Boy Scouts of America, Rio Grande Council Electronic Issue 1 Fall 2010
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The Chachalaca Boy Scouts of America, Rio Grande Council Electronic Issue 1 Fall 2010 New Council President Announced Inside This Issue: Page 2: Upon graduation from the University of Texas at Aus- Council Calendar Presidents Corner tin in 1982, John W. Herrera accepted a position as an Scout S Electrical Engineer for Houston Lighting & Power Page 3: Eagle Scouts (HL&P). After four years with HL&P, Mr. Herrera Eagle Search accepted a position as the Senior Engineering Coordi- Centennial Troop Page 4: nator with the Public Utilities Board (PUB) of Browns- Clays Classic Tourn. ville. At PUB, he served as Engineering Manager for Camp requirements the Electrical Department and Director of Electrical Page 5: National Jamboree Operations. After contributing11 years at PUB, Mr. Page 6: Herrera accepted a position as Operations Manager with Magic Valley Electric Cooperative, Inc. Fol- District Information Page 7: lowing 5 years of commitment, Mr. Herrera was promoted as the General Manager, in 2002. Jamboree History Page 8: Despite all his demands, Mr. Herrera is very active in the community. Currently, he serves on the Alumni Search Teach for America Advisory Board as well as the Boy Scouts of America Executive Board. He is also Winter Camp James E. West an active Rotary member and a past S.T.I.S.D. Foundation board member. Page 9: Youth Protection Mr. Herrera resides in Brownsville with his wife Pilar and two children. His son John Lawrence is an Memorial Fund Page 10 Eagle Scout and a recent graduate of Texas Tech, while his daughter Laura Pilar is a nursing student at Order of the Arrow Incarnate Word. Popcorn Page 11 Silver Beaver Cub Scouts Fun Webelo’s Extreme Page 12 Commissioner’s Pow-Wow Page 13 RGC Camps Philmont Page 2 Electronic Issue 1 Council President’s Corner Dear Scouters, I am honored to serve as President of the Rio Grande Council and look forward to working with the volunteers and staff that make our program successful. The scouting COUNCIL program has been celebrating its first centennial. I do not know what scouting will be like for the next one hundred years. But I do know it is important that the scouting CALENDAR program adapt to the changing world to keep the youth of the Valley engaged in scout- ing. Scouting has been and continues to be a part of my life. Growing up, I enjoyed all the programs and activities that scouting provided. But as I look back, I think the most September important contribution to my life that scouting provided was a solid foundation to live my life by. This foundation was built through the scout oath and law that were inter- 1 Popcorn Kickoff-Lower Valley twined within those programs that I participated some years ago. Our Council contin- 2 Pop Corn Kickoff Upper Valley ues its commitment to preparing the youth of the Rio Grande Valley to succeed in life. 17-19 POD Aquatics Merit Badges We do this by teaching the life and leadership skills that make up that solid foundation 25 Cub Leaders Specific Training 25 Shooting Sports MB Day that I spoke of earlier. These skills need to be taught through programs that keep our youth coming back. October In the next coming months, the Council will be starting a new strategic plan. This plan will provide a solid framework from which we can continue to build our commitment 2 Tiger Cub Fun Day to the youth of the Rio Grande Council. It will address the funding, program, member- 7 Round Tables ship and facilities needs of the district for the next five years. It is critical that these 9 Commissioners Conference issues be addressed in a timely manner so that we can continue to serve our scouts 16 Shooting Sports MB Day and volunteers. I look forward in working with the executive board and Council staff 23 Cub Adventure Weekend 30 Scoutmaster & Assistant Scout in completing this plan. master Training I wish to thank all the volunteers and staff for their dedication to the scouting program 30 Cub Leader Specific Training here in the Rio Grande Valley. With your help, we can continue to strengthen our program and give the youth of the valley the strong foundation that they deserve and November desire. 