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Sunday, July 8, 2012

-Canoe Trek on Cheat River
-Commission 1 – Effective Team Training Sessions
-Camp at Big Run near Olson Tower/Backbone Mountain

Monday, July 9, 2012

-Mountain Bike Trek on Blackwater Canyon Trail and Allegheny Highlands Trail
-Commission 2 – Values/Vision Training Sessions
-Camp at Otter Creek Wilderness Area

Tuesday, July 10, 2012

-Backpacking Trek in Otter Creek Wilderness
-Commission 3 – Communications Training Sessions
-Camp at Otter Creek Wilderness

Wednesday, July 11, 2012

-Finish Backpacking Trek Ending at Condon Run
-Commission 4 – Decision Making Training Sessions
-Camp at Yokum’s Vacationland

Thursday, July 12, 2012

-Caving Trek at Seneca Rocks
-Commission 5 – Planning Training Sessions
-Camp at Yokum’s Vacationland

Friday, July 13, 2012

-Via Feratta Trek at Nelson’s Rocks
-Kodiak Closing Session
-Camp at Yokum’s Vacationland

Saturday, July 14, 2012

-Break Camp and Venturers Released to Parents at Camp Mahonegon

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The following is a program preview.

The West Virginia State Police Academy has release the following activities for the Allohak Council Camporee on May 18-20. The activities listed below will be offered in a round robin schedule. Copies of the schooled and a site map will be available upon sign-in on May 18th. These activities are all planned and will be available unless an emergency would arise that requires the equipment or the officers to be assigned elsewhere. The State Police will be providing the activities for the campfire on Saturday evening as well as the Church Service on Sunday Morning. All meals are included in the registration fee and will be provided by the food service department at the Academy. Remember space is limited.

Aviation – The State Police Aviation Unit was formed to provide for the administration and coordination of the department’s aviation resources. The Unit’s primary mission is to provide aircraft for search, rescue, and law enforcement

Bomb Tech – The West Virginia State Police Bomb Squad consists of a team of officers that provides statewide response coverage to suspect explosive devices and Weapon of Mass Destruction (WMD) incidents. The team is equipped with specialized bomb squad and hazmat equipment including bomb suits, x-ray equipment, a robot, and an explosive containment transport vessel.

Canines – The West Virginia State Police, Canine Unit has realized the effectiveness of having a canine team in the field. Over the years, the Canine Unit has continued to develop and expand. To maintain the edge in today’s changing world of law enforcement, canine teams continually work and train to sharpen their skills and keep abreast of current trends in public safety canine services.

Fingerprinting – In addition to this activity, the West Virginia State police will offer additional sessions so that Scouts can complete the fingerprinting Merit Badge. Signup for this Merit Badge will be held at check-in. Boys wishing to complete this badge must signup at sign-in.

Self defense – The success of the program has been predicated upon its ability to instill self-discipline, confidence and self assurance within the ranks. Advanced physical conditioning and mental preparation are key components to the training program. Scouts will hear about their limitations and how to identify and improve upon strengths and weaknesses.

Crime screen investigations – The Crime Scene Investigation units are available at all times to provide crime scene investigation services within the State of West Virginia. The State Police Crime Scene Investigators can arrange for other specialists (i.e., chemists, blood spatter and reconstruction experts, ballistics unit personnel, etc.) to respond to the scene if needed.

Technology – As it is used in the Vehicles used to patrol the West Virginia Roadways.

Museum – A small one room museum dedicated to the WV State Police. It is filled with police sidearm, Thompson subs, even a few machine guns and much more.

SWAT team – The Special Response Team (SRT) was formed to be able to respond to high-risk incidents such as barricaded suspects, hostage takers, high-risk warrant service, and active shooter situations, as well as other incidents in which the lives and safety of the public are in extreme danger. The number one mission of the Special Response Team is to save lives and reduce risk to the citizens of the state.

BAT-Mobile — Among the tools available to the West Virginia State Police is the BAT Mobile. The Breath Alcohol Test (BAT) unit is used at sobriety checkpoints and contains an Intoxilyzer® 5000 unit.

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“All persons involved in Scouting shall report to local authorities any good faith suspicion or belief that any child is or has been physically or sexually abused, physically or emotionally neglected, exposed to any form of violence or threat, exposed to any form of sexual exploitation including the possession, manufacture, or distribution of child pornography, online solicitation, enticement, or showing of obscene material.
No person may abdicate this reporting responsibility to any other person.

The Scout Executive should also be contacted immediately to remove the individual from our membership ranks and so the Scout Executive can prepare to handle media contacts.”

To make a report to the Scout Executive, call Dale Musgrave at:
Scout Service Center: 304-991-3481
Cell phone: 304-981-3481
Home phone 304-893-6413

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The purpose of good Scouting and Scout camping is to train boys in good character, vital citizenship and personal fitness. The objectives of the Camp Staff and the Camp program are to serve the needs of the Troop and the Scouts. In outdoor Scouting activities, simple skills of camp craft, woodcraft, aquatics, personal fitness and living in a Democratic society are at a premium. They are important because:
1. Learning skills and advancing bring self-confidence.
2. Solving immediate camping problems brings self-reliance.
3. Vigorous outdoor exercise promotes personal fitness.
4. Knowing what to do and doing it promotes personal initiative.
5. Making group decisions and implementing them develops cooperation.
6. Facing certain hardships with buddies makes life-long friends.
7. Experiencing nature develops outdoor appreciation and spiritual awareness

Lord Baden-Powell wrote in 1919, “The objective of a camp is:
1. To meet the boy’s desire for the open air life of the Scouts; and
2. To put him completely in the hands of the Scoutmaster for a definite period of individual
training and character and in physical and moral development.”

The basis of this training and character development is the Scout’s participation and acceptance of responsibility of his Patrol. Baden-Powel emphasized this in 1936 when he wrote, “The Patrol is the character school for the individual. To the Patrol Leader it gives practice in responsibility and in the qualities of Leadership. To the Scouts it gives subordination of self to the interest of the whole, the elements of self-denial, and the self-control involved in the team spirit of cooperation and good comradeship.”

At Camp Kootaga, we intend to reproduce and strengthen the processes by which a Troop ideally operates when it is in it’s home community. We do not intend to replace the Scoutmaster, the Troop’s Leaders Council or the Leadership Corp, but rather to work with them and through them in determining the needs of individual Troops and of the Scouts in them.

Camp will be more than out-of-doors; it will bring an intense and vital training session for the Troops that come and for the boys they bring. Its is a vital part of the Scouting program and will endeavor to build Scouts and Troops by supplying them challenges, opportunities and rewards of Scouting in an intensive and reinforcing way. This assists the Scouts and Troops to determine their own Program and effectively operate through their own Leadership.

Rules for acceptance and participation in all sessions of Camp Kootaga are the same without regard to race, color or national origin.

For additional informationn concerning registration, availability of camp sites, the leaders guide and much more visit the camp’s information page.