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Heart of America Council • February 2004www.hoac-bsa.org

2 . . . . . . Council Calendar, Tributes, FiveReasons to Create an Endowment,Will Sez

3 . . . . . . Eagles, European Camp Program,Space Exploration at Michael’sStores

4 . . . . . . . Commissioner’s Corner, Commissioners College, Mic-O-Say 75th Anniversary Celebration

5 . . . . . . . Sporting Clays, Scout Night with the Roos,Scout Night with the KC Knights

6 . . . . . . Camping/Training

8-15 . . . District News

Adventures in Scouting brought to you by

Trail’s End Popcorn Sale.Friends of Scouting,

Keeping Our Promise Capital Campaign UpdateThe Theodore Naish Scout Reservation and the H. Roe Bartle Scout Reservation

have already seen significant improvements as a result of the ‘Keeping Our Promise’Capital Campaign. The goal for the campaign is $17,500,000 to provide each Reser-vation with more than $6,000,000 in improvements and new construction. To main-tain these new facilities $4,000,000 will go into a maintenance fund andapproximately $500,000 will be set aside for the Scout ServiceCenter expansion.

The Campaign is well underway and more than200 individuals, founda- tions and corporations havemade commitments. These contributions havebeen in many forms and some individuals havemade estate plans a part of their gift. To date, morethan $12,125,000 has been committed to thecampaign.

The ‘Keeping Our Promise’ Capital Campaignwill make a direct impact on the Council’s ability to delivera high quality camping experience to the more than 15,000Scouts who attend a Council camp each summer. Many of the Council’s campfacilities, infrastructure and program areas have not been updated in many decades.New program areas such as a completed Cub World at Camp Naish and the new LostMine area will help the Council retain Cub Scouts through a fun, high quality camp-ing experience.

Currently many projects have been completed at the H. Roe Bartle Scout Reser-vation including a new entrance to Sawmille and Lone Star, a new 400+ vehicle park-

ing lot between Sawmill and Lone Star, a completed new road to the lakefront andboth Sawmill and Piercing Arrow Staff Villages have a new shower/bath house.

For the summer of 2004 participants at Bartle will see a new Mic-O-Say Lodge ineach camp, new staff cabins for Sawmill and Piercing Arrow and other improvementsincluding continued work on the water system.

At the Theodore Naish Scout Reservation work has begun on the new campfirearena, the Lost Mine area is under construction, a new and larger chapel constructedeast of the dining hall and the RHQ has been demolished and construction will beginsoon on the new Trading Post and Handicraft Shelter.

Your support of the ‘Keeping Our Promise’ Capital Campaign is greatly appreci-ated and will make a significant impact in the lives of thousands of Scouts for gener-ations to come!

For more information on the campaign, contact Jim Terry at (816) 942-9333 [email protected].

Spencer PearsonHeart of America Council’s Top Popcorn Salesman $4,079 in Sales

Spencer Pearson is 13, a tenderfoot Scout, and theAssistant Patrol Leader for the Panthers of Troop 397in the North Star District. He has participated in theTrail’s End popcorn sale for the last three years. Eachyear Spencer achieved the status of the Top PopcornSalesman in the Heart of America Council.

Spencer began the Scouting program as a TigerCub. He earned his Arrow of Light and is currently aLife Scout. When asked what he likes about Scouting,he said “camping, particularly the cooking aspect,learning new skills, and being with his friends. He isa Brotherhood member of the Order of the Arrow, aFoxman in the tribe of Mic O Say, and has earned theGod and Me religious award.

Spencer has three Scouting goals: to become a DenChief so that he can continue to help the youngerboys, to utilize the skills he has learned through theScouting program to help others, and to become anEagle Scout. He is well on his way to achieving allthree of his goals. He has just three required meritbadges left to complete for his Eagle (personal fitness,personal management, and camping).

Written by Spencer, here is his story:“My goal for this year’s popcorn sale was to get into

the Trail’s End College Scholarship Fund, earn moneyfor summer camps, and get a new bicycle. To do thesethings, my goal amount of sales was $2,000. I knew Iwanted to sell at least that much.

One sales technique I used was to go door-to-door.I started in my own neighborhood. My sister Taylerwas always my buddy, and we always carried a walkie-talkie with us so we were able to communicate with

Mom and Dad who were at home. Once we coveredour neighborhood, my parents drove us to otherneighborhoods. I stayed away from neighborhoodswhere I knew other Scouts lived and were selling pop-corn. Sometimes my whole family walked with me inthe neighborhoods and sometimes just one parent,but as you can see, I could not have done it withoutmy family’s help.

Another technique was to go to my dad’s work-place. My parents have always made my sister and medo all the selling for our fundraisers. They never didit for us by taking our sheets to work and passing themaround. They always stressed that they are ourfundraisers, not theirs.

Before I went to my dads work, I found out thatlast year, his company bought big tins of Topsy’sPopcorn to give to their clients for Christmas.So while I was selling at my dad’s work, I wentinto Mr. Standish’s office, which is the com-pany president, and talked to him about buy-ing popcorn from the Boy Scouts of Americainstead of Topsy’s. I told him he would behelping the Boy Scouts of America andme. I told him my goals, showed himour products and gave him a copy ofthe order form. He said he wouldthink about it and get back to me.I thanked him for his time andshook his hand.

My parents told me I shouldwrite Mr. Standish a letter tofollow up with our meeting. Soabout a week after our meeting, I

typed a letter to him. In the letter I gave him an out-line of our meeting, listed my goals, and told himwhen the popcorn sale would end. Then I signed itand mailed it to Mr. Standish. In the meantime, Icontinued to sell door-to-door and to my relatives.My parents encouraged me to keep working towardmy goal and not to get my hopes about Mr. Standishplacing a big order. I had sold $1,600 worth of pop-corn when I got a letter from Mr. Standish, presidentof Art Lithocraft Company. In the letter, he said thatArt Lithocraft would be honored to help me, and theBoy Scouts of America. He placed an order for 80 3-Way tins. I couldn’t believe it! I was stunned! Thatwas $2,400 worth of popcorn.

My goals had been met. I ended up selling$4,079 worth of popcorn. I had 135 customers.For my 100th customer, I thanked her verymuch for her order and told her she was my100th customer. She thought that was so neat,she doubled her order! When I delivered herpopcorn, I reminded her that she had been my100th customer, thanked her again and gave

her two Boy Scout pencils. For Mr. Stan-dish, I bought a Thank You paper-weight at the Scout shop and pre-sented it to him at my dad’s work.”

Spencer, the Heart of AmericaCouncil is extremely proud of youfor all your hard work. Congratu-lations once again for becomingthe council’s top popcorn sales-man for the third year in a row.

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February14 Scout Sabbath18 Advance Committee Meeting18 Good Turn Meeting19 OA LEC Meeting21 Bartle Work Day24 Commissioner Meeting

March3 CSDay Camp Staff Meeting3 TN Work Day6 Bartle Work Day9 Executive Committee Meeting

10 FOS Report Meeting10 Pow Wow Staff10 SNAWS Staff Meeting

12 Commission College13 Climbing Program13 COPE Weekend14 COPE Weekend18 OA LEC Meeting20 Bartle Work Day20 COPE Weekend20 TN Work Day20 Climbing Program21 COPE Weekend23 BSCamp Leader Meeting24 BSCamp Leader Meeting24 Council Training Meeting27 SNAWS30 CL Membership Committee

Meeting31 FOS Report Meeting31 Good Turn Meeting

Council Calendar

In Memory of:Karl ButtenhoffJo Ellen LinnChad BuckFrances NestlerRonald and Jo ButtenhoffErwin and Verla ChoitzMr. And Mrs. Liston KingJesse and Garda KunkelCraig and Glory OlsonRandall and Karen HaffeyPamela KonetzniDavid and Carolyn MeierhoffJohn and Ruth ClarkRuss Lawson Painting, Inc.Boy Scout Troop 256Robert, Pamela, John and Jeff ClarkVernon and Betty MatsonPaul and Delores ButtenhoffMelchior and Geneva FerraraSherri ButtenhoffRoberta WoodruffJeffrey and Kathie ButcherAlvin and Janet WeberGary and Martha CoxOrville and Roberta ButtenhoffTom and Michelle KreiserHerbert CastRicky and Rita CatesWashburn University Dining ServicesDenise HendersonGail and Phillip BaconAndrew and Joan CarrollDarwyn and Ladonna MeldrumRichard and Betty WrightMichael and Janet HassanDiane O'LearyDonald and Suzan AubryDiane and Kevin ForemanMary MoegeC. Mack and Susan BolyardBillie and Mary WoodruffSidney and Pamela SymesSue BahmAmerican Federation of Government

Employees Local 482Walter and Mary Elaine HenrieDonna ReuterJ. Michael TurnbullPaul ShepherdGary and Karen BondBetty SchotanusJ. R. and Betty CrawfordTerri PearlCarl and Lori KruegerMyrtice PlinskyDonald and Virginia LiepitzJacalyn WilsonJulie OrtonWalter and Lezlie MartinChelle, Inc.Thomas and Kaye Morton

Charles "Chuck" GillisJerry and Cheryl MarksMelvin and Linda SehrtMargaret NadlerMarita and Jeffrey RayElla Sehrt

Harris Franklin James "Jamie" CallahanGary WilliamsMark and Marianne Damon

Lynwood Chandler SmithMrs. Tom Higgins

C.W. "Bill" JonesVictor and Bettye Hill

Jack BundyFriends of Olathe FordMary BrueggingStephen PonnathKaren CoxJohn and Jane JonesDennis and Kate PfeiferJohn and Donna RyanDebbie HugginsJulie KoncakTodd and Cheryl SwartzJohn and Jo LeeJohn and Margaret KohnEleonora DonahueBob and LaWanda NickSteve and Melody NickJ. C. FrankBob and Bobbie LaSageJim and Julie NeustadtDonald and Helen KoncakIvan and Patricia WelkerRobert PalmerGerald and Lynore PierceBill CoxAllen and Mary Ann BogardRichard and Donna Rosenbaum

Carl D. KnoxJosephine Knox

Eugencio HernandezJanet, Clint and Lindsey Kraft

Walter G. RobbinsArthur Robbins

Kyle ChapmanSusan BowersDianne SwannTim Shipley

Christopher N. ShipleyTim Shipley

Timothy Michael BennettTim Shipley

George S. Granberry, Jr.Patricia Granberry

Dr. Robert GauerDr. and Mrs. Paul Revare

E. Vincent EdmondsonDr. Robert P. RannieKelly Edmondson

In Honor of:Mr. And Mrs. Ken BowerMargaret Jesse

Henry and Ann BeachNora MurphyJim BeachAugust and Claire Murphy-Beach

Dr. Robert RannieBill, Shelley, Claire Brian and Missy Etzen-houser

Lawrence and Lanora EdmondsonKelly Edmondson

David KnoxJosephine Knox

Joseph NicholsFreddie Nichols.

Tribute Funds

The Endowment program at theHeart of America Council continues togrow because more and more of ourfriends recognize the benefits of creatingtheir own named endowment. Someprefer to launch their endowments nowso they can see the results, and othersmake arrangements to establish endow-ments later on with estate assets. Andsome prefer to start an endowment nowand add more to it later through abequest.

Why do these people choose to makeendowment gifts to the Council? Thereare a number of reasons, of course. Hereare five you may wish to consider:

DurabilityThe idea of creating a perpetual

stream of financial support makes senseto people who see a similarity betweenretirement funds and endowments. Theylike the concept of a fund that is guardedand invested separately from other assetsso the principal of the fund will growstrong. Only the income, or a portionthereof, will be used to support theCouncil.

