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Heart of America Council • April 2003www.hoac-bsa.org

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HOK Sport + Venue + Event

Scholarship“A Career Blueprint”

HOK Sport + Venue + Event, the internationally renowned architecturefirm based in Kansas City, is providing a renewable scholarship to an area highschool senior whose economic circumstances would make pursuing a degree inarchitecture unlikely.

Deadline for application is April 5, 2003, and requires the following:■ Completed scholarship application form.■ Two letters of recommendation from individuals who are not related to you.■ High school transcript.■ ACT Financial Aid Need Estimator Report (if available).

The scholarship includes:◆ Tuition, books, supplies, room and board.◆ A paid summer internship with HOK S+V+E.◆ Based on the agreement of both parties, a two-year employment

opportunity with HOK S+V+E following college graduation.

Eligibility criteria for HOK Sport + Venue + Event Scholarship consideration includes:

■ Graduating high school seniors with financial need from the Greater Kansas City metropolitan area of Clay, Jackson, Johnson, Leavenworth, Platte, Ray and Wyandotte counties.

■ Students planning to pursue a degree in architecture at either Kansas StateUniversity or the University of Kansas.

The HOK Sport + Venue + Event Scholarship may be renewed each semester (for a total of ten semesters) if the following criteria are met:

■ Continued pursuit of a degree in architecture.■ Maintenance of full-time student status as defined by the attending

institution.■ Maintenance of a cumulative 2.5 GPA across all coursework and a

cumulative 3.0 GPA in required coursework.

Interested students can access the application and criteria for the HOKS+V+E scholarship online at www.hoksve.com. For questions, students shouldtalk with their guidance counselors or contact the Kansas City CommunityFoundation, (816) 842-0944, or HOK S+V+E, (816) 221-1500.

Dear Scout Leader,Allow me to introduce myself. My name is Dan Meers, better known as KC Wolf, the

mascot for the Kansas City Chiefs Football Team.My main objective for the KC Wolf programs has always been to provide a quality

motivational program that is entertaining and affordable for any group that is interested.KC Wolf is available to speak to your group. The fee for each program is $150 for aweekday appearance and $225 for a weekend appearance. This fee covers the cost of the45 minute program and gas mileage to the appearance, up to a 100 mile round trip. Inaddition, the fee will include an 8x10 colored photo of KC Wolf for each Scout to takehome.

The programs available are:

➼ A-B-C of Success, which stresses the importance of your Attitude, Behavior, and Character.

➼ Being a Winner in Life, which emphasizes self-esteem, Doing Your Best and Saying“NO” to Drugs.

➼ How To Be Your Best, which focuses on knowing that you are someone special, working hard, and the dangers of drugs.

If you have any questions or would like to schedule a KC Wolf program at your meet-ing or banquet, please contact me at Arrowhead Stadium by calling (816) 920-4212.

Thanks for all you do for kids.

Friends of Scouting

Kansas City Chiefs Football Club

The Northern Tier National High Adventure Bases are looking for seasonal staffmembers. We need young men and women 18 years of age or older to serve as trailstaff and base staff for the 2003 summer season. Trail staff accompany groups fromacross the United States on canoe expeditions from 7 to 10 days each. These trips arein the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness in northern Minnesota and theQuetico Provincial Park in southern Ontario. Base staff positions include jobs relatedto the trading post, food outfitting, equipment outfitting, maintenance, business oper-ations, and food service.

Working at the Northern Tier is the experience of a lifetime. If you are interested,or if you know of someone else who may be, please contact us for details. The staffapplication is also available for download from the Northern Tier web page atwww.ntier.org.

Northern Tier High Adventure BasesSeasonal Staff Opportunities

On March 2nd, Crew 2024 of Central Methodist Church entered the dark worldof Cameron cave. The 10-member crew traveled to Mark Twain’s birthplace of Han-nibal, Missouri to visit the cave for a tour by lantern light.

Cameron Cave was discovered in 1925 and features wonderful geologic featuresand quite a large number of sleeping bats. As a maze-type of cave, it is the third mostcomplex in the Northern Hemisphere.

Cameron Cave

2 . . . . . . . . Tributes, Founders Circle Endowment, Picking Up the Pieces, Will Sez, Council Calendar

3 . . . . . . . Eagles, Scouting at Science City,Scouting Night at the Royals

4 . . . . . . . . Commissioner’s Corner, Kernel’sJournal, Happy Customers,Johnson County Golf Tournament

5 . . . . . . . . Tony Adams Sporting Clays for ScoutingIdeal Year in Scouting

6 & 7 . . Camping/Training

8-15 . . . . District News

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2 • April 2003• Adventures in Scouting

In Memory Of: Carl “Barney” KinellBreakfast at Eight ClubRobert and Judith VohsRebecca Allison and FamilyHans and Mildred Liemen

James E. CaskeyMichael Zuk, Jr.Daniel and Judie RoggeSara BairdMary WorlandWalter and Nancy RottmannSusan Haake

Betty GoodmanWilliam Vandenberg

Robert Runnels, Jr.R. E. Atha

Bob OwensFred DeFeo

Richard W. “Whitey” KooglerFred DeFeo

Lenore Coates VaughanMr. and Mrs. Bruce Davis

Charles H. Koslowsky, Sr.Charles H. Koslowsky, Jr.Jane Wythe

In Honor Of: Alvin “Al” BeitchmanHarvey and Beverly Bodker

Bill and Mariann VandenbergBill Vandenberg, Sr.

George LiebermanJulie Gerson

Ben ChampionJill Goldstein

Andrew DubillMary and Neil Buhl

Founders Circle Members

April2 Cub Scout Day Camp Staff Meeting5 Climbing/Rapelling Program

5-6 Project COPE Weekend9 Council-wide Camping Committee Meeting9 Council Pow Wow Staff Meeting9 Sharing Native American Ways Seminar Meeting

12 Mic-O-Say Dancers Spring Show12 Bartle Work Day15 H. Roe Bartle Scout Reservation Commissioner Orientation 16 Friends of Scouting 3rd Report Meeting.17 Order of the Arrow Lodge Executive Committee Meeting22 Naish Camp Staff Parent's Orientation23 Council-wide Training Meeting.23 Council-wide Good Turn Meeting24 Mic-O-Say Tribal Council25 Venturing Spring Event26 Naish Volunteers Work Day26 Bartle Work Day29 Webelos Camp Leader Orientation30 Webelos Camp Leader Orientation

May2-4 Order of the Arrow Spring Induction Weekend #13 Bartle Work Day7 FOS Victory Celebration7 Cub Scout Day Camp Staff Meeting8 Order of the Arrow Lodge Executive Committee Meeting

10 Climbing/Rapelling Program10-11 Project COPE Weekend10 H. Roe Bartle Scout Reservation Camp Staff Orientation14 2004 Philmont Contingent Draw14 Council Pow Wow Staff Meeting16-18 Order of the Arrow Spring Induction Weekend #217 Bartle Work Day20 Council Commissioner's Meeting21 COPE Staff Meeting28 Roundtable Commissioners Meeting28 Council Commissioners Meeting31 Mic-O-Say Tribal Feast

Council Calendar

Tribute Funds

The newest level of recognition, the Founders Circle, is intended to recognize deferredgifts designated for the Heart of America Council Endowment. With deferred giving sowidely and effectively used by so many donors, the Heart of America Council wants to rec-ognize the importance of such major gifts. Donors are recognized for gift commitmentswith a minimum value of $100,000. Unlike the other Endowment recognition awards, adonor may qualify for membership with gifts made through:

• Charitable bequests in a will, codicil, or trust• Charitable trusts, such as unitrusts, annuity trusts, and lead trusts• BSA Gift Annuities or BSA Pooled Income Fund gifts• Life insurance/retirement plan designations• Other deferred gifts approved by the Heart of America Council

As with the 1910 Society, there are four levels of membership in the Founders Circle. They are:

• Bronze $100,000 to $249,999 planned gift commitment• Silver $250,000 to $499,999 planned gift commitment• Gold $500,000 to $999,999 planned gift commitment• Platinum $1,000,000 and up planned gift commitment

The early founders of the BSA had the vision and commitment to make Scouting thenumber one youth organization in the world. In that spirit, we honor the modern-dayvisionaries who qualify for the Founders Circle in their commitment to perpetuate thevisions and beliefs of those founders.

Gold Members - $500,000 to $999,999 Silver Members - $250,000 to $499,999Terrence P. Dunn Betty D. and J. Thomas Ford, Jr.

Bronze Members - $100,000 to $249,999Willard S. Estabrook Estate** / Bruce E. Bower / Terry J. Wall, J.D., M.D.

** - Deceased

After the funeral, the two surviving chil-dren went to work sorting through thepapers of their deceased father, trying to geta handle on his financial situation. Theydiscovered three things:

1. Their dad, a retired human servicesworker, had accumulated remarkablewealth through conservative investmentsand frugal living;

2. Their dad had been generously sup-porting several charitable organizations;

3. Their dad had left behind no will orother instructions to guide them in the dis-tribution of his estate.

Faced with this situation, the childrendecided to give part of whatever portion ofhis estate they might receive to those orga-nizations their father had supported duringhis life. They had to make assumptionsabout which organizations to help, howmuch he would have wanted to give and inwhat proportions. Not knowing his wishesmade a tough time tougher.

This is just one of several thorny issuesthe surviving family faces when a loved onedies without a will. In the midst of sorrowand time pressures, difficult decisions mustbe made.

How much better it would have beenhad the father taken the time to create awill.

Indeed, having an up-to-date and validwill is one of the greatest gifts any father ormother can give family members.

To help you further consider this impor-tant area, the Council has many importantestate planning support materials that con-tain helpful information regarding willsand other estate planning documents. Ifyou would like more information, pleasecontact Jason M. Baxendale, EndowmentDirector, at (816) 942-9333 ext. 129 [email protected]. You may also visitthe Endowment section of the Councilwebsite at www.hoac-bsa.org.

Picking Up the Pieces

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DISTRICT UNIT NAME DISTRICT UNIT NAMENorth Star 1135 Samuel Welsh JohnsenNorth Star 1155 Daniel Charles BradleyNorth Star 1261 Phillip George ShinnNorth Star 1261 Joseph Michael MyersNorth Star 1261 Dustin John WrightNorth Star 1320 Joshua Lee WillisonNorth Star 1374 Daniel Raymond KlcoNorth Star 1389 Richard Bryan LongNorth Star 1494 Richard James ZegersNorth Star 1313 Jarod Wayne SamsNorthern Tier 351 Joshua Paul RoemermanNorthern Tier 54 Derrick John McAninchNorthern Tier 91 Benjamin Ryan JongeriusNorthern Tier 91 Cullen Michael RiceNorthern Tier 194 Jordan Michael MilesNorthern Tier 93 Justin L. LakeNorthern Tier 54 Logan Grant CochranNorthern Tier 54 Christopher John BuehlerNorthern Tier 299 John R. GillenwaterNorthern Tier 439 Jeffrey Paul CranePioneer Trails 1084 Edward Davis BakerPioneer Trails 1084 Kevin CutcliffPioneer Trails 1084 Johnathon Ray JanesPioneer Trails 1084 Stuart David McCauslandPioneer Trails 1084 Brennan Robert MetzlerPioneer Trails 1084 Nikolaus Michael SchuetzPioneer Trails 1084 John WingetPioneer Trails 1118 William Benjamin MonseesRed-Tailed Hawk 425 Charles Christopher Jehle Jr.Red-Tailed Hawk 201 John Deacon Jones

Red-Tailed Hawk 201 Mark Eugene KirtlandRed-Tailed Hawk 222 Caysey Andrew CaywoodRed-Tailed Hawk 222 Benjamin Stephen DuncanRed-Tailed Hawk 784 Kyle Robert AllerThunderbird 1032 James Nicholas RewThunderbird 1032 Christopher Michael BoedingThunderbird 1032 Matthew A. SmithThunderbird 1110 Terry James JohnsonThunderbird 1210 David Andrew HilgerThunderbird 1242 Tyler Vincent ConradThunderbird 1391 Shawn Michael DaughenbaughThunderbird 1421 Adam David TownleyThunderbird 1469 Timothy Austin PorterThunderbird 2911 Joel Alexander VogelTrailhead 10 Jonathan Brett CunninghamTrailhead 10 Jonathan Blake CunninghamTrailhead 10 Andrew Carroll JohnsonTrailhead 37 Ryan Robert FogartyTrailhead 92 Alexander James MartenTrailhead 257 Thomas James GerrityTrailhead 282 Timothy John HawksTrailhead 395 Michael Grant HarrisonTrails West 89 Justin Lee LarsonTrails West 181 Andrew-John SteutermanTrails West 401 Michael Steven WiltonTrails West 494 Andrew D. ShieldsTrails West 494 James Lessenden SupicaTrails West 401 Daniel Nelson DodsonTwin Rivers 100 Bradley Ray Johnson

Big Muddy 1318 Kevin Forrest ClarkBig Muddy 1324 Justin G. StevensonBlue Elk 1058 Anthony Joel CamarenoBlue Elk 1058 Adam Joseph FaslBlue Elk 1058 Andrew Lee MockBlue Elk 1175 Matthew Olen GipsonBlue Elk 1332 Michael Quincy NelsonBlue Elk 1347 Adam James FoheyBlue Elk 1347 Eric Michael JohansenBlue Elk 1347 Benjamin A. KrohnBlue Elk 1347 Lucas Keith ScottBlue Elk 1347 Loren David SupernawBlue Elk 1383 Shawn Eugene WishonBlue Elk 1865 Peter Jacob MuellemanBlue Elk 1865 Scott Alexander SmithBlue Elk 2865 Mark Steven LearBlue Elk 2865 Eliot James RowlandKaw 1 Lee Michael BurgessKaw 1 Charles Joshua NeeleyKaw 173 Mark Edward DavisKaw 304 Howard Wesley Rollins IILone Bear 1430 Cameron Mitchell JacksonLone Bear 1430 Logan James MoralesLone Bear 1430 Max Ryan MosleyLone Bear 1632 Tyler Lee EckhoffLone Bear 1632 Davin DeWayne Werths

DISTRICT UNIT NAME

Eagles

Special Scout OfferCome to Union Station in your scout uniform and receive discounts on gen-eral admission to Science City and shows in our Theater District.

