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Thunderbird District
June 12, 2014
A Scout is Kind
All of us are still in shock following the horrific day at
Reynolds High School. While I don’t have a student of
my own at this school, I still regard all of the youth in the
Thunderbird District as “my kids.”
Key Priorities for next 60 days.
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It is easy to speculate along with the media. How does a
young man get to the point where they feel that lashing
Attend Roundtable Every Month
out at others around them is the best option? What were
the signs? Did I miss something? What do we do to make
Your owe it to your boys to get trained today! Find sure nothing like this ever happens again?
it online or in person.
It is not my place to promote one solution or another.
Report service hours online.
There is a need for a civil discourse regarding the most
appropriate course of action that we as a society should
Troops Sign up 2015 Summer Camp
and could take. I encourage that. I have a degree in
Political Science and have studied history. This country
Sign up for 2014 Summer Camp.
was built by individuals with strongly held beliefs who
passionately advocated for their position. It is important
Plan you Fall recruitment campaign
for us to be involved in this discussion.
7. Recruit your unit’s Popcorn Chair.
8. Update you summer camp reservation numbers
9. Submit your story at www.theboyproject.com
10. Set a planning date for your annual program
planning conference.
Way to go!!
In the age of Facebook and the 24 hour media cycle it is
tempting to look for a place to assign blame rather than
look for solutions when something unimaginable happens.
We may feel a need to say something online that we
would never say to someone in person.
As Scouts we must maintain a higher standard. The sixth
point of the Scout Law states that a Scout is kind. In the
Boy Scout Handbook we read, “a Scout knows there is
strength in being gentle.”
The following units have 100% of their direct
We may never know what led a young man to bring a gun
contact leaders trained
to school on Tuesday. What we do have is a choice to
Crew: 712
Pack: 186, 286, 586, and 680
Troop: 212, 286, 664, and 820
Communications
Sign up for the email list. Follow what’s going on in the
district on Facebook, LinkedIn, or Twitter. Thundering
news is also available online at www.cpcbsa.org/districts/
thunderbird
make about what we each do next. I would invite you to
remember to show some compassion to both grieving
families in our community. They each lost a baby boy
this week.
Yours in Scouting,
Erick Simmons
District Director
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Plan Your Units Program
“If you fail to plan then you plan to fail”. It is time to
conduct your annual program plan. Packets with
resources and calendars were handed out at the May
Roundtable. Sit down and map out your monthly unit
activities, secure facilities, assign duties, and get ready for
FUN! Most importantly develop a unit budget and
spending plan. Each unit type has a PowerPoint
program available to help them plan. Don’t forget to plan
your budgets. Go to www.cpcbsa.org/planning for more
information.
Charter Renewal Begins with
Monthly Discipline
Training
Each Troop to send two Scouts to Youth
Leader Training NYLT
National Youth Leadership Training is an exciting, action
based program designed to provide youth with leadership
skills and experience they can use in your troop and in
other situations demanding leadership of self and others.
Every Scoutmaster is to invite at least two Scouts to attend
this training. Find more information and registration
details at www.cpcbsa.org/nylt.
Does your Pack have a Pack Trainer?
Is your Pack 100% trained.
All packs will make a stronger difference in the lives of
their boys if they will recruit a person who will work with
Nobody wants a repeat of last year’s charter season. Each the District Cub Scout Training chairman to ensure that
month please review your youth and adult roster and turn 100% of its leaders are trained. This should be a separate
in any new applications. Review the training report that position but could be a role another leader takes on. To
gets handed out at Roundtable and make sure all adults are find out more about this important role, go to
caught up with Youth Protection Training. Anyone who www.cpcbsa.org/packtrainer.
took Youth Protection Training in 2012 needs to take it
again this year. Lets not wait until Charter renewal to get In-person Trainings are better than online training.
Online training are an easy way to get some basic
this done. Let’s do it each month.
knowledge. What online training does NOT do.
A Connect you with Local Council Resources.
www.cpcbsa.org/email.
B Introduce you to a Mentor who is willing to be a
continued resource for you.
A special thanks to Weston’s for sponsoring C Provide an opportunity to be truly inspired by what
Scouting can do.
this year’s East Side Leadership Breakfast. D Give you the ability to ask specific questions to
address your unique situation.
E Introduce you to other leaders in your area who you
can share ideas with.
