Summer News Wow! Can you believe summer is almost over? It has been very event- ful to say the least. Here are just a few of the events that took place this summer: Twilight Camp What a terrific success Cub Scout Twilight Camp was this year, rain storms and all. I would like to thank all Adult Volunteers and Junior Staff who helped make it such a great event. And a shout out goes to The LDS Church for allowing us to use their building as a rain back up. If not for that we would have been sitting at home twiddling our thumbs while the park was flooded. Here are some of the stats of the week: 21 Full time Adult Staff 52 Full time Junior Staff 44 Full time Chaperones 131 Total Chaperones 20 Tot Lot 128 Visitors on Friday And last but not Least... 212 Cub Scouts Wow! We had a great kick off Mon- day with Medieval Times sending some of their knights to give a fabu- lous program. So, once again, thank you to all the wonderful volunteers that helped make it a great week! Popcorn Retreat To some it’s a bit cheesy or corny! For others, it’s a triple delight, and maybe even a little bit nutty. But for all, it’s time to shed some light on a subject that is sure to be popping up all over the district. Yes, it may seem unbelievable, but it’s time to butter you up again about being the best Kernel you can be. It’s Popcorn time! Saturday, August 1 st was the Longhorn Council popcorn retreat at Auburn United Methodist Church in Fort Worth, next to the old council office. Over 400 volunteers came to the re- treat for training in conducting the pop- August 2009 ROADRUNNER REPORTER “There’s Nothing Stronger Than The Heart Of A Volunteer” In this Issue: Hoorays 1-2 Happenings 2-3 Eagles Nest 3-4 Order of theArrow 3 Training Time 5 Units in the News 6-7 Hoorays Upcoming Events August 6 Commissioner's Meeting 6 Roundtable Kick-off 11 Fall Recruiting Training 20 District Committee Meeting 24 First Day of School 27 Eagle Boards of Review 28-30 OA ordeal SR2
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Summer NewsWow! Can you believe summer isalmost over? It has been very event-ful to say the least. Here are just afew of the events that took place thissummer:Twilight Camp
What a terrific success Cub ScoutTwilight Camp was this year, rainstorms and all. I would like to thankall Adult Volunteers and Junior Staffwho helped make it such a greatevent. And a shout out goes to The
LDS Church for allowing us to usetheir building as a rain back up. If notfor that we would have been sitting athome twiddling our thumbs while thepark was flooded.Here are some of the stats of theweek:21 Full time Adult Staff52 Full time Junior Staff44 Full time Chaperones131 Total Chaperones20 Tot Lot128 Visitors on Friday And last but not Least...212 Cub Scouts
Wow! We had a great kick off Mon-day with Medieval Times sendingsome of their knights to give a fabu-lous program. So, once again, thankyou to all the wonderful volunteersthat helped make it a great week!
Popcorn Retreat
To some it’s a bit cheesy or corny!For others, it’s a triple delight, andmaybe even a little bit nutty. But forall, it’s time to shed some light on asubject that is sure to be popping up allover the district. Yes, it may seemunbelievable, but it’s time to butter youup again about being the best Kernelyou can be. It’s Popcorn time!
Saturday, August 1st was the LonghornCouncil popcorn retreat at AuburnUnited Methodist Church in FortWorth, next to the old council office.Over 400 volunteers came to the re-treat for training in conducting the pop-
August 2009
ROADRUNNER REPORTER“There’s Nothing Stronger Than The Heart Of A Volunteer”
In this Issue:Hoorays 1-2
Happenings 2-3
Eagles Nest 3-4
Order of the Arrow 3
Training Time 5
Units in the News 6-7
HooraysUpcoming Events
August
6 Commissioner's Meeting6 Roundtable Kick-off11 Fall Recruiting Training20 District Committee Meeting24 First Day of School27 Eagle Boards of Review28-30 OA ordeal SR2
corn campaign. Multipleclasses were provided forvolunteers to learn aboutShow and Sell and TakeOrder popcorn. New thisyear was a session in on-line ordering. Each unitwho attended received a“kick off” kit. The councilhad a drawing for a
trailer,whi chwas won bya Cub Scout packfrom another district andPack 320 won the doorprize, a bicycle from TrailsEnd. Thanks are in orderto Packs 254,333, 387,509 andTroops86, 324,387,757,andCrew757whosentvolunteersearly to help set up,or who stayed late to cleanup, and to Keith and Curtis
Mayo for loading andtransporting training kitsand supplies from theCounciloffice toFort Worth.Specialthanks toRichardSea and toToriBommari-to and herson Bobbyfor teach-ing at theretreat. Tori and Bobbyalso helped to train at asimilar retreat in Waco aweek earlier. The Road-runner District is
fortunate to havesuch greatvolunteers andparticipation.Pleaseremember thatShow andSell ordersmust beturned into PingMayo by
no later thanAugust 10th.
