The Dispatch, Issue # 1, Week of Sept. 9, 2012

Issue # 1

Week of Sept. 9, 2012

Attention all cadets!

The first Parade of the 2012-13 Cadet Training year

Will be held this coming Monday, September 10

The “Squadron Head Quarters” 254 Centre Street

Uniform – Summer Dress

After a very rewarding and successful summer training period the squadron is once again ready to resume its normal fall and winter training program. There have already been several staff and NCO meetings to prepare for another very active and dynamic training year. NCOs’ have been assigned to fill the various positions such as recruit training staff and there have been several other positive changes made to the organization. The first night back will be mainly devoted to administration concerns and cadets can expect the evening to be somewhat hectic as the Squadron will have to cope with a number of important administrative issues such as;

a. Reviewing the cadets records to update any changes to a cadet’s address, telephone number etc.

b. Having cadets sign up for the sale of lottery tickets.

c. Tag day sign up

d. Supply issues

e. Promotions

New Recruits!!

The new recruit and Parent Information night will be on

Monday, September 17th, at 7.30 PM at Rotary Hall, 254 Centre Street

If you know of individuals who would like to become an air cadet make sure they know about our new recruit and parent information night on Monday September 17th. The meeting starts at 1930 hrs and parking is available across the road in the lot behind the Village Union Public School.

We quite often hear that parents and young people have never heard of the Canadian cadet program and the amazing opportunities that are available to youth in this organization. Remember you are one of the people who know about this program and its activities. Make sure you take a moment to let people know about the Squadron and how youth can join the air cadets. Some parents and even youth sometimes say “well what do cadets do.” If you should hear that comment you can now direct them to our web site which has been specifically designed to help youth and parents who may wish to learn more about our Squadron and its many activities.

For instance on the menu bar there is a heading “How to Join” and it explains the age limits, the recruit training program as well as other details about how to enrol in the program. The second heading is titled “What We Do.” This important section contains over 40 photos of what youth can be doing if they should choose to join our Squadron. The third heading is titled “About Us” and one of the subheadings in this section is titled “Web Links”. Here along with other links there are Power Point presentations for past cadet activities such as year end trips. There is also the Power Point Presentation that is shown to parents and new recruits at the information meeting.

Even though we have not held our first parade of the year our cadets were out in force this weekend first at the Rotary Club’s Ribfest which was held again this year at Lakeview Park. This year our cadets were selling bottled water and freezies as a fund raising projects for the Squadron. Cadets were also assisting at the Recreational Aircraft Association Fly In at Hawke field which is at a private field east of Oshawa.

The Summer Months

As everyone is aware we do not normally send out the Dispatch during the summer months. It’s our chance take a break and recharge one’s batteries for the coming year. However, this year in particular there were numerous successes and achievements that took place during the summer period that many are not aware of. There were new cadet pilots both glider and power. There were several cadets who excelled at summer camps and one cadet went on the international exchange and to top it off a staff member was awarded the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee medal.

The most important activity of all was of course the trip by 30 cadets and staff to England. We have collected a number of photos from these various activities and although they occurred during the summer months we are going in future September and October issues to feature some of those cadets and special activities that made news. To start this feature off we have included a photo of our cadets and their hosts at a reception held by the Mayor in The City Of Wells in England. There are literally hundreds of photos like this from the trip and we will endeavour to add a few each week so all may get a chance to see firsthand what a great adventure this was for our squadron and its cadets.

This year our Squadron is going to join the Duke of Edinburgh’s award program and an information night is planned for Wednesday, September 26th at the hall. If readers would like to learn more about the program they can go to their web site at http://www.dukeofed.org/

The Duke of Edinburgh’s Award was founded in 1956 by His Royal Highness, The Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, to help young people develop a sense of responsibility to themselves and to their communities. The concept of The Award is one of individual challenge. It offers young people a balanced, non-competitive programme of voluntary activities which encourages personal discovery, growth, self-reliance, perseverance, and responsibility. The Award currently runs in 130 countries world-wide, and to date 7 million young people have challenged themselves by doing the Award.

Aviation Photo of the Week

The Battle of Britain Memorial

The memorial was established on an old crash site at Capel le Fearne, just outside Folkestone in Kent. The statue of an airman sits on the cliff top looking out to sea and waiting for the safe return of his fellow pilots.

Cadets are reminded that the squadron will be participating in the Battle of Britain parade and service at the Oshawa Airport on September 16th. This year the Squadron will form up on the north side of the airport and then march down the main runway and across the airport to the south side of the field. This a unique opportunity for the Squadron and it will be the second time that we have been allowed to do this.

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151 Chadburn Squadron

Royal Canadian Air Cadets

*** Excelsior per Debere ***Excellence through Endeavour