Saturday, December 21, 2013

River 5 Young Men Update (December 21, 2013)

Merry Christmas everyone!

Attached are pics from last week's Sub-for-Santa activity. The youth did a great job buying gifts on Wednesday, and then wrapping them on Thursday. 

We hope the youth felt the spirit of service as they spent their time helping others this Christmas Season.

A special thanks to the Peterson's for opening their home for wrapping on Thursday evening.

Just a few updates to be aware of:

Activities:

Dec. 25:
No activity

Jan. 1: 
No activity

Jan. 3-4:
Youth Conference (signed permission slips given to young men and required; please get to John Dye or Rick Pearmain asap)


Scout Dates at-a-glance:
White Buffalo District 2014 Pow Wow (Jan 18, 25 and Feb. 1)
Klondike 2014: February 21-22, 2014 at the Heber Valley Camp. 

Tuesday, December 17, 2013

Scout Camp for 2014





From: Gary Nebeker <gnjdesign@gmail.com>
Date: December 12, 2013 at 11:04:01 PM MST
To: Matt Lingwall <slingwall@comcast.net>, Matt Lingwall <mlingwall@comcast.net>, Trent Anderson <Tanderson@graymont.com>, "Steve Schoeneman Cell" <steve.schoeneman@comcast.net>, "stacie.schoeneman@comcast.net" <stacie.schoeneman@comcast.net>, "Brandon Lawson" <brandon.lawson@zionsbancorp.com>, Tareca Joseph <tarnmijos@gmail.com>, Bryce Lovell <brycelovell@gmail.com>, Dustin Wood <hwood7587@gmail.com>, John Dye <jdye@bonneville.com>, Steve Walker <swalker42@gmail.com>, Lynda Valerio <doterralynda@gmail.com>, Ernie Floyd <alamosa@comcast.net>, Sita Stevens <sita-babe@hotmail.com>
Subject: Scout Camp for 2014
Reply-To: <gary@gnjdesign.com>

I have reserved AUGUST 4-9, 2014 at the Long Beach camp site at the Bear Lake Aquatics Center.   I reserved spots for 5 boys and 2 leaders, just to get us on the board.  We will need to settle on the actual count in a few weeks. Currently the merit badge signup is not open so I have not selected them at this point.  There are many badges, fun, required and exotic available. I will work with Cameron to select some from each category.

As this is a council camp we will need to have scout physicals signed in 2014 for every participant, youth and adult.  As the new year starts, please keep that in mind if you're visiting the doctor. 
The form is available here http://www.scouting.org/scoutsource/healthandsafety/ahmr.aspx.

We must also have 2 adults present at camp at all times.  I can be one, and I believe Steve Schoeneman has volunteered to be the other.  Others are welcome to come join us as they are available.

I know some of the boys will have sports events to attend and will likely miss a few days.  Unfortunately this does not reduce the cost for the boys, which is $140 each.  Leaders are $15 each.  The Meal Plan is $80 per person, which I would recommend we do for the simplicity of it.

If you have any questions,  please give me a call.

Gary Nebeker
801-403-5913


12-18 activity/reminders

Hi everyone!

Attached is a pic from last Wed. night's temple lights activity. The pic doesn't do the activity justice; we had a great time seeing the lights and eating doughnuts and drinking hot cocoa before returning home.

We love serving the young men in the ward! They are great and we feel so blessed to be able to rub shoulders with them.

Just a few quick updates to be aware of:

Activities:

Dec. 18 (this Wednesday): 
Sub-for-Santa shopping (please meet at church at 7:00)

Dec. 19 (Special Night--this Thursday):
Wrapping Sub-for-Santa (please be at Peterson's home at 7:00; pizza to be provided)

Dec. 25:
No activity

Jan. 1: 
No activity

Jan. 3-4:
Youth Conference (signed permission slips given to young men and required; please get to John Dye or Rick Pearmain asap)



White Buffalo District 2014 Pow Wow (Jan 18, 25 and Feb. 1)
Gary Nebeker will be in touch soon on this event.

They will be offering the following badges this year: Art, Citizenship in the Community, Citizenship in the Nation, Citizenship in the World, Cooking, Disability Awareness, Electricity, Emergency Preparedness, First Aid, Game Design, Indian Lore, Law, Personal Fitness, Personal Management, and Railroading. 




