01-2011 Newsletter - Roadrunner District BSA

January 2011
Roadrunner“There’sReporter
Nothing stronger than the heart of a Volunteer”
Hoorays!
Upcoming Events
ROADRUNNER DISTRICT
JANUARY
6 Roundtable
8 Cub-O
13 District Committee Meeting
17 MLK Day
22 Merit Badge College Day 1
27 Eagle Boards of Review
FEBRUARY
2 Groundhog Day
3 Roundtable
10 District Committee Meeting
12 Merit Badge College Day 2
14 Valentine's Day
19 CSLS/SMLS
21 Presidents Day
24 Eagle Boards of Review
26 Klondike Derby @ Tahuaya
The Annual District Committee
Holiday Dinner Was once
again a great success!
In This Issue:
Hoorays
Happenings
Training
Eagle’s Nest
Units in the News
RR.ADS
Unit Commissioner Contacts
Calendar
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Happenings
District Dinner
ANNUAL ROADRUNNER
DISTRICT
AWARDS DINNER COMING
SOON:
THURSDAY, APRIL 14, 2011
TCC, N/E CAMPUS
Student Union Bldg.
HURST
Bugler Miles Belvin,
7:00 PM
From Troop 509, joined Highlights: District Awards of Merthe honor guards of the it
US Navy and US
Camping, Advancement and KeyMarine Corps over the
3
holidays to pay the
Unit Awards.
ultimate final respects for Sparkplug Awards.
Award forms for District award of
US servicemen.
Merit and unit awards will be
Miles has been
contracted by the world handed out At January roundtable.
class drum & bugle corp Please note Deadline to return
"The Crossmen" and will them (March 3,2011)
The District Awards of Merit are
be touring the
the
country this summer.
Highlight of the night. Roadrunner
Thank you for your
service.
District is allowed to select 3
scouters. This award is a council
award, but is presented
At the annual district dinner. The
award is Available to scouters
who render service of an outstanding nature at the district level.
A scouter can receive this Award
only once.
If you think someone meets the
requirement for this Award,
please submit their name and as
much info on them on the required form and return to Gloria or
Bill Jesse
[email protected] or
[email protected]
Winners of this award will receive
a certificate, plaque and cloth
knot for their uniform.
Don’t know if someone already
received this award, call
Gloria 817-283-7148
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January 2011
Happenings Cont. Order of the Arrow
be due at check-in on April
1st. As we have done in the
previous years, Troops will
be running the events so
Roadrunner District
please be sure to sign your
Presents:
Chartered Organization Troop up for an event as
Representative Training well. Questions can be
directed to James Glass,
817-825-5616 or
Thursday,
When:
[email protected].
February 3, 2011
You may also ask any
Where:
The LDS
member of the Camping
Stake Center
(Roadrunner Roundtable Committee: Tom & Denice
Taylor, Ping Mayo, Bill
Location)
Harrison, Mike Cooper,
4401 East Loop 820
North Richland Hills, TX Theresa Hubert, Melitta
Bedford Boys Ranch Pack 307 Arrow of Light ceremony
Melman, or Tim Rogers.
6:45 PM to
Time:
left to right Johnathan Briscoe, Daegan Blood,
Hope to see
approximately 7:30 PM
Curtis Mayo, Cade Blake, Miles Belvin
Are you new to this critical you at the Camporee!
Upcoming
event combines several
position, or need a
Ceremonies
troops making this a fanrefresher COR training? James Glass
tastic ceremony and is a
Come
join us to learn, Camping Committee
Pack
546
2/7
great example of what we
and to share how you can Chairman
Pack
320
2/11
can do if we can get toyour unit to be all that it
Pack
509
2/19
gether and make the
can be.
Training
Pack
333
2/26
events larger.
Questions: Contact
Cub Scout
Pack
254
TBD
Tom Taylor @
Leaders
Boy Scout
(817) 284-3134.