Send orders [email protected] are the importantdates for the popcorncampaigns:
2009 Dates• Show and Sell PlaceOrder-Aug. 10th to PingMayo.
• Show andSell Pick-
Up
Aug.22nd,
timeand
locationto be
Determined• Show and Sell Returnand Pay-Sept. 26th (Late
Council Website: www.longhorncouncil.orgDistrict Website: www.roadrunnerdistrict.orgResource Website: www.macscouter.com
HappeningsDistrictCommitteeThe location for the Dis-trict committee hasmoved to Hurst City Hall.Please use Main En-trance that faces theFreeway. Door will belocked at 7, so please beon time!Lowe’s Build& GrowGET A JUMP START ONYOUR PACK ACTIVITIESTHIS MONTH:LOWES BUILD ANDGROW CLINICSSat., August 8, 2009Make a powerboat10-11 amSat, August 22, 2009Make a School Bus10-11 amFor 1st thru 5th graders
Register with Lowe’sBuild and Grow Clinic on-lineFREE!Cub SafeShootCUB SAFE SHOOTCOMING INSEPTEMBERWhen: Saturday,September 26, 2009Where: Grapevine PolicePractice Range (adjacent to GrapevineGolf Course)3800 Fairway Lane ,GrapevineTime: 9-3 pmCost $4.50 on time toSept. 20$6.00 late and walk-insWho: Wolves, Bears 1stand 2nd yr WebelosContact for more info:Pat Hadley817-301-3262
FallRecruitingSUMMER’S ALMOSTGONE,SCHOOL IS JUSTABOUT TO BEGIN, ANDSCOUTING TURNS ITATTENTION TOFALL RECRUITING!We can’t continue thiswonderful scouting pro-gramIf we don’t have boys,whether they beCub scouts, Boy scouts,Varsity or Venturers.So, for ALL PACKS thathold School Night Rallys,there Will be a DistrictTraining:When: Tuesday, August11, 2009Where : St. PhilipPresbyterian ChurchPrecinct and Pipeline,HurstTime: 7pmWe know that there aresome Packs that run afantastic Rally, but weneed you to attend thisdistrict training and getyour imput.Troop Leaders: The re-cruiting flyers usuallymention Rally nights for1st -5th grade boys.There might be someBoys needing a troop thatwill come to these rallys.Troops near these ele-mentary school shouldcontact The Pack leader-ship and send a repre-sentative or two To theschool’s rally night. Per-haps even offer to haveSome boy scouts do theflag ceremony.Need info. on Pack orTroop leadership:Contact Gloria, Member-ship [email protected]
CampingCommitteeCamping CommitteeWe will be having twoCamping Events thisyear. The first will be aone day event held locallyon November 14, 2009.Troops will run events toshow case their units.Weblos I & II and CubScouts down to Bear willbe invited to attend.Each troop will be askedto invite at least one We-blos Pack to have lunchwith them. The purposeof the event is to have afall event for Campingand to start introducingWeblos to the troops.There will be a troop signup at the August Round-table. There will be moreinformation to follow onthis event. The secondevent is of course theSpring Camporee to beheld in April at Camp SidRichardson. Please at-
tend the August Roundta-ble for more information.Upcoming CouncilEvents:Fall Canoe Race, WorthRanch, September 12th,2009Score-O, SR2, October17th, 2009
If your interested in serv-ing on the Camping Com-mittee (and we needvolunteers!) please con-tact James Glass [email protected] Glass
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Happenings Cont.
