https://www.kiakimamuseum.org/files/original/0c148cf19ef749793cf8909570c1c7bb.pdf da22e9ba321409145177be7078fe9c64 PDF Text Text Vol. XVII, Issue II Chickasaw Council #558 Feb.- March 2012 The Official Publication of the Ahoalan-Nachpikin Lodge 558 of the Order of the Arrow under the advisory of the Chickasaw Council, Boy Scouts of America LOAC XVI: Up Coming Events! Feb. 17-19 LOAC XVI April 20-22 SR-6 Conclave May 18-20 Ordeal I July 28- Aug. 5 Sept. 7-9 NOAC Ordeal II Oct. 12-14 Fall Fellowship Oct. 19-21 Scout Base Nov. 10 Lodge Family Ban. On February 17-19 the Lodge will be hosting its annual LOAC at Camp Currier, so be sure to mark the date on your calendar! It will be a great campout full of fun activities and fellowship. This will be the first Lodge event of the 2012 year, so come help make it a success. Also, if you are an Ordeal Member and you are eligible to complete your Brotherhood, you can do so at LOAC. If you do not know if you are eligible, look in the Order of the Arrow handbook for the requirements. We are hoping for a great turnout this year. So come on out to Camp Currier and show your support to the Lodge. Registration is up on double-knot. Just go to www.Chickasawbsa.org and go to the calendar to find the event. 2012 National and regional chiefs: National Chief: John Rehm National Vice-Chief: Preston Marquis Southern Region Chief: David Joyner Northeast Region Chief: Eric Bush John Rehm Central Region Chief: Marty Opthoff Come support the Lodge on Facebook at www.facebook.com/lodge558 Western Region Chief: Joe Barton Check these out! National Website: oa-bsa.org Section Website: oasection6.org Ahoalan-Nachpikin Lodge 558 David Joyner Page 1 �The 2012 National Order of the Arrow Conference (NOAC) will be one of your most memorable Scouting experiences. NOAC 2012 will be held at Michigan State University from July 30 through August 4, 2012 and is projected to be one of the largest in the Order’s history with more than 8,000 Arrowmen in attendance. NOAC will feature a number of unique events, including national competitions for ceremonies, drum, and dance; evening shows; the OA history museum; and awesome recreation competitions such as soccer, basketball, and ultimate Frisbee.. Highlights such as the Founder’s Day festivities including the Founder’s Day Parade, the Grand Hodag, and the inter-Region dodge ball battle are some of the exciting events at NOAC. Arrowmen can participate in service projects, high adventure opportunities, leadership training, American Indian Activities training, and much more. While enjoying the various activities, Scouts will have a great time meeting new brothers and sharing their experiences with people from around the nation. Our lodge will send a contingent to NOAC 2012 and you won’t want to miss out. To sign up, contact the NOAC chairman, Jonathan Chapman. Contact information: Noac@chickasawoa.org. Visit www.event.oa-bsa.org for more information and to learn about NOAC 2012. Ahoalan-Nachpikin Lodge 558 Page 2 �Are you a strong, robust Arrowmen between the ages of 16 and 21, and you love canoeing in the boundary waters of Canada or hiking in the back country at Philmont or even sailing on a boat in the Florida Keys? Well if so, then Order of the Arrow High Adventure is for you. Every Arrowmen is encouraged to try these amazing programs that the OA has to offer. Two members in our Lodge just completed the Order of the Arrow High Adventure Triple Crown, Jesse Henderson and Shane Hughes. Who will be next from our Lodge? If you are interested in signing up for one of the programs in the 2012 year, then go to www.adventure.oa-bsa.org and submit your application. Slots are filling fast so sign up today! Ahoalan-Nachpikin Lodge 558 Page 3 �The annual SR-6 Conclave will be April 20-22 at the Skymont Scout Reservation. Lodge 293 is hosting Conclave this year. This year the section has picked to have a theme, which is “The end of the world.” Every year the Lodge picks a theme for Conclave, and the theme this year is pirates. This theme has not been done before and will be a very fun theme to take to Conclave! Come support the Lodge to be the best Lodge in the section! Register online at www.Chickasawbsa.org by selecting the Calendar and going to the month of April. Conclave is a very exciting event with many great classes to take. Earn your Bachelors, Masters, or even a Ph.D. at one of the schools offered at Conclave. Also, there will be some classes offered that can teach Arrowmen about all of the different opportunities and activities in the Order of the Arrow. For those of you who have never been to a Conclave, it is a gathering of Arrowmen from around the ten lodges in our section. On average, there is about 800 to 1,000 Arrowmen in attendance. Conclave is also a place to compete with the other Lodges in our section, so come support your Lodge! Conclave will also offer an awesome opening campfire. Also, there will be many fun games played such as: root beer challenge, tug of war, brown bag special, SPAM toss, baby bottle battle, arctic jail break, and messenger game. More information about Conclave should be out soon. Information about our section, SR-6, can