Here is the final list of achievements for 2014 Day Camp, divided between activities at Westfair and activities at Narrows River Park:

Wolf Scouts Westfair:
Elective 3e
Archery belt loop and pin
Badminton belt loop
Flag football belt loop
Chess belt loop
Fitness rank requirements: front roll, back roll, falling forward roll, play catch, run or jog in place for five minutes, walk a line back and forth and sideways, walk the edge of a board six steps each way
Elective 8 b, c, d
IF Wolf Scouts read books or watch programs (check out PBS online programs, such as Nova) for one hour, they will complete the Nova "Swing" award; they completed all the other requirements at camp.
Elective 2
Elective 15c

Bear Scouts Westfair:
Archery belt loop and pin
Badminton belt loop
Flag football belt loop
Chess belt loop
Elective 8 a,b,c
Elective 4c
Elective 7 b,c
Fitness rank requirements: curl ups, push ups, standing long jump, softball throw, 2-person contests, relays
IF Bear Scouts read books or watch programs (check out PBS online programs, such as Nova) for one hour, they will complete the Nova "Swing" award; they completed all the other requirements at camp.

Webelos Scouts Westfair:
Archery belt loop and pin
Badminton belt loop
Flag football belt loop
Chess belt loop
Showman Music 2
Scholar 8, 9
Athlete 1,2, 4 and 5
Engineer 7,8, 9 and 10
Sportsman 1,2, 3
Readyman 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 12, 13, 15 (Readyman was completed)
Outdoorsman 11, 7
IF Webelos Scouts read books or watch programs (check out PBS online programs, such as Nova) for one hour, they will complete the Nova "Swing" award; they completed all the other requirements at camp.

Narrows River Park:
Wolf Scouts:
Elective 13d and e

Bear Scouts:
Elective 12 b, c, e, f
Elective 15 c, d, e

Webelos Scouts:
Forester

Twilight camp in Shenandoah, Iowa!  

Join us on July 12, 13, and 14 at Pioneer Park for three evenings of fun!  

To register, go to https://scoutingevent.com/?TBThreeDayCubCamp

Activities will include:

Training to be a Knight
Grail Quest
Leather Project
Make medieval musical instruments
Make paper and secret codes
Archery
Wrist rockets
Fishing
Lots of skits, songs, and games!

Why We Take Our Sons to Day Camp

Day Camp starts next week and things are pretty crazy at the Cruse household. There's a 7-foot dragon living in the kitchen.  There are piles and piles of plaster chess pieces covering the kitchen table.  There's a sock 'em bopper blow-up man in the living room, waiting to get pounded by "knights in training."  There's everything BUT room to walk.

This has me wondering "Will it all be worth it?  What are we doing this for, anyway?"  

And today my sister, whose son had a dear friend killed in a senseless hate crime last year, sent me this message. Her son's friend, Reat Underwood, was an active Scout in the Heart of America Council.  My sister sent me a link to a website for at his Council website.  You can check it out at http://www.hoac-bsa.org/remembering-reat. 

Here is a fragment of what Mindy posted about her son Reat's time in Scouting as a Cub: 

"The fond and now cherished memories of each and every campout are so important to me.  .  . Camping with Reat slowed me down.  It helped me stand still, breathe and watch with gratitude as he learned to be kind, paint, shoot a rocket, throw a Frisbee, tie a knot, start a fire, shower with his shorts on, kill a spider, use a lolly, clean a lolly, pet a snake, clean a table while singing a song and shoot a BB gun." 

Our sons go to camp and earn belt loops and pins, and they may bring a bunch of stuff home. More importantly, though, they have experiences that shape their character.  This year, they will learn to value the outdoors.  They will learn the importance of preparing for experiences that could be coming their way in the next couple of years.  They will make friends, sing songs, play, and fill their heads with knowledge and try their hand at skills. 

WE gain something from Cub Scout Day Camp, too.  We gain moments with our sons. We gain time to slow down our lives.  Like Mindy, we get a chance to stand still, breathe, and watch with gratitude as we see our sons in action.  

