September 2012

Volume 3 Issue 2

Golden Empire Council

Soaring Eagle District

The Eagle Eye

Table of Contents Veterans Day Parade

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NOVA Award Program

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Unit

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Rechartering

POPCORN! POPCORN! SELL YOUR POPCORN! Show and Sell is coming to an end (October 12, 2012) and the Soaring Eagle District is doing great! As a district we have already surpassed last year's totals for Show and Sell sales. Using Fall 2011 total figures the unit that had the greatest total popcorn for Show and Sell was Pack 118 with a total of $6,720.00. For overall total popcorn sales Troop 59 came in with a grand total of $11,769.00. There were 35 boys who sold popcorn for Troop 59 which gave them an average of $336.25 per scout. With a 36% commission that would be $121.05 to keep per scout. Popcorn sales can help a unit like a Cub Pack to earn most of their annual money for Pack events and awards. For many Troops, popcorn sales usually help the individual Scout earn money for camp and camping equipment. Some Scouts have used the money for Jamboree. (Continued on page 2)

District Chairman’s Corner —September 2012 by Kyle Monson

Cub Scouts

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Order of the Arrow

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Boy Scouts

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Announcements 9 Training

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BSA District Calendar October 4 Roundtable, 7 pm 5-7 OA Fall Fellowship 11-13 Fall Wood Badge 18 District Committee, 7pm 19 OA Lock-In 20 Commissioner Training 25 Eagle Board of Review 27 OA Takachsin, 8am November

Be Prepared. Most of us know that the motto of the Boy Scouts is to ―Be Prepared.‖ “Be Prepared for what?” someone once asked Lord Baden-Powell of Gilwell, the founder of Scouting. Lord Baden-Powell replied: “Why, for any old thing!”

1 Roundtable, 7 pm

Every year we see numerous examples of Scouts who have used the skills they learned in Scouting to save the lives of others. In just the past year around 150 boys were awarded one of the BSA heroism awards. Among these were: Nick

15 District Committee, 7pm

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8 OA Meeting, 7pm 11 Veterans Day Parade

29 Eagle Board of Review

Popcorn Sales—Cont. Take order sales will start October 12, 2012. Order forms will be able at October's Roundtable meeting. I'll be there to distribute forms and answer questions from kernels and/or unit leaders. The picture on the front page is of a Scout from Troop 59 at a Show and Sell at Bel Air. For more Troop 59 pictures go to the Troop 50 Facebook page (photo album "pies and water fight") to see pictures of our Scoutmaster and several ASM's getting pies to the face as a prize for boys who sold popcorn. For every $200.00 in popcorn sales the Scout sold he also earned a pie to throw. Keep the popcorn popping, Soli Garcia Soaring Eagle District Kernel (The picture to the right shows Scouts from Troop 007 at their Show and Sell in front of the Laguna Safeway on Friday, September 21st.)

Elk Grove Veterans Day Parade—Sunday, November 11, 2012 Mark your calendars and get your Packs and Troops ready for the annual Elk Grove Veterans Day Parade to be held Sunday, November 11th at 11:00am. Groups should arrive by 10:15am. The Veterans Day Parade is a high profile event and I'm encouraging as many units as possible to come and participate. It's our opportunity to show the community how many of us are part of the Scouting movement. Its also a great way to honor America and America's veterans. The marching route is about a mile and a half long (so even Tigers can participate) and participants are treated to a hot dog, soda and chips at the end of the route in Elk Grove Regional Park. It's really a lot of fun! Come on out and help us honor America and America's veterans by marching in the Elk Grove Veterans Day Parade. For units that are interested, please contact Kyle Monson at [email protected] for the registration form. Yours in Scouting, KYLE MONSON District Chair

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District Chairman’s Corner —September 2012 Cont. (Continued from page 1)