Klondike 2014:
Klondike will be on February 21-22, 2014, at the Heber Valley Camp. 

Gary will be in touch soon to get a more firm head count.


Monday, December 9, 2013

Some items


 Brethren:
 
Just a few quick items.

Here is a link to a spreadsheet with the contact info. for all young men.

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0ApyoROAFuQ8MdHlnWHRaYmcxNnV5X1A0TXY4a3ZBVmc&usp=sharing

Cam, could you input this information into teh second tab (YW template). I helped them lay out the YW template look and I think adding birthdays and Quorum Pres. information would help. Thanks a lot!

Some other items (see Bishop's and Rick's comments in bold).

 
1-Chair setup in Jan. for Primary
I have heard the YM need to provide assistance here. Please confirm. If so, I'll reach out to Laura to get a map of how she likes it.  

BISHOP: Yes please.  This was talked about in our last Ward Council meeting just prior to you getting sustained. Please call Laura.
 
2-Sis C. Burdett
Does she still need pellets weekly? I can call to find out if needed.  
BISHOP: I believe it is weekly, but please give her a call to confirm.
 
3-Status?
Braden Weidmer and Johan Thome (B-23)
I found notes on these two in Scott's old agendas. We discussed them a bit, but I'd love any insight into how the families are doing and if a visit by the YM would be good (not sure of any family nuances or situations that need to be understood) 

BISHOP: Johan Thome's mother and brothers come most weeks, but he refuses to come to church.  He is Priest age, and I believe this would be a wonderful visit for you, Jake, AP and me.  Braden Weidmer comes to activities when he can.  He splits his time between his mother who lives in our ward and his father who lives in Orem.  He seems to get along with Alec when he comes, so I think he feels welcome.  It is just a matter of getting his mother out to church.  By the way, he has come on some weekday activities.  I believe Matt has his mother's cell phone number and advises her on all activities.  You may want to confirm. 
RICK: We need to invite both to Youth Conference.  There is some connection between Ben Perez and Johan (they know each other but that is about it)
 
4-I'd really like to focus some efforts on Lance N. and the Perez boys. I home teach Ben and Lucas, so understand that situation pretty well but not perfectly. I was thinking of talking to Gary to understand more of the Lance situation. Any thoughts on either of them, or any other YM that we should focus on right now?  

BISHOP: I totally agree!!  Lance has been a concern for quite some time.  I think reaching out to him would be a wonderful thing.  We are talking about potentially using him as the DJ for Youth Conference.  Ben and Lucas are also a concern as you know.  Focusing your efforts on them would also be a great thing!! 
RICK: I spoke with Cory about using Lance as a DJ yesterday.  I think we left off that Cory was going to reach out to Lance with the approach that with Cory's physical condition, he will need some help with DJing and was hoping he would come to assist



 

Sunday, December 8, 2013

River 5 Ward Young Men (12-8-2013)

Hi everyone!

Attached are pics from last Wed. night's pizza activity. We had fun at Godfather's Pizza!

Just a few quick updates to be aware of . . .

Wednesday Night Activities:

Dec. 11: 
Temple Lights (please be at church at 6:30 p.m.)

Dec. 18: 
Sub-for-Santa shopping (please be at church at 7:00)

Dec. 19:
Wrapping Sub-for-Santa (please be at Peterson's home at 7:00; pizza to be provided)

Dec. 25:
No activity

Jan. 1: 
No activity

Jan. 3-4:
Youth Conference (signed permission slips given to young men today and required; please get to John Dye or Rick Pearmain asap)



White Buffalo District 2014 Pow Wow (Jan 18, 25 and Feb. 1)
Gary will be in touch soon on this event.

They will be offering the following badges this year: Art, Citizenship in the Community, Citizenship in the Nation, Citizenship in the World, Cooking, Disability Awareness, Electricity, Emergency Preparedness, First Aid, Game Design, Indian Lore, Law, Personal Fitness, Personal Management, and Railroading. 




Klondike 2014:
Klondike will be on February 21-22, 2014, at the Heber Valley Camp. 

Gary will be in touch soon to get a more firm head count.

Please be aware that there is a limit to the total number of participants of about 350 individuals, both adult and youth, so early registration will insure our unit's position for this event.