Congratulations to all thenew Arrowmen andBrotherhood memberswho attended the first andsecond Ordeals. The lastOA Ordeal of this year isgoing to be on August28-30 at Sid Richardson.If you have not done yourordeal, you need to signup to attend this one. Ifyou are already an Arrow-man, you are eligible tobecome OA Brotherhoodif at least 10 months havepassed since your Or-deal. Please get in-volved! We are always
looking for OA ceremonyteam members. There arespeaking parts, or youcould have a non-speak-ing part as a drummer ora torch bearer. We willalso need help with OAelections and serviceprojects. Come be a partof our team and join us incheerful service!Woapalanne ChapterChief, Curtis Mayo
BOY SCOUTADVANCEMENTPlease congratulate thefollowing Scouts on pass-ing their Eagle Board ofReview:Brandon Bullock fromTroop 332 (March)Brandon’s projectdescription: My EagleScout project will be tobuild four 8 ft. X 6 ft. Wooden storage structures forMartin United MethodistChurch’s Cobble House tostore household goods forpersons from the commu-
nity requesting assistancefrom the church.Trevor Brown from Troop250 (June)Trevor’s project descrip-tion: My project has to dowith the beautification ofthe City of Bedford; how Ican aid in promoting theannual Cleanup BedfordDay event to apartmentresidents and provide thenrecycling information andeducation; and to lead myTroop in the annual eventand encourage pride inour community.
Eagles Nest
Lodge Program Calendar Ordeal (Sid Richardson).........................August 28-30Lodge Banquet/Business Meeting............September 12
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Riley Eckels from Troop253 (June)Riley’s project description:I plan to build a new mail-box for the United Memori-al Christian Church. Thenew mailbox will be madeof bricks and mortar andwill sit on a cement foun-dation. Attached to thenew mailbox will be twoplanter boxes, each tocontain 4 French Mari-golds.Chris Van Haasen fromTroop 324 (June)Chris’ project description:My project is to build anadditional 89.3” x 76.5” x24” bookshelf for addedshelving and storage forthe rapidly growing FirstUnited Methodist Church(FUMC) of Hurst. Thecompleted shelf will be an-chored to a cinder blockwall.JR Talbott from Troop310 (June)JR’s project description:My Eagle Scout project willbe to clean up an area ofBuffalo Ridge Park in Hal-tom City. The project willinclude the removal of adead tree(s), clearing ofunderbrush and overgrown grass, as well astrimming of trees.Jeff Boucher from Troop387 (July)Jeff’s project description:For my project, I will bemaking two cedar benchesand repairing and paintingfive wooden trashcan cov-ers. The benches will beseven feet long and willnot have armrests or abackrest. The covers onlyneed minor repairs but thedo not have any weatherresistance, which we willapply.Projects
ApprovedPlease congratulate thefollowing scouts for gettinghis project proposal ap-proved:David Cozby fromTroop 324Cody Bye fromTroop 324John Donor fromTroop 332Matthew Soto fromTroop 86Beau Becthold fromTroop 86Matt Fudge fromTeam 6346Amaan Dossani fromTroop 758Jake Roan fromTroop 86David Norris fromTroop 333Eagle Board ofReview andProjectCertificationMeetingSchedule:Next three scheduledmeetings:August 27, 2009September 24, 2009October 22, 2009I would like to thank thissummer’s Eagle Boardmembers: Bill Harrison,George Zahn,Kathy Sherwin, ToniTharp, Bob Ricks, AlanCurlee, and Rob Pettit.*** EagleProjectand Boardof ReviewChanges ***The following is a summa-ry of recent changes to theEagle Project and EagleBoard of Review Process:· The LonghornCouncil Service Center willno longer be able to certifyEagle Scout Applications
without an appointment.Face to face appointmentsare available Tuesdays,9:00 – 12:30 and 2:30 to4:00. You can also dropoff or mail all your paper-work in and the processwill be completed in 3 to 4working days, you will bethen be called to pick upyour paperwork.· On the application,the Scout shall have listedsix references (five if noemployer, and parent if noorganized religious associ-ation.)· A Scout cannothave a board of reviewdenied or postponed be-cause the council office orcouncil advancement com-mittee does not receivereference letter forms.· Requirements forEagle Application Verifica-tion:ü Eagle applicationmust be completely filledout down to the BSA localsignature.ü Blue cards andRank advancement cardsare required. If and only ifthey are not available youcan bring an IndividualHistory Report provided bythe Troop with 3 signa-tures from the Troop.ü Make sure that un-der requirement #4 thatleadership is after the Liferank date only.ü Requirement #5must have name of Proj-ect and TOTAL # of hours,and the last page of theworkbook that has com-pleted signatures mustalso be brought in for veri-fication.ü Your statement ofambitions and life purposemust also be brought in.
