REGION CHIEFS ARROWCORPS5 HIGH ADVENTURE QUALITY LODGE ‘07 Region Chiefs at the Get ready for 2008! Gear up and get ready O ve r 1 5 0 l o d g e s 2007 National Planning 5,000 arrowmen will for the 2009 high received the Quality Meeting are elected participate in U.S. adventure programs. Lodge award. Pins are 2 for 2008 term. 4 Forest Projects 6 Sign up today! 7 available for order. Volume LXV, Issue 1 Scouting’s National Honor Society March 2008 - May 2008 Chief, vice chief elected at Dallas meeting event is the greatest one our organization has Robert Mason ever undertaken, and in that spirit I want to Each December, section chiefs from across direct the OA to be as service-conscious as the nation gather in Dallas for the Order possible in 2008.” of the Arrow National Planning Meeting. Ben Stilwill was elected the 2008 National During the three-day conference, the Order’s Vice Chief at this year’s planning meeting. top leaders plan the national program of Ben grew up in Okemos, Michigan, and emphasis and elect new national officers. spent two terms as Section C-2B chief. He Jake Wellman was elected the 2008 is an Eagle Scout and Vigil Honor Member National Chief. Jake is a two-term chief of of Gabe-Shi-Win-Gi-Ji-Kens Lodge of the Section W-5A, an area that encompasses Chief Okemos Council. Ben has attended much of Colorado and New Mexico. He is OA Wilderness Voyage, OA Trail Crew, NLS, an Eagle Scout and a Vigil Honor member and the 2005 National Scout Jamboree. He from Yah-Tah-Hey-Si-Kess Lodge of the also served on staff at NOAC 2006 and was Great Southwest Council. selected as 2007 NCLS vice chief of gather- An alumni of the OA Wilderness Voyage, ings. OA Trail Crew, and OA Ocean Adventure, Ben is a freshman at DePauw University Jake also has served on staff for the National in Greencastle, Indiana, with plans to major Scout Jamboree and National OA Conference, in economics and mathematics. Outside of and on the NCLS staff as vice chief of events. Scouting, Ben enjoys tennis, playing piano, He is a senior at Cibola High School in and skiing. Albuquerque, New Mexico, and in his spare When asked about his vision for this year, time enjoys running, reading, and rooting for Ben replied, “I hope to help make ArrowCorps5 University of New Mexico sports teams. a huge success and have an influence on a lot National Chief Jake Wellman, left, and National Vice Chief On ArrowCorps5, Jake notes that “this of Arrowmen everywhere.” Ben Stilwill, right, after their election to national office. Scouts recognized for saving life NOAC ‘09 taking photographs of the landscape requesting helicopter assistance, two Tom Eliopoulos when she mistakenly tripped and fell others helped bandage up some of date set Emergency Preparedness. First down a short part of the mountainside, her wounds. The National Order of the Arrow Aid. Selflessness. landing on her eye and cutting herself The troop then constructed Committee is pleased to announce All three taught to us through badly. Six Scouts and Scouters from a makeshift stretcher out of tree that the 2009 National Order of the Scouting way and the Order of that troop found the dazed and injured branches and sweatshirts and carried the Arrow Conference will be held the Arrow, but very rarely do we woman strewn on the ground and Mrs. Scholl to an open plateau three at Indiana University, August 1-6, get the chance to put our training immediately referred back to their miles away to meet with the rescue 2009. into practice. However, for small scouting skills in order to handle the helicopter. Make sure you have this date on Troop 226 of Montgomery County, situation. For their outstanding service and your lodge calendars. This information Pennsylvania such an opportunity Before the troop got involved, quick response the six troop members is provided to assist lodges and fell right into their hands as they were the woman was attempting to hike were each presented with the National individual Arrowmen with their recently hiking up Blue Mountain. nearly six more miles to the base Medal of Merit, which was pinned on future planning. Fellow mountain hiker Jane Scholl of the mountain on her own. While them at an award ceremony by the More information will be available was on the mountain one afternoon one scout telephoned the police very woman they saved. late summer of 2008. Get ready for ArrowCorps5 At the National Planning Meeting, each commander, youth leaders will plan the ArrowCorps5 program site elected their youth 2008 summer program. A list of recreational leadership. options was released by each site. Under the direction of a youth incident See page 4-5 for more information. CHIEFLY SPEAKING Meet the 2008 Region Chiefs Central Region Southern Region Tyler Elliott of Springfield, Ohio, will