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The Frozen Files of Operation Icicle
Millennium Edition: Issue 1
December 27, 2000
Editor; Chris Cvengros

Monday
8:00a.m. Breakfast; the Pat and Johann Show included special guests Metallica and Hanson!!!
9:00a.m. Campers received patrol gear for the week.
9:30a.m. Commando ropes; don't leave home without them!!!
10:15a.m. Scouts begin their merit badge excursions.
12:00p.m. Lunch with Marco and Polo searching for symbols of office while Darren cheered.
1:15p.m. Staffers begin to confuse different Scouts in merit badge session 1b.
2:40p.m. Tobogganed staff, Scout diving and bowling for staffers helped to make the 2000 OI winter olympics exciting.

BUS TRIP FUN FOR ALL - by Marcus Nenia
Traveling to CFL was the start of great week. At 8:00 Tuesday morning Scouts arrived at the Norris Scout Center in St. Charles for what would surely be a fun and exciting week for all. Gear was reportedly packed in a tight manner but was unharmed. At 9:00 the bus left Norris and within a few minutes Scouts in the back were singing camp songs. The songs were reported to be funny but "out of key." After the bus crossed the Wisconsin state line, we stopped at a rest room for a few minutes where the bathrooms where said to be well kept. At approximately 11:30 we arrived at the Janesville McDonalds for lunch. The food reported to be good by some Scouts, but others said they would rather have gone elsewhere. After departing from Janesville, it was non-stop all the way to CFL where the gear was unpacked with great ease and the Scouts were welcomed into camp by the camp director and a few of the staff.

From the Editors -Chris Cvengros [photo by Kevin Craft]

Hats off to the cooks!!! The cuisine the OI staff has served thus far has been exquisite. This is especially true when one considers the challenges the cooks have overcome thus far. Begining before camp, Walt, the head chef, found himself unable to arrive at Camp Freeland Leslie until Monday evening camp time. In his absence, Tracey and Carrie [right], and Jeff have done a fine job feeding the hungry troops with Spaghetti with a red meat sauce, french bread and salad for dinner Sunday evening. This morning brought us pancakes, cereal and sausage. My personal favorite: the combination of grilled cheese and tomato soup served as the core of our lunch. The cook staff has dealt with a myriad of technical problems, but have always provided good sustenance for the campers and staffers of Operation Icicle. The food has been great thus far, but still I'm excited to dine on Walt's cooking. Chow down!!!

Tips from the Commodore -Doc. John Schroeder 26. Do not touch cold metal with tongue or moist, bare hands. If you should inadvertently stick a hand to cold metal, urinate on the metal to warm it and save some inches of skin. If you stick both hands, you'd better have a friend along. 31. Hot drinks add actual warmth to survival food, and they help maintain water requirements. Cook survival rations with plenty of water. This makes them more platable and far more digestible. Boiled foods are easier to digest than fried foods, and the juice gives you minerals, and needed water. Don't boil any food longer than necessary, for this destroys vitamins. 32. Whether you eat regularly or not, be sure to take in at least one to two quarts of water per day and no more than one-third of this as coffee (which is dehydrating). The vast majority of common ailments are prevented and treated by forcing fluids. Eating snow excessively cools the mouth and teeth. Melt it and drink.

The Icicle Forecast -www.weather.com
This Evening Mostly clear this evening...Then increasing clouds. cold with lows Zero to 5 below. North to Northeast winds 5 to 10 mph.
Tomorrow Morning flurries...With light snow likely in the afternoon. Highs in the middle teens. Northeast winds 5 to 10 mph... becoming Southeast. Snow chance 70 %.
Tomorrow night: Snow. Accumulations 2 to 4 inches by morning. lows around 10. South-east winds 5 to 10 mph...Becoming North-east. snow chance 80 %.
Wednesday Light snow likely... With Minor additional accumulations possible. Highs in the middle teens. Snow chance 60 %.
Wednesday night A 30 % chance of light snow. Lows around 10.

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