Day Camp will be here as soon as we blink, and it will go by quickly.  Let's treasure the moments as it happens and embed those moments as memories that will bring us joy for the rest of our lives. 

We have three updates following on the pre-camp leaders' meetings:

1.  Pre-Camp Party!

     Sunday, June 20
     Noon
     Westfair
     Help the fairgrounds transition from Country Music Festival to Day Camp. Westfair is letting us use their fair grounds in return for us preparing the space for our own day camp.  

2.  Food at the Feast (Friday June 27)

We REALLY encourage families to come join in the feast on Friday!  The meal will begin at approximately 5:30 p.m.  Family members who are not registered as Cub Scouts or walking leaders may purchase a wristband for $5 to share in the campers' meal.  For anyone who prefers to eat something else, you are welcome to bring your own picnic dinner.  The meal will include: 

Roast

Salad

Bread

Cooked Carrots

Fruit pie for dessert

Thanks to Mike Hoppe, head of the Culinary Arts program at IWCC, for helping us prepare this meal! 

3.  Fishing on Saturday, June 28

Fishing will begin at 6:30 a.m. on Saturday, before the Medieval Fair.  Boys must be accompanied by a walking leader or parent in order to fish or be in camp.  

An all-camp breakfast will be provided at 8 a.m.   Families are welcome to participate, using the wristband they purchased for the Friday night feast. 

Imagine this space teeming with Cub Scouts! 

That's what the scene will be on Saturday, June 21! 

Join us at Cedar Park in Creston, IA for a one-day, "Day Camp on the Road!" 

9 a.m. to 4 p.m.

Register by Friday, June 6 at 

https://scoutingevent.com/?TBOneDayCubCamp

Camp fees cover 

T-shirt, patch, and snack

A day of Page-to-Knight training that includes: 

• Archery
• Physical training to be a knight
• Create your own armor
• Jousting
• A Mock Battle (melee)
• Engineering challenge (This is a STEM activity)
• Stained glass creation
• Badminton
• Leather project 
• Fight off a marauding intruder!

The Knights are on the Move!

We have an exciting change to Day Camp location for five-day camp. 

On Friday June 27 and Saturday June 28 we will hold camp at Narrows River Park instead of Lake Manawa.  What does this mean? 

We will have the full park to ourselves, including an established archery range, playground equipment, and covered shelter!  Knights will be able to fish in the river during our fishing activity, and all of our activities will be in close proximity. 

Because of the change in location we will not have overnight camping.  We will still have an all-camp feast and campfire on Friday night.  It should end by 8:30 p.m.  We will still offer fishing at 6:30 a.m. on Saturday morning.  Camp will begin for everyone with an all-camp breakfast at 8 a.m. on Saturday. 

Thanks to all the Cub Scout leaders who registered their Cubs in time for 

Early Bird Registration, which closed on April 15. 

Your tabletop trebuchets will be delivered to you at the May Roundtable meeting, so you may pass them on to your Cub Scouts. 

It's not too late to register for Day Camp!  Go to: 

https://scoutingevent.com/?TBCubScoutDayCamp2014

Information and Rules for Trebuchet Launching Competition 

The Trebuchet Launching competition will take place at the Archery Range during open activities on the morning of Saturday, June 28.  Individual Webelos or Webelos Dens are invited to build a trebuchet (according to the rules below) and compete to see which trebuchet has most accuracy in hitting a target.

All camp members are invited to watch and cheer on the Webelos!

