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April 2004 The Newsletter of the Order of the Arrow Section SR-5 Volume 12, Issue 2 Welcome to the 2004 Dixie Fellowship! Catawba Lodge opens Clear Creek Scout Camp for SR-5 By: John Mickey, Dixie Vice Chief On behalf of Catawba the training and competitions created for your enjoyment. Lodge and the Mecklenburg to brotherhood and fellowship, Make new friends with County Council, welcome to you will soon see that this will the brothers in the section for Clear Creek Scout Camp and be a Dixie Fellowship to some of those friendships can the 2004 Dixie Fellowship! remember. last a lifetime. Most of all Throughout the past year, the I trust that you and your spend your weekend having brothers of Catawba Lodge lodge have brought your spirit a great time in fellowship and have worked tirelessly to and excitement for the learning. make this the best conclave competitions and experiences If nothing else, please possible. that you will encounter. Make take in the knowledge that lies In attendance will be sure you attend the Arrowman around you so that you can over 1,200 Arrowmen from Carnival and the Indian find the flame, to light the fire North Carolina, South Village on Friday afternoon. in your lodge and unit. John Mickey Carolina, and Georgia. From These activities have been The Great Training Weekend National Leadership Seminar By: Ryan Bajan, Atta Kulla Kulla Lodge In November types of leadership styles, how to lead, of 2003, the and what is expected of a leader. The Southern Region weekend is packed with intense training hosted a National and is at times taught at a very fast pace. Leadership Seminar in Section Continued on page 3 5’s territory. Held at Kinard What’s inside... Conference Center Page 2.................Chiefly Speaking in Leesville, South NLS Participants Page 2..........A Special Thank-You Carolina, the weekend was filled with the greatest on Friday night and continued until Page 3...............NLATS in Review training available to arrowmen. Sunday morning. The National Page 4......A Rift in the Movement? The weekend began with a Leadership Seminar is filled with training welcome from our National Chief, Nick sessions that build Arrowmen to become Page 5.......OA Wilderness Voyage Digirolamo, and Southern Region Chief better leaders not only for their lodge but Page 6..............Calendar of Events Frank McMillan. Training sessions began for life. The sessions focus on different The Five Feathers Order of the Arrow, Southern Region, Section 5 Page 2 Thanks for all you do The 2003-2004 Section Chiefly Speaking Administration would like to thank all the Thank you for another exciting year Section staff who made this year such a success. Brothers, Dixie Staff John Mickey, Vice Chief Thank you for allowing me to be one of the first to Bob Warner, Adviser welcome you to the 2004 Dixie Fellowship here at the Kane Bonnette, Admin Coordinator beautiful Camp Clear Creek of the Mecklenburg County Jay Widby, Adviser Council. The brothers of Catawba Lodge have spent Robert Dunn, AIE Coordinator the better part of two years preparing this event for James Barton, Adviser you and countless Arrowmen from across the section Lee Shelton, Program Coordinator have worked diligently to help Catawba Lodge make Greg Smith, Adviser this event a success. Jonathan Malphrus, Training Coordinator Russell Cann, Adviser It is necessary for my deepest appreciation to be Benjamin Pochardt, Shows Coordinator extended to John Mickey, Dixie Vice Chief, and his Doug Henry, Adviser Section Officers adviser Bob Warner, for all of their hard work and dedication to the planning of this conclave. Likewise, I NLS / NLATS Staff 2003-2004 Ryan Bajan Trey Courtney would like to thank my section officers, John Garwood Dr. Ken Davis Nick Digirolomo and Barratt Park, for their dedication throughout the John Garwood Jonathan Hardin year. Chris Hoover Michael Kirby Chief Jason Laney Dan Little Jonathan Hardin As we look back over the year, one cannot help Bill Loeble Mac McLean but remember the events our section engaged in, from Frank McMillan Tom Moore the 2003 Indian Summer to the National Leadership Tee Pruitt Tom Reddin Seminar and Lodge Adviser Training Seminar. From Vice Chief chapter meetings to national events, the brothers of Todd Shealy Greg Smith John Garwood Charlie Sullivan Michael Thompson Section SR-5 have continued to show their excellence Jay Widby Jeff Womack in all aspects of the Order. Section Staff Secretary Finally, I hope that you enjoy yourself this weekend. Jonathan Hardin, Chief Barratt Park This is your Dixie Fellowship, and there is no greater Mac McLean, Adviser section conclave in America! Chuck Hanchey, Staff Adviser John Garwood, Vice Chief Adviser Michael Thompson, Adviser Yours in the Wimachtendienk, Mac McLean Barratt Park, Secretary Trey