W W W Orca Lodge #194 Redwood Empire Council Boy Scouts of America Volume 11OORCARCA Winter 2004SPOUSPOUTTSS Issue 1 OrcaFF LodgeEELL willLL onceOO againWW beSS headingHHIIPP to Elk!! !River! Scoutaatt Camp, EE outsidellkk of RREureka,iivv foree ther rannual Lodge Fellowship on the weekend of March19-21. This fun filled outing is open to all lodge members who wish to attend...and a few who only think they don’t want to attend. This weekend is meant to be a couple days of relaxation and fun, with no work required! Plan to spend the weekend playing games, trading patches, watching movies, and enjoying some great food! Bring your video game console and your favorite games and movies, but please remember to label all of your stuff so it doesn’t get mixed up with other people’s equipment. A lodge meeting will also be held on Saturday at 1:00 pm. There will also be an opportunity to attend a Lodge Leadership Development course. Some of you may wish to work on Ceremonies and Indian Dancing skills. For those ready to receive the Brotherhood honor, review sessions and a ceremony will be available. All of you patch collectors/traders out there (and some of you who haven’t had a chance to purchase one yet), you will be able to buy more 10th anniversary flaps at the fellowship, but you will have to be there in person to buy. This fun filled weekend of fellowship is only $12.00 to cover the cost of food and the camp. To register, or if you have any questions or suggestion for other fun activities, contact Ken Moffit at 269-4324, In This Issue: [email protected] or Joey Fini at 822-1323, Fall Ordeal Report................................2 chief@orca194,org. So meet us at Elk River Scout Camp on March 19-21. The gate will be attended HighAdventure......................................4 from 6-10pm, Friday night, and 8am -12 noon on NOAC Anyone? ....................................6 Saturday (if locked call Camp at 442-9399) . Hope A Word from the Chief..........................7 to see all of you there...even those of you who did- n’t know they wanted to go! Fall Ordeals: Takin’ Care of Business Left to Right, John Tolbert, Patrick O'Neill, Robert Rivera, and John Mattern. On the weekends of October 17-19 and November 7-9, Orca lodge completed its Fall ordeal season. The ordeals were smaller than usual, especially Candidates at Navarro lining up for the project... in the south, where there were 6 ordeal candi- Congratulations are extended on behalf of the dates and 3 members going through the Lodge Executive Board to all new members, and Brotherhood ceremony. A good time was had by to all who sealed their membership in the order all, with much work being accomplished around both Elk River and Masonite Navarro. Projects Welcome to all Ordeal Honor members: included preparing the camps for winter, and performing Alex Barrington minor maintenance Patrick Cannon on the buildings. Ted Fullmer For several Vincent Greco years, the Brent Heasell lodge has Nicholas Jacobson been George Kelso attempting Theo Mainaris to imple- Austin McNeal ment the Shan Morris Elangomat Ernie Paquette program, in Michael Patrick an effort to Ryan Patrick boost member Issiac Record retention. The Jake Schempf program works by Aaron Sherman having a member of Hayden Smith the lodge go through the Verd Vanbezooyen ordeal again, as an Elangomat, Nathaniel Welch or ‘Friend’ in Lenni Lenapi. The Elangomat Matt Wright keeps in touch with the new ordeal member after ...and new Brotherhood Honor members: the weekend is completed. He makes sure that the new member is appraised of all chapter and Adam Gourley Lodge events. At the first opportunity for the new Cody Hay member to achieve Brotherhood, he makes sure Kevin Prescott the candidate is ready and will be able to get to Chris Teschan John Tolbert the ceremony. 2 10th Anniversary Lodge Dinner Held at Luther Burbank Center Cabrosha Chapter Hosts The 2003 Lodge Dinner took place at the Luthur Burbank Arts and Garden Center, in Santa Rosa. There was a hundred and eight people in atten- dance. Seventy four members and thirty four non-members. The catered food was not only plentiful, but of excellent quality. During the course of the evening Logo jackets, polo shirts, sweat shirts and more were awarded to lucky ticket holders. There was even a fund raising auc- tion. Silver Fluke Recipiants, Glen Goddard, Mike Randolph, As this was the 10th Anniversary of Bill Bell and Curtis Aultman. the founding of Orca Lodge, a special The recipients of the Lodge’s coveted lodge flap was issued Silver Fluke Award were Glen and members could Goddard, Mike Randolph, Curtis purchase up to three Aultman and Bill Bell. for $5.00 each. A spe- cial effort was made to get all the Lodge Chiefs from the past in attendence. Lane Kasselman/1994, Tom Rathbun/1997, Jason Yarnall/1999, and Michael Buxton/2001 & 2002 were able to attend and showed the Spirit of the Arrow and Leadership to the Lodge still live on, even many years later. Traveling from Reno to join in on the festivities were Ross Armstrong, Section W3B Chief as well as Steve Davidek and Everett Holm, W3B Adviser and Associate Adviser. 