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Please send news of upcoming Scouting events and reports of activities to Alvin Ashfield, email ashphoto@nbnet.nb.ca or phone 450-2949.

Indaba (Scouters' Forum)/Orienteering

Come to the Scouters training session on Thursday, Nov. 5, at the Rivorton Scout Centre, 141 School St., and learn about Orienteering. Doors open at 7 p.m. The session will run from 7:30 to 8:30 p.m.

Orienteering is the sport of navigation with map and compass. It is a great way to enjoy the outdoors as well as practise map, compass and observation skills. It is easy to learn, but always challenging. The object is to run, walk, ski, or mountain bike to a series of points shown on the map and get back to the finish in the shortest time. Orienteering can be adapted for any age level.

David Tree is an avid orienteerer with the Fredericton Foxes orienteering club. He has leadership experience in Scouting and Cadets. He will share his expertise and leave behind some tools to assist leaders put this activity into action.

3rd Fredericton Cubs

3rd Fredericton Wolf Cubs recently visited the Travelling Planetarium at Science East to learn about the night sky, a requirement for the astronomy badge. Kayoe Stewart of Science East led the Cubs on a tour of our solar system. Seated on the floor in the domed planetarium tent, the Cubs travelled from Earth to the Sun, the Moon, the dwarf planet Pluto, and on to Jupiter, where they examined the Great Red Spot - a huge storm two and a half times the size of Earth, first viewed 400 years ago by Galileo.

The Cubs learned about the constellations and how to spot some of the most famous ones. Kayoe told some stories behind the constellations, including the tale of the beautiful princess Andromeda, rescued from the sea monster Cetus by the hero Perseus, who swooped in on Pegasus, the winged horse. Thank you, Kayoe: everyone had lots of fun on their virtual voyage to the stars.