English Summary English SummaryEditorial of this issue is dedicated especially to the patrol leaders. The job of leading and guiding younger scouts of one's own patrol feels not always so rewarding or fun. The reward a patrol leader gets is when his little scouts really enjoy something he has prepared for them, when they learn and grow up and prehaps one day or another confesses that you have meant something to them. It is important to believe in oneself as a leader and remember that the scouts are known of motto "Be prepared!", not of "Why me!".
Troopleader is in his column concerned of the issue of alcohol consumption by older scout. He asks why some has to consume alcohol in scout camps as was done in previous Satahanka IX camp in Åland last summer. He also asks for priorities in general - is partying with fellow scout more important than having a leader council?
Questions and answers about Isänmaa2000-competition
Sinikotkat is organizing a district level scouting competition "Isänmaa2000" (l. Fatherland2000) in the beginning of february next year. Member of committee, Lauri Luoto, replies to some basic questions about organization and competition itself. WWW-pages (in finnish) of Isänmaa2000 have been opened in address http://www.lpk.partio.fi/v-sp/tsk/isanmaa2000
Tuohitorvi (Birch bark horn) is a annual scouting competition of Turun Sinikotkat which our sistertroop Nuotiotytöt have been participating during the last few years. This years results were nearly catastrophal from the view of Sinikotkat because apart from the winning team next three positions went upstairs for Nuotiotytöt. Lauri Luoto demands for something to be done and especially raises debate on the subject.
Service is one of basic principles of the Scouting
Movement
Altti Holmroos writes about service and scouting and reports of recent
service projects of Turun Sinikotkat in the archipelago of South western Finland
and on the streets of Turku for the benefit of Finnish organizations of invalid
people.
The society for supporting Turun Sinikotkat purchased in August after a process of 15 years, a camp base for the troop from the nearby archipelago in the Iniö region. The island is called Åselholm and and the new base is factually a yard of 1500 m2 with 8 buildings, of which one is built of bricks, and it is located in the middle of the village of Åselholm. Editor and secretary for the support society Matti Helanko report of the purchasing process and of the place itself. "Eagle has landed" as they do say on the Moon.
Kotkansiipi got neraly excellent grades
In the reader response of last issue, Kotkansiipi got grade of 9+ in the scale
of 4-10. Magazine pleased relatively well readers. Quality of pictures, uncorrect
spelling and a couple of few other aspects required actions as it is to believed
in readers.
Let's read Kotkansiipi - Part 2/2
In the second part in this series, are browsed Kotkansiipi Magazines from the
last twenty years of Kotkansiipi's 40 years old history. These are the magazines
quite many more scouts still active in the troop remember and so many memories
do rise from the past years.
Satahanka IX
An international sea scout and guide camp in Bomarsund, Åland last summer
gathered about 1500 sea scouts from Finland and abroad. Members of Merikotka
troop and one member of staff tell their tales of this unforgettable week by
the ruined walls of Bomarsund Fortress which anglofrench troops raided during
the Baltic episode of the CrimeanWar.
This years longer sailing voyage was headed to northern coast of Estonia. The
brave crew sailed its way through the settlements of astonisingly beautiful
northern Estonia searching ruins of the old Soviet regime.
Sail on the Gulf of Finland 1998
The younger members of our troop had their longer sailing this summer in the
waters of the Finnish Gulf. These sailors went visiting the sights of Finnish
Coastal defenses and civilian towns.
Merikisa-98
Blue Saints Sailing Team, gathered from the lines of rovers in Sinikotkat participated
this years Scouting competition on the sea and won the whole race. Oskari Huiskala
reports of the not-so-windy weekend and the happy news that its our duty to
arrange the very same competition next summer.
Tuohitorvi 1998
Leader of the competition, Ilkka Paatero, reports of this years scouting competition
of Turun Sinikotkat held in Masku near Turku. The event was a meticulous combination
of traditionality, last minutes' panic, freezing weather and watching the Formula
1 competition of Suzuka.
Kuikka 1998
The national autumn scouting competition Kuikka 1998 was held this year in Kuopio.
Noorkotkad team of Turun Sinikotkat participated the contest and Artturi Nittynen
of the team tells his tale of racing in the woods of Savonia with a very famous
person from our own scouting district known of low quality comments and photography.
KaRHu
A Rover group Blue Saints of Turun Sinikotkat participated a car orienteering
competition held in Turku called "All Check Points Lost" or "Kaikki
Rastit Hukassa". Kai "King of the Road Koskinen writes of this not-so-safe-and-perhaps-not-so-wise
race.
Candidates for getting the first level of finnish troop scouting programme have to make in Turun Sinikotkat a sailing trip with our historical sailing-capable rowing boat Sextant. One groups reports of their trip and tell many interesting facts of our near and well known archipelago region.
A trip to Northern Carelia
Finnish rock band called Leevi and the Leavings has a hit called "Pohjois-Karjala"
or "Northern Carelia" which gave our rovers an idea to make an excursion
to this land of hope and glory. Apart from a music video this from this trip
the group did bring a bunch of photos and an article for Kotkansiipi with them.
In the kitchen with Santeri
The famous example member of our troop Santeri Sinikotka has this time made
his way in to the kitchen. In this article is described a simple menu for a
weekend camp and younger scouts are encouraged to practice also cooking - which
boys can do at least as well as girls.
Scouting movement began and was ended
Altti Holmroos tells of the early years of Finnish scouting in Turku. The year
1910 scouting first came to Finland but by an order from the General Governor
of Grand Duchy of Finland, which was then a part of Russian Empire, the movement
was forbidden to exist next year. The movement was legalized not until Finnish
independence in 1917.
All new facts and fiction from the wolf cub section of Turun Sinikotkat. In this issue the Otter group presents itself and writes and draws of its autumn season.
The wolf cub department Turun Sinikotkat has been making a new scouting programme for the youngest in the troop. The programme was lead by Juha Haapakangas of which Gilwell-course project it was. He was interviewed of what is new in the programme and why it was made.
Tammileiri 1998
One of our new wolf cub leaders, Eerika Haavisto, has written down her memories
of the districal wolf cub camp of the last summer, Tammileiri 1998, which was
a four day event of 2500 scouts.
Sähvösohva
The electrical (or something like that) sofa has been a traditional
interview column of Kotkansiipi. It has been brought to life once again and
the first interviewer person was our akela, Jenni Takala which has been an active
member in our troop for a decade. By now, she is also famous by being the very
first authorized female skipper of our sailing boat Rhea.
Höyhenet
Höyhenet summarizes again the facts and not-as-much-facts of last
six months.
All those who have been sailing more than 100 nautical miles this summer has been recorded here.
Kotkansiipi wished merry Christmas and a happy New Year