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The Harbor Section is made up of a dozen outposts in the South Bay and Long Beach neighborhoods of Los Angeles County. Any of these outposts would be happy to meet you and explain how you can become a Royal Ranger too!
Royal Rangers is a scouting program designed for young men between 5 and 17 years of age. There are Royal Rangers in over 60 countries around the world! Each outpost is sponsored by a local church, and is geared to meet the physical, mental, social and spiritual needs of boys.
Our 2008 Calendar has been updated again. Please see the new dates for the Pinewood Derby and rally. The date of the Dodger Game on July 12th has been set as well.
At the Southwest Regional ROTY, Kenny became the second young man from the Harbor Section to earn National Royal Ranger of the Year. You can view photos from the awards banquet. Congratulations Kenny!
Some of our Rangers are writing articles and submitting them to our site. Want to join our reporters? Send us a short article on a Ranger event you participated in, a merit you have earned, or a topic of intereste to Rangers. If accepted, we'll post your photo along with your article!
Angel reports on events from Outpost 62
Hi, my name is Angel. I just want you to know how much fun I had at the Clippers game. I went with my outpost. I got to go in the fan funnel and hi-five the players and also the cheerleaders. It was cool!
On February 10th, four Outpost 125 Adventure Rangers took on the Los Angeles area youth Orienteering Meet at Vasquez Rocks. During this event we competed in two events against Boy Scouts, Girl Scouts, and several other youth organizations.
In the first event we ranger boys split into two teams of two each. One team, the P brothers, Patrick and I completed the course in 40 minutes exactly and finished 8th out of 41 teams. The other team, the J brothers, Jamin and Joshua finished on top of a mountain desperately looking for the parking lot. At least they made it back before the search parties started looking for them. In the second event we all competed as one team. All in all we had a lot of fun.
By completing these two events we all qualified for the Orienteering merit which puts us one step closer to the Gold Medal of Achievement.
Paul reports on events from Outpost 125
Five of the Adventure rangers of Outpost 125 participated in a campout at my house. They were Patrick, Jesse, Jamin, Joshua, and me. The purpose of the campout was to allow us to complete the requirements for FCF. We were taught by great Commanders, like Tony Gage, who taught backpacking; Keven Douglas, who taught rope craft; Craig Blanch, who taught cooking; Christian Bower, who taught compass; and my dad who taught first aid and made sure all the paperwook was done. Kenny, the Harbor Section FCF Scout, was in attendence and taught fire craft and tool craft.
For dinner we had hamburgers, mac & cheese, and soda. For breakfast we had sausages, pancakes, eggs, and orange juice. Later someone noted that the expiration date on the orange juice was long expired. The K brothers, Kevin and Kenny, using there extreme FCF knowledge scouted up a dozen donuts from the donut shop across the street. For lunch we had hot dogs, chips and soda.
We all spent the night in tents in my back yard. My dad was freezing but I was snug and warm. The next morning was also very cold but by 10:00 A.M. the day had become very hot. We finished the class around 3:00 P.M. but all the boys but one stayed overnight at my house where we played board games until midnight. It was fun.
The JLTA Junior Winter Camp Patch
In February, Kevin Douglass and I were being crazy and went to Wisconsin to camp. Going to Wisconsin for a camp called Junior Winter Camp may not sound bad, but you must realize, while we were there, it temperature never was above freezing. Not only that, we had to work outside as patrols when there was a heated bunkhouse thirty yards away. Yes, it seems that we were having trouble thinking strait.
Well, while there, we were able to go and stand out on a frozen lake and even snowshoe around camp. Good fun if you forget about the weather. On the second night, we watched The Rookie inside. That was a lot different than sleeping outside in a snow shelter when it was -30° with wind chill. Sadly, we had eight boys shoved into the shelter. Still, because of how many of us stayed out there, we only used one candle to heat the shelter up, and some others and I were even sweating. (Sadly Kevin had his head halfway out the entrance and was a bit colder than some of the rest of us.)
Even with all of the hardships we faced, Kevin and I survived to tell the tale. Well, since our mouths froze in Wisconsin we will let the cool patch we have say it all. You won't find many boys in Southern California with a Junior Winter Camp patch. Along with the patch, Kevin and I are also another step closer to earning the coveted saber. Watch out boys, when we earn it we will have real swords to discipline you with... I mean... wear without hurting anyone. Act nicely, Kevin is known to hold grudges!
There's a new program that you can download for free to assist you in your record keeping. Go to the Ranger Depot and check out their information pages on Navigator.
Browse the
publications
page to get information on the latest LTA courses, an updated calendar,
and the August issue of
The Charter. 
A few of our Southern California outposts have posted a number of photos online. Check out the galleries for outposts 62, 125 and 195.
See our Outposts page for a list of all the Harbor Section outposts.
The Harbor Section is part of the Southern California District Royal Rangers outreach.
Last updated: November 16, 2007
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