· Effective August 1,2009, the National Officewill no longer accept Eagleapplications prior to the2009 printing. The newEagle Scout application(512-728) can be found onscouting.org.· The board of re-view for an Eagle candi-date is composed of aminimum of three mem-bers and a maximum of sixmembers, 21 years of ageor older. The Scout mayhave NO input into the se-lection of the board of re-view members, the scout’sTroop shall select between1 and 4 members. Theunit may request the dis-trict to select additionalboard members.· A Scout’s unit lead-ers, assistant unit leaders,relatives, or guardiansmay not serve as mem-bers of his board of re-view.
I will be updating my Eagleboard of review checklistto reflect these and anyother changes.Related links:Eagle Scout application:http://www.scouting.org/filestore/pdf/512-728_web.pdfEagle Policy and Proce-dures:http://www.longhorncouncil.org/advancement/eagle_policy.htm#applicationproceduresNew Eagle Scout LeadershipService Project Workbook andEagle Scout Rank Application:www.scouting.org/boyscouts/advancementandawards/resources.aspx
Bill JesseDistrictAdvancement Chairman
Eagles Nest Cont.
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Your training team is hardat work putting togethergreat training courses foryou in the fall and nextspring. Next year (thefall), the spreadsheet oftraining courses will prob-ably be replaced by thenow on-line Longhorncouncil training calendar,http://www.longhorncouncil.org/cgi-bin/Calcium36.pl?Op=ShowIt&CalendarName=council_training_calendar. Thecalendar display can bemodified to display datesseveral different ways, befamiliar with it so youteach it to serve you thebest. The dates forRoadrunner/Lakeviewtraining 2009-2010 havebeen set and you will findthem below under the ap-propriate program.For your COR, please in-vite them all to CharteredOrganization Representa-tive Training, 4 February,2010 (during Roundtable).This training can be seenon the council training cal-endar.Cub ScoutTraining NewsSummer is almost overand it’s time to prepare forfall rallies. When you re-cruit new leaders, it’s criti-cally important that youget them trained as soonas possible. Start with on-line Fast Start training,youth protection training,This is Scouting and thenget them basic trained fortheir position. Don’t forgetyour Bear leaders last
year are now Webelosleaders. They need to gotake the Webelos LeaderSpecific training!!!Denice Taylor is backagain this year in Januaryto lead a great group oftrainers for BALOO! SeeDenice for details.Upcoming Cub Scouttraining dates:Cub Scout Leader Posi-tion-Specific Training, 19September, 2009Basic Adult Leader Out-door Orientation, 17 Octo-ber, 2009*Outdoor Leader Skills forWebelos Leaders, 6-7November, 2009*Basic Adult Leader Out-door Orientation, 9 Janu-ary, 2010Outdoor Leader Skills forWebelos Leaders, 5-6February, 2010*Cub Scout Leader Posi-tion-Specific Training, 24April, 2010* This training can beseen on the council train-ing calendar.Boy ScoutTraining NewsIf you haven’t trained yournew troop adults, do so assoon as possible. Startwith on-line Fast Starttraining, youth protectiontraining, This is Scoutingand then get them basictrained for their position.Curtis Franklin will be thecourse director forSM/ASM Leader Specifictraining. Mike Cooper willbe the course director forIOLS. Let’s give a bighand to them!