A Positive LegacyWhen donors add their names to an

endowment, they create an enduring

legacy that will outlive them and influ-ence succeeding generations. Grandchil-dren, great-grandchildren and other fam-ily members and friends will be remindedof the person’s values and commitments.Endowments can also be used to honorthe lives of others who have made a sig-nificant impact on the donor and/or theCouncil.

Perpetual Annual GiftsMany donors see an endowment as a

means to underwrite their own regulargiving to the Council. For example, anendowment of $25,000 could create anannual “gift” of $1,250 to the Council.It’s a great way to keep giving generationafter generation.

A Stronger Heart of America CouncilEach year, the Council must raise a

certain number of dollars to meet opera-tional costs to sustain facilities, programand personnel. Raising money for the“here and now” is always a priority.Annual payouts from endowmentsrelieve some of this pressure and permitthe board and executive committee toplan more confidently for the future. Anorganization with a strong endowment issimply more stable financially.

Five Reasons to Create an Endowment

DISTRICT UNIT NAME DISTRICT UNIT NAMELone Bear 1430 Benjamin Jack GoslinLone Bear 1430 Scott Luther HutchersonLone Bear 1430 Robert Alec LawsonLone Bear 1430 Nicholas Joseph MonacoLone Bear 1430 Austin Scott PogueLone Bear 1430 Sheldon Wade SmithLone Bear 1430 Patrick Tyler SmithLone Bear 1513 Mark Alan DandurandLone Bear 1514 Robert Levi AaronLone Bear 1514 Randy Joe GlazierLone Bear 1632 Zachary Thomas CooperNorth Star 374 Thomas Andrew LymanNorth Star 1271 Kevin Joseph ScheierNorth Star 1288 Jeffrey Kent BomanNorth Star 1341 Christopher R. AppleburyNorth Star 1374 Brett Miller BalzerNorth Star 1374 Ryan David CarlyleNorth Star 1395 Taylor D. HoltNorth Star 1412 Michael Aaron RichardsNorthern Tier 91 Graham Brook NelsonNorthern Tier 91 Benjamin M. WhitsittNorthern Tier 93 Brett Weston MachNorthern Tier 98 Michael Nicholas KnappNorthern Tier 192 Tyrell Eugene GephardtNorthern Tier 192 Adam Robert SetterburgPelathe 53 Andrew J. Schmidt

Pelathe 59 Christopher Ray BergmanPelathe 59 Anson Weeks StancliffePioneer Trails 1046 Matthew L. McDonaldPioneer Trails 1050 Benton Clark GlazeRed Tailed Hawk 122 Daniel William LeittemRed Tailed Hawk 122 Brandon Patrick CarterRed Tailed Hawk 225 Matthew John ClewellRed Tailed Hawk 265 Brett Patrick KingRed Tailed Hawk 451 Landon James SkidmoreRed Tailed Hawk 6783 John Andrew MittsThunderbird 1001 Tyler Martin CalvertThunderbird 1195 Shawn Patrick McCartyThunderbird 1220 Zachary Mark BanksThunderbird 1220 Austin James MarlinThunderbird 1264 Tyler Russel FosterThunderbird 1285 Justin Lee KrahenbuhlThunderbird 1426 Christopher Daniel ChaffinTrailhead 37 John Preston White IIITrailhead 257 Andrew David RenoTrailhead 395 Adam James SmithTrailhead 457 Samuel Jeffrey GriggsTwin Rivers 100 Nathan Ryan HaefeleTrails West 83 Kyle Andrew RaffetyTrails West 181 Anthony Thomas KernTrails West 401 Gregory William RichardsTrails West 401 Christopher T. Stewart

Blue Elk 1173 Robert Elijah CaseBlue Elk 1206 Gregory Mason BellisBlue Elk 1221 Zachary John SalvaBlue Elk 1233 Jonathan Allen CaldwellBlue Elk 1257 Bryan Andrew Van FleetBlue Elk 1278 Adam HartBlue Elk 1282 Robert Edward ScarbroughBlue Elk 1312 Daniel Chase OberlanderBig Muddy 318 Travis Drew WaddellKaw 1 Douglas Richard MoodyKaw 3 Spencer Vaughn BroomheadKaw 3 Ian Michael HallKaw 3 Brian Howard TrujilloKaw 3 Kyle Roland WingoKaw 165 Joseph David Sebes IIIKaw 366 Riley Dupree Anderson IIIKaw 1033 Brian Kent HornerKaw 2003 James Samuel GriffithKaw 2003 Steven James MeadowsLone Bear 1238 Adam J. SwartzLone Bear 1400 Christopher Michael JohnsonLone Bear 1400 Brent Matthew Johnson

DISTRICT UNIT NAME

Eagles

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TREASURERStephen M. Clifford

LEGAL COUNSELDavid A. Fenley

COUNCIL COMMISSIONERRichard T. Boeshaar

SCOUT EXECUTIVEJames J. Terry

EDITORLori Gooding

PRESIDENTJohn D. Hunkeler, MD

VICE PRESIDENTSClifford W. IlligThomas J. McCulloughDavid J. ZimmerE. Frank EllisCharlie Tetrick

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Through its European Camp Staff Program,the International Division offers to Scouters whoare 18 to 30 years old the opportunity to volun-teer in Scout centers throughout the EuropeanRegion.

The aim of the European Camp Staff Program

is to help young people develop their leadershipskills and to encourage intercultural learning. TheInternational Division meets this goal by provid-ing young people with a residential experience asa volunteer staff member at a Scout center inanother country.

Interested people should contact the Interna-tional Division at (972) 580-2403 for an applica-tion and information on the participating Euro-pean Scout centers for 2004.

European Camp Staff Program 2004

Michael’s “the arts and crafts store” is promotingis conjunction with Estes Industries, a “SpaceExploration Rocket Days.” This event, held atMichael’s stores throughout the country from April17, 2004 to May 1, 2004, will provide Scouts theopportunity to complete requirement 3 of theSpace Exploration merit badge except for the tworocket launches.

Estes Industries will provide a model rocket to bebuilt to each Boy Scout registering for the event.

Michael’s will provide an opportunity for Scouts tobuild their rocket at their store. Scoutmasters canbring troop members to participate and a certificatewill be presented to the merit badge counselor.

This is a Boy Scout event, and does require reg-istration prior to participation.

To find the Michael’s store nearest you call 1-800- MICHAELS (1-800-642-4235) or visitwww.michaels.com.

SPACE EXPLORATION EVENT AT MICHAEL’S STORES


2004 Commissioner Team Goals

Mark your calendar now for the 13th Annual

Heart of America Commissioners CollegeDean of the College Tom Lenz has announced that plans are under-

way for the 2004 Commissioner’s College, scheduled for March 12 and13, 2004. If you are a Unit Commissioner, Cubmaster, Scoutmaster,Committee Chairperson or other interested leader, you need to be on themailing list for this year’s College Catalog. If you are a Troop and Packleader, you will find the Continuing Education program has beenexpanded to include new courses to assist you in planning and develop-ment.

If you are interested in becoming a commissioner contact your DistrictCommissioner for an application form and for information on upcomingtraining sessions. The degree program is open to all registered commis-sioners who have attended initial training. Contact Ross Pfannenstiel at(816) 942-9333 ext: 164 for more information and to be placed on themailing list.

The Excitement is building!!!By the end of 2003, more than 2500 tribesmen registered to attend! In January, more mem-

bers added their names to the list of those ready to attend. Is YOUR name on the list? The var-ious committees continue to work through their events, finalizing plans for each part of ourCelebration program. We have some new information to pass along, and some updates onongoing aspects previously announced. Hopefully, you were able to spark interest with fellowtribal members that you encountered over the holiday season, and we will be watching for theirregistrations to come across from the website’s registration page. If you will keep talking it upand sharing your enthusiasm, we will indeed have the largest gathering in our organization’s his-tory. Tell everyone to go to www.hoac-bsa.org and click on the Mic-O-Say 75th Anniversarylogo, for current fees, and event information.

Kansas City Event to Officially Kick-off 75th CelebrationBeginning in 1936. Municipal Auditorium was the site of Kansas City’s largest Scouting

event, the annual Round-Up. To kick off our 75th Year Celebration, Lester Ham and a dedi-cated committee are planning to recreate that energy and Scouting pride on Saturday, April16th. When the Spirit Runners arrive, carrying the lighted torch from the HRB Reservation,the torch’s entry will begin an evening of history, pageantry, music, and emotion that will onceagain remind all Tribesmen of why we hold dearly the values and qualities that makes our orga-nization strong. We want to keep much of the evening a surprise, but here are some key points:

• The program will begin when the spirit torch runners arrive, anticipated at 7:00 pm, withthe program concluding about 9:00.

• Come with other Tribesmen in your unit, or with fellow tribesmen in your family, neigh-borhood, or professional group.

• NO reservations or registration is involved. While there is no fee to attend, there will be asuggested donation of at least $5.00, to be collected during the program to help defrayexpenses.

• Watch next month, when we announce our 75 Hours of Pride and share more informationregarding several service projects that Mic-O-Say is undertaking to benefit others, as we cel-ebrate.

Spirit Run Registration Available OnlineDo you want to help bring the spirit of Mic-O-Say to Kansas City to celebrate our 75th

Anniversary? A group of tribal runners (no, you don’t have to wear blue paint) will carry atorch, lit from the eternal flame of the tribal spirit on the H. Roe Bartle Scout Reservation, toKansas City. The two-day run, Friday April 17th and Saturday, April 17th, will culminate atMunicipal Auditorium during the 75th Anniversary Kick-off event. This running event isspecifically for our younger tribesmen, but any tribesman (regardless of your rank or responsi-bility) may run. You must be fit enough to run a mile and you will have to have an up-to-dateClass III medical form to participate. Registered runners will be asked to pay $10 for the run-ner’s T-shirt. The proceeds will be used to cover the costs of the run, including security andlogistics. The runners who participate, and who also participate in one of the Mic-O-Say ser-vice projects planned for weekends during May, will be eligible to earn a special Runner’s Coupto be worn on your Mic-O-Say lanyard. If you want to be a part of this special event, checkthe website for registration information for participation.

Time Capsule To Be Buried At 75th AnniversaryHas your unit discussed what they want to include in the time capsule? In the year 2029,

Scouts and Scouters at the H. Roe Bartle Scout Reservation will crack open a 25 year old timecapsule and see what Scouting and the Tribe of Mic-O-Say was like in 2004. Every unit mayparticipate in the Time Capsule, and encouraged to submit articles or pictures. The time is get-ting closer, so be prepared! Check the 75th Anniversary website page for the rules and detailedinformation regarding the capsule.

Shuttle Bus Space Still AvailableSince parking and camping spaces will be stretched to capacity, we again encourage every-

one to consider using the buses as the preferred way to get to and from the 75th Anniversaryevents at the H. Roe Bartle Reservation. Due to the large number of attendees on site, the has-sle free shuttle service will be fast, convenient, and your best choice for the trip. Make sure yourgroup puts their group name in their registration info where it asks for “what reunion group doyou want to travel on the bus with?” And if you have already registered, but now want to takethe bus, just send an email to [email protected] and let us know you want to change. Wewill need to collect the $10 bus fee from your credit card, but you can change your trans-portation preference as well as the group you want to be with.

Did You Receive Your Fall Cedar Smoke?If you did not receive your Cedar Smoke fall edition, we may no longer have your correct

mailing address and you are missing out on all the information about what is going on in theTribe of Mic-O-Say! Fix that situation right now by telling us your current mailing address.Go to the HOAC-BSA.org web site, get into the Mic-O-Say honor camping program page,then click on address update to go to the address update section. Make sure we have it correctnow so that the Cedar Smoke spring edition will reach you correctly. That edition will containour 75th Anniversary agenda and special articles about the once-in-a-lifetime activities.

