WHAT?

You are invited to a FUN Action Packed weekend April 20-22 for Conclave!  Scouts your age from Amarillo, Wichita Falls, Fort Worth, Waco to Tyler and Shreveport are meeting at Tarleton State University for games, shows, activities, competition, food, patch trading, and fellowship.  It is the most fun you can have in a weekend!  The activities this weekend are like your district camporee to the EXTREME!

WHERE?

Tarleton State University is just a couple of hours Southwest of Dallas on US 377.  This is not their first Section Conclave!  They host Scouting events throughout the year.  They are huge Scout Supporters!  Bring your own tent and camp this weekend in a secured site on campus.  We will use their Dining Hall and other buildings for program and gyms and sports fields for games.  And the fun is just building!!  SOOOO Close! Tarleton State is just two hours from Dallas. Just three hours from Denison and Athens.  Load up the vans and buses and head on down! Don’t miss this great event!

HOW?

Registering for Conclave is easy and the earlier you register the better the price!  Early registration starts February 13th for just $35 per person!  Regular registration is $45 per person is from March 3rd – 30th.  Late Registration is March 31st – April 13th at $60.  Walk-in registration is from April 14th through the event for $75 per person.  Register at www.sr2-3n.org/conclave/conclave-registration.  Your fee pays for all activities and events, food and materials.  Mark your calendar TODAY and get in early.

HOW?

The program is packed with activities and games and shows.  Get your learning on with Native American arts and crags, dance and ceremonies!  Conclave is the place for NOAC quality judging and competition in Dance and Ceremonies.  Find out how to best use your talents with your chapter and lodge, get a team together for Lodgeball, Basketball, Volleyball and other games!  Party the night away with a Native American Pow- Wow and the Hootenanny!!  Fun Fellowship Fantastic time!  At Conclave we will spread the word via our Facebook page, texting and emailing and the traditional paper newspaper.  Keep up with all the plans before and activities during conclave through www.mikanakawa.org and Facebook on Mikanakawa 101.  We will keep you up to date on new and exciting programs for conclave, remind you about registration fee deadlines ($35 now!).  Special events will include a scavenger hunt, Ice Cream Social, OA Museum, Trading Post, and Native American Story Telling.  The Dining Hall has several different options on menu for Lunch and Dinner – all you can eat!  And don’t forget those patches.  The Section’s Conclave patch is included in your registration, but you can also purchase our own Special Commemorative 75th Anniversary Patch.  Six special edition arrowheads were commissioned for our anniversary year.  The Conclave Arrowhead is the third one in the series.  They will be sold for $5 each and proceeds from the sale will be applied toward our lodge’s NOAC expenses.

WHY?

For more information on conclave please contact our Conclave Lead Adam Koestner at Skinner85@mindspring.com or our Conclave Adviser Joe Hayes at joeh47@hotmail.com.

Okiciyapi Bowling/Fellowship

Sunday, January 22, 2012
2:00 P.M. – ???

Lonestar Lanes (Bowling)
1414 S. Heritage Parkway (F.M. 1417)
Sherman, TX
903-891-9777

Cost:
Shoes:     $ 2.75
Bowling:  $ 3.75 per game

This year’s Fall Fellowship will be held at Trevor Rees Jones Camp in Athens, TX on September 9-11. You can download the flyer HERE.

This is what you all have been waiting for… Camporee Overview! The activities and how they were as follows: Basketball Throw, be quick and accurate, the staffers say a lot of kids goofed around but they all looked like they had fun! Hockey slap shot, really fast for best results and highlight for the kids I talked to. Dodge ball, extremely fun for the throwers at least and was funny to watch the Scout leaders run from their kids. Shotput, strength to the test! Archery, a classical aiming challenge that is always fun! Rifle, a true game of aiming, accuracy, and experience. Lasso, I heard that to no avail many troops went with only 1-2 points at the hard activity. ‘Hawk throw, this is a hand-eye precision game thats always a hit! Horseshoes, a game of accuracy and luck. Car bash, I think can be summed up as mallet power, amazing fun, and a number-one hit! Founders Day was a relaxed look at some of the fun jobs. I personally saw the jaws of life destroy the already battered car. Yhe bomb squad let a few people try on the suits and talked about the importance of a bomb-bot. Almost every troop participated in the ballista or chariot competition, some even were in both! This was the best Camporee I have been to, and was told by many kids this was fun for them too!

If you haven’t signed up to staff or haven’t been to a recent meeting to sign up contact Roger or Garrett Virgin. We’ll need everyone in Okiciyapi Chapter to help! There are multiple jobs that need to be filled, but before you sign up pay and register through your troop and please check with your SPL and Scoutmaster to make sure they don’t need you. In the meeting we talked about the Camporee and the big sucsess it’s turning out to be. We have a few station youth leaders pre-determined, but if you don’t know what you want to do e-mail me and I will try to get you a post. The Arrowmen at the meeting there made a unanimous decision for a Trading Post to be set up. I truly belive this is going to be HUGE and talked about years to come! After this is all over we all owe Mr. Virgin a big big thank you! if you need to contact me please do so through joedemond@cableone.net.