Free Badge Activity GuidesFree Scout Badge activity guides are available at the Union Station Informa-tion Booth. These guides direct Scouts to Science City exhibits to help ful-fill science related achievements, electives, and badge requirements. Guidesare available for Tiger Cubs, Wolf Cubs, Bear Cubs, Webelos, Boy Scouts,Daisies, Junior Girl Scouts, Cadettes, and Senior Girl Scouts.

Camp-ins at Science City (Beginning Spring 2003)Come spend the night at Science City for an entire evening of science fun!Camp-in packages include admission to Science City, dinner, snack, andbreakfast, a large-format movie in our Extreme Screen theater, Scout badgeworkshop, and Science City Camp-in patch. For groups of 100 scouts ormore. Cost: $40 per scout.

$20 per chaperone (1 to 6 ratio required).

Cub Scout Saturdays (Coming in 2003, dates TBD)Attention Cub Scouts! Join us at Science City to earn your Astronomy andScience pin and belt loop.

For more information, call (816) 460-2020 or visit the Scout link on ournew web site, www.unionstation.org.

Scouting at Science CityScouting at Science City

Handcrafted Native American AccessoriesHHome of the Oome of the Original Priginal Peach Neach Nehi Fehi Float!loat!

(also featuring Mama G’s Pizza)Check out our camp & craft supplies for Scouting.

Come see us at SNAWS.For more information,

Call us at (417) 646-2221, E-mail us at [email protected] or visit our website at

www.scottsiconiumstore.com

What if it rains?Every attempt will be made to proceed with pre-game ceremonies; it is best to assume all games will beplayed.

First Pitch and Color GuardParticipants are to report 45 minutes prior to game time. Enter the stadium at turnstiles located at Gates A orB and proceed to plaza level, section 101 (behind home plate). A Royals representative will meet the partic-ipants, outside the double glass doors, and escort them to the field.

Color GuardUnits must provide their own flags and be in uniform prior to arrival at Kauffman Stadium. The Royals can-not provide any changing accommodations! Flags and uniforms may be returned to your vehicle after the cer-emony. Please exit and re-enter the stadium through the pass gate. DO NOT ENTER INTO THE LOBBY.

ParadeParticipants will meet Royals parade coordinators behind the Royals Scoreboard by Parking Lot K to line upat 5:05 p.m. After the parade, participants will exit the field and enter stadium seating through Gate B. ParadeCeremony begins at 5:30 p.m.

A Royal Salute to Scouting Night!Kansas City Royals Vs. Baltimore Orioles

Saturday, May 10, 2003, 6:05 p.m.

Come In Uniform & Participate in Pre-Game Parade Around the Field

Special Discount Seating – Regular Prices are $16 & $10.

IMPORTANT: If your tickets are purchased by Friday, April 25th, they will be mailed directly toyour contact person listed below. All orders received after April 25th must be picked up at thecouncil service center. NOTE: The deadline for all ticket orders is Friday, may 2nd. There willbe no exceptions.

Scout Night at the Royals, event code 697

Pack #: _________Troop #: ____________

District Name:_______________________

Contact Person: _____________________

Phone #: (_______) __________________

Address:____________________________

City:________________________________

State:_______________________________

Zip:________________________________

Number of Field Plaza Tickets @ $12 ea. = $ __________

Number of View Level Infield @ $8 ea. = $ __________

Make Checks Payable to: HOAC, 10210 Holmes Rd.Kansas City, MO 64131

Questions?

Please contact Lori Gooding at (816) 942-9333 ext: 154 or [email protected]


The District Commissioners and the CouncilCommissioner support team met earlier this year tomap out our commissioner team goals for 2003. Wereviewed the many successes of the commissionerteam in 2002 as well as the shortfalls from our goalslast year. We had good discussions about what ispossible to attain in 2003 and we set the “bar” prettyhigh knowing that every one of our district teams isgetting stronger in numbers, training, and experi-ence. Many organizations, from businesses and pro-fessional groups to non-profit organizations likeours, as well as many individuals have found thisplanning and goal-setting process helpful in focusingpeople and teams to get the maxi-mum benefits for the organization.

We started with our mission(the reason we exist) for commis-sioner service:

As commissioners, we provideunits with meaningful servicethat delivers Scouting ideals toboys, brings about member-ship growth, and ensures on-time charter renewal. We helpunits succeed.Then we reminded ourselves

what “meaningful service” means – as defined by theCommissioners’ Fieldbook. The short versionbreaks down into these six points:

1. Meaningful contact with unit leaders (atleast monthly)2. Meaningful evaluations of the health ofeach unit3. Continuity of service by sharing evalua-tions with your ADC4. Meaningful communications with yourunit leaders, bringing helpful informationand resources to them for betting programs5. Making on-time charter renewals happen6. Building relationships with institutionalheads and CORsThen, building on the progress made last year, we

set goals in 10 key areas for 2003:1. Recruit more commissioners to have atleast one for every three units.

2. Ensure that all of our commissionersreceive all the training they must have.3. Visit every unit at least once each month.4. Strengthen our communications andevaluations between summer camp camp-site commissioners and unit commissionersin each district.5. Ensure that every traditional unit has anassigned unit commissioner.6. Increase the number and percentage ofour units that achieve Quality Unit status.7. Provide more effective district roundta-bles that attract greater attendance.

8. Improve communicationsbetween the units and dis-tricts (and council).9. Find more ways to showappreciation for the effortsof our unit and district vol-unteers.

If every commissioner willwork to achieve these nine goals,I know that our tenth and finalgoal will be accomplished auto-matically:

NO LOST UNITS!!Too many units are lost every year in Scouting

and that tragedy reduces the opportunity for ouryouth to gain the character, citizenship, and fitnessbenefits from this great program. Units are lost formany reasons, but if we, as commissioners, are striv-ing for the goals listed above, we will be able to iden-tify a troubled unit long before it becomes lost.Then we will be able to apply the resources and sup-port needed to build it back, rejuvenate its leader-ship and its program, strengthen its ties with itssponsoring organization or, as a last resort, find itanother home. I certainly pledge to you my sup-port, whenever and wherever needed, to assist you inthis most critical Scouting job. I ask that you com-mit also to an even greater effort in 2003 – for thesake of the young people in this program. Let’s worktogether to achieve these goals and demonstrate injust one more way why we are the best Scout coun-cil in the country!

NO LOST UNITS IN 2003!

The new on-line Youth Protection training, developed bythe National Office, is a big step forward in terms of the BSAproviding valuable tools to the thousands of volunteers. Thetiming is especially beneficial given that the new 2003 TourPermit Policy requires at least one Youth Protection-trainedleader to be present. The ability to provide convenient trainingoptions to my den leaders will ensure that we quickly and effi-ciently meet our training requirements.

Rick WartkoCommittee ChairPack 3294Northern Tier District

Another Happy Customer!

15th Annual Four-Man ScrambleMonday, May 19, 2003

Deer Creek Country Club

Play your favorite game... and benefitthe many fine young people in our com-munity who learn and grow through theprograms offered by the Heart of Amer-ica Council, Boy Scouts of America.

Awards will be presented immediately following tournament.

Registration/Check-In: 7:00 a.m.Shotgun Start: 7:30 a.m.

Lunch will be served after your round

Registration FormYes, I want to be a sponsor! Put me down for:❑ TITLE SPONSOR – $12,000Tournament names after you or your company; entitles you to (12)complimentary tournament registrants.

❑ DRINK CART SPONSOR – $2,500Your contribution underwrites beverage costs and entitles you to (8)complimentary registrants.

❑ HOLE SPONSOR – $1,600Sponsor a hole for the tournament and you will receive (4) compli-mentary registrants.

❑ Sign me up as an TEAM SPONSOR – $800Underwrite your own team of four golfers.

❑ Sign me up as an INDIVIDUAL PLAYER – $200Register to play and we will place you in a foursome.

My check made payable to the Heart of AmericaCouncil is in the amount of $___________ isenclosed. (A portion of your fee/contribution is tax-deductible.)

NAME: _______________________________________

Company: ____________________________________

Address: _____________________________________

City: __________________ State: ____ Zip: _________

Phone: ________________ Fax: __________________

Email: ___________________________________

As a sponsor, we will contact you for the names of yourcomplimentary registrants.

Send this form along with your check to:Heart of America Council, Boy Scouts of America15th Annual Johnson County Golf TournamentP.O. Box 414177Kansas City, MO 64141-4177

Questions? Call Roger Hoyt at 816-942-9333 ext 146email: [email protected]

15th Annual Four-Man ScrambleMonday, May 19, 2003

Deer Creek Country Club

Play your favorite game... and benefitthe many fine young people in our com-munity who learn and grow through theprograms offered by the Heart of Amer-ica Council, Boy Scouts of America.

Awards will be presented immediately following tournament.

Registration/Check-In: 7:00 a.m.Shotgun Start: 7:30 a.m.

Lunch will be served after your round

“Tee it up for Traditional Values”

"Funding Your Ideal Year of Scouting"

And I Quote:“Selling popcorn is a wonderful way to

accomplish a number of objectives for the bene-fit of Scouts. The units receive money, and theboys receive prizes. Some units even share someof the unit profit with the boys, stipulating thatthe profit sharing funds are placed in the boy’sname, in “escrow” in the unit treasury, but canbe used by the boy for any Scouting expensefrom registration to camp fees or campingequipment (if the boy leaves Scouting, themoney in “escrow” forfeits to the general oper-ating treasury of the unit – when a cub graduatesto Boy Scouts, the pack transfers the “escrow” tothe Boy Scout unit with the same stipulations –the “escrow” is never awarded directly to theScout – he must provide receipts for Scoutexpenses). This incentive appeals to parents,and will help them to encourage their sons inthe selling effort. Some units may even create abudget to award high performers in their unit.This could include a fancy bike, sleeping bags,or other camping equipment. A big benefit forthe unit is that this may be the only fundraisernecessary during the year.

Pack 364, in Grandview has offered somenice prizes, in addition to the Trail’s End prizes,for the past several years. As a result, top sellingCubs in this unit regularly surpass $500, and thetop seller usually does more than triple thisamount. During the 2002 campaign, one Cub,Nick Christy, sold seven times this amount, andalmost every dollar sold was done by Nick

knocking on doors in his immediate neighbor-hood. He took the advice of a previous Cubwho had regularly sold over $1000. Kyle Brackand his dad developed a sales pitch that wasshort and easy to remember. Kyle practiceddelivering the pitch until he had it memorized.Looking the customer straight in the eye, hewould say, “Hi, my name is Kyle. I’m sellingpopcorn to help raise money for our pack.There are six different kinds to choose from, andyou can pay me when I deliver the popcorn inearly December, just in time for the holidays.Would you please buy some?” His pitch wasdelivered in a loud, clear voice, and always fol-lowed with a “Thank you!” Over the years, his“regular” customers looked forward to seeinghim in the fall and the sales grew. Nick took thisproven method, and went door-to-door in hisneighborhood, and found instant success. Very,very few people said “no.” The most importantthing he wore was a smile. Naturally, one of hisparents always watched from the street as heknocked on doors.

Trail’s End popcorn is a proven seller, andyou will find that it is so well received that folkslook forward to seeing the Scouts come aroundevery fall. Take this rare opportunity to put yourScouts at every door in their neighborhood.The success will be very rewarding to your unit.

