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Monday, May 24th, 2010
All,
I hope you had as much fun as I did on the campout. We made it back with just a couple of scrapes, bug bites and one bunny burn, but I think the boys were sufficiently worn out and enjoyed themselves. I know Brian Flack took a lot of pictures and hopefully we have many others as well.
A big thanks to the Boy Scouts and Mr. Rudy and Mr. Bill for coordinating the compass, archery, and BB gun range activities. I think everyone had a great time and we appreciated the Older Boy Scout’s help and support.
Just a couple of meeting notes, none of the cub scout dens will have a regular meeting this week due to the campout (other than the Webelos II, who had an already planned cookout for Tuesday, so Kelly will get you all details).
So our next meeting will be on June 8 and then we’ll meet again on June 22. The June 22 regular meeting will be converted to a Pack meeting and we will give out all of the earned badge/rank advancements at this hour-long celebration of our year. Leaders, we will have a meeting on Thursday, June 3 at 7 p.m. at the building to coordinate for the Pack meeting and awards and to coordinate plans for the summer (end of summer bike ride, Camping trip scheduled for late September, etc.). Any other parents who would like to join us are welcome and encouraged to attend.
Thanks again to everyone for a great campout that I’m sure is etched in our kids minds. My kids have been talking about the Vindow Viper all morning.
Randy
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Wednesday, February 24th, 2010
All,
The rescheduled Pinewood Derby is this Saturday at the church, starting at 10:30. We’ll do quick introductions and should be on the track by 10:45. The racing groups are as follows (in order):
Tigers
Cubs (Wolves & Bears together)
Webelos
Championship (race-off of winners from 3 race groups above)
Outlaw race
The top 3 fastest cars from each group (Tiger, Cub, Webelos) will then participate in a pack race-off for bragging rights and serious hardware. If all goes smoothly, the event should last about 2 hours.
The 3 fastest cars, plus best design and most unique from each group (Tiger, Cub, Webelos) will be recognized and advance to the Crosswinds District Race the following Saturday, March 6. For the district race, a car can enter for speed OR a design award, but not both. Those scouts recognized for both speed and design at the Pack 393 race must choose one category in which to compete. Registration for the district race has to be completed by Monday, March 1st,.
Racing Rules:
1. Within a racing group (Tiger, Cub, Webelos, Championship), each car will race four times, one on each of the 4 track lanes. The total added time from those 4 runs will determine the place within the group.
2. The fastest three cars from each group will then race in the Pack Championship. In the championship, each car will have another 4 runs, the same as before. The total added time from those 4 runs will determine the overall championship place; plus serious hardware and bragging rights.
3. If during the race the car loses a wheel, or is otherwise damaged, the racer shall have 5 minutes to make a repair or the car is disqualified.
4. If a car leaves the track, runs out of its lane, interferes with another car, loses an axle, etc., the heat will be rerun. If the same car gets into trouble on the second run, the contestant is disqualified and automatically loses that race. If, on the second run, another car is interfered with, the heat will be run a third time, but without the disqualified car.
I look forward to seeing you there.
Brian
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Monday, February 22nd, 2010
All,
I had a great time at the Blue and Gold and enjoyed seeing the Webelos II bridge over into Boy Scouting. I want to send a special thanks again to Marilyn and Brian Adams, who are new to the Pack and I thought did a great job (with help from some vets) of decorating and making the day special for the boys. My sons (and daughters) had a great time.
Just a couple of reminders:
We do have den meetings this Tuesday night at 6:45 at the building. We then have the Pinewood Derby coming up on Saturday and I’m sure Brian will be getting more details out about that in the next couple of days.
Following that, we will have our representatives to the District Pinewood Derby racing at the District event on March 6th (the following weekend, hard to believe it is already March). Also that first week of March, we have a Pack meeting on Tuesday, March 2 so be sure to get your Den leaders any achievements and belt loops that your son has earned this coming Tuesday so that he/she can let Vivek know for the awards at the Pack meeting.
Finally, there will be a committee meeting on Thursday, March 4 and all leaders and any parents are invited to be there. This will be an important one as we plan out the rest of the spring and make plans for the other den bridging. So leaders, please come prepared to provide an update on where the boys are and if there is anything that we need to do to get the boys ready to move on to their new dens by the end of May.
Thanks and I look forward to seeing all of you at the Pinewood Derby next Saturday. Also note that we will be re-chartering the Pack at the Pinewood Derby, so please plan to sign your boy up for another great year of scouting.
Have a great start to the week and I’ll see many of you on Tuesday night.
Randy
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Monday, February 1st, 2010
WHO: Cub scouts and their families
WHAT: Blue and Gold banquet
WHERE: East Triangle Church 1000 Perimeter Park, Morrisville
WHEN: Sunday February 21st at 4:15 pm
WHY: So the scouts can play some games, eat dinner, and attend an award ceremony in their honor. The theme of the banquet is 100 years of scouting and each scout will receive a special uniform patch (1910-2010). Also, the bridging ceremony will occur which will include presentation of the Arrow of Light award to the Webelos 2’s.
HOW: The pack will provide ham and lemonade. Each den should provide a potluck side dish as follows:
TIGERS: fruit salad
WOLVES: vegetable/bean dish (see pg 79 of handbook for food pyramid)
BEARS: bread/rolls (whole wheat preferred)
WEBELOS I: pasta side dish
WEBELOS II: any side dish
If you have any questions feel free to contact Marilyn Adams
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Wednesday, December 16th, 2009
Pack 393,
We will be delivering the food and gift cards to the Carying Place families on Thursday, December 17th at 6:00pm.
Greenwood Forest Baptist Church Fellowship Hall
110 SE Maynard Rd
Cary, NC 27511
Several people mentioned that they would still like to participate. If your family has collected food or money and have not delivered it to my home, please respond to this email. I will be purchasing the gift cards very soon.
Thank you to all the scouts who addressed envelopes, stapled, delivered or gathered bags! We have tons of food and very generous gift cards for each family.
Kelly
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Friday, December 11th, 2009
All,
Here are the final details for the Parade.
Decorating in the Lowe’s parking lot at 10 a.m. (the Lowe’s off Maynard and NC 54). We should be done with decorating by around 11:30 to give folks time to get some lunch before meeting at Martin Architectural Company (511 E. Chatham St.) at 1 p.m. They ask that all riders be there by 1 p.m., but note that the parade won’t start until 2 p.m. and we will probably move out around 2:30. No personal cars are allowed in the Martin Architectural lot, so I’ve been suggesting that folks park in the back parking lot of Cary Elementary (where the parade will end ) or at the Baptist Church right there near the end of the route and walk over (about a mile) to Martin Architectural. Trust me, after having done this a few times, once you get done with the parade you want to have a short walk to your car. They also suggest carpooling where someone parks at the end and then carries others over to the start. That can work too. I will have my truck, but likely all four of my kids with me.
We are in slot 78 of 114 for the parade.
A little smaller than in year’s past, so the Parade should go a little faster than in the past. They’ve have over 200 entrants in the past.
It looks like the weather is going to cooperate with the forecast temperature a few degrees warmer than earlier in the week and the rain is supposed to hold off until Saturday evening or Sunday. It is still going to be chilly at 45-50 degrees, so dress appropriately. We don’t necessarily have to have our uniforms showing, but if you do – great and have layers underneath. If you have a Santa hat or festive items that you can wear, all the better. We will have our Pack sign on the trailer, so they will know who we are without our uniforms.
I look forward to seeing you out there and I talked to several folks, but if you could respond to this email to let me know that you are coming so we can begin to get a headcount and know who we are looking for. I think there will be plenty of room for everyone to ride on the “float”.
Randy
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Thursday, December 10th, 2009
Pack 393,
I hope that the scouts had amazing success on Sunday and enjoyed the project. My boys were so excited at each and every door that there was a bag waiting for them!
Please bring your food and cash donations tomorrow to the den meeting. If you are unable to attend, please bring the donations to my home in Cary by Sunday evening.
There has been a suggestion of making thank you cards. I would like to encourage you to make them individually for your neighbors, especially for those who were very generous!
Please consider donating food and money yourself. What a great way to teach by example!
I really appreciate all the efforts by the pack to complete this project. I hope that you will be able to join us next week when we deliver the food. You can truly see the impact of your help!
See you tomorrow night.
Kelly Coman
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Friday, December 4th, 2009
Hey everyone,
I thought our first Pack meeting in a while went really well. I’m looking forward to having boys help with the flag ceremonies and learning about that. I also want to say a big thanks to Kelly for organizing our food and funds service event this weekend. The boys did great making up the bags and who won’t want to give some food or money to the boy scouts to help these families? It will be fun to see the success and I hope many can go to actually give the food and money to the families.
Just a couple of reminders:
1) We have our only meeting in December next Thursday. We will be bringing our food and money back to Kelly next week and I’m sure she will send out a reminder email later to let you know.
2) The following Saturday, December 12, is the Cary Jaycees Christmas Parade. We will be decorating a trailer in the Lowes parking lot (the one off Maynard and NC 54) at 10 a.m. and then we’ll all grab some lunch (or you can bring a bag lunch) and then we’ll meet at the rendezvous point around 12:30-1:00 to spread Christmas cheer from our float/trailer. If anyone has any decorations that they would be willing to donate, please let me know. One year we had an inflatable polar bear coming out of a cardboard chimney, which was pretty impressive. This is always a lot of fun and I’ll send out a final email with all the logistics once I get the information from the Jaycees.
3) Lastly, next Thursday we will be selling the pinewood derby car kits for the boys (Yes, race time is just around the corner). With this being our last meeting of the year, I wanted to go ahead and get the car kits out. They cost $4 or $5 per kit, so come prepared to pick yours up. I know that Brian, our Pinewood Derby race engineer, is working on scheduling at least one car building day in early January, but don’t wait until then to get your kits.
Thanks everyone for chipping in and helping with things tonight.
Yours in Scouting,
Randy
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