Congats Grads!

well the grad weekend just ended and in my opinion it went very well! i just wanted to give out a big congrats from the battalion headquarters to Jason, Mike, Joel, Jordan, Charlie, Tyler and Evan! way to go guys i hope the weekend was awesome for all of you!(except Tyler since his grad week hasnt happened yet). by the way a new tradition has been made by Blake Chursinoff. if you are sarg of battalion you have to carry the flag around in the grand macrh at your grad! well i mean you may not have to i dont really make the rules but it would be awesome to continue the tradition! good work Jason fro carrying it this year for the first time! have a great week guys.

-bent ;)

Jer give the OK sign if the weekend was good

well i would have to say that this last maylong was one of my all time favs! (sorry jer and joe). i had one my best friends come for the weekend Tyler Francis which made it awesome its always good to see you man! it was at least in my top 5 all time favorite maylongs. we had sun all week and maybe 10 mins of total rain! so that alone puts it high in the rankings! the weekend started friday night at treadmill creek! over the weekend we had roughly 30-35 guys maybe more which was pretty good for numbers. we had many crib, poker and risk games played. me cam jay and lance played risk twice the first time i won the second time i was close but then the guys decided to all go after me and destroy me which they did and Cam ended up the winner of that game. also if you forgot Steve Chursinoff put up 50 bucks for the largest fish over the weekend and correct me if i am wrong but i believe Charlie won the 50 bucks! which gives me 1 for 3 so far. during the weekend we had our hot tub for the 2nd year which was amazing in it self! sunday night my Dad Bruce Jepsen joined the weekend suddenly making the beach a lot louder (which is a good thing). around 6:30 we started the 2nd annual crib tourny! me and lance made the teams randomly and the teams were as follows. Drew and Parker, Calvin and Bruce, Ben and Tyler (yes francis), Cam and Blake, Eli and Jason, Lance and Nolan, Abe and Dave, Evan and Devin, Ryley and Derrick, and Steve and Charlie. so after 2 hours of crib playing best of 3 each round we ended up with Dave Pod and Abe Martens the winners! it was a lot of fun. making it 1 to 1 for my predictions! well i guess since i stated the weather was nice and sunny and some of us went swimming i get 2 for 3 for my predictions! not bad at all. over all it was a awesome weekend just spending time together, sharing laughs, and taking things way too far! hee hee. so thanks guys for making the weekend amazing and you can check out the maylong pics at www.facebook.com on my profile! i also want to send out a big congrats to Brad Pauls who got married this last weekend! its always great to see battalion alumni get married i wish you the best Brad and every one here at the blog gives you a big salute! thanks for being apart of my life i hope our friendship continues to grow over the coming years! keep it real for Christ guys and stay tuned for some more battalion posts coming your way through the summer!

-bent ;)

Maylong

well its that time of year again! the father son maylong campout! now in past years people from age 5 to 105 could attend but now things have changed a bit it can now be called the Battalion campout for only grade8 and up are alowed to the campout! it all starts this friday till monday. boat access only! hopefully you have all been aware of the details so i wont waste your time by putting them down. so this weekend i have the foloowing predictions. 1. Geoff M will be on the winning crib team. 2. Charlie L will catch the biggest fish 3. it will be so hot this weekend we will have to swim to cool off. i would say those are pretty good predictions being some of the last ones i will ever make! so get ready for sleeping eating and playing crib cause this weekend will be full of all of the above!!! keep it real guys hope to see you out! and tight lines to Steve Chursinoff and Dev Chursinoff with their amazing maylong posts! later dayz

-bent ;)

Numero uno.Boat that doesn't leak.If it leaks,one large and one small bailing bucket.If your shy of taking bailing buckets and you are to lazy to patch the leaks study up on the ever best prayer you will ever say out in the middle of a cold lake.

2.Oars in good shape,not broken,straight grained,no knots,painted to look good.