Richard BrackCubmaster


Scouting, It’s One of the Best Investments You Can Make

Scouting is an investment in today’s youth… and our future – Its returns aregrowing every day. On Saturday, May 17th, 2003, marksmen from around theKansas City area will gather to enjoy fellowship and competition while sup-porting the Scouting program. The event starts at 9 a.m. Saturday, with a din-ner and auction taking place on Friday night the 16th. A sporting clays teamconsists of 4 shooters, plus a celebrity that will be added to your team.A team sponsorship is $1,000 and the event includes:

• Friday Dinner and Auction • Full Round of Sporting Clays• Keepsake Items • Saturday Breakfast and Lunch

• Ammunition • Chance at Awards and Prizes

Sporting Clays for Scouting Team SponsorshipRegistration Form

Complete this form and return, as soon as possible. Slots are filling up fast! Moredetails will be sent to you upon receiving your entry. Please mail to:

Heart of America Council, BSAAttn: Shooting Clays for Scouting10210 Holmes RoadKansas City, MO 64131

Billing will be handled upon receipt of this form. All questions can be directed to Lori Gooding, (816) 942-9333 x: 154

Company Name: ________________________________________________

Company Contact Person: ______________________________________

Phone: ( ________ ) _______________________________________________

E-mail: ___________________________________________________________

Address: _________________________________________________________

City, State, Zip Code: ___________________________________________

The 4th Annual Tony Adams &

Friends SportingClays for Scouting

The Heart of America Council, BSA Sporting Clays Event

May 16th & 17th, 2003

Dear Potential Merit Badge Registrant,

Thank you for your interest in the Shotgun Merit Badge program being offered at Powder Creek ShootingClub in Lenexa, Kansas. To ensure that a quality experience is provided, registration is limited to the first85 Scouts that sign up, ages 13 and up.

• Once registered, participants will receive a packet containing requirements and detailed expectations.• Registration is $15/Scout, which includes one hour of safety instruction, personal instruction from

NSCA Certified Instructors and registered BSA Merit Badge Counselors, ammunition, gun use, event patch and Saturday lunch.

• Troops that would like to stay overnight on Friday may do so free of charge. Ground fires are not permitted. All instruction will be completed by 4 p.m. on Saturday.

• The event will begin at 8:30 a.m. on Saturday morning, with registration preceding at 7:30 a.m. Each participant must check in and receive their identification card, in order to participate in the merit badge program.

• This event does pose potential for dangerous situations, please act responsibly and have plenty of adult supervision.

• This event coincides with a celebrity shooting competition, which financially supports the Heart of America Council.

Shot Gun Merit Badge Clinic Registration Form

Scout’s Name:________________________________ Age:________

Phone: ( ___________ ) ____________________________________

Address:_________________________________________________

City, State, Zip:___________________________________________

Adult Contact Name:______________________________________

Phone: ( ___________ ) ____________________________________

Troop #:__________ District:___________

For more information: Contact Lori Gooding, Finance Director & Event Coordina-tor, at (816) 942-9333 ext: 154Make checks payable to HOAC, 10210 Holmes Rd., Kansas City, MO 64131

WHAT IS AN ?It’s Camping!It’s Activities!It’s Advancement!It’s Equipment!It’s What You Want To Do!

4. INCOME PLANNER Next, calculate the amount of popcorn your Unit and each Scoutneed to sell to meet your budget.

$ ___________ __________ % = $ ___________

$ ___________ ___________ = $ ___________

$ ___________ $ __________ = $ ___________

(D) Income Needed fromPopcorn Sale

PopcornCommission%

UnitSale Goal

Per ScoutSale Goal

AverageContainer Price*National Average

Container GoalPer Scout

Numberof Scouts

Per ScoutSale Goal

UnitSale Goal

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Shotgun Merit BadgeClinic

Tony Adams & Friends Sporting Clays for Scouting

May 16th & 17th

ADVENTURES IN SCOUTINGPublished January, February, March, April, May, June/July, August, September, October, Novem-ber/December by the Heart of America Council, Boy Scouts of America. Mailed without chargeto all Cubmasters, assistant Cubmasters, den leaders, den leader coaches, Tiger Cub den lead-ers, Webelos leaders, Scoutmasters, assistant Scoutmasters, Team Coaches, Explorer Advisors,assistant Explorer Advisors, Venturing crew leaders, unit chairmen, chartered organizationrepresentatives, district committee, all commissioners, all board members, and can be found onour website, www.hoac-bsa.org

PRESIDENTJohn D. Hunkeler, MD

VICE PRESIDENTSClifford W. IlligThomas J. McCulloughDebra K. TurpinDavid J. ZimmerE. Frank Ellis

TREASURERStephen M. Clifford

LEGAL COUNSELDavid A. Fenley

COUNCIL COMMIS-SIONERRichard T. Boeshaar

SCOUT EXECUTIVEJames J. Terry

EDITORLori Gooding

1. BRAINSTORMING First order of business; get your Scouts together and come up with activityideas. Have fun with it!

2. ACTIVITY CALENDAR Next, plan your year, and be sure to include your Scouts in the process.

Month/Activity No. Boys Cost/Boy Total CostApr. ________–_________ / ____________________ ______ $ ______ $ _______May ________–_________ / ____________________ ______ $ ______ $ _______Jun. ________–_________ / ____________________ ______ $ ______ $ _______Jul. ________–_________ / ____________________ ______ $ ______ $ _______Aug. ________–_________ / ____________________ ______ $ ______ $ _______Sep. ________–_________ / ____________________ ______ $ ______ $ _______Oct. ________–_________ / ____________________ ______ $ ______ $ _______Nov. ________–_________ / ____________________ ______ $ ______ $ _______Dec. ________–_________ / ____________________ ______ $ ______ $ _______Jan. ________–_________ / ____________________ ______ $ ______ $ _______Feb. ________–_________ / ____________________ ______ $ ______ $ _______Mar. ________–_________ / ____________________ ______ $ ______ $ _______

(A) Total Activity Plan $ __________

Add up your Unit’s income from sources other than popcorn, below.

Registration Fees $ _______________

New Member Initiation Fees $ _______________

Dues $ _______________

Other Income $ _______________

(C) Total Income other than from Popcorn $ _______________

Now, subtract your Unit’s income from sources other than popcorn (C) from your total Unitexpenses (B) to find the Income Required from Popcorn (D) .

(B) Total Unit Expenses $ _______________

Minus (C) Total Income Other than Popcorn $ _______________

= (D) Total Income Needed from Popcorn Sales $ _______________

EquipmentCurrent Needs $ _______________

2-3 Year Needs $ _______________

OperatingPopcorn Fast Start Prizes $ _______________

Mailing & Postage $ _______________

Miscellaneous Items $ _______________

(B) Total Unit Expenses $ __________

3. BUDGET PLANNER Now, add other Unit expenses to the activities you and your Scoutshave planned for the year.

(A) Total Activity Plan $ _______________

ScoutRegistration, Insurance $ _______________

Boy’s Life $ _______________

Uniforms $ _______________

Advancements $ _______________

Religious Emblems $ _______________

LeaderAdult Training $ _______________

Adult Leader Registration $ _______________

Recognition Awards - Adults $ _______________

6 • April 2003 • Adventures in Scouting

trainings are also this month. Please see thecalendar for details. Flyers have been sent bymail and available at Roundtables. For moreinformation, please contact Charlene Naylor at(816) 795-0180 or Frances Hunley at (816)942-9333.

We Want To Hear About You!We want to know about activities that are

going on in your unit! This newsletter is agreat way to celebrate accomplishments andevents that take place in your pack, troop,crew, or post. We want to hear what you aredoing and share it with our scouting friends.

Klondike DerbyThe chili was hot, the snow was cold, and it

was a perfect day to be outside. The 2003Klondike Derby was another great day of funand friendly competition for Beautiful BlueElk scouts. A total of 807 people came outover the weekend, 693 as scouts and 114 onstaff. Twenty-seven units camped out onenight and 4 units camped on both Friday andSaturday. The boys had a great time partici-pating in the tomahawk throw, shooting pelletguns, cooking, and many other fun activities.A big thank you to everyone who served onstaff, helped on the planning committee,donated items, served as a leader, or just spenttime with the scouts. A special thanks goes toRandy Cooper for serving as the Klondikechair again this year. It could not be donewithout everyone working together for theboys.

2003 Annual LeaderRecognition Dinner

The District Dinner was held February 7that Westminster Hall in Independence and wasa big success. Approximately 245 peopleattended the annual event, the largest turnoutyet. The Master of Ceremonies, Larry Mooreof Channel 9 News, did a great job of enter-taining the crowd and told some of his ownpersonal Scouting stories. Highlights of theevening included special presentations toSilent Service, Scouter Spirit, DistinguishedCommissioner, and Award of Merit winners.This year’s Paul Arend Award recipient wasGene Pittman of troop 1492. The eveningalso included district reports and recognitionof quality units, district leadership, andtenured Scouters. A great slide show presenta-tion included a history of the Blue Elk districtname, recognition of 2002 Eagle Scouts, andpictures of leaders and youth. A huge thankyou goes out to the Dinner committee and itschair, Scott Howell. It was a night to remem-ber because of all the hard work that the adultleaders in this district do. Watch for picturesin the next newsletter.

Adventures in Cubman –Day Camp News

It’s a bird, it’s a plane, it’s Cubman! Haveyou signed up for Day Camp yet this year? Ifyour answer is no, then you are missing out.This year’s theme, Adventures in Cubman,promises to be even more fun and exciting forall cub scouts in our district. Blue Elk DayCamp will be held June 16-20 at GeorgeOwens Nature Park. Pack promotions havebeen taking place and boys are starting to getgeared up for camp. The Art Contest due dateis April 3rd. Please have scouts submit theirpictures to your Pack Day Camp Coordinatorin time to have it turned in at the April 3rd

Roundtable. The District Registration Day isSaturday, April 5th. This will be a time foryour pack to sign up before the Early Bird CutOff on April 11th. Details have beenannounced at Roundtable. T-shirt orders aredue by April 30, 2003. Please contact AllenFails at (816) 228-7539 or [email protected] to place your order.Another date to mark on your calendar is Sat-urday, May 17th. This is Waling Leader Train-ing day, a must for all walking leaders in yourpack. You will be given a packet of informa-tion that tells you everything about Day Campand how the week will run. For more infor-mation, please contact Allen Fails, Zula Smithat (816) 833-1315, or Frances Hunley at (816)942-9333.

Community Service DayDon’t forget – Saturday, April 12th is the

Council-wide Community Service Day.Whether you signed up for a local food drive,an area clean-up, or some other good turn, allacts of good will will be appreciated. Part ofbeing a scout is doing a good turn, so pleasetake the time to think of others and give backto your community. If you have any picturesof your event or an interesting project that youwould like to submit to this newsletter, pleasecontact Frances Hunley at [email protected].

Boy Scout Leader TrainingBoy Scout leader trainings have been tak-

ing place in Blue Elk. Troop Committee train-ing will take place April 1st and OutdoorLeader Skills is April 11th and 12th. Flyershave been handed out at Roundtable. Formore information about Boy Scout leadertraining, please contact Phil Gramlich at (816)478-3012 or Ross Pfannenstiel at (816) 942-9333. The Council website also lists trainingdates and is a great resource for a lot of othercouncil and district information. The councilwebsite address is www.hoac-bsa.org.

Eagle Board of ReviewsEagle Boards of Review are conducted at

monthly Roundtable meetings. Please callLeonard Jones at (B) (816) 471-5584 or(H)(816) 228-4690 at least two weeks beforethe Roundtable that you wish to have theEagle Board of Review.

Congratulations to the 2003District Award WinnersSilent ServiceChristine Bristow, Marsha Bullard, RobertClothier, Charles Triplett, Marion Bauer

Scouter’s SpiritSharon Brayer, Sharon Meyer, Jackie Hath-horn, Danny Jackson, Robert Rennison, Donald Schaefer

Distinguished CommissionersJoe Mikula and David Meyer

Award of MeritDavid Rock, Donna Minnick, Travis Guest,Kevin Jenkins, Tim Meng, Lloyd Enke, Scott Howell, Sr.

Paul Arend AwardRoy Eugene “Gene” Pittman

Cub Scout Leader TrainingCub Scout trainings are coming up soon!

