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New Edition of the Eagle Published

The latest and greatest in Timuquan Lodge news has just been published. Click here to visit Timuquan's Library to read The Eagle!

Online Registration Now Open!

Registrion for the upcoming Fall Conclave can be made online using the link in the left navigation bar. The deadline is September 7 at 5pm. After this time, the link will no longer be available. The form can also be found on page 8 of the latest edition of The Eagle.

Fall Conclave2010 Fall Conclave Patch

Online registration is now open for the Fall Conclave. Late registration is available at the weekend on Friday night with a late fee of $5. Please make sure that all arrowmen attending have a valid medical form.

Projects:

  1. Repair and/or replace timbers at entrance sign area and clean the area.
  2. Repair potholes in camp roads (waiting for council approval)
  3. Finish painting campsites #4 & 6 and plywood doors in latrines in all campsites (blue).
  4. Paint staff cabins 11 thru 15 (need to be pressure washed first).
  5. Finish stacking platforms in campsites.
  6. Finish painting Hagerty (blue).
  7. Repair parking area at dining hall, remove one post to make larger.
  8. Position parking blocks at range.
  9. Burn trash and debris at dump at power lines.
  10. Repair cots.
  11. Repair tents.
  12. Spray and weed fence line at camp borders.
  13. Paint yellow trailer (red).
  14. Install new fence at climbing wall (materials TBD).
  15. Paint pool bath house exterior (need council approval).

Tools needed: work gloves, paint brushes, roller frames, covers & roller pans, safety glasses, pump sprayers
(weeds), paint sprayer(s), drills, screw guns, irons (tents)

Workday at Robert Crown Park-July 17th

To the Brothers of Timuquan Lodge:
 
As you may know, WCFC owns a property in Port Richey by the water called Robert Crown Park.  Unfortunately, we were never able to develop it into something to support our high adventure mission, so it has been sold to Pasco County.  The property needs to be cleaned up before closing on the sale, and that's where we come in.  North Scout SERTOMA, whose members have done so much to support our camping program, has accepted the challenge to get this done, but needs more manpower. 
 
Following is from Travis Johnston, the President of SERTOMA:  " We will meet at the Robert Crown property at around 8:00am.  The property is about 1 mile down Green Key Road on your left hand side of the road. Green Key Rd. is your first side street North of the stop light on US 19/Main St on the West side of the raod. Some things to bring include gloves, wheel barrels, and shovels. The Sertoma club will provide the trash bags and lunch. Please also dress appropriately and bring sunscreen. Any questions can be directed to me at 727-487-4961...Parking along the shoulder of Green Key Rd is fine...The county is going to put out some cones and signs to slow traffic along Green Key Rd for the safety of the volunteers...Please be extremely careful crossing the road and also keep vehicles locked."
 
Adults- Please plan to assist your OA Brothers.  We cannot support a number of youth left for the entire day without some help with supervision.  Although we plan to work until about 4 PM, when the work is done, we will be dismissed and will need transportation available for all members. 
 
Make sure that you sign in so we can keep track of the hours of service that we will give.  Lunch will be provided, but we'd recommend that you bring fluids for the day.  Also, appropriate dress should include long pants and boots to protect against the debris and vegetation on the property.
 
Thank you for your dedicated support of the Lodge, North Scout SERTOMA, and Scouting in West Central Florida Council!
 
Yours in Service,
Ian Ronshausen, 2010-2011 Lodge Chief
Eric Renker, Lodge Adviser

TIMUQUAN TO HOST 2010 SECTION S4 SECTION SEMINARS NOVEMBER 5-7 AT SAND HILL SCOUT RESERVATION!!!

Brothers of Timuquan Lodge!

As you have heard, the three Georgia Lodges have been realigned and are no longer part of Section S4.  The impact of this is that one of them was scheduled to host the 2010 Section Seminars 5-7 November.  Section Chief Sean Ferrier held a teleconference on 10 June and Timuquan Lodge was elected to host this event!

What this means for us is that we have a lot of work to do in a very short period of time to bring off this event.  There will be between 300 and 500 Section S4 Brothers joining us at Sand Hill Scout Reservation.  While this is a somewhat smaller in scale than our work for the 2009 Section Conference, it provides no less challenge in terms of logistical and host suppport.  We WILL be calling on everyone available to make this happen and know that we can count on you for that enthusiastic service to others!

The Chairman for this event will be Marty Shermetaro and he will be advised by Jeff Renker.  Please be ready to answer the call from them to make this a successful and fulfilling Section event!

Yours in Cheerful Service,
Ian Ronshausen, 2010-2011 Timuquan Lodge Chief
Eric Renker, Lodge Adviser

NEW Centennial Lodge Flap Available!Centennial Flap

Everyone knows that the Boy Scouts of America is 100 years old this year. To celebrate, the Lodge Executive Committee has approved the above flap. Due to the timing, there is no guarantee that this flap will be here in time for the Jamboree contingent before they depart for Virginia. The flaps sell for $3.00 each. If you want them mailed,

there will be an additional charge of $5.00 for a flat rate priority mail box.

Click here to download the order form

2010 Lodge Calendar

The new 2010 Lodge Calendar has been posted and can be found here.

New BSA Medical Form Requirement

The Boy Scouts of America has adopted a new health and physical form, designated the Annual Health and Medical Form, to replace Class 1, 2, and 3 health forms. This new form is available here.  Please read our September issue of The Eagle for an important message from our Lodge Adviser outlining the specifics of this new requirement.

After filling the form out, you can e-mail it to medicalform@timuquanlodge.com and it will be filed appropriately with the Lodge Secretary.

Have you had a unit election?

You can now look online to see if your unit is eligible for an election! Just click here to view the updated list.

Unit elections are ramping up and it is of the utmost importance that your unit has one! Please talk with your unit about this excellent opportunity to bring more worthy brothers into our lodge. If you have any questions about Order of the Arrow elections, please contact Matt Kamat, the Unit Elections Adviser, at PO Box 176, Land O'Lakes, FL 34639 or via email at Kamat59@hotmail.com. Each troop/unit is eligible for one election every charter year. If you would like more information or a visit to explain the program to your unit, do not hesitate to contact us.

Welcome to Timuquan's NEW Website!

A thank you is in store for Tim Faughnan and the other arrowmen for their help/efforts in managing the old website for those many years. The new website is coming along quite nicely and is still under some obvious construction. Without the help of Aal-Pa-Tah Lodge 237 and their web design team, getting such a nice looking website up would have taken much longer. Feel free to take a look around and let us know what you think. Please take some time to e-mail your thoughts, opinions, comments, etc to webmaster@timuquanlodge.com.

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