Tribal Attire at the 75th CeremonyWe are again encouraging everyone, except the staff and volunteers actually participating in

the ceremony, to please leave your tribal attire at home during this 75th Anniversary Celebra-tion. The number of people expected, the various methods of transportation, and the distanceto the parking lots will make it very inconvenient to bring tribal attire and try to change intoit in time for the ceremony. We recommend you plan to wear comfortable clothes for all day(Class A uniforms, Class B uniforms with our 75th Anniversary T-shirts, or just shorts andshirts) and wear the same to the ceremony that night.

Registration UpdateWith an expected surge in registrations as the “early bird discount” period expired, we now

have over 2500 Tribesmen signed up to attend the 75th Anniversary Celebration. The regularfee for attendance ($50 for adults, and $25 for youth under 18 on June 12) is in effect fromnow until April 30. Please do not wait until the final days! Most of the overnight campingspaces have been filled, and the buses are filling fast. If you have not already done so, go regis-ter now!

Between the time that I am writingthis and the time that you will read it,the District Commissioners and I willsit down to formulate our goals for the2004 Scouting year. To begin thatprocess we will look at our successes in2003 and the areas where we fell shortof those goals. We, of course, willfocus our efforts toward achieving ourmission – To Help Scouting Units Suc-ceed. It is quite likely that many of ourgoals will be similar to last year. Afterall the job of helping units succeed isnot any different and the methods weuse to give that assistance are notchanged. But there will be a greaterurgency in 2004 to understand andaddress membership growth concerns.

We define “Helping Units Succeed”to mean providing the kind of serviceto unit leaders that helps improve theirprogram, improve their delivery ofScouting’s ideals, grow their member-ship, and complete their recharting ontime, with Quality Unit results. Themethods we use include recruiting andtraining enough quality volunteercommissioners to have contact withevery unit leader at least once permonth, utilize evaluations and assistantdistrict commissioner teams to under-stand what each unit needs to be suc-cessful and to have continuity andbackups for our service delivery. Othermethods used include developing goodrelations with members of the unitcommittee, sponsoring institutionleaders, and the chartered organizationrepresentative so that the recharteringprocess proceeds smoothly, timely, andwith no surprises.

2003 was one of those “good newand bad news” years. On the positiveside, we increased our unit commis-sioner ranks with 65 more qualitycommissioners. We had excellenttraining results, ensuring that everycommissioner completed basic train-ing, and most of our team attendedsome advanced training, eitherthrough the College of Commissioner

Service, or through various individualtraining sessions such as the VentureLeader training and high adventurebase training sessions. We alsoimproved on our consistency ofmonthly unit visits, on our communi-cations between units, district staff,and council teams. And we made goodstrides toward improving districtroundtables with our roundtable com-missioner forums, training, and ideasharing meetings.

In the “bad news” area, we slippedbackward in membership with anincrease in lost units (units that nolonger exist), a net loss of 18 Scoutingunits (lost units offset by new unitsformed), a loss of over 1000 youthmembers, fewer on time charterrenewals, and a lower percentage of ourunits achieving the Quality Unit desig-nation. We must examine theseresults, get to the bottom of “why theyhappened,” and move forward withaction plans to keep them from hap-pening again.

As I told you in last month’s col-umn, there are a lot of great thingshappening in our Council. We con-tinue to be one of the best, if not THEBEST council in the country. Ourmany strengths far outweigh the weak-nesses, but a strong council does notrest on it laurels. The values-basedteachings of the Scouting program,delivered with fun and adventure, con-tinue to be extremely relevant totoday’s youth. Parents of currentScouts and parents of future Scoutscontinue to look to Scouting to helpthem teach leadership, good citizen-ship, and moral, mental and physicalfitness. As volunteer leaders in thisprogram we owe it to those Scouts andparents to understand how we can getbetter and then to move aggressively toimplement our plans.

Commissioners, I urge you torenew your commitment for 2004.Learn about and embrace the goals weset for 2004. Invigorate your meetingswith unit leaders. Use their wisdomand their more frequent contact withthe youth and parents in our programto better understand why we missedthose key membership growth goals in2003. Bring that information back toyour ADC team and district meetingsso that we understand what we need tofix. Thank you for your time andefforts and for the excellent service youwill provide to units in 2004!

75th Anniversary Celebration February News


Boy Scout Night with the Kangaroos

February 7, 2004 — 7:00 p.m.$5.00 for Boy Scouts, Leaders, and their guests

Municipal Auditorium, Downtown Kansas City

Come and enjoy NCAA Division I men’s basketball and cheeron the Kangaroos to victory against the Oakland Grizzlies. Apack will be selected to represent the Scouts and participatein the color guard duties during the national anthem.Tickets:Please fill out the order form below and mail it to UMKC Ath-letics Marketing and Promotions Office, 201 Swinney Recre-ation Center, 5100 Rockhill Rd, Kansas City, MO 64110. Ifyou have any questions, please call 816-235-5952.

ORDER DEADLINE: January 29, 2004

Unit: ___________ Unit Contact: _________________________

Address: ____________________________________________

City/State/Zip: ________________________________________

Phone:(Day)____________________(Night)______________________

Number of Tickets:________ @ $5.00 each = Total$:__________

Check Enclosed (Payable to UMKC Athletics): ❑ YES ❑ NOCredit Card (Circle one): Visa/ MasterCard/ Discover

Name on Card:_______________________________________________

Card Number:___________________________ Exp. Date:____________

Signature:__________________________________________________

"SCOUT KNIGHT"

WITH THE

KANSAS CITY

KNIGHTS

TUESDAY, MARCH 2NDKNIGHTS vs. TIJUANA

7:15 p.m.

ALL TICKETS ARE $5.00

GAMES ARE AT HALE ARENA (1800 GENESSEE)FOR MORE INFORMATION:

CONTACT JEN HYLAND913-492-2055

RETURN THIS FORM WITH PAYMENT TO: JEN HYLAND8369 MELROSELENEXA, KANSAS 66214

Name _______________________________________________

Address _____________________________________________

City ____________________________ State ____ Zip ________

Troop# ___________________ Pack # ____________________

Leader ___________________ Phone # ___________________

Number of Tickets ____________ Amount Due ________

TICKET ORDERS ARE DUE BY FEBRUARY 17, 2004

**Tickets will be picked up the night of the game at HALE ARENA**

LEVELS OF PARTICIPATION:Gold Level Sponsor $7,500Includes company name and logo as Gold Sponsor on all promotions, including “Adventures In Scouting” deliveredto more than 8,000 households, press releases, and sponsorship proposals, one team of four shooters, Friday prac-tice round of trap & sporting clays for tournament team, and invitations to all shooters and their guest(s) to the Fri-day evening BBQ and silent auction.Silver Level Sponsor $5,000Includes company name and logo as Silver Sponsor on all promotions, including “Adventures In Scouting” deliveredto more than 8,000 households, press releases, and sponsorship proposals, one team of four shooters, Friday prac-tice round of trap & sporting clays for tournament team, and invitations to all shooters and their guest(s) to the Fri-day evening BBQ and silent auction.Bronze Level Sponsor $2,500Includes company name and logo as Bronze Sponsor on all promotions, including “Adventures In Scouting” deliveredto more than 8,000 households, press releases, and sponsorship proposals, one team of four shooters, Friday prac-tice round of trap and sporting clays for tournament team, and invitations to all shooters and their guest(s) to the Fri-day evening BBQ and silent auction.Team Level Sponsor $1,000One team of four shooters, Friday practice round of trap & sporting clays four tournament team, and invitations to allshooters and their guest(s) to the Friday evening BBQ and silent auction.

SHOOTER’S AMENITIES PACKAGE INCLUDES:Participation in the 12-station sporting clays course, continental breakfast, lunch, ammo, and keepsake gift. The ameni-ties package has an estimated value of $550 per team, $138 per person.The portion of your contribution that is deductible as a charitable contribution for Federal Income Tax purposes is lim-ited to the excess of the value of the contribution over the value of these goods and services.

REGISTRATIONWe will participate as a:❑ Gold Sponsor – $7,500 ❑ Bronze Sponsor – $2,500❑ Silver Sponsor – $5,000 ❑ Team Sponsor – $1,000

Payment Options:❑ Check Enclosed ❑ Send an Invoice❑ Visa ❑ Mastercard

Card No.______________________________________ Expiration _____________________________

Signature_____________________________________________________________

Make checks payable to: Heart of America CouncilMail to:Tony Adams & Friends Sporting Clays for ScoutingHeart of America Council, 10210 Holmes Road, Kansas City, Missouri 64131

Registration and payment must be received by Friday, June 11th, 2004

SHOOTING TEAM INFORMATION:

Team Sponsor ____________________________________________________________________________Please indicate the company name exactly as you wish it to appear on printed materials, signs and recognitions.

Address _________________________________________________________________________________

City, State, Zip ____________________________________________________________________________

Tony Adams & Friends

Presents

5th Annual SportingClays for Scouting

Friday, June 18th, 2004 (Arrowhead Pavilion, Kansas City, MO)6:30 p.m. Fellowship & Silent Auction 7:30 p.m. Dinner

Saturday, June 19th, 2004 (Powder Creek Gun Club, Lenexa, KS)

8:30 a.m. Registration 12:00 p.m. Lunch9:15 a.m. Opening Ceremonies 1:00 p.m. Awards Ceremony10:00 a.m. Tournament Begins

Shooter No. 1 ___________________________Address ________________________________City/State/Zip ____________________________Phone ______________ Fax _______________Email __________________________________Shotgun Gauge: ____ 12 ____ 20Shooter No. 2 ___________________________Address ________________________________City/State/Zip ____________________________Phone ______________ Fax _______________Email __________________________________Shotgun Gauge: ____ 12 ____ 20

Shooter No. 3 ___________________________Address ________________________________City/State/Zip ____________________________Phone ______________ Fax _______________Email __________________________________Shotgun Gauge: ____ 12 ____ 20Shooter No. 4 ___________________________Address ________________________________City/State/Zip ____________________________Phone ______________ Fax _______________Email __________________________________Shotgun Gauge: ____ 12 ____ 20

For more information:Contact Lori Gooding at (816) 942-9333 ext: 154 or [email protected]

Account Number 1-4202-813-10


Arrowmen really get into the fun

Recharters are Due!On January 10, 2004, all recharter

packets should have been turned in to yourUnit Commissioner or District Executive.Many of your did get those in and weappreciate the work and time you put intogetting them correct and turned in ontime! If you have not yet turned yourRecharter paperwork in, please do not hes-itate to contact your Unit Commissioner,or our District Commissioner, John Bertonat 785.242.8294 to help you workthrough the process to get that paperworkfinished. You can also contact Cortland Bollesat 800.776.1110 or [email protected] towork with you in finishing this very impor-tant process to maintaining your unit’sactivity.

Friends of ScoutingWe have kicked off our 2004 Friends of

Scouting Campaign with some great suc-cess so far and we are looking forward tokeeping that momentum going. Like wedid last year, we are planning on finishingthis campaign early. With your help, wecan surely make that happen. If your unithas not yet scheduled your 2004 Friends ofScouting presentation, please do so as soonas possible with Shellie Crosson at913.294.8471. Upcoming Blue & GoldDinners and Courts of Honor are greatopportunities for your unit to make thishappen. Thanks again to each and everyone of you for your support of the Scout-ing program.

If you are interested in participating onthis winning team as a community leader orunit presenter, please contact Overall FOSChair Dana Crawford at 913.757.4451 orCortland Bolles at 800.776.1110 x118 [email protected].

Merit Badge CollegeOn February 21, 2004, Twin Rivers

District will be holding its Merit BadgeCollege. We are looking forward to offer-ing several different merit badges for yourboys to work on earning this weekend. Itwill be held at Osawatomie High Schoolfrom 8:30 AM to 4:30 PM. If you areinterested in helping out at this event as amerit badge counselor or in any otherway, please contact Merit Badge CollegeChairman, Curtis Gibson, at913.755.2732.

