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Planning for Peterloon
2008 is under way, it is scheduled for October 10-12, 2008,
and the Peterloon website is now active at
www.Peterloon.DanBeard.org. All Boy Scout Troops,
Venturing Crews, and Webelos Scouts are invited to attend.
Separate activities are
being planned for the Webelos Scouts, but they will also have the
opportunity to observe some of the older boys’ activities
including participating in the Rockin’ Arena Show. This will
be a great opportunity to give them a look at what Scouting holds
for them and encourage them to stay involved and cross over.
Unit leaders can get all
the registration and cost information you need at
http://Peterloon.DanBeard.org/Registration.htm. The
deadline for discount registration is 9/19/08.
We also have a process
for volunteers or leaders who won’t be registering with their
units (but would like to attend and participate in the activities
anyway) to register as part of the district contingent. You
can download the
Ft. Hamilton Peterloon Registration Form (31k Word doc) and
email it to Jerry Oberlag at
Oberlag.GA@pg.com.
Becky Gorman has agreed
to serve as the district’s hospitality chair again this year, but
she would like to have a full time assistant to work with her.
If you can help, please contact her at
rpg@fuse.net.
There are two big changes this year
you should be aware of.
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The Miami Nature Conservancy has
created a 300 foot buffer zone alongside the Miami River that cuts
into the camping fields at Camp Lower Craig and reduces the amount
of space available. To avoid losing any more campsites than
necessary, there will be no on-field parking of vehicles this
year. Troop trailers may be used in the campsites, but all
vehicles will have to park at the remote parking area after
unloading.
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Due to the migration of the Emerald
Ash Borer into the area, a state ban has now been placed on moving
unfinished wood into or out of any of the counties in southeast
Ohio. This means any firewood you wish to use at Peterloon
must be obtained in Clermont County, where the camp is located.
In addition, any wood (poles, spars, braces, supports, etc.) used
for gateways, fences, camp tools or gadgets, tentage, hammocks,
etc. must be debarked and sealed with varnish or shellac before
entering Clermont County or arriving at camp. No barked or
unsealed natural wooden materials may be brought in to Peterloon.
Due to the reduced space
for campsites, please register early to make sure you get
one.
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Ft. Hamilton Cub Day Camps
 Our first Cub Day Camp of the year is almost here.
Day Camp South begins Monday June 9, and Day Camp North follows a
month later beginning Monday, July 14. Join us for a week of
games, sports, arts, crafts and shooting sports (BB guns and
Archery)! This year’s theme, “Cub-lympics”, promises
to deliver lots of excitement!
You can
register online or
printout registration forms to fill out and mail in.
Logistics:
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“South” |
“North” |
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Where |
Harbin
Park
Fairfield Civitan |
Camp
Timber Hill
(Fairfield Twp.) |
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When |
June 9
– 13, 2008 |
July
14 – 18, 2008 |
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Camp Directors |
Matt Bavis
Camp Director
737-7266
bavism@fuse.net |
Tonya Lacey
Camp Director
524-3591
Tdlacey2004@yahoo.com |
We still need a lot of help from
adult and youth volunteers. Day Camp is staffed entirely by
our Cub Scout and Boy Scout volunteers. Assistance from our
district Boy Scout Troops is needed at both our 2008 Day Camps to
lead small groups of Cub Scouts as Den/Tribe Leaders, and we are
currently several youth leaders short of our minimum requirements.
Remember, Boy Scouts can fulfill their leadership and/or service
requirements while having fun at the same time. Volunteers
should download and fill out the
Volunteer Registration Form.
All adult and youth volunteers
should attend one of the following training dates:
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“South” |
“North” |
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Where |
Harbin
Park
Shelter #5 |
Camp
Timber Hill
(Fairfield Twp.) |
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When |
May 31
@ 10:00 am
June 5 @ 6:00 pm |
July
13, 2008 @ TBA |
We have also created a
Flyer/Newsletter that provides more information you can print
out and take to your units to answer their questions and promote
the Day Camps. |
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Order of the Arrow
 We
have updated the Tsungani Chapter of the Order of the Arrow page
on our website. The updates include the chapter’s current
schedule of events, officers’ listing, and meeting location.
Please check it out, and while you are
there, please notice that the Chapter just earned the coveted
Honor Chapter Award. This is a major accomplishment, and we
congratulate all the Chapter members and leaders. |
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We've updated two areas of our website to reflect the realignment
of the Ft. Hamilton District. We have posted the changes in
our slate of District Committee positions on our
Contact Us page, and we have revised
the list of Scout Units currently in the district on our
Unit Directory page.