Thompson, 13, of Troop 401 in Auburn, Washington, who was awarded the National Medal of Honor for saving a swimmer who had been knocked unconscious by an oar while swimming in a lake. Another was Alex Huggins, 15, of Cape Girardeau, Missouri who took control of his mother’s van when she suffered a diabetic emergency while driving down a highway in a road construction zone--he guided the vehicle to a safe stop and then treated his mother’s diabetic emergency. Two others a little closer to home included Bryce and Bryant Nuevert of Pack 198 in Lodi, California—these two boys saved their father’s life when he was having a heart attack (they were in Costa Rica at the time)—they treated their father for shock and summoned help (in halting Spanish) from the local authorities. These are but a few of the many Scouts who have used the skills they learned in Scouting to help others every year. But being prepared is not just about heroically saving lives. Lord Baden-Powell founded the Scouting movement, in part, to prepare young men to be able to handle any situation they might face in life. He wanted them to be prepared to be productive citizens, to be ready to spread cheer by helping others without expectation of reward, and to be prepared in mind, body and spirit for any challenges they might meet in the future. As I’ve often reminded adult leaders in our District and beyond: “We are building young men and women of character to lead our nation in the years ahead.” The eleventh edition of the Boy Scout Handbook summed it up this way: ―Be prepared for life - to live happily and without regret, knowing that you have done your best. That's what the Scout motto means.‖ So…Be Prepared! Yours in Scouting! KYLE MONSON Soaring Eagle District Chair

NEW—Nova Award Program Would you like a new way to recruit Cub Scouts, Boy Scouts, Varsity Scouts and Venturers? Is retention sometimes a problem? Do you want to create a diverse unit? BSA has the newest program to address these issues and help Scouts be "Prepared for life". Even as our schools are cutting their Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math programs, BSA is stepping up efforts to introduce boys to STEM related activities and help them look at potential careers in STEM through the new Nova award program. There are more than 30 different Merit Badges that qualify toward the Nova awards for the Boy Scouts! Boys earn a Nova patch for completing their first STEM related investigation, then can earn up to three Pi symbol awards to go on the patch as they continue meeting the requirements for different areas of interest within the Nova award program. Another award, the Super Nova Award, rewards more indepth investigation of the STEM related areas. The medal earned is different for each area of scouting and is named after a famous contributer to Science, Technology, Engineeering and Mathamatics. In October's Cub Scout Breakout, the Nova Award Program will be introduced. For all other programs, Nova Award program books for each area of scouting can be purchased at our local scout shop and/or you can visit this link for more info: http:// www.scouting.org/stem.aspx . Incorporating Nova and Super Nova awards into your current scouting program can take your program to new heights! Page 3

It’s Unit Recharter Time—Come To Roundtable Our next Roundtable will be held at 7:00 p.m. on Thursday October 4, 2012 at the LDS Building at the corner of Vintage Park Drive and Elk GroveFlorin Road (8925 Vintage Park Drive, Sacramento, CA 95829). At this Roundtable we will be distributing Recharter packets to each unit. Please pass this on to the unit leaders you work with to ensure as many Recharter processors and/or unit representatives are at this meeting. We will be providing information/instruction on the Recharter process as well. Also, please mark your calendar with the following dates: - Recharter TURN-IN: Thursday November 15, 2012 at 7:00 p.m. at the LDS Seasons Building (6711 Seasons Drive, Elk Grove, CA 95758) - Journey To Excellence Worksheet TURN-IN: Thursday January 17, 2013 at 7:00 p.m. at the LDS Seasons Building (6711 Seasons Drive, Elk Grove, CA 95758) See you there. Yours in Scouting, KYLE MONSON District Chair Here are a few things you can do now to ensure a smoother, speedier recharter process: 1. 2. 3. 4.