3.Boat motors,2 is good,1 will do.Paddling(oaring),hey go for it,its your lake as much as it is mine,good enviromentally though,just like "LEAVE NO TRACE".

4.Gas,oil mix,batteries,that'll work for me.

5.Fishing tackle,gear,bait,license,derby registration,binoculars for spotting oncoming COs.

6.Spitz.

7.Lifejackets.The sooner you get out of that water the longer you can expect to survive on this GOD given earth.AMEN!This should have been #2,oh well its in there.

8.Water from home or bottled water is handy.

9.Food,self imflamatory.I'm not going to tell you what to eat!

10.Kitchen gear,I'm 531/2 years old,don't tell me what I should bring.But I will allow suggestions on what I should have brought.

11.Oh my,this should have been #3..............toilet paper,that feels safer.

12.Cell phone.Remember when you thought you would never buy a cell phone?Charged before leaving home.

13.Camping gear.Hey I'm a fair man,its your variance,its your camp,as long as I can sample your coffee....I'm good.

14.Coffee.Covered by food and camping gear,we're good to go.

15.GOD.Will be there.No preparation necessary.

16.T-bone steaks.marinated

17.Bible.If there is time to read.

18.Creamo,cinamon and honey.My preference with coffee.Give me a break,I'm 53 1/2.let me do what I want with my coffee.

19.Apple juice.To make hot apple juice morning,noon or night.

20.Rain gear.When the going gets tough,the tough get going.

21.A Dummies book on how to count score in crib hand before your opponent scores it for you period

22.$50cash.I will donate $50 to the guy that catches the biggest fish during MAY LONG as long as he has spent one night with us and he shows me his bible.Also if he is 16 or older he must show me his valid fishing license.

And GOD said..........Good luck fishing but get some camping and paintballing in too.AMEN

-Steve C

the end of the Battalion Blog?

well as you all know battalion is over........the sad thing is i dont even think anyone will read this post.......im not even sure if anyone ever checks this thing anymore! but if you are reading this you need to know some things about this blog and its future. 1. the Battalion blog is not dead or will be dying while im around. I plan to keep posting till september when i head out to briercrest. 2. come september though my battalion blogging days will be over i will be handing it over to someone else to continue the official Battalion 3739 blog. hopefully this person will be committed enough to post twice a week especially since i will be 14 hours away and i will want to know whats going on back in BC! 3. battatlion isnt actually over until maylong and then theres creation fest and well before you know it we will be at the martens pool so really battalion lives on year round so the blog will also be year round just not as many posts! so this isnt the end of the blog the end of Ben Jepsen well yes but the end of Battalion Headquarters no! keep it real for Christ

-bent ;)

and the green jacket goes to........

well the last night of battalion outside of the mylong coming up was the golf tourny! we had about 30 guys all together at the par three golf course. we started out with a putt off having everyone putting and whoever was the furtherest away from the hole was out if the game! it went slow but ended up with alumni Ryley Hep and Nate Ball. the last hole was a far one but Ryley had is game on and won the 5 buck tourny! we then proceeded to a night golf tourny! we all recieved glow in the dark golf balls and broke into teams. the was a prize for the top 3 scores and the best combined score with one team. after lotsa night golfing it up we came back to check the scores! we had 3rd Charlie langis 2nd Nate Ball 1st JORDAN WALSH! yes 2 years in a row Jordan walsh wins the green jacket! good job man. and the team that won the best combined score was Jordan Team as well! good work guys! now all thats left is the Maylong crib tourny where Taylor W and Cam T will try and defend their title! but after the final battalion night depression and excitment all blend in together. its good to take a break but also sucks having no battalion. in other news me and Jay are making maylong campout t shirts. we plan to keep them under 10 bucks if you are interested PLEASE email me at linden_16@hotmail.com or leave a comment with your shirts size otherwise you WILL NOT GET ONE! i need to know by the end of the week or they will not happen! thanks! i hope you guys have a great rest of the year and summer! stay tuned i plan to keep posting stuff till september when a new guy will take over! have a great week guys.