2003 James E. West Fellowship recipiants Bill Hughes and Bill Eckert. The Lodge presented two James E. West Awards LtoR, Joey Fini, John Mattern, Chris McCormick and Bryan this year to Bill Hughes and Bill Eckert. Enloe are sworn in by Ross Armstrong, Section W3B Chief Rounding out the festivities, Joey Fini and Tim Doughty were selected to recieve the Vigil Honor. After dinner lodge elections took place. Among They both attended the the elected were Joey Fini as Chief (former Vigil Weekend in treasurer), John Mattern as Vice Chief (for- December, where mer secretary), newcomers Chris they formally McCormick as Secretary, and Bryan were awarded Enloe as treasurer. the honor. Many awards were given out and It was a great among them was the Founders Award, dinner...if you the Silver Fluke and the James E. West didn’t make it, award. you missed a good The recipients of the Founders Award one! Make plans now were Daniel Washburn, and Michael Buxton to be at the 2004 dinner. Daniel Washburn and Michael Buxton recieve the Founders Award. (who flew in from Colorado just for the dinner). 3 LOOKING FOR SOME HIGH ADVENTURE THIS YEAR? The Order of the Arrow has a lot to offer. Two weeks at some of the greatest places on earth. If you would like some personal infor- mation, look no further than our own Wilderness Voyage is a fourteen-day experience John inspired by the traditions of the French and Mattern, Orca Lodge Vice Chief (538-0968 Canadian Voyageurs who ventured the northern or [email protected]), who went to wilderness during the 1700-1800's. Traveling Northern Tier last summer. It was and is tru- thousands of miles by water and portage, these ley the experience of a lifetime! Voyageurs were hired to haul goods and furs to trade with Native Americans and Europeans. In the spirit of these adventurers, Arrowmen will PHILBREAK 2004 JUST embark on a voyage that is twofold. One-half of AROUND THE CORNER the OA Northern Tier Wilderness Voyage focuses by Ken Davis, National OA Committee on portage trail and campsite maintenance with- in the Boundary Waters. The remaining expedi- The exciting Philbreak program tion is spent on a canoeing adventure that is for older OA members, older planned and chosen by the participants in the Venturers, and younger adult program. In other words, each crew plans their Scouters, is once again available own voyage! However, the program is not simply for 2004. Participants provide a portage trail work, camping, and canoeing. The week's service at Philmont Scout Ranch during OA Northern Tier Wilderness Voyage is ultimate- the spring break season. ly a journey that challenges Scouts mentally, The program will consist of trail building physically, and spiritually. and/or fire restoration work on Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, and Friday of each week with a day of skiing on Thursday in Angel Fire, NM. The program concludes on Friday and par- ticipants leave on Saturday morning. Other events will include ranch tours and visits to the Philmont Trading Post, Seton Museum and Villa Philmonte, home of Wait Phillips. Trail Crew is a fourteen day experience. The first There are still a number of slots open in each of week focuses on trail construction and mainte- the three weeks for Philbreak 2004, which kicks nance under the guidance of Philmont trail crew off March 7. The cost is $100 per person, plus your foremen. The second week is a seven day back- own transportation to Philmont. (If you fly, trans- packing trek that is designed by the participants. portation will be provided from the The program is not simply building trail and Albuquerque airport; otherwise, service from hiking though, the OA Trail Crew is ulti- the Raton, NM bus or train station is also mately a journey that challenges Scouts available.) mentally, physically, and spiritually. Those eligible to attend must be reg- Trail building is tough. The worksite istered with the Boy Scouts of experience is full of long, strenuous America and at least 18 years old, days requiring a great deal of but not yet 26 when they arrive physical effort. Participants are at Philmont. The program expected to work with great sesions begin on March 7, diligence as the trail that is 14, and 21. The applica- being built is designed to tion form can be found on last over 75 years and the National OA Web Site protect the beautiful land- at <www.oa-bsa.org> and scape of Philmont Scout requires a local Scout council Ranch.