Bullying Is NOT Cool” by Contributing Writer John Sarmie, Pack 321 Den Leader by Karl Kennell Very Competitive and This Year Teachers After He Was No Exception
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MandarinNewsLineSM SERVING THE MANDARIN COMMUNITY SINCE 2006 M EMBER OF THE RT PUBLISHING GROUP OF COMMUNITY NEWSPAPERS Volume 6, Issue 2 Visit our online edition at www.mandarinnewsline.com November 2011 Rain Gutter Regatta is a wave of fun Former Jaguar says for Cub Scout Pack 321 “Bullying is NOT Cool” By Contributing Writer John Sarmie, Pack 321 Den Leader By Karl Kennell very competitive and this year teachers after he was no exception. To keep the received a story competition fair, scouts raced from a dis- against boys in the same age traught mother group or rank as well as within whose child was the same category of boat de- the focus of sign. After each rank raced, the bullying attacks. boys faced off in a cross-rank His challenge competition to see who was the was that he overall fastest. would come Following are the results and talk with from the two divisions: any students Sailboat Division about bullying. • First Place: Ethan Rutherford The challenge (Tiger), Dominick Wright was picked up (Wolf), Krishna Rao (Bear), by Mandarin Jacob Blackwell (Webelos) Middle School • Second Place: Dalton Allen teacher Khaki Cub Scout Pack 321 hosted A 10 foot section of rain (Tiger), Alex Gilland (Wolf), Hager, who con- ducts a service its annual Rain Gutter Regatta gutter is fi lled with water and J.R. Shelton (Bear), Matthew Principal Debbie Smith, Tom McManus and on October 13 at Mandarin used to race the seven-inch Hall (Webelos) teacher Khaki Hager learning class Presbyterian Church. It is boats by blowing into the sails. • Third Place: Mark Johnson at the school. similar to the Pinewood Derby The races are very exciting to (Tiger), Aryaman Deshmukh On October 7, retired The purpose of this course is to except that the models are min- watch and cheering on your (Wolf), Jaylin Clase (Bear), Jaguars player Tom McManus expose students to volunteerism iature sailboats. Each scout built favorite is a must. This year, Brian Rutherford (Webelos) brought the message “Bullying and service for other, helping and designed their own vessel there were over 58 boats in the • Overall: First: Krishna Rao is NOT cool” to the gathered them develop an appreciation from kits comprised of a piece competition. (Bear), Second: J.R. Shelton eighth grade students of Manda- for all human beings. of balsa wood, a metal keel and (Bear), Third: Matthew Hall rin Middle School. After he was As McManus roamed the “We have two sets of two introduced by Principal Debby a plastic sail. The hulls were tracks where we can race each (Webelos) stage delivering his message sanded and shaped and were Catamaran Division Smith, he took the microphone that “You control your life” the rank, one at a time. Standard and strode out in front of the colorfully painted and decorat- boats on one side and catama- • First Place: Gavin O’Connell students became more and more ed. Some scouts chose to build (Tiger), Josh Mumpower podium and captured the atten- attentive and enthusiastic. Driv- rans on the other,” Craig Laid- tion of the gathered students. catamarans, which are generally man, the pack’s regatta orga- (Wolf), Jaden Essary (Bear), ing home the message “you get much faster than the standard nizer said. Ian Turner (Webelos) The visit was the result of to decide what you do,” McMa- a challenge he put out to area boat design. This event has always been Rain Gutter Regatta cont. on pg. 9 Anti-bullying message cont. on pg. 7 Mandarin Adoption Center celebrates What’s Inside FREE Page 3 What’s New Grand Re-opening with ribbon cutting Page 4 From the Council ONLINE First Coast No the Mandarin More Homeless Adoption Center Member’s Desk CLASSIFIED Pets (FCNMHP) performed over Page 5 School District Journal celebrated the 850 adoptions Page 6 The Sheriff Reports ADS Grand Re-opening totaling more of the Mandarin than a third of the Page 7 Political Commentary Adoption Center total life saving Page 9 Youth Scene Go to (MAC) with an adoptions from Page 11 Christmas on the Creek www.mandarinnewsline.com Open House on Animal Control in the afternoon of Jacksonville. Page 12 Mandarin Women’s Club and click on Friday, October 14. 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