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President: Pettus Randall, Central High School Key, 
Tuscaloosa, Alabama 
 
Secretary: Matt Schuh, Murphysboro High School, 
Murphysboro, Illinois 

Trustee: Yazmany Arboleda, Deerfield Beach High School, Ft. 
Lauderdale, Florida 

Trustee: Carrie Benson, Griffin High School, Griffin, 
Georgia 

Trustee: Richard Boehmcke, New Hyde Park Memorial High 
School, New Hyde Park, New York 
 
Trustee: Isaac Casados, Santa Fe Indian School, Fairview, 
New Mexico 

Trustee: Bobby Chapin, Sheridan High School, Sheridan, 
Wyoming 

Trustee: Troy Dibley, Chatham High School, Chatham, New 
Jersey 

Trustee: Laurie Dimmock, Sanderson High School, Raleigh, 
North Carolina 
 
Trustee: Angie Galloway, Bonneville High School, Ogden, 
Utah 

Trustee: Jared C. Helge, Seward Senior High School, 
Pleasant Dale, Nebraska 

Trustee: Jesse Riley, Murphysboro High School, Murphysboro, 
Illinois 

Trustee: Sean Tucker, Hutchinson High School, Hutchinson, 
Kansas 

Trustee: Jessica Wainwright, A.M. Barbe High School, Lake 
Charles, Louisiana 
 
Trustee: April Weatherman, duPont Manual High School, 
Louisville, Kentucky 

Trustee: Debra Wilson, Mississippi County Christian 
Academy, Osceola, Arkansas


More than Just a Weekend at Boy Scout Camp


by Andy Woodmansee, LTG 11N&S
Hey y'all, 

   Just writing about my trainer.....it was great!!!! Went over very 
well!!!! It was more than just a weekend at a boy scout camp, it was a 
weekend of harsh, rugged climbing! Okay, friday night we got there, and were 
outside doing icebreakers.....looked like rain so our instructor (Roscoe at 
the time) looked at his beeper and got the weather from cleveland. He said 
"Oh, it wont be here for another 30 minutes!" What do ya know, 5 minutes 
later, we're inside and it's pouring down rain. No one was drenched, because 
we got in right before it started to rain. The storm knowcked out the power 
for about 3 hours, so I gave my part of the weekend in the dark. Fun 
actually...oh during the downpour (which lasted about 10 minutes) we did 
"Singing in the rain" in the rain. I led everyone in my version. (Words are 
the same, you just add movement!!) 
	Okay, after the storm, we went to the mess hall and made our dinner. 
One person in a group of 3 was blindfolded and was the only one who could 
make the other's sandwiches!! Of course, I was the one who got blindfolded 
in my group. Suffice it to say that mayo, pickles and ketchup are not anything 
that I will every again touch while blind!! Okay, after that fiasco...... 
itīs about 9pm and we are taught how to put on the harnesses (none of the guys 
in attendace will ever be able to have kids...ever!!). These were needed for 
Saturday! We also learned how to repel down and how to bal`ey someone. Went 
to bed in our cabins (wire bunkbeds, and sponge mattresses aren't always comfy!!!) 
and played cards till 3am. 
   Okay, got up at 7am saturday...and had a great breakfast in the mess 
hall (no we werent blindfolded this time......God only knows what would 
happen with syrup and knives in my presence!!!). There are 2 courses a high 
one and a low one. Everybody there went thru both courses. Low 
first...basically games to build trust. High course is what the harnesses 
are for. Imagine this, you're suspended 40ft. up in the air on high tension 
wires that are on telephone poles..the only way down, is a 120ft. zipcord. 
Quite fun if I do say so myself!!! That night we just talked with our new 
instructors (Matt and Kevin who took over halfway thru friday night cuz 
roscoe had to go home to his woman) about the course and how that ties in 
with key club and leadership in general. We also had a dance/ free time 
thing that night too. We got Kim and Kevin hooked up......thats right, a 16 
yr old Key Clubber...and our 17 yr. old instructor. That was easy 
actually....people should just be blunt when it comes to who they like! 
    Sunday, we make up a skit on what we did during the weekend, and write 
letters to ourselves that will be sent to us in 6 months. Then ate lunch and 
went home. Very enjoyable weekend I must say...the board might want to look 
into doing something like that in the future!! Bye!! 

Andy 

Email Andy Woodmansee at Key_Klub02@hotmail.com