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Wednesday, February 6, 2013
Manila Stake - Teacher's Quorum / Varsity Team News
Wednesday, January 30, 2013
Hello University of Scouting Student!
Hi Scouters:
I have registered for the University of Scouting conference and here is some information I received back. Please sign-up for this great event.
Thanks,
Aaron Weaver
COR Unit 1206 / Manila 8th Ward
Hello University of Scouting Student!
The UNPC 2013 University of Scouting is happening in just about a week and we hope you are EXCITED for this awesome council event! There are 30+ content-rich classes taught by 34 faculty instructors that will make your job easier and enhance your program with your Scouts & Venturers & Districts. It’s going to be an awesome day!
Occasionally, temperatures may vary at the church, so maybe bring a jacket. Be sure to wear your field uniform and don’t forget to bring your hearty Scout Spirit! Registration will begin at 7:45am and the Opening Ceremony is at 8:30am. Please be on time for the start as we will go right into the Keynote Speaker session with Mark Griffin from National BSA. Enjoy some top-notch classes at University of Scouting! If you have any questions, stop by the registration desk . . . we’re happy to help.
NEW CLASS: INTRODUCTION TO CANYONEERING
During the last session of the day, Shane Holst will be sharing some great information about Canyoneering and will explore common misunderstandings regarding descending technical slot canyons. Shane will discuss essential gear, trip planning resources and introduce several canyoneering specific skills to help scout leaders recognize the need for additional training. Respond to this email if you are interested in attending.
AWESOME PRIZES AND GIVEAWAYS
If you haven’t heard already, we have some AMAZING PRIZES and GIVEAWAYS!! That’s right, we have many outstanding vendors and local businesses that have donated some great gear, great food, great discounts, and great gift certificates! From the amazing LifeStraw water filters, to killer Geigerrig Hydration Backpacks, to Camp Chef stoves, to Coleman tents and gear to much, much more, truly, we are going to have a great time giving this stuff away!!
TO EARN MORE CHANCES TO WIN, you can do either or both of the following:
1. Bring 5 cans of food for our Food Drive. We are working with Community Action Services and Food Bank this year and we will give you one extra drawing ticket for each can up to 5 cans you bring for the food drive!
2. Bring a friend – bring another scouter that is not registered as of today 1/30/2012. For each friend that registers for the UoS, please send me (Kent) an email and let me know who your friend is, and you will both receive two additional drawing tickets for our prize drawing giveaways!
LATE REGISTRATION AND WALK-INS
Registration will remain open until the day of the event, and we will accommodate walk-ins as we can based on room sizes and class availability. Walk-ins will not be guaranteed a lunch or a UoS patch.
LUNCH – DID YOU ORDER?
We have noticed that there are many of you that did not order lunch when you registered. If you meant to order a lunch and did not, then please modify your registration and include what you would like. You can choose from three types of sandwiches or a garden salad. If you have problems modifying your registration, then please email me (Kent) your choice for lunch. We need this asap (by 2/4). Thank you.
SCOUT SHOP & MIDWAY
There will be a SCOUT SHOP with a few items to choose from at the UoS. Also, don’t miss the MIDWAY where you can find out more from various vendors, organizations, and upcoming training like EDGE and Wood Badge, and you can demo some really cool products you’re going to want!
CLOSING CEREMONY
After the great classes at UoS, our closing will begin at 1:15pm. David Pack, Council Executive, will be sharing a few words, and then we will have some Grand Prize Drawings & Winners!
UoS SWAG BAGS
After the closing, turn in your UoS Evaluation sheet and we will hand you the official UoS Swag Bag with some great goodies in it, including the UoS Patch, and much more. Visit the registration table on your way out to turn in your eval sheet and to receive your UoS “party favors” swag bag!
Thank you again for supporting the UNPC University of Scouting 2013!
IT’S GOING TO BE AN EPIC EVENT!!