4 District Round Tables Sincerely, 6 Cub Leader Specific Training 12-13 Boy Scout Leader Intro. To John Herrera Outdoor Skills 16 POD Nature Badges 18 Distinguished Citizen Gala 19-21 Webelos Extreme Weekend 20 Shooting Sports MB Day 30 Silver Beaver Meeting December 2 District Round Tables 3-5 Pow-Wow Weekend 11 Winter Soccer and Scouting Tournament 11 Cub Leader Specific Training 26-30 NYLT Week 26-30 Winter Camp Check out the complete January, 2011 calendar on the Website at: 28-30 Council Centennial Camporee www.riograndecouncil.org Electronic Issue 1 Page 3 EAGLE SCOUT EAGLE SEARCH CLASS OF 2010 Are you an Eagle Scout? Do you know of an Eagle Unit Name Scout who is not active in Scouting? The Rio Troop 583 Alanis, Ricardo I Grande Council is looking for all of its Eagle th Troop 206 Arriola, Brian P Scouts during this 100 Anniversary of the Boy Troop 83 Balderas, Jorge A Scouts of America. We want to know where you Troop 106 Blomquist, Andrew C are and how to maintain contact with you. We Troop 1 Briseno, Cesar R are looking for: Troop 583 Caballero, Thomas • Those who earned Eagle Scout Rank in the Troop 22 Cassidy, Patrick J Rio Grande Council Troop 583 Chapa, Andrew • Those who live in the Valley who earned Eagle Troop 22 Church, Patrick R Scout in another council Troop 2101 Cuellar, Pedro P • Families who want to remember and honor Troop 80 Dacasa, Daniel A. Troop 83 De Los Santos, Jose X. their Eagle Scouts Troop 34 Delesantro, Allan Troop 68 Devine, William If you are an Eagle Scout, please click on the Eagle Troop 59 Dunkum, Brice Search section of the council web page and com- Troop 22 Egan, Christopher R. plete the on-line registration Troop 206 Eubanks, Davis C www.riograndecouncil.org . If you know of men Troop 583 Gamez, Daniel who earned Eagle but are no-longer active in Troop 83 Garcia, Rolando B Scouting, please urge them to answer the roll-call Troop 206 Hale, Quinten at the site listed above. Troop 6 Hung, Daniel Troop 83 Ixba, Javier A. Troop 102 Jackson, James A Troop 83 Lerma, Adrian Troop 83 Lerma, Arturo CENTENNIAL TROOP Troop 11 Llamas, Ricardo 2010 Troop 34 Miller, Jonathan Would you like to have a genu- Troop 68 Overly, Norris Hunter ine piece of history with your Troop 7 Prater, Hayden name on it? Check it out on Troop 113 Reyna, Andrew the council website Troop 206 Roberts, Philip A www.riograndecouncil.org). Scroll down to Centen- Troop 11 Rudnik, Philip S nial Troop 2010, click, and envision your name on a Troop 80 Rutledge, Brandon copy of a circa 1940 troop charter signed by two US Troop 7 Sanchez, Richard C presidents and some of Scouting’s pioneers. Troop 7 Scroggin, Clark Troop 132 Stoffel, Jacob N. There are different membership levels, all of which Troop 76 Tamez, Arnold P include a 1930 era wallet sized membership card Troop 1 Trevino, Cesar F which is impressive. It is all to help celebrate the Troop 102 Vergara, Edy 100 th Anniversary of the Boy Scouts of America and Troop 84 Villarreal, Patrick M to support Scouting in the Valley. Troop 7 Weisfeld-Hinojosa, Johnathan Troop 78 Wood, Jason D Tell all of the former Scouts and Scouters that you Troop 583 Martinez, Arnold know to join the Rio Grande Council’s Troop 76 Smith, Hayden CENTENNIAL TROOP 2010. PageElectronic 4 Issue 1 Electronic IssuePage 1 4 Sporting Clays The Rio Grande Councils first Skeet and Trap shoot was a successful event for Scouting and for the shooters that participated. There were 5 teams that represented different companies. Rio Bank provided a great lunch for everyone that was at the range. Special thanks to the Steering Committee that consisted of John Herrera, Sean Osborn, Julio Gon- zalez, Joe Parades, Eddie Campirano Jr., and Jason Gates. Another great Thank you goes to Loma Alta Skeet and Trap inc. for allowing us to hold the event at their range. Our First Place team (Pictured Left), was put together by Narcisoco Cortez, Second Place team was from Sean Osborn of Rio Grande Underwriters in Los Fresno's, and Third Place was Ruben Pena’s Team. The Top Shooter for the event was Joe Parades, the top shooter for Under 18 was RJ Cor- tez of Troop 11 and the top shooter for the Women's Category was Ruth Gates from Team LT Boswell. Thank you to all of our Team Sponsors, Event Sponsors, and Volunteer Staff that made this event possible. We are looking forward to and already planning for our 2nd Annual Fun Shoot Classic. Summer and Winter Camp Requirements Effective May 16, 2010 there are new adult leader requirements for Adult Leaders staying at a camp that lasts longer than 3 nights. Please refer to the website at http://www.dshs.state.tx.us/ youthcamp/ for the entire revision to the Texas Codes on Youth Camps. To be in accordance to these new codes all adult leaders must fill out a new adult leader application and have a criminal background check performed annually if they are going to be attending long term camps where Chachalaca is a publication of the Rio Grande Council, Boy Scouts of America.