Courtney, Adviser Tripp Clark, Webmaster Adviser We would also like to thank all Arrowmen who donated their time and Jonathan Hardin energy in pursuit of their NLS contracts and NLATS legacy forms and also those who helped lay the foundation we have established for the 2004 Dixie Fellowship. Without these Arrowmen who so unselfishly gave unto themselves, no common goal could have been achieved. Serving North Carolina, South Carolina, and Georgia http://www.sr5.org The Five Feathers Order of the Arrow, Southern Region, Section 5 Page 3 National Leadership Seminar Continued from page 1 The region chose an excellent staff to middle of a patch that is mailed to each useless if each Arrowman did not bring teach these sessions to the over 70 arrowman once he carries out a personal it back home to his lodge, troop and arrowmen who attended. contract that completes the weekend’s community. If you did not make it to this Overall it was an awesome training. Every youth and adult who NLS, be sure to look for it in a couple of weekend. I was on staff and learned just participates in NLS must focus on three years. If you did attend this past NLS, as much, if not more, than the arrowmen goals or projects within the next few use your training to prove to others that being trained. At the end of the weekend, months and complete those projects you are prepared to lead them. each trainee is given a black pin, which utilizing leadership skills learned during represents trust. This pin fits in the the weekend. The training would be Thinking Global Leaving A Legacy First Internation Scout Inter-religious Symposium NLATS 2003 By: Michael Kirby, Atta Kulla Kulla Lodge From November 29 to December 2, 2003, more than 150 Scouts and The coordinating Scouters from around the world gathered National Lodge a wonderful in Valencia, Spain, for the first Adviser weekend of International Scout Inter-religious Training training. A Symposium. Participants came from 33 Seminar— variety of National Scouting Organizations and called NLATS sessions were represented 12 religious denominations. because in the led by the The event was created in response to OA we love to staff increased interest in common prayer at use including recent World Jamborees. abbreviations— Lodge The main theme of the event was NLATS Participants is a training Finances, The summarized in its title, “Learning to Live seminar for lodge advisers. Its purpose OA in Summer Camp, Lodge Together: Tolerance and Solidarity.” is to help adults learn about lodge Communications, Working with Youth, The Symposium offered a chance to program, delivery of service to the and Let the Chief Drive the Car. These discuss problems with religion in Scouting council, and development of youth into were just a few of the training classes worldwide. Participants had the well-rounded lodge leaders. For those held during the weekend. The main item opportunity to visit a number of religious who have attended National Leadership that I and other participants took from places in Valencia, including the old Seminar, or NLS—there’s that the weekend was to understand that the mosque and catholic monastery of abbreviation again—both NLS and OA is a youth-lead organization, and as Valldigna. They also celebrated religious NLATS are invigorating training an adviser, an adult should help and not prayers each day. seminars, but NLATS provides more hinder the youth. The Symposium featured a number open discussion within its syllabus than of presentations, including a keynote does NLS. speech on Baden-Powell and religion. Here are this year’s Five Feathers During the weekend, participants Among other topics, the participants submissions and points that go had the chance to learn valuable discussed the extent to which their towards “Lodge of the Year” information about the OA, share ideas National Scouting Organizations with other adults in the section, and even integrate members of different religions, Tsali 1/8 pts Catawba 1/8 pts create a newspaper. The NLATS staff and they suggested methods for Muscogee 1/8 pts AKK 1/8 pts was awesome! Staff members included improvement. The next World Scout Skyuka 1/8 pts Santee 1/8 pts Mac McLean, Bill Loeble, Tom Moore, Bobwhite 1/8 pts Eswau 1/8 pts Conference will decide whether a Ken Davis, Trey Courtney, and Michael Itibap 1/8 pts Unali’yi 1/8 pts second Symposium will be held in Thompson, who did a tremendous job in Tomo Chi-Chi 1/8 pts Thailand in 2006. Serving North Carolina, South Carolina, and Georgia http://www.sr5.org The Five Feathers Order of the Arrow, Southern Region, Section 5 Page 4 The Rift in America’s Scouting Movement An Editorial By: Barratt Park, Atta Kulla Kulla Lodge In most countries of the world, Boy express impartial attitudes towards Garibay’s conservative program stresses Scout and Girl Scout programs exists homosexuality and abortion.