The 325 Pack along with family and friends are invited to the Blue and Gold banquet, Thursday, February 21st from 6pm until 8pm at the Calvin Church. The boys will be receiving recognition and awards.

Please RSVP Suzanne or email HCSM at comcast dot net with the number attending so that we may get the correct place settings and size of cake.

For those with the last name A-L, please bring a salad or side dish. M-Z will bring a main dish.

Please sign up to help (email address above). We will start setting up at 5pm.

The Starker Tree planting event is coming up on January 26. Folks that signed up meet at the Philomath High School at 9am and return at noon. You'll need to carpool to the site from Philomath. Watchout, there will be muddy boots and clothes!

RSVP with carol at starkerforests.com by January 21, 2008.

We are unsure if this event works toward the conservation award for the Webelos II (Chris?)

For those that already registered through Suzanne as part of Pack 325:

WHAT: 14th Annual Cub Scout Lock-In. Indoor event with physical skills, crafts, games, displays, archery, BB guns, snacks, pizza, and movies - movies are if you stay the night.

WARNING ADULTS: the movies commence around 11 pm and run all night. The volume starts out LOUD and gradually tapers down as the night progresses. You may want to bring ear plugs!

WHEN: Friday January 18, 2008 6:30 pm - Saturday, January 19 7:00 am. PLEASE NOTE: You do not have to stay the night. You may come and stay as late as bedtime which is about 10pm. If you do leave at or before bedtime, please check out. Once you leave the building, you will not be permitted to return.

WHERE: Linn County Fairgrounds, 3700 Knox Butte Road, Albany, OR

WHO: Any registered Cub Scout from Benton, Calapooia, or other outlying district if accompanied by a parent or adult chaperone. [Each Tiger MUST have an adult partner 1:1 ratio). All other Cubs may share an adult partner (1:4 ratio). If a parent/guardian is unable to

Awards for October pack meeting
Andy, Calvin and Adam will all have earned the following:
Forestry Webelos Badge
Computer belt loop
Map and compass belt loop
I have not ordered them from the scout shop but I figured someone would be ordering other awards and the regatta awards

Pack meeting agenda addition
The Webelos have a skit to perform. We will be meeting at 6:10 before the pack meeting to review it since we haven't worked on it for a couple weeks because of field trips.

Hornaday Award
I am going to start working on writing it up and plan to have it done by the end of October. I need the dates that the wolfs and bears worked on the bird houses last year. I could also use any more pictures of boys making bird houses and the boys at Chintimini.

Ahoy, Mates! This could be the sailing regatta of the century! Although the seas are only 10-foot lengths of rain gutter filled with water, and the ships are a mere 6 inches long, the race is an exciting event. Each boy builds his own boat, with supervision and help from parents or other family members. He also provides the wind for the sail with his own lung power.

Have your boat ready for the Rain gutter Regatta the appropriate pack meeting.

Regatta Rules (from "How to Book" and parent meeting 12/7/06)

1. Rigging for sail allowed but stay with the kit.
2. Can add accessories.
3. No catamarans.
4. Hull may be no longer than 7 inches nor shorter than 6 .5 inches.
5. Mast should measure 6 ½ inches from deck to top.

Everyone, start your popcorn poppers. The sales are on! Each boy is to sell $200 worth of popcorn or chocolate in order to pay for THEIR scouting activities: summer camp, pinewood derby, regatta sailboat races, Blue and Gold Banquet, our end of year barbeque, and awards!

Your job, should you take it:

• Start taking orders September 6th
• Collect orders by November 4th
• Popcorn arrives November 17rd and will be delivered to your house – you will give them to purchasers

Our pack meeting and recruitment night are set for September 18th from 6:30pm until 8pm at the Calvin Church on Dixon (across from Garfield Elementary). Come join us for games, activities, and ice cream floats!