be found at www.oasection6.org. Ahoalan-Nachpikin Lodge 558 Page 4 �Unit elections are taking place until April 30. If your unit needs to do an election, contact your local Chapter Chief. Sakima Machque: sakimamachque@chickasawoa.org Macheu Machque: macheumachque@chickasawoa.org Okla Kamassa: oklakamassa@chickasawoa.org Nashoba Tohbi: Nashobatohbi@chickasawoa.org Lippoe Blaknik: lippoeblaknik@chickasawoa.org If there are any Arrowmen interested in helping out with elections then contact your Chapter Chief to see what you can do! Ahoalan-Nachpikin Lodge 558 Page 5 �So how do you plan on spending your summer? Well what if I could tell you of an option that gets you out of your house for 7 weeks? That option is to be a Kia Kima staffer. Being a Kia Kima staffer allows you the opportunity to help with other young Scouts and show the cheerful service that our Lodge is about. Well even if that isn't your style maybe you would enjoy getting to teach someone a new skill or even help them get better at an old skill. If you are interested then apply today at www.KiaKima.com! Interviews will be taking place soon so don’t wait! Written by Tim Barker, Vice-Chief of Activities Ahoalan-Nachpikin Lodge 558 Page 6 �Sakima Machque is the lodge's largest chapter, being so we have the most fun. This year Sakima Machque is planning on doing ceremonies, Indian dances, and tons of cheerful service. This year we have planned to kick it off with ceremonies, hoping to get our own team started and possibly do Ordeal and Brotherhood Ceremonies. We have already picked out teams and hope to have them doing Fall Ordeal. After that is Cheerful Service, what would the Order of the Arrow be without it? Members of the Chapter have planned on attending Fellowships, Ordeals, and even Service Corps at Scoutbase! Sakima Machque is going to have a fun year and hope all of our Chapter members join us for it! If you are interested in getting more involved in the Sakima Machque Chapter, then contact the Chapter Chief, Adam Carr. E-mail: sakimamachque@chickasawoa.org Written by Adam Carr, Sakima Machque Chapter Chief Ahoalan-Nachpikin Lodge 558 Page 7 �Ahoalan-Nachpikin Lodge 558 Page 8 � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Ahoalan-Nachpikin Lodge <em>Dancing Bear </em>Newsletters Description An account of the resource The collection contains the "Dancing Bear" Newsletters, published by the Ahoalan-Nachpikin Lodge #558 of the Order of the Arrow. Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Text Any textual data included in the document A h o a l a n - N a c h p i k i n L o d g e 5 5 8 Page 1 Vol. XVII, Issue II Chickasaw Council #558 Feb.- March 2012 LOAC XVI: On February 17-19 the Lodge will be hosting its annual LOAC at Camp Currier, so be sure to mark the date on your calendar! It will be a great campout full of fun activities and fellowship. This will be the first Lodge event of the 2012 year, so come help make it a success. Also, if you are an Ordeal Member and you are eligible to complete your Brotherhood, you can do so at LOAC. If you do not know if you are eligible, look in the Order of the Arrow handbook for the requirements. We are hoping for a great turnout this year. So come on out to Camp Currier and show your support to the Lodge. Registration is up on double-knot. Just go to www.Chickasawbsa.org and go to the calendar to find the event. Come support the Lodge on Facebook at www.facebook.com/lodge558 John Rehm David Joyner Check these out! National Website: oa-bsa.org Section Website: oasection6.org The Official Publication of the Ahoalan-Nachpikin Lodge 558 of the Order of the Arrow under the advisory of the Chickasaw Council, Boy Scouts of America Up Coming Events! Feb. 17-19 LOAC XVI April 20-22 SR-6 Conclave May 18-20 Ordeal I July 28- Aug. 5 NOAC Sept. 7-9 Ordeal II Oct. 12-14 Fall Fellowship Oct. 19-21 Scout Base Nov. 10 Lodge Family Ban. 2012 National and regional chiefs: National Chief: John Rehm National Vice-Chief: Preston Marquis Southern Region Chief: David Joyner Northeast Region Chief: Eric Bush Central Region Chief: Marty Opthoff Western Region Chief: Joe Barton A h o a l a n - N a c h p i k i n L o d g e 5 5 8 Page 2 The 2012 National Order of the Arrow Conference (NOAC) will be one of your most memorable Scouting experiences. NOAC 2012 will be held at Michigan State University from July 30 through August 4, 2012 and is projected to be one of the largest in the Order’s history with more than 8,000 Arrowmen in attendance. NOAC will feature a number of unique events, including national competitions for ceremonies, drum, and dance; evening shows; the OA history museum; and awesome recreation competitions such as soccer, basketball, and ultimate Frisbee.. Highlights such as the Founder’s Day festivities including the Founder’s Day Parade, the Grand Hodag, and the inter-Region dodge ball battle are some of the exciting events at NOAC. Arrowmen can participate in service projects, high adventure opportunities, leadership training, American Indian Activities training, and much more. While enjoying the various activities, Scouts will have a great time meeting new brothers and sharing