April 2009

ROADRUNNER REPORTER“There’s Nothing Stronger Than The Heart Of A Volunteer”

Upcoming EventsApril2 Roundtable3-5 Spring Camporee SR29 District Dinner16 Council Dinner17-19 Climbing Training SR223 Eagle Boards25 Canoe Race WRMAY9 Scout Show

In this Issue:

Activities 1-2

Units in the News 3

Order of the Arrow 3

Training Time 4

Calendar 5

Contacts 5

District DinnerGet your reservations in now! This is reminder about our annualDistrict Dinner and Awards Ceremo-ny coming up on:THURSDAY, APRIL 9, 20097:00 PMTCC n/e CAMPUS 1. Please note the deadline tomake a reservation along with yourcheck. April roundtable.

2. All Roadrunner District Eaglescouts from April 2008 to April 2009will be recognized at this dinner andreceive a certificate.]Eagle scout dinner price is $12.00.Please be in uniform. Those Eaglescouts present will also participate inthe flag ceremony and assist inawards ceremony.]3. Our new District Chairman willbe introduced at this dinner. Special

guests will be two Exchangestudents/scouts from Germany .4. Awards presented at the dinnerwill be the District Awards of Merit,Sparkplug Awards, Unit Awards. Please support your troop by com-ing to the dinner if you know some-one in your unit is receiving anaward.Questions:Gloria coyle

Happenings

Troop 324 SilentAuction and DinnerSaturday, May 2, 2009, 6pm to 9pmCome one come all for an evening offun, food, and fabulous auction items.Troop 324 will be your host for thisannual event at St. Philip Presbyteri-an Church, 745 W Pipeline Rd inHurst . This year’s event will be heldin the beautiful and spacious main

hall. Our Guests will enjoy a deli-cious open market style dinner whilethey consider their auction purchas-es. Your support at this event is aunique opportunity to support Troop324 and local businesses all whilepicking up some great deals. Ticketsfor the dinner are only $5 per personor table for eight are $35. ContactWendell Mitchell at 682.553.8133 forinformation about this event.

Twilight CampRegistration begins April 1st! Allpack reps need to get the word out.Camp is $75, after May 1st it will be$85. Tot Lot registration fee of $5per tot will be turned in with the Packpackets at the May Roundtable.We are still looking for Staff, we have

lots of fun activities planned!Donations:

All food containers need to becleaned and dried first.Thanks!

1 Gallon milk Jugs2 liter soda bottlesTuna cansUsed CD’sDuct Tape

If you have any questionscontact:

Queen Lynnewhitetigers8@sbcglobal.net 817-343-6164

Princess Heidipattonmomma@yahoo.com 817-284-8858

Princess Sherlynmnshowlett@msn.com 817-741-5433

Council Website: www.longhorncouncil.orgDistrict Website: www.roadrunnerdistrict.orgResource Website: www.macscouter.com

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Troop 254Hello Scouters,The new year is in fullswing and better campingweather still ahead. Troop254 and their new Scoutsare getting ready forCamporee.We are also preparing forwhat promises to be thebest Colorado SummerCamp yet.We are gearing up for anewly formatted SummerCamp full fun, knowledge,travel and adventure.From Chimney Rock andthe tales of the Chaco Indi-ans to Echo Lake and itsgreat fishing. Too the Con-tinental divide and somefun in the snow. Troop 254is still welcoming newScouts who wish join aTroop with an exiting out-door program.Eagle Scout news, thisyear we should have asmany as 5 Scouts earn theEagle Rank. Courts ofHonor are a busy time forthis hard working group ofScouts.

Mr. Thomas Toney andOtter Patrol were namedHonor Patrol at TA-172.This was great Scout runcourse that displayed plen-ty of quality instruction andleadership.Troops should do theirbest to support Scouts thatwish to attend Twin Ar-rows. This is a fantasticleadership course. FromRoadrunner District wehad two youth serving onStaff and they certainlyenjoyed teaching as muchas the enjoyed learning. Ihad the pleasure of work-ing with Mr Curtis Mayoand Mr Miles Belvin, con-gratulation on a job welldone.Troop 254 is getting readyfor a Philmont Trek. Seeyou there. Happy Scouting to all.Visit us atwww.troop254.orgPeter RiddlebargerCommittee ChairmanTroop 254817-605-9846

