Hello all, We’ve started Cadets back up after Christmas, and for the month of January we’ll be learning First Aid from Chris Haynes (who in addition to being a state-certified instructor of First Aid, is also a Cadet Counselor)! For the first week, we were all together, and the littler kids were able to learn …

Who’s ready for a bike ride? Sorry for the short notice, but I’ve got time to ride, and I hope some others can join me! We’ll meet this Sat (12/31) at 8am in the church parking lot, From there, we will ride up to Lake Murray, and take the route described before, for the ride …

Thanks to all the counselors and dads and especially cadets that helped make Field Day such a success! We didn’t make first place this year, but we did grab a respectable second, and we accomplished everything we set out to do: we captured all the “free” points available, and we competed well in areas we …

OK cadets and dads, Next Stop Field Day! (If you can’t make it to Field Day, then we’ll miss you! And you can disregard the rest of this message) So here’s something that will be VERY helpful. Please everybody send your cadets to Field Day Pre-Numbered. I have assigned 4-digit numbers to all our cadets, …

OK, so here, all in one place, is everything I know about how to do well at Field Day. For reference, I suggest you open the PDF spreadsheets of the results from 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010. So bottom line, the way to win Field Day is to get Points. You don’t have to get the most points …

Hey all, Field Day is upon us, this Saturday Dec 3, at Calvin Christian High School in Escondido. One option is to wake up early to be there at 8am, ready to compete, OR, you could be totally awesome and camp the night before! The schedule is usually: 8:00 Counselor Meeting 8:30 Opening ceremonies/devotion 9:00-12:00 …

Happy Thanksgiving everybody! We got some good work done last Saturday (knots, tripod, shelter, pup tent, relays, baitcasting), but I think there’s a lot we can still do to be ready to defend our title at Field Day next Sat. Dec 3. So does anybody want to get together for more? Evan has opened up …

So the new plan is to hold an intensive morning of practice for Field Day events, from 9-12 at the church. Dads are welcome to come and help as well. You can RSVP to info@newlifelamesa.org if you want to show up at 8 for the men’s breakfast; otherwise show up at 9 when we’ll get …

So not only is the weather still looking iffy, but all out of all counselors polled agree: we need more practice for Field Day. So the bike ride is off. I’ll post again when I have details, but for starters, we’ll be starting at 9 instead of 8. Don’t worry, bike fans! We’ll get a …

Grrr, once again the forecast is showing a chance of rain (30%) for Saturday. Hopefully as we get closer, we’ll be able to see that at least Saturday morning will be clear for a bike ride. Watch this space, though, for a last-minute cancellation. (While I’ve got your attention, your cadets might be interested to …