.5 Milwaukee 54 45 - allowed to take only the clothes lot of change coming.” Kansas City 48 49 7 Pittsburgh 52 46 1.5 they were wearing. During his opening address at Chicago Sox 47 52 9 Cincinnati 51 47 2.5 The monastery, which datesBig 12 football media days, Bowlsby Minnesota 44 53 11 Chicago Cubs 40 57 13 from the 4th Century, is a major talked about growing financial AL West West Christian landmark and a place of constraints athletic programs face Oakland 61 37 - San Francisco 54 44 - pilgrimage. going forward and the “strange LA Angels 59 38 1.5 LA Dodgers 55 45 - Christians have fled Mosulenvironment” that exists with class- Seattle 52 46 9 San Diego 43 55 11 after the Islamic State in Iraq andaction lawsuits against the NCAA Houston 41 58 20.5 Arizona 43 56 11.5 the Levant (Isis) told them to and its member schools. Texas 39 59 22 Colorado 40 58 14 convert to Islam, pay a tax or face death. Sterling can’t pay debt without sell a large portion of his real Monday that three banks are Gail Goestenkors quits WNBA would enter the women’s basketball Hall Isis has seized large parts Clippers sale estate empire to cover $500 ready to recall their loans to job, enters Hoops Hall of Fame in 2015. of Syria and Iraq and said last million in loans if he persists in Sterling because of his decision “I thought the timing was month it was creating an Islamic AP refusing to sell the Los Angeles to dissolve the trust. His AP absolutely perfect if there is such a thing,” caliphate. Clippers for $2 billion. move was designed to rescind This was a roller-coaster weekend said Goestenkors, who built Duke into a Mosul itself is now said to be The chief financial officer of Darren Schield, who agreement for the sale of the for Gail Goestenkors. On the day she national power, guiding the Blue Devils empty of Christians. Donald Sterling’s properties says oversees the finances of The Clippers, a team he bought for resigned as an assistant coach of the Los to four Final Four appearances and seven the billionaire may be forced to Sterling Family Trust, testified $12 million. Angeles Sparks, it was announced she straight seasons with at least 30 wins. 20 | PhilNews Friday, July 25, 2014 PhilmontScoutRanch.org Technology MH17: Twitter and Facebook BBC says iPlayer technical Gamers compete for $5m cash EE apologises over ‘spam’ text Spain lifts blocks on file-sharing spammers exploit crash problems ‘fixed’ prize messages websites

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Scammers are using the MH17 The BBC says the technical Gamers are competing for a EE has apologised after it A Spanish court has ordered disaster in east Ukraine to spread problems that hit the iPlayer and share of a $10.9m (£6.3m) prize “bombarded” customers with texts blocks on six file-sharing sites to objectionable links, online security many other online services have pot, in the world’s most lucrative over the weekend. be lifted. experts have warned. been resolved. gaming contest. One user complained of All six sites were blocked A link to a pornographic The iPlayer service was out of The International pits the best receiving more than 90 marketing in May after being accused of website disguised as a video of the action over most of the weekend players of a game called Dota2, messages from Orange, one of EE’s infringing copyright by the Malaysia Airlines crash was posted thanks to problems with the created by developer Valve, against brands, in a four-day period. Spanish anti-piracy federation. on a Facebook page dedicated to one database behind the catch-up each other. The text messages were The block meant mobile victim. service. Chinese teams NewBee and reminders that the customers operators and internet service Many tweets have been posted The faults also meant only Vici Gaming are set to fight it out were eligible to add to their plans providers (ISPs) in Spain were told that appeared to report the disaster, a simplified version of the BBC’s for the title. numbers that they can call for free. to stop letting customers get at the but actually included spam links. homepage was shown, while online The winning team of five EE said it was the result of sites. One expert said the firms video and audio clips were also players gets $5m, the runners-up a technical error that it was still Now a court in Zaragoza should take more responsibility for disrupted. $1.4m, with $4.5m distributed working to fix. has said there were “insufficient removing them. A BBC spokesman said it was among the other 19 teams taking Customers complained on grounds” for maintaining the The chief intelligence officer of “pretty confident” the faults were part in the tournament, which social media and on the firm’s own blocks and has called for them to anti-spam body Spamhaus, Richard now cleared. began on 18 July in Seattle. website. be lifted. Cox, said that it was common for “BBC iPlayer, BBC iPlayer Valve donated $1.6m of the “What is going on here? Both The decision should mean spammers to exploit anything being Radio and other parts of BBC Online prize money, but the rest was raised my wife and myself have been that mobile companies and ISPs discussed by a lot of people online. that were affected by problems by some of the millions of people bombarded with texts about adding will lift the blocks in the next few “It is a fairly rapid and predictable over the weekend are now up and who regularly play the game. a new magic number for several days. response by the individuals behind running,” he said. “Our teams Dota2 is as a multiplayer days now and I’m getting mighty The court was considering the it. They are all to make money. There continue to investigate the problem online battle arena game for the sick of it,” wrote one customer on blocks after those running some of is no compassion involved,” he said. to ensure this doesn’t happen again.” PC. EE’s website on Saturday. the accused sites appealed. Health Early HIV drugs ‘may not stop HIV infection rate in the US falls ‘Safer IVF’ with kisspeptin EC ‘confident’ in human brain MH17 crash: ‘Total shock’ at virus’ by a third in a decade hormone shows promise project Aids researcher deaths

