District Chairman Lonny Schweitzer (701) 746-5451
Vice Chairman Ernest Anderson (701) 777-2834
District Commissioner Bill Vacek (701) 780-8830
District Director Myron Barnes (701) 775-3189
APRIL 2008
1 District Meeting and Commissioners Meeting, 6:00 PM, Holy Family Catholic Church, Grand Forks, ND
3 Devils Lake Roundtable/Candy Turn In , 7:00 PM, St. Olaf's Lutheran Church
10 Grand Forks Roundtable/Candy Turn In , 7:00 PM, Holy Family Catholic Church, Grand Forks, ND
19 Scout Show 10:00 a.m.-1:00 p.m. Gambucci Arena, Grand Forks
MAY 2008
1 Devils Lake Roundtable, and program planning seminar, Day Camp Training, 7:00 PM, St. Olaf's Lutheran Church, Devils Lake, ND
2-4 Camp Wilderness Work Weekend
3 Scout Sunday and Scout Week Begins
6 District Meeting and Commissioners Meeting 6:00 PM, Holy Family Catholic Church, Grand Forks, ND
8 Grand Forks Roundtable, and program planning seminar, 7:00 PM, Holy Family Catholic Church, Grand Forks, ND
17 Cabela's Challenge 10:00 a.m.-4:00 p.m. for Boy Scout Troops and Webelos Dens.
26 Memorial Day, Office Close
JUNE 2008
12-14 Cub Scout Day Camp at Larimore Dam 8:30 a.m.-3:30 p.m./Saturday day camp starts at 12:00 noon.
Law Enforcement Explorer Post 33 U S Customs and Border Protection and Explorer Post 38 Grand Forks Police Department had training in Crisis Negotiation on Saturday, March 1, 2008 at Schroeder Middle School, Grand Forks. In the morning they had training in crisis negotiations and the afternoon they had a real life scenario on hostage release and keeping someone from committing suicide. These two Explorer Post are preparing to attend the National Law Enforcement Exploring Conference in Fort Collins, Colorado this summer. They might get chosen to compete in this event.
Alyssa Kugler is willing to teach scouts or troops the Aviation Merit Badge. What a opportunity for scouts to learn about aviation, careers in aviation, how planes fly etc. You can contact Alyssa at Alyssa.kugler@und.edu
Most boys join Scouting because they want to go camping. Help deliver this promise and bring the boys to Day Camp. Day Camp is fun in the outdoors, where boys can test their skills on the Archery Range, or BB Gun Range. Spark your boys and parents by selling the sizzle of Cub Scouting by attending Day Camp.
All registrations must be into the Grand Forks Scout Office by May 2, 2008 or pay an extra $5.00. Set up a table at your April Pack meeting and tell the parents and Scouts how great Cub Day Camp is and how much fun they will have. Do one big sign up at a pack meeting and you will have a lot of boys sign up for camp. Don't say, " If you're interested get back to me", because they will forget and chasing down paper work isn't my idea of fun. Have parents fill out the paper work the same night of your promotion and invite them to volunteer also, because your Pack needs one adult for every five boys to participate. See you at Day Camp.
Don't forget to get your bring your Webelos and Cub Scouts to Camp Wilderness this summer, Cub Scout Camp and Webelos Camp. What a great opportunity to give boys a quality program. CABELA'S CHALLENGE (Saturday, May 17, 2008)
All Boy Scout Troops and Webelos Dens are encouraged to participate in the Cabela's Challenge from 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. on Saturday, May 17. Cook the World's Best Hot Dog Contest for Lunch. Bring your Hot Dogs and a grill that cooks above ground and show us the best hot dog ever made, each unit will be responsible to bring and cook their lunch. Maybe a little fly fishing, first aide, compass, and GPS, rope skills etc. Watch for the Cabela's Challenge flyer when it comes in your e-mail.
District Awards of Merit
The following Scouters received the highest District Honors at the District Recognition Dinner, March 8, 2008. The District Award of Merit recipients were Lloyd Wang Crew 13, Tom Henderson Troop 130 St. Marks Lutheran Church Scoutmaster; Natalie Kuehn Pack 319 Grand Forks Air Force Base, Cub Scout Roundtable Staff, and Cub Scout Day Camp Staff. Congratulations for your many years of volunteer service to Scouting.
Outstanding Scouter Awards
The following Scouters received the Outstanding Scout Award for 2007. Karen Semmens, Pack 13 Holy Family Catholic Church, Bill Kerzman, Troop 19 Thompson American Legion, Wesley and Lisa Breder, Pack 319 First Sargent Group GFAFB, Dwight Kalash, Troop 319 Thompson American Legion, Kyle Peterson Pack 37 Our Saviors Lutheran Church East Grand Forks, Jodie Wohlgamuth, Pack 62 Manvel American Legion, John Reith Troop 20 Calvary Lutheran Church, Jason Middlestead Pack 253 Mayville Lutheran Church, and Steve Onstad, Jeff Johnson, Mark Helgeson Pack 70 Our Saviors Lutheran Church Park River. Let's give these great Scouters a hand for their endless service to youth.
This years Scout is combined with the HANDS ON LEARNING FAIR AND SUPER SCIENCE SATURDAY. Over 3000 youth and their families are expected to participate. What a great opportunity to share the Scouting program with these families. Every Cub Scout Pack, Boy Scout Troop, Venture Crew, Explorer Post should have a booth at the Scout Show. Just think what this show would be like if we had every unit participates in this fun event. Let's show the public what Scouting is. Need ideas call the Grand Forks Scout Office and we will help you with some ideas that are simple to do and set up. Boys earn a patch for participating in the show and selling Candy.
Has your unit been represented at a roundtable lately, if not you're missing a lot of information for your Scouts to participate in. I had a leader the other day ask me about a program and wondered why he didn't get the information. I said that their Pack wasn't at the roundtable and didn't receive the information. I cannot mail out everything. Roundtables are the delivery of program ideas to the unit level volunteers. Scouting is fun when the information is shared. Our roundtable staffs are planning great roundtables with spilt out sessions so hopefully your unit will be at this one.
District Meetings are for all District Personnel, Charter Organizational Representatives, and interested Scouters; Lonny Schweitzer District Chairman runs a fun meeting. The next District Meeting will April 1, 2008 at 6:00 p.m. at Holy Family Catholic Church.
All candy must be turned in by the April roundtable; all monies must be turned in by Check only. No cash will be accepted. If you can't make roundtable you can turn it in at the Grand Forks Scout Service Center.
All new Cub Scouts recruited in April and May can go to Cub Scout Day Camp for $12.00 which includes there registration fee to December 2008. What a deal to help units recruit new Cub Scouts in the spring. Remember Tigers must have a parent or adult partner at Day Camp and they must come as a Pack. The one adult for every five boys applies and a Tiger Cub Parent doesn't count unless they are leading their sons den. For more information on Hooked on Scouting call Myron at 775-3189.