Upcoming Boy Scouttraining dates:*Scoutmaster/AssistantScoutmaster Leader Spe-cific Training, 24 October,2009*Introduction to OutdoorLeader Skills, 6-8 Novem-ber, 2009Scoutmaster/AssistantScoutmaster Leader Spe-cific Training, 20 Febru-ary, 2010Introduction to OutdoorLeader Skills, 5-7 Febru-ary, 2010* This training can beseen on the council train-ing calendar.Adults need to check-re-check YPT, Safe swim,safety afloat and all of theother certifications thatexpire!Upcoming BoyScout(youth)trainingdates:Twin Arrows NYLT, TA-175, Saturday, December26 - Wednesday, Decem-ber 31, 2008Flyers are available forprinting fromwww.longhorncouncil.org.Scoutmasters, pleasesend 10% of the scouts inyour troop to Twin Arrowseach year, you’ll be gladyou did!!! Has your scoutbeen to Twin Arrows? En-courage him to go workon staff. You’ll really beglad you did that!!!Trainersneeded:
Have you been to thesetraining courses? Good,you’ll make a great staff!Please contact any mem-ber of the training team.You can do it! It’s fun!UpcomingCounciltrainingdates:Powderhorn, September11-13, September 25-27,Camp TahuayaWood Badge, SR-970,September 11-13, 2009,October 2-4, 2009*Wood Badge, SR-971,October 8-10, 2009, Octo-ber 29-31, 2009University of Scouting /Cub Scout Pow-Wow ,November 14, 2009 @TCCC* This course is full. Thereis a waiting list, it is sug-gested you sign up forSR-970.Flyers are available forprinting fromwww.longhorncouncil.org.On Linetraining:http://olc.scouting.org/Trainingknots:If you have questionsabout training awardknots, please do not hesi-tate to ask…somebody!Remember, Every YouthDeserves a Trained Lead-er. Please make it a unitgoal to get all of yourleaders trained in 2009!!!!YIS,Roadrunner DistrictTraining Team
Training
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Units in the News
Troop 86What do you get when youmix an enthusiastic campstaff, the mountains of Ar-kansas, plenty of meritbadges, and a whole weekof fun? You get Camp Pio-neer, the ultimate summercamp. At this camp you will
be treated like Boy Scoutkings, with no kp, no cook-ing, and absolutely NOSETTING UP TENTS.They also give you cots tosleep on, and they feel likethe clouds of heaven, aftersleeping on dirt and rocks
on every other campoutthis past year. Here at thiscamp they have two pools,a climbing wall, a repellingwall, a wood chapel, bothindoor and closed outdoorshowers, and a GIANTtrading post. Special activi-ties include first campfire,stunt night, a pool partynight, citizenship in thegalaxy, where they giveyou a merit badge for at-tending, burger burn, O.A.ceremony, and final camp-fire. So search for CampPioneer, Arkansas, and letthe fun begin a year later.35 boys and 7 adults fromTroop 86 attended sum-mer camp at Camp Pio-neer in July. TravisMcDonald is having hisEagle Court of Honor inAugust, and CameronKennedy had his in July.Beau Becthold completedhis Eagle project, alongwith Matthew Soto, andMitch Arnold. Our nextcampout is Schlitterbahn!
The Tradition Continues,Zach Whitteberry
Troop 86 Historian
TROOP 348This summer we went toSlippery Falls Scout Ranchfor camp. We went asMaverick Scouts and werepart of the Maverick Troop.We had a lot of fun, work-ing on Merit Badges,Swimming, Going toCampfires, and eating Ter-rific food. It was very hot,but the storms rolled inThursday cooling it down afew degrees. As the Mav-erick troop we won HonorTroop, along with winningthe Patrol Flag competi-tion, both were rumored tobe firsts for a Mavericktroop, we also had twoleaders (Including HeidiPatton) win the Scoutmas-ter award!