BALOO – Basic Adult
April
District
Camporee
leaders
Leader Outdoor OrientPlease remind your OA
ation Training will be
Camping
rep to contact me. If you
January 29
Committee:
don't have a OA rep
Cub Scout
The Roadrunner District at St Paul Methodist
please get the OA memChurch on Bedford-Euless leaders
Spring Camporee 2011
If you need the OA for a
bers in your troop to apwill be the weekend of 1-3 Rd in Hurst . Direct
ceremony please let us
point one. Troop OA
April 2011. We will be con- questions to Denice Taylor know. If you think we alelections are starting.
at [email protected]
ducting
ready know please look at Some times my informait at Worth Ranch. Troops or 817.284.3134.
the list above and if your
tion is a little out dated. If
Charter
may sign up at each
not on it then I need to
you can please contact
Roundtable up until March Organization Rep hear from you. As your
me about OA elections so
Training is coming soon.
or you may sign up by
planning
for
next
years
we can set up times that
Contact Tom Taylor for
email at the following:
Bridging
and
Arrow
Of
will work with your troop.
details - 817.284.3134.
[email protected].
Light
events
please
think
Jamie McCallum
We will need to know how
District Training Chairman about getting with me and Yours in Brotherhood
many adults and how
lets see if we can combine Mike Cooper
Grandmamc1999@
many Scouts will be
some packs together to
oaadvisor.cooper@gmail.
yahoo.com
attending. Camporee
really
give
your
youth
a
com
214-240-5296
registration fee
bigger better event. I invite 817-918-4633
will be $10 per person who
you to come to the District
attends the Camporee
Camporie Camp Fire and
regardless if they
be there for our OA CALL
particiapte in the events.
OUT ceremony. This
The fees will
Attention
COR’S
Roadrunner Reporter
Please congratulate the
following Scouts on passing his Eagle Board of
Review:
Samuel Visser
from Troop 340
Samuel’s project description: My project is a chili
cook-off benefiting the Alliance for Children Center.
The purpose is to collect
overnight bags for the center, through admissions
and to raise awareness of
the center within the community. Overnight bags
are needed to help the
children who are rescued
from their homes in times
of dangerous situations.
Kevin Hicks
from Troop 757
Kevin’s project description: My project will relandscape a small garden
area located directly inside the front entrance of
Bedford Junior High
School in Bedford, Texas.
The project includes removing all of the current
plants, installing a simple
sprinkler system, adding a
new layer of mulch, adding some plants and a few
ornaments such as a birdbath, rocks, and possible
a bench.
Patrick Baldridge
Troop 332
Patrick’s project description: My project will be
the building of a childcare
room for my local VFW.
We will have to clear the
room of all its trash and
January 2011
Thought for the
Austin Hanson
year
from Troop 347
One day an expert in
Austin’s project descriptime
management was
tion: For my project, I will
speaking to a group of
organize a 5K race. The
business students and, to
an ice machine, take
entrance fee will be game drive home a point, used
down a temporary wall,
board, DVD (G or PG) or an illustration those stuand then refurbish it by
an E rated video game.
dents will never forget.
putting in new carpet tiles, The donations will be giv- As he stood in front of the
ceiling tiles, repaint the
en to Cook Children’s
group of high-powered
walls, and installing a new Hospital.
overachievers he said,
door.
"Okay, time for a quiz."
Ikaika Cordero
Please congratulate the
He then proceeded to
produce a one-gallon,
from Troop 387
following scouts for
wide-mouthed Mason jar
Ikaika’s project descripgetting their project
and set it on the table in
tion: My project will be
Proposal approved:
front of him. Then he propainting a United States
duced about a dozen fistmap at Stonegate Elemen- Damon King
sized rocks and carefully
tary, using a template on
from Troop 22
placed them, one at a
the cement located at the Dylan Welch
time, into the jar. When
back of the school
from Troop 332
the jar was filled to the
Ethan LaFleur
top and no more rocks
from Troop 347
Eagle Board of Review
would fit inside, he asked,
Ethan’s project descripand Project Certification "Is this jar full?" Everyone
tion: My project will build Meeting Schedule:
in the class said, "Yes".
2 large custom, quality
Next three scheduled
Then he said, "Really?"
wood bookshelves for the meetings:
He reached under the
Special Education proJanuary 27, 2011.
table and pulled out a
bucket of gravel. Then
gram called Life Skills at
February 24, 2011
he dumped some gravel
Parkwood Hill IntermediMarch 24, 2011
in and shook the jar causate School. The booking pieces of gravel to
shelves will be decorated I would like to thank this
work themselves down
with colorful 3D wood
month’s Eagle Board
pieces that will be atmembers: Bob Ricks, To- into the space between
the big rocks. Then he
tached after the bookni Tharp, George Zahn,
asked the group once
shelves have been
Bill Harrison, Mike Bullock,
more, "Is the jar full?" By
painted. There will also
and Kathy Sherwin
this time the class was on
be a book drive with a
to him.
goal of at least 100 books Merit Badge College
"Probably not," one of
to start the school year.
