Volunteer Opportunity: St. Mark’s Anglican Church Cherry Festival

Volunteer Opportunity

St. Mark’s Anglican Church is looking for some cadet volunteers to assist with the operation of their Cherry Festival this year from 0830h (8:30am) to 1500h (3:00pm). Interested cadets should contact Mr. George Robinson by phone at (905) 468-5487 or (905) 932-5487 or by email at g.robinson@live.ca for further details. Volunteer hours for high school will be signed off on by the Cherry Festival staff. This is not a supervised cadet event.

J. Lemoine
Captain
CO 809 Newark RCACS

http://stmarks1792.com/cherry-festival/

Sherkston Shores Sky Fest 2018

There will always be those individuals in the world who think that jumping out of perfectly serviceable aircraft is a good idea. We don’t need to understand these people to respect the courage it takes to actually do it.

99 years ago in 1919, Frank Ellis became the very first person to parachute from an airplane over Canada, Crystal Beach to be specific.

In commemoration of this event, the Sherkston Shores Beach Resort and Campground will be holding Sky Fest 2018, featuring skydiving exhibitions, an appearance by the Canadian Warplane Heritage Museum’s WW2-era Douglas DC3 aircraft, and lots of summer activities.

The squadron isn’t doing anything specific for the event, but for those interested in going on their own, details can be found bellow.

J. Lemoine
Captain
CO 809 Newark RCACS

https://www.sunrvresorts.com/blog/niagara-sky-fest-2018/

NCdt Nathan Zalepa

Today, another alumnus of 809 Newark Squadron has joined the Canadian Armed Forces family. Congratulations to NCdt Nathan Zalepa, former Cadet Squadron Commander, on taking the first step in a new and exciting adventure! #809Immortal

Summer Training

Good morning.

I’ve attached the links to the Parent Briefing given on our last training day, along with the associated Joining Instructions for each Cadet Training Centre. I’m still working on finding detailed instructions for CTC Saint-Jean’s Advanced Aerospace Course, but the basics can be found in the linked Information Booklet for the Eastern Region. I will update everyone with more detailed information as soon as I have it.

Also, we’re expecting to receive movement instructions with specific dates and times over the next week. Nothing has been posted yet, but these will be transmitted as soon as they arrive.

Parent Briefing:

Parent Briefing – Summer Training 2018

Joining Instructions:

Blackdown 2018 JI
Trenton 2018 JI
Connaught 2018 JI
Staff and Staff Cadet 2018 JI

Eastern Region Information Booklet:

2018 Eastern Region CTC Information Booklet

J. Lemoine
Captain
CO 809 Newark RCACS

809 Senior Rafting Trip – Part Deux

Wow! What a fantastic trip. There was great food, a whole lot of incredible fun, and some great horsing around on the raft. Thanks go out to Lt Russell, CV Carbone and Mr. Zalepa for helping out. Cheers to our River Guides – Brandon and Gus from OWL. You have the best job on the planet. The biggest shout out of all goes to all the seniors that attended. Your were a big part of making this past year an incredible success and It was our pleasure, as staff, to set this up for you. You made this one incredibly fun trip. To those seniors that are leaving us, I hope you enjoyed your last weekend with us. Come back and visit when you get a chance.

Have a great summer!

OCdt Couroux

809 Rafting Trip

Bravo Zulu to OCdt Dan Couroux for an AMAZING job in organizing our most recent trip to Owl Rafting on the Ottawa River. A great time was had by all, and wouldn’t have happened without his organizing and chasing.

We are all home tired and ready for some down time. I hope everyone has a great time at summer training. See everyone in the fall.

Canada’s Wonderland Trip Tomorrow!

Final details on the Canada’s Wonderland trip tomorrow!

Cadets should arrive in civilian dress no later than 0815h (8:15am) with the following updated kit list:

Health Card (Absolute must. You can’t go without it.)
Bag Lunch (Mark it with your name!)
809 Ball Cap (optional)
Sunblock
Water Bottle
Bathing Suit and Towel (There is a water park to be considered.)
Small Backpack

Cadets will travel in groups of at least two while at the park.

