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Squadron Effective Speaking Competition

To all parents, guardians, friends, and supporters of our cadets:

809 Newark Squadron
Royal Canadian Air Cadets

invites you to our

Effective Speaking Competition

on

Wednesday, February 6th, 2019

at

The Croatian National Centre
1416 Line 3 Road, Niagara on the Lake, Ontario
(Corner of Line 3 and Concession 1)

Competition starts at 1900h (7:00 pm)
Doors will be opened by 1830h (6:30 pm)
All guests are asked to be seated by 1850h (6:50pm)

Come and enjoy an evening of youth speakers

Niagara Cadet Winter Gala 2019

For those of you who purchased tickets to the Niagara Cadet Winter Gala, here are the relevant details.

Date:
2 Feb 19

Location:
Lake Street Armoury
81 Lake Street
St. Catharines, ON

Dress:
C8 or Semi-Formal

Timings:

Doors Open – 1730h (5:30pm)
Dinner – 1815h (6:15pm)
Clean-up – 2230h (10:30pm)
Dismissal – 2300h (11:00pm)

Have a great time!

J. Lemoine
Captain
Commanding Officer
809 Newark RCACS
“Immortals”

Weekly Routine Orders – Week of 27 Jan 19

Date
27 Jan 19

RO Number
19-04

Summary
The Niagara Air Group (NAG) Sports Competition has come and gone. Thanks very much to OCdt Couroux for supervising for the day. All reports indicate that a lot of fun was had but we, unfortunately, had a casualty. We’re all wishing him a speedy recovery.

Monday nights will be split between effective speaking preparation from 1900h-2000h *7:00pm-8:00pm) and drill team practice from 2000h-2100h (8:00pm-9:00pm) for the next two weeks leading up to our squadron effective speaking competition on the 6th of February.

Training Night
30 Jan 19

CAF Member Dress
3C

Cadet Dress
C2: Sgt, FSgt, WO2, WO1
C3: Cdt, LAC, Cpl, FCpl

Training Night Routine

Activity Timings
Building Open, Parade Setup 1815-1830
Fall-in, Inspection, Opening Parade 1830-1845
Period One 1845-1920
Period Two 1925-2000
Break 2000-2015
Period Three 2015-2050
Clean Up Training Areas and Parade Square 2050-2100
Fall-in, Closing 2100-2115
Dismissal 2115

Duty Personnel
Duty Officer: OCdt Couroux

Training Night Schedule

Period 1
1845-1915		 Period 2
1925-1955		 Period 3
2015-2045
Level One PO/EO M107.06 M108.03 M129.01
Description General Cadet Knowledge Drill Phonetic Alphabet
Instructor
Level Two PO/EO C208.02f M203.06a M203.06b
Description Drill Leadership Leadership
Instructor
Level Three PO/EO M309.06c M308.02 C331.03
Description Instructional Techniques Drill Principles of Flight
Instructor
Level Four PO/EO M409.01a M409.01b M408.01a
Description Instructional Techniques Instructional Techniques Drill
Instructor

This Week’s Activities

Date Day Activity Location Dress OIC
27 Jan 19 Sunday Niagara Icewine Festival Bottle Pickup Niagara-on-the-Lake Old Town Civilian (Cadet Toque) Mr. Zalepa
28 Jan 19 1900-2000 Monday Optional Training Night
(Effective Speaking)		 809 HQ (CNC) Civilian Mrs. Gowans
28 Jan 19 2000-2100 Monday Optional Training Night
(Drill Team)		 809 HQ (CNC) Civilian
(Boots and Wedge)		 WO1 Couroux
30 Jan 19 1830-2100 Wednesday Mandatory Training Night 809 HQ (CNC) C2/C3 OCdt Couroux
2 Feb 19 Saturday Niagara Cadet Winter Gala Lake Street Armoury C8 TBA

Upcoming Activities

Date Day Activity Location Dress OIC
4 Feb 19 1900-2000 Monday Optional Training Night
(Effective Speaking)		 809 HQ (CNC) Civilian Mrs. Gowans
4 Feb 19 2000-2100 Monday Optional Training Night
(Drill Team)		 809 HQ (CNC) Civilian
(Boots and Wedge)		 WO1 Couroux
6 Feb 19 1830-2100 Wednesday Mandatory Training Night (Effective Speaking Competition and CO’s Parade) 809 HQ (CNC) C1 CV Carbone

J. Lemoine
Captain
Commanding Officer
809 Newark RCACS

Niagara-on-the-Lake Icewine Festival Bottle Pickup (Week 2)

As discussed on Wednesday, the Niagara-on-the-Lake Icewine Festival has once again generously offered to donate the empty bottles from the event to our fundraising, so The SSC is looking for a few volunteers this Sunday to assist with the pickup. If you’re available to assist, sign up here. Volunteers will meet at the Old Court House in Niagara-on-the-Lake (26 Queen Street) at 1700h (5:00pm).

