Granville Cub Scout Pack 3 - Granville, Ohio

#1 Float - Open Class! (Saturday update)

2008-07-04T22:59:00.003-04:00

http://newarkadvocate.com/apps/pbcs.dll/gallery?Avis=BF&Dato=20080704&Kategori=GRANVILLE&Lopenr=807040805&Ref=PH
Congrats to Cubmaster Al, and the good work of Ken and Chris, along with more than 30 Cubs who came out with their parents and did Pack 3 proud -- great work, guys!

In the article that ran Saturday (and will likely repeat in the Sentinel this Thursday) -- http://www.newarkadvocate.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080705/NEWS01/807050303&referrer=FRONTPAGECAROUSEL --
"Two other first-place float honors were awarded. Granville Cub Scout Pack 3 won first place in the open division with Scouts sitting around a campfire with a lookout tower made of tree limbs.

The top winner in the commercial float class was Granville Studio of Visual Arts, which had its initials, "gsva," on each side, each designed to represent various classic artists and their styles."

Everybody loves a parade!

2008-06-25T10:37:00.002-04:00

[Below is text Cubmaster Al sent around to den leaders, with attached maps -- remember we can't drive around Rt. 16 and enter from the west this year, so getting over to Wildwood Park needs to be done earlier, with the likelihood of some extra traffic back-ups, so don't cut it too close to 10 am! YiS, Jeff]

Everybody loves a parade! Especially when there are Cub Scouts in it.

The July 4th Parade will be on Friday July 4 beginning around 10:30 am.

MEETING AREA:
Cub Pack 3 will meet in front of the restrooms at Wildwood Park on Broadway. We will start gathering there around 8:30 am, and no one will be let into the staging area after 10 am. Judging for the floats will begin at 9am.

We are planning to have a float that will have 8 - 10 Scouts on it. We will also have the Color Guard with two Scouts carrying the flags and two Scouts carrying our banner.

Cub Scouts will be passing out US flags along the parade route. We received funding from American Legion Post 398 for the flags. (American Legion Post 398 was Pack 3's original founding organization in 1940!). We will probably have some candy to pass out as well so we don't hand out all of the flags at once.

FLOAT :
Most of our float set up and decoration will be done at the staging area, so please get there early to help decorate it. We will probably need some Scouts on the float for judging some time after 9am. The float will have a couple of tents, a mock camp fire with Scouts roasting marshmellows, a couple of Scouts with fishing poles and other misc. outdoors scouting items. If you have a small tent that we can use, please call me at 587-1702 immediately.

WHAT TO WEAR:
Scouts please wear your best uniforms!!!! The more in uniform the better, but if no uniform, then at least the Pack t-shirt. And if no uniform or t-shirt - then at least the Scout wearing something presentable. {Any darker blue mostly solid color t-shirt will work - Jeff}

Families, siblings, friends, etc. are welcome to walk with us and parents are encouraged to help keep an eye on our guys and help keep them from getting strung out too far.

Watch the weather, if it looks like rain bring a light weight poncho or umbrella.

WAGONS:
We also need wagons for adults to pull for the flags, coolers, water, and other items. We will be decorating them on site as well - We will have some decorating supplies, but if you can, please bring some as well.

END OF PARADE:
When the parade is over we will be picking up trash along the last part of the parade route from Granger & College to Broadway & Pearl. We will have trash bags and gloves. Please plan for this if at all possible. It will be easy since we will be staged near the end of the parade.

Please call me if you have any questions or if you wish to help in any way (including shuttling folks back to Wildwood from the GES Parking lot.)

Cub Scout Day Camp Is History

2008-06-15T17:56:00.003-04:00

Lots more pictures at the Newark Advocate website, from staff and reader submitted (look under Youth Sports), such as http://www.newarkadvocate.com/apps/pbcs.dll/section?category=PluckGalleryPhoto&plckPhotoID=48e23b9b-ec84-4d6b-9615-57ca009768ae&plckGalleryID=e3734f49-002d-40cb-a0f0-c3e06f211393

Pack 3 had about two dozen of the record attendance out at Camp Falling Rock, almost 425 Cubs and 48 siblings, plus 120+ registered adults (which Pack 3 provided at least five of on any given day) and many more shuttle drivers and part-time walkers.

Next June we may be looking at split sessions, with Webelos having their own time slot and Tiger/Wolf/Bear Cubs in their own. We surely know that the setting and facilities we used this summer can't handle any more than they did!

Cub Scouts Showing Pride and Respect

2008-05-29T23:26:00.002-04:00

Click on the picture to see a larger set of photos!