Plan and attend an in-person training in your area soon.
Go to www.cpcbsa.org/register and find a training in your
area. For more information contact our training chairman
Dan LeBrun at (503) 668-8533. Registration is available
online at www.cpcbsa.org/register.
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Fundraising
The Sea Scouts Boat Sales are now open.
To fund the Sea Scout operations the Sea Scouts take in
donated boats and sell them at well below blue book. If
you are interested in a new to you boat. Check out our
link on craigslist. Search Boats for sale by owner Sea
Scouts.
Popcorn Sale Sign-ups Begin!
Help Scouting when you Shop
Fred Meyer is donating $2.5 million per year to nonprofits in Alaska, Idaho, Oregon and Washington, based
on where their customers tell them to give. Here’s how
the program works:

Sign up for the Community Rewards program by linking your Fred Meyer Rewards Card to the council at
www.fredmeyer.com/communityrewards . You can
search for by our name or by our non-profit number
93596.
What could you do
 Then, every time you shop and use your Rewards
with an extra $5000.
Card, you are helping the council earn a donation!
–Pay for camp? Purchase equipment?
High adventure?
Sign up your unit to
take part in the 2014
Popcorn Sale. This
Rappel off a building with Over the Edge.
Fall you unit can sell
This year you can do it with a buddy. Father
enough popcorn to meet all the income needs for the entire year. Your unit can tailor the sale to meet your needs:
Son, Husband Wife.
Sign up now and learn more about the sale at
www.cpcbsa.org/popcorn.
Over the Edge event registration is now open! Are you
daring enough to rappel nearly 500 feet down the side of
the 1000 Broadway Building sky-scraper on June 27th in
support of Scouting? If you think you’ve got what it takes
Golf and support Scouting!
go to www.cpcbsa.org/edge to learn more about this
The WinCo Foods Portland Open is your chance to enjoy unique urban rappelling experience. Hurry! Limited rapa game of golf, and support Scouting programs. One hun- peller spots available.
dred percent of ticket proceeds go to support the programs
of the Cascade Pacific Council.
When? August 21 – 24, 2014
Where? Pumpkin Ridge Golf Club – Witch Hollow
Sign up at: wincogolf.com
Be sure the select the Cascade Pacific Council – Boy
Scouts of America as your benefiting charity of choice!
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MEMBERSHIP
Sea Scout Open House June 29th
Enrollment WEEK September 22-25 2014!
Sunday June 29th, the Sea Scouts will be opening the Sea
Scout Base from 10:00 –2:00pm to those interested in
learning what Sea Scouting is all about. The Base is
located at 7005 NE Marine Dr. in Portland just 1.5 miles
West of the 205 bridge. Boating trips will be part of our
day so come check us out. Questions, contact Ron
Peterson at [email protected].
Last year many of you joined efforts to create recruitment
night opportunity in your local elementary schools called
Join Night on September 19, 2012. After receiving great
feedback from volunteers throughout the Council,
Keep Inviting boys to Join!
we would like to announce, JOIN WEEK!
Fill up those dens by targeting friends of current Scouts.
Send flyers out to boys inviting to your pack meetings.
From September 22-25th of 2014, as a District we will Turn in those new registrations. Most of your Cub Scout
be helping our packs recruit youth and their families for families have regular play dates scheduled with boys who
fun and adventure through local elementary schools,
are not in your dens. Invite them to your Den or Pack
churches, or even fire stations!
meetings. Scouting is even more fun with a buddy!
Although there will be marketing provided, it will be
super important we also arrange Join events and market at
the local level! More details will come soon, but please,
please, please, circle this week into your new calendars
now! Thank you!
Recruiting Timelines
Fall
Dates set, schools reserved—Now
District Kick-off and training—June 12 (Roundtable)
Flyers ordered from council office—August 14
Flyers in schools—September 12
Events—September 22-25
Applications to district—September 26
Webelos-To-Scout
Webelos Leaders should focus on visiting a Boy Scout
Troop in the next 60 days. Also, parents of Webelos
need to sit down and be oriented on what Boy Scouting is
and what to expect. If you need materials for this
discussion please contact your commissioner staff.