Pack 1007had a wonderful time atfamily camp, which tookplace on March 21-22 at

Camp Burnett in South-lake. The hike aroundLake Grapevine was oneof the highlights, and ofcourse the camp food,leather crafts, footballgame, and our favoritecamp dog named Hootie.Our Saturday night campended with songs andskits, and the Cubmasterconducted a ceremony toretire an American flag We had a great Blueand Gold Banquet yester-day. It was our secondannual banquet, and our

first one with bridging andArrow of Light ceremonies.Thanks to our Woa-palanne Chapter ceremo-

ny team, they did greatjob! All those cub scouts'eyes were all lit up whenthey saw the OA team forthe first time. Thanks toeach for coming, helpingand providing props anddesserts, thanks to troop509 came to help set upfor us at 12 noon, and ourDen Chief RJ did greatjob to lead the openingand closing flag ceremo-nies and help with the skit.It is always a high momentto see our scouts honoredfor their achievements.

Units in the News

Order of the ArrowPlease join us at our Road-runner District SpringCamporee on Apr. 3-5 atSid. We need help fromour camping committee todirect traffic and other ser-vices as needed.Our OA Tap Out is on Sat.night right after the camp-fire program. I will seeyou all at camp.WWWCurtis MayoWoapalanne ChapterChief

Arrowman,   April 17-19, 2009 Neto-palis will be hosting theinaugural SR 2-3N Con-clave at Sid RichardsonScout Ranch. This con-clave will have highlightsthat you remember fromprevious years such as

training opportunities,dance competitions, cere-mony competitions, andafternoon activities whileincorporating new tradi-tions. Since we would likeour membership to experi-ence this amazing oppor-tunity, the LodgeExecutive Committee hasagreed to cover $10 inregistration fees (Insteadof paying the $35 registra-tion fee, lodge memberswill only pay $25). To re-ceive this discount, youmust register at

sr23n.oaevent.com be-tween today and April 7th.If you have any additionalquestions about conclaveor conclave registration,please contact Zack Wischor Bryan Stevenson.See you at Sid!Michael FailorSection ChiefNetopalis Sipo Schipin-achk member

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The on-line replacementfor New Leader Essentialsis now available at BSA'sonline learning center,http://olc.scouting.org!!!The session will take youabout 45 or so minutes tocomplete. The coursepresents a lot of informa-tion and the material pre-sented covers all aspectsof the BSA program.There are about 15 ques-tions to answer through-out the session that arecalled "progress checks".Please pass this informa-tion to all of the leadersand parents in your unit.

The Trainer DevelopmentConference has been re-placed by “The Trainer’sEdge”. A course is avail-able: April 4th @ BeltonChurch of Christ; 3003 N.Main Street, CheckIn/Registration begins at8:00 AM, Course beginsat 8:30, Course ends at4:00 PM, Course fee is$15.00  (Lunch and mate-rials are included). If youwish to attend please con-tact Michelle Drake:belton177@aol.comCub ScoutTraining News

What a great Cub ScoutLeader Position-SpecificTraining course we hadon 28 March. There were17 participants fromRoadrunner and the train-ers were Ping and KeithMayo, Denice and TomTaylor, Theresa Hubert,Richard Sea, VictorBlood, Barry Marble, EarlParsons, Steve Erwin,Melitta Melman, Tori Bom-marito and Mike andBrenda West. Kudos tothem! Remember TrainingRocks!While Roadrunner hascompleted its scheduledtraining for 2008-2009,there are still plenty of op-portunities to get trainedat other districts, 14 CubScout classes to be spe-cific – GET IT? See a sep-arate one page flyerlisting all of these cours-es. Don’t miss these greattraining opportunities –share them with the adultsin your unit!Boy ScoutTraining NewsHopefully all the packshave bridged into troopsby now and you have awhole bunch of NEW BoyScout leaders – get themtrained! For the months of

