Scout Law: Thrifty
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Theme: A-Camping We Will Go
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Roundtable Blog: elkhorncubs.blogspot.
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LDS Scouting Handbook: https://www.lds.org/
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Upcoming Events
Basic Training
Old Juniper: Thursday, Sept. 28, 6:30-7:30 pm, 135 W Main, Richmond
Old Ephraim: Saturday, Oct. 21, 8 am - 12 pm, 940 Three Point Ave, Logan
Wood Badge
Wood Badge is a leadership training course which delivers high quality skills and techniques for leaders in all areas of Scouting. It draws from a wide range of sources within and beyond the bounds of Scouting to model the best techniques for developing leadership and teamwork among both young people and adults.
#6: Oct. 12-14 AND 19-21, Camp Kiesel
STEM Activity Day: Saturday, Sept. 22, 9 am. Participants will experience a day of dynamic adventures with hands-on experiments. Adventure zones include: robots, solar van, levers & pulleys, gravity, rockets, bb guns, and geocaching. Cost is $25 per scout, adults free.
Leave No Trace Trainer Course
Learn more about the principles of Leave No Trace, and how to provide leadership and training for others. Friday, Oct. 20 - Saturday, Oct. 21, Ogden Service Center
Baden Powell University
BPU is advanced training for all Scout leaders. Choose from a variety of classes, such as Dutch Oven Cooking, Blue & Gold Banquets, knot tying, neckerchief slides, den discipline, and more! Saturday, Nov. 11, Weber State University
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Training Highlight: Outdoor Ethics and the Outdoor Code
Outdoor ethics is deeply ingrained in the BSA program. No place is this more important than in the outdoors. Scouting has a long, proud tradition of conservation service to the nation. How do we preserve that tradition? Be heeding the challenge in the Outdoor Code.
As an American, I will do my best to-
Be clean in my outdoor manners.
Be careful with fire.
Be considerate in the outdoors.
Be conservation minded.
Building upon this foundation, the Cub Scout, Boy Scout, Venturing, and Sea Scout programs all include outdoor stewardship, care for the environment, and Leave No Trace as part of their programs. Through the Outdoor Code and Leave No Trace, we can take responsibility for our own impacts by making good choices. Together, we can preserve and conserve our righ environmental heritage.
To learn more about the Principles of Leave No Trace, go to http://www.scouting.org/
To learn more about Tread Lightly, go to http://www.scouting.org/
Scouts who embrace the Outdoor Code and the principles of Leave No Trace often find that they wish to give back and help protect the environment that has given them so much. Some may find that they are "wild with love for the green outdoors- the trees, the tree-top singers, the wood-herbs, and the nightly things that left their tracks in the mud," in the words of Ernest Thompson Seton, the first Chief Scout. These Scouts have begun to feel what Aldo Leopold called the "Land Ethic." The Land Ethic extends our concern beyond our fellow Scouts, our families and friends, and even humanity itself to the entire environmental community of which we are a part- the deserts, forests, fish, wildlife, plants, rocks, oceans, and web of life encompassing them- what Leopold called "the Land." To learn more about the Land Ethic, go tohttp://www.scouting.org/
Outdoor ethics is not just for youth. Adult volunteers are encouraged to seek training in basic outdoor skills and even take specialized courses to learn Leave No Trace skills. Our council has Outdoor Ethics advocates who provide leadership to their local units in learning and practicing good outdoor ethics (contact Shanae Ames, Elkhorn District's Outdoor Ethics advocate, or Jen Whelan for more information).
By working together, we can make our time in the outdoors a rewarding and rich experience for everyone for generations to come!
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Resource Highlight: Scout Skits and Cub Scout Songbook
Scout Skits
This pamphlet is a collection of more than 100 favorite campfire skits. Listed at the beginning of each skit are the number of participants required and any props which may be needed. The dialog between participants is in plain text, while instructions for actors are listed in italics. An index is available at the end of the book which references skits by Scouts. Scout Skits catalogs most of the skits that are popular today, as well as some new skits. A second book, More... Scout Skits provides 75 more campfire skits, cheers, introductions, riddles, and Scouting legends. A third book, Run-ons and Even More Scout Skits provides another 152 pages of skits and run-ons. All three books are $5.99 each, and are available at the Scout Shop and online.
Cub Scout Songbook
If your den and pack meetings aren't noisy enough, turn up the volume with a good song! This book includes music and lyrics for dozens of time-honored songs, many with Cub Scouting lyrics. Cost is $7.99 at the Scout Shop and online. There is also a CD available for $9.99 featuring 10 songs found in the songbook.
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Award Highlight: Whittling Chip
Bear scouts and Webelos scouts may earn the privilege of carrying a pocketknife to Cub Scout functions. The objective of this award is to make scouts aware that:
'A Cub Scout knife is an important tool. You can do many things with its blades. The cutting blade is the one you will use most of the time. With it you can make shavings and chips and carve all kinds of things.