District DinnerThis years District Dinner is fast

approaching and we are looking forward toyour attendance at this great event. Ourguest speaker will be Jim Aubuchon, VicePresident for University Advancement ofPittsburg State University. Our dinner willbe held on March 6, 2004 at Trojan Ele-mentary School in Osawatomie starting at6:00 PM. Please make sure to get the lat-est information on this and all our districtactivities at www.hoac-bsa.org. You canget registration forms for the dinner atRoundtable as well. Finally, as an addedfeature to the dinner this year, you are nowable to register on-line for this event!

District AwardsAll district award nominations are

being accepted. Forms are available at theCouncil Service Center, at Roundtablesand on the website. This is a great oppor-tunity to recognize those “unnoticed” vol-unteers for their hard work and effortthroughout the year! Please contact Cort-land Bolles at 800.776.1110 x118 with anyquestions.

Cubs on ExpeditionCub Scout Day Camp will be held the

first FULL week of June from the 7ththrough the 10th at North Lake Park inGarnett this summer. This is the firstchance many of your Cub Scouts thatjoined Scouting over the past few monthswill get to experience some outdoor Scout-ing activities! Make sure you do not waitto get your boys excited about the oppor-tunities and signed up for this awesometime! Registrations for Day Camp arebeing accepted right now. We are lookingforward to bringing each and every CubScout the highlight of their Cub Scoutingyear. If you would like to help out or justwant more information, contact Mary AnnHodgson, Cub Day Camp Director at785.759.3238. Make sure you attendRoundtables and keep checking out theCouncil Website for the latest on DayCamp.

Spring RecruitingAs the warm spring and summer

months come upon us, we all look forwardto getting outside to relax or getting out ofschool. Before every one goes their differ-ent ways on the summer, we want to make

DISTRICT ROSTER:District Chairman: Mike Prothe . . . . . . . . . . . . . 913.294.2111District 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 . . . . . . . . . . 913.757.4451Membership Chair: Wendy Richardson . . . . . . . . 913.294.6660Public 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 . . . . . . . 913.256.6809

Pam Thompson . . . . . . . . . . 913.294.2344Website Chair: Jim Burns . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 785.255.4388District Executive: Cortland Bolles . . . . . . 800.776.1110 x118

[email protected]

February5 District Commissioner’s Meeting, United Methodist Church, Paola; 6:30 PM5 Roundtable, United Methodist Church, Paola; 7:30 PM5 OA Chapter 4 Meeting, United Methodist Church, Paola; 7:30 PM

12 District Committee Meeting, Beethoven’s, Paola, 6:30 PM21 Merit Badge College, Osawatomie HS, Osawatomie, 8:30 AM – 4:30 PM

March4 District Commissioner’s Meeting, United Methodist Church, Paola; 6:30 PM4 Roundtable, United Methodist Church, Paola; 7:30 PM4 OA Chapter 4 Meeting, United Methodist Church, Paola; 7:30 PM6 District Recognition Dinner, Trojan Elementary School, Osawatomie; 6:00 PM

10 Cub Scout Leader Specific Training, Location TBA; 7:00 PM11 District Committee Meeting, Beethoven’s, Paola; 6:30 PM13 Cub Scout Leader Specific Training & Youth Protection, Location TBA; 8:30 AM –

5:00 PM

Calendar of Events

sure we give more young boys the oppor-tunity to get involved in Scouting as partof their summer activities. We will onceagain be conducting spring recruiting in aneffort to give boys the chance to do somecamping and swimming and hiking as partof our great Scouting program. Moreinformation will be coming in the next few

months so make sure you updated atRoundtables. You can also contact Cort-land Bolles at 800.776.1110 with anyquestions. Remember that flyers are avail-able to all ages of Scouting and, if theschools that your pack covers allows visitsand Boy Talks, those can be scheduled formost any time!

We want to make special mentionhere about our 2003 Fall Camporee!Everyone who was there had a greattime and thanks and congratulations goto Troop 126 for putting on such a

great event. All had fun and there wereplenty of activities to keep everybodybusy and hiking. Here are a few pic-tures form the weekend, so take a lookand enjoy!

2003 Fall Camporee


2004 Friends of ScoutingCampaign

Friends of Scouting Community andFamily Kick-Off is off to a great start.

This is a great opportunity for families tohelp support the Heart of America Coun-cil and the Lone Bear District Scoutingprogram. Gary Cover is the FOS chair-man for the 2004 campaign. If you havenot scheduled a presentation for your unit,please contact Phil Brockland. Onceagain, free rank advancements are avail-able. If you have questions, please contactGary Cover at 660-885-6915, J.C. Smith at660-885-4684, or Phil Brockland at 800-776-1110 or 660-747-3524.

Winter Fun at theKlondike Derby

This year’s Klondike will be held onSaturday, February 21st (location to be

announced). Watch for more informationat Roundtable. Be sure to mark your cal-endars for this exciting event.

be made to renew your pledge for 2004 ifyou were not at your unit’s FOS presenta-tion.

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 statusof your unit achieving free rank.

2004 Merit Badge Academy

Once again the Merit Badge Academyis filled to capacity. There are more meritbadges being offered than ever before thisyear. This year’s Merit Badge Academy isbeing held on February 21st at the Hick-man Mills High School located at 9010Old Santa Fe. There will be no walk-insthis year as in years past. Please make surethat all prerequisites have been completedfor the merit badges that are being takenbefore you arrive. If you are interested inbeing a merit badge counselor for theAcademy please contact, Ken Fuenfhausenat 816-537-8877 or email at [email protected].

Appreciation DinnerThe Appreciation Dinner is scheduled

for Saturday, February 21st, 2004 at theAldersgate United Methodist Churchlocated at 350 SW State Hwy 150. Comejoin us in recognizing the outstanding vol-unteers in the Thunderbird District.

Unit ChartersDon’t forget! All charters are due back

to the Council Service Center by February15, 2004 to be processed by March 1,2004. This is a requirement for a unit tobe a quality unit and also to help the dis-trict achieve quality status.

2004 Klondike DerbyThe 2004 Klondike Derby was January

17th. It turned out to be rainy weekdendbut everyone seemed to have a lot of funand the competitive spirit was high. Wayto go to Jim Salisbury and his Klondikestaff for putting on an outstanding event.Plans are already being made for next year.

2004 Friends of ScoutingThe official kick-off date was January

28th, but the Thunderbird District hadalready begun its campaign and is off to agreat start. Our overall goal this year is$195,000. The family goal is $85,000.Please remember, “Friends of Scouting” isa key element in the financing of ourCouncil and it’s programs. Let’s make surethat the Thunderbird District completesits goal on time and goes above andbeyond the call of duty. Once again, unitscan receive free rank this year as an incen-tive to achieve their unit goal. Last year,there were 25 units that received free rank.Let’s see a whole lot more receive free rankthis year. Start looking for phone calls to

2004 Thunderbird District CommitteeChairman David Frantze . . . . . . . . . . . 816-691-3181 Commissioner Roger Mantony . . . . . . . . . . 816-537-4761Vice-Chairman Program Myrna Frost . . . . . . . . . . . . . 816-936-5268Vice-Chairman of Support Lester Ham . . . . . . . . . . . . . 816-777-5006Activities Barbara Lalk . . . . . . . . . . . . 816-356-6963Advancement Mark Grant . . . . . . . . . . . . . 816-358-0612 Camping Larry Overfield . . . . . . . . . . 816-358-1022Membership Shelly Edwards . . . . . . . . . . 816-554-3627 Special Needs Barbara Shaffer . . . . . . . . . . 816-763-3226 Training Kelsie Clark . . . . . . . . . . . . . 816-430-5654Relationships Cindy Cone . . . . . . . . . . . . . 816-318-8060District Director Roger Hoyt . . . . . . . . . [email protected]

816-942-9333, ext 146Senior District Executive David Riker . . . . . . . . . [email protected]

816-942-9333, ext 174District Executive Chad Wyancko . . . [email protected]

816-942-9333, ext 162

February3 District Roundtable – 7:30 pm, 9010 Old Santa Fe (SW of 87th and Blue Ridge)3 Youth Protection Training – 7:00 pm, O.A. Chapter 5 meeting

10 Commissioners Meeting – 7:30 pm, Council Service Center12 District Committee Meeting – 7:00 pm, Our Lady of Presentation Catholic

Church, Lee’s Summit, MO14 Thunderbird District Pinewood Derby 8:00am-11:00am, Lee’s Summit Commu-

nity of Christ Church, 1101 NE Independence Ave, Lee’s Summit, MO 6408621 Merit Badge Academy – 9:00am-4:00pm, Hickman Mills High School, 9010 Old

Santa Fe (SW of 87th and Blue Ridge)21 Thunderbird District Appreciation Dinner 6:00pm-9:00pm, Aldersgate United

Methodist Church, 350 SW State Hwy 150

March2 District Roundtable – 7:30 pm, 9010 Old Santa Fe (SW of 87th and Blue Ridge)2 Youth Protection Training – 7:00 pm, O.A. Chapter 5 meeting6 Cub Scout Leader Specific Training, Noon, St. Matthew Lutheran Church, 700

NE Chipman Road, Lee’s Summit6 New Leader’s Essentials, 8:30-11:00 am, St Matthew Lutheran Church, 700 NE

Chipman Road, Lee’s Summit9 Commissioners Meeting – 7:30 pm, Council Service Center

11 District Committee Meeting – 7:00 pm, Our Lady of Presentation CatholicChurch, Lee’s Summit, MO

13 Den Chief Training, Location TBA

Calendar of Events

February1 Eagle Court of Honor, United Methodist Church, Warrensburg3 Roundtable, Clinton Scout Center, 7:00 PM8 Eagle Court of Honor, Clinton, and Location: TBA

10 Commissioner’s Meeting, TBA17 District Committee Meeting, Clinton Scout Center, 6:30 PM

Calendar of Events

2004 DISTRICT COMMITTEEChairman J.C. Smith . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (H) 660-885-2744Commissioner Randy White . . . . . . . . . . . . (H) 660-687-5694District Executive Phillip Brockland . . . . . . . . (W) 800-776-1110Membership Erica 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) 816-550-6935

Mike Morales . . . . . . . . . . . (H) 660-885-3702Camping John Gaston . . . . . . . . . . . . (H) 816-297-2216Special Needs Bob Straw . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (H) 660-885-6336Activities Jerry Post . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (H) 660-747-0600Marketing Sherral Giles . . . . . . . . . . . . (H) 660-647-3744OA Chapter Advisors Richard Miller . . . . . . . . . . . (H) 660-747-6146

Mike Foster . . . . . . . . . . . . . (H) 660-747-2581Religious Activities Father Tom Hermes . . . . . . . (H) 660-885-4523


February3 Roundtable; 7:30 p.m., Lexington United Methodist Church, Lexington, MO

5 District Committee; 7:30 p.m., Sprint warehouse, Lexington, MO

7 District Dinner; 6:30 p.m., Concordia Community Center, Concordia, MO

11 Commissioner’s meeting; 7:30 p.m. Marten’s Home, Richmond

21 District Dinner; 6:30 p.m., Concordia Community Center, Concordia,MOOutdoor Leader Skills; Sprint Warehouse, Lexington

March2 Roundtable; 7:30 p.m., Lexington United Methodist Church, Lexington

4 District Committee Meeting; 7:30Sprint warehouse, Lexington

10 Commissioner’s Meeting;7:30 Marten’s Home, Richmond

Calendar of Events

Family Friends of Scouting

It’s that time of the year again!!Another Family Friends of ScoutingCampaign is upon us and unlike pastyears the Big Muddy District is off toa great start with almost 50% of thecampaign completed!! Almost 80%of the money raised goes directlyback in to the scouting program tofund things such as financial aid,

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) 470-2337Camping Chairman Edward Gooseman . . . . . . . . . . . . (816) 934-6316Training Chairman Mary Martens . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (816) 776-3082District Executive Grant Dealy . . . . . . . . . . (816) 942-9333 ext: 156

[email protected]

tact Grant Dealy at the Council Ser-vice Center to reserve your spots atthis event.