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HIV can rapidly form The rate of HIV infections Twelve babies have been born The European Commission At least six passengers who invulnerable strongholds in the body, diagnosed in the United States has using a potentially safer way of getting has responded to criticism of died on board the crashed Malaysia dashing hopes that early treatment fallen by a third over the past decade, eggs for use in IVF, UK doctors say. its billion-euro Human Brain Airlines plane were travelling might cure the virus, according to new researchers say. The naturally occurringProject, declaring confidence that to a major international Aids research. After examining cases from all hormone, kisspeptin, was used to objections will be satisfied. conference. A baby was thought to have been 50 states, the study found that the stimulate women’s ovaries to produce The statement also defends They include Prof Joep Lange - cured with treatment hours after birth, diagnosis rate fell to 16.1 per 100,000 eggs. the ability of the project to set its a prominent and popular researcher but the virus emerged years later. people in 2011 from 24.1 in 2002. The pregnancies, reported in own scope, which critics have said and a former president of the Monkey research, published Experts celebrated the findings as the Journal of Clinical Investigation, is too narrow. International Aids Society (IAS). in the journal Nature, suggests a hopeful sign that the Aids epidemic show the hormone can be used But it says new IAS said they would have “truly untouchable “viral reservoirs” form may be slowing in the country. successfully. recommendations for lost a giant”. even before HIV can be detected in However, there was a rise in new Fertility researchers hope management of the HBP and Delegates who have already the blood. cases of HIV among gay and bisexual kisspeptin will prevent ovarian the balance between its core and arrived at the conference in Australia Experts described it as a men aged under 24 and over 45. hyperstimulation syndrome (OHSS), partner projects (both contentious said they were in “total shock”. “sobering” and “striking” finding. HIV is the virus that causes Aids, but larger trials are needed to fully issues) are expected in September. Early reports suggested that at Reservoirs of HIV in the gut and a disease which destroys the immune assess safety. Critics cautiously welcomed least 100 delegates had been killed, brain tissue are the massive obstacle in system. A hormone, hCG, is normally the reply. but that figure has now been revised the way of a cure. The World Health Organization used to produce a few eggs for IVF. Under the heading “no single to six. Remarkable progress in estimates 35 million people globally But in around 10% of patients, roadmap for understanding the They were named by the IAS developing antiretroviral drugs means have the virus. More than 1 million the ovaries go into overdrive and human brain”, Robert Madelin as Pim de Kuijer, Lucie van Mens, HIV can be kept in check in the people in the US are thought to be produce too many. The condition can (the relevant director-general Maria Adriana de Schutter, Glenn bloodstream and patients have a near- infected, with 18% unaware of their lead to kidney failure and potentially within the EC) responded directly Thomas, Joep Lange and his partner normal life expectancy. infections. death. to last week’s open letter. Jacqueline van Tongeren. PhilmontScoutRanch.org Friday, July 25, 2014 PhilNews | 21 Environment/Science Beef environment cost 10 times Sandstone shapes ‘forged by Seals ‘feed’ at offshore wind ‘Shoved’ sea eagle chick on Mull flies nest Public butterfly count aims to that of other livestock gravity’ farms, study shows check countryside health BBC BBC BBC BBC BBC A sea eagle chick, featured on BBC A new study suggests that Geologists have discovered Some seals prefer to forage Springwatch, which was seen being The charity Butterfly the production of beef is around the secret that gives dramatic for food at offshore wind pushed out of the nest by an intruder Conservation is calling on the 10 times more damaging to the natural sandstone monuments farms, a study suggests. eagle has successfully flown the nest. public to help survey the state environment than any other their shape: gravity. Researchers found a The young chick, which fell 30ft, of Britain’s countryside by form of livestock. By studying cubes of sand in proportion of GPS tagged was seen via webcam being shoved counting our most colourful Scientists measured the the lab, they showed that areas harbour seals repeatedly out of the Mull nest by another bird - insects. environment inputs required to squeezed by vertical stress are visited wind turbines in the behaviour never recorded in Scotland For two weeks from 19 July, produce the main US sources of protected from erosion, while North Sea. before. the charity is asking people to protein. others wash away. They deduced the It was returned to the nest by spend 15 minutes “in a sunny Beef cattle need 28 times The process