You must be very careful when you whittle or carve. Take good care of your knife. Always remember that a knife is a tool, not a toy. Use it with care so that you don't hurt yourself or ruin what you are carving.'
The Scout must show his Scout leader, or someone designated by his leader, that he understands his responsibility to do the following:
The scout should sign and carry the Whittling Chip card whenever he has his pocketknife.
The Official BSA Whittling Chip for Cub Scouts and Webelos Scouts is a Wallet Card (No. 34223A) and/or Patch (08598). The patch is considered a 'temporary' patch and should only be displayed on the uniform sewn centered on the right pocket, or hung in a temporary patch holder from the pocket button. It does NOT get permanently sewn on a pocket flap even though it is shaped that way. You may want to check with your BSA council for local guidelines.
'A Cub Scout knife is an important tool. You can do many things with its blades. The cutting blade is the one you will use most of the time. With it you can make shavings and chips and carve all kinds of things.
You must be very careful when you whittle or carve. Take good care of your knife. Always remember that a knife is a tool, not a toy. Use it with care so that you don't hurt yourself or ruin what you are carving.'
The Scout must show his Scout leader, or someone designated by his leader, that he understands his responsibility to do the following:
- Know the safety rules for handling a knife.
- A knife is a tool, not a toy.
- Know how to sharpen a knife. A sharp knife is safer because it is less likely to slip and cut you.
- Keep the blade clean.
- Never carry an open pocketknife.
- When you are not using your knife, close it and put it away.
- Keep your knife dry.
- When you are using the cutting blade, do not try to make big shavings or chips. Easy does it.
- Make a safety circle: Before you pick up your knife to use it, stretch your arm out and turn in a circle. If you can't touch anyone else, it is safe to use your knife.
- Show that you know how to take care of and use a pocketknife.
- Know how to sharpen a knife. A sharp knife is safer because it is less likely to slip and cut you.:
- Place the stone on a level surface.
- Wet the stone with a little water or oil.
- Place the blade of the knife flat on the stone, then raise the back edge about the width of the blade itself, keeping the cutting edge on the stone.
- Push the blade along the stone as though you were slicing a layer off the top. Sharpen the other side of the blade in the same manner. This is always better than moving it in a circular fashion.
- Keep your knife dry.
- Keep the blade clean:
- Open all of the blades.
- Twirl a small bit of cloth onto the end of a toothpick, moisten the cloth with light oil, and wipe the inside of the knife.
- If you have used your pocketknife to cut food or to spread peanut butter and jelly, get rid of bacteria by washing the blade in hot, soapy water along with the rest of your dishes.
- Keep it off the ground. Moisture and dirt will ruin it.
- Keep it out of fire. The heat draws the temper of the steel. The edge of the blade becomes soft and useless.
- Opening and closing your pocketknife:
- To open a pocketknife, hold in left hand, put right thumbnail into nail slot.
- Pull blade out while pushing against hinge with little finger of left hand.
- Continue to hold on to handle and blade until blade snaps into open position.
- To close pocketknife, hold handle with left hand with fingers safely on the sides. Push against back of blade with fingers of right hand, swinging handle up to meet blade. Let knife snap shut; "kick" at base of blade keeps edge from touching inside of handle.
- Using your knife:
- When using the cutting blade, do not try to make big shavings or chips.
- Easy does it.
- For course cutting, grasp handle with whole hand.
- Cut at a slant. Do not "saw' with a knife.
- Make a stop cut to control the shaving cut.
- Always cut away from you.
- Know how to sharpen a knife. A sharp knife is safer because it is less likely to slip and cut you.:
- Make a carving with a pocketknife. Work with your den leader or other adult when doing this.
- Read, understand and promise to abide by the "Knives Are Not Toys" guidelines.
- Close the blade with the palm of your hand.
- Never use a knife on something that will dull or break it.
- Be careful that you do not cut yourself or any person nearby.
- Never use a knife to strip the bark from a tree.
- Do NOT carve your initials into anything that does not belong to you.
- Read, understand and promise to abide by the "Pocketknife Pledge":
- I understand the reason for safety rules.
- I will treat my pocketknife with the respect due a useful tool.
- I will always close my pocketknife and put it away when I'm not using it.
- I will not use my pocketknife when it might injure someone near me.
- I promise never to throw my pocketknife for any reason.
- I will use my pocketknife in a safe manner at all times.
The scout should sign and carry the Whittling Chip card whenever he has his pocketknife.
The Official BSA Whittling Chip for Cub Scouts and Webelos Scouts is a Wallet Card (No. 34223A) and/or Patch (08598). The patch is considered a 'temporary' patch and should only be displayed on the uniform sewn centered on the right pocket, or hung in a temporary patch holder from the pocket button. It does NOT get permanently sewn on a pocket flap even though it is shaped that way. You may want to check with your BSA council for local guidelines.
Use this Whittling Chip Certification form to track a scout's progress.
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