District TrainingFor those who haven’t attended

one yet; there will be an outdoorleader skills course on February 21,2004 at the Sprint Warehouse in Lex-ington. For questions contact BobBrooks at 660-259-4173.

Cub Scout Day CampThis year’s District Day Camp is

tentatively set to be held at the RayCounty lake in Richmond, MO thisyear from June 7 through the 10th.Directors Jesse Woods and AlanBoydston will be running the showthis year and the more help anyonewants to give the better. If you thinkyou may want to serve on the 2004District Day Camp Staff, ContactGrant Dealy at 1-800-776-1110

maintenance and upkeep of theCouncil’s two camps and the manysupport materials provided to you.This support keeps scouting in theHeart of America Council alive andstrong.

Again, as in years past; those unitswho have 40% of their membershipcontribute and meet their goal willreceive free rank advancement for thenext year.

District DinnerThis year’s annual recognition din-

ner will be held this year at the Con-cordia Community Center (The oldConcordia High School) on February7, 2004 6:30 p.m. Make sure to con-

February5 7:00pm Boy Scout Roundtable/Eagle service project workbook & applica-

tion Seminar, 7:30pm Cub Scout & Venturing Roundtable

5 Order of the Arrow Chapter 6 Meeting / Eagle Boards of Review / YouthProtection Training / COR Training — Bingham 7th Grade Center, 1716 S.Speck Road Independence, MO

12 Commissioner’s Meeting, 7:30pm, Liberty Street Community of ChristChurch, 416 N. Liberty Street Independence, MO

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

March4 7:00pm Boy Scout Roundtable, 7:30pm Cub Scout & Venturing Roundtable

4 Order of the Arrow Chapter 6 Meeting / Eagle Boards of Review / Fast StartTraining / Merit Badge Counselor Training — Pioneer Ridge 6th Grade Cen-ter – NOTE: LOCATION CHANGE, 1656 S. Speck Road Independence, MO

9 New Leader Essentials Training, 7:00pm, Beacon Heights Community ofChrist Church, 19402 E. Holke Road Independence, MO

11 Commissioner’s Meeting, 7:30pm, Liberty Street Community of ChristChurch, 416 N. Liberty Street Independence, MO

20 Scoutmaster and Assistant Scoutmaster Training, 8:00am – 4:30pm, Bea-con Heights Community of Christ Church, 19402 E. Holke Road Indepen-dence, MO

30 Troop Committee Training, 6:30pm – 10:00pm, Beacon Heights Communityof Christ Church, 19402 E. Holke Road Independence, MO

Calendar of Events

Eagle SeminarThe Blue Elk District Advancement

Committee would like to invite you to aseminar on the Eagle Scout service projectworkbook and the Eagle application. Thisseminar will help you to understand thecorrect method in which the Eagle Scoutservice project workbook and the Eagleapplication are to be filled out beforebringing them to the District Advance-ment Committee. This seminar will beheld at the February 5th Roundtable as aroundtable topic at 7:00pm. All scout-masters, troop committee chairpersons,and troop Eagle advisors are encouraged toattend. For questions, please contact ScottHowell at (816) 796-3747 from 6:00 to9:00 p.m.

Location Change forMarch Roundtable!

The March Roundtable meeting will beheld at the Pioneer Ridge 6th Grade Cen-

BLUE ELK 2003 DISTRICT LEADERSHIPDistrict Chair: Bill Esry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . H816-833-1416District Commissioner: Ron Karst . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . H816-229-6381Vice Chair of Program: John Thornton . . . . . . . . . . . . . . H816-252-2104Vice Chair of Operations: Marvin Sands . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . H816-373-1212Vice Chair of HR: Aaron Guest . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B816-201-1038FOS Chair: Paul Broome . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B816-358-2500Growth/ Membership: Lowell Brenton . . . . . . . . . . . . . . H816-373-7678Advancement: 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 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . H816-228-1254Relationships: Carl Grabiel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . H816-833-2933NESA: Bob Overly . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . H816-795-7665District Director: Steve Roberts . . . . . . . . . . . . B816-942-9333x151Senior District Executive: Ross Pfannenstiel . . . . . . . . . B816-942-9333x164District Executive: Frances Lyons . . . . . . . . . . . . B816-942-9333x183

Steve Roberts, [email protected] Pfannenstiel, [email protected] Lyons, [email protected]

nenstiel at (816) 942-9333. For informa-tion about Cub Scout leader training,please contact Karen Burgess at (816) 228-6911 or Frances Lyons at the Counciloffice.

Friends of ScoutingIt is time to set a date for your Friends

of Scouting presentation if you have notdone so already. Please let Ross Pfannens-tial at the Council office know what dateyou prefer and the appointed coordinator

for your unit. It is a time to give to theprogram we love, the boys we mentor, andthose who need financial assistance.

Eagle Boards of ReviewEagle Boards of Review are conducted

at monthly Roundtable meetings. Pleasecall Leonard Jones at (B) (816) 471-5584 or(H)(816) 228-4690 at least two weeksbefore the Roundtable that you wish tohave the Eagle Board of Review.

ter at 1656 S. Speck Road in Indepen-dence, as opposed to our usual location atthe Bingham 7th Grade Center. Pleasepass the word along to your unit leadersand any other scouters that plan on attend-ing.

It’s Time To Get TrainedCheck out the calendar for the latest

leader trainings coming up in the next fewmonths. The Council website also liststraining dates and is a great resource forlots of other council and district informa-tion. The council website address iswww.hoac-bsa.org. Upcoming trainingsfor Boy Scout Leaders will be held in themonths of March and April. BALOO,Webelos Leader Outdoor, and Cub ScoutSpecific trainings will take place in Aprilalso. Watch for flyers at Roundtable formore detailed information and how to reg-ister. For more information about BoyScout leader training, please contact PhilGramlich at (816) 478-3012 or Ross Pfan-

K.C. @ Night AlertK.C. @ Night is coming this April

2004! This event will be fun-filled, andall night long. We will be touring andvisiting different sites and locationsthroughout Kansas City. Over the lastthree years we have toured and visitedsome of the following places: Sprint I-MAX, Kansas City Zoo, Kansas CityMetro PD (K-9 & Helicopter PoliceUnits), Arrowhead Stadium, GM Fair-fax Assembly Plant, Mix 93.3 Radio,WDAF-TV FOX 4, MAST EmergencyService, AMF Bowling, Cerner Corpo-ration, and Sprint to name a few. Wewill be looking to tour more sites thisyear!

More detailed information about “K.C. @ Night” will be mailed to allExploring Posts, and can be seen on ourlocal website: www.lfl-hoac.org.

TrainingLearning for Life Youth protection

training is now available online atwww.learning-for-life.org. All advisorsfrom each Exploring post must com-plete this training. The training is shortand straight to the point of youthsafety. A certificate can be printed outupon completion of the training.Learning For Life now requires that thistraining be completed.

Exploring Advisor Fast Start Trainingis available as well. This training deliv-ers a better understanding of the

Exploring program and structure fornew and seasoned adult volunteers inExploring.

For more information or to schedulea personalized course for your organiza-tion, please contact Adam Berthot,Exploring/Learning for Life TrainingSpecialist at 816-942-9333, ext. 170 oremail: [email protected].

Cluster ActivitiesWe will be looking to hold “Cluster

Activities” for each career cluster inExploring. We are open to suggestionsand would love to have in-put and helpsetting these activities up. The LawEnforcement Exploring Posts will beenjoying an event in March, which willintroduce their Explorers to many areasof Law Enforcement, and to participatein a day of hands-on activities andevents, with-in a Police Academy set-ting. Way to go Law EnforcementExploring!

These spring activities can consist ofspecific career related activities relatedto each Exploring cluster (i.e. Arts andCommunications, Business and Law,etc….). These events could range fromproject competitions between posts,presentations given and exchangedbetween posts, or even re-enacted/mocksituational events.

If you have any questions, feel free tocontact the Exploring Division at 816-942-9333.

Super-Activity RequestsTo all posts who are planning a

super-activity this year, just a quickreminder on Tour Permits. Each postthat is planning to travel outside of the19-county Heart of America Councilneeds to contact us to obtain a TourPermit form. We ask you to inform usof your post’s plans, as well as, returningthe completed form to us. By complet-ing this form, each of us will have anofficial copy for our individual files andwill allow us to be informed of yoursuper-activity plans. Thank you foryour assistance and understanding.

If you have any questions or wouldlike to request a Tour Permit form, thenplease call the Exploring division at816-942-9333. These forms can also befound in the “Guide to Safe Learningfor Life Activities”, which is located onthe National LFL website: www.learn-ing-for-life.org.

ResourcesVisit our national and local web sites

for your entire program and recognitionneeds! Please take advantage of thesegreat resource tools! Check them outtoday at: www.learning-for-life.org(National) & www.lfl-hoac.org (Local).

Learning for Life DivisionContactsBryan Bolding – LFL Director, (816)942-9333 ext. 173,[email protected] Berthot – Senior ExploringExecutive, (816) 942-9333 ext. 170,[email protected]

Friends of ScoutingThe 2004 Friends of Scouting cam-

paign is upon us again.This is an opportunity to provide

financial support to over 50,000 youthin Kansas City. The support helps todeliver life-changing values of Scoutingprograms and the Learning for Life pro-grams to youth in our 19-county area.

Currently, there are around 4,000young men and women who participatein about 100 Explorer Posts in andaround the greater Kansas City area.

The Learning for Life program oper-ates in schools to provide life skills,character and career education pro-grams to students in grades K-12, withenrollment of over 18,000.

If you would like to further supportthese programs financially, and/or havequestions regarding the Friends ofScouting Campaign, then please call theExploring division at 816-942-9333.

This is a great way to maintain andstrengthen the Learning for Life andExploring promise for Kansas City’syouth of today, and tomorrow.


Congratulations to Packs 3383, 3254and Troops 92, 483 who have hit their

2004 Friends of Scouting Goal!!!

2004 Friends of ScoutingCampaign

Is your united signed up for yourFriends of Scouting Campaign presenta-tion? If you have not already signed upyour unit for this years presentation, nowis the time! If you know when your Pack’sBlue and Gold Banquets or next Troop’sCourts of Honor is then you have all theinformation needed to schedule the pre-sentation. You can either sign up atRoundtable, or contact this year’s chair,Greg Spies at 913-338-4354, or Rob Gilker-son at the Council Service Center at 816-942-9333 x178.

Unit of the MonthDo you think that your Pack/Troop or

Crew has what it takes to be the unit of themonth? Please send an email describingwhat makes your unit unique with pic-tures, if possible, to Rob Gilkerson at [email protected].

TrainingAre you trained? Are all the leaders in

your unit trained? Training helps us todeliver a better program for our youth thenew training schedule is out. Please referto the training brochure for more detailsand to find out who should take whattrainings.

March 3 Boy Scout Leader Specific Training Session 1


March 27-28 Webelos Leader Outdoor Experience


April 13 New Leader EssentialsApril 17-18 Introduction to Outdoor

Leader Skills (Boys Scouts)April 17 Basic Adult Leader Outdoor

Opportunity (Cub Scouts)April 22 Troop Committee ChallengeMay 1 New Leader EssentialsMay 1 Youth ProtectionMay 1 Cub Scout Job Specific

Unit RecharteringA reminder to all Scout Leaders – it is

time to re-charter your unit for anotheryear. Please contact your Unit Commis-sioner if you do not already have your re-charter packet for your Unit. They willalso be able to train you if you have neverdone re-chartering before.