Reservations have been taken for bothBALOO (Basic Adult Leader Outdoor Orien-tation) and Webelos Leader Outdoor training.Both are being offered on April 5th at BeaconHeights Community of Christ Church. NewLeader Essentials and Cub Scout Specific

April1 Troop Committee Training, 6:30pm – 10:00pm, Beacon Heights Community of

Christ Church, 19402 E. Holke Road Independence, MO3 7:00pm Boy Scout Roundtable, 7:30pm Cub Scout & Venturing Roundtable /

Order of the Arrow Chapter Meeting / Eagle Boards of Review / Youth Protec-tion Training / Leader and Safety Training – Bingham 7th Grade Center, 1716 S.Speck Road Independence, MO

5 BALOO Training, 8:00am (registration at 7:30am), Beacon Heights Communityof Christ Church, 19402 E. Holke Road Independence, MO

5 Webelos Leader Outdoor Training, 8:00am (registration at 7:30am), BeaconHeights Community of Christ Church, 19402 E. Holke Road Independence, MO

5 Day Camp District Registration Day10 Commissioner’s Meeting, 7:30pm, Liberty Street Community of Christ Church,

416 N. Liberty Street Independence, MO10-11 Boy Scout Outdoor Leader Skills Training, Starts Friday at 6:00pm, Ends Satur-

day approximately 4:30pm, Beacon Heights Community of Christ Church,19402 E. Holke Road Independence, MO

12 Community Service Day15 New Leader Essentials, 7:00pm, Methodist Church of Oak Grove

300 SE 15th Street, Oak Grove, MO22 Cub Scout Specific Training, 7:00pm, Methodist Church of Oak Grove

300 SE 15th Street, Oak Grove, MO

May1 7:00pm Boy Scout Roundtable, 7:30pm Cub Scout & Venturing Roundtable /

Order of the Arrow Chapter Meeting / Eagle Boards of Review / Youth Protec-tion Training / Merit Badge Counselor Training – Bingham 7th Grade Center,1716 S. Speck Road Independence, MO

3 Cub Scout Olympics, Events begin at 9:00am, James Bridger Athletic Field,18200 E. M 78 Hwy., Independence, MO

8 Commissioner’s Meeting, 7:30pm, Liberty Street Community of Christ Church,416 N. Liberty Street Independence, MO

15 District Committee Meeting, 7:30pm, Pioneer Ridge 6th Grade Center, 1656 S.Speck Road Independence, MO

17 Day Camp Walking Leader Training, 7:00am – Noon, George Owens Nature Park– Upper Shelter, 1601 S. Speck Road

Calendar of Events

BLUE ELK 2003 DISTRICT LEADERSHIPDistrict Chair: Bill Esry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . H816-833-1416District Commissioner: Ron Karst . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . H816-229-6381Vice Chair of Program: Marvin Sands . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . H816-373-1212Vice Chair of Operations: John Thornton . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . H816-242-2255Vice Chair of HR: Aaron Guest . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B816-201-1038FOS Chair: Roberta Coker . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . H816-373-5191Growth/ Membership: Margaret Johnson . . . . . . . . . . . . H816-373-8213Advancement: Scott Howell . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . H816-796-3747Training: Tom Newhard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . H816-254-6447Camping: Jim Todd . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . H816-228-4081Activities: Steve Cox . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . H816-625-8150Communications: Jeff Lawhon . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . H816-228-9203Special Needs: Louise Rissler . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . H816-228-1254NESA: Bob Overly . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . H816-795-7665District Director: Steve Roberts . . . . . . . . . . . . . B816-942-9333x151Senior District Executive: Ross Pfannenstiel . . . . . . . . . . B816-942-9333x164District Executive: Frances Hunley . . . . . . . . . . . . B816-942-9333x183Steve Roberts, [email protected] Pfannenstiel, [email protected] Hunley, [email protected]

If you have any stories, celebrations, or funmoments to share, please email a short write-up to Frances Hunley at [email protected] make sure that all of your information iscorrect and that the individuals mentionedconsent. We will try to include as much of theinformation as our district page will allow. Wehope to hear from you soon!

Friends of ScoutingThere is still time for your unit to schedule

a Friends of Scouting presentation is you havenot done so. We would like to see each andevery unit have a presentation and be given theopportunity to support the Scouting program.

Exploring Division ContactsBryan Bolding – LFL Director, (816) 942-9333 ext. 173, [email protected] Berthot – Senior Exploring Executive, (816) 942-9333 ext. 170, [email protected] Bernhardy – Exploring Executive, (816) 942-9333 ext. 177, [email protected] . . .

Friends of ScoutingThe 2003 Friends of Scouting campaign is

up and running. This is an opportunity to provide financial

support to over 50,000 youth in Kansas City.The support helps to deliver life-changingvalues of Scouting programs and the Learningfor Life programs to youth in our 19-countyarea.

Currently, there are around 4,500 youngmen and women who participate in about100 Explorer Posts in the greater Kansas Cityarea.

The Learning for Life program operates inschools to provide life skills, character andcareer education programs to students ingrades K-12, with enrollment of over 18,000.

If you would like to further support theseprograms financially, and/or have questions

regarding the Friends of Scouting Campaign,then please call the Exploring division at 816-942-9333.

This is a great way to maintain andstrengthen the Learning for Life and Explor-ing promise for Kansas City’s youth of today,and tomorrow.

Super-Activity RequestsTo all posts who are planning a super-

activity this year, just a quick reminder onTour Permits. Each post that is planning totravel outside of the 19-county Heart ofAmerica Council needs to contact us toobtain a Tour Permit form. We ask you toinform us of your post’s plans, as well as,returning the completed form to us. By com-pleting this form, each of us will have an offi-cial copy for our individual files and will

allow us to be informed of your super-activityplans. Thank you for your assistance andunderstanding.

If you have any questions or would like torequest a Tour Permit form, then please callthe Exploring division at 816-942-9333.These forms can also be found in the “Guideto Safe Learning for Life Activities”.

Cluster ActivitiesWe will be looking to hold “Spring Cluster

Activities” this spring for each career cluster inExploring. We are open to suggestions andwould love to have in-put and help settingthese activities up.

These activities will consist of specific careerrelated activities related to each Exploring clus-ter (i.e. Arts and Communications, Businessand Law, etc….). These events could rangefrom project competitions between posts, pre-sentations given and exchanged between posts,or even re-inacted/mock situational events.

A meeting will be held with all Clusterchairs and Exploring advisors this early spring

to discuss and brainstorm this activity. A directmailing to all advisors will be conducted withinformation regarding this meeting and thespring activities.

If you have any questions, feel free to con-tact the Exploring division at 816-942-9333.

TrainingIn order to be successful with any youth

program, adult leader training is essential.Specialized courses have been developed togive every Explorer Post Advisor and everyLearning for Life teacher the required tools tohelp their young people to get the most out ofthe program. Training Courses have beenreconstructed to last 30-45 minutes afterwhich you will be much better equipped tohandle the programming ahead.

For more information or to schedule apersonalized course for your organization,please contact Adam Berthot, Exploring/Learning for Life Training Specialist at 816-942-9333, ext. 170 or email:[email protected].


The Adventures of Cubman Day Camp 2003

Day Camp this year will run from June 9-13. It is not to late to sign up. This will be anexciting Trailhead Day Camp as we exploreone of Johnson County’s newest parks Tim-ber Ridge Adventure Center. Register now,with all the great events and activities plannedfor the “The Adventures of Cubman”, howcould you not attend? If you are interested inhelping out with staff, please contact Pat Har-vey. Come join the fun. For more informa-tion you can reach Pat Harvey at 913-642-4671, or Rob Gilkerson at 816-942-9333.

Webelos Become BoyScouts

Pack 3002 graduated many Webelos on tothe great world of Boys Scouts. The cere-mony was fantastic and left younger boyseager to some day cross over into a Troop. Asmall picture says it all. This ceremony is stillnot too hard for other packs to use. If youhave not already done your cross over cere-mony think out of the box; if you have shareideas and get ready for next year. Preparationmakes the cross over ceremony one toremember, as it should be.

Spring TrainingAs you can see in the calendar section

there are a lot of training events to be heldsoon. If you are new to a position or maybewill be taking over a position soon get yourtraining now. Training will give you the skillsto provide a quality program for the youthand give you ideas to minimize your work-load. All of the dates are in the Calendar Sec-tion; for all of the Trailhead District Trainingdetails visit www.hoac-bsa.org/Districts/Trail-head/.

We SaluteCongratulations to Troop 10 for reaching

their Friends of Scouting goal. Wow! Thankyou for your dedication and support. Whowill be next?

Feature Unit of the Month

Pack 3251 does it all the way as the participatein the Overland Park Parade

Pack 3251 is having an outstandingspring. With lots of new boys and leadersfrom their spring recruitment night they wereone of the first Packs to sign up for DayCamp. The Pack is very excited about having

a great time at “The Adventures of Cubman”Day Camp.

Pack 3251 is participating in almost everyTrailhead and Council. There was quite alarge showing of volunteers at the DistrictDinner.

Pack 3251 is helping set the bar for Com-munity Service Day by doing something out-side of scouting for food. 40 boys will be par-ticipating in Overland Park’s Clean StreamDay. This past year Pack 3251 took on a newinitiative to participate in a service projecteach month. These service projects benefitthe community, church and environment.Some of these projects include making Valen-tines for our service men and women over-seas, canned food drive to help replenish thelocal food pantry for Catholic Charities, pur-chasing hot wheel cars to be given to childrenin the hospital.

2003 Friends of ScoutingCampaign

We are getting close to our goal but westill need the help of everyone. As you knowfrom having presentations in the past, thecost of the Scouting program in the Heart ofAmerica Council is $130.00 per boy, beyondthe cost of registration fees and unit dues.This year our goal is to support _ of the activemembership in your unit at the $130.00level. All units need to select someone fromtheir unit to schedule and coordinate a pre-sentation with either Greg Spies at 913-338-4354, or Rob Gilkerson at the Council ServiceCenter at 816-942-9333 x178. Rememberthat your Friends of Scouting Presentation isgiving money to support the Scouting Pro-gram in Heart of America Council. Themoney you donate is supporting your Scouts.We need your help. Thank you for your sup-port.

April1 Cub Scout Job Specific – 6:30 p.m. – Village Presbyterian Education Center3 District Roundtable – Village Presbyterian Education Center – 7 p.m.3 Eagle Scout Project Review – At Roundtable3 Order of the Arrow Chapter Mtg. – At Roundtable3 Merit Badge Counselor Training – At Roundtable

4-5 Webelos Leader Outdoor Experience Training – Village Presbyterian Education Center8 Boy Scout Job Specific – Session 1 – 7 p.m. - Village Presbyterian Education Center

10 Commissioner’s Mtg. – 7:00 p.m. – Valley View Methodist, 95th & Antioch15 Boy Scout Job Specific – Session 2 – 7 p.m. - Village Presbyterian Education Center15 Outdoor Leader Skills Planning Mtg. – 9:30 p.m. – Village Presbyterian Education

Center16 District Committee Mtg. – 6:30 p.m. – Rolling Hills Presbyterian17 Eagle Board of Review17 Youth Protection Training – 7 p.m. – Latter-Day Saints Church 13025 Wornall22 Boy Scout Job Specific – Session 3 – 7 p.m. - Village Presbyterian Education Center22 Troop Committee Training – 7 p.m. – Village Presbyterian Education Center26-27 Boy Scout Outdoor Leader Skills – Camp Naish

May1 District Roundtable – Village Presbyterian Education Center – 7 p.m.1 Eagle Scout Project Review – At Roundtable1 Order of the Arrow Chapter Mtg. – At Roundtable1 Merit Badge Counselor Training – At Roundtable

2-3 Order of the Arrow Induction Weekend - Naish8 Commissioner’s Mtg. – 7:00 p.m. – Valley View Methodist, 95th & Antioch

15 Eagle Board of Review15 Youth Protection Training – 7 p.m. – Latter-Day Saints Church 13025 Wornall16-17 Order of the Arrow Induction Weekend - Naish21 District Committee Mtg. – 6:30 p.m. – Rolling Hills Presbyterian

Calendar of Events

KEEP THIS INFO CLOSE!IMPORTANT PHONE NUMBERS TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTIONSDistrict Chair Sam Colville . . . . . . . . . . . . (913) 648-7272District Vice-Chair Gus Meyer . . . . . . . . . . . . . (913) 642-3209District Commissioner Marc Elkins . . . . . . . . . . . . (913) 897-2857Activities Co-Chairs Dave Gurwell . . . . . . . . . . . (913) 381-3928

Rusty Wooldridge . . . . . . . . (913) 648-6748Membership Chair Barb Spellman . . . . . . . . . . (913) 894-9229Advancement Chair Herb Strain . . . . . . . . . . . . . (816) 941-8614Camping Chair Chuck Even . . . . . . . . . . . . (913) 649-3836Training Chair Russ Lindsay . . . . . . . . . . . . (913) 649-2956Venturing Scott Worsham . . . . . . . . . . (913) 381-4082Boy Scout Roundtable Dean Carlson . . . . . . . . . . . (913) 681-2852Cub Scout Roundtable Louis Rinke . . . . . . . . . . . . (913) 897-4775

Extensions for your District Executives of Trailhead District @ (816) 942-9333Roger Hoyt, District Director ext. 146 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [email protected] Gilkerson, District Executive ext. 178 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [email protected]


2003 Friends of Scouting

The 2003 Campaign has been goingvery well and thanks to all of the units whohave scheduled and or conducted a Familypresentation. Steven Berko the overallchairman and Keith Sickendick the Familychair have done an outstanding job leadingthis year’s team.