Recruitment Materials for all Units:
http://www.scouting.org/youthrecruitment.aspx
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Advancement
From our District Merit Badge Coordinator
Mark & Kris would like to thank everyone who made it
out for the Merit Badge Training for Advancement
Chairs, at the April Roundtable meeting. We had an
amazing turnout, with a majority of the Troops able to
attend. Thanks to you guys, we are one step closer to
getting our Merit Badge Counselors trained, and registered. We appreciate all your time, efforts, and questions
in making helping making the Thunderbird District
amazing for the boys! Thank you to Troops 108, 115,
186, 187, 210, 212, 272, 286, 542, 544, 574, 586, 606,
611, 657, 662, 707, 740. We appreciate you!
The Fundamentals of Training Course for
Trainers June 21st at Kinton Grange in Beaverton.
This is the first part of the three-part train-the-trainer
continuum (T3, or T-Cubed) in the Boy Scouts of America. The course introduces teaching techniques and skills
to new Scout trainers but is also designed to help all
Scouters, regardless of their experience, present effective training. Intended for both youth and adult trainers,
the course will help those who might have trained for
other organizations learn the BSA's training techniques,
and it will help freshen up the skills of current BSA
trainers. Also, How to put Pizzazz in Training
Course will be offered. It is a course developed by our
Council Commissioner Dolly Olsen. Trainers will learn
best practices in how to make their BSA training courses
exciting, interesting and of greater value to the participants. Register at cpcbsa.org/register
Changes coming to the Cub Scout
program in 2015
Beginning with the 2015/2016 program year the Academics & Sports Program will go away, and with it the
belt loops and pins which support that optional part of
the Cub Scout program. The volunteer task force, pursuing its objective to simplify advancement in Cub
Scouts, recommended that the activities of the most popular belt loops be BUILT INTO the core activities of
Cub Scout advancement.
You can see info on the new program at scouting.org/
programupdates, it is built around a series of adventures. Each adventure is roughly three den meetings
worth of content, themed but multidisciplinary (touching
on multiple program objectives –character, citizenship,
etc). To earn ones badge of rank a boy must complete
seven adventures (mix of defined and elective). The
progress recognition device for Tiger – Bear is an
“adventure loop” or “adventure pin” for Webelos/Arrow
of Light. Each rank has a number of electives to support
a boy’s further involvement and year-round programs. These also are supported by adventure loops/
pins.
The result is that each of the ranks is structured and recognized in the same manner (versus the current differences by rank). The task force feels strongly that this
will make the den leader more effective at quality program delivery if he/she is not having to relearn program
structure with each rank.
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Charter the Sea Scout Motor Vessel Reliant
The MV RELIANT is available for charter, half day, full
day, overnights & more!
Your group will assist in running the vessel. Opportunities include taking the helm (steering), engine room,
standing lookout, handling mooring lines, on the water
safety drills, and experience hands-on maritime skills.
This is a great adventure for Den or Pack Meetings, Patrol outings or campouts or private groups as well. Maximum Capacity is 40 passengers. Contact Todd McDonald [email protected] to learn more.
This month’s quiz
In an effort to add some fun to the Thundering News we
will be having a monthly quiz. When you have the answer, email it to Erick Simmons at
[email protected] with the subject line “Quiz.”
The answer to the quiz will be found in one of the articles in this month’s Thundering News. All correct answers will be entered into a drawing to be awarded next
month.
Question: This fall, what date should all applications be
turned in to the district?
Aviation Merit Badge at Willamette Aviation
August 2nd.
The President’s Volunteer Service Award
The President’s Volunteer Service Award is issued by
the President’s Council on Service & Civic Participation
on behalf of the President of the United States to recognize the best in the American spirit, and to encourage all
Americans to improve their communities through volunteer service, and civic participation.
Cascade Pacific Council is proud to be a registered Certifying Organization. Please use our Record of Service
Key PNN-25786 to record your qualifying volunteer service hours. More information at
www.cpcbsa.org/president
Barlow Road Ride cycling event
Is your Unit interested in completing the Cycling Merit
Badge this Summer? Then we have the best local organized 50 mile bike tour ride to complete the merit badge
requirements: The Barlow Road Ride from Oregon City
to Government Camp, August 23 and 24, 2014. The ride
starts at the End of the Oregon Trail Museum and has a
rest stop at the Sandy Museum and ends with a dinner
and community festival including a tour of the Mt. Hood
Cultural Center and Museum in Government Camp. .