J. Lemoine
Captain
Commanding Officer
809 Newark RCACS

Niagara Air Group Sports Competition – Tomorrow!

Tomorrow is the annual NAG (Niagara Air Group) Sports Competition! We will be competing in two of the sports: handball and soccer.

All participating cadets are expected to arrive at the front doors of 809 Squadron HQ (CNC) at 0615h (6:15am) for a departure of 0630h (6:30am). We’ll be picking up the teams from 87 Eagle Squadron in Welland on the way, so there will be the potential for some good social time on the way there and back.

Pick-up will be from the same location at approximately 1730h (5:30pm). There are two squadrons not participating this year, so the day may turn out shorter than expected. Watch the web site for updates in the event that the bus is returning early.

Bring the following: HEALTH CARD (nobody boards the bus without one), water bottle, backpack to hold extra clothes (come dressed in your 809 Squadron t-shirt if you have one, shorts, socks and running shoes with long pants/sweater overtop), snack and any reading material, card game, &c to pass the time between games. Your belongings will be left unattended at times, so do NOT bring anything that you would not want to lose.

Parents are welcome to come and watch: we will be competing in Cayuga at the High School located at 70 Highway 54.

Lunch will be provided for all participants. There will be a canteen as well, so bring $5 for that if you want to partake.

OCdt Couroux is the supervising officer for this event.

J. Lemoine
Captain
Commanding Officer
809 Newark RCACS
“Immortals”

Winter Procedures

We’re in the thick of winter now, and that means that we’re coming into our HQ with a lot of slush and snow on our footwear that we don’t want tracked into the building.

Going forward, when we’re dealing with wet weather, we need to arrive at HQ with dry footwear. If you’re coming in uniform, wear winter boots until you get into the hall and change put your parade boots on after you arrive. If you’re coming for a sports night, same deal. Leave your wet boots by the door and switch to dry running shoes before coming in.

if we’re proactive, we can avoid having to mop up too much when we’re finished for the evening.

J. Lemoine
Captain
Commanding Officer
809 Newark RCACS

Weekly Routine Orders – Week of 20 Jan 19

Date
20 Jan 19

RO Number
19-03

Summary
We’re now in the final week leading up to the Niagara Air Group (NAG) Sports Competition. We’ll be running sports team practice on Monday night from 2000h-2100h (8pm-9pm) following Drill Team practice. We will be taking the entire evening on Wednesday to conduct our Flight Sports Competition and get some extra practice in before the event on Saturday. If there is any cadet who won’t be able to make the Saturday competition, please let me know right away.

National course interviews are coming up on 26 Jan and mock interviews will take place at 1900h (7:00pm) on Tuesday night at 809 HQ.

Thanks to everyone who volunteered to pick up bottles after the first weekend of the Niagara-on-the-Lake Ice Wine Festival. If you’re available for next week’s pickup, please don’t hesitate to sign up at the following link: https://809cadets.ca/events/event-sign-ups/.

Cadets who are interested in the Niagara Cadet Winter Gala on 2 Feb 19 at the Lake Street Armoury should bring their money for tickets in on Wednesday evening. Tickets are $25 each. Once again, dress code will be semi-formal or C8 mess dress.

Training Night
23 Jan 19

CAF Member Dress
Sports Gear or CADPAT

Cadet Dress
Sports Gear: All Cadets

Training Night Routine

Activity Timings
Building Open, Parade Setup 1815-1830
Fall-in, Inspection, Opening Parade 1830-1845
Period One 1845-1920
Period Two 1925-2000
Break 2000-2015
Period Three 2015-2050
Clean Up Training Areas and Parade Square 2050-2100
Fall-in, Closing 2100-2115
Dismissal 2115