serve as Mason Thomas, the 2008 Southern Region the 2008 Central Region Chief. Tyler is a Vigil Chief, was chief of Section S-5, which includes Honor member of Tarhe Lodge, Tecumseh Council, most of North Carolina and South Carolina. He in Section C-4B. He is an Eagle Scout and served is an Eagle Scout, Vigil Honor member, and consecutive terms as lodge chief before being Founder’s Award recipient of Muscogee Lodge, elected section chief. He attended the 2004 and Indian Waters Council. Mason has attended OA 2006 NOACs and the 2007 National Conservation Wilderness Voyage, NOAC, and the 2005 National and Leadership Summit. As region chief, Tyler said Scout Jamboree, and said he hopes to improve he “plans to cultivate new leadership within the OA communication and productivity within his region. and help achieve Quality Lodge status for at least 80 He is a political science major at the University of percent of lodges in the Central Region.” Beyond South Carolina. Scouting, Tyler is majoring in middle childhood Western Region Brothers, education at the University of Cincinnati, where he Mark Hendricks was a three-term section chief is a member of Future Educators of America. before being elected as the 2008 Western Region Northeast Region Chief. He is an Eagle Scout and Vigil Honor I feel extremely honored and privileged to have Patrick Rooney, the 2008 Northeast Region member of Wa-La-Moot-Kin Lodge, Blue Mountain been elected as your 2008 National Chief. I look Chief, is an Eagle Scout and Vigil Honor member Council. Mark is a high-adventure enthusiast forward to leading our Order in stewardship of of Amangamek-Wipit Lodge, National Capital who has participated in OA Trail Crew and OA Area Council, Washington D.C. Patrick has served Wilderness Voyage. He also has served on staff our national ecosystem this year. as section vice chief, lodge chief, chapter chief, at the past two NOACs, the 2005 National Scout 5 Truly, my excitement for ArrowCorps builds and lodge ceremonies chairman. Patrick attended Jamboree, and the 2007 National Conservation and exponentially with each passing day. Soon the past two NOACs and the 2005 National Scout Leadership Summit. Mark’s vision for his region Arrowmen from across the country will unite in Jamboree, and worked in a staff role at the 2007 focuses on the Order’s support of the Boy Scout National Conservation and Leadership Summit. program and its leadership. He is a physics major service to help restore our nation’s forests and He attends George Mason University in Fairfax, at Harvey Mudd College in Claremont, Calif., protect those beautiful landscapes for many Va., where he is majoring in government and and aspires to a career in academia after attending generations to come. international politics. graduate school. I believe Mahatma Gandhi was right on target when he said, “The best way to find yourself is to lose yourself in the service of others.” The best part about our Order’s high-adventure programs is not only that are we serving others, but that we are able to do so while working beside our friends and Brothers. However, I urge you to stay continually mindful Tyler Elliott Patrick Rooney Mason Thomas Mark Hendricks of why you were chosen by your peers to join Scouting’s National Honor Society. Allowat Sakima boldly tells us that “he alone is worthy to OA service grants announced wear the Arrow who will continue to serve.” After One purpose of the Order of the Arrow is to $2,500 to build three open-wall pavilions at Camp the program this summer, there will be many more crystallize the Scout habit of helpfulness into a life Roosevelt for campcraft, nature lodge, and outpost opportunities to practice servant leadership in purpose of leadership in cheerful service to others. camping. It is in this spirit that the Order offers its National Manitous Lodge, Great Sauk Trail Council, our troops, in our schools, and in our words and Service Grant program. received $4,250 to build an eco-con shelter at actions day by day. Since 1995, the OA has provided matching camp. Embracing such an attitude will help each of service grants to lodges. The money is awarded Otahnagon Lodge, Baden-Powell Council, to lodges for camp (Boy Scout or Cub Scout) or received $4,250 to replace the ADA-compliant us to be successful and impart our own legacies service center projects that benefit the local council. camp waterfront building. on those that surround us. Brothers, thank you A total of $40,000 has been allocated for 2008. Cuyahoga Lodge, Greater Cleveland Council, for your unwavering commitment to embody the Cowikee Lodge, Alabama-Florida Council, received $4,000 to construct a permanent shelter received $4,000 for its Greening of Camp Alaflo for the handicraft program area.