Here are the pictures from the March Pack Meeting. We had so many boys earn their badges. It was a terrific meeting.
Yesterday, we had our kite building workshop in the basement of the Methodist Church. It was well-attended, but I had to leave before I saw any kites finished. I want to thank the leaders and parents who were there.
This Saturday, April 18th, we will have our kite flying contest! We will meet at the pavilion by Trout Pond at Massac Park at 10 am. If the weather cooperates, it should be a great day. I might suggest the boys wear some boots or shoes you won't mind them getting dirty, because I don't yet know how wet the field will be. After the contest, we will award prizes, and have a cold cut lunch with chips, soda and cookies for everyone there. I hope everyone can make it!
Roger
Wednesday, April 15, 2009
Sunday, March 29, 2009
Upcoming Events
At the last Pack meeting, 12 Tigers, 7 Wolfs, and 1 Bear earned their badges of rank. I was proud to recognize the boys, and was also pleased to award Clay Blankenbaker his leader's staff. I was also able to award Valery Sronce hers.
I have not had an opportunity yet to post up the pictures from the Pack meeting, but I will soon.
I have just received the kits for the Space Derby and the Raingutter Regatta. leaders will be handing those kits out at your next den meetings, so please make sure you attend. The dates for the Space Derby and the Raingutter Regatta will be announced in the next few weeks.
In April, we will have our annual kite building and flying contest.
TUESDAY, APRIL 14th: Kite building workshop, 6 pm, at the United Methodist Church basement. All members of the Pack are asked to come to the kite building workshop in preparation for the Pack's Kite Flying Contest. When we make a kite, we do it the old fashioned way! No store bought kites. We will instruct the scouts on how to make their own kites. Den leaders are discussing with their scouts the different kinds of materials from which you can make a kite. Seriously, paper bags, trash bags, old newspaper, sticks, dowel rods, even visqueen and pvc pipe, any of these materials can make a kite. Oh, don't forget string, and rags for a tail. So, it shouldn't cost very much (if anything) to get materials for a great kite. Please bring the materials you will use for your kite with you. We will have some building materials there as well. Go to this website for many different FREE kite plans.
SATURDAY, APRIL 18th: Kite Flying Contest, 10:00 am, Trout Pond, Massac Park. You supply the kites, and we supply the food. After the contest, we will gather over at the pavillion nearest to Trout Pond for lunch. During lunch, we will give out awards for each Den's flyers, and award a grand prize for the overall best flyer. This meeting will also serve as our Pack Meeting for April. In the event of rain, or a really cold snap, we will postpone the contest until Saturday, April 25th, and 10:00 am.
We are also in the process of figuring out the rest of our summer calendar. Normally, we take a big trip in the summer for one of our events. If you have some ideas for a fun destination for the Cub Scouts and their families, please drop me a line or leave a comment here on the website.
Thanks again, to all scouts, parents, and volunteers, because you have made this a great year for Cub Scouts in Metropolis!
I have not had an opportunity yet to post up the pictures from the Pack meeting, but I will soon.
I have just received the kits for the Space Derby and the Raingutter Regatta. leaders will be handing those kits out at your next den meetings, so please make sure you attend. The dates for the Space Derby and the Raingutter Regatta will be announced in the next few weeks.
In April, we will have our annual kite building and flying contest.
TUESDAY, APRIL 14th: Kite building workshop, 6 pm, at the United Methodist Church basement. All members of the Pack are asked to come to the kite building workshop in preparation for the Pack's Kite Flying Contest. When we make a kite, we do it the old fashioned way! No store bought kites. We will instruct the scouts on how to make their own kites. Den leaders are discussing with their scouts the different kinds of materials from which you can make a kite. Seriously, paper bags, trash bags, old newspaper, sticks, dowel rods, even visqueen and pvc pipe, any of these materials can make a kite. Oh, don't forget string, and rags for a tail. So, it shouldn't cost very much (if anything) to get materials for a great kite. Please bring the materials you will use for your kite with you. We will have some building materials there as well. Go to this website for many different FREE kite plans.
SATURDAY, APRIL 18th: Kite Flying Contest, 10:00 am, Trout Pond, Massac Park. You supply the kites, and we supply the food. After the contest, we will gather over at the pavillion nearest to Trout Pond for lunch. During lunch, we will give out awards for each Den's flyers, and award a grand prize for the overall best flyer. This meeting will also serve as our Pack Meeting for April. In the event of rain, or a really cold snap, we will postpone the contest until Saturday, April 25th, and 10:00 am.
We are also in the process of figuring out the rest of our summer calendar. Normally, we take a big trip in the summer for one of our events. If you have some ideas for a fun destination for the Cub Scouts and their families, please drop me a line or leave a comment here on the website.
Thanks again, to all scouts, parents, and volunteers, because you have made this a great year for Cub Scouts in Metropolis!
Saturday, February 28, 2009
Blue and Gold Banquet, 2009
I want to thank everyone for making our Blue and Gold Banquet a huge success. Everyone enjoyed the food, the festivities, and I especially appreciated that four of our scouts earned the Arrow of Light, and crossed over into Boy Scouts. This easily the most important event that we prepare our scouts for, the most important event that I have the honor of participating in, and probably the most important ceremony over which the den leader presides. Also, sadly, it is the last day these boys will be cub scouts, and is usually the last day that the den leader remains an active participant in cub scouts.
Those four boys who bridged over are John Smith, Wesley Olroyd, Jonathan Hodges, and Dakota Robbins. They have earned our respect and admiration for their efforts.
Here are pictures of the event.
Those four boys who bridged over are John Smith, Wesley Olroyd, Jonathan Hodges, and Dakota Robbins. They have earned our respect and admiration for their efforts.
Here are pictures of the event.
Thursday, February 19, 2009
The Pinewood Derby 2009
Here are the winners of the Pack 101 Pinewood Derby:
TIGERS:
Damon McHaney, 5th, 2.665
Seth Blankenbaker, 4th, 2.654
Ethan Atkinson, 3rd, 2.614
Julian Russell, 2nd, 2.597
Dylan Copley, 1st, 2.546
WOLFS:
Seth Clausen, 5th, 2.822
Caleb Blankenbaker, 4th, 2.685
Logan Dassing, 3rd, 2.537
Cobie Copley, 2nd, 2.522
Riley Alsip, 1st, 2.462
BEARS:
Ethan Wimer, 5th, 3.782
Kobie Klotz, 4th, 3.237
Terrin Reed, 3rd, 2.867
Trentin Sronce, 2nd, 2.609
Stone Osman, 1st, 2.484
WEBELOS I
Braden Stamme, 4th, 2.898
Caleb Ashley, 3rd, 2.792
Tyler Timmons, 2nd, 2.626
Doug Bates, 1st, 2.515
WEBELOS II
Wesley Olroyd, 2nd, 4.083
Jonathan Hodges, 1st, 2.603
GRAND CHAMPIONS
Jonathan Hodges, 5th, 2.574
Dylan Copley, 4th, 2.555
Doug Bates, 3rd, 2.532
Stone Osman, 2nd, 2.493
Riley Alsip, 1st, 2.468
I want to thank all of the scouts and parents who made our Pinewood Derby a great success. I also want to thank the folks at the Metropolis Planet for taking some great group photos of our Dens. The Wolfs and the Webelos I tied for the best entry in the Edible Snowman Contest, and will share in the prize of a pizza party.
Our next big event will be the Blue and Gold Banquet, which will be held February 27th, 6 pm, at the Metropolis Community Center. All scouts and their families are invited to bring a specific dish and join us for a Mexican Fiesta. We will have food, fun, and be privileged to participate in the last ceremony that the Webelos II will complete as Cub Scouts, the bridging over ceremony.
I look forward to seeing you then,
Roger
Cubmaster, Pack 101
Saturday, February 7, 2009
PINEWOOD DERBY----This TUESDAY, February 10th, 6 pm at the UM Church in Metropolis!!!
Everyone,
We had two events planned for this weekend. The first was to sell popcorn at the basketball tournament over at the primary school on Saturday. However,too many things have been pushed to this weekend, so we will gracefully bow out of the event this Saturday. I hope that we will be able to sell popcorn at another event on another Saturday.
This Sunday is Scout Sunday. This Sunday, all scouts are invited to share worship service at the United Methodist Church in Metropolis. The service starts at 10 am. I encourage everybody to attend the service. This is our sponsor's day to recognize the scouts, and our day to thank the church for their support. I hope to see you all there. I would like to fill our section up with scouts and their families. The boys and leaders need to be in uniform.
IMPORTANT UPDATE: PINEWOOD RACERS PLEASE READ: This Pinewood Derby will be this Tuesday, February 10th. Because we have multiple goals to accomplish, I want to start check-in of cars at 6 pm. We will start the races at 6:30, and we will have our meeting and advancements between heats. During the meeting, we will hand out advancements, hand out any popcorn prizes that have yet to be awarded, award prizes for both the Pinewood Derby and the Edible Snowman contest, and go over the Blue and Gold Banquet, including getting your RSVP for the banquet, and also getting you to sign up for the dish you are going to bring to the banquet.
So, to recap: we will skip the popcorn sale tomorrow, but I hope to see everybody at the United Methodist Church this Sunday at their 10 am service; the Pinewood Derby is THIS TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 10th, STARTING AT 6 pm. People must be there on time if we intend to get what we need to get done, so please, please, come early!!
I look forward to seeing everybody Sunday and Tuesday.
Roger Pugh
Cubmaster, Pack 101
We had two events planned for this weekend. The first was to sell popcorn at the basketball tournament over at the primary school on Saturday. However,too many things have been pushed to this weekend, so we will gracefully bow out of the event this Saturday. I hope that we will be able to sell popcorn at another event on another Saturday.
This Sunday is Scout Sunday. This Sunday, all scouts are invited to share worship service at the United Methodist Church in Metropolis. The service starts at 10 am. I encourage everybody to attend the service. This is our sponsor's day to recognize the scouts, and our day to thank the church for their support. I hope to see you all there. I would like to fill our section up with scouts and their families. The boys and leaders need to be in uniform.
IMPORTANT UPDATE: PINEWOOD RACERS PLEASE READ: This Pinewood Derby will be this Tuesday, February 10th. Because we have multiple goals to accomplish, I want to start check-in of cars at 6 pm. We will start the races at 6:30, and we will have our meeting and advancements between heats. During the meeting, we will hand out advancements, hand out any popcorn prizes that have yet to be awarded, award prizes for both the Pinewood Derby and the Edible Snowman contest, and go over the Blue and Gold Banquet, including getting your RSVP for the banquet, and also getting you to sign up for the dish you are going to bring to the banquet.
So, to recap: we will skip the popcorn sale tomorrow, but I hope to see everybody at the United Methodist Church this Sunday at their 10 am service; the Pinewood Derby is THIS TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 10th, STARTING AT 6 pm. People must be there on time if we intend to get what we need to get done, so please, please, come early!!
I look forward to seeing everybody Sunday and Tuesday.
Roger Pugh
Cubmaster, Pack 101
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