Duty Personnel
Duty Officer: 2Lt Nicolescu

Training Night Schedule


Period 1
1845-1915		 Period 2
1925-1955		 Period 3
2015-2045
Level One PO/EO MX05.01a MX05.01b MX05.01c
Description Flight Sports Competition Flight Sports Competition Flight Sports Competition
Level Two PO/EO MX05.01a MX05.01b MX05.01c
Description Flight Sports Competition Flight Sports Competition Flight Sports Competition
Level Three PO/EO MX05.01a MX05.01b MX05.01c
Description Flight Sports Competition Flight Sports Competition Flight Sports Competition
Level Four PO/EO MX05.01a MX05.01b MX05.01c
Description Flight Sports Competition Flight Sports Competition Flight Sports Competition

This Week’s Activities

Date Day Activity Location Dress OIC
21 Jan 19 1900-2000 Monday Optional Training Night
(Drill Team)		 809 HQ (CNC) Civilian
(Boots and Wedge)		 WO1 Couroux
21 Jan 19 2000-2100 Monday Optional Training Night
(Sports)		 809 HQ (CNC) Civilian or Sports Gear WO2 Carbone
23 Jan 19 1830-2100 Wednesday Mandatory Training Night
(Flight Sports Competition)		 809 HQ (CNC) Sports Gear 2Lt Nicolescu
26 Jan 19 0630-1800 Saturday Niagara Air Group (NAG) Sports Competition Cayuga Secondary School Sports Gear OCdt Couroux
26 Jan 19 Saturday National Course Interviews TBA C1 TBA

Upcoming Activities

Date Day Activity Location Dress OIC
27 Jan 19 Sunday Niagara Icewine Festival Bottle Pickup Niagara-on-the-Lake Old Town Civilian (Cadet Toque) Mr. Zalepa
28 Jan 19 1900-2000 Monday Optional Training Night
(Drill Team)		 809 HQ (CNC) Civilian
(Boots and Wedge)		 WO1 Couroux
28 Jan 19 2000-2100 Monday Optional Training Night
(Sports)		 809 HQ (CNC) Civilian or Sports Gear WO2 Carbone
30 Jan 19 1830-2100 Wednesday Mandatory Training Night 809 HQ (CNC) C2/C3 OCdt Couroux
2 Feb 19 Saturday Niagara Cadet Winter Gala Lake Street Armoury C8 TBA

J. Lemoine
Captain
Commanding Officer
809 Newark RCACS

Niagara-on-the-Lake Icewine Festival Bottle Pickup (Week 1)

As discussed on Wednesday, the Niagara-on-the-Lake Icewine Festival has once again generously offered to donate the empty bottles from the event to our fundraising, so The SSC is looking for a few volunteers on this Sunday and next to assist with the pickup. If you’re available to assist, sign up here. Volunteers will meet at the Old Court House in Niagara-on-the-Lake (26 Queen Street) at 1700h (5:00pm).

J. Lemoine
Captain
Commanding Officer
809 Newark RCACS

Weekly Routine Orders – Week of 13 Jan 19

Date
13 Jan 19

RO Number
19-02

Summary
Thanks to everyone who came out on Saturday and helped to make our winter bottle drive a success! When the squadron and our extended family come together, there’s very little we can’t accomplish. Hopefully, we’ll have some final numbers on funds raised by our regular training night this week.

For the next few Mondays leading up to the Niagara Air Group (NAG) Sports Competition, we’ll be splitting the evening between Drill Team Practice and Sports Practice. We’ve got trophies to keep and we aren’t going to give them up to anyone else without a serious challenge.

Cadets who have applied for national courses need to know that the interviews are coming up on 26 Jan. We’ll arrange for mock interviews for you to practice your presentation before the interviews themselves. Unfortunately, the interviews are in direct conflict with the sports competition, so you won’t be able to make the trip to Cayuga with us that day.

The Niagara-on-the-Lake Ice Wine Festival being held over the next two weekends has generously offered to donate the empty bottles from the event to us, so Mr. Zalepa is looking for a few volunteers on each Sunday to assist with the pickup. If you’re available, sign-up sheets have been posted here: https://809cadets.ca/events/event-sign-ups/.

Lastly, the Niagara Cadet Winter Gala is coming up on 2 Feb 19 at the Lake Street Armoury and tickets ($25 each) will become available in the next couple of weeks. A number of cadets have expressed interest already and it’s shaping up to be an exciting event. I highly recommend attending if you can. Dress code will be semi-formal or C8 mess dress.

