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Mataguay Scout Ranch

Vol. I Issue 2

July 7, 2011

Mataguay Messenger 

Former Staffer in

AfghanistanBy: Messenger Sta 

Quentin Socia, a Mataguay staer between 2003 and 2010, isserving with the Marines in A-ghanistan.

Mail, presents, care packages,

well wishes, pictures o your troopor letters will be sent to Quentinand his platoon thanks to Mr.Beneeld.

Please come see Wheeler Cow-perthwaite o the Mataguay Mes-senger i you would like to send

By: ristan BauerAer all the stars disappeared

behind encroaching light and thenight turned into dawn, the scoutsstarted to wake up.

Tey saw the beauty o themeadows as they opened their eyesthe so light readying them the dayTe beauty o the majestic peakshigh above, seeming to touch thesky, the tall green trees surround-ing the meadows like a ence. Tewheat eld underneath, comortingthe meadow like a blanket.

Even beore the scouts le, itwas still a time to make riends andhave a good time. Trough the card

games, socializing, packing, andrelaxing, the scouts still soaked upthe moment.

Even though breakast was aproblem, rom the mushy bananasor not enough ood, the scouts stillenjoyed the rugged O.

Tey took in the sights and thesounds and the meadow; they hopeto come back again to sleep 'neaththe heaven's raers.

Dawn’s Early LightRises above the mountains

By: ristan BauerTe meadow was silent; scouts

were enraptured by the stars asseen through a high-powered tele-scope. Te rings o Saturn; the dark side o the moon.

Ten came the noise: water,rushing. Who had installed a oun-tain in the middle o the meadow?

Why was it on?Alas, no: a water main broke:“It broke about an hour, hour

and a hal beore this,” Com/Scidirector Peter Schlacht said.

Even though a water break may not have anything to do with star-gazing, it bears some similarities toFinal Frontiersmen, the track thatdid stargazing.

“[Te water main break is] like

bottle rockets and regular rockets.Te pressure builds up on the bot-tom and when you let go, it goes upin the air,” Counselor in rainingAlexander Dullum said.

While that explains how the wa-ter pipe few, it doesn’t explain howit happened right now, or or eventhe second time.

Te water turned o aroundlights out, at 10. Te water returnedat 3:45 pm the next day.

Water Pipe Turns into Fountain

Te Fountain. Photo by ristan Bauer

Hank learned how to jump into the pool

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Letter to the EditorI really liked your article on “WaterDogs vs Ranch Runners.” I also likesweating over getting wet and actinglike a dog . . .I thought that the program is very smart . . . it gives the scouts somethingto do.-- anner

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By: ristan BauerA boy gets stung by a wasp

while he was working on a track.It happened on uesday at 11 amat Blackoot Pool. A boy scout had

 just gotten out o the pool duringPathnders when a descended intohis neck.

Te boy tried to hit the wasp andkill it, but the wasp stung the boy.Adam Pringle, the aquatics director,was signing out requirements orthe merit badge when he heard theboy crying.

He got up and went to to see

why. When he saw the wasp he gotit o and saw the sting mark andthe stinger in the boy's neck.

Ten took the boy to the canopyand asked i anyone had a creditcard. Someone gave him a creditcard and he was saely able to getthe sting out without the boy get-

ting seriously hurt.“He [Adam] was very calm and

he got right up and started helpingthe boy," one scoutmaster said. "Hedid a very good job handling thesituation.”

Te boy is eeling much bet-ter and is working as he should.Tanks to our aquatics director orbeing quick and getting the sting

out. Without his help, the boy may have been in more pain now thanwhen he was stung.

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By: ristan BauerTe Mataguay Messengers

checked in with the Stargaz-ing Rugged-O in Mountain Manmeadow. Te Stargazers saw part

o the dark side o the moon andcraters, too.

Later on they saw Saturnthrough the telescope. One o theStaers hoped to get a good view o another planet.

“Jupiter's coming out later thissummer. I'm hoping to get a good view o it,” Communications/Sci-ence Director Peter Schlaht said.

Te scouts had un:“I really liked it [the Rugged O.].I met this guy [Justin Wu],” MaxDiscar, a scout, said.

Seeing the moon, Saturn, andhaving un are all important thingsor this Rugged O, but the big thingabout this Rugged O is stargazing.

“I met this guy [Michael Patac-sil] who's really good with a Yo-yo,”Justin Wu said.

One scout and staer had this tosay:

“I'm hoping see the stars, maybesome planets, and no clouds,” JakeBeel said.

“Te main goal o this Rugged Ois so the boys can know all the ma- jor stars and constellations so they can identiy it themselves,”

Once night ell, the stars cameout. While there were some clouds,there were plenty o stars to seeand, with a telescope, the gazerssaw some planets.

Stargazers GazeSee Saturn, Fall Asleep

Wasp Stings Boy at BlackfootCrying Ends After Intervention

One o the more popular RuggedO's, the Pirate Rugged O' proved tobe quite successul. Several scoutsrom many dierent troops enjoyedhours o ree swim at Parker Pool.

Some pirate scouts, however,enjoyed their ree swim in a unique

way.Tese scouts simulated skate-board tricks by jumping o o theedge o the swimming pool witha swim board and landing on topo the boards into the water. Tescouts pulled several stunts includ-ing: kickfips, 360s, and ront fips.

A couple o scouts perormeda trick, the 360 Ollieoop, that hadnever been attempted beore. Te

stunt requires two boys. Te rstboy jumps o o the edge o thepool, catches a board thrown tohim, perorms a 360 spin, and landsinto the water with both eet on topo the board.

Aer several ailed chokings and

rug burns, the boys pulled o thestunt.Te boys climb out o the pool,

lled with atigue and accomplish-ment. Tey eel more rereshedthan ever beore.

Even though they smell likechlorine, they eel like the dirt andgrime rom the past week has beenwashed away. Tey eel cleaner thanwhen they came.

Free Swim, Ridiculous StuntsPirate Rugged-O Enthralls

Adam Pringle, aquatics director.