PHILNEWS TH JUNE 14 , 2013 YEARS OF ISSUE 2 75 PHILMONT Printing 64 Years of Fire Level Warning Philmont History Attention all staff ! Philmont has experienced a below average HIGH snow and rainfall over the past 60 A local printing press is responsible TE VE months. We are currently at a level A RY ER H four fi re risk level. As a result, staff D IG for decades worth of prints. O H M and participants are prohibited from doing the following: E Joe Bruner receive in order to decide which X T Staff Writer treks they would like to ask for. • Setting off fi reworks W R O E L Philmont switched printers when M • Smoking except for in E Sixty-four years of Philmont the inside was changed to include designated areas history is collected in the tiny various levels of shading, something • Making crew or staff offi ce of Th e Tribune Press, a local that his printers are unable to do, c a m p fi r e s printing press in Springer, NM that according to Gutierrez. • Starting open fi res has printed numerous documents He has also stopped printing Water Conservation Tip #3 for Philmont over the years. the covers of the Staff Guide, and Th ank you for complying with Carlos Gutierrez, 82, is the On average, 14% of indoor water use is due to leaks. If you see only prints the inside pages now. our fi re restrictions in order to owner of the shop and has worked a leaky faucet or showerhead be sure to let maintenance know. “I used to print these envelopes,” keep Philmont a safe place. there since age 11. he said, showing envelopes with He has worked with Philmont the Philmont letterhead. “And you since 1949, just a decade aft er know the letters placed in the signs Philturn was opened for Scout for [staff and crew] photos? I used activities. to print those too.” Th e Tribune Press is He also printed old versions responsible for many of the of “PhilNews,” until Philmont documents that found its own Philmont Staff news printer, are familiar “The Tribune Press Gutierrez said. with, including is responsible for... Th e shop the Staff Guide is full of many books, the staff guide books, the old documents Wilderness wilderness pledge cards including Pledge Cards photos, and the vehicle and parking permits.” pamphlets agreements. and booklets. Th e designs “Out in God’s of the documents have changed Country,” a book published in over the years, as has the technology 1969 and covers the history of to print them. Th ose changes are the pioneers who came through refl ected in the services Gutierrez the Cimarron area during the provides to Philmont. expansion to the west, is one such Up until two years ago, example. Gutierrez printed the interior of the Other examples are the This week’s photo was taken by Dean Cow Program Counselor Sam Aguilar during climbing training, Trek Books that prospective crews Continued on page 4, Printing which was held at Cimarroncito at the beginning of June. @Philmont PhilmontScoutRanch.org Philmont Scout Ranch 2 | PhilNews Friday June 14, 2013 PhilmontScoutRanch.org NEWS AND June 14-June 21 Saturday 15 Sunday 16 Monday 17 Tuesday 18 Wednesday 19 Thursday 20 Saturday 22 6:30 p.m. 8 p.m. 8 p.m. 5:30 p.m. 7 p.m. 11 a.m. 8 p.m. PHOTO TEAM Jerry Poppenhouse Hembree Hall Smore’s Night and PTC Western BBQ Yoga @ PTC Small Brat Day @ Baldy Movie Night: The photography Table Tournament horseshoe tossing Fry Pavilion Blues Brothers @ presentation @ @ SSSAC @ Badly Pavilion 7 p.m. Baldy Pavilion Editor-in-Chief Walcutt Room PTC Western 8 p.m. Dance Salsa Night @ Owen McCulloch 8 p.m. Baldy Pavilion Magic the NPS Manager Gathering Bryan Hayek Tournament @ Walcutt Room PhilNews Editor Amanda Push Weather PhilNews Writers Friday, Saturday, Sunday, Monday, Joe Bruner June 14 June 15 June 16 June 15 Partly cloudy T-storms Sunny Sunny Hope Kirwan High: 89 High: 87 High: 89 High: 88 Katie Landeck Low: 51 Low: 49 Low: 49 Low: 49 Mary-Kate Smith Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, June 15 June 15 June 15 June 15 Photography Manager Sunny Sunny Sunny Sunny Katy Mooney High: 87 High: 88 High: 82 High: 82 Low: 49 Low: 49 Low: 49 Low: 49 Photographers Kevin Boucher Corrections Kaitlyn Chaballa In Issue One, the article The best informed people are Donovan Cole “Philmont Maintains Herds PhilNews is Cassidy Johnson Despite Drought Conditions,” those with acute observation Rod Taylor was quoted as now accepting Tim Morgan saying “We wean 560 pound and who are inquisitive to be submissions to be David Spitznagel calves.” The correct weight is Connor Spurr 650 pounds. continually asking “Why?’’ printed in future If any other corrections are issues. Photo Lab Lead seen please notify the PhilNews Editor at philmontnps@ Matthew