Be at Roundtable to pick up your packet, Gather all current contact and parent information about your unit, sponsor, and members. Register all new leaders immediately, Make sure Youth Protection Training is up-to-date for all leaders, committee members, and parents. If their training will expire between now and March 31, 2013, have them renew it now, AND 5. Even though it is not directly related to the recharter process, get all of your leaders trained as soon as possible. ―Every Scout deserves a trained leader.‖

Join the Golden Empire Council Contingent for the

2013 National Jamboree July 11-25, 2013 at the new Summit Bechtel Reserve in West Virginia includes a six day tour of historic sites in Philadelphia, Washington, D.C., Pennsylvania and Virginia ACT FAST!!! – Slots Still Available Don Jones, Contingent Leader (916) 606-1659 [email protected] See web site for more information www.gec-bsa.org/program/jamboree/nationaljamboree Questions contact:

From The Editors: We’d like to do an article on Extreme Expo 2012 in the October edition of The Eagle Eye. Please email your pictures and a paragraph about your unit’s experience at Expo to Howard and Claralyn Sant at [email protected] and [email protected]. Thanks! Page 4

Elk Grove Stake Merit Badge Clinic The merit badge clinic sponsored by the Elk Grove Stake on three consecutive Saturday's beginning August 25th was successful in drawing scouts from many units in the Soaring Eagle District. The seven merit badges offered were the three Citizenship badges, Community, Nation, and World along with Communications, Crime Prevention, Fire Safety, and First Aid. Sixty five scouts took the time to take part in these merit badge classes. Robert Raddigan and Julie Rider helped present Fire Safety. (See Julie teaching the hands on approach to using a fire extinguisher with the PASS method in the picture on the left) Scouts gave oral reports with charts and notes for Citizenship in the Community merit badge class with Jim Butler as the counselor. (See the guest speaker in Jim Butler's Citizenship in the Community class in the picture on the right). Brent Carter's First Aid class did hands on demonstrations of transporting the injured. Many thanks to the counselor's for taking the time to make this available to the units of Soaring Eagle District. Special thanks to all the counselors, Jim Butler, Lisa Carroll, Larry Jensen, Bryan MacDonald, Rick Busath, Brent Carter, Robert Raddigan and Julie Rider!! Ken Johnson Elk Grove Stake Assistant District Commissioner

To all Cub and Boy Scout Leaders—Reminder The Guide to Safe Scouting—Read It, Know It, Have It, Keep It Current, Follow It!!!

“The Good Turn will educate the boy out of the groove of selfishness.” Baden-Powell Page 5

October Theme: Responsibility—”Jungle of Fun” Den Chief teaches Wolf Cubs about U.S. Flag ceremony Troop 59 Boy Scout Tanner Joyce lead Pack 179 Wolf Scouts from Den 6 in the flag raising ceremony at Edna Batey Elementary School. Tanner’s role as Den Chief is to help teach and model the ways of scouting. "He brings tremendous value to our den because the boys look up to him as a role model, and he makes scouting cool. His presence also motivates the boys to stick with scouting and bridge up to Boy Scouts," says Andy Barbusca, Den 6 Leader. The boys learned that raising the flag is not as easy as it looks and folding the flag correctly takes a lot of practice. Salute! Pictured are Christopher Barbusca, Gabriel Quihuiz, Nathan Moore, Garrett Winuk (Assistant Denner), Jackson Bass and Armando Lewall, and Tanner Joyce. For more pictures, see page 11.

October Roundtable—Topics Recharter breakout: Every unit must send their Recharter Processor to Roundtable. During the breakout session, the process will be explained and the recharter packets will be handed out. If you have questions, contact Paul Carroll at [email protected]. The General Cub Scout session will include discussions about uniforms and insignia, songs, games, and skits for the Oct. Jungle Fun theme, and information about the new STEM award program. Carol Maynard District Cub Roundtable Commissioner

Get Trained—Online and Face-to-Face Are you a new Cub leader? Did you just move to a new position in Cub Scouts? Have you been a Cub leader before and are returning to Cubbing? If so, there is one phrase that applies to you, ―Get Trained.‖ All Cub Leader Basic Training courses are available online and will give you the basics to get started and to be officially ―Trained.‖ To get more detailed training, attend one of the face-toface training courses available in the Golden Empire Council throughout the year. There you can ask questions, rub shoulders with other Cub leaders, and learn more details about Cub Scouts. To get up-to-the-minute information about the program, attend Roundtable each month. There are plenty of opportunities for you to get the training you need. Page 6

