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Useful Links!Map of all Cub Scout Packs, Boy Scout Troops and Venture Units in the district Northern Star Council Web Site - Contact Information, Office Locations, Scout Shop Information 2008-2009 Cub Scout Fast Tracks Program
The Cub Scout Den Advancement pilot
program (now called Fast Tracks) will
be extended for the 2008/2009 program
year. This pilot program, available
only to Den Leaders for the 2007/2008
program year, will now be available to
entire packs. You must hurry!
Cubmasters must complete the
Consent Forms by April 30. All current
and future Den Leaders within these
packs will be eligible to participate in
the program. Click here for a consent form.
Any questions, please contact Elaine
Sinn at
esinn@northernstarbsa.org Dutch Oven CookoffAllow me to introduce you to the 4th annual Wild West Roundup and the 2nd annual City of Dundas Celebration. This year we will combine our efforts to celebrate our great American Heritage during this year of the 150 years of Minnesota's Statehood. The "Roundup" will be held at the Rice County Steam and Gas Engine Grounds, just 2 miles south of Northfield on Highway 3. Living history activities, exciting action packed old west re-enactments, a ranch rodeo, Indian War Cannon demonstrations, fast draw contest, fiddle contest, country & bluegrass musicians, DUTCH OVEN COOK-OFF, and demonstrations of everyday life on the frontier are only a few of the activities we have lined up at the "Roundup". The City of Dundas will have an old-fashioned baseball game, an artisan's fair, games and crafts for the kids, and live music Saturday evening. I would like to take this opportunity to ask you to announce the Dutch Oven Cook-off that will be held on Saturday June 7th during the Wild West Roundup festival to all your rendezvous friends. Our festival has been drawing scores of old west and western entertainers from the area, as well as hundreds of spectators that are steeped in the American tradition and outdoor life. As you give consideration to this request, please know that by attending the Wild West Roundup Dutch Oven Cook-off, you are helping to keep our great American heritage alive, as well as providing an educational and entertaining event enjoyed by young and old! I am including a copy of our poster and registration information. Please visit the Wild West Roundup website for more information about the big Minnesota 150th Birthday get-together and feel free to call me if you have questions. I look forward to hear from you. Thank you for your interest. Sincerely, Jody Greenslade, Director Wild West Roundup PO Box 4 Northfield, MN 55057 www.wildwestroundup.comor call: (507) 210-6523 Troop 405 Launches a Puppet TeamBoy Scout Troop 3405 has started a Puppet Team. Their mission is to use puppetry as venue for community service. The Boys use Muppet like Monster Puppets to work with, and educate younger Children. The topics can be Crime and Fire Safety, The Environment, Family Values, Religion and General Entertainment. Diversity as well as other Social issues can also be explored. They can put on Shows in Hospitals, Libraries, Nature centers, shelters, Crisis Nurseries, and Churches, etc. This is a good opportunity to show the public Scouting in a positive way. Wanted Puppeteers Troop 3405 is looking for other Scouts who would be interested in joining our team. We are looking for Boy Scouts, and Ventures who would like to work with children. The team could really use Female Ventures to operate Female Puppets. Contact: Francis Schmitt (763) 533-7724 (leave a message if not answered) Maple Grove Arbor Day - Units NeededThe City of Maple Grove is hosting an Arbor Day Event. In the past, members of 1 or more local scout troops attended our annual Arbor Day event. Maple Grove would like to put out an invitation to once again have the Scouts be a part of our event, which this year will be held on Saturday, May 17, 2008 at the Maple Grove Community Center, to display anything of their choosing somewhat related to the environment. The Arbor Committee is a group of 11 resident volunteers that primarily get involved in City tree related issues but anything environmentally related would be appropriate for the Arbor Day event. For more information, please contact: Frank Kampel City of Maple Grove 12800 Arbor Lakes Parkway P.O. Box 1180 Maple Grove, Mn 55311-6180 Phone: 763-494-6365 Fax: 763-494-6418 New Resource for VolunteersOnline Discussion Forums with your fellow scouters.Click here to be taken to the Northern Star Council Forums Site Do you have questions on scouting? Can you help another volunteer out with your vast knowledge of scouts and the scouting program? Join our new online community for scouting volunteers. Point your browser to forums.nsbsa.org. You can start being a mentor for those new to the scouting program, or become a better scout leader by taking advantage of the knowledge of other members of the forum. You will need to register before becoming a participant, but that is rather painless! Online forums work best when there is a lot of participation, both in the form of questions and answers. Both types of volunteers are needed to make this successful. There are over 14,000 adult volunteers in the Northern Star Council. Our district is the first district to try this out. If successful, others will follow until we have a sizable group of volunteers sharing all that valuable knowledge they have about scouting. This is just starting out, so you will not see a lot of activity, but don't let that stop you. Someone has to be first! Forums work best when there are lots of people signed up to help others. Please check it out, sign up and post
a question or two. Let me know what you
think. District Website/Pictures/ArticlesIf you have any pictures of District activities or great articles that you would like to share with other Scouters, please e-mail them with a description to our Webmaster, Doug Farmer at NorthernLightsBSA@comcast.net
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