-bent ;)

Just a little tap tap taparoo

well you thought that battalion was over didnt you? well you would be wrong if you still thought so! the 2nd annual battalion golf tourny is here! and the man to beat? Jordan Q Walsh! defending his green jacket for the first and maybe last time. it will be the last time to win something till may long for the 06/07 season! so some details you should know. you want to meet saturday (tomorrow) with golf clubs if you got em! saturday at 6:30 at the church with clubs if you have any! we dont want to wait forever so try not to be too late! who is going to win you ask? well my prediction is a grade 12. ill shoot straight with ya i think they want it most! keep it real guys!

-bent ;)

battalion 06/07 im glad i could take part!

well the night has come and it has gone! it was one heck of a night last night and i hope you did not miss it! so the night started off with lance setting up a net and his radar gun to see who could throw a ball the fastest! if i can remember right Kenny J had the fastest throw with close to 80 mph and Jordan W was next with 75 mph! its scary thinking murder balls are coming at you that fast! we had a total of approx 56 guys including blog legend Steve C in the flesh! as well as 5 new grade 6 guys who will hopefully step up for next year! we then lined up for the last time with Jason making his last commands as sarg. after that we proceeded to the black line to have a 25 on 25 murderball death match! it was crazy! but for the last game of the 06/07 season i was able to be on the winning murderball team! after throwing our guts out we got to eat a massive subway sub which took no problem to get down! while we were finishing eating Lance handed out CSB belt buckles and NIV study Bibles with their names on them for the grads........alas some one got left out mistakes happen i guess we all love ya chuck! ;) we then formed our circle (which was massive) and prayed our last prayer for the season Lance leading the way. and whats a night at battalion without bulldog? Dev C started in the middle and what i thought would take forever actually went pretty quick leaving Nathan Ball the victor for the last bulldog for awhile. way to go man always good to have you out! so has far as the predictions i was wrong on all 3...............ben-853 world-856 good work world i tried. we slowly filtered out of the church but 20 of us didnt stop the party! we jumped in cars trucks and buses for some BP in castlegar. we all met together and chowed down 8 large za's. it was awesome. we then went to 7 11 for drinks (NOS) and flash lights for our journy! hee hee. last year we wanted to go down to the pot holes outside of the Lake but didnt have anything but a burning shirt so we decided against it (with Ryleys help). but this year (last night) we had our flashlights and trecked down the hill to see the wonderous pot holes and watch Lance soak his foot in a puddle! hee hee. we jumped back into the bus and cranked the tunes back home with some MxPx, Furthermore, Emery, Grits and Jars of Clay! clocking out at 12:30 the night had come to an end but the memories will never end when it comes to 3739.

-bent ;)

Goodbye my old friends

2 Timothy-2:1-3
You then, my son, be strong in the grace that is in Christ Jesus. And the things you have heard me say in the presence of many witnesses entrust to reliable men who will also be qualified to teach others. Endure hardship with us like a good soldier of Christ Jesus.