Rules Borrowed from
2012 METACOMET DISTRICT SPRING CAMPOREE TREBUCHET/
CATAPULT COMPETITION

Objective: As a team, WEBELOS SCOUTS are to build on site a device such as a catapult, or trebuchet or
using scout pioneering and lashing skills or carpentry which will hurl a standard softball a long
distance. (Adult leaders, note the emphasis on “SCOUTS”)
Regulations and Construction Rules (and anything else the judges might think of later):
1. Hurling device may be designed, built and tested prior to the Camporee, but it must arrive at
the Camporee completely
disassembled and then be reassembled upon arrival at the designated site.
2. ****Construction materials may be natural log and limb, store-bought milled dimensional
lumber may be used. HURLING CATAPAULT OR TREBUCHET MUST BE NO TALLER
THAN 7(SEVEN)FEET HIGH locked and ready to fire.... We only have a field worth of length
to throw.. any bigger and we would need a lot more room
3. Log /lumber connections and joints are limited to lashes with rope, chord or string, mortise
and tenon joints or wooden pegs. no mechanical fasteners
4. Trebuchet counter-balance weights and attachment hardware may be of material other than
log or limb like rocks, metal weights,car engines or other heavy stuff. Don’t use the Scouts as a
dead weight device. Their Mom's won’t like that.
5. All equipment and building materials MUST be removed from the site upon departure. You
bring it in, you take it out.
6. Good ol’ Boy Scout muscle power is, of course, allowed as a propulsion device. Use your
football players.
7. The device that actually holds or cradles the softball may be of material other than log, limb or
rope. (like a sack, net
or basket)
8. A triggering device made of metal and metal attachment hardware will be allowed. (You
know, like some kind of gizmo bolted to the
log)
9. For safety reasons, metal pivot axels ARE ALLOWED. However, metal or plastic bearings at
the ends of the axel ARE NOT
ALLOWED.
10. The following methods and materials are also STRICTLY PROHIBITED:
a. Electrical devices of any kind
b. Compressed air or hydraulics
c. Combustion
d. Explosives
e. Coil springs
f. Elastic and rubber-type products
g. Chemicals
h. Anything not within the spirit of fair competition
Safety Requirements:
1. Pre-competition testing of the hurling device may only be done in the designated hurling
range area and under the command and
authority of the judges.
2. Use good sense -- clear the area and stand clear when firing. There’s no tellin’ where the
softballs gonna go. Nobody
wants to get hit with a hurling limb or a flying softball. That’s gonna hurt! BE SAFE!!!
Judging Considerations:
1. ALL DECISIONS BY THE JUDGES ARE FINAL – NO WHINNING, DAG GUMMIT ! – A
SCOUT IS CHEERFUL!!
2. Judges may inspect hurling device materials prior to, during and/or at final assembly.
3. The object to be hurled will be provided by the judges and will consist of a ORANGE
PAINTED SOFTBALL.
4. Each team will have an opportunity for two official competition hurls. Softball used for
practice shots before the actual competition must be supplied by each team. .
5. At a minimum, each team must furnish and attach to the front of their hurling device a simple
cardboard sign identifying their troop
number, team or patrol name and the name of their hurling device if applicable. Judges MIGHT
award extra points to teams for
presentation and enthusiasm (those who proudly name their hurling device and/or promote their
hurler with additional signage,
chants, songs or costumes).
6. Judges MIGHT award extra points for laughter and GOOD SPORTSMANSHIP like cheers of
encouragement and celebration for the
other teams (even if they do blow ya away). Again, be happy! It’s supposed to be fun.
7. A SCOUT IS KIND. Don’t paint the face of the judges on the Softball. They’re sensitive
about that type thing.
Note to Adult Leaders: Remember that this is to be a boy-led competition. Be concerned for
their safety, but let the scouts do the
designing and work within the boundaries and intent of the rules

Here it is. . . .

The Long Awaited Day Camp Schedule with achievements! 

(This is subject to change if personnel, facilities, or supplies change beyond our control.  It is copied over from an Excel file, so all apologies extended if it is difficult to follow.)

The planned schedule is 

Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday (June 24, 25, 26) at Westfair from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m.

Each day will have two stations in the morning and two stations in the afternoon.  We will have an hour lunch break from approximately 11:45 to 1:00, with a special program delivered to Cubs each day.  Cub Scouts should bring their own sack lunch which they may eat in the amphitheater during the lunchtime presentation.