2011 – January 22 – Ses- them answered. "Good",
Hal Frenzel
sion #1; February 12 –
he replied.
from Troop 22
Session #2.
He reached under the
Hal’s project description:
Linda Jones will be send- table and brought out a
For my project, I plan to
ing out emails over the
bucket of sand. He startgather a hundred backnext couple of weeks with ed dumping the sand in
the jar and it went into all
packs, fill them with every- additional information.
the spaces left between
day items, and donate
the rocks and the gravel.
them to the women and
Bill Jesse
Once more he asked the
children of the Presbyteri- District
question, "Is this jar full?"
Advancement
an Night Shelter. The
"No!"
the class shouted.
Committee
shelter is split into four
Once again he said,
buildings and I chose the
"Good!"
women and children secThen he grabbed a pitchtion. I will also gather
er of water and began to
toys for the children.
pour it in until the jar was
Eagle’s Nest
BOY SCOUT
ADVANCEMENT
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January 2011
Units in the news
Troop 324 is all smiles waiting for the Trinity Railway Express
to start the day of Urban Orienteering, an all day event using
different ways of transportation from Dallas to the airport
to Fort Worth! December, 2010
RR.ADS
(Roadrunner
Advertising)
Attention all Wood Badgers!!
Thought continued:
Please join us for an evening of fellowship and food-filled to the brim. Then he looked at
the class and asked, "What is the point the annual Wood Badge Dinner.
"All Wood Badgers, including those who are still working on their ticket, are
of this illustration?"
encouraged to attend. Spouses are always welcome."
One eager beaver raised his hand and
What: The Wood Badge Dinner
said, "The point is, no matter how full
When: January 29, 2011
your schedule is, if you try really hard
you can always fit some things in." "No," Time: 6:00 P. M. — Gathering
6:30 P. M. — Meal (start serving at 6:15pm)
the speaker replied, "That's not the
point. The truth this illustration teaches 7:15 P. M. — Program (Annual Wood Badge Recognition
Awards)
us is: If you don't put the big rocks in
Place: Burleson First United Methodist Church
first, you'll never get them in at all."
590 NE McAlister Rd
What are the big rocks in your life?
Burleson, Texas 76028
Your children, your loved ones, your
education, your dreams, a worthy cause, Dinner: Catered by Cowboy Catering
Cost: $15 per person (for meal)
teaching, mentoring others, doing
All meal reservations should be made in advance by Januthings that you love, time for yourself,
your health.
ary 25, 2011
Remember to put these BIG ROCKS in Registration will be accepted in either of the following
first or you'll never get them in at all. If
ways, ONLY:
you sweat the little stuff (the gravel, the (1)Online at www.longhorn.org (Permits payment by credit
sand) then you'll fill your life with little
card).
things you worry about that don't really
(2) Pay by check or money order directly to Longhorn Council
matter, and you’ll never have the real
NO CHARGE TO ATTEND IF YOU DON’T EAT MEAL.
quality time you need to spend on the
important stuff (The big rocks). So, toWB-119
night, or in the morning, when you are
reflecting on this short story, ask yourDean Johnson, Course Director
Available 2011 Courses
self this question: What are the BIG
Sid Richardson (SR2) ROCKS in my life? Then, put those in
Fri-Sun, September 9-11, 2011
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your jar first.
Fri-Sun, Sep 30- Oct 2, 2011
Patt Wittner, Course Director
What are your big rocks for today
[email protected]
Camp Tahuaya and tomorrow?
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Fri-Sun, March 4-6, 2011
**
Sunday
Observant
Fri-Sun, March 25-27, 2011
Rob
Dailey,
Course
Director
&
[email protected]
Sid Richardson (SR2) WB-117
Thu-Sat,
October 6-8, 2011
Scott
Babcock,
Course
Director
Game Box: Saturday 01/08/2011
Thu-Sat,
October
27-29, 2011
Sid
Richardson
(SR2)
Ball Toss: Saturday 01/22/2011
[email protected]
Fri-Sun, April 8-10, 2011
Fri-Sun, April 29- May 1, 2011
Go to:
[email protected]
https://www.lowesbuildandgrow.com/Ho
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me.aspx
Tim
McIntyre,
Course Director
To sign up in 3 easy steps. Classes fill
up quickly.
