PHILNEWS JUNE 26TH, 2015 ISSUE THREE Sean McElligot/PhilNews Ronnie’s Bed and Breakfast Marie Reynolds For the past 15 years Veronica could live again. I came out here to not go back on the trail. one to talk to, 90 percent of them PhilNews “Ronnie” Fye, Infirmary Tent City work and I have loved it ever since. “Sometimes kids don’t want would choose to go home,” said In the heart of Philmont and the manager, has made this space her It is my second home,” said Fye. to try it one more time, but when Fye. edge of Infirmary Tent City, you own. She has not only transformed Fye cares for all Scout partici- you talk to them and say ‘You just “When I talk to a kid and tell will find two small buildings. One her life, but the lives of those who pants and adults who have to come don’t know how beautiful the view them to try it again, I very seldom a warehouse of sorts utilized by must come off the trail. out of the backcountry for one is at Inspiration Point, or you don’t get those kids back. They will re- participants taken off the trail for “I had lost my husband, and my health-related reason or another. know how awesome the program is turn from their trek and thank me medical reasons and the other, a kids felt I needed to get out of the She has visited every camp on the at all these different camps’ all of a for pushing them to rejoin their cabin with a flourishing garden house, so I came on a trek in 2000. ranch except for Metcalf Station, sudden you’ll see the glow in their troop, and that is the icing on the and a sign that reads “Ronnie’s Philmont really healed me and took so she tries to tell the Scouts what eyes and they want to go back out. cake.” Bed and Breakfast.” me under its wing – showed me I they could be missing if they do If they just sat around here with no Continued on page 6 100 years of 10 Essentials: cheerful service map and compass Kate Johnson Marie Reynolds PhilNews PhilNews Boy Scouts all over the coun- We all have a story of getting try are celebrating the 100th lost in the backcountry, and though anniversary of the Order of the it makes for a good laugh later on, Arrow (OA). The Order of the it can be stressful in the moment. Arrow began as one of many Lucky for us, rolling in at the top camping honor societies at local of the “10 Essentials for Hiking” Boy Scout camps. list is a map and compass. Lodges will celebrate the According to Logan Hardin, 100th anniversary at this year’s Geographic Information Systems National Order of the Arrow (GIS) Coordinator, there is a huge Conference (NOAC) in August amount of effort and extensive fieldwork that goes into producing at Michigan State University. the maps all Scouts and staff use at For those who cannot attend Philmont. NOAC this summer, Associate There are three steps GIS staffers Director of Conservation Tim follow when creating a map. The Riedl explained Arrowtour: “Not first is data production and collec- many people can go to NOAC, tion, the second is formatting and so they’re trying to bring the Ronnie Fye stands beside her garden in Infirmary Tent City on Tuesday, June 16. "I grew up on a farm, and so I planted a garden out back and it analysis and the third is the carto- just flourishes. If I have an abundance of stuff, I’ll bring it in for the kids to eat and they just love it. I just love to garden and it has turned into Continued on page 3 something that I can relate with the kids. Come on out. Help water the garden. It's just like being at a homesteading camp," said Fye. Continued on page 3 Erin Irwin/PhilNews 2 | PhilNews Friday, June 26, 2015 PhilmontScoutRanch.org NEWS AND June 26-July 2 Friday, 26 Saturday, 27 Sunday, 28 Monday, 29 Tuesday, 30 Wednesday, 1 Thursday, 2 8 a.m. 6:30 a.m. 6:30 a.m. 6:30 a.m. 11 a.m.-2 p.m. 6 p.m. 5:15 p.m. PHOTO TEAM Daily hike: Carson Insanity - SSSAC Yoga 1 - SSSAC Yoga 2 - SSSAC Bratwurst!!! - Astronomy P90X - SSSAC Meadows (meet in TV rooms TV rooms TV rooms Baldy Pavilion continued training TV room front of SSSAC) 8 a.m. 8 a.m. 8 a.m. 4 p.m. - Baldy Pavilion 6 p.m. NPS Manager 6 p.m. Daily hike: Daily hike: Dean Daily hike: Ute Self Defense - 6:30 p.m. Bears of the world LNT/WPG Hunting Lodge Cow (meet in Gulch (meet in Fitness Center PIYO - SSSAC continued training Bryan Hayek continued training (meet in front of front of SSSAC) front of SSSAC) 5:45 p.m. TV rooms - Baldy Pavilion - Baldy Pavillion SSSAC) 6 p.m. 6 p.m. Western night - 8 