Order of the Arrow Upcoming Events Hello Kendwit Ihum, Lock in is October 19th at Camp Pollock. The meeting will start at 6:30 PM. Please bring $5 to help pay for the pizza and drinks and a snack item to share with everyone (cookies, chips, brownies – fun to eat stuff!) We also need games to play. Video games are the most popular. For that we need game units, games, extra controllers and a television. The meeting will end at 8:00 Saturday morning. We will have the Chapter elections, a costume contest, watch some scary movies, play video games and have fun. We will be holding Chapter elections at the lock in. If you are interested in running for one of the positions please complete the election form and bring it with you to the meeting. If you can’t make the meeting and want to run, complete the form and send it to me as an email attachment before the meeting. We will be electing our Chapter leaders for 2013 for the following positions:      

Chapter Chief Vice Chief of Programs Vice Chief of Ceremonies Vice Chief of Communications Vice Chief of Inductions Vice Chief of Finance

Speaking of elections - our own Matthew Blackburn will be running for Lodge Chief. The election will be during Fall Fellowship. We need as many of our members as possible to attend and support him. Fall Fellowship will be October 5 thru 7 at Camp Lassen. You can register on-line for this event. It’s the best event of the year and you don’t want to miss it – especially all you new members who have never been to a Fellowship. Same as always, if you need a ride or can provide a ride please let me know. Yours in Brotherhood, Paul Bagley Chapter Advisor Kendwit Ihum Chapter - Amangi Nacha Lodge 47

Newsletter Submissions To All Packs, Troops, Teams, and Crews: We want to see and hear about what you are doing in your units. You can submit pictures, articles, and stories about your campouts, scout camp, outings, service projects, and any other activities to the monthly District Newsletter, ―The Eagle Eye.‖ Email your submissions to both Claralyn and Howard Sant at [email protected] and [email protected] . We look forward to including you in our upcoming editions!!

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Eagle’s Nest Additions — Soaring Eagle District September 2012

Scout Devin Ramsden Joshua Sheil Brock Lewis Bryce Martin

Unit Team 597 Troop 59 Crew 1829 Troop 297

Date 9-27-2012 9-27-2012 9-27-2012 9-27-2012

Scout Kimball Butler Blake Lewis Tanner Frizzell Darren Kersey

Unit Team 186 Team 497 Team 497 Troop 43

Date 9-27-2012 9-27-2012 9-27-2012 9-27-2012

Merit Badge Counselor—Youth Protection Renewal To all Merit Badge Counselors: More than half the year is over and we’re coming down the back half. It is time to renew Youth Protection if yours expired earlier this year or is going to before Dec 31. To remain on the Merit Badge Counselor list, your Youth Protection must be current. Please renew and email me, Valerie Blackburn, a copy of your certificate to [email protected] by October 31st. Also Merit Badge Counselors for the aquatic MB's must take Safe Swim Defense and Safety Afloat. Please email those certificates as well. To see the special requirements for other Merit Badges, see http://www.scouting.org/sitecore/content/Home/GuideToAdvancement/TheMeritBadgeProgram.aspx Thank you, Valerie Blackburn Soaring Eagle District Advancement Chair

Spring NYLT Dates Announced The Golden Empire Council, Spring 2013 National Youth Leadership Training will be held the weekends of April 12-14 and April 26-28 at Camp Nauvoo. Mark your calendars and begin identifying those Scouts who are ready to take this important next step in their youth training. The Soaring Eagle District’s own Lisa Monson will be the Course Director for the Spring 2013 course. Registration will be online in early 2013. Page 8

****** Events, News, and Happenings ****** 2013 Summer Camp Reservations Now Open

2013 Soaring Eagle District Camporee

Registration is now open online for Summer 2013 for Camp Winton and Camp Lassen. Act now so that you can reserve the week that you want for your unit. Go to the GEC Website or click on the following link:

Mark your calendars for April 19-21, 2013. The Soaring Eagle District Camporee will again be held at Gibson Ranch. More information will be coming soon.