Congratulations to the following unitsfor achieving their goal and earning freerank advancement 85, 425, 3123, and3476. It is not to late for units to earn thisincentive so if you are close keep workingon raising those dollars.

Adventures of Cubman,Day Camp 2003

Day Camp will be the week of June16th thru 20th at the Lewis-Young Park inLouisburg. Jeff Turner (camp director)and Tracy Simon (program director) arepreparing diligently to ensure a qualitysummer program for the Cub Scouts. Ifyou are interested in serving on staff wherethe “real fun” takes place please contact Jeffat 913 851-0747 or [email protected] forfurther information.

Pinewood DerbyOn March 1 the 2nd annual District

Pinewood Derby was held at Stanley Pres-byterian Church. Race fans saw the fastestcars in Red-Tailed Hawk blaze down a 6-lane track provided by Pack 3425. Over70 Cub Scouts took part in this event from23 Packs in the district.

A special thanks to Ed Arndt, TomChaffin, Mike Johnson, Randy Warner,Paul Alters, Gene Lamb, Bridgette Gilson,Susan Lux, and Hal Schmidt for makingthis derby happen. Listed below are the topwinner’s of the day!1. Bradley Lewis 2. Dylan Nofsinger3. Evan Baranowski 4. Jason Messner

April1 Cub Scout Leader Training, 6:30 PM at Olathe Christian Church3 Roundtable, Youth Protection training, Order of the Arrow Chapter

meeting, Merit Badge Counselor training, 7:00 PM 4-5 Boy Scout Leader Training at Olathe Christian Church8 Cub Scout Leader Training, 6:30 PM at Olathe Christian Church

10 Commissioners Meeting, 7:30 PM at MNU Library14 District Committee Meeting, 7:00 PM at Stanley Presbyterian Church17 Eagle Board of Review26-27 Introduction to Outdoor Leader Skills

May1 Roundtable, Youth Protection training, Order of the Arrow Chapter

meeting, Merit Badge Counselor training, 7:00 PM at College Churchof the Nazarene, Family Life Center

8 Commissioners Meeting, 7:30 PM at MNU Library13 District Committee Meeting, 7:00 PM at Stanley Presbyterian Church15 Eagle Board of Review

Calendar of Events

Crew 2052

Recently Camp Bromelsick was host toone of Lawrence’s newest Venturing Crewsand the girls of 2052.

Venturing Crew 2052, which began lastfall, is excited to announce a new home withSt. Margaret’s Episcopal Church. Thanks toJoe and Cille King for their work setting uparrangements with St. Margaret’s and toRaleana McCurdy and her group of girls forbeing a great example of what Scouting isand has to offer our community.

Sign-Up for the Pelathe-LSign up by going to

http://pelathe.lawrence.ks.us and clickingon the Subscribe/Unsubscribe link.

Cub Scout Day Camp – Adventures of CubmanJune 9th – 13th 2003

Mon., Tues., Wed., Thur., Fri., 8:15 AM to 2:15 PMThursday Family Night Activities 6:00 PM to 8:00 PM

Day Camp will once again provide a funfilled night of games, booths, and informationfor the whole family. Please bring your lawnchairs, blankets, and a picnic dinner to enjoy aswe take you through the Adventures of Cubman!

E-mail Pelathe Day Camp Director RalenaMcCurdy at [email protected] or call herat (785) 542-3050 for information on how to bea part of the 2003 Pelathe Cub Scout Day Camp.

2003 Pelathe District Operating CommitteeDistrict Chairman Tom Sheely . . . . . . . . . . . . . 785-842-9662 / [email protected] Commissioner Ken Baldwin . . . . . . 785-842-9666 / [email protected] Committee Chairmen

Activities Mike McCurdy . . . . . . 785-542-3050 / [email protected] Keith Wood . . . . . . . . 785-841-7208 / [email protected]

Camping Pat Donahue . . . . . . . . . . . 785-842-5589 / [email protected] of Scouting Kip Grosshans . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 785-841-4954 / [email protected] Casey Jones . . . . . . . . . . . . . 913-301-3550 / [email protected] Executive Curtis Neal Harris . . 816-942-9333 x161 / [email protected]

KEEP THIS INFO CLOSE!IMPORTANT PHOME NUMBERS TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTIONSDistrict Chairman Mike Smid . . . . . . . . . . . . . 913-685-8838District Commissioner Ray Morrison . . . . . . . . . . . 913 764-4107District Vice-Chair Keith Sickendick . . . . . . . . . 913 685-1870District Camping Chairman John Jones . . . . . . . . . . . . . 913 897-5567District Activities Chairman Gene Lamb . . . . . . . . . . . . . 913 780-3431District Membership Nancy Chapman . . . . . . . . 913 829-0366Boy Scout Roundtable Dave Weerts . . . . . . . . . . . . 913 829-1321Cub Roundtable Paula Champion . . . . . . . . . 913 764-9482District Executive Jason Ballew . . . . . . . . 816 942-9333 x182

TrainingFor more training information contact Pelathe District Training Committee Chair-

man, Casey Jones, at 913-301-3550 or [email protected].

PELATHE DISTRICT BASIC LEADER TRAINING SESSIONS, SPRING 2003:

New Leader Essentials (all leaders) 1 hour 3 0 minutes March 12, 20037:00 PM @ Sauer Danfoss Fee $1.00

Cub Scout Leader Specific Training:Tiger Cub den leaders 2 hours 35 minutes March 12, 20037:00 PM @ Troop 55 Cabin Fee $1.00Cub Scout den leaders 2 hours 40 minutes March 19, 20037:00 PM @ Troop 55 Cabin Fee $1.00Webelos Den Leaders 2 hours 45 minutes March 26, 20037;00 PM @ Troop 55 Cabin Fee $1.00Cubmasters and Assistant Cubmasters 2 hours 40 minutes March 27, 20037:00 PM @ Troop 55 Cabin Fee $1.00Pack committee members 2 hours 40 minutes April 10, 20037:00 PM @ Troop 55 Cabin Fee $1.00

Boy Scout Leader Specific Training: Scoutmasters and assistant Scoutmasters 3 sessions (2.5 hr each) March 22, 20039:00 AM to 4:30 PM @ Troop 55 Cabin Fee $1.00Troop committee member’s 3 hours April 23, 20037:00 PM @ Sauer Danfoss Fee $1.00

Venturing Leader Specific Training: Crew advisors and committee 5 hours April 19, 20038:30 AM @ Troop 55 Cabin Fee $1.00

Introduction to Outdoor Skills: (All three sessions required for Completion)7:00 PM April 9, 2003, @ Sauer Danfoss Fee $10.00 for all three sessions plus $1.00

patrol dues at each session 8:00 AM April 12 thru 1:00 PM April 13, 2003 @ Camp Bromelsick (Overnight camp on 12)8:00 AM April 26 thru 1:00 PM April 27, 2003@ Camp Bromelsick (Overnight camp on 26

ALL FEES ARE DUE AT REGISTRATION FOR EACH TRAINING SESSION INCASH (NO CHECKS)

Some Locations may have to be CHANGED AND will be announced at roundtable

Troop 55 Cabin is located at 1024 Kasold Dr. Lawrence, KSSauer Danfoss is located at 3840 E. Greenway Drive in Green Hills Business Park,

Lawrence, KS

April3 3rd Roundtable, 7:30 PM, 1st Chris-

tian Church, 10th and Kentucky17 District Committee Meeting, 7:00

PM, Land Plan Engineering, 1310Wakarusa Drive

May8 Roundtable, 7:30 PM, 1st Christian

Church, 10th and Kentucky22 District Committee Meeting, 7:00

PM, Land Plan Engineering, 1310Wakarusa Drive

Calendar of Events


April3 Cub/Boy Scout Leader Roundtable

– 7:00 p.m., Clark Middle School,Bonner Springs, KS

5 Day Camp Staff Training10 District Committee Meeting – 7: 00

p.m., BPU, 300 N. 65th St.,Kansas City, KS

12 Council-Wide “Community ServiceDay”

17 Commissioner Staff Meeting –7:00 p.m., Lansing High School,Lansing, KS

May1 Cub/Boy Scout Leader Roundtable

– 7:00 p.m., Clark Middle School,Bonner Springs, KS

8 District Committee Meeting – 7:00p.m., BPU, 300 N. 65Th St.,Kansas City, KS

15 Commissioner Staff Meeting –7:00 p.m., Lansing High School,Lansing, KS

24 Memorial Day Service Project

Calendar of Events

raising effort of the Heart of America Coun-cil to finance the operational needs of theScouting program in the 19 counties ofwestern Missouri and eastern Kansas. Themoney ensures that Scouting is healthy andvital. To ensure success in a campaign ofthis magnitude, we need the support of allof our families, leaders, and alumni. Aheartfelt thank you is in order to the follow-ing units that participated in Friends ofScouting this year.

PACKS – 3001, 3005, 3020, 3022,3045, 3075, 3140, 3149, 3160, 3164,3165, 3167, 3169, 3174, 3211, 3304,3418, 3740

TROOPS – 1, 5, 22, 27, 34, 45, 66,144, 149, 160, 165, 167, 173, 176, 211,347, 357, 366, 740.

Summer Camp3/4 of Scouting is outing and Summer

Camp is approaching fast. Although, the

camp draws have been conducted, there isstill space in camp. Planning is the key to agreat summer camp experience. Every Scoutdeserves the opportunity to attend SummerCamp. Campership is available for boyswho cannot afford to attend. Scoutmasterscan pick up medical forms from the CouncilService Center.

Day Camp PromotionJune 23-27, 2003 is the dates for Kaw

District’s Day Camp. This year’s theme is“The Adventures of Cubman.” We haveexciting stations and activities planned around this theme to capture the imaginationand to stimulate personal growth of all par-ticipants. Every Cub Scout leader was

mailed a Day Camp promotional guidedesigned to inform and generate interest inattending this weeklong camp. For addi-tional information, or to volunteer to serveon staff t his year, call Marvin Clay at 1-800-776-1110.

RoundtableRoundtables are a form of commissioner

service and supplemental training for volun-teers at the unit level. It serves as a source ofinformation on events and training, and anopportunity to share experiences and enjoyfellowship with other unit leaders. Round-tables provide unit leaders with skills, tech-niques, and program ideas to enhance thequality of their meetings. Having said that,Roundtables are held on the first Thursdayof every month at 7:00 p.m. The locationfor the Roundtables is Robert Clark MiddleSchool in Bonner Springs, KS. Please makean effort to participate in these informativesessions, which are designed to assist unitlevel leadership in program development.

Friends of ScoutingFriends of Scouting is the annual fund-

KAW District CommitteeCub Training Coordinator VacantBoy Scout Training Coordinator Rick Lockwood . . . . . . . . . . . (913) 758-3555Youth Protection Training Nancy Henre . . . . . . . . . . . . . (913) 369-2726Vice Chairman, Program Mark Warnick . . . . . . . . . . . . (913) 268-6260Membership Chair Dan Hammond . . . . . . . . . . . (913) 651-4885Activities Chair VacantAdvancement Chair Sharlet Untereiner . . . . . . . . . (913) 651-3436Camping Chair Bob Zahnter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (913) 371-1574Sr. District Executive Dusty Boatright . . . . . (816) 942-9333 ext 167Sr. District Executive Marvin Clay . . . . . . . (816) 942-9333 ext 165District Director Charles Flowers . . . . . (816) 942-9333 ext 149

Pioneer Trails District CommitteeChairman: David Disney . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (H) 816-753-0438Vice Chairman: Fred DeFeo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (H) 816-942-0675Vice Chairman: Dennis Cross . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (H) 816-444-7989Commissioner: Bruce Allen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (H) 816-361-8159Camping Chair: Jay Reed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (H) 816-228-4438Advancement: Lloyd Lazarus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (H) 816-842-8174Special Needs: Carole Gaither . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (H) 816523-5380Membership: Julie Hill . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (H) 816-361-3385Training: Norman Kahn . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (H) 913-341-4792District Director Matt Gettys . . . . . . . . . . . . 816-942-9333, ext. 171Senior Dis. Director Roman Lee . . . . . . . . . . . . . 816-942-9333, ext. 147District Executive Brian Tobler . . . . . . . . . . . . 816-942-9333, ext. 185

Running for a Touch DownOur next play will get us to the goal

line. The 2003 Friends of Scouting cam-paign is at full speed and at the 20-yardline, putting us closer to VICTORY! TheHeart of America Council and the PioneerTrails District depends upon its “players” tosupport the Scouting program.