Martin philmontscoutranch.org or --Waite Phillips I-Camp it to News and Photo Either I-Camp or Photo Lab Techs Services. email any articles Zack Sherrard you wish to be Ryan Willson Photo of the Week Contest considered. Please Marketing Manager Submit your Photo to News and Photo Services and have it featured in PhilNews submit all articles Anika Lavios by Friday to be Marketing Staff During a summer that will be filled with remembering the history of Philmont, we in the following Vincent Haines at PhilNews are excited to be starting a new tradition. Starting in the next issue, each Friday’s issue. PhilNews will feature a staff-generated photo of the week. Any current Philmont staff Lead Videographer member and PTC family may submit a photo. The picture must have been taken at Philmont or on Philmont used property this summer and be BSA-appropriate. Entries Brandon Cardwell Email: can be submitted in person at News & Photo Services, via I-camp, on a CD or flash drive or by an email to [email protected]. Please include your name, your philmontnps@ Videographer department or camp and a caption that includes information about where the picture was philmontscout Lyndsay Dean taken. Photos must be in .jpg format and at least 200 dpi. Philmont will retain the rights to use any photos submitted. Contact Photography Manager Katy Mooney or PhilNews ranch.org editor Amanda Push with questions (575-376-2281 ext. 1246). PhilmontScoutRanch.org PhilmontScoutRanch.org Single Digits | Friday June 14, 2013 PhilNews | 3 Mark’s Minute: The Stenuous Life Saturday 15 Sunday 16 Monday 17 Tuesday 18 Wednesday 19 Thursday 20 Saturday 22 Mark Anderson is a program about healthy living, Your fellow staff members will 6:30 p.m. 8 p.m. 8 p.m. 5:30 p.m. 7 p.m. 11 a.m. 8 p.m. Director of Program, Unit 2 about “The Strenuous Life.” endeavor to support you in your Jerry Poppenhouse Hembree Hall Smore’s Night and PTC Western BBQ Yoga @ PTC Small Brat Day @ Baldy Movie Night: The The Trail of Courage has decision. photography Table Tournament horseshoe tossing Fry Pavilion Blues Brothers @ Theodore Roosevelt believed seven components: 5. Live free from drug and presentation @ @ SSSAC @ Badly Pavilion 7 p.m. Baldy Pavilion that the hearty American 1. Become personally alcohol habits. Just say no! Walcutt Room PTC Western 8 p.m. character replenished by the fit: mentally, physically and 6. Learn the seven cancer Dance Salsa Night @ outdoor life was very important. socially healthy and understand danger signs. 8 p.m. Baldy Pavilion He identified it as “The Strenuous the challenge of peer pressure, 7. Live the Scout Oath and Magic the Life”. He touted exertion and bullying and being socially Law. Gathering physical education as national accepted. Last summer 49.8 % of the Tournament @ imperatives. He expounded 2. Eat a nutritious 24,395 participants and staff Walcutt Room that our country calls not for diet which provides six members took the pledge and the life of ease but for the life of basic nutrients: protein, fat, committed to follow the seven strenuous endeavor. carbohydrates, water, vitamins components of the Trail of Philmont truly affordsand minerals. Courage Program. This was a each of us the opportunity to 3. Exercise, using a fitness total of 11,616 individuals. live “The Strenuous Life”. We program that matches your We will be distributing have opportunities each day to lifestyle and may vary with the copies of the brochure and grow mentally and physically seasons of the year. commitment form to all of you while continuing to define our 4. Be tobacco free – over the next two weeks. character. Smoking and Smokeless. If I encourage all of you to join Each of you will have the your use tobacco, this summer me in living “The Strenuous Life” opportunity to participate in the is a great time to stop, the risks and pledge to abide by the Trail SAMANTHA WAIDLER/PHILNEWS PHOTOGRAPHY MANAGER 2011 Trail of Courage Program. This of smoking are tremendous. of Courage. Ramblings from Who’s the Next Inspired Artist? This summer as part of our popular exhibit, The Gift of Inspiration, the Philmont Museum is hosting an art competition open to all 2013 summer staff. the Old Wrangler We welcome all forms of media and techniques including but not limited to: painting, drawing, photography, ironwork, sculpture, mixed media, textiles, woodwork … you name it. Paul Grasse it is not beneficially used. There are three separate deadlines for submission of your work throughout the summer: June 15th, July 5th Special Projects Manager, • With the exception of and July 25th. The day after each deadline, the winning piece will be placed on exhibit in the main gallery.