--Scott & Kent
Scott Anderson & Kent Hansen
UNPC 2013 University of Scouting Co-Chairs
Sunday, January 27, 2013
2013 Feb 3 4:00 PM Pack Committee Meeting
Here is your reminder we are meeting a week early to plan the details of the Blue and Gold Banquet. This will replace the normal pack meeting for February. We will meet at our house, Bingham's at 4 pm Feb. 3rd, next Sunday. Jake and I will be home for the meeting put will be traveling back from a quick family trip so we won't be to church.
To help get your minds rolling and thinking about this on the back burner...
-Theme: Survivor, month theme: resourcefulness
-Feb 26th 6-7:30pm
-Will be having greeters, flag ceremony/prayers, dinner,
-Bears will be doing the invitations, remind families to bring a side i.e. Green Salad, jello, fruit, vegetable etc...
-We, Cub scout leaders, will make Kahlua Pork, Rice, provide 'dirt cups' for dessert, probable lemonade from Costco
-We, Cub scout leaders, will come early to set up tables, chairs, set up food, decor, etc...
-Decor- stuffed animals, fake trees, any one's house plants, pop-up tent, sleeping bag, etc... ***We will probable assign this out to have someone gather this all up from all of us and set it up
Sister Beeson and Brother Simons have the prayers at our Committee mtg next Sunday.
See you all next week Feb 3rd at 4pm
Michelle and Jake Bingham
2013-JUN-6-8 Varsity Scout Centennial Celebration and Rendezvou
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WAHOO
Varsity Leaders,
Thanks for all you do for youth.
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Thursday, January 24, 2013
Varsity ON TARGET Saturday, July 20, 2013
Devoted scouters,
We are ramping up for a wonderful ON TARGET event on Saturday, July 20. I just received word that Brother Winn Egan, a member of the Young Men General Board, will be participating in our event. He will be with us at the Mount Timpanogos Temple, and he will deliver a "training item" to all the Young Men and scouters on the peak via ham radio and telephone bridge. This will be a wonderful opportunity for our boys and leaders to hear from a great brother serving in the leading councils of the church.
As you are probably aware, the year 2013 will mark the 100-year anniversary of the close affiliation between the Boys Scouts of America and the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. We want to commemorate this wonderful centennial event by having a special "Temple To Peak" On Target activity. We plan to have an enthusiastic group of scouts and dignitaries at as many temples as possible in the western United States, along with excited scout units on the mountains surrounding these temples. We are encouraging leaders and scouts to pick a peak from which they can see at least one temple, and then to dedicate ample time to make a great mirror contact and ham radio contact with the group (or groups) at the temple site (or sites). I live in Provo, and Utah County is going to be my focus. I am hoping that John Blackham will take charge of the Salt Lake valley temple sites, and that other leaders will volunteer to supervise activity in Ogden, Brigham City, St. George, Las Vegas, Arizona, and the southern California area. I will be happy to register units on our website at www.ldsfacts.net/ontarget.h
Now, some specifics concerning our Utah Valley event. I am in the process of recruiting some wonderful church leaders to coordinate events at the four temple sites in Utah County -- Provo Temple, Mt. Timpanogos Temple, the Provo City Center Temple construction site, and the Payson Temple construction site. We will have experienced On Target leaders and hams at each of the four sites to receive and send signals. We hope to have church and scouting dignitaries at each site. We know from past experience that it is not permissible for us to be located on the actual temple grounds, so we will set up our signaling stations "near" the temples. For example, there is a huge soccer field immediately west of the Provo Temple, and that will be a wonderful site for our signaling. There is a stake center just north of the Mount Timpanogos temple with an attached pavilion, and that will make a great site as well.
What great conversation will be possible concerning the link between scouting and the church, the symbolism of reflecting light into the lives of others, the thrill of climbing mountains and achieving great goals, the "spiritual light" that emanates from our temples, and many other topics. I personally am going to climb a mountain that looks down on both Utah County and Salt Lake County, maximizing the number of temple sites that our scouts can signal.
Thus far, we have ham radio operators assigned to Mount Timpanogos Temple, Provo Temple, and the Provo City Center Temple. I need a great ham to volunteer to help at the Payson Temple site. I have a scout unit signed up for the Provo City Center site, but still need three units to volunteer for Provo, Mt. Timpanogos, and Payson. The unit at the Mt. Timpanogos site will get to meet Brother Winn Egan, and also Andy Gibbons, the UNPC Varsity Scout Chairman. If this sounds exciting to you, please contact me at mdtaylormd@gmail.com. First come, first served.