Well the day has come the final Battalion of the 06/07 season. its a sad day but also a day of celebration! we have some guys graduating from battalion this year and they are heading out of school and battalion to new worlds! im terribly sorry if i forgot someone but i believe Jason H, Jordan W, Joel F, Mike T, Charlie L, and Evan P are all graduating this year! we at the Battalion Blog salute you guys and wish you luck for your future! but tomorrow though sad will be a blast! we will have lotsa boys out as well as some familiar faces from the past! YOU WILL NOT WANT TO MISS THIS NIGHT!!! we will be meeting at the Gospel Chapel church at 7:00 so please show up between 6:30 and 7:00. it will be a full packed night with games, food, and prizes (mainly for the grads). one of the most exciting things of the night will be the reaveling of the hebrew on the back of our t shirts! but wait only the grade 12's get to find out what it says and they can only tell the girl they marry so dont bother to try and get it out of them unless you want to marry them! (hear that girls.........Mike T is single). so the final predictions i will ever make on the battalion blog.....................:( 1. we will hit a new record with 60 guys out 2. Though he will be in the pictures Ryley Heppner will not show up in any pictures taken tonight once they have been developed. 3. our Faithful leader Lance Martens will shed a tear (either from joy or from pain you decide). so there ya have it the score is World-853 Ben-853 its down to the final run world your going down!!! so dont forget if your in grade 11 or 12 you are invited for a battalion after party in castlegar with some vets! also this saturady is the night golf tourny! meet at the church at 6:30 PM with 10 bucks if anything changes check back ill make sure to let you know here! also if you are interested in purchasing a maylong t shirt please call or email me at linden_16@hotmail.com or call me at 442 8782. i need your shirt size and your name so i know how many to make. and if you order one theres no backing out you have to pay me hopefully no more then 10 bucks for a shirt!

For the Grads i have a passage for you-

Proverbs- 23:17,18

Do not let your heart envy sinners, but always be zealous for the fear of the Lord. there is surely a future hope for you, and your hope will not be cut off.

I challenge you guys to hold on to your passions and dreams! dont settle for anything less or the easy way out! itll be hard with satan trying to cut you down but be zealous for the fear of the Lord and your hope will not be cut off. keep it real for Christ

-bent ;)

3,867 visits and 100 posts later......

well boys this is the 100th post on the battalion blog with only one week left! so tonights football went well we had a 1-1 tie making it once again very tight! jordan walsh got the MVP with his interception to touch down play so he will be recieving the game ball next week most likely! after football we went to the church and Lance lead the squad meetings on Power! after we lined up for bulldog with Sam S in the middle (since he won last week). Sam did pretty good getting a lot of guys rounded up to eventually lead to dev C's win! but not the last win! so next week we are meeting at the church for food and good times! YOU DO NOT WANT TO MISS THIS NIGHT!!!!! it will be a night to remember! so be at the church by 7. also mark April 28th on your calender for it will be night golf! not sure about the time but check back again to see if i have put it up. will Jordan defend his title? anyway all in all another good night i hope to see you all out this wed for the finale. keep it real

-bent ;)

P.S.

Revelation 8:10-11

The Third angel sounded his trumpet, and a great star, blazing like a torch, fell from the sky on a third of the rivers and on the springs of water- THE NAME OF THE STAR IS WORMWOOD. A third of the waters turned bitter, and many people died from the waters that had become bitter.

football 07 coming to a close

well the canucks are just starting their destruction but football is on its last game! thats right tomorrow night will be the last football game at battalion until 2008! so dont miss out! you realize that 2008 is only 2 years away from the 2010 olympics!?!?!? and only 4 years away from when i am suppose to get married! crazy! anyway thats niether here nor there (ive always wanted to say that). we will be meeting at the high school field and want to start at 6:30 so come early people will be there! if you have missed the last 2 then dont miss this one cause it will be a doozy. so some predictions 1. we will be suprised by a guest vet 2. some one will get the football to the eye ( i may take it just for another point) 3. the team i play on will win! my o my what a statement eh? in other news look at your calendars we are thinking saturday april 28th for the golf tourny. if theres problems please notify the blog by leaving a comment. thanks! anyway i hope your wed is filled with good times where ever you may be today! keep it real Grand Forks

-bent

P.S. i know its said that football is coming to a close Sam but no need to cry you still got 3 years!

here it is!

well wed night was awesome! we got everyone together and started football. it was one of the longest football games i have ever played! it ended up being 0-0! very good game like canucks vs dallas! anyway football was awesome. afterward we went straight into aarons bible study which went very well and then we jumped right into a game of bulldog and i am very sorry but i forgot who won! thats the problem waiting till sunday night to do these things!!! im going to guess it was dev!? sorry guys. anyway van did win that night and im going to make a tuesday prediction that they will win on tuesday 3-1. anyway thats the porrly drawn recapp from wed night! next week same time at the football field! keep it real guys