The Barlow Road Ride volunteer leaders will assist your
unit with training rides and fulfilling all the merit badge
requirements. Go to www.barlowroadride.com for more
information.
More info at cpcbsa.org/register
Have you ever wanted to experience the wonder of aviation? Join the adventure and earn your Aviation Merit
Badge! The Event runs 9am-3:30pm at the Willamette
Aviation, Aurora State Airport the cost is $30 per Scout.
More info at cpcbsa.org/register
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Camping
Camp Clark All Pack Camping 2014
In 2014, June 29-July 3, Camp Clark, on the Oregon
Coast, is making available the extraordinary opportunity
for the entire Pack to come to resident camp together.
Campers at Camp Clark will experience all of the exciting
and traditional experiences of Scout camp including
shooting sports, camp songs, games, and hikes. songs and
watch skits at campfire.
Mud Mayhem (formerly Mud Cubs)
September 13th
Get muddy and enjoy a fun-filled day of being a kid!
Heats run for an hour - you can select a specific start time
during registration. Each heat also has a specific color assigned to it so make sure you wear your colors with pride!
Scouters Mountain. More info at cpcbsa.org/register
Your visit to Camp Clark is a Scouting experience that
your Pack will never forget. See you there! Register your
Pack today! Www.cpcbsa.org/register
Girls Camp at Gilbert Ranch This Summer.
That Scout didn’t show and you are telling me
I owe the full Amount for Camp?
Girls Can Camp too! Gilbert Ranch, known for its outstanding horse program will open its doors the summer of
2014 to sisters and friends, girls ages 8 to 13, for two sessions of GIRLS CAMP! Look forward to Horseback riding, BB gun shooting, archery, and of course Cowgirl
Campfires! August 7-9, 2014 (all ages) and August 10-12,
2014 (ages 11-13 only).
You must be paid in full and your numbers correct in the
system two weeks prior to camp. Otherwise you will be
asked to pay the full amount due for all the Scouts on
Have you signed up for camp yet?
your list not paid for “Even if they did not show”. All
units attending camp will receive a letter three weeks prior to your arrival. This is to help you prepare. Pay attenPlease review the report at the end of this newsletter to
tion to these deadlines and ensure a smooth opening day
see if your unit is signed up for summer camp. Sessions
of camp. Questions email [email protected].
are filling up fast!
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2014 Pre-camp Meetings for
Camping Continued
Cub World Theme Announced.
“Galactic Knights!”
May the Scouting Spirit be with you at this years exciting
3 day/2 night resident camp for Tigers –Bears. Parents as
well as boys will have a blast in outer space as they learn
how to become a Galactic Knight. The training academy
will fill up quickly so register now! Sign up online at
www.cpcbsa.org/register.
Cub Scout Day Camp
Discovery:
June 17th or 24th
7:00 PM
Camp Discovery,
11300 SE 147th Ave., Happy Valley, OR 97086
2015 Boy Scout Summer Camp
Note: Out of Council units are signing up for Meriwether
in record numbers due to Boy’s Life promotion.
All Troops should plan on signing up for 2015 Summer
Camp now. At your next PLC discuss with the boys their
plans and preferences and reserve your spot. Register
online at www.cpcbsa.org/register
Labor Day Family Camp
Going on a 50miler or camping out of council?
Let us know.
2014 Independent Camp Declaration Form. If your unit
is planning to attend 2014 camp at another council, or
hold its own unit activity, please fill out this 3 minute
questionnaire so your plans are known to your district
camp promotion team. Complete the form at
www.cpcbsa.org/register.
Adventure Trek 2014 Aug. 4-9
Aug 30-Sept 2 at Meriwether
Come Bike, Hike, Raft, and Canoe as part of an Adventure Race held in the Oregon High Desert. Teams of 4 to
Does your family like to go camping at the beach? Leave
6 people will participate in fun, exciting, competitive
all those noisy, unpredictable public campgrounds behind
events. Venturing age youth 14 through 20 are eligible
and head for the seclusion of Boy Scout beach-front prop(includes Boys Scouts and Varsity in this age group).
erty! Families will enjoy a variety of activities such as sand
Register online at cpcbsa.org/register.
