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2017 Winter Camp at Camp Trevor Rees-Jones “Mohalo Campers” and to all the winter camp staff! Surfs up, everyone! This was another great year at the Circle 10 Council Winter Camp led by our Youth Lead Hunter Peirson along with his adult advisor Pete Parish. This year’s success spans from many things like the amaz-ing Hawaiian theme, to the participants, and the exceptional job done by our winter camp staff members. Most campers would summarize this year’s winter camp as one of the best winter camps and most would agree that this winter camp was the most successful in years. On a scale from 1-5, 5 being the best, our average feedback score from all the units was a 4.4 . What makes the 2017 winter camp amaz-ing? In terms of participants, we had a 12% increase from last year, with 1200 scouts and scouters (youth and adults). These campers had a great time with the help of all 210 win-ter camp staffers. This group of people came together and worked each program areas en-suring that each campers will have an amazing experience throughout the week. Another factor that made this winter camp a success was the technology used at the camp. This idea was first conceived at the 2017 fall fellowship with the help of Kayne Harrison and Field Parsons with the help of advisor Josh Scott, and due to its grand approval it was brought to Winter Camp. They ran a fiber op-tic network through the camp connecting TVs to broadcast information, pictures of campers having fun and music that relates to the winter camp surfing theme like Hawaiian Five-0 theme song. To many campers, this was a new and unique experience for them.

Another highlight for winter camp was our wrangler program, led by crew 138. They also take care of the camp’s horses all year long and provide weekend horsemanship merit badge camp outs during the year. Our staff, like any other year had a very strong leadership, everyone contributed their fair share of work to make Winter Camp a success

“It is amazing how our youth quickly respond to the call to service and pick up responsibili-

ties and lead. They did an excellent job.” Pete Parish Winter Camp advisor

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Brody Humphries staffed as a camp commis-sioner for the 2017 Winter Camp, and he is

standing in front of the cozy camp fire.

The 2017 Lodge Annual Dinner, led by Joe Chappell and his adult advisor BJ Ishmael, was held at Hella Shrine in Garland, TX. For dinner, there was a choice of grilled chicken and chicken fried steak with green beans and salad as sides. This year we had a special presentation for past Lodge Chiefs, from almost two decades ago, passing the Chief’s bonnet down to our current Lodge Chief, Will Perryman (pictured right). As for JTE, our lodge had an increase in chapters getting a recognition for JTE; 87% of our chapters earned a recognition, with 5 chapters earn-ing bronze, 6 chapters earning silver, and 9 chapters earning gold. Uktena was the 2017 Chapter of the year for going above and beyond the call to duty in giving cheerful service to the council and lodge. Congratulations to Jacob McKown, Alex Truax, Gordon Robinson, and David Johnson for being awarded the Founders Award (pictured below) which honors Ar-rowmen in the OA for unselfish service above and beyond their normal duties to their lodge.

Congratulations to our new Vigil Honor can-didates (pictured below). They went above and beyond the call to service. The vigil is the highest honor in the OA that is given to an Arrow-man. To be eligible for the Vigil Honor a Brotherhood member of the Order of the Arrow must have already been in the Order of Arrow for a minimum of two years. The Vigil honor is not something that you earn; it is a gift from your fellow arrowmen. Your peers nom-inate you not for what you have done in the past, but for the service and leadership you will provide in the future.

2017 Lodge Dinner

What: National Order of the Arrow Conference Where: Indiana University When: July 30 — August 5 2018 Departure - Thursday 7/26 Return- Sunday 8/5 Pre-conference Activities: Corvette Museum Mammoth Cave Louisville Slugger Museum King’s Island Amusement Park Major League Baseball Game National Air Force Museum

Cost: $1095 Youth, $1195 Adult. Includes: $525 conference fee Transportation, meals, and pre-conference activities Miki NOAC apparel and delegate patch set**Extra spending $$ for additional swag, trading post, souvenirs encouraged**

Register: http://www.miki.org/noac $100 due now Payment plan to be announced by Jan LEC Need-based scholarships available! Please see the NOAC Committee or Lodge Key 3NOAC is only 27 weeks away! You need to have the $100 deposit in ASAP, which will be refunded if you are not selected, as we have a limited quota of arrow-men which we are allowed to bring. The selection criteria will be released shortly.

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The Mikanakawa Lodge second Annual American Indian Activities Campout was a rousing success! Intended as an informal weekend of learning, crafting, dancing, and singing, it was an ideal place to ask questions about American Indian activities in our Lodge. This was the perfect opportunity to bring a project to get advice and assistance.

A total of 45 people attended, of which were 26 adults and 19 youth. Uktena Chapter had the largest group of representatives with 7 people in attendance, while Atoskata had five, and Satank had four; a total of 12 chapters had representatives at the event. Four guests even came from Netopolis Sipo Schipinachk Lodge! In contrast, at the 2016 AIA Campout we had 29 in attendance and only 11 youth. We will keep growing this event, with your help and interest. Waid Davis provided a class on flute playing and how the music can be incorporated in our ceremonies.

After a meal of taco soup, everyone headed over to the Cub World Activity Center. Two different districts had Cub Scout events that evening and asked the Mikanakawa Lodge dancers and singers to perform. This was a great opportunity to promote the AIA programs of the Lodge in front of several hundred people, and it allowed us to hold our Pow wow in a covered, well-lit area with a sound system. But, the best part was that 30 people participated with the dancing or singing or helping outfit the dancers. We danced for two hours and many people were able to dance for the first time. The best part of the dance were the appreciative responses from the districts, the Cub Scouts , their families. We’ve made contacts for future events and continue to spread the word.

Submitted by Scott Lollar

Mikanakawa Lodge American Indian Activities CampoutOctober 14-15, 2017

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