-bent ;)

football round 2

well football is on its way for a second round! i hope to have a better game personally. but as well as battalion football there is also an important hockey game on! Van vs dall game one in Van! so two important games tomorrow night. predictions are as follows. 1. there will be a suprise friend coming out. 2. vancouver will win over dallas 4-2 3. and my team in football will win 5-3! there they are take em or leave em its up to you! so be at the high school field at 6:30 to play some good ol battalion football! remember after football we head up to the church for bible study and bulldog so your parents can get ya at the church! have a great night and day guys and girls!

-bent

check check it out

well im not if this will work but see if you can look at some new pics on my new picasa album at http://picasaweb.google.com/spaceghost777 you can view all the battalion pics your looking balls can handle!!!!

-bent

let the good times roll

well battalion went well tonight at the ol high school field then back at the church. we started around 6:45 or so with 2 teams for football things started off! we had lance vs owen and it was a good tight game for a long time but near the end Jer ran 50 yards for a TD then Luke Gordan got one and Taylor W got the last one for lances team. so 4-1 for lance and the guys. after we headed up to the church for squad meeting which was about the events leading up to the death of Jesus and his death. it was awesome just to hear the guys reading the story out loud like lance said every time you hear it it hits ya! after we met and lance talked more about the squad meetings on the things that you dont usually catch when you read the story. it went really well i really enjoyed it. so this weekend try to sit down and read near the end of one of the 4 gospels about what Jesus has done for all of us! we then headed to the gym for bulldog with jermey m in the middle and since drew was sick we had no helmet but making the end was Alex E! good work man! so next week meet at the high school field at 6:30! keep it real guys have a great easter.

-bent ;)

P.S. if you want to view more battalion pics or want to see em laregr then check out some of my photo sites. ill put the links to them on the next post hopefully soon! later dayz

foot+ball=football

well boys and boys football season is here! for the next 3 weeks battalion will be meeting at the high school field at 6:30 for some battalion football! so strap up your shoes get out the paint and rip off your sleeves cause battalion is playing football! hope to seeya out tomorrow night! later dayz

-bent

P.S. good work on the last post paparazzi!

Treadmill Update

With 48 days left until May Long 07, my dad and i felt it appropriate to check up on Treadmill beach. We were out fishing honing our skills to perfection for the big weekend. We rounded the corner and the beach came into view. There was still snow, how ever is not a big problem because with the 20 degree plus days were having, it is going to melt like butter in a microwave. As we started to troll towards the beach a familiar sound came to my ear, flowing water. This is expected when we camp at a beach named after a creek, but in the distance I could see the water flowing down the beach! For those of you that don't know this beach or have never been, it is about a 5 minute walk to the creek and the bridge. We landed the boat and I got out to investigate. It turns out that the Pod's may need to find a new camping spot. I assume that somewhere up the creek the banks broke and we now have our own creek in camp.
This brings up a few questions.




a) Where the heck are the pods going to camp, because as it stands they are flooded out.

b) Could we possible make any money off this? Think of it Treadmill springs. I did take the time to test the water, and well, it taste awesome, and I'm still alive, so I say we sell it.

c) How big of a dam can we make? For all those people that read this, us guys, once we see flowing water, it is like an addiction, we start damming the water up.

d) How much of a beach will we have left when high water comes and that small creek grows?


This also brings me to more good news, From what I had time to explore of our "new" beach, I found some fallen tree's. Now some may say well ya no kidding, but in past years we have had to go searching high and low for a dead tree, these two i found right away are also just above pods camping spot, so this will be a nice quick year to get our fire wood.




The main question for May Long 07 is who is going to catch the biggest fish and win the prize of $50 Steve Chursinoff has put up for the prize?