-castle building, beach walks to the tide-pools, sack-races,
field games, and more. The weekend will be very loosely
scheduled with an ‘open campus,' so your family can pick
and choose from family camp activities, head into town to
visit local attractions, or just enjoy the quiet coastline for
the holiday weekend. Download the End O'Summer Family Camp Guide for a list of in-camp activities and lists of
local community attractions. Sign up online at
www.cpcbsa.org/register
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Camping Continued
Fireworks viewing from Sea Scout vessel
There is no better way to view the Fort Vancouver Fireworks than from the deck of the M/V Reliant. This is an
2014 Camp Work Weekends
activity that you'll remember fondly, and will want to do
again year after year.
Grab your hammer and head to camp, we need YOUR
This is a Fundraiser to Support the Sea Scout Program
help! Each of our camps holds a Hammer Camp work
and the maintenance of the M/V Reliant. Cost is $75,
weekend or a work day during the spring that is vital to our
which includes a prime rib dinner and fireworks show.
ability to open camp. We will be building new, repairing
Please dress warmly. You may wish to bring a chair and/
old, and just making sure that everything is ready to go.
or blanket. For more information about this cruise, conWe pay for the food for the weekend or day, and every partact Dennis Moore email: [email protected].
ticipant will be awarded a special recognition as a token of
our thanks. The need is real. Make plans now to help get a
camp ready for Scouting to come to life. Do you have special skills? Let us know.
Ireland
June 28
Arrow Corps 2014 August 17-23rd.
Not just for OA members.
One of the biggest service projects that our Lodge has
ever done. The service project will be located in the Mt.
Hood National Forest. This project is a way to learn new
Imagine the opportunity for your patrol of Scouts to take
skills (build retaining wall or trail turnpike), providing
on a challenge while camping at beautiful Camp Clark!
The activity for the weekend is that patrols will be present- much needed wilderness service. and having an awesome
outdoor adventure.
ed with a simple challenge, a time limit, and some supplies. From there it is up to the patrol to come up with the
best solution or solutions. Take your time and really try to Arrow Corps 2014 means great food, fun and fellowship
while providing highly visible and meaningful service in
push the boundaries, points will be added for creativity.
the outdoors.
STEM Patrol Challenge - September 19th-21st
For more information go to www.cpcbsa.org/oa.
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Key Dates:
June
5: District Commissioners Meeting
5: District Committee Meeting
12: Roundtable
July
4: Independence Day (Council Office
Closed)
August
7: District Commissioners Meeting
7: District Committee Meeting
14: Roundtable
September
4: District Commissioners’ Meeting
4: District Committee Meeting
11:Roundtable
13:Mud Mayhem
22-25: Cub Scout Enrollment Nights
GO CAMPING!!!!!
More Events at www.cpcbsa.org/Register
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Key Contacts
District Chairman
Tom Slyter
(503) 358-1313
[email protected]
Family Friends of Scouting
Alan Cohen
503-491-0999
[email protected]
OA Adviser and Camp Promotions
Ben DeRemer
503-936-7606
[email protected]
District Commissioner
Eric Hunker
503-805-4200
[email protected]
Training
Dan Lebrun
503-668-8533
[email protected]
Religious Emblems Coordinator
Mitch Turner
(503) 998-4189
[email protected]
District Director
Erick Simmons
503-225-5741
[email protected]
Boy Scout Training
Ken Hall
503-668-3038
[email protected]
Merit Badge Coordinator
Kris Meyers
(503) 663-1363
[email protected]
Advancement
Mark Soots
503-491-5649
[email protected]
Eagle Boards
John Miller
503-253-4194
[email protected]
Public Relations Chair
Michelle Buck
(503) 310-5551
[email protected]
Activities / Scouting for Food
Lorne Hofeld
503-680-7268
[email protected]
Eagle Boards
Dan Holcombe
503-661-5512
[email protected]
Pinewood Derby
Randy Veenker
503-668-0764
[email protected]
Eagle Boards
Frank Villa
503-901-6193
[email protected]
Membership
Sally Palmiter
503-667-2109
[email protected]
Eagle Projects
Margaret Chapman
503-957-6459
[email protected]
Website
Michele Linch
503-669-8828
[email protected]
District Popcorn Kernel
Cathy Kernel Wagner
503-492-8892
[email protected]
Asst. District CommissionerRoundtable
Romeo Betita
503-665-1525
[email protected]
Candy & Meatstick Sale
Tom Osgood
(503) 730-4351
[email protected]
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