Station A: Engineering   During the week Cubs will work on making a windmill, watermill, use wheel & axle, make a windlass and set up a pulley in the process of constructing a castle.  This will accomplish Wolf Elective 8 b, c, d, Bear Elective 7 b, c, and Webelos Engineer 7, 8, 9, and 10.  We will also accomplish 1, 2, 3, Go! and Swing! for Nova. Station B: Art & Entertainment Wolf  Bear Webelos Medieval Music: Cubs make psaltery, drum, pipe Medieval Music: Cubs make psaltery, drum, pipe (Elective 8 a, b, c) Medieval Music: Cubs make psaltery, drum, pipe (Showman Music 2; Puppetry) Plan a skit, song, joke; make props (Elective 2) Plan a skit, song, joke; make props (4c) Plan a skit, song, joke; make props (Showman Music 9; Puppetry) Make costumes for skit (Elective 2)  Make costumes for skit Make costumes for skit (Showman: Puppetry) Station C: Making a Living Wolf  Bear Webelos Leather working project (Elective 3e) Leather working project Leather working project (Scholar #9); Hunter (Naturalist 5, 7, 8, 9, 10) Weaving;(Elective 3e) Planting (Elective 15c) Weaving; Planting Weaving; Planting   Paper, ink, codes (Elective 1a) Paper, ink, codes Paper, ink, codes Station D: Training for Battle Wolf Bear Webelos Archery (Belt loop & pin and Elective 20c) Archery (Belt loop & pin and Elective 20a) Archery (Belt loop & pin) Badminton Badminton Badminton (Sportsman #2; need to do fishing on Saturday morning to complete Sportsman #2) Fitness: Front Roll, Back Roll, falling forward roll Fitness: Curl ups, push ups, standing long jump, softball throw Athlete: 1, 2, 3, 4, and 5.Do as many as you can of the following and record your results. Show improvement in all of the activities after 30 days.a.Have another person hold your feet down while you do as many curl-ups as you can. b.Do as many pull-ups from a bar as you can. c.Do as many push-ups from the ground or floor as you can. d.Do a standing long jump as far as you can. Chess (Belt loop/pin) Chess (Belt loop/pin) Chess (Belt loop/pin; Scholar #8) Fitness: Play catch; run or jog in place for five minutes Fitness: Compete in 6 2-person contests Athlete: e.Do a quarter-mile run or walk. Archery Archery Archery Flag Football Flag Football Flag Football (Sportsman #1,#2,#3, part of #4) Fitness: Walk a line back and forth. Do it sideways too. Then walk the edge of a board six steps each way. Fitness: crab relay, gorilla relay, 30-yard dash, and kangaroo relay Athlete:  6.Do a vertical jump and improve your reach in 30 days. 7.Do a 50 yard dash as fast as you can, and show a decrease in time over a 30 day period. Friday June 27       Wolves Bears Webelos 2-5:30  Quest   Wolves complete an adventure to find King Arthur's grail. They will complete achievement 7 and Elective 13. (Wolves will also complete Elective 19 if they come to Fishing on Saturday morning.  If they work on Elective 15 at home or with the Pack, they will earn the World Conservation Award.) Bears will complete an adventure to kill a beast (like Beowulf).   While tracking down the Beast, boys will complete Electives 12 and 15, which are 2 of 3 requirements for the World Conservation award.  Webelos will complete a Robin Hood adventure on Friday afternoon. Their quest will be to find the Sheriff of Nottingham.  In order to get to him, they will have to complete requirements of Forester (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, maybe 8, 9, and 10, and Naturalist 7, 8, 9, 10, and 12) 5:30-6:30 Feast   Families welcome:  Cost of Friday feast and Saturday breakfast is $5, and non-Cubs will need a wristband.  Good Manners Belt Loop and Pin  6:30-6:45 Dragon Attack   Cub Scouts fight off a dragon attack and, if they defeat the dragon, gain a treasure of gold! 6:45-8:00 Campfire    All Camp activity. Webelos will perform a puppet show, and Wolves, Bears and Webelos will perform skits, tricks, run-ons, and tell tales of their quests.

Saturday June 28
6:30-7:30	Fishing		Fishing Belt Loop & Pin
8:00-8:45	Breakfast		All camp activity.  Non-day camp attendants need a wristband to eat breakfast.
8:45-9:00	Opening
9:00-12:00	Fair: Stations		Archery, Trebuchet launching competition (Webelos build trebuchets in advance), and other stations to be announced