Pack 3 at Granville's 140th Memorial Day

2008-05-26T22:21:00.004-04:00

Memorial Day, May 26, and Tiger Night, May 27

2008-05-19T21:44:00.002-04:00

Pack 3 will march in the Granville Memorial Day Parade on Monday, May 26!

Cubmaster Al will gather us at 10:15 am, on the brick street between Centenary UMC and First Presby; we walk down Broadway to Pearl, down to Maple Grove Cemetery, half-hour program and we're dismissed from there. Some folks (especially older grandparents) go on down to Maple Grove at 9:30 or after and set up their lawn chairs and wait for us there.

For those who know families with kindergarten boys that may want to consider Tiger Cubs next fall, our Tiger night is at Granville Elementary, in the Multi-Purpose Room at 7:00 pm on Tuesday, May 27. Come and get registered so you start getting all the mailings and info right with the start of the new school year!

Pack Meeting - Last of School Year, Thur. May 15

2008-05-10T14:27:00.005-04:00

The Pack leadership decided to pass on Cubmobile this year, since we have so much going on over these next few months.

Pack meeting this Thursday includes our "Dirty Jobs" salute, where parents are invited to come with a quick demo of some job they have or had which has an odd outfit, messy element, or weird twist to it (aim for a 2 minute time frame, please!). Biohazard suits, insulating gloves, wild looking tools -- anything but a bucket of eyeballs!

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dirty_Jobs

Memorial Day parade in Granville is Monday, May 26, lining up between Centenary UMC and First Presbyterian at 10:15 am to walk down to Maple Grove Cemetery for the program -- Cub Day Camp at Camp Falling Rock on June 10-13, 8:30 to 4 pm each day -- July 4th parade from Wildwood Park -- Kickoff Hog Roast at Infirmary Mound Park on Saturday afternoon, August 23rd!

Oh, and Mike Rowe is an Eagle Scout. . .
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mike_Rowe

Weather, Or Not

2008-04-18T20:46:00.002-04:00

This has not been a kind year for weather on our Pack 3 special event days -- due to the likelihood of rain, and the need for 150 bales of straw to keep the kids safe, which if we get 'em wet can't be returned so they're ours (giving us 150 useless bales at $3.95 each) . . .

The Cubmobile Race Day is canceled for Saturday, Apr. 19. We will try to reschedule for June 7, but that is entirely tentative based on street availability and straw bales, trailer transport, etc.

Stay tuned, and have a quiet Saturday!

Cubmobile Updates

2008-04-16T10:04:00.000-04:00

Den Leaders,

Please forward this message to your den.

As you know we have scheduled the Cubmobile race for this Saturday, April 19th. Looking at the weather forecast there is a 40-50% chance of rain on that day. Since we “borrow” 100-150 bales of straw from the Granville Milling Company for this event, we cannot afford to get the bales of straw wet. If they are wet, Pack 3 will have to purchase the bales for $3.95 a bale. Therefore if it is raining on Saturday or the outlook looks like it is going to rain for sure we will need to cancel the event. If we cancel the event, we will send an email to all the den leaders. We would like the den leaders to make sure everyone in their den knows the event is canceled.

We will attempt to update the Pack 3 blog (http://granvillepack3.blogspot.com) with a note if the event is canceled as well.

Thank you for your help in this matter,

Jerry and Nicole Lukins
Bear Den 4 Leaders
Cubmobile coordinators

District Pinewood Derby at the Mall

2008-03-30T19:01:00.002-04:00

Webelos Henry helping with the 100 cars that raced at Indian Mound Mall on Mar. 29 -- the full story is at http://www.newarkadvocate.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080330/NEWS01/803300309/1002/NEWS01

2008 Pack Pig Roast

2008-03-28T09:42:00.004-04:00

!!! Save the Date !!!

3rd Annual Pig Roast

Granville Cub Scouts
Super Pack 3

Saturday, August 23rd
(1st Saturday after school starts)
3 pm to 7 pm

Infirmary Mound Park

Free for each Scout and his family!

Additional details to be announced this Summer

!!! Great Volunteer Opportunities Still Available !!!
To claim one, call Ken Fisher 927-3107

Awesome Second Effort! (19 Mar. update)

2008-03-15T15:12:00.005-04:00

Cub Scouts, a few Boy Scouts with Troop 65, and some of our Girl Scout buddies all pitched in to make our snow-delayed food drive work out for the hungry of Licking County -- good work all. We'll have some stats after Monday, 17 March, so check back (and Blue & Gold photos, too).

