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809 Range Team Selections

Without further ado, Capt Palumbo is happy to announce the 2017 Zone 6/7 Range Team Competitors for 809. Congratulations!

Seniors: (ages 15 & over)

  • FSgt Lett
  • FSgt Zalepa
  • Sgt Couroux

Juniors: (under age 15)

  • Cpl Abt
  • Cpl Hill

Spare:

  • WOI Lavoie

All team members are expected to attend the RANGE TEAM PRACTICES on Monday nights from 8-9pm – 20 & 27 March – as well as a Range Team practice on Sat 25 March 2017 – TO BE CONFIRMED. The actual competition is on Sunday, 2 April in St. Catharines from 8am to 4pm.

HOODIES: required wear for the team – SSC has covered 50% of the cost. $25 per cadet owing. (Same as last year – if you already have one, a new one is not required) Please bring $$ in before competition.

Thank you to all cadets who tried out for the team.

Monday Night Training

JOIN US:

Drill Team: 7-8pm Wear your hoodie, parade boots and wedge

Flight Club: 8-9pm Classroom #3 – with Capt Palumbo from SOGC; Simulator & map work

Range Team: 8-9pm Same cadets as last week only – arrive early for set-up for STANDING

There will be no other training this evening and all other classrooms will be closed.

 

NAG Effective Speaking & NOTL Home Show

This Saturday sees our two winners of the 809 Sqn Effective Speaking Competition participate at the Regional – NAG Comp – at 62 Grimsby Phantom Squadron Headquarters, Mountain Ridge Community Centre. Best of luck to Cdts Miele & Gowans!

Cadet Dress for the Comp is C-2 (no Whites at all) , Officers 1-D, Other Designated Sqn Escorts Appropriate Civilian Sqn Dress; Cadets are required to make their own way to Comp.

Mrs. Gowans has all required paperwork for the Competition – please find her on arrival.

  •  Timings:               Registration : Main Hall 11:30-12:00hrs
  •                                Opening Remarks : Church 12:00-12:15hrs
  • Competition Commences : Church 12:15 hrs
  •                                Program Break Following Prepared Speeches: 20-30 min (approx 2pm)
  •                                Impromptu Speeches: Approximately 14:30 start
  •                                Awards and closing Remarks:  Approximately 1530-1600hrs
  •                                Dismissal: Hopefully NLT 16:15hrs

NOTL Home Show is also on Sat but at Crossroads School in NOTL. We have a booth in one of the classrooms. The schedule for those participating is as follows:

  • Set-up: Sat morning 700am – 830am
  • Booth open : 9am-4pm
  • Tear down: 4-6pm
  • Morning (including set-up) – Capt Palumbo, Capt Lemoine, CI Nicolescu, Mrs Lett & Mr Zalepa (set-up only)
  • Afternoon (including tear down) – Capt Palumbo, CI Lemoine, Mrs Mehrotra
  • Set-up & Tear down should only take a maximum of 30 mins. Morning volunteers are welcome to join us for breakfast at Silk’s following set-up (& before the show commences at 9am).

Any cadets that require additional volunteer hours are welcome to help at the booth on Sat. The dress is C-2. Officers: 3C. Civilian adults: 809 Sqn blue golf shirts & khaki pants/skirt.

Monday Night Training

Drill Team: 7-8pm Wear TEAM HOODIE, civilian pants, drill boots & wedge

Range Team: 8-9pm Due to scores, and ages of current finalists, we need additional practice nights including STANDING for the Air Rifle. The following cadets are invited to participate in the final selection for the 5 team members that will compete at the end of March:

WOI Lavoie, FSgt Lett, FSgt Zalepa, Sgt Couroux, FCpl Abt, FCpl Lett, Cpl Hill

Effective Speaking – 815pm for Miele & Gowans

Sqn FREE Uniform Alteration Night

In an effort to ensure that the squadron is at its best for the upcoming events, I would like to offer to shorten any of the cadets’ pants on Wednesday the 22nd of February (THIS Wed night).

They should bring both their boots and their uniform pants so that they can be properly measured.

I will bring my sewing machine, iron & ironing board so that I can hem them.

Any that need lengthening – and have material in the hem to do it – I am also willing to alter.

Thanks,

CI Heather Thiffault

Wednesday Trg RANGE Night

Duty Officer
Capt Lemoine

Dress
Civilian Attire: All Cadets

Wednesday is our Range training day. It is mandatory training for ALL cadets. Dress comfortably in civilian clothing – 809 tshirts and hoodies are welcome!

All cadets will progress through the range over the course of the night. Capt Lemoine has concurrent activities planned for those cadets not active on the range at any given time (we will fire in relays of 7 cadets at a time).

NOTE: gym access for tonight will ONLY be through the door at the bottom of the stairs in the back hallway – NO ACCESS FROM THE STAGE.

Air Cadet Graduate Job Opportunities

AIR CADET LEAGUE OF CANADA

ONTARIO PROVINCIAL COMMITTEE

 February 16, 2017

To all OPC Members,

 Please note that this is not a Cadet activity, OPC funded nor DND supervised and is for information only.

Deveron UAS is based in Ontario and operates UAVs in rural settings across Canada using remote sensing in the agriculture sector. Deveron UAS is currently expanding and searching for suitable candidates to hire as Pilots of thier UAV systems. Successful candidates would be hired for a period of 4 months during the summer growing season. They are licenced by Transport Canada to conduct commercial activities. Deveron UAS is actively looking to fill positions in Ontario, Manitoba, Saskatchewan and Alberta. Most of thier work in Ontario is in the SW region, but they do also have needs across the province.

Minimum requirements:

  • Available May 1 – August 31
  • Willing to work some weekends, as required
  • Willing to travel within the Province, as required
  • Private Pilots License or higher, completed within past 5 years
  • 18 years of age or older
  • Restricted Radio Operator Licence
  • Current Aviation Medical
  • Reliable form of transportation from own lodging (company pays mileage)
  • Ability to work independently, complete the Company Training program, and follow the guidelines set in the Company’s Manuals

Deveron UAS is able to also hire graduates from Glider Program however there are some minimum Ground School requirements that they would need to meet. Visit thier website to learn more about the Company and the technology they use.  Contact the undersigned directly, should you have any questions or interest in a position with Deveron for 2017.

Norm Lamothe

Head, UAS Agriculture

Website: www.deveronuas.com

Twitter: @DeveronUAS

Email: nlamothe@deveronuas.com

Zone 6/7 Range Competition DATE CHANGE

The Zone 6/7 Range Competition has been moved to the first weekend in April. More details to follow.

This is EXCELLENT news for our Range team: no conflict with our Training Wknd in February, AND more time to practice.

So far, we have had 8 cadets try-out for the Range Team.

Shooting target

There is still time to try-out in the coming weeks. Don’t be shy: come on out and see if you can beat FSgt Zalepa, who is currently our top shot with groupings of 1.7cm!!

For those interested in earning their Marksmanship Badge, the levels are as follows:

(1) Marksman: Each group must be
within a circle of 3 cm in
diameter;

(2) First Class Marksman: Each
group must be within a circle of
2.5 cm in diameter;

(3) Expert Marksman: Each group
must be within a circle of 2 cm in
diameter; and

(4) Distinguished Marksman: Each
group must be within a circle of
1.5 cm in diameter.