Lakeview Lodge (SR2) Mon-Sat, July 18-23, 2011
[email protected]
Wood Badge
Lowe’s Build Grow
Clinics
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Roadrunner Reporter
January 2011
Unit Commissioners:
Packs
P0010
Keil
Lisa
P0022
Julianna
P0220
Who is yours?
(817) 428-0800
Troops
T0010
Peterson
Bryan
(817) 514-7946
Nicholl
(817) 232-9642
T0022
Dixon
Scott
(817) 320-1712
King
Debi
(817) 306-1354
T0086
Riddlebarger
Peter
(817) 915-6942
P0253
Craver
Flint
(817) 849-8442
T0220
Dixon
Scott
(817) 320-1712
P0254
Cooper
Mike
(817) 280-0909
T0250
Harrison
William
(682) 738-8008
T0253
Harrison
William
(682) 738-8008
P0310
Keil
Lisa
(817) 428-0800
T0254
Harrison
William
(682) 738-8008
P0320
Melman
Melitta
T0310
Peterson
Bryan
(817) 514-7946
P0333
West
Brenda
(817) 581-9612
T0324
Harrison
William
(682) 738-8008
P0343
Keil
Lisa
(817) 428-0800
T0332
Harrison
William
(682) 738-8008
P0346
King
Debi
(817) 306-1354
P0347
Julianna
Nicholl
(817) 605-3630
T0333
Thomason
Jim
(817) 354-6322
P0348
King
Debi
(817) 306-1354
T0340
Mayo
Ping
(817) 590-8164
P0349
King
Debi
(817) 306-1354
T0343
Peterson
Bryan
(817) 514-7946
P0362
Julianna
Nicholl
(817) 232-9642
T0346
Heap
Dan
(817) 232-8441
P0374
Piper
Jody
(817) 907-1187
T0347
Dixon
Scott
(817) 320-1712
P0387
Lemoine
Patti
(817) 868-0582
T0348
Peterson
Bryan
(817) 514-7946
P0407
Craver
Dawn
(817) 849-8442
T0349
Heap
Dan
(817) 235-1822
P0509
Piper
Jody
(817) 907-1187
T0362
Heap
Dan
(817) 235-1822
P0546
Lemoine
Patty
(817) 868-0582
T0387
Harrison
William
(817) 283-8052
P0757
Cooper
Mike
(817) 280-0909
T0509
Filidoro
Peter
(817) 283-2953
P0758
Kheraj
Shiraz
(817) 845-5770
T0757
Filidoro
Peter
(817) 283-2953
P0907
Mayo
Ping
(817) 590-8164
T0758
Kheraj
Shiraz
(817) 845-5770
P0307
Assistant District Commissioners
Venturing
V0022
Dixon
Scott
(817) 320-1712
V0348
Peterson
Bryan (817) 514-7946
V6346
Heap
Dan
(817) 235-1822
V6347
Dixon
Scott
(817) 320-1712
Crews
ADC - Troops
Harrison
Bill
(682) 738-8008
Rogers
Tim
(817) 355-5195
Cub Scout RT Parsons
Earl
(817) 498-5944
ADC - LDS
Troops
Adam
(817) 276-4131
Heidi
(817) 284-8858
ADC - Packs
Boy Scout RT
Lawyer
C0022
Dixon
Scott
(817) 320-1712
ADC - LDS
Packs
C0220
Dixon
Scott
(817) 320-1712
RT Attendance Patton
C0343
Peterson
Bryan
(817) 514-7946
At-Large Commissioners
C0348
Peterson
Bryan
(817) 514-7946
Coyle
Gloria
C0349
Heap
Dan
(817) 235-1822
Knighton, Jr
James
C0362
Heap
Dan
(817) 235-1822
McCallum
Jamie
(214) 240-5296
C0757
Filidoro
Peter
(817) 283-2953
Sea
Richard
(817) 318-0870
(817) 283-7148
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Roundtable
Merit Badge
College 1st
HEB GCISD BISD
Eagle Boards
–
Daryl Jochens
Friends of Scouting Chair - Adam Lawyer
Email: [email protected]
[email protected]
Email: [email protected]
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