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PHILNEWS TH AUGUST 9 , 2013 YEARS OF ISSUE 10 75 PHILMONT Philmont Hosts GPS OATC Provides Unique Opportunity Mary-Kate Smith Coordinator Jay Minton said. “We will do 20 people who Unit in Tooth Ridge Staff Writer “Our crews have been staying work at the worksite for the first Hope Kirwan up at Flume Canyon all summer, week, and then whenever they movement along the Rio Grande Order of the Arrow (OA) working there and working on go off for their trek week they Staff Writer Rift and its part of a larger Trail Crew is a Philmont special the trail. split into two crews of 10 with system of GPS stations that run trek program that works to During the summer, OA two foremen for each crew,” Th e Tooth of Time is more apparently from like northern provide cheerful service to Trail Crew ran nine sessions Minton said. than a famous landmark for Colorado all the way down to the the Ranch by building trail with a total of 150 participants. The foremen play an Philmont and the Santa Fe Trail. Mexican border,” said John Celley, throughout the summer. This The first session hit the trail essential role on the trail crew Tooth Ridge also hosts Conservation Field Manager. summer the participants on June 8, and the last one will trek. one of the University Navstar Th e station was installed worked on a trail from Flume leave for the Backcountry on “You are acting as a Ranger,” Consortium’s (UNAVCO) many in 2006 aft er Philmont was Canyon to Bent Camp. August 3. All of the August and Foreman Nathan Coney said. Global Positioning System approached by UNAVCO because “It goes up to Wilson Mesa June sessions were full for this “You are acting as a mentor as (GPS) sites throughout the of the Tooth’s prime location along and connects with the road summer. a conservationist, and then as Southwest. UNAVCO is a non- the Rio Grande Rift . Since that that will either take you over The OATC is structured you go into the trek week you profi t geoscientifi c researchtime, the information produced to the lake and down, kind of very similarly to Trail Crew are acting more as an advisor.” organization that maintains many by the site has contributed to not into Pueblano, and the other Trek. There is one full work Many of the current of these sites that continuously only Philmont’s records but also side of the road takes you right week and then one full trek foremen, such as Coney, were collects data about its position. national research. into Bent Camp,” OA Trail Crew week. Continued on page 4, OATC “Th e station monitorsContinued on page 14, GPS Unit Former Philmont Staff Member Carves Native American Flutes Mary-Kate Smith “It was one of the fi rst times in Staff Writer my life I thought maybe I had enough money to buy a souvenir or something Artist Russ Wolf and his wife and take that home with me,” Russ said. Carol Wolf visited Philmont from “I saw this fl ute in the display case, and Saturday July 20 through Saturday June I thought, ‘Wow that would be great. 27 as part of the Philmont Museum’s Th at looks cool. I’d like to have that.’ artist in residency program. Th en they told me how much it cost. Russ, a wood worker from I was like, ‘No way.’ I thought I could Lewisville, Texas served on seasonal probably make that. I was a wood shop staff for eight summers from 1978 teacher at the time … Th at got me through 1987. His artwork is featured started researching Native American in the Philmont Museum’s gallery in fl utes and how to build them.” the “Gift of Inspiration” exhibit. When Russ fi rst started building Russ began building Native fl utes the amount of information Participants from 713-OA-01 and 2 carry up a boulder to the trail on Thursday, July 18 at Flume American fl utes in 1993 aft er a seeing a Continued on page 16, Native Canyon. The OA Trail Crew constructed a rock wall to support a trail that is between ten and twelve fl ute on a trip to Mesa Verde. American Flutes feet. CONNOR SPURR/ PHILNEWS PHOTOGRAPHER @Philmont PhilmontScoutRanch.org Philmont Scout Ranch 2 | PhilNews Friday August 9, 2013 PhilmontScoutRanch.org NEWS AND August 9-August 16 Friday, 9 Saturday, 10 Sunday, 11 Monday, 12 Wednesday, 14 Thursday, 15 Friday, 16 PHOTO TEAM 8 p.m. 11 a.m.