Training Night
16 Jan 19

CAF Member Dress
3C

Cadet Dress
C2: Sgt, FSgt, WO2, WO1
C3: Cdt, LAC, Cpl, FCpl

Training Night Routine

Activity Timings
Building Open, Parade Setup 1815-1830
Fall-in, Inspection, Opening Parade 1830-1845
Period One 1845-1920
Period Two 1925-2000
Break 2000-2015
Period Three 2015-2050
Clean Up Training Areas and Parade Square 2050-2100
Fall-in, Closing 2100-2115
Dismissal 2115

Duty Personnel
Duty Officer: Capt Lemoine

Training Night Schedule


Period 1
1845-1915		 Period 2
1925-1955		 Period 3
2015-2045
Level One PO/EO M107.03 M308.01b M308.01c
Description General Cadet Knowledge Drill (Squad) Drill (Squad)
Level Two PO/EO M203.05 M308.01b M308.01c
Description Leadership Drill (Squad) Drill (Squad)
Level Three PO/EO M308.01a M308.01b M308.01c
Description Drill Drill Drill
Level Four PO/EO M409.02a M409.02b M408.04
Description Instructional Techniques Instructional Techniques Drill

This Week’s Activities

Date Day Activity Location Dress OIC
14 Jan 19 1900-2000 Monday Optional Training Night
(Drill Team)		 809 HQ (CNC) Civilian
(Boots and Wedge)		 WO1 Couroux
14 Jan 19 2000-2100 Monday Optional Training Night
(Sports)		 809 HQ (CNC) Civilian or Sports Gear WO2 Carbone
16 Jan 19 1830-2100 Wednesday Mandatory Training Night 809 HQ (CNC) C2/C3 Capt Lemoine
20 Jan 19 Sunday Niagara Icewine Festival Bottle Pickup Niagara-on-the-Lake Old Town Civilian (Cadet Toque) Mr. Zalepa

Upcoming Activities

Date Day Activity Location Dress OIC
21 Jan 19 1900-2000 Monday Optional Training Night
(Drill Team)		 809 HQ (CNC) Civilian
(Boots and Wedge)		 WO1 Couroux
21 Jan 19 2000-2100 Monday Optional Training Night
(Sports)		 809 HQ (CNC) Civilian or Sports Gear WO2 Carbone
23 Jan 19 1830-2100 Wednesday Mandatory Training Night
(Inter-Flight Sports Competition)		 809 HQ (CNC) Sports Gear 2Lt Nicolescu
26 Jan 19 0630-1800 Saturday Niagara Air Group (NAG) Sport Competition Cayuga Secondary School Sports Gear OCdt Couroux
26 Jan 19 Saturday National Course Interviews TBA C1 TBA
27 Jan 19 Sunday Niagara Icewine Festival Bottle Pickup Niagara-on-the-Lake Old Town Civilian (Cadet Toque) Mr. Zalepa
2 Feb 19 Saturday Niagara Cadet Winter Gala Lake Street Armoury C8 TBA

J. Lemoine
Captain
Commanding Officer
809 Newark RCACS

Winter Bottle Drive on Saturday!

Our second bottle drive of the training year is on Saturday at VanNoort Greenhouses (at the corner of Hunter and Four Mile Creek Roads) in Niagara-on-the-Lake. We will start promptly at 0900h (9:00am) and we need all cadets, and as many parent volunteers as possible, on board. Please remember that this is a mandatory fundraising activity and that attendance cheques will be cashed for those cadets not present.

Before the bottle drive itself begins, we need some volunteers to meet Mr. Zalepa at 0730h (7:30am) to help load the bottles that have been collected from our drop-off program. If you’re available, please let Mr. Zalepa know as soon as you can.

DRIVERS: We need drivers! Please bring in your valid driver’s license and proof of automobile insurance, pick up your driving route, and cadets. If you have a truck, so much the better;
SORTERS: We need sorters for the entire day. It’s a dirty job, but worth every penny. We have people who know how it works, so find someone who looks like they know what they’re doing and they’ll show you the ropes;
CADETS: It’s a cold day, so WEAR YOUR WINTER COAT, GLOVES, and cadet toque. We’re expecting to go down to -4°C and will potentially have a cold weather warning to deal with, so wear layers and don’t under-dress. You’ll be outside for the majority of the day.

We will be providing lunch for everyone helping out, and there will be coffee/tea on-site as well for our adult volunteers.

Bring your excitement and enthusiasm! We are looking forward to a fantastic fundraising event.

J. Lemoine
Captain
Commanding Officer
809 Newark RCACS