UPDATE 19 March -- Chuck Moore of the Licking County Food Pantry Network reported to Pack 3 that we brought in 4,000 pounds of canned goods, which he thought was awesome for a "make-up" date. And we'll get back to our usual 5 ton return next year!

Please tell people who ask about the Pack 3 Food Drive bag they still have at home that any "Operation Feed" drive will happily take that sack of groceries, and the county-wide push continues through March.

The Food Drive Goes On . . . To Next Saturday!

2008-03-08T09:02:00.002-05:00

[We have confirmation that the Food Pantry Network truck will be available for us from 10 am to Noon at the bell on Broadway, Opera House Park next to St. Luke's Episcopal. All I can say to everyone is -- do what you can, and it will be appreciated!]

Boom!

OK, we're officially cancelled for tomorrow, and below is the notice that all central Ohio radio, TV, and news/print outlets are getting. I hope you can do next Saturday; friends, if you can't, do what you can, and if no one in your den can cover your area, please let me know by Thursday morning.

Have a pleasant Saturday morning watching the snow fall, and we'll see you out shoveling the little old ladies' driveways in the afternoon when it stops!

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Folks -- Can you help us? Last week our Cub Scout Pack distributed 3,000 bags around our community to homes, with flyers offering to pick up filled bags for the Licking County Food Pantry Network if they are set out by 9 am tomorrow. We obviously need to push this back a week. The official announcement is:

Our community wide canned goods drive for the Licking County Food Pantry Network, scheduled for pick-up at homes Saturday morning after 9 am, is postponed to next Saturday morning, Mar. 15. Please help us then to feed the hungry!

Yours in Scouting,
Jeff Gill
http://granvillepack3.blogspot.com

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[the earlier e-mail to den leaders was this:]

Sigh.

Why yes, i have heard there's a little precipitation called for tonight. What are you hearing?

I'm trying to confirm from the Food Pantry Network that we can get the truck from 10 to Noon next Saturday before i pull the trigger, and tell all the media i can get ahold of to put out the word that we're not asking people to put their bags out tomorrow, but a week from tomorrow. If they can't do next Saturday, then i need a Plan C before i move off of Plan A!

But 10+ inches is a deal breaker, even for rough and tough Cub Scouts, and my measure is really whether moving the pick up day will get us more food for the pantry than staying put. At this point, it's sounding like we'll have less food to show for our efforts if we try to pull it off in the heavy snow falling from midnight to 10 am, so i'm *intending* to push us back a week -- stay tuned for final word when i hear from some of our other partners.

Yours in Scouting,
Jeff

Food Drive & Weather, or not . . .

2008-03-06T08:29:00.000-05:00

Den leaders --

As for the Saturday forecast, the plan B is . . . there is no plan B! If the weather is truly horrible, as in Level 2 or 3 Snow Emergency horrible for Licking County, we can try to ask for the Food Pantry Network truck to come on Mar. 15, Blue & Gold Saturday in the morning, but we have limited means to let folks know what's happened.

So just use your best judgment, do what you can, but assume that we will still have the truck at Opera House Park in downtown Granville, on Broadway next to St. Luke's Episcopal Church right in front of the big bell, from 10 am to Noon -- this Saturday, March 8.

If the county sheriff's office puts us at Snow Emergency 2 or 3, i will get the Advocate paper and website, radio and TV stations to post "Granville Food Drive postponed to next Saturday" and we'll do what we can then. But just scuzzy weather alone doesn't cancel this Saturday! It will impact our giving, but i think trying to re-set to next week would drop it even farther.

Yours in Scouting,
Jeff Gill

Food Drive -- Belt Loops

2008-03-04T07:37:00.002-05:00

Den leaders -- the Food Pantry Network truck is at Opera House Park, Granville downtown intersection, from 10 am to Noon this Saturday!

Who are they at the Licking County Food Pantry Network?

http://www.foodpantrynetwork.net

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The belt loop requirement link is on the sidebar, and right here:

http://usscouts.org/advance/cubscout/a-sindex.asp

Pack 3 Saying "You're Welcome" to 332D Air Expeditionary Wing at Balad Air Base in Iraq

2008-02-24T22:15:00.002-05:00

Pinewood Car Judging from Feb. 21

2008-02-24T21:26:00.003-05:00

The Pack 3 winners for Best of Show and Most Original Design:

Best of Show - - - - - - - - - - Best Design

TIGERS:
Christopher Peden - - - - - - - -Grady Libertini

WOLVES:
Paul Crock - - - - - - - - - - -Andrew Lowery

BEARS:
Christopher Armstrong - - - - - - Brenden Kling

WEBELOS I:
Chris Carlson - - - - - - - - - Henry Dantzer

WEBELOS II:
Ben Ridenour - - - - - - - - - - Nick Maag

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Also, re: the Food Drive, for den leaders -- Thursday night we distributed all the bags Ross Market had to offer at this time, and they may or may not order another batch -- apparently they don't use as many as they used to, and the cost of a print run is up. So look over your maps, and distribute the hundred you got in the most judicious manner possible! You likely won't be able to hit every house. If i get access to more bags, i'll let you know.