GEC 2013 Philmont Council Trek The Golden Empire Council is putting together a contingent of 36 people, 3 trail crews, to attend the 2013 Philmont Scout Ranch Trek. 28 slots have already been filled, so space is limited.

http://www.gec-bsa.org/webpay/residentcamp/new

If you are interested in participating, click on the following link to find out more information, http://www.gec-bsa.org// webpay/event/new/?form=001025

Ad Altare Dei Award On October 12-14, 2012, the Catholic Committee on Scouting will be holding a retreat to help the scouts in our Council and beyond earn their "Ad Altare Dei" Award. This award is intended for boys 13 years and older. Families can get more information and register at: http://icatholicyouth.com/index.cfm . Click on the 2012 Ad Altare Dei Retreat link. Thank you for helping us get the word out. Nick Garcia Scoutmaster, Troop 59 Co-Chair, Catholic Committee on Scouting

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Boy Scouts of America Adult Leader Training Remember, It doesn’t matter where you get trained, just get trained! - Don Mahlke Check the council website for training in other districts at http://www.gec-bsa.org/program/training/calendar First Thursday of every month. at 7:00 p.m. at the LDS Church on the Corner of Elk Grove-Florin and Vintage Park Drive. See you there!

High Adventure Training Dates Scheduled The GEC High Adventure Training Team has announced and posted the dates for the 2012-2013 training season. First up will be the OKPIK Cold Weather Camping Awareness training. This training comprises a twoday (Friday evening & Saturday) classroom session and a two-day outdoor practical session. The dates for OKPIK are: Classroom: December 7-8, 2012 Outdoor: January 26-27, 2013 To find out more about OKPIK training and other High Adventure Training courses and dates, go to: http://www.gec-bsa.org/program/training/ adulttraining/highadventure/schedule

College of Commissioner Service The Golden Empire Council College of Commissioner Service offers the following degrees: Associate of Commissioner Service (includes Commissioner Basic Training), Bachelor of Commissioner Service, Bachelor of Roundtable Arts, Master of Commissioner Service, Master of Roundtable Arts, and Doctorate of Commissioner Service. The Doctorate of Roundtable Arts degree is part of the Doctorate of Commissioner Service degree program. WHO: All Commissioners WHEN: Saturday, October 20, 2012 WHERE: LDS Building 520 Clark Avenue, Yuba City, CA 95991 TIME: 8:30am—4:00pm REGISTRATION: Online now at, http://www.gec-bsa.org/webpay/event/new

2013 University of Scouting

Upcoming Training Dates Following is a list of upcoming training dates so that you can mark your calendars and plan ahead. The dates, locations, and host districts are listed. Leader-Specific Training (Cubs and Boy Scouts) Oct 27, Roseville (Iron Horse) Intro to Outdoor Leader Skills (IOLS) Oct 26, Citrus Heights (Pony Express) Nov 9, Roseville (Iron Horse) Registration for these sessions and more can be found now and in the coming weeks on the GEC website at: http://www.gec-bsa.org/webpay/event/ new . If registration is not open yet, check back regularly. See you in training!!!

WHO: All Cub Scout, Boy Scout, Varsity, and Venturing Leaders, Committee Members, Commissioners, etc. WHEN: Saturday, January 19, 2013 WHERE: Ed Harris Middle School, Elk Grove TIME: 8:00am—5:00pm

Youth Protection Training All adults who are involved in any way with Cub or Boy Scouts must take Youth Protection Training every two years. This includes any adults, including parents, who will be helping with weekly activities, campouts, driving on outings, etc. All Scout leaders should ensure that all adults are Youth Protection trained before they assist with any Scouting activity. Go to: https://myscouting.scouting.org and follow the instructions to learn more about Youth Protection.

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Pack 179, Den 6 pictures (continued from page 6)

This section reserved for pictures and articles about the activities of your Troop, Team, Crew, Den, or Pack.

Your Troop, Team, Crew, Den, or Pack could be listed here.

Remember to submit articles to Claralyn and Howard Sant at [email protected] and [email protected]

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