Each unit is asked to set a date for a pre-sentation to fans. This could take place ata Blue and Gold Banquet, Court of Honor,or where a large number ofparent(s)/guardian(s) are present. You mayalso want to appoint a unit Friends ofScouting Chair to coordinate your FOSCampaign. Unit presentations can bescheduled with Steve Livingston at 816-395-2774. Contributions of any amountare welcome and appreciated.

Community Service DayEveryone is encouraged to take his or

her “GOOD TURN” by participating inthe council’s “Scouting for Food 2003”.The GOOD TURN drive will be held onApril1 5th and April 12th. Troops andpacks are required to distribute bags to allarea homes on April 5th containing infor-mation on collecting non-perishable fooditems such as chunky soups, peanut butter,

stews and canned meats. On Saturday,April 12th, Scouts will retrieve the filledbags from neighborhood families. Thefood will then be taken to the local foodpantries. For the year 2003, our goal is tohave 60 units participate and to collect25,000 pounds of food. Let’s beat lastyear’s participation of 49 units, which col-lected 20,000 pounds of food

Extreme Ford

Bob Balderston of Extreme Ford is tosponsor the Pioneer Trails Spring Recruit-ment. Bob, a registered adult leader inTroop 59, has teamed up with Julie Hill,the Pioneer Trails District MembershipChair. Together they will work to recruitover 500 new Cub Scouts, Boy Scouts andVenturers. To assist with your recruitmentefforts, contact Julie Hill at 816-361-3385.

Every Boy Deserves a TrainedLeader

If you have not attended training in thelast four years, get ready, get set, GO! Del-

egate yourself to become a trained leader.It is an essential step for you, your Scouts,and for your fellow Scouters. This enlight-enment is for all adults leading Packs,Troops, or Crews. This means all Scout-masters, Assistant Scoutmasters, Cubmas-ters, Den Leaders, Webelos Leaders andTiger Leaders.

Sign up for the upcoming PioneerTrails 2003 Spring Scout Leader Basic

Training Course:Basic Leader Training

April 12, April 30Overnight May 3 & 4

To sign up for Training contact: Nor-man Kahn at 913-341-4792

Spring EventMike Grimaldi and his team put on a

fabulous spring event this year. Boys andtheir leaders had a wonderful time. Thankyou to those that helped to make this eventa success.

Adventures of CubmanNeed a vacation

Attention all “jet setters”, note your cal-endars, pack your bags! You are about toembark on a fascinating journey for onefull week. The Pioneer Trails Day Camphosts this global event for kids. Camp willtake place at Knotts Elementary School,June 9-13. Travelers will shoot BB guns,bows and arrows, work on Cub Scoutactivity badges, cook out, sing songs, learnabout nature, make crafts, play games andmuch, much more. Attending camp is anexcellent Scouting experience, and it helpsyour unit earn the Quality Unit and Sum-mertime Pack Award. Make your 1st classreservation by April 11th and receive thisyears’ early bird prize along with the campT-shirt and patch. This adventure-filledtrip is only $45.00 per Scout. All reserva-

tions must be confirmed and tickets pur-chased by May 9, 2003 to avoid a $15.00late fee per boy. Also, if any additional pas-senger(s) would like to come along andassist our tour guides, or if additional itin-erary information is needed, contact LisaKessler at 816-333-9393.

Your passport must include a healthinformation form.

Special travel agent note: You mustreserve your flight as a pack, NOT an indi-vidual.

April3 District Roundtable, 7:30 p.m.,

Central United MethodistChurch - 5144 Oak

8 District Commissioner’s Meet-ing, St. Andrews EpiscopalChurch – 64th & Wornall Road

12 Basic Leader Training, DistrictCommittee Meeting, VFWNational Headquarters - 3400Broadway

30 Basic Leader Training

May1 District Roundtable, 7:30 p.m.

Central United MethodistChurch – 5144 Oak

3 Basic Leader Training –Overnight

4 Basic Leader Training -Overnight

13 District Commissioner’s Meet-ing St. Andrews Catholic Church– 64th & Wornall

20 District Committee Meeting,VFW National Headquarters –3400 Broadway

Calendar of Events

Members of Cub Scout Pack #3304learned what it takes to put together acommunity newspaper during a tourearlier this week at The Piper Press.

Members on the tour included (back row,left to right) Shawn McBratney, Jake Wag-ner, Joey Davis, Rob Wall, Gordon Shel-don, Charles Mayfield; (front row, left toright) Jared Davis, Conner McBratney,Sam Wagner, Mark Stimach and EvanDoyle.


April SalutesThis Month in the Eagle Salute Spotlight

The Northern Tier District is proud topresent our newest Eagle Scouts JustinLake of Troop 93, Josh Romerman ofTroop 351, Bobby Gillenwater of Troop299, Logan Cochran & Christ Bubler ofTroop 54, and Jordan Miles of Troop 194.Congratulations to you all from yourNorthern Tier District Committee and theHeart of America Council. We Salute You!

Troop 93 & Their skiingAdventures

Over President’s Day weekend, 39members (24 Scouts and 15 Adults) ofTroop 93, Shawnee, Kansas enjoyed a fan-tastic weekend of skiing at Winter ParkColorado. Everyone had a great time,whether it was skiing, going on snowshoetours or snow-cat tours. The weather wasgreat and the snow conditions were awe-some. While there, we met several otherHOAC troops and representatives includ-ing a group from Troop 256, the CouncilVenture group, and several HOAC execu-tives. We had a great time, wish you couldhave gone. What a great adventure for alltroops wanting an adventure.

Congratulations to ourNorthern Tier 2003 Friendsof Scouting Goal AchieversRandall Hutchison and Pack 3294Bob Chapman and Pack 3751 Phil Park and Pack 3493Kelly Bridenstine with Pack 3648, Troop648, Crew 2648, Team 6648. George Gille and Dean Taylor with Pack3584, Troop 584, Crew 2584, Team 6584Stephen Barnhouse with Pack 3439, Troop439, Crew 2439, and Team 6439Tom Hoover and Troop 185Max Waddell and Troop 189Bill Huff and Troop 247Randy Jones and Troop 393Gene Tesson and Troop 194

Who will be the next unit to reach their

Friends of Scouting Goal and receive FreeRank Advancement to December 31,2003? Way to go!

Webelos on Wheels 2003WOW just keeps getting better and

better! February 8th at CommunityCovenant Church Webelos on Wheelshosted over 190 Webelos for yet anothergreat day of Science and intrigue. Therewas everything from floating hovercrafts tothings you thought you saw that you reallydidn’t see. The boys became human gyro-scopes, tested Bernoulli's Law, created tor-nadoes, and learned about water pressure,among other things. It was a fantastic day.Thank you to Paul Ginther, the Chairmanand creator of Webelos on Wheels and allof his wonderful volunteers that did every-thing from teaching the classes to registra-tion to logistics. Great job to everyone anda Northern Tier Salute.

2003 Blue and Gold Ceremonies

Tis the season for Blue and Gold CubScout Ceremonies. And there were someawesome and exciting ceremonies to see. Ionly wish I could have been there for everyone of them. Northern Tier wants tosalute all the fantastic Cub Scout Packs fortheir enormous dedication to the advance-ment of their Cub Scouts and the wonder-ful programs this year brought. Thank youto each and every Cub Master, DenLeader, Committee Member, parent andthe list goes on and on of those that are soclosely involved with our young CubScouts. We celebrate all that you do.

KEEP THIS INFO CLOSE!IMPORTANT PHONE NUMBERS TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTIONSDistrict Chairman Skip Peavey . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (913) 661-9999District Vice- Chairman Bill Henderson . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (913) 268-6260District Commissioner Mark Warnick . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (913)-268-6260District Activities Chairman Steve Springer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (913) 631-4215District Advancement Chairman Judy Tuckness . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (913) 268-9996District Camping Chairman Gene Adams . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (913) 362-4509District Membership Chairman Wendy Richardson . . . . . . . . . . . . . (785) 869-2056District Fall Round Up Chairman Regina Scarsella . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (913) 268-3479District Program Chairman Steve Brady . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (913) 362-8441District Training Chairman Judy Yeager . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (913) 362-2029Cub Scout Training Coordinator Dave Sultz . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (913)-381-7824Boy Scout Training Coordinator John Forsyth . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (913)-341-5061Boy Scout Training Coordinator Danny Kamphaus . . . . . . . . . . . . . (913)-236-9325Youth Protection and Safety Judy Yeager . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (913)-362-2029Training Registrar Bob Wasser . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (913)-631-2702District Cub Scout Roundtable

Commissioner Lori Kearns . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (913) 583-1011District Cub Scout Co-Chairman

Commissioner Dave Sultz . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (913) 381-7824District Boy Scout Roundtable

Commissioner Ron Bonewits . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (913) 631-2165Venturing Roundtable Commissioner Gordon Kauffman . . . . . . . . . . . . . (913)-677-3080District Executive Lisa Hayes . . . . . . . . . . . . (816) 942-9333 ext: 172

[email protected]

April3 Roundtable, Village Presbyterian

Church, 7:00 p.m.4-5 Webelos Leader Outdoor Experience

Begins at 8:00a.m. on Friday Loca-tion TBA

10 District Committee Meeting, Commu-nity Covenant Church, 7230 QuiveraRd., 6:30 p.m.

10 District Commissioner’s Meeting,7:30 p.m.

12 Council Community Service Day17 District Eagle Board of Reviews, LDS

Church, 7845 Allman, 6:30 p.m.26 Super Saturday Training, Shawnee

United Methodist Church, 10700Johnson Drive

May1 Roundtable, Village Presbyterian

Church, 7:00 p.m.3 Basic Adult Leader Outdoor Orienta-

tion Begins at 9:00 a.m. LocationTBA, (For Den Leaders, Cubmastersand Outdoor Activities Chairman)

8 District Committee Meeting, Commu-nity Covenant Church, 7230 QuiveraRd., 6:30 p.m.

8 District Commissioner’s Meeting,7:30 p.m.

13 Youth Protection Training ShawneeMission United Methodist Church10700 Johnson Dr., Registrationopens 30 minutes prior to class timeBegins promptly at 7:00 p.m.

15 District Eagle Board of Reviews, LDSChurch, 7845 Allman, 6:30 p.m.

Calendar of Events

Super SaturdayIs an opportunity for all Scout Leaders to par-ticipate in any or all of the following trainingevents:

8:00-9:10 a.m.Youth Protection Training - Required for allScout Leaders to be basic trained. (Youth Pro-tection for Venturing Leaders is provided aspart of their Basic Training Course.)

9:20 – 10:50 a.m.Health & Safety - Recommended for allScout Leaders, especially those involved intransporting Scouts.

11:00 – 11:40 a.m.Trek Safely – Policies and proceduresinvolved in planning a trekking activity foryour unit. Recommended for Boy Scout andVenturing Leaders.

11:40-12:10 p.m.LUNCH

12:20-1:00 p.m.Climb on Safely - Designed to acquaint lead-ers with the BSA's recommended procedurefor organizing safe climbing and rappellingactivities for units at both natural sites andspecially designed facilities. This is not a cer-tification course. Recommended for Scoutersin all levels of the program.

1:10-1:50 p.m.Safety Afloat - Will help Scouters understandand appreciate the most important and essen-tial elements of aquatics safety and teachthem how to organize and conduct a safe unitactivity afloat. Recommended for leaders inCubs, Boy Scouts, Varsity Scouting and Ven-turing.

2:00-2:50 a.m.Safe Swim Defense - Procedures on how toconduct a safe unit swim under unit leader-ship. Recommended for leaders in Cubs, BoyScouts, Varsity Scouting and Venturing.

3:00-3:30 p.m.Snorkeling - Policies and procedures involvedin planning a snorkeling activity for yourunit. Recommended for all Scout Leaders.

3:40-4:10 p.m.Cave Exploring - Policies and proceduresinvolved in planning a caving activity foryouth 14 years of age or older. Recommendedfor Boy Scout and Venturing Leaders.

4:20-4:50 p.m.Bike Safety - Policies and procedures involvedin planning a unit biking activity. Recom-mended for all Scout Leaders.

Remember, training is for ADULTS NO children allowed


Cub Day CampThe Adventures of Cubman are well

underway! Day Camp will be at John KnoxVillage again this year. The cost will be$45.00 for the session (if paid in full byApril 11-So pay early!!). We are working onprogram and activities for scouts of all agesto enjoy. BOY SCOUTS are encouraged towork as Junior Staff (idea for communityservice hours!!). Start planning for yoursummer Adventure with Cubman. CallChad Wyancko at 816-942-9333 ext 162 forquestions and further information.