p.m. Assistant NPS 6:30 p.m. 6 p.m. GPS and Astronomy PTC Photography Manager/Photography PIYO/Zumba - Forestry continued navigation continued training 6 p.m. workshop - Supervisor SSSAC TV rooms training - Baldy continued training - Baldy Pavilion GPS and Walcutt Room, 8 p.m. Pavillion - Baldy Pavillion 7 p.m. navigation SSSAC Cassidy Johnson Salsa night - 8 p.m. 8 p.m. Patch trading - continued training Baldy Pavilion Guardians of the Tye-Dye night - PTC South Tent - Baldy Pavillion PhilNews Editor Galaxy screening Baldy Pavilion City 9 p.m. Patrick McNeill - PTC Assembly Astronomy Hall workshop - Stockade (8:30 at PhilNews Writers SSSAC for rides) Kate Johnson Caleb Wong Becoming family at Abreu Marie Reynolds Program Counselor Benjamin Photographers Beatty said the staff at Abreu hopes they can encourage participants to Erin Irwin take home and use skills such as Doyle Maurer gardening and brick making at their Josh Galemore own homes by mimicking the ev- eryday life of the Abreu family. Tyler Sanders “We hope that not only they’ll Sean McElligott learn the ways things used to be Justin Gilliland done, but that they might be inter- ested in picking these things up as Leanora Benkato skills just because they’re also good life skills to have,” said Beatty. Photo Lab Lead Cantina Manager Dana Coley said she finds it rewarding when Jaime López participants bond with each other over root beer and snacks, especial- Photo Lab Techs ly when they pay it forward to future visitors. David Kellogg “Being in the Cantina is awesome Neal Simmons because Scouts come off [the] trails and they are parched, and they are Lead Marketing tired, and they just want to chill out. The Cantina is the perfect place Specialist for them to do that,” said Coley. “I Dominic Baima take donations that they give us, and we’ll buy Scouts [root beer and Ben Beatty (left) and Lee Ferrin (right) milk a goat at Abreu on Tuesday, June 16, 2015. Doyle Maurer/PhilNews snacks] that don’t have enough Marketing Media Staff Caleb Wong petticoats, long skirts, overalls and is all about,” former General Man- money.” other interpretive clothing to portray ager John Clark said about con- Marcos Palacios PhilNews Although participants find the life a rural lifestyle characterized by di- necting history with modern con- of the Abreu family interesting, they Taylor Hill Take one glance at the petticoats rect, stark connections to the land. veniences. “How do eggs get in the and goats and you will find yourself should realize that their day-to-day Crews who visit Abreu not only supermarket? How does hamburger lives within their own families are Lead Videographer at one of the three homesteading observe, but also personally partic- meat get in the supermarket? How camps at Philmont: Abreu. Set in also interesting, according to Pro- ipate in the legacy of the Abreu fam- does the milk get in the supermar- gram Counselor Bridget Cuddy. Kreable Young 1912, Abreu offers activities such as ily, a successful Mexican-American ket? The programs we’ve offered up milking goats, adobe brickmaking, “This is the experience that we family that operated a small home- here – you can milk a cow, you can have in 1912, and maybe it’s very Videographer animal feeding and other home- stead. milk a goat, you can see a chicken steading activities that the Abreu different from 2015, but the day- “The things that kids see and learn lay an egg –tell the story about how to-day life builds your story,” said Mitchell Thomas family performed on a routine basis. while they’re here is so very import- people survived during the pioneer Program counselors don suspenders, Cuddy. “Everybody has a history ant to them understanding what life days.” they come from and a story to tell. PhilmontScoutRanch.org Friday, June 26, 2015 PhilNews | 3 From page one: 10 Essentials graphic design of the final product. ally needs to be on the map. They “We try to work a half-lab half- must ask themselves what informa- field schedule,” Hardin said. “Data tion is relevant and if it is convey- collection involves all of the data ing what it needs to for the audi- collected since 2001, when Philm- ence it is intended for. ont GIS was started. We use a GPS Being able to navigate through- to record new data while we are in out the backcountry is of the ut- the field, and work crews collect most importance for Scouts and data for us on the campsite features Venturers.