Remember Charters are due at theMarch Roundtable, March 4th

Cub Day CampEach Pack should already have desig-

nating a Day Camp Coordinator. It is theresponsibility of this person to be at theDay Camp registration and Pack Coordi-

KEEP THIS INFO CLOSEIMPORTANT PHONE NUMBERS TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTIONSDistrict Chair Gus Meyer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (913) 642-3209District Commissioner Marc Elkins . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (913) 897-2857Activities Chair Dean Carlson . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (913) 681-2852Membership Chair Randy Monson . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (913) 491-1390Advancement Chair Herb Strain . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (816) 941-8614Camping Chair Russ Lindsay . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (913) 649-2956Training Chair Pat Harvey . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (913) 642-4671Venturing Scott Worsham . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (913) 381-4082Boy Scout Roundtable Dean Carlson . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (913) 681-2852Cub Scout Roundtable Lynn Haffner . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (913) 649-3257

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

February5 Roundtable, Eagle Scout Project Review, Order of the Arrow Chapter, Merit

Badge Counselor Training – 7pm – Christ Church, 91st & Nall12 Commissioner’s Mtg. – 7pm – Valley View Methodist, 95th & Antioch18 District Committee Mtg - 7:00pm - Rolling Hills Presbyterian, 93rd & Nall19 Eagle Board of Review – LDS Church (130th and Wornall) – 7:30 p.m.28 Merit Badge Forum

March3 Boy Scout Leader Specific Training Session 14 Charter Packets are due4 Roundtable, Eagle Scout Project Review, Order of the Arrow Chapter, Merit

Badge Counselor Training – 7pm – Christ Church, 91st & Nall6 College of Commissioner Service9 Boy Scout Leader Specific Training Session 2

11 Commissioner’s Mtg. – 7pm – Valley View Methodist, 95th & Antioch17 District Committee Mtg - 7:00pm - Rolling Hills Presbyterian, 93rd & Nall18 Eagle Board of Review – LDS Church (130th and Wornall) – 7:30 p.m.27-28 Webelos Leader Outdoor Experience27 Sharing Native American Ways Event27 District Pinewood Derby30 Boy Scout Leader Specific Training Session 3

Calendar of Events

nator Rally on February 2. Look for theTrailhead Day Camp Flyer for details onthe Rally. We are in great need of Staff. Ifyou have, any questions call MichelleMagee at 913-677-3647.

Pinewood DerbyThe Trailhead District Pinewood

Derby is right around the corner. OnMarch 27, at Metcalf mall three champi-ons from every Pack will test their car tosee out it stands against the other packs.The rules that are sold with the pinewoodcar are the ones that the district will follow.Remember a Pack can send only 3 boys tothe District Pinewood Derby.

Scout Mall ShowCome enjoy the Fiesta at the Annual

Scout Mall Show will be at Antioch Mall onFebruary 7. Show hours are 9:30 a.m. to4:30 p.m. Please come and show off yourunit – this is a great recruiting tool.

The District Pinewood Derby Champi-onships will be held on Friday evening andSaturday. Jeff Cook and his outstanding staffwill be conducting the Derby.

Contact Jill Cook, home 468-9323 [email protected] or Matt Specht, Senior DistrictExecutive, 942-9333 or [email protected] more information on the Mall Show and JeffCook, home 468-9323 or [email protected] the Pinewood Derby Champi-onships.

TrainingThe spring training courses are coming up

fast and the training staff is hard at work toprovide an outstanding training experience.The first opportunity will be on 3 Tuesdayevenings starting on March 30th and contin-uing on Saturday and Sunday April 17th &18th. These training’s will cover the Fast


Start Training, New Leader Essentials, andPosition Specific Training. Be watching formore details at roundtable and on the DistrictPage of the Council Web Site (www.hoac-bsa.org). For questions on training, giveJonathan Geiger at 816-942-9333 ext 132.

Recharter Turn-InThis is the month to get your rechartering

paperwork turned in. You can turn it in eitherat Roundtable on February 5th or at the Rechar-ter Turn-In/Commissioner Staff Meeting onFebruary 12th. The location for the 12th turnin will be St Luke Presbyterian Church at 4301NE Vivion. If you have any questions, pleasecontact your unit commissioner or a member ofthe North Star Team at 816-942-9333.

Cub Scout Day Camp, 7-10th“Cubs on Expedition” Your pack will soon

have the opportunity to sign up for a greatweek at Day Camp to celebrate the Lewis andClark Expedition in a fun way. The dates areJune 7-10 and the location will once again bethe Platte County Fairgrounds. This year’sstaff is hard at work putting on the best daycamp for your Cubs. Need information on

Day Camp? Contact Jeff Tyler (505-2015),Director, Jill Cook (468-9232), ProgramDirector, or Jon Geiger (942-9333, ext 132),District Executive.

Klondike DerbyBIG thanks goes to every troop that par-

ticipated in this year’s Klondike Derby onJanuary 24th at the Kelsey Short Youth Campat Smithville Lake. A thank you also goes toKlondike Chairman John Burwell and hisstaff for putting on a great Klondike!

Spring RecruitingNow is the time to plan for your spring

recruiting efforts. All packs are encouraged torecruit new Tiger Cubs this spring and troopswill be greeting new Webelos into the troops.Any questions on membership? Give BrianBlake a call at 816-746-6797.

Friends of ScoutingHas your unit scheduled a FOS presenta-

tion? A member of the family presentationteam is ready to come to your next meeting.

February5 District Roundtable, 7:30 p.m.,

Hillside Christian Church, 900NE Vivion

5 Youth Protection & New LeaderEssentials Training, Merit BadgeCounselor Orientation, OA Chap-ter Meeting at Roundtable

7 District Mall Show & PinewoodDerby 9:30 a.m., Antioch Shop-ping Center

10 District Committee Meeting,7:30 p.m., North Cross UnitedMethodist, 1321 NE Vivion

12 Recharter Turn-In/CommissionerStaff Meeting, 7:30 p.m., St.Luke Presbyterian Church, 4301NE Vivion

March4 District Roundtable, 7:30 p.m.,

Hillside Christian Church, 900NE Vivion

4 Youth Protection & New LeaderEssentials Training, Merit BadgeCounselor Orientation, OA Chap-ter Meeting at Roundtable

9 District Committee Meeting,7:30 p.m., North Cross UnitedMethodist Church, 1301 NE Viv-ion

11 Commissioner Staff Meeting,7:30 p.m., St. Luke PresbyterianChurch, 4301 NE Vivion

30 Boy Scout Leader CommitteeOperations Training, 6:00 p.m.,Hillside Christian Church, 900NE Vivion

Calendar of Events

February5 Roundtable, 7:00 PM at First

Baptist Church of Olathe7 Merit Badge Forum, Session 3 at

Chisom Trail JR High12 Commissioners Meeting, 7:30

PM at MNU Library17 District Committee Meeting,

7:00 PM at Advent LutheranChurch

20 Eagle Board of Reviews, 6:30PM at St Thomas ApostalicChurch

20-22 Klondike Trapper’s Rendezvousat Camp Naish

28 District Dinner at Stanley Pres-byterian Church

March4 Roundtable, 7:00 PM at College

Church of the Nazarene, FamilyLife Center

6 District Pinewood Derby, timeswill be scheduled, Blue ValleyBaptist Church

11 Commissioners Meeting, 7:30PM at MNU Library

16 District Committee Meeting,7:00 PM at Advent LutheranChurch

18 Eagle Board of Review, 6:30 PMat St Thomas Apostalic Church

Calendar of EventsBe Prepared for 2004 Friendsof Scouting

We are well into the 2004 Friends ofScouting Campaign and things are pro-gressing well. This year’s district leader-ship is Steve Berko as the overall chair andKeith Sickendick as the Family chair.There has already been numerous unitsconduct a presentation and congratula-tions to pack 3200 and troop 85 forachieving goal.

Please plan on scheduling a Family unitpresentation in your Pack or Troop. Agreat opportunity for a brief presentationis during Blue & Gold Banquets andCourts of Honors. Contact Keith Sick-endick, [email protected], 685-1870or Jason Ballew, [email protected], 816942-9333 x182 to schedule and thanks forthe continued support of Friends ofScouting.

District Dinner Attention unit leaders nominations for

the upcoming district recognition dinnerwill be due by the February Roundtable onthe 5th. Do you know an outstanding qual-ity Scouter who consistently goes “above andbeyond the call of duty?” The nominationsmay be for a body of work over several yearsor it may be for one or two major events thathad a tremendous impact on your unit, dis-trict, or Scouting. If so please take the timeto nominate them for the appropriate recog-nition, i.e. District Award of Merit, Out-standing Scoutmaster, Outstanding Cub-master, and so on.

The dinner itself will be on the evening ofFebruary 28th, 6:00 p.m. at Stanley Presby-terian Church and will recognize outstand-ing adult leaders, young men who earnedtheir Eagle Scouts in 2003, and more.

Spring RecharteringIt is that time of year where every unit in

the district needs to recharter. The bulk oftroops, packs, and crews have a recharterdue date of March 15. The packets weredistributed and signed for at the JanuaryRoundtable and if you recharter inApril/May they will be available at futureRoundtables. Please utilize your unit com-missioners if you need any assistance in thisyearly process. It is important the paper-work is filled out correctly and turned in ontime. Also recall to qualify for the “QualityUnit” Award you need to be an on timeunit.

Stay in the Loop of Communication

Are you receiving all of the latest andgreatest information regarding the Red-Tailed Hawk district and Heart of AmericaCouncil? There are numerous ways toacquire current Scouting info, such as thedistrict email group, district website, coun-cil website, monthly Roundtables and thisnewsletter. Please share these communica-tion avenues with the leaders in your unit.

RTH Email Group: To subscribe emailDave Weerts at [email protected] District Website: www.eagle-scout.org/RTH/HOAC Website: www.hoac-bsa.orgRTH Roundtable: Generally occurs the 1stThursday of every month at CollegeChurch of the Nazarene, Family Life Center

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 Training Chairman Jeff Wandtke . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 913 764-8413District 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 Dan Wohlford . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 913 768-7158District Executive Jason Ballew . . . . . . . . . . . . 816 942-9333 x182

2004 North Star District CommitteeDistrict Chairman Tom Lenz . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 816-426-2408District Commissioner Russ Downing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 816-587-2025Activities John Burwell . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 816-891-6499Advancement Craig Liljegren . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 816-453-7689Camping Jeff Cook . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 816-468-9232FOS Michael Short . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 816-587-5170FOS Family Tom Lanio . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 816-454-5009Membership Brian Blake . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 816-746-6797NESA Bob Whitaker . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 816-455-0021Public Relations Jeff Tyler . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 816-505-2015Relationship 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] District Executive Matt Specht . . . . . . . . . . . . . 816-942-9333ext166

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

[email protected]

Give Tom Lanio (454-5009) or Jim Olshefski(452-4450) a call or Jon Geiger a call at 816-942-9333 or see your Zone Chairman to getyour FOS date on the calendar. This year’scampaign is in full swing and early results arelooking great. Don’t forget the free rankadvancements if your unit achieves its goal.

North Star TrainingThe North Star Training Team is going to

be offering Boy Scout Leader Training threeTuesday evenings starting March 30th and oneweekend training on April 17th and 18th.Youth Protection and Fast Start maybe takenover the Internet at www.scouting.org, and arerequired to complete the trainings.