Yorktown photos going up . . .

2008-02-19T16:37:00.002-05:00

. . . at the Yorktown trip site, linked on the right-hand sidebar. Food Drive info (bag drop March 1, pick up March 8, 10 am to Noon at Opera House Park) coming up next, then -- Blue and Gold Banquet!

Cub Scout Leader Training - 2/23/08

2008-02-18T16:55:00.001-05:00

Become a trained leader for your den and pack!

Saturday, February 23rd: New Leader Essentials & Youth Protection & Leader Specific Training (for experienced, trained leaders in new positions, such as Den Leaders, Cubmaster, and Committee Chair)

Registration begins at 8:30am; Training will begin promptly at 9am. Leader Specific training will begin approximately at 12:30pm
The cost (which includes a book and lunch) is $17; cost for Leader Specific only is $2.

The training will be held at Central Christian Church in Newark.

For additional information, please contact Andrew King. (614)404.8116 or andrewking@columbus.rr.com

Scouting's Birthday

2008-02-01T11:49:00.000-05:00

For the Boy Scouts of America, our official starting date is traditionally observed as Feb. 8, 1910, since the federal charter was issued on that day, now 98 years ago. Scout Sunday/Sabbath is marked by many churches, especially when they are the chartering organization for a Scout group, and the first or second weekend of February is when that observance falls.

We marked the 100th anniversary of the actual beginning of the Scouting program last summer, when Baden-Powell field tested the book he was about to release, "Scouting for Boys," with a camp at Brownsea Island. An enjoyable overview can be found at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brownsea_Island_Scout_camp

From these roots, the vast tree of the World Scouting Movement now covers the entire world. Happy birthday BSA, Scouting around the globe, and in your house!

PINEWOOD DERBY RESULTS!!!!!

2008-01-28T07:57:00.000-05:00

Granville Cub Scout Pack 3 hosted the 2008 Pinewood Derby on Saturday, January 26 at GIS for the Granville Girl Scouts, Cub Scouts and Boy Scouts.

The racing action featured homemade models shaped as shiny race cars, silly school buses, pencils, hot dogs, lizards, catsup bottles, wedges of cheese, army tanks, slices of pizza, lightning bolts, the silver surfer, a snow man, and other imaginative designs concocted by first through eighth graders who are in the Granville scouting programs.

Granville Lumber helps many scouts to cut their wood blocks into shapes. They keep a running tally with a year-to-year record marked on the side of their band saw.

82 Girl Scouts, 121 Cub Scouts, 6 Boy Scouts and 42 Open Class entrants competed for trophies in age-based race events on Cub Scout Pack 3’s twin aluminum tracks. Times for over 250 four-car races were electronically measured, tracked by computer and projected on two large screens for audience viewing.

This is a big event made possible by over a dozen parent volunteers and numerous Boy Scout, Girl Scout and Cub Scout helpers dressed in striped Race Official shirts.

See www.newarkadvocate.com for a photo gallery and video clip of this event; the 24 photo gallery is at --
Pinewood Photos (click link)

Trophy Winners were as follows:

Girl Scout Daisies and Brownies
Place Driver/Race Team Grade Avg. Speed (mph)
1 Corinne Sutliff 1 218.5
2 Riley Bruck 2 215.2
3 Danielle Miller K 213.7
4 Madilynn Smith 2 213.2

Girl Scout Juniors and Cadets:
Place Driver/Race Team Grade Avg. Speed (mph)
1 Heather Windley 6 218.5
2 Rachel Windley 4 217.3
3 Taylor Bruck 4 216.3
4 Riley Rosinski 6 215.0

Girl Scout Best of Show:
Lizzie Gabel (7th Grade) The Weiner Mobile

Girl Scout Most Original Design:
Sarah Gabel (4th Grade) Swimming Otter

Cub Scout Tigers:
Place Driver/Race Team Grade Avg. Speed (mph)
1 Garrett Sutliff 1 219.0
2 David Blacksten 1 212.0
3 Jack Owen 1 210.2
4 Sammy Benjegerdes 1 210.0
Turtle Ethan Sergio 1 134.5 (slowest car to finish)