TrainingThe training teams are hard at work

training as many volunteers as they can.Don’t let these opportunities pass you by.Make sure you get signed up for training ifyou are not currently trained in your posi-tion. A trained leader will provide a betterprogram for your scouts and will keep themexcited about scouting. Take advantage ofthe training opportunities and keep yourpack or troop healthy and growing. Markthese dates in your calendar and watch forflyers at roundtable and on the council web-site at www.hoac-bsa.org. If you have anyquestions concerning training contact eitherthe trainer or David Riker at the CouncilService Center at 816-942-9333 ext. 174.Remember, every youth deserves a trainedleader.

2003 Friends of ScoutingThe Friends of Scouting campaign is fast

nearing its completion. The completion dategoal is May 7th. Thanks goes out to all that

spring is the time to get boys signed up. Thepurpose of recruiting now is to get as manyboys excited and participating in your unit’sactivities, including the summer campingprograms of the cub scouts and boy scouts.Don’t forget all of those Kindergartenersawaiting June 1st to join scouting so that

2003 Thunderbird District CommitteeChairman Bill Love . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 816-474-4356Commissioner Roger Mantony . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .816-887-3004Vice-Chairman Myrna Frost . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 816-936-5268Activities Barbara Lalk . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 816-356-6963Advancement Mark Grant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 816-358-0612 Camping Keith Gregory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 816-942-6285Membership Fred Bixler . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 816-353-6105 Special Needs Barbara Shaffer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 816-763-3226 Training Kelsie Clark . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 816-430-5654Relationships Mike McCauley . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 816-358-6242Venturing John Boone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 816-779-5389District Director Bob Hamlin . . . . . [email protected] / 816-942-9333, ext 121District Executive David Riker . . . . . . . [email protected] / 816-942-9333, ext 174District Executive Chad Wyancko . . [email protected] / 816-942-9333, ext 162

they can become Tiger Cubs. They are agreat market to recruit from and make yourpack grow. For support in distributing flyersand reserving schools for recruitment nights,please contact the Thunderbird District Staffat 816-942-9333.

R.E.D. Team SuccessPresentations of Religious Emblem

Awards are going very well in Big Muddy.Many Troops and Packs are and have beenencouraging their scouts to work on theseawards. If your pack or Troop would like aR.E.D. Team presentation, call KeithDorsch, Relationships Chairman, at 816-240-8394 or 816-217-7951. Help encour-age the boys in your Pack or Troop to earntheir respective religious study awards byscheduling a Religious Emblems Display(R.E.D. Team) presentation.

Spring CamporeeTroop 153 of Orrick will be hosting the

Big Muddy District Camporee this year inOrrick. The date is April 25,26, and 27.More Details at Roundtable.

Spring RecruitmentWe all know that fall is the typical

recruiting season but recruiting new boys isreally a year-round process. We may looseprospective new scouts if we don’t givethem the opportunity to join in the spring.

There are several Council-sponsored eventsthroughout the summer to keep theseyoungsters active. If you would like someinformation on spring recruitment, pleasecall your District executive.

Big Muddy District DinnerThis years district dinner was held on

February 1, 2003 Thanks again to LouisMautino for coordinating the event andeveryone else that helped with set up, it wasa great night. This year’s dinner was uniquein the fact that the 168th Honor Medalwith Cross Palms was presented to JackieJohnson of Troop 611 in Lexington. Con-gratulations to Jackie, and her dedication tothe 10th point of the Scout Law; Bravery.

Other award recipients:Outstanding District Staff Members:Jim Winningham and Brett CooperOutstanding Den Leader Awards:John and Nina HarrisThe Lee Holt Award: Larry MaxwellThe Robert M. Levy OutstandingScoutmaster Award:Ed Gooseman Troop 317, and AnthonyMiller Troop 243

2003 District Award of Merit Recipients:Thomas Hodson & Donita CochranCongratulations to these and all other

award recipients!! Thanks for all you do to make Scouting

a success in the Big Muddy District.

Big Muddy District CommitteeDistrict Chairman Victor Geiger . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (660) 259-4708District Commissioner Larry Maxwell . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (816) 776-6003FOS Chairman Jim Winningham . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (660) 259-4725Membership Chairman Mac Rogers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (660) 352-6041Activities Chairman Mike Smith . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (816) 240-8381Advancement Chairman John Dickson . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (816) 734-5690Camping Chairman Edward Gooseman . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (816) 934-6316Training Chairman Mary Martens . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (816) 776-3082District Executive Grant Dealy . . (816) 942-9333 ext: 156 / [email protected]

April1 District Roundtable – 7:30 pm, First Baptist Church of Raytown1 Youth Protection Training – 7:00 pm1 New Leader Essentials—7pm-9pm, Roundtable Location5 Scoutmaster & Asst. Scoutmaster Specific Training 7:30am-5pm, Hickman

Mills Community Christian Church, 5809 Red Bridge Rd, Kansas City, MO8 Commissioners Meeting – 7:30 pm, Council Service Center9 Troop Committee Training-- 6:30pm-10pm, Hickman Mills Community

Christian Church, 5809 Red Bridge Road, Kansas City, MO12 BALOO- 8:30am-5pm, Ridgeview Christian Church, 8640 Sni-A-Bar Road,

Kansas City, MO15 Cub Scout Leader Specific Training 6pm-10pm, St. Matthew Lutheran

Church, 700 NE Chipman Road, Lee’s Summit, MO16 Introduction to Outdoor Leader Skills Session One 7pm-9:30pm, Red

Bridge United Methodist Church, 636 East 117th Street, Kansas City, MO26 Introduction to Outdoor Leader Skills Session Two 8am Sat.- 1pm Sun.,

Troop 300 Cabin, Pleasant Hill, MO

May3&4 Webelo Leader Outdoor Training 9am Sat.- 12noon on Sun., Troop 300

Scout Cabin, Pleasant Hill, MO6 District Roundtable – 7:30 pm, First Baptist Church of Raytown6 Youth Protection Training – 7:00 pm

10 Venture Leader Training 8am-4pm, Location TBA13 Commissioners Meeting – 7:30 pm, Council Service Center15 District Committee Training, Our Lady of the Presentation Catholic Church,

Lee’s Summit, MO

Calendar of Events

are helping the Thunderbird District com-plete its $188,000 goal. Special Thanks goesout to Leo Berroteran, Family Chairmanand Bob Glaser, community and overallchairman, for making this year’s campaign asuccess. The Thunderbird District wouldlike to say “Thank You” to all of those unitswho participated in the Friends of ScoutingCampaign. Congratulations goes out tothose units who have achieved their Friendsof Scouting goal and have achieved free rankfor the rest of the year.

Make sure to see Leo Berroteran, FamilyFOS Chairman, at roundtable or contactDavid Riker at 816-942-9333, ext 174 tosign up your unit or to check on the status ofyour unit achieving free rank.

Spring 2003 Training DatesApril 1: New Leader Essentials 7pm-9pm,

April 5: Scoutmaster Specific Training 8am-5pm, April: Troop Committee Training 7pm-10pm, April 12: BALOO 8:30am-5pm, April15: Cub Scout Leader Specific Training6:30pm, April 16: Introduction to OutdoorLeader Skills part 1 7pm-9pm, April 26,27:Introduction to Outdoor Leader Skills part 212 noon Sat.-1pm Sunday, May 3,4: WebelosLeader Outdoor Training 9am Sat.-noon Sun-day, May 10: Venturing Leader Training.

Contacts: Alicia Belew, Cub Scout Training,816-540-4593, [email protected]. MikeHusk, Boy Scout Training, 816-322-0015,[email protected]

Spring RecruitmentWith all of the programs that scouting

has to offer, especially during the summer,

April1 Roundtable; 7:30pm Lexington

Methodist Church, Lexington3 District Committee Meeting; 7:30

p.m. Sprint warehouse, Lexington9 Commissioner's Meeting; 7:30 pm

LeeRoy Martens home, Richmond26 Camporee; Orrick Park, Orrick

May1 District Committee Meeting; 7:30

pm Sprint warehouse, Lexington6 Roundtable; 7:30 pm Lexington

Methodist Church, Lexington14 Commissioner's Meeting; 7:30 pm

LeeRoy Martens home, Richmond

Calendar of Events

Mark Shroer &Thomas Hodsom

Pack 264 – Klondike Derby Troop 285 – Mountain Adventures

Donita Cochran &Vic Geiger


Trails West District PlansOutdoor Leader Experience

Trails West District will hold OutdoorLeader training opportunities April 5 – 7at Theodore Naish Scout Reservation.The full range of outdoor leader trainingwill be offered on the same weekend.

BALOO - April 6th - Basic AdultLeader Outdoor Orientation will beoffered for Cub Leaders who plan to takeCub Scouts camping. This is a very basiccourse and is required for Adult Cub Lead-ers who plan to take Cub Scouts camping.It is a one-day course for which noovernight camping is required. For detailscontact Keith Neuman, TW District CubLeader Trainer at [email protected](913) 541-8362.

WELOE - April 6th and 7th - WebelosLeader Outdoor Experience will be offeredfor Webelos leaders who will be takingWEBELOS camping and is a required as aprerequisite to camping tour permitapproval. This is a two-day course forwhich one night camping is required.There will be a slight charge for materials;there may be a charge for food if it is pro-vided. For details contact Bill Bahnmaier,TW District WEBELOS Leader Trainer [email protected] (913) 894-6314.

SMOE - April 5th – 7th - ScoutmasterOutdoor Experience will be offered forScoutmasters, Assistant Scoutmasters,Troop Committee Members, and WEBE-LOS leaders planning on moving into BoyScouting. This training is required for

Scoutmasters and Assistant Scoutmastersand encouraged for the other positionsmentioned. This is a weekend course; par-ticipants may check in on Friday eveningor Saturday Morning and will last throughSunday Morning. There will be a slightcharge for materials, there may be a chargefor food if it is provided. Contact RobMcDaniel, TW District Boy Scout LeaderTrainer at [email protected](913) 888-2273 or Kevin Kennedy [email protected] for details.

LNT - April 5th – 7th - Leave No TraceTrainer Training will be offered for inter-ested adult Scouters. This is a programoffered by one of the premier LNT, Inc.trainers, Charlie Thorpe. It is a full week-end course beginning on Friday eveningand running through Sunday morning. Itis not an Official BSA course but the tech-niques and principles taught are stronglyendorsed and supported by the BSA. For

District LeadershipDistrict Chairman Ed Hedges . . . . . . . . . . . . . 913-768-1420District Commissioner Geoff Mildenhall . . . . . . . . 913-859-0506District Membership Chair Janice DeSalvo . . . . . . . . . . 913-393-0005District Eagle Chair Charles Wunsch . . . . . . . . . 913-492-5878District Training Chair Joe Ogilivie . . . . . . . . . . . . 913-492-3880District Activities Chair Dave Elsey . . . . . . . . . . . . . 913-829-4594District Camping Chair Shawn Hudson . . . . . . . . . 913-254-9548District Family Friends of Scouting Marlene Bean . . . . . . . . . . 913-782-4636Cub Scout Roundtable Dee Creath . . . . . . . . . . . . 913-764-0395Boy Scout Roundtable Doug Strieby . . . . . . . . . . . 913-764-0547District Director Alan J Sanders . . . . 816-942-9333 ex 158

insurance coverage purposes, applicantsshould registered BSA Leaders. There willbe $75 charge for materials and food. Fordetails contact Rob McDaniel, TW DistrictBoy Scout Leader Trainer at [email protected] (913) 888-2273.

For additional information regardingthese or any other training opportunitiesoffered by Trails West District, please con-tact Joe Ogilvie, District Training Chair [email protected] (913) 492-3880.

2003 Trails West Day CampAdventures of Cub Man

2003 Trails West District Day Campwill be healed on June 23rd –26th. Theprogram theme will be Adventures of CubMan. The day camp staff is now workinghard to put on the best program for thedistricts youth and would love to get anyideas you might have. To help with theProgram for day camp please call JeanetteMaloy at (913) 599-4914.

The Adventure of Cubman!!!We are almost ready for you and your

boys at Day Camp this year! There will beplenty to keep your boys busy and excitedthe whole week long. We want to thankeveryone for his or her work and leadershipin getting this summer’s Day Camp readyto be a great time. Make sure to registerfor this event if you haven’t already doneso. The earlier you get in the easier it willbe for you to get information and preparefor an exciting beginning to our summerof Scouting! For more information, con-tact Cortland Bolles at 800.776.1110.

Finishing Friends of ScoutingEarly!