April – May, there are 4courses available for BoyScout, Varsity and Ventur-ing leaders being offeredacross the council by mul-tiple districts. See a sepa-rate one page flyer listingall of these courses. Don’tmiss these great trainingopportunities – sharethem with the adults inyour unit!Upcoming BoyScout (youth)training dates:*Twin Arrows NYLT, TA-173, July 6-11, 2009*Twin Arrows NYLT, TA-174, July 13-18, 2009*Twin Arrows NYLT, TA-175, December 26 - De-cember 31, 2009*Flyers will be at Roundta-ble and also available forprinting  fromwww.longhorncouncil.org.UpcomingCouncil trainingdates:Wilderness First Aid,http://www.longhorncouncil.org/events01/flyers/wilderness_first_aid_courses-habinak.pdf*Wood Badge, SR-969,July 20-25, 2009*Wood Badge, SR-970,September 11-13, 2009,October 2-4, 2009*Wood Badge, SR-971,October 8-10, 2009, Octo-ber 29-31, 2009*Flyers will be at Roundta-ble and also available forprinting  fromwww.longhorncouncil.org.Why Woodbadge“Wood Badge is the pre-mier adult leadership de-velopment course for theBoy Scouts of America. Itteaches contemporaryleadership and team-

building skills in a comfort-able outdoor setting.Many have compared thetraining to that being of-fered by major Americancorporations – but at afraction of the cost.”“Many past course partici-pants have describedWood Badge as a true‘mountain-top experience’within their lives. It is truethat you will learn a tre-mendous number of lead-ership skills that will beuseful in your scouting,work and personal lives.However, it is the experi-ence of Wood Badge thatwill capture your heartand soul. During thecourse you will laugh tillyou hurt and you will alsoshed a tear or two. Per-haps more importantly,you will also make somelife long friends duringyour journey throughWood Badge.”On Linetraining:http://olc.scouting.org/Nationaltraining:You haven’t lived untilyou’ve experienced thePhilmont Training Center.Learn more here:http://www.scouting.org/philmont/ptc/index.html.Talk to our District Execu-tive or your unit commis-sioner!Training knots: If youhave questions abouttraining award knots,please do not hesitate toask Mark!YIS,Roadrunner District Train-ing Chair, Mark Crowley,817-283-3972,mark@macrowley.com

Training

ROADRUNNER REPORTER April 2009

District Executive -Email: bsaroadrunner@aol.comDistrict Chairman - Alan Curlee (817-268-2253)Email: acurlee@classic-concepts.netDistrict Commissioner - Jamie McCallum (214-240-5296)Email: jamie.mccallum@pearson.comDistrict Vice Chair - Bell Harrison (817-283-8052)Email: wjh_harrison@hotmail.comActivities Chair - Gloria Coyle (817-283-7148)Email: lgcoyle@sbcglobal.netCamping Chair - James Glass (817-825-5616)Email: Texascarpenter@aol.comMembership Chair - George Pifer (817-498-1972)Email: ggkpifer@sbcglobal.netFall Rally Chair - Wendell Mitchell (8682-553-8133)Email: Wendell.Mitchell@tofmtx.com or

Wendell.Mitchell@tx.rr.com

Training Chair - Mark Crowley (817-283-3972)Email: mark@macrowley.comCub Scout Trng. Chair - Sherlynn Howlett (817-741-5433)Email: mnshowlett@msn.comBoy Scout Training Chair - Mark Crowley (817-283-3972)Email: mark@macrowley.comAdvancement Chair - Bill Jesse (817-354-7142)Email: billjesse@tx.rr.comBoy Scout Roundtable - Tim Rogers (817-355-5195)Email: tirogers00@tx.rr.comCub Scout Roundtable - Richard Sea (817-318-0870)Email: richardsea@tx.rr.comOrder of the Arrow Advisor - Mike CooperEmail:askmike@pinncorp.com

Roadruner District Contacts

April 2009

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Submissions for each newsletter will be due no later than the Saturday eve-ning before Roundtable. Submissions are subject to editing and approval of the District DE, Chairman, andCommissioner. News of coming events, unit successes, helpful suggestions, sites of resources etc. Are allwe;come. Please submit to Heidi Patton at newsletter@roadrunnerdistrict.org by 4:30 pm on the Friday be-fore Roundtable. (Please copy Gloria Coyle also, lgcoyle@sbcglobal.net)

Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday1 2

Roundtable7:30

3SpringCamporeeSR2

4SpringCamporeeSR2

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6 7 8CouncilAdvance-ment

9DistrictDinner

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12 13 14 15CouncilTraining

16CouncilDinner

17ClimbingTraining SR2

18ClimbingTraining SR2

19ClimbingTraining SR2

20 21 22CouncilMembership

23EagleBoards

24 25Canoe RaceWR

26 27CouncilDistrictChairman

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