Pack 1007The slogan of Pack 1007 is,“Where the fun begins!”This summer, the fun be-gan with Twilight Camp andcontinued on Sunday, Au-gust 2 with an evening ofbowling at Hurst Lanes.Bowling is a great sport,
where it is a good thing to“strike out” and be a“turkey!” We’ll “spare”you the details, but suffice itto say that the Cubs andsiblings gave Akela somehealthy competition! It wasa fun evening for all.
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Units in the News Cont.
Packs 10, 22,220, 310, 343,346, 347, 348,349“A Camping We HaveGone” was the theme of amultipack Pack meeting onJune 23, 2009. Packs 10,22, 220, 310, 343, 346,347, 348, 349
got together for anevening of songs, skits,awards and lots offun. Pack348 be-gan themeetingwith agather-ingactivityof creatingmodels of campingequipment out of tooth-picks, marshmallows andgum drops. Pack 349 thenconducted the flag cere-mony where each packbrought forward their ownpack flag and posted it.We then had a time of seri-ousness when, Debi King,one of our Unit Commis-
sioners reminded us of theimportance of using the 12core values of Cub Scout-ing and theCharacterConnec-tion.
On withthe fun,
Pack220ledus in asong, and packs 310and 346 performedskits. We had lots ofsongs lead by ourUnit CommissionerLisa Keil and veryenthusiastic cheers
lead by our “Cheermaster”Pat Sterling, Cubmaster ofPack 310. There were alot of awards earned, in-cluding all those earned at
ling from Pack 310. Theyhave done an awesomejob on their Cub ScoutTrail and are well preparedto enter Boy Scouts.
The evening ended with aCubmaster minuteby our Unit Com-missioner, Laurie
Hullinger,anda
retrieval ofthe flag withJonathanGraf fromPack 348
playingthe bugle.We hadwonderfulrefresh-ments ofbrowniestoppedwith coolwhip and
a gummyworm provided by Pack 22.Pack 347 set the wholeevening up for us andPack 343 cleaned up andleft no trace
Saturday, August 1st,Commissioners from allover the Longhorn Councilassembled at TCU for theannual College of Commis-sioner Science. Attendingfrom Roadrunner were LisaKeil, Debbie King, JamieMcCallum, and Karl Ross.Hopefully we can havemore attend next year, thefirst Saturday in August.I’m sure some of our Com-missioners were at thePopcorn Kick-off held thesame day.
It is the time of year to dounit inventories. Pleasesend your current roster toyour unit commissionerand if you do not know whothat is send it to me at the
e-mail address below. I amstill looking for Commis-sioners for units.
Commissioners meet be-fore Roundtable at 6:30 pmmonthly in the Relief Soci-ety Room at the Church ofthe Later Day Saints of Je-sus Christ Hurst Stake(same location as Round-table). If you are interestedor curious you are invitedto attend. You too couldput your experiences inScouting to use helping aunit succeed.
Finance Chair - Howard Piper ( 817-268-3195) Email: [email protected] Chair - Ping Mayo (817-454-7479) Email: [email protected] Chair -Cub Scout Trng. Chair -Boy Scout Training Chair -Advancement Chair - Bill Jesse (817-354-7142) Email: [email protected] Scout Roundtable - Tim Rogers (817-355-5195) Email: [email protected] Scout Roundtable - Richard Sea (817-318-0870) Email: [email protected] of the Arrow Advisor - Mike Cooper Email:[email protected]
Roadruner District Contacts
August 2009
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Submissions for each newsletter will be due no later than the Saturdayeve- ning before Roundtable. Submissions are subject to editing and approval of
the District DE, Chairman, and Commissioner. News of coming events, unit successes, helpful suggestions,sites of resources etc. Are all we;come. Please submit to Heidi Patton at [email protected] 4:30 pm on the Friday be- fore Roundtable. (Please copy Gloria Coyle also, [email protected])
