The Lakota Lodge of the Order of the Arrow will hold its annual Winter Banquet on Monday December 30th, 2002. The event will be held at the Lone Tree Manor located at 7730 N. Milwaukee Ave., Niles, IL. 60614. The event will start with social time at 6:30pm and dinner at 7:00pm. The event fee is $25, per person. Reservation Forms are available on line at the www.nwsc.org or www.lakotalodge.org.

The event will feature special guest speakers from local fire Departments who assisted with some of the “Ground Zero” Rescue efforts in New York City. Also, Our Chief will recognize those arrowman who have helped make our year such success thus far. The evening will conclude with the Awarding of the Founders Awards and the Vigil Candidates Announcement.

Plan now to attend this great event to be filled with friends, fellowship and holiday cheer.

OA Special Notice

Are you a current paid member of Lakota Lodge, or do you just wear the patch from several years ago. As many of our units' thoughts turn to re-chartering, the Executive Committee of the Lodge would like to remind all Arrowman and Unit Leaders of the following items: ·

To be a member of the Lodge you MUST be a registered member of the Boy Scouts, in 2002 alone over 300 people who were not current members of the BSA were removed from the OA Charter. ·

Dues of $10 for your 2003 dues are due to the NWSC service Center by December 31, 2002 to be considered an active member. And after February 1st, 2003, to be considered active you will need to pay the $10 regular dues and a $10 late fee. This was done to streamline the registration process for all Lodge members. ·

The OA Troop or OA Team Rep Position should not be a give away job. Like the SPL or Scribe and the other troop positions, this leadership position HAS responsibility with the job. In 2003, