Pack 73, Lexington, Kentucky

Pinewood derby races are set for Feb. 4th around 9am. This will take place in the Foundry at Centenary. Have your cars done and ready to race. We will have the opportunity to test the cars on the track at the January pack meeting. Workshops have already started last weekend, and another weekend to be announced. Also our own Beth Jones (Den 11 Assistant den Leader) is doing Dremel tool demonstrations at Lowes in Hamburg the weekend of Jan 21st, and will show how useful those tools are for working on the cars, and will give a 10% discount on Dremel tools. These demos are going on at all Lowes Locations in Lexington.
There is also a workshop done by Moosewerkz Information on those workshops at the scout office.

Hi Everyone,

Welcome to the 2011 – 2012 season of Cub scouting with Pack 73. We have many fun and educational things in store for the boys, and it should be a great year.
Out First Pack meeting is on September 1st at Centenary United Methodist Church, It will be out back in the amphitheater if the weather is good. and inside the building otherwise. We will cover fundraiser and also work on getting the new boys placed into their dens, and let them meet the leaders. If you have a uniform wear it, but if you are a new scout family, you do not have to have the uniform by this date. We do like the boys in uniform, it makes them feel like a group, but it is still so soon after recruitment, that it is fine to not have it yet.
I would like to thank the Leaders that have kept this pack going in the past, we would not be where we are today without your valuable time to teach the boys of this pack. I would also like to thank all the new parents that stepped up to take positions as Leaders. Mike, Scott, Robin, and Melinda, Thank you for joining us. Hope to see everyone Thursday for some scout fun, and Watermelon.

Leaders,

As we now have many new leaders added to the ranks of Pack 73, we now need to look into Training. There are many ways and places to get trained. You can check out the training page on the Council web site Here is the training link. Youth protection is required of ALL people applying for leadership positions, be it Committee members or den leaders. Den Leaders also need to take fast start and position specific training. Though these are available online, I suggest you take the face to face training, as it will give you a lot better idea of what to do. Dates are available on the District web Site ( www.bgbsa.org)
Also there is training for our existing leaders that is coming up. Like BALOO training (Basic Outdoor leader training) that is required to take any group of cub scouts out camping not at a district or council event. This is being offered September 17th, click this link to go. Also for existing leaders is Webelos Leader Outdoor, covering the Outdoor skills required to teach the webelos program. This will be offered at Webelos woods in September.
Roundtable is also a great program, it is offered once a month at Immanuel Baptist Church, at 6:30 the second Tuesday of the month. (next on is Sept 8th). You will get Songs, Skits, Games, Crafts and advice on running your den. You will get a chance to meet many other scout leaders and ask questions on how to handle different issues, and subjects.
If there is any questions on training, Please feel free to E-mail Scouter.Jeff@yahoo.com and ask for training resources.

Come out to downtown Lexington for the 4th of July parade. Many cool things to do downtown this day. Parade begins at 2:00, and the Blue Grass Council is organizing a float. We should come equipped with our squirt guns, and be prepared to spray down the crowd. We had a lot of fun at this event last year, and with more packs joining in, it should be a great time.

Here is what we received from council.

Parents and Leaders,

A big thanks goes out to Vince Helm and all who are working diligently with him to complete our float for the parade! I met with Vince today and am very excited about the progress. For those that don’t know, we are puting an “Adventure” float in the 4th of July Parade. The float will consist of a tent, a fake campfire, BB Guns, Bows and Arrows, fishing poles, kayaks, mountain bikes, and plenty of uniformed Scouts! The goal is to give the public a quick glimpse of the adventures in Scouting.

A huge thanks also goes out to 84 Lumber for donating the materials to help build the float platform! You guys are great! There are still a few items that we need to secure in order to make this float a success. I am going to list those now, if you are able to help with any of these items, please email me and let me know.

* Around 60 feet of 1/2″ thick natural looking rope
* 3 gallons of Forest Green or Grass Green Paint
* 2 Kayaks and roof mounting pole
* AC DC Car Outlet Converter

We have 5 units that have committed to participate. I am hoping that many more of you as well. If you are, please let me know. Here are the units I have commitments from:

* Pack 34
* Pack 73
* Pack 363
* Troop 41
* Troop 73

Tentative plan is to meet up at Midland Avenue around 1:00pm on July 4th. I will shoot out more details later.

Thanks for all you do! Please let me know asap if you can help with any of the materials or your unit plans to march in the parade with us.

OPENING – DEN 7
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
GREG CHASE MCKEE SPRING CAMPOUT
MAY TIGER GRADUATION
JEFF JONES EMAIL LIST
SONG DEN 8
SKIT DEN 9
SPARKLER DEN 11
AWARDS
CLOSING Jeff Jones (den 12 will not be represented)