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BALOO's BUGLE Volume 19, Number 9 “Make No Little Plans; They Have No Magic to Stir Men's Blood and Probably Themselves Will Not Be Realized BALOO'S BUGLE Volume 19, Number 9 “Make no little plans; they have no magic to stir men's blood and probably themselves will not be realized. Make big plans; aim high in hope and work." — Daniel Hudson Burnham (1846-1912) --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- May 2013 Cub Scout Roundtable June 2013Core Value & Pack Meeting Ideas Perseverance / Head West, Young Man Tiger Cub, Wolf, Bear, Webelos Activities CORE VALUES TABLE OF CONTENTS Cub Scout Roundtable Leaders’ Guide In many of the sections you will find subdivisions for the The core value highlighted this month is: various topics covered in the den meetings Perseverance: Sticking with something and not giving CORE VALUES .................................................................. 1 up, even if it is difficult. Cub Scouts will discover that COMMISSIONER’S CORNER ........................................... 1 they need to try and try again to master a skill such as THOUGHTFUL ITEMS FOR SCOUTERS ........................ 2 knot tying. As they work hard for advancement, they will Quotations ........................................................................... 4 recognize in themselves and in others the quality of TRAINING TOPICS ............................................................ 6 perseverance. Training of the Month ......................................................... 6 Annual Program Planning ................................................... 6 COMMISSIONER’S CORNER PACK ADMIN HELPS – ..................................................... 9 And speaking of Training CUBCAST ......................................................................... 10 PACK MEETING THEMES ............................................. 10 UPCOMING MONTHS ..................................................... 11 DEN MEETING TOPICS .................................................. 12 THE BUZZ ......................................................................... 13 CUBMASTER'S CORNER ............................................... 13 June 23-29 is Commissioner's Week at PTC SPECIAL OPPORTUNITIES ............................................ 14 Commissioner Conferences being offered include Family Travel Loop and Pin .............................................. 14 The Council Commissioner Horseback Riding Loop and Pin ........................................ 14 District Commissioner and Asst Dist Comm Training Cub Scout World Conservation Award ............................. 15 District Committee Boys’ Life Reading Contest for 2013 ................................ 16 Effective Roundtables Knot of the Month ............................................................. 16 How to Conduct a Commissioner College William D. Boyce New-Unit Organizer Award ................ 16 The Unit Commissioner GATHERING ACTIVITIES .............................................. 17 Did you notice Effective Roundtables on the list?? OPENING CEREMONIES ................................................ 19 Well, I received a very humbling call this month - Tim Acree, Other Ideas ........................................................................ 22 the Training Person on Tico's National Commissioner Staff AUDIENCE PARTICIPATIONS & STORIES ................ 22 called to ask me if I wanted to work with George Costigan of LEADER RECOGNITION ................................................ 23 National Cap Council as the "Philmont Phaculty" members Scouter Jim's Favorite Awards .......................................... 24 facilitating the Roundtable conference!! He said I had to ADVANCEMENT CEREMONIES ................................... 25 talk with my wife, before I could tell him YES!!! Other Ceremonies .............................................................. 28 So, if you are a RT Commissioner, an Asst RT Commissioner SONGS ............................................................................... 29 (formerly called Staff) or just interested in RTs - for a great STUNTS AND APPLAUSES ............................................ 30 experience, go to http://philmontscoutranch.org learn about APPLAUSES & CHEERS ................................................ 30 the Philmont Training Center and sign up for Effective JOKES & RIDDLES ......................................................... 31 SKITS ................................................................................. 31 Roundtables and then come on out and meet George and GAMES .............................................................................. 32 I and learn a lot about Roundtables. We will have the 2013- Are You Smarter than… ..................................................... 34 2014 CS and BS RT Planning Guides for you!! Write PTC CLOSING CEREMONIES ................................................ 35 (or me) if you have questions on the National Training Center CUBMASTER’S MINUTE............................................... 36 - This will be my 13th trip there - the first on "Phil Phaculty!!" Never Give Up – Keep Riding ........................................... 36 More Info Next Month!!! BALOO'S BUGLE - (May 2013 Ideas) Page 2 CORE VALUE RELATED STUFF .................................. 36 Sometimes the River Wins June – A Month for Perseverance ...................................... 36 Scouter Jim, Great Salt Lake Council A Cowboy and His Gear .................................................... 38 Fun Facts about the Pony Express ..................................... 39 For Centuries trails have headed west, across the mountains Connecting Perseverance with Outdoor Activities ........... 40 and up the rivers to undiscovered lands. The earliest might be PERSEVERANCE Character Connection ......................... 40 the Santa Fe Trail and Old Spanish Trail, used by the Spanish Crazy Holidays ................................................................... 44 across the southwest. PACK & DEN ACTIVITIES ............................................. 45 The Santa Fe Trail began near Independence Missouri went Slides of the Month ........................................................... 45 southwest to Santa Fe, New Mexico and then south to old Western Theme Ideas ......................................................... 48 Mexico. The Old Spanish trail traveled west from Santa Fe to DEN MEETINGS .............................................................. 49 present day Los Angeles. TIGERS ............................................................................ 50 One early trail was the Great Valley Road, heading west from BEAR ................................................................................ 53 Philadelphia to Gettysburg and then southwest across Virginia Bear Ideas by Felicia ......................................................... 53 to Roanoke where it split and went south to Augusta, Georgia WEBELOS DENS ............................................................ 56 and southwest to Knoxville, Tennessee. Many of these trails Webelos Den Leader RT Breakout .................................. 56 have been used for centuries by the Native American Peoples ADDITIONAL ADVANCEMENT IDEAS ...................... 64 to travel and trade. Many of these trails followed rivers, as the Tiger Achievements ........................................................... 64 river were an established route that did not have to be blazed Tiger Electives ................................................................... 64 in the wilderness. Wolf Achievements............................................................ 64 After the Louisiana Purchase, travelers followed Lewis and Wolf Electives .................................................................... 65 Clark’s explorations west along the Oregon Trail seeking new Bear Achievements ............................................................ 65 fertile fields. Others followed the California Trail including Bear Electives .................................................................... 65 fated Donnor party, Mormon Pioneers, and the California gold Webelos Activity Pins ........................................................ 65 rush of 1849. WEB SITES ....................................................................... 66 The building of the Trans-Continental railroad brought more Please let me know about Pow Wow's people west to work the timbers of the mountains for railroad ties and lay the rails across America. Even today, the Uinta and send me Pow Wow Books!! Mountains of Utah, Wyoming and Colorado are dotted with I cannot do this job without your help!!! “Tie-Hacker Cabins”, built by men cutting logs for the railroad. Farming, mining and the building of the railroad created small communities throughout the west. Many of which did not survive. Many times the ore that was being mined was exhausted or the work of the railroad was finished or nature forced the end of the settlement. When Brigham Young lead the Mormons into the valley of the THOUGHTFUL ITEMS FOR Great Salt Lake in 1847, colonists were sent to settle every stream and river in the area. With the outbreak of the Civil SCOUTERS War in 1861, Brigham Young felt that cotton could be raised Thanks to Scouter Jim from Bountiful, Utah, who prepares in the warmer climates of southern Utah. Settlers were called this section of Baloo for us each month. You can reach him on what is known as the “Cotton Mission” in the Southern at [email protected] or through the link to write territory on the Rio Virgin.
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