their experiences with people from around the nation. Our lodge will send a contingent to NOAC 2012 and you won’t want to miss out. To sign up, contact the NOAC chairman, Jonathan Chapman. Contact information: Noac@chickasawoa.org. Visit www.event.oa-bsa.org for more information and to learn about NOAC 2012. A h o a l a n - N a c h p i k i n L o d g e 5 5 8 Page 3 Are you a strong, robust Arrowmen between the ages of 16 and 21, and you love canoeing in the boundary waters of Canada or hiking in the back country at Philmont or even sailing on a boat in the Florida Keys? Well if so, then Order of the Arrow High Adventure is for you. Every Arrowmen is encouraged to try these amazing programs that the OA has to offer. Two members in our Lodge just completed the Order of the Arrow High Adventure Triple Crown, Jesse Henderson and Shane Hughes. Who will be next from our Lodge? If you are interested in signing up for one of the programs in the 2012 year, then go to www.adventure.oa-bsa.org and submit your application. Slots are filling fast so sign up today! A h o a l a n - N a c h p i k i n L o d g e 5 5 8 Page 4 The annual SR-6 Conclave will be April 20-22 at the Skymont Scout Reservation. Lodge 293 is hosting Conclave this year. This year the section has picked to have a theme, which is “The end of the world.” Every year the Lodge picks a theme for Conclave, and the theme this year is pirates. This theme has not been done before and will be a very fun theme to take to Conclave! Come support the Lodge to be the best Lodge in the section! Register online at www.Chickasawbsa.org by selecting the Calendar and going to the month of April. Conclave is a very exciting event with many great classes to take. Earn your Bachelors, Masters, or even a Ph.D. at one of the schools offered at Conclave. Also, there will be some classes offered that can teach Arrowmen about all of the different opportunities and activities in the Order of the Arrow. For those of you who have never been to a Conclave, it is a gathering of Arrowmen from around the ten lodges in our section. On average, there is about 800 to 1,000 Arrowmen in attendance. Conclave is also a place to compete with the other Lodges in our section, so come support your Lodge! Conclave will also offer an awesome opening campfire. Also, there will be many fun games played such as: root beer challenge, tug of war, brown bag special, SPAM toss, baby bottle battle, arctic jail break, and messenger game. More information about Conclave should be out soon. Information about our section, SR-6, can be found at www.oasection6.org. A h o a l a n - N a c h p i k i n L o d g e 5 5 8 Page 5 Unit elections are taking place until April 30. If your unit needs to do an election, contact your local Chapter Chief. Sakima Machque: sakimamachque@chickasawoa.org Macheu Machque: macheumachque@chickasawoa.org Okla Kamassa: oklakamassa@chickasawoa.org Nashoba Tohbi: Nashobatohbi@chickasawoa.org Lippoe Blaknik: lippoeblaknik@chickasawoa.org If there are any Arrowmen interested in helping out with elections then contact your Chapter Chief to see what you can do! A h o a l a n - N a c h p i k i n L o d g e 5 5 8 Page 6 So how do you plan on spending your summer? Well what if I could tell you of an option that gets you out of your house for 7 weeks? That option is to be a Kia Kima staffer. Being a Kia Kima staffer allows you the opportunity to help with other young Scouts and show the cheerful service that our Lodge is about. Well even if that isn't your style maybe you would enjoy getting to teach someone a new skill or even help them get better at an old skill. If you are interested then apply today at www.KiaKima.com! Interviews will be taking place soon so don’t wait! Written by Tim Barker, Vice-Chief of Activities A h o a l a n - N a c h p i k i n L o d g e 5 5 8 Page 7 Sakima Machque is the lodge's largest chapter, being so we have the most fun. This year Sakima Machque is planning on doing ceremonies, Indian dances, and tons of cheerful service. This year we have planned to kick it off with ceremonies, hoping to get our own team started and possibly do Ordeal and Brotherhood Ceremonies. We have already picked out teams and hope to have them doing Fall Ordeal. After that is Cheerful Service, what would the Order of the Arrow be without it? Members of the Chapter have planned on attending Fellowships, Ordeals, and even Service Corps at Scoutbase! Sakima Machque is going to have a fun year and hope all of our Chapter members join us for it! If you are interested in getting more involved in the Sakima Machque Chapter, then contact the Chapter Chief, Adam Carr. E-mail: sakimamachque@chickasawoa.org Written by Adam Carr, Sakima Machque Chapter Chief A h o a l a n - N a c h p i k i n L o d g e 5 5 8 Page 8 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 2012 Title A name given to the resource 2012 (Feb) Ahoalan-Nachpikin Lodge <em>Dancing Bear</em> Newsletter Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Ahoalan-Nachpikin Lodge Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Andrew Schrack Ahoalan-Nachpikin Lodge Ahoalan-Nachpikin Lodge Newsletter Newsletter Order of the Arrow