Cub Scout Training will have an all day ses-sion on March 20th and will be offering YouthProtection, Fast Start, New Leader Essentials,and Position Specific Training. Cub ScoutLeader Training will also be offered again ontwo Tuesday evenings on April 13th and 20th.April 13th we will be offering Fast Start andNew Leader Essentials, and April 20th we willbe offering Position Specific Training.

KEEP THIS INFO CLOSE!IMPORTANT PHONE NUMBERS TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTIONS

HOAC WEBSITE hoac-bsa.orgDistrict Chairman Bill Henderson . . . . . . (913)-383-1950District 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)-362-4509Order of the Arrow Adult Advisor Gary Akers . . . . . . . . . . (913) 262-2047District Membership Chairman Cathi Maynard . . . . . . (913)-648-7166District Website Liaison Cathi Maynard . . . . . . (913)-648-7166District School Night Chairman Missy Musick-Brown . . (913)-362-3633District 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)-341-5061Youth 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]


February5 District Roundtable located at Village Presbyterian Church at 7:00PM

7 Webelos on Wheels “Scientist” Community Covenant Church 7230 Quiv-era Rd., For more information contact Paul Ginther, WOW Chairman at913-268-0311.

10 New Leaders Essentials Training Located at Shawnee United MethodistChurch check-in, begins at 6:30. Youth Protection begins at 7:00 pm fol-lowed by New Leaders Essentials at 8:30 pm.

12 District Committee Meeting, Community Covenant Church, 7230 QuiveraRd., 6:30 PM

12 District Commissioner’s Meeting, 7:30 PM

19 District Eagle Board of Reviews, Located at the LDS Church, 7845 Allman,6:30 PM

20 Den Chief Conference Training Location Asbury United Methodist Church5400 W 75th Street

March4 District Roundtable located at Village Presbyterian Church at 7:00PM

6 Merit Badge Forum/ Super Saturday Training located at Shawnee MissionNorthwest High School at 12701 W 67th Street. For questions and moreinformation about Merit Badge Forum, contact Judy Tuckness at 913-268-9996. You can also visit the HOAC Website for more information regard-ing Super Saturday and Merit Badge Forum.

9 Youth Protection Training & New Leaders Essential Training Located atShawnee United Methodist Church check-in begins at 6:30. Youth Pro-tection begins at 7:00 pm followed by New Leaders Essentials at 8:30 pm.

11 District Committee Meeting, Community Covenant Church, 7230 QuiveraRd., 6:30 PM

District Commissioner’s Meeting, 7:30 PM

18 District Eagle Board of Reviews, Located at the LDS Church, 7845 Allman,6:30 PM

19 Troop Committee Challenge 7:00 pm-9:30 pm Located at Shawnee UnitedMethodist Church

20 Scoutmaster/Assistant SM Job Specific Training 8:00 am-5:00pm Locatedat Shawnee United Methodist Church

27/28 Introduction to Outdoor Leader skills 7:30 am on Saturday and concludeat 3:00 pm on Sunday Located at Camp Klassen 40910 W 311th St, Paola,Kansas

27 District Pinewood Derby Located at Mission Mall 4801 Johnson DriveRace begins at 9 am., Car Check in is Friday night at Mission Mall from6pm-8pm. Please contact Dave Sulta at 913-381-7824 for questions andmore information. Registration form is printed in Newsletter.

Calendar of EventsFebruary SalutesThis Month in the Eagle Salute Spotlight

The Northern Tier District is proud topresent our new Eagles of the NorthernTier Brett Mach of Troop 93, TyrellGephardt and Adam Setterburg of Troop192, Michael Knapp of Troop 98, BenWhitsitt and Graham Nelson of Troop 91,and Michael Sheerin of Troop 194. Con-gratulations to you all from your NorthernTier District Committee and the Heart ofAmerica Council. We Salute You!

Friends of Scouting 2004It’s that time to sign your unit up for

Friends of Scouting. Remember, free rankadvancements go to all units upon reach-ing their Friends of Scouting Unit goaland Participation Goal to December 31st,2004. For more information or questions,please contact Lisa Hayes at (816) 942-9333 ext: 172 or call Steve Brady, our2004 Family Friends of Scouting Chair-man at (913) 362-8441. We, as theNorthern Tier District have the opportu-nity to show our support to the ScoutingProgram. Friends of Scouting is such avital part of our program It helps to sup-port the training program, preserve boththe Naish and Bartle Scout Reservation-sthat we all enjoy year after year, the costof uniforms or registration fees for thosethat may need a little help, as well as manyother aspects of the Scouting program.Let’s gear up for another phenomenal yearin our support of Scouting throughFriends of Scouting.

Pinewood Derby Rules1. The width of the car shall not exceed2-3/4 inches.2. The length of the car shall not exceed 7inches.3. The weight of the car shall not exceed5 ounces-original amount of bottomclearance must be maintained if weightsare used underneath.4. The axles, wheels, and body wood shallbe as provided in the official BSAPinewood Derby Kit. THERE WILL BENO ADJUSTMENT OR CHANGE OFTHE WHEEL BASE AND WHEELAXLES AND NO EXTENDEDWHEEL BASES ALLOWED.5. Diameter, width, or profile of wheelsshall not be altered from their originalform as provided in the kit.6. Wheel bearings, washers, and bushingsare prohibited.7. The car shall not ride on any springs.8. Details added must not exceed width,length, and weight requirements.9. The car must be freewheeling with nostarting devices.

10. No loose materials of any kind areallowed in car.11. No oil, grease or lubricant, other thandry graphite or dry white Teflon, shall beused on axles after inspection.12. All cars must be inspected and meetthese requirements to be eligible to race.13. Race officials will hold all cars passinginspection until completion is concluded.14. Race officials will put the cars on thestarting line, start the race and retrieve thecars. Cub Scouts WILL NOT TOUCHanother driver’s car.15. The official judges will decide winnersof each heat.16. No adult will act as an official of anykind during the heat in which a boy fromhis/her pack is participating.17. If a car leaves the track, runs out of itslane, interferes with another car, loses anaxle, etc., the heat will be rerun. If thesame car gets into trouble on the rerun,the contestant automatically loses thatrace. If, on the second run, another car isinterfered with, that heat will be rerunwithout the disqualified car.

Best of Luck To All Participants

Northern Tier DistrictPinewood Derby

Mission Center Mall4801 Johnson Drive, Mission, Ks

Event date: Saturday March 27, 2004First race 9AMCheck in Friday evening March 26 6 –8PMRegistration Closes: March 21, 2004Cost: $5.00 per Pack due at registrationand payable at Council office with thisform.“Official” rules found in the kit will beenforced.Questions or concerns may be directed toDave Sultz at 913.381.7824.

Pack CoordinatorName:__________________________Phone: _________________________

Cub 1: Den: _________________Name:__________________________

Cub 2: Den: _________________Name: _______________________

Cub 3: Den: _________________Name: _________________________

Code: 1-6801-430-20

2004 Trails West Camporee“Louis & Clark, a Bicentennial”

The 2004 Trails West District Cam-poree will be held April 2nd throughthe 4th at the Naish Scout Reserva-tion, Bonner Springs, KS. This year’stheme, “Louis and Clark, a Bicenten-nial,” celebrates the 200th anniversaryof their trail-blazing western expedi-tion to the Pacific that millions wouldone day follow. Along with a concen-tration on pioneering and other Scout-crafts, we hope to have living histori-ans present throughout the weekendproviding a glimpse of Jefferson’sAmerica to those in attendance. Markyour calendars now. For more infor-mation, please contact Shawn Hudsonat (913) 220-9548, or via email [email protected].

2004 Trails West CubScout Day Camp“Cub Expedition”

“Go west young man! Go west!”Old Horace must have heard about the2004 Trails West District Day Camp.This year’s theme is “Cub Expedition,”so dust off those coonskin hats, hitchup the wagons, and blaze a trail to the

Klondike DerbyThanks to Rod Zinn, Wayne Deaver,

the folks at Troop 52, and Pelathe DistrictActivities Chairman, Mike McCurdy for agreat Klondike Derby. This year’s derbywas held January 23 – 25, at Camp Naish.

Pelathe District Award ofMerit Recipients

On Saturday, January 10th First UnitedMethodist Church played host to ourAnnual Recognition Banquet. This year’sbanquet offered food and fellowship. Atthe banquet Pat Donahue and MartinPressgrove were honored as the PelatheDistrict Award of Merit Recipients.

Pat Donahue has been active withTroop 59 in Lawrence as Assistant Scout-

master since 1994 when he "re-joined"Scouting with his stepson. Since thattime, he also has served as a Unit Com-missioner and in several District level staffpositions, notably as the Camping Chairand a member of the District TrainingCommittee. Recently, Pat temporarily hasstepped into the role of Assistant Scout-master for Troop 61 due to the militaryreserve activation of that unit's Scoutmas-ter. Pat is known throughout the Districtfor his calm and cheerful attitude, and canalways be found at the campfires with hisguitar and a song. Pat is an Eagle Scout,Wood Badge trained, an Honorary War-rior in the Tribe of Mic-O-Say, and Broth-erhood Order of the Arrow.

Martin Pressgrove has served the Scoutsof Baldwin City since 1986, beginning as

a Cub Scout leader with Pack 3065 wherehe continues to serve as a CommitteeMember. In 1991, he joined Troop 65 asAssistant Scoutmaster, and since 1994,Martin has served as Troop 65's Scout-master. During Martin's tenure as Scout-master, he has emphasized the HighAdventure programs, with the troopattending Packard High Adventure Base(three times), canoeing the BoundaryWaters (twice), hiking the Black Hills(twice), canoeing the Kaw (twice), andhiking the Land Between the Lakes trail inKentucky. Martin is a bird enthusiast andon hikes will 'call up' and identify birds.Martin is Brotherhood Order of theArrow.

Scouting for FoodSaturday, April 24, 2004

The Council Good Turn Committeehas offered and the Pelathe district hasaccecpted the challenge of making ourareas Community Service Day a Scoutingfor Food event.

It is the responsibility of your unit toplan the service project so that the actualcollection and turn in of the food happenson Saturday, April 24, 2004. Informationabout when and where the turn in for ourdistrict will be distributed at the February

Roundtable.The Heart of America Council will

provide food collection bags and accom-panying literature, which will be distrib-uted to your Unit’s leaders at the FebruaryRoundtable.

Timber Ridge Adventure Center, inwestern Olathe, KS, June 14th throughthe 17th 2004. Remember, attendingDay Camp helps boys stay interested inCub Scouting over the summer whenmany packs do not hold regular meet-ings and activities. It also helps meetthe need for summer programs thatprovide youth with engaging activitieswithin a safe environment! Day Campis open to all Cubs, Tigers throughWebelos. Day Camp Staff members areavailable to come to your Pack meeting,Blue & Gold Dinner, or any other CubScout gathering to provide a presenta-tion on Day Camp. Please contactShawn Hudson at (913) 254-9548 or e-mail [email protected]. If you areinterested in serving on our 2004 DayCamp Staff, there are still positionsopen!

Friends of ScoutingThe 2004 Friends of Scouting cam-

paign is will under way and doing bet-ter than ever thanks to the many hoursof work by everyone. If your unit hasnot yet signed up for a presentation atyour meeting now is the time to makethe call. You can call Marlene Bean at913-782-4636 to get a presentation setup.