-1 p.m. 8 p.m. 8 p.m. 7 p.m. 8 p.m. 8 p.m. Smore’s Night and Last Brat Day Ice Cream Float Dodgeball gam @ Yoga @ PTC Small Philmont Open Smore’s Night and horseshoe tossing of the season @ Night @ SSSAC Baldy Pavilion Fry Mic Night @ Staff horseshoe tossing @ Baldy Pavilion Baldy Pavilion Dining Hall @ Baldy Pavilion Editor-in-Chief 8 p.m. Owen McCulloch Ernest Th ompson Seton’s birthday; “Lobo” movie NPS Manager showing @ Baldy Bryan Hayek Pavilion PhilNews Editor Amanda Push Weather PhilNews Writers Friday, Saturday, Sunday, Monday, August 9 August 10 August 11 August 12 Joe Bruner Scattered T-Storms Mostly Sunny Mostly Sunny Partly Cloudy Hope Kirwan High: 76 High: 83 High: 80 High: Katie Landeck Low: 53 Low: 54 Low: 54 Low: Mary-Kate Smith Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, August 13 August 14 August 15 August 16 Photography Manager Partly Cloudy Mostly Sunny Partly Cloudy Partly Cloudy Katy Mooney High: 81 High: 83 High: 81 High: 81 Low: 54 Low: 54 Low: 52 Low: 52 Photographers Kevin Boucher Kaitlyn Chaballa Donovan Cole Cassidy Johnson Tim Morgan David Spitznagel Connor Spurr Photo Lab Lead Matthew Martin Photo Lab Techs Zack Sherrard Ryan Willson Marketing Manager End of Summer Staff Check-Out Process at the Seasonal Personnel desk. You most cases your fi nal paycheck will Last but not least, make sure Anika Lavios Jo Duran Seasonal Personnel Secretary may start your check-out process be mailed to your address of record. you pick up a staff application for aft er 1 pm on the aft ernoon of your If your need transportation to 2014. As returning staff you are Marketing Staff As the end of the season is last working day. Th e check-out Raton, please come to CHQ and pay not required to have the reference Vincent Haines drawing near, do you have the email process is not as long as the check- the $10.00 staff shuttle fee. You will form completed or a letter of addresses, cell phone numbers, and in. It is a little bit of a scavenger hunt then register with Logistics for the recommendation. Hiring managers Lead Videographer Facebook friend requests of all the as you walk around basecamp, but bus ride to Raton. If you are taking will use your mid-season and fi nal Attention all staff ! Philmont terrifi c new friends you now have? it is an opportunity to say good-bye a shuttle to Albuquerque, Colorado evaluations and recommendations Brandon Cardwell has experienced a below average In September we will compile the to your fellow staff ers. Please pick Springs or Denver, make sure you for the 2014 hiring process. It has snow and rainfall over the past fi nal 2013 Staff Roster and email it up your paychecks/stubs. Verify have made your reservation and been a pleasure to see so many of 60 months. We are currently at a Videographer to all staff members. that the address on your check is paid the appropriate fees as soon you back this summer and to meet level three fi re risk level. Lyndsay Dean As you are preparing for life the correct mailing address for your as possible. Shuttle reservation so many new staff members. I hope As a result, staff and away from Philmont, remember that fi nal check and your W-2 earning forms are available at the Seasonal that I’ll see you all again. participants are prohibited from every staff member must check out statement at the end of the year. In Personnel desk. Happy Trails. doing the following: PhilmontScoutRanch.org PhilmontScoutRanch.org Single Digits | Friday August 9, 2013 PhilNews | 3 Mark’s Minute: Last(ing) Impressions Mark Anderson Take a moment and think impressions. What will they be? Director of Program, Unit 2 back over the summer and reflect We certainly don’t want anything to on your “most intense moments”. I go wrong as everyone experiences know that some of mine have been the exit door of their 2013 Philmont Every day of the summer, many in the backcountry, some have been Adventure or for that fact a normal last(ing) impressions are made. We at CHQ and some have been at the conclusion of an encounter with us greet someone and say good bye. Philmont Training Center. Watching during these final days. Consider We help someone at our work site the light bulb turn on for a conference those last impressions: tear them and they leave heading to the next participant at PTC is exciting. These apart, tiny step by tiny step by tiny stop along their Philmont Journey to special moments will impact others step. They must be memorable, have yet another last(ing) impression. as the person returns home and puts compelling, emotional, “aggressively We see something and continue on in practice new knowledge that will right” and above all “obsess on the or someone sees something and affect many young people involved in endings!” continues.