Cub Scout Wolves:
Place Driver/Race Team Grade Avg. Speed (mph)
1 Matthew Vecchione 2 214.6
2 Luke Pritchard 2 213.6
3 Nathan DeMent 2 213.3
4 Kevin Miller 2 211.8
Turtle Andrew Lowery 2 140.8 (slowest car to finish)

Cub Scout Bears:
Place Driver/Race Team Grade Avg. Speed (mph)
1 Alexander Chisolm 3 216.0
2 Chris Crum 3 213.5
3 Kenny Fisher 3 212.8
4 Max Budd 3 211.5
Turtle Daniel Brnjic 3 169.4 (slowest car to finish)

Cub Scout Webelos I:
Place Driver/Race Team Grade Avg. Speed (mph)
1 Ben Bressoud 4 212.7
2 Will Kosling 4 212.2
3 Matthew Thompson 4 208.9
4 Matt Hills 4 203.0
Turtle Duncan Bartlett 4 141.9 (slowest car to finish)

Cub Scout Webelos II:
Place Driver/Race Team Grade Avg. Speed (mph)
1 John Wagner 5 220.6
2 Sam Hollingsworth 5 216.7
3 Adam Miller 5 214.4
4 Andrew Peden 5 212.2
Turtle Andrew Sneed 5 108.3 (slowest car to finish)

Cub Scout Pack Championship Runoff:
1 Garrett Sutliff 1 219.6
2 John Wagner 5 219.0
3 Sam Hollingsworth 5 214.8
4 Alexander Chisolm 3 214.0 (slowest car to finish)

Boy Scout Troop 65:
Place Driver/Race Team Grade Avg. Speed (mph)
1 Chris Bets 8 209.1
2 Christian White 8 207.8
3 Albert Dantzer 8 206.2
4 Chris Duncan 7 205.6
Turtle Brendan Lowell 8 198.0 (slowest car to finish)

Open Class (any age, including adults):
Place Driver/Race Team Grade Avg. Speed (mph)
1 Corinne Sutliff 1 221.8
2 John Wagner 5 221.4
3 Garett Sutliff 1 220.7
4 Lisa Ridenour Adult 218.2

You liked your paper airplane at the pack meeting?

2008-01-20T21:56:00.000-05:00

Click this link, please -- i can't find confirmation, but i hope this is true, just because it's sooooooo cool:
http://inventorspot.com/articles/origami_rules_paper_airplane_set_9997

Pinewood rules and helps -- Scroll down!

2008-01-19T11:18:00.000-05:00

There's some new info at the Yorktown trip blog linked just below (or on the link that will stay to the right). If you're clicking in for Pinewood stuff, just scroll down, but you might want to read this first . . .

For all den leaders and other pack officers, think about "New Leader Essentials" (NLE) training on Sat., Feb. 23, in Newark at Central Christian Church on Mt. Vernon Rd.

If you've ever taken NLE, you don't need to do it again, but if you've never had it, this would be a great chance. The training day starts at 8:30 am, and there's always a good pile of bagels and donuts and fruit along with the coffee and juice. If you are just wanting NLE, you can leave at lunchtime, but if you want to get the extended training for den leadership, Cubmastering, Committee chair/treasurers, or advancement, lunch is served and they'll have you out by 2 to 3:30 depending on which specialized training you sit in with.

Pack 3 will get some major financial incentives (starting with free advancement, which could save us $700 plus per year) if we have at least half of our key leaders trained, so it is a day that helps you work with the Cubs, and gives you a way to help the Pack. Look at it that way, and you're making $100 an hour for us by participating!

If you think you can make it, give Jeff Gill a call or e-mail, but you can just show up; they're just wanting to make sure to have enough food. There's anywhere from 12 to 40 at one of these winter training days. You learn about the Scouting program as a whole, and get a good sense of what your child can do over the next few years in Cubs, Boy Scouts, Venturing, and even some of the High Adventure activities available.

2008-01-05T13:23:00.000-05:00

Pinewood info is just below; for Yorktown info:
http://granvillepack3yorktown.blogspot.com

Scroll down for Ice Skating info & Pinewood info '08

2007-12-18T20:32:00.000-05:00

Need the Program Helps for your Den Meeting in January or February? If you missed the pages in Scouting Magazine or don't have the print version from Cornell's, you can download .pdf's from:

http://www.scouting.org/cubscouts/resources/34304/index.jsp

For Pinewood Derby hints, fish around at this site:

http://www.usscouts.org

for pages like this:

http://www.usscouts.org/netresources/derby.asp