This has been a Paparazzi Production

Hockey Night In Battalion!

well another great night at battalion wed night! none of my predictions came true but i had a good game none the less! we had Sammy J and Parker S running the music from the top while we had a 10 on 10 hockey game (including goalies)! so we had Lance in one net vs Charlie in the other. it was tight to start off but Lances team slowly got away from us! but a good game none the less with yours truly scoring a goal! lol what a fluke! anyway we had a awesome group and even though numbers were low we had some great guys out and had a lot of fun! after the game was through we had a shootout for the helmet and the first round against lance only no guys scored! so we switched goalies to charlie and only 3 guys scored. the third round only one guy scored making Drew B the winner once again! kudos to charlie puuting on a stellar performance in net! we then headed down to the change room for some drinks (COKE and pepsi). after all was said and done it was a sweet night getting guys ready for the last month of the battalion 07 season! next wed we are at the high school field be there at 6:30 for football and good times!!!! then we will head to the church where your parents can pick ya up! cant wait to see ya guys out later dayz!

-bent ;)

whats the best game you can name?

well its time for that good ol hockey game tonight! its been awhile since we last hit the ice for some hard hitting battalion action but here we are again about to take the rink! so wed march 28th be at the rink around 6:30 so we are ready to play at 7:00! whats that you dont have skates!!!!!!!!!!!!!! no worries tonights free rentals!! if you have a stick bring it if you have 2 and want to share bring it! that way we can all play. tonights predictions 1. final score will be 16-7 in lances favor. 2. Jason will get a hat trick. 3. an ol battalion vet will be making an appreance tonight. so i hope your spring break is going well and i hope to see a lot of guys out tonight for some good ol fashioned hockey! keep it real!

-bent ;)

sorry guys

hey everyone i just want to apologize for the big break in posts. lets say its my spring break for the blog? no real excuse but ive been gone to see family and ive been called to work more which is good but it means less of battatlion blog right now! anyway im sorry im trying my best dont forget this wed is hockey! ill get times and what not for you soon! keep it real guys hope life is good for you guys! later dayz

-bent ;)

P.S. im house sitting at johnsons so i dont have any pics so i just used one of theirs! later

a jorb well done

well another battalion night has passed us. this night was the last night in the gym before the very last night we have! between them are football and hockey! anyway ill get to that later. so the night started out with quite a few guys out which is always good. we had Jason as sarg (since he is the sarg) dev, joel, and kev were the corprals. (im a horrivble spellger). we got into our squad meetings and i cant really tell you how they went since i had to cruise down to DQ and pick up cheeseburgers for random bible check!!! so Lance handed out the burgers to those who had bibles. we broke into 2 teams for murderball and it ended up being a bit lopsided but still good times! i believe it was like 5 to 3 so not bad good games! we then headed to the corner as jer shared a story about Joseph and a story about daniel. both obeyed God but got thrown into jail and a lions den! yet in the end things worked out for them (read up). both were very trustworthy and honest in their work and thats what we should strive for as well as we work at jobs even jobs that suck (this is all from Jers mouth not mine). anyway we then went into a game of bulldog with Joel starting in the middle. after a good 20 mins of that dev C came out the winner! atta boy! so predictons. Jay got like 24 points so i got one for that! some kid i have never seen/saw in my life came so i was very suprised! he was a suprising fellow thats for sure! so 2 for me. and last some good friends of mine came that i have not seen/saw in awhile Jer H, Dav K, and Brian B! good to see you guys out again! so 3 for 3 woohoo! so no battalion next wed but stay tuned for some good posts coming up for the next week from some outside writers!!! but on wed 28 battalion is hitting the ice for some good ol hockey! cant skate you say? well guess what neither can I! dont worry those who are poor at skating will play against those who are poor skaters as well so its even! what no money for skating you say well guess what everything is free yupee! as well as pop! yessssssssssssssssssss! so be there!!! anyway i believe thats everything i need to report. have a great weekend guys and as always keep it real for Christ.

-bent