We are quickly closing in on finishingthe 2003 Friends of Scouting Campaignearly this month. With a last final push wewill reach our goal! Congratulations tothose units who have earned Free RankAdvancement for 2003 and to those who

are just about there. The strong leadershipteam of Dana Crawford, Shellie Crossonand Tom Randall have done a great job ofgetting us where we need to be early to letus focus on some other things that willmake this district better for the future. It isnot to late to help out so please contact anyof the Friends of Scouting team or Cort-land Bolles to express your interest.

2003 Spring CamporeeFinal plans are in place for the Spring

Camporee later this month. We are look-ing forward to having a fun time with a lotof activities to keep us busy all weekendlong. There will also be the opportunityfor the boys to earn their Pioneering MeritBadge if they have not already done so.Registration Forms are available throughRoundtable, the Council Office, and byemail by contacting Cortland Bolles at theCouncil Office. For details about theevent, contact Camporee Chairman DanDroste at 913.294.5484.

DISTRICT ROSTER:District Chairman: Jerry Wiesner . . . . . . . 913.294.6642District Commissioner: John Berton . . . . . . . . 785.242.8294Activities Chair: Buddy Burris . . . . . . . 785.867.3005Advancement Chair: Curtis Gibson . . . . . . . 913.898.4955Camping Chair: Richard Grant . . . . . . 913.755.3941Endowment Chair: Ken Weide . . . . . . . . . 785.448.5560Finance/Friends of Scouting Chair: Dana Crawford . . . . . . 913.757.4451Public Relations Chair: Cleon Rickel . . . . . . . . 785.242.4700Roundtable Commissioner (Boy Scouts): Lynn Underwood . . . .785.242.1264Roundtable Commissioners (Cub Scouts):

Kathy Kierl . . . . . . . . . 913.557.5869Pam Thompson . . . . . 913.294.2344

Special Needs Coordinator: Pam Thompson . . . . . 913.294.2344Training Co-Chairs:

Lawrence Dickinson . .913.256.6809Pam Thompson . . . . . 913.294.2344

Website Chair: Jim Burns . . . . . . . . . . 785.255.4388District Executive: Cortland Bolles . . . . . . 800.776.1110 x118

[email protected] and Twin Rivers District Information: www.hoac-bsa.org

April3 OA Chapter Meeting, 1st United Methodist Church, Paola; 7:30 PM

3 Roundtable, 1st United Methodist Church, Paola; 7:30 PM

5 Scoutmaster/Asst. Scoutmaster Training, Time and Place TBA

9 Scoutmaster/Asst. Scoutmaster Training, Time and Place TBA

10 District Committee Meeting, Beethoven’s, Paola; 6:30 PM

11-12 Introduction to Outdoor Leader Skills, La Cygne City Park, La Cygne, KS 5:30 PM – 5:30 PM

17 Commissioner’s Meeting, Grace Episcopal Church; 7:00 PM

18 Scout Shop/Service Center Closed

25-27 Camporee, Lake Miola, Paola; Check-in TBA

May1 OA Chapter Meeting, 1st United Methodist Church, Paola; 7:30 PM

1 Roundtable, 1st United Methodist Church, Paola; 7:30 PM

8 District Committee Meeting, Beethoven’s, Paola; 6:30 PM

15 Commissioner’s Meeting, Grace Episcopal Church; Ottawa; 7:00 PM

26 Scout Shop/Service Center Closed

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April3 Roundtable, Center of Grace,

520 S Harrison, Olathe, 7PM

8 District Committee Meeting,Center of Grace, 520 S Harri-son, Olathe, 7PM

15 District Commissioner Meeting,Center of Grace, 520 S Harri-son, Olathe, 7PM

17 Eagle Board of Review, JesusChrist Church of LDS, 7845 All-man, Lenexa, 6:30PM, (Pleasearrive 15 min. early)

25-27 District Spring Camporee,Pomona State Park, 22900 S.Highway 368, Vassar, KS 66543

May1 Roundtable, Center of Grace,

520 S Harrison, Olathe, 7PM

13 District Committee Training,Center of Grace, 520 S Harri-son, Olathe, 7PM

15 Eagle Board of Review, JesusChrist Church of LDS, 7845 All-man, Lenexa, 6:30PM, (Pleasearrive 15 min. early)

20 District Commissioner Meeting,Center of Grace, 520 S Harri-son, Olathe, 7PM

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Day CampDay Camp – Day Camp planning is full

swing under the leadership of Jeff Tyler andJill Cook. June 9 – 13 at the Platte CountyFairgrounds is the date and place. EARLYBIRD SIGN UP ARE DUE ON THURS-DAY, APRIL 11TH. DO NOT BELATE!!!! Don’t miss out on the fun. If youare interested in serving on staff or have anyquestions contact Jeff Tyler at 816-505-2015. We hope to see everybody there, andready for fun.

Webelos WoodsThis year’s, North Star Webelos Woods

will be at the Kelsey Short Youth Camp atSmithville Lake May 17. This is a greatopportunity for your Webelos to get a jumpon their Scouting skills. Be on the lookoutfor information at Roundtable.

Scout CampIt’s time again. Let’s head to camp! Camp

is fun, educational, and JUST AROUNDTHE CORNER!! If you have not signed up

yet for a session now is the time to do it.Call Camping Services at 816-942-9333.

Golf TournamentMark your calendar for Tuesday, June 3,

2003 – the date for this year’s North StarBoy Scout Golf Classic. Paradise Point GolfCourse at Smithville Lake will again be thelocation. The 4-man scramble will begin at1:00 p.m. Last year’s tournament raised over$10,000. For more information aboutplayer fees and sponsorship opportunities,

please contact Jon Geiger or Jason Scott at816.942.9333.

Spring into ScoutingHow is your Spring Round-up going? If

you have Webelos crossing over into BoyScouts THIS IS THE TIME TO REPLACETHEM! Make sure you turn in applicationfor all boys you recruit this spring. If youhave any questions, please contact BrianBlake at 746-6797 or a member of the NorthStar Team at 816-942-9333.

Friends of ScoutingWe are closing in on our Family FOS

Goal. We would like to thank all of theunits that have participated in the NorthStar Family FOS Campaign. Also a specialthanks to those who helped in organizationof the FOS campaign it would not have beenpossible with out your help.

Training! Training! Training! Now is the time to get trained if you have

not already done so. This is the perfect timeto get any newly recruited leaders trained.New Leader Essentials Training will takeplace at Roundtable. The next Spring BasicLeader course will be held on three Tuesdayevenings, April 1st, 8th, and 15th. Thesetraining’s will all be held at Hillside Christ-ian Church located at 900 NE Vivion. TheOutdoor Leader Skills Workshop will takeplace be on April 26th & 27th.For anyquestions on training, give Ron Sanders a callat 816-320-2292.

April1 Basic Leader Training, Part 1, 6:00 p.m., Hillside Christian Church, 900

NE Vivion3 District Roundtable – 7:30 p.m. Hillside Christian Church, 900 NE Vivion

OA Chapter Meeting @ Roundtable / Youth Protection Training @ Roundtable /Merit Badge Counselor Training @ Roundtable / New Leader Essentials Training@ Roundtable / COR Training @ Roundtable

8 District Committee Meeting – 7:30 p.m., North Cross United Methodist Church,1321 NE Vivion

8 Basic Leader Training, Part 2, 6:00 p.m., Hillside Christian Church, 900 NE Vivion

10 Commissioner Staff Meeting – 7:30 p.m., St. Luke’s Presbyterian Church, 4301 NE Vivion

15 Basic Leader Training, Part 3, 6:30 p.m., Hillside Christian Church, 900 NE Vivion

26 Outdoor Leader Skill Workshop – Outdoor Session, Time and Location TBA

May1 District Roundtable – 7:30 p.m., Hillside Christian Church, 900 NE Vivion

OA Chapter Meeting @ Roundtable / Youth Protection Training @ Roundtable / Merit Badge Counselor Training @ Roundtable / New Leader Essentials Training @ Roundtable

8 Commissioner Staff Meeting – 7:30 p.m., St. Luke’s Presbyterian Church, 4301 NE Vivion

13 District Committee – 7:30 p.m. North Cross United Church, 1321 NE Vivion18 Webelos Leader Outdoor Training – 11:00 a.m. – 3:00 p.m. @ Webelos

Woods18-19 Webelos Woods, Kelsey Short Youth Camp, Smithville Lake

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rity demonstrations, and a service projectto benefit our host.

Family FOS 2003The Friends of Scouting Campaign has

seen success again in the Lone Bear Dis-trict. We are rapidly approaching our goal.Thank you to John and Michelle Hardyfor all their hard work and to every donorfor your generosity. Due to everyone’s giftit is safe to say that every boy will have theopportunity to join Scouting and attendcamp.

Pinewood DerbyThe Pinewood Derby is one of the old-

est Cub Scout traditions around. See how3 representatives of your Den stack up

against the rest of the District. It will beheld May 3rd at the Clinton Scout Center.Please remind your Scouts to keep thederby fun and that showing good sports-manship is the focus of this wonderfulevent. Call Jerry Post for details.

How Can Your Unit Be Featuredin “Adventures in Scouting”?

If you would like your Scouts to be afeature story in this newsletter let us know.Recognizing Scouts’ achievement is animportant aspect of Scouting so takeadvantage of this unique opportunity. If aScout, family, or Unit have a uniqueScouting experience the rest of us shouldknow about; contact Sherral Giles toreserve a spot in an upcoming Adventures

in Scouting. Be advised that first drafts aresubmitted 6 weeks in advance so be pre-pared with your information. Pictures arealso welcome!

Spring Round-Up 2003Does your pack need to replace its 2nd-

year Webelos? Kindergarteners can offi-cially become Tiger Cubs on June 1st andcan attend day camp this summer. It isimportant to recruit them now before par-ents sign-up for other summer time andfall events. Many packs have alreadystarted to make plans and your pack isbehind schedule if it has not. For helpwith recruitment and materials call NickGeinosky at (800) 776-1110.

Community Service DayIt is always a good time to do service but

April 12th is a special day. Every unit inthe council is encouraged to participate ina service project of their choice on that Sat-urday to be part of one of the largest com-munity service efforts in the GreaterKansas City Area. Make sure your unit isseen in your community. To report thedetails and submit photos of your unit’sproject contact Jerry Post or Nick Geinoskyimmediately following the completion oryour service.

Follow and TrailIt is finally here! The long anticipated

Follow and Trail Spring Camporee wouldbe held at Whiteman Air Force Base onApril 25th-27th. For details and availabil-ity contact Randy White as soon as possible.Activities will include jet simulators, secu-

2003 District CommitteeChairman J.C. Smith . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (H) 660-885-2744Commissioner Randy White . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (H) 660-687-5694Executive Nick Geinosky . . . . . . . . . . . . (W) 800-776-1110Membership Erika Collins . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (H) 660-747-2847Training Steve Higgins . . . . . . . . . . . . . (H) 660-429-6911BS Roundtable Kathy Cooper . . . . . . . . . . . . . (H)660-647-5868CS Roundtable Cheryl Gard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (H) 660-429-4338Advancement Mark Koehn . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (H) 816-550-6935Camping John Gaston . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (H) 816-297-2216Special Needs Bob Straw . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (H) 816-885-6336Marketing Sherral Giles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (W) 660-647-3144Activities Jerry Post . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (H) 660-747-0600

2003 North Star District CommitteeDistrict Chairman Tom Lanio . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 816-454-5009District Commissioner Russ Downing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 816-587-2025Activities Byron Braamse . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 816-891-9269Advancement Craig Liljegren . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 816-453-7689Camping Jeff Cook . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 816-468-9232FOS Bob DeGeorge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 816-842-4848FOS Family Mark Tomes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 816-453-8584Membership Brain Blake . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 816-746-6797NESA Bob Whitaker . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 816-455-0021Public RelationsRelationship Tom Barzee . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 816-734-8386Special Needs Colleen Chapman . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 816-453-0680Training Ron Sanders . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 816-320-2292Youth Protection Joni Glenn . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 816-781-7666District Director Jason Scott . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 816-942-9333 ext 169

[email protected] Executive Jonathan Geiger . . . . . . . . . . 816-942-9333 ext 132

[email protected]

April1 District Roundtable and OA

Meeting, Clinton Scout Center,Clinton

8 District Commissioner’s Meet-ing, Golden Corral, Clinton

12 Community Service Day15 District Committee Meeting,

Clinton Scout Center25-27 Spring Camporee, Whiteman

Air Force Base 28 Spring Recruitment (Warrens-

burg only), Southeast Elemen-tary

May3 Pinewood Derby, Clinton Scout

Center, Clinton6 District Roundtable and OA

Meeting, Clinton Scout Center,Clinton

13 District Commissioner’s Meet-ing, Smith’s Restaurant, Collins,MO

20 District Committee Meeting,Clinton Scout Center, Clinton

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