We have units that have signed up for Potato Hill and West Mountain. Make your plans now and get signed up for your peak at www.ldsfacts.net/ontarget.htm.
Put Saturday, July 20, 2013 on your scouting calendars now, and come join us for a Centennial Celebration second-to-none!
Thank you for your service,
Michael Taylor
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Email address: mdtaylormd@gmail.com
Cell phone: 801-404-2323
LDS website: www.ldsfacts.net
BSA website: www.ldsfacts.net/onta
Ham callsign: K7BYU
Wednesday, January 23, 2013
Deacons/Troop - Strategy Games
Parents,
This Wednesday we are starting a segment on Strategy Games. We will start with the Chess merit badge this Wednesday and over the coming weeks will be playing some strategy board games and participate in a multi-player video game activity.
We've chosen an X-box game rated E, a paintball shooting game. Let Ben Hodson or myself know if you have any objections to this. This is planned for Wednesday February 13. We will try to have up to 16 players simultaneously playing the same game. The purpose is to foster teamwork, learn to work in teams, taking roles and assignments to accomplish the game objective. We'll likewise do this with board games on Jan 30.
We've recently completed the Welding merit badge and are planning a Court of Honor for Feb. 27. Since fall we've completed Orienteering, Golf, Welding and will have Chess complete. I have lists of all Scouts who completed these badges except for Golf. Please, ask your Scout if he participated in both of our Golf outings, and let me know. If so, he will earn the badge.
Thanks,
Bro. Sorensen
2013
January: Strategy Games
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2- Scouts Cancelled for New Years Holiday
9- Combined Activity: Human Mario Kart
16- Welding MB Wrap up
23- Strategy Games - Chess
30- Strategy Games - Strategy Board Games
February: Strategy Games
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1-2 Camp Out
6- Combined Activity
13- Strategy Video Games
20- Strategy Board Games or Capture the Flag
27- Court of Honor
March: Cinematography MB / Claymation
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1-2 Camp Out
6- Cinematography MB, Claymation Software Intro
13- Combined
20- Claymation
27- Claymation
April: Woodworking MB
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3- Woodworking Intro, Safety
5-6 Camp Out
10- Combined Activity
17- Woodworking (visit a shop)
24- Woodworking (visit a shop)
This Wednesday we are starting a segment on Strategy Games. We will start with the Chess merit badge this Wednesday and over the coming weeks will be playing some strategy board games and participate in a multi-player video game activity.
We've chosen an X-box game rated E, a paintball shooting game. Let Ben Hodson or myself know if you have any objections to this. This is planned for Wednesday February 13. We will try to have up to 16 players simultaneously playing the same game. The purpose is to foster teamwork, learn to work in teams, taking roles and assignments to accomplish the game objective. We'll likewise do this with board games on Jan 30.
We've recently completed the Welding merit badge and are planning a Court of Honor for Feb. 27. Since fall we've completed Orienteering, Golf, Welding and will have Chess complete. I have lists of all Scouts who completed these badges except for Golf. Please, ask your Scout if he participated in both of our Golf outings, and let me know. If so, he will earn the badge.
Thanks,
Bro. Sorensen
2013
January: Strategy Games
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2- Scouts Cancelled for New Years Holiday
9- Combined Activity: Human Mario Kart
16- Welding MB Wrap up
23- Strategy Games - Chess
30- Strategy Games - Strategy Board Games
February: Strategy Games
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1-2 Camp Out
6- Combined Activity
13- Strategy Video Games
20- Strategy Board Games or Capture the Flag
27- Court of Honor
March: Cinematography MB / Claymation
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1-2 Camp Out
6- Cinematography MB, Claymation Software Intro
13- Combined
20- Claymation
27- Claymation
April: Woodworking MB
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3- Woodworking Intro, Safety
5-6 Camp Out
10- Combined Activity
17- Woodworking (visit a shop)
24- Woodworking (visit a shop)