We would like for the leader of each unit to
review the changes in our Unit Directory
and make sure we are showing your unit’s information correctly.
If you find any errors, please email the
Webmaster.
Also, we are still trying to confirm the meeting
location of each unit including the community name and ZIP code
where they meet so we can update our Units
by Location page. If your unit is showing with the wrong
information or if it is not showing at all, please send the
correct information to the
Webmaster. |
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Attend Roundtable: Stay Informed!
We will hold Roundtable Meetings the second
Wednesday evening of each month from 7:00 – 9:30 to provide
information, coordination, and training to unit leaders. Check out
the Events Calendar for specific locations
and instructions.
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New Training Opportunities Page
We have created a new Youth
Training Opportunities Page for our website where we will post
training opportunities for the youth in our Scouting program.
It will be located as a subset of the
Advancement Page, and you
will be able to navigate to it by clicking on the “Providing
training and advancement opportunities to the youth in our district”
item in the bulleted list of services being offered by the
Advancement Committee.
If you have any training opportunities you would
like to see posted on this new page, send them to our
webmaster along with information on dates, times, locations, any
pre‑requirements, and description of the training. |
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Webelos Transition
Council has developed a program to better manage and support the
transition of Webelos Scouts into Boy Scouts. You can view it by
clicking on the
Webelos to Scout Transition Plan (218k PDF).
It's an excellent plan which makes it much easier to manage the
transition process, and it will result in retaining many more of our
Scouts. If you need any help with this program, contact
Charlie Garrison, our Membership Chair, or our District Director,
John Register. |
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District Chaplain
 Our District Chaplain, Rev. Jim Chester, is now on-line
and available to all units and individuals in our district to help
everybody in his role as spiritual advisor and counselor for the
district. His office phone number is 513-942-5570, and his
email address is
chapljim1@yahoo.com.
He is available to provide the following aids and services in
our district:
- Provide training to unit chaplains and youth chaplain aides
- Help promote earning religious service awards
- Help units prepare appropriate non-denominational religious
services
- Provide a spiritual tone for various Scout group meetings
- Provide spiritual counseling service when needed or
requested
Check out additional District & Troop Chaplains
services and links to Religious Scouting web pages on our
Chaplains Committee Page. |
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Adult Knot Awards
If you are interested in how to nominate a Scouter for the Silver
Beaver or the District Award of Merit or if you want to understand
the requirements for any of at least 32 scouting “knot” awards that
you can wear on your uniform, check out our
Adult Awards page. Each picture of a knot on this page is
linked to another page that contains a picture of the actual
medallion the knot represents as well as a detailed description of
the requirements for earning the award. A link to this page is
permanently located on our
Advancement Committee page in the last bullet list item labeled
“Promoting adult awards". |
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Yahoo Email Groups
We have established email groups at Yahoogroups.com to enable better
communication throughout the Ft. Hamilton district.
For units, our objective is to have the Cubmaster,
Scoutmaster, or Crew Advisor of each unit join their appropriate
Yahoogroup along with their unit’s Committee Chair and Charter Rep.
as a minimum. Other leaders, volunteers, parents, Boy Scouts,
and Venture Scouts are welcome to join as well so they can be kept
quickly abreast of developing information, ask questions, and access
stored files such as Roundtable handouts, special forms, etc.
All Commissioners should join the Commissioners
Yahoogroup, and all members of the District Committee should join
the District Leaders Yahoogroup.
To join one of our Yahoo groups, send an email message
to Bob Wylly, our Communications Chair, at
bwyllybsa@fuse.net requesting membership in the specific group(s)
you wish to join (Packs, Troops, Crews, Commissioners, District Ldrs.).
Please include the following in your message:
- Your name: ________
- Your unit number: ________
- Your role or position in your unit: _______
- Your phone number(s): ________
You can view our
Yahoogroups Information Page for more information. We
encourage broad participation regardless of your role.
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Ft. Hamilton District has been notified we are the
recipient of the
Scouting The Web Award of Excellence for August, 2004!
In the notification from the Award committee, they said: "One of the
best district sites we've ever seen!...It
is very apparent that a lot of work has gone into your site.
Your site is a true asset to the Scouting community with the great
resources and information you provide for Scouts and Scouters.
A link to your site has been placed under our
awards area".
WOW! This came as quite a surprise. A
big Thank You goes out to the Scouting The Web Award Committee for considering us for this honor. In
looking at some of the sites in the awards area above, we are
in the company of some extremely well done web sites around the
world!
We are very proud to receive this award! |
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"Scouting
is this country's single best program for building character in
youth and instilling positive religious and family values and has
been for nearly a century."
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-- The
Times Leader, Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania
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Site Updated 7.15.2008
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