If you want to rent a locker for Splash Works, I’m told that it’s unreasonably expensive. ($15 minimum rental cost.) Recommendation is to travel in larger groups and take turns watching the backpacks to keep costs down.

OCdt Couroux and I will be the drivers/supervisors for the day. Expect to come and pick up your thoroughly exhausted cadet at 2130h (9:30pm) at 809 HQ. It’s going to be fun!

J. Lemoine
Captain
CO 809 Newark RCACS

Squadron Trip to Canada’s Wonderland

Good morning!

Here are the details for this Sunday’s Canada’s Wonderland trip.

We’re planning to leave from 809 HQ at 1875 Niagara Stone Road at 0830h (8:30am) and return at approximately 2130h (9:30pm) after a full and exhausting day at the park. The bulk of the cost is being covered by the Squadron Sponsorship Committee, but cadets are expected to contribute $40 to the trip and bring their own packed lunch. Dinner will be provided at or near the park.

Cadets should arrive in civilian dress no later than 0815h (8:15am) with the following:

Health Card
Bag Lunch
809 Ball Cap
Sunblock
Water Bottle
Bathing Suit and Towel (There is a water park to be considered.)

We’ll be taking two mini-vans and have a capacity for up to 14 cadets. If we get more, I’m sure we can work something out.

Please bring the $40 to our final parade night on Wednesday.

Full documentation can be found here:

Operations Order – Canada’s Wonderland Trip 2018
Operations Order – Canada’s Wonderland Trip 2018 – Annex A
Operations Order – Canada’s Wonderland Trip 2018 – Annex B
Operations Order – Canada’s Wonderland Trip 2018 – Annex C
Operations Order – Canada’s Wonderland Trip 2018 – Annex D

If you have any questions or concerns, please feel free to contact me directly at jody.lemoine@cadets.gc.ca.

J. Lemoine
Captain
CO 809 Newark RCACS

2018 Annual Ceremonial Review – Video

Thanks to Mr. Nicolescu, we have a great summary video of Saturday’s Annual Ceremonial Review, including a few shots of the Annual Cadet Awards Banquet from the night before. Whether you made it to the event or not, give it a watch. There are a lot of great cadets in there to be proud of.

Thank you very much, Mr. Nicolescu, for putting this together for us.

J. Lemoine
Captain
CO 809 Newark RCACS

Weekly Routine Orders – Week of 27 May 2018

Date
27 May 2018

RO Number
18-20

Training Night
30 May 2018

CAF Member Dress
1A

Cadet Dress
C1: 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: OCdt Couroux

Training Night Schedule

		Period 1 1845-1915	Period 2 1925-1955	Period 3 2015-2045
Level One	PO/EO	Practice	Practice	LP-CSCCoP
Level One	Description	Parade Practice	Parade Practice	Level Promotions and CSC Change of Command
Level Two	PO/EO	Practice	Practice	LP-CSCCoP
Level Two	Description	Parade Practice	Parade Practice	Level Promotions and CSC Change of Command
Level Three	PO/EO	Practice	Practice	LP-CSCCoP
Level Three	Description	Parade Practice	Parade Practice	Level Promotions and CSC Change of Command
Level Four	PO/EO	Practice	Practice	LP-CSCCoP
Level Four	Description	Parade Practice	Parade Practice	Level Promotions and CSC Change of Command

This Week’s Activities

Date	Day	Activity	Location	Dress	OPI
27 May 2018 1300-1600	Sunday	Spring Gliding	Niagara District Airport	Civilian	Capt Lemoine
30 May 2018 1830-2100	Wednesday	Summer Training Briefing for Parents / Cadet Squadron Commander Change of Command	809 HQ (REIA)	C1	OCdt Couroux

Upcoming Activities

Date	Day	Activity	Location	Dress	OPI
3 June 2018 0830-2130	Sunday	End of Year Trip to Canada’s Wonderland	809 HQ (REIA)	Civilian	Capt Lemoine
8-10 June 2018	Friday-Sunday	Senior Cadets’ Trip to OWL Rafting	809 HQ (REIA)	Civilian	Lt Russell

J. Lemoine
Captain
CO 809 Newark RCACS