had proved mammals were attracted to Forestry Commission Scotland (FCS) spot” and note how many of 21 more land and 11 times more difficult to study, because natural these structures - which may rangers. common species they spot. irrigation water than pork, slabs of sandstone erode over act as artificial reefs - to hunt Worried viewers noticed the Butterfly Conservation poultry, eggs or dairy. millions of years. for prey. nest empty again but it was confirmed said that the insects were The research has been The key to the experiments, “As far as we know this is that the chick fledged successfully on the most visible indicator of published in the Proceedings published in Nature Geoscience, the first study that’s shown Thursday. whether the countryside was of the National Academy of was an unusual “locked sand” marine mammals feeding at The three-month old was seen healthy. Sciences. dug from a Czech quarry. wind farms,” said research perched in nearby woodland and was The online survey is now While it has long been The study’s first author, team member Dr Deborah flying strongly. in its fifth year. known that beef has a greater Dr Jiri Bruthans from Charles Russell from the University of Dave Sexton, the RSPB’s Mull “Butterfly numbers go up environmental impact than University in Prague, said St Andrews, UK. officer, who has been monitoring the and down with the weather, so other meats, the authors of the new study revealed the The team’s findings are nest, said: “We were initially concerned it’s important to keep this survey this paper say theirs is is the “Michelangelo” behind some of detailed in a correspondence as there was no sign of the chick and running in the long term,” first to quantify the scale in a the world’s most famous rocky article published in the journal I couldn’t hear her either which was said Butterfly Conservation’s comparative way. landmarks. Current Biology. unusual. surveys manager Richard Fox. Business SFO investigates price rigging in Tesco boss Philip Clarke China suspends McDonald’s and Seoul to ban ride-sharing app China’s Huawei reports 19% foreign exchange market expresses relief over exit KFC’s meat supplier Uber jump in sales

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The Serious Fraud Office Tesco’s chief executive Philip Chinese branches of fast food Seoul is planning to ban Chinese telecom equipment (SFO) has launched a criminal Clarke has told the BBC that chains, including McDonald’s and mobile phone ride-sharing app maker Huawei has reported a 19% investigation into allegations of he feels “enormous relief” over KFC, have stopped using meat from Uber just as the firm aims to jump in sales to 135.8bn yuan price rigging in the £3tn-a-day leaving the supermarket giant. a supplier in Shanghai following accelerate expansion in Asia. ($21.9bn; £12.8bn) for the first six foreign exchange market. The retailer announced he allegations it sold them out of date The city’s council is months of the year. The probe will look into would be leaving in October amid meat. citing concerns including It said it expects to make an allegations of “fraudulent news that it would miss profit According to Xinhua, the state- background checks on drivers, operating profit margin of 18.3% for conduct”, the director of the SFO forecasts. owned news agency, authorities in vehicle upkeep, and the impact the period. said in a statement. Speaking to BBC business Shanghai have ordered the suspension on the traditional taxi trade. Huawei has traditionally Around 15 international editor Kamal Ahmed, Mr Clarke of operations at Shanghai Husi Food Uber was launched in concentrated on making telecoms agencies are investigating said it was clearly an “emotional” Co. South Korea’s capital last network equipment, but has allegations of collusion and price time. Reports by local media said that August. benefited by diversifying into fast- manipulation. Mr Clarke, who had Husi had re-processed expired meat Seoul’s city council said growing sectors such as smartphone It is alleged that traders used previously insisted that he products. it created unfair competition manufacturing. online chatrooms to plan the was “not going anywhere”, will McDonald’s and KFC said they for taxi drivers, but Uber said It is now one of the world’s fixing of benchmark prices. be replaced by Dave Lewis of had stopped using meat from Husi. the comments indicated Seoul largest smartphone makers. The Financial ConductUnilever. In a statement posted on its remained “trapped in the past”. Cathy Meng, the firm’s chief Authority (FCA) said in October Tesco said current trading website, translated from Mandarin, the Uber, one of a growing financial officer, said the firm it had joined other regulators had been “more challenging” Shanghai Municipal Food and Drug number of smartphone apps to “achieved quality and sustainable around the world in scrutinising than anticipate, adding that sales Administration said it had “decided to enable ordinary people to share growth in our consumer business firms over the potentialand trading profit for the first half investigate claims of the alleged use of services such as spare rooms, thanks to the increase of brand manipulation of the foreign of the year were “somewhat below expired raw food material production meals and lifts, is shaking up awareness and smart devices sales exchange market. expectations”. and the processing of it in food”. taxi services in many cities. worldwide”. 22 | PhilNews Friday, July 25, 2014 PhilmontScoutRanch.org Bodies of Water Bugs and Insects Easy

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