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State and District Youth Showcase to Replace YAD for 2020 I Would Not Have Imagined in a Million Years That 2020 Would Turn out Like This State Fraternal Director Frank Horak June 2020 SPJST YOUTH P.O. Box 100 - Temple, Texas 76503 | 800.727.7578 | 254.534.0681 State and District Youth Showcase to Replace YAD for 2020 I would not have imagined in a million years that 2020 would turn out like this. I have spent sleepless nights thinking about, What If’s? What if we can’t go to camp? What if we can’t have YAD? Then I thought about our ancestors who migrated to this country under adverse conditions — they faced many challenges, obstacles and even a pandemic in 1919. Somehow they survived and made their lives better. We can do the same! In my update letter on May 8 I had to let you know about canceling all State and District Youth Achievement Days. We are diligently working on an online program. I don’t want to call it YAD due to this is something different then we know. I like SPJST Youth Showcase. After having the virtual decorated rock contest with 155 entries from across the state — I see this would be a good way to keep our youth active and involved with SPJST. Please know we are still working on the timeline on how this process will work. Youth leaders I will be sending emails explaining the details. I will also send out a punchbowl card informing you of the important emails. I this packet you will find a document explaining the rules for the categories and contest. Flag Day Essay Contest Youth Leaders please encourage your youth to enter the Flag Day Essay! All SPJST youth between the ages of five and high school senior are encouraged to enter this year’s Flag Day Contest. This contest will promote patriotism and creative literacy. Please have your members ages eight and under submit the coloring contest. Several prizes will be awarded in the Flag Day Contest. All of the winners will be announced in the Vestnik leading up to Flag Day on Sunday, June 14. The deadline for all entries is May 31. Please make reference to the Flag Day Essay Contest guidelines enclosed with this mailing. This year’s theme is “The American Flag - Freedom, Courage, and Honor”. This would be a good time to talk about the right way to display the U.S. flag and flag etiquette. You may also consider having a member of the Boy Scouts or the American Legion come in as a guest speaker. !1 State Fraternal Director Frank Horak June 2020 SPJST Summer Camps 2020 Please know the Camp Kubena overnight summer camp program for 2020 has been canceled. This decision effects our SPJST LIT and Junior Camps. We believe it is the safest choice for the health and wellbeing of our groups, our staff, and our camp. For more information please see the letter that I am including with this packet. Please know that Camp Kubena Executive Director Rob Clift, Camp Kubena Assistant Director Brandon Johnson, and myself are planning to take Camp Kubena on the road to each district. As soon as we have all the plans in place we will contact the District Youth Counselors about setting up a time and place to all meet. Of course we will still need to follow social distancing while all together. Youth Tee-shirt Please support our youth program by purchasing camp tee-shirts! Macy Narro created an awesome tee-shirt. There will not be an order deadline for this tee-shirt. You can order camp tee-shirts through the Home Office Fraternal Department. July Vestnik Project The July Vestnik Project will be about, Athletic Superhero Babe Didrikson Zaharias. Babe was born in Port Arthur, Texas and America’s First Female Golf Celebrity. !2 State Fraternal Director Frank Horak June 2020 Decorated Rock Contest Age Category Overall Winners First Place K to 8 First Place 9 to 11 Evan Pflughaupt, District Five Luke McCarthy, District Two Lodge 88, Houston Lodge 187, Round Rock First Place 12 to 14 First Place 15 to Senior Megan Ohnheiser, District Seven Addee Williams, District Four Lodge 185, New Braunfels Lodge 215, South Plains !3 State Fraternal Director Frank Horak June 2020 Decorated Rock Contest People’s Choice Winners First Place K to 8 First Place 9 to 11 Steel McCoy, District Seven Aubrey Marshall, District Two Lodge 185, New Braunfels Lodge 20, Granger First Place 12 to 14 First Place 15 to Senior James Teague, Jr., District Two Caitlyn Petett, District Seven Lodge 20, Granger Lodge 107, Floresville !4 SPJST June Vestnik Project - Emil Zatopek “The Locomotive or Bouncing Czech” This project earns a maximum 1 point in the SPJST Youth Clubs Merit Points System. Mail completed project no later than July 15, 2020 to: SPJST Youth Program c/o SPJST Home Office • P.O. Box 100 • Temple, Texas 76503 Name___________________________________________________________Age______________ Lodge______________ Emil Zatopek: Dominated long distance running from 1948 until 1954 One of the greatest runners of the 20th Century, Emil Zátopek achieved legendary status when he won the 5,000, the 10,000 and the marathon at the 1952 Olympic Games in Helsinki. "The Locomotive" or the "Bouncing Czech" as he came to be known, dominated long distance running from 1948 until 1954 when he won a remarkable 38 consecutive 10,000 meter races, including 11 in 1949 alone. He set 18 world records over various distances including every record from 5K to 30K, and won four Olympic gold medals and one sil- Now complete the word search with the words found below the ver. He was the first to run a 10K under 29 minutes and the first to run puzzle. Good Luck! 20K in one hour. Emil Zátopek was born in Koprivnice, Czechoslovakia on September 19, 1922, he was the sixth child of a modest family. At age 16 he began working at the Bata shoe factory in Ziln. In 1940 Bata sponsored a 1,500m race, and he was persuaded to enter even though he had no train- ing. Out of the field of 100 Emil finished second and he began to take a serious interest in the sport. A mere four years later, in 1944 Emil broke the Czech records for 2,000, 3,000 and 5,000 meters. He was selected for the Czech national team for the 1946 European Championships. He finished fifth in the 5K, breaking his own Czech record. Emil is credited with revolutionalizing running and training. He devel- oped intense interval workouts that have become the standard today. In 1998 Emil was awarded the Order of the White Lion, a national honor presented to him by Czech President Vaclav Havel. Emil died November 22, 2000 at age 78 after being admitted to Prague's Military Hospital fol- lowing a stroke on October 30th. Thousands attended the funeral of the Czech Republic's greatest athlete. Source Material: http://www.runningpast.com/emil_zatopek.htm The Camp Kubena overnight summer camp program for 2020 has been canceled. This does effect SPJST LIT and Junior Camps. The decision was made on Wednesday, May 20 by the Camp Kubena Advisory Committee comprised of District One Director Donnie Victorick, District Three Director John Engelke, State Fraternal Director Frank Horak, President Brian Vanicek, and Camp Kubena Executive Director Rob Clift. This was a difficult decision especially in light of Governor Abbott’s announcement on May 18 that would permit summer camps to open on June 1 with restrictions. “The decision was based on input from health experts, program leaders, and our years of experience managing successful camps,” says Rob. “After a careful review of the American Camp Associations’ Field Guide for Camps, the CDC guidelines, and the guidelines from the State of Texas; to implement the restrictions placed on our groups and staff for safe camp operations during the COVID-19 outbreak would be impractical at this time.” Under these restrictions, social distancing would continue. Also, guidelines mandate that there would be daily health screenings, the use of masks as well as additional personal protective equipment. Additionally, cabin populations would be reduced and all activities would be segregated by cabin groups which would not be permitted to interact with each other during their stay at Camp Kubena. Activities including cultural group dancing, hay rides, opening campfires, and closing programs would be canceled or dramatically limited. From the operational perspective, opening for the summer would have placed significant and additional burdens on camp staff. This would have included quarantining camp staff on site for 7 to 10 days before the camp season begins. It would have also necessitated that camp staff would be required to remain onsite except for supervised visits to town while wearing masks. “The added stress placed on our camp staff and group leaders would have been enormous,” says Rob. “The hardest part of our decision has been to think about the impact on our children. It is devastating that our overnight summer camp program will not happen this summer, but we believe it is the safest choice for the health and wellbeing of our groups, our staff, and our camp. That gives us great comfort we are making the correct decision,” says Rob. Economic considerations also factored into the decision to close Camp Kubena for the summer. As of this writing, all but one of the many groups that were signed up to use Camp Kubena this summer had canceled their reservations. “With 75 percent of the groups canceling, we are going to refocus our resources and efforts that will allow us to support the SPJST Youth Program and membership,” says Rob, indicating that he would be working with State Fraternal Director Frank Horak in hosting activities within the districts this summer.
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