Trails West District2004 Pinewood DerbyRules and Regulations1. The width of the car shall not exceed2 _ inches. The length of the car shallnot exceed 7 inches. The weight of thecar shall not exceed 5 ounces—originalamount of bottom clearance of 3/8”must be maintained if weights are usedunderneath.2. The axles, pins, wheels and bodyshall be from the current official BSAPinewood Derby Kit.3. Diameter, width, or profile ofwheels, wheelbase and axles shall not bealtered, changed, shaved, moved fromtheir original form as provided in thekit. The width between wheels: 1-1/2”. 4. Wheel bearings, washers and bush-ings are prohibited.5. The car shall not ride on any kind ofsprings.6. The detail/cosmetics of the car,details added, must not exceed width,length and weight requirements includ-ing any paint, decals, steering wheel,interior details, driver.7. The car must be freewheeling withno starting devices.8. No loose materials of any kind areallowed in the car.9. No oil, grease or lubricant, otherthan dry graphite or dry teflon that youcan purchase at the scout shop, shall beused on the axles.10. All cars must be inspected and meetthese requirements to be eligible torace.11. Race officials will hold all cars pass-ing inspection until competition is con-cluded.12. Race officials will put the cars onthe starting line, start the race andretrieve the cars. Participants and spec-tators are not allowed to touch any caruntil after the end of the race.13. The official judges will decide win-ners of each heat.

14. No adult will act as an official ofany kind during a heat in which a boyfrom his/her pack is participating.15. If a car leaves the track, runs out ofits lane, interferes with another car,loses an axle, etc., the heat will be rerun.If the same car gets into trouble on thererun, the contestant automaticallyloses that race. If, on the second run,another car is interfered with, the heatwill be rerun without the disqualifiedcar.16. If a car breaks down, the scout willbe allowed 5 minutes to fix the car. If itcannot be fixed within the 5 minutes, itwill be disqualified. No graphite shallbe applied to a car being repaired.

District LeadershipDistrict Chairman Ed Hedges . . . . . . . . . . . . . 913-768-1420District Commissioner Geoff Mildenhall . . . . . . . . 913-859-0506District Membership Chair Janice DeSalvo . . . . . . . . . . 913-393-0005District Advancement Chair Ellen McGurk . . . . . . . . . . 913-780-1577District 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

February5 Roundtable & Commissioners

Meeting, 7:00 PM, First BaptistChurch, 1330 Kasold

19 District Committee Meeting, 7:00PM, Land Plan Engineering, 1310Wakarusa Drive

March4 Roundtable & Commissioners

Meeting, 7:00 PM, First BaptistChurch, 1330 Kasold

6 Pinewood Derby, 8:00 AM, Troop55 Scout Cabin

18 District Committee Meeting, 7:00PM, Land Plan Engineering, 1310Wakarusa Drive

Calendar of Events

February5 Roundtable, Center of Grace, 520 S

Harrison, Olathe, 7PM10 District Committee Meeting, Center of

Grace, 520 S Harrison, Olathe, 7PM17 District Commissioner Meeting, Cen-

ter of Grace, 520 S Harrison, Olathe,7PM

19 Eagle Board of Review, Jesus ChristChurch of LDS, 7845 Allman, Lenexa,6:30PM, (Please arrive 15 min. early)

March4 Roundtable, Center of Grace, 520 S

Harrison, Olathe, 7PM6 District Pinewood Derby Great Mall of

the Great Plains9 District Committee Meeting, Center of

Grace, 520 S Harrison, Olathe, 7PM16 District Commissioner Meeting, Cen-

ter of Grace, 520 S Harrison, Olathe,7PM

18 Eagle Board of Review, Jesus ChristChurch of LDS, 7845 Allman, Lenexa,6:30PM, (Please arrive 15 min. early)

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2004 Pelathe District Operating CommitteeDistrict Chairman John Scarffe . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 785-843-5175

[email protected] Vice Chairman Tom Sheely . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 785-842-9662

[email protected] (new)District Commissioner Jim Peterson . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 785- 841-2044

[email protected] Executive Curtis Neal Harris . . . . . . . . . . . . 785-979-1402

[email protected]


Pinewood DerbyMarch 13, 2004 at 8:00 a.m. we will

conduct our annual Cub ScoutPinewood Derby race at General Motors– Fairfax District on 3201 Fairfax Traf-ficway in Kansas City, Kansas. If youhave not registered for this event yet,please call Marvin Clay at 1-800-776-1110 ext 165.

Charter RenewalOn time charter renewal is a require-

ment for quality unit. If your unit hasnot charter yet, please call Dusty Boa-tright at 816-942-9333.

Friends of ScoutingThe official kick-off date was January

29th and Kaw District already is com-

mitted to achieving our goal. The over-all goal this year is $96,000. Our familyFOS goal is $25,000. Friends of Scout-ing is vital component to ensuring thefunds necessary for our Council to con-duct its programs. Don’t forget, yourunit can earn free rank this year from ourScout Shop if it reaches its monetary and40% family participation unit goal. Forinformation call Dusty Boatright at 1-800-776-1110 ext 167.

Annual Scouter RecognitionDinner

The Annual Scouter RecognitionDinner was held on Saturday, January24, 2004 at Immaculate Conception inLeavenworth, Kansas. We awarded theDistrict Award of Merit to six deservingindividuals as well as recognized our2003 Eagle Scouts.

Klondike Derby 2004Thanks to Dan Hammond and the

excellent he assembled. The 2004Klondike Derby was a huge success thisyear!

KAW DISTRICT COMMITTEEDistrict Chairman Doug Spangler . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (913) 441-3707District Commissioner Susan Rodgers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (913) 727-1470District Training Chairman Greg Carpenter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (816) 760-7975Cub Training CoordinatorBoy Scout Training Coordinator Rick Lockwood . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .(913) 758-3555Youth Protection Training

Coordinator Nancy Henre . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (913) 369-3736Membership Chair Dan Hammond . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (913) 651-4885Activities Chair Bob Sixta . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (913) 895-5730Advancement Chairman Sharlet Untereiner . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (913) 651-3436Camping Chair Bob Zahnter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (913) 371-1574Sr. District Executive Marvin Clay . . . . . . . . . . . . . (816) 942-9333 ext 165

[email protected]. District Executive Dusty Boatright . . . . . . . . . . (816) 942-9333 ext 167

[email protected]

Family Friends of ScoutingThe Pioneer Trails district has reached

its goal of Quality District and has man-aged to have balanced growth for 2003.Lets reach our next largest goal, which isachieving our 2004 FOS goal. So far wehave had more than a dozen presentations,but we need for those Troops, Packs, andVenture Crews that haven’t had a presen-tation, select a date for a presentation. Inaddition, we also ask that everyone whohas viewed a FOS presentation turn in hisor her pledges. If we act now we will beable to reach our goal early and producean even stronger district for 2004.

To schedule a date and time for a fam-ily presentation call Steve Livingston, your

Family FOS Chairman, at 816-444-5730.Please do your part and support a pro-gram that promotes citizenship, createsmore opportunity for youths to joinscouting, and enhances the lives of over7,000 youth in the Pioneer Trails District.

REMEMBER!!!! “This is more thanjust financial support, it is an opportunityto ensure that an investment has beenmade towards our greatest asset…ouryouth.”

Spring Recruiting BeginsRight when you think that fall recruit-

ment is over, the spring recruitment hasjust begun. The best time to sign youthup is all the time, but for those who comein during our spring recruitment will have

an opportunity to attend Cub Day Campand Boy Scout Summer Camp. Springrecruitment will also allow us to get theboy’s interested before they get into sum-mer sports programs. Please take theopportunity to set up a spring recruit-ment day. Feel free to call any of the threePioneer Trails District Executives at 816-942-9333 if you need any assistance withflyers, posters, or with Boy Talks.

District DinnerCongratulations! You have stayed with

Pioneer Trails long enough to see anotherexciting District Dinner. The people ofPioneer Trails have given so much back tothe district that we were obliged to showour appreciation. This years RecognitionDinner will be held on Saturday, February7th, 2004 at Colonial PresbyterianChurch, located at 95th & Wornall.Reserve your table today and ensure thatyou will be seated for success. For moreinformation contact: George Weaver (816)941-6411.

TrainingWhen was the last time you attended

training? Well, if it has been a while, thenthis is your queue. We invite you to jointhe Pioneer Trails District training team’s

PIONEER TRAILS DISTRICT NUMBERSDistrict Chairman: Dennis Cross . . . . . . . . . . . . . (H) 816-444-7989 District Vice-Chairman: Fred DeFeo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (H) 816-942-0675District Commissioner: Jim Bernard Jr. . . . . . . . . . . . (H) 913-385-7088Advancement Chairman: Bill Tabolsky . . . . . . . . . . . . . (H) 913-791-8141Activities Chairman: Michael Grimaldi . . . . . . . . . (H) 816-363-7949Camping Chairman: Jay Reed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (H) 816-228-4438Membership Chairman: Julie Hill . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (H) 816-361-3385Mic-O-Say Memorial: Don O’Neal . . . . . . . . . . . . . (H) 816-925-6567Public Relations Director Carol DeFeo . . . . . . . . . . . . . (H) 816-942-0675Relationships Chairman: Jon Voss . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (H) 913-488-3548Special Needs Chairman: Carole Gaither . . . . . . . . . . . . (H) 816-523-5380Training Chairman: Norman Kahn . . . . . . . . . . . . (H) 913-341-4792District Director: Matt Gettys . . . . . . (H) 816-942-9333, ext. 171District Executive: Brian Tobler . . . . . . (H) 816-942-9333, ext. 185District Executive: LaVar Lard . . . . . . . (H) 816-942-9333, ext. 147

February5 Cub/Boy Scout Leader Round-

table – 7:00 p.m., Clark MiddleSchool, Bonner Springs, Kansas

5 OA Chapter Meeting, Clark MiddleSchool, Bonner Springs, Kansas

12 District Committee Meeting &Commissioner Staff Meeting –7:00 p.m., BPU, 300 N. 65th St.,Kansas City, Kansas

March5 Cub/Boy Scout Leader Round-

table – 7:00 p.m., Clark MiddleSchool, Bonner Springs, Kansas

5 OA Chapter Meeting, Clark MiddleSchool, Bonner Springs, Kansas

11 District Committee Meeting &Commissioner Staff Meeting –7:00 p.m., BPU, 300 N. 65th St.,Kansas City, Kansas

20 Basic Leader Training, LocationTBA

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Spring Training Extravaganza on April17th, 21st and May 1st and 2nd of 2004.The training is for leaders in every posi-tion in Scouting, so it can and will bene-fit everyone. Plan now to be there anddon’t miss the fun again. For more infor-mation call: Dr. Norman Kahn (913) 341-4792.

Cub Day CampThis year Cub Day Camp will be a

blast. It’s going to be held at Knott's Ele-mentary School at 7301 Jackson Avenue,Kansas City, MO and it is the week ofJune 14th thru June 17th, 2004. Regis-tration begins on February 2nd at $45.00per boy as long as it is paid by April 21st,2004. After April 21st, 2004 there is a$15.00 late fee, which would make regis-tration $60.00 per boy. . Information willbe available at Roundtable and for moreinformation, please call Lisa Kessler at816-333-9393.

Spring EventPioneer trails will hold its Spring Event

on Saturday, March 20th from 9:00 A.M.to 3:00 P.M. The theme and location areyet to be determined. For questionsplease contact Michael Grimaldi at 816-363-7949.

ScoutingTimeless Values

February5 Roundtable, 7:30 p.m. - Central United Methodist

5 Merit Badge Counselor/Youth Protection Training – Roundtable

5 District Commissioners Meeting 6:30 p.m. - H. J. ’s Activity Center

7 District Dinner – Colonial Presbyterian, 95th and Wornall

16 Service Center Closed

17 District Committee Meeting, 7:30 p.m., VFW National Headquarters, 3400Broadway

March4 District Commissioners Meeting 6:00 p.m. – Central United Methodist

4 Roundtable, 7:30 p.m. - Central United Methodist

13 Commissioners College

16 District Committee Meeting 7:30 p.m., VFW National Headquarters, 3400

20 Spring Event

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