Cub Scout Pack 918

‘Den News’

Join us for our annual fall family camping with Pack 918!  We will be at the Lookout Campsite in Camp Saffran at Broad Creek.  As usual, we will have a great 918 menu and plenty of activities for the scouts to enjoy.  Please RSVP and sign up for duties on the job board.  (email Tom with desired jobs… thomasbateman@comcast.net )

Sat Breakfast

-cook and serve

-Clean up/KP

Sat Lunch

-Cook and serve

-Clean up/KP

Sat Dinner

-Cook and serve

-Clean up/KP

Sun Breakfast

-cook and serve

-clean up/KP

Hi parents, we will be building model display stands (21b)at our meeting on Tuesday.  Please make sure your scout has safety glasses, phillips screwdriver, hammer (if you have these) .

Here are some ideas for local Tiger Go-See-Its.

Making My Family Special – “Go to a library, historical society, museum, old farm, or historical building…”

• Maryland State Archives – Rowe Blvd, Annapolis
• Kinder Farm Park
• Historic buildings in downtown Annapolis
• Severna Park Library
• B&A Trail Ranger Station
• Benson-Hammond House – Aviation Blvd, near BWI Airport

Where I Live – “Visit a police station or fire station.”

• Anne Arundel County Police Department, Eastern District Station – Mountain Road
• Earleigh Heights Fire Department
• Anne Arundel County Police and Fire Headquarters, Millersville

Keeping Myself Healthy and Safe – “Go watch an amateur or professional game or sporting event.”

• Piney Orchard Ice Rink (hockey)
• Bowie Baysox (baseball)
• Severna Park High School sports
• Green Hornets or Elvaton Recreation Association sports
• Maryland Marvels (basketball)
• Anne Arundel Community College sports
• United States Naval Academy sports

How I Tell It  – “Visit a television station, radio station, or newspaper office.”

• Severna Park Voice office (newspaper)
• WRNR (radio station) – Annapolis
• Historical Electronics Museum (radio station) – West Nursery Road
• Capital Gazette offices (newspaper)
• Severna Park High School Talon (newspaper)
• WJRO (radio station) – Glen Burnie

Let’s Go Outdoors – “Take a hike with your den.”

• B&A Trail
• Walking Tour of Severna Park (see papers at some real estate offices)
• Kinder Farm Park
• Fort Smallwood Park
• Downs Park
• Quiet Waters Park
• Patuxent Research Refuge, North Tract – Laurel/Fort Meade
• BWI Trail – around BWI Airport
• For State Parks, see  www.dnr.state.md.us

Den Leaders/Parents, please feel free to add on, based on your own good experiences. If you have any questions about where these places are, e-mail me at lenmorgan@yahoo.com

- Len Morgan

Den 1 and some members of den 5 went for a Geocache hunt on the B and A trail.  Undeterred by weather, they pressed on through the snow for a great find near Hatton Register Green.  After signing the log and returning the geocache the boys conducted a park clean up and enjoyed hot apple cider.

Oh, Ah, wet, very wet, woodsmoke wet

The Webelos enjoyed a night aboard the SS John Brown Liberty ship last weekend with friends from Pack 858.  The scouts learned all about the role of the Liberty ships during the war, how they worked, how to tie knots, and what life was like aboard the vessel.  they even got to sleep in authentic sailor “racks.”  As always, a classic 918 menu was served from the kitchen and a good time was had by all. 

Cub Den Meeting Agenda Template

Date     10/27-History

Location           OHES Cafeteria

Agenda            Opening Flags

Station 1           8a-Speak to someone who was a scout long ago           (Guest Speaker)

 Station 2           8e-Find out some history about your community

 Station 3           8d-Trace your family back to your grandparents

Thanks to all the parents who helped out tonight, the boys really learned some good building skills and enjoyed this project.  Here are the distances if anyone is curious…All the catapults worked really well!

Josh          40 feet, 6 inches

Matthew  36 feet, 10 inches

Nate           35 feet, 4 inches

Hunter       31 feet, 7 inches

Brendan     31 feet, 3 inches

Jack             30 feet, 6 inches

Michael Da  27 feet, 8 inches

Michael A  27 feet, 7 inches

Isaac             27 feet, 5 inches

Sean               26 feet, 3 inches

Michael Dr   26feet, 2 inches

Trevor             23 feet, 6 inches

Matthew L     22 feet, 8 inches

Calder              18 feet, 7 inches

The Tigers (Den 2) will be meeting in OHES Music Room the 1st and 3rd Tuesday of the month at 6:30pm.

We will be covering a number of things around tools and building next week.  20a, 20c, 21a

-ID and care for tools

-Build a model

-Use tools to build/fix

We will be building a catapult model

Catapult Model

All, Here is the agenda for tomorrow nights meeting….

Cub Den Meeting Agenda Template

Date     10/22

Location           OHES Cafeteria

Agenda            Opening Flags                          5 minutes

Topic               History/Camping

Go over camping stuff-packing list                     10 minutes

Buddy System

Station 1           1e  State Flag…state stuff         12 minutes

Name state bird, tree, flower

Station 2           3h outdoor flag practice            12 minutes

Learn how to raise and lower a US flag

Properly for an outdoor ceremony

Station 3  Uniform Inspection station… 12 minutes

Retire Colors                                                    5 minutes

Good to see everyone last night.  Here is what we covered if you are keeping score at home…

Bobcat review

Popcorn program sheets

Achievement 18d-invite a boy to join cub scouts

Thanks to everyone who has been getting their achievement inventories turned in.  It looks like lots of Wolves will be earning the Wolf badge at our next pack meeting.  If you have any questions about the wolftrax spreadsheet, just let me know.  It simply lists all the requirements in a spreadsheet form so you don’t have to constantly flip through the handbook to see what needs to be done.

The Wolf cubs spent their last den meeting rehearsing a number of skits for presentation at either the April Pack Meeting or the Spring Camp Out. In a previous meeting they all made Indian Drums which they plan to bring to the Spring Camp Out for a Tribal Drumming Jam. We, as Den Leaders saw the power of 18 drums beating in unison and would love to see it repeated around a Len Morgan style roaring bonfire. Join us, it’s sure to be a great time.