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SummaryThis year it will be forty years since the very first Kotkansiipi. In the editorial of this issue of Kotkansiipi, the subject is about the purposes of scout-troop magazines, especially of Kotkansiipi and of those who are most inportant persons to any magazine- namely the readers. Editor-in-chief points out that Kotkansiipi should be own magazine to all its readers from young wolf cubs to elderly scouts and all those who are not actually members of the movement but in someway are interested of us- parents, families and other supporters. So let us raise our wings and climb up the skies like the eagles.
The troopleader of Turun Sinikotkat Joni Holmroos writes about leadership. Scoutleader needs to have from time to time some fundamentally new challenges and to see leading as a dynamic rather than a routine process. Leadercouncil is a place for leaders to discuss, argue and invent out something new and constructive. having been troopleader for two and a half years now, mr Holmroos also expresses his gratefullness to older members and leaders in the troop for having assistance and help. Finally the very important thing not to forget is the little word "thank you" which may be the decisive factor for success while facing the next challenge by ones couting path.
Satahanka IX, the Finnish international sea-scoutjamboree in Bomarsund, Aland is coming soon in the beginning of August from the 1st to 8th. All participants should have been signed up but a lot of work is to be done during the couple of months before the camp may begin. There will be about one and a half thousand participants and among them about 30 sinikotkas.
Lauri Luoto writes about the basic principles scouting. While scouting is principally learning by doing, it is crucial to let the younger ones to do as much as they ever can. Scouting programs in any happenings shouldn't be too authoritative and it is to remember that too deep preparation by leaders is not actually what the boys need and as a matter of fact like. The boys should be left with as much challenges as leaders ever can so that growing up as a scout will be interesting and challenging during the whole career.
A former member of TSK approached the editors with a text in which he describes his scouting path in Turun Sinikotkat in the late forties. The pictures set before us by a scout as old as our troop are as lively as they must have been in some fifty years ago.
The medals of Turun Sinikotkat
The chairman of the committee for the medals of Turun Sinikotkat, Antti Puro, describes the symbolism and use of our new medals introduced in the 60-year anniversary last year. The medals, golden, silver and bronze, have been stamped with an emblem consisting an eagle from the scarfbadge of Turun Sinikotkat, a boyscout lily and a rudder which all symbolize the different aspects of our scouting.
In the jubilee week of TSK last october was held a churchnight at the Turku Cathedral. The youngest wolf cubs swore their oath, the vice-leader Timo Toimi, dean Jukka Paarma and the president of military veterans in Turku Antti Näsi spoke. The service was moving and raised many thoughts.
A short cavalcade of pictures from the anniversary of Turun Sinikotkat.
60 days toTammileiri - the burdensome days of a subcampleader
Jenni Takala writes about being a subcamp leader in the regional wolf cub camp to be held at Sauvo in the beginning the June this year. It is not always pleasant and it needs awfully lot of work, but somehow all will be ready in a month.
Here are listed all members in the editorial-staff of Kotkansiipi during the four decades of its publication as well as the issues they have been editing.
A former editor and editor-in-chief of Kotkansiipi Altti Holmroos writes about his years as an active Kotkansiipi-editor.
Let's read Kotkansiipi: Part 1/2
What has been written in the pages of Kotkansiipi during these years? Some interesting quotes and a collection of all Kotkansiipi has published is described shortly in this article which covers the first twenty years from 1958 to 1978.
Turun Sinikotkat and Nuotiotytöt arranged once more a common wintercamp this time in Nauvo. The name SUTO implies of the days sunnuntai (Sunday) and torstai (Thursday) which were the days the camp began and ended but it was said that it had something to do with anti-submarine activities (sukellusveneentorjunta) as well, who knows what that ment?
It is said that some scouting activities are too soft for the real scouting masculines. This spring was finally arranged a short camp for sinikotka patrol-, and scoutleaders and rovers to do some real thestosterone filled activities. It included among other things the making campchairs with REAL electric tools in the middle of nowhere, eating sausages and having a REAL campfire.
Hi-ho! The ship has been laden
The sailingseason has just beganso it is time to think a little about what to take aboard. What is good clothing at the sea, what is good bag like and what other things should be kept in mind before stepping aboard is described in this informative article.
Whitbread Round the World Race
Now while in the last article was described what to take with one while sailing in Rhea, here is told what the Whitbread sailors take with them. There are some differences to mention but the basic principles are surely the same.
Sextant the seascout department of Turun Sinikotkat has reintroduced old Rhea books where to collect marks for having learned certain sailing activities.
In this rather critical article Jenni Takala describes her feelings about the meeting of patroldepartment and wolfcubdepartment leadersof the Varsinais-Suomi region. It was pricipally something ms Takala didn't expect it to be.
Turun Sinikotkat are arranging with Littoisten Pirta-Piiat and Liedon Eränkävijät a national scouting competition in 2001. A member of arranging committee decribes the preparations and recruits all to take part in this huge project.
Important for you - the competition
As well as being one of the arranging troops of 2001 nationals, Sinikotkat arranges also the regional winter competition next February. As a surprising fact there is also a lot of work to be done.
Again in the cubpages are described the highlights of all that has been done during the last half year. Cubs have been camping in different combinations for three times and cubleaders have also been having their own programs.
Höyheniä present once again all the mportant and a bit less important news and gossips.
A questionable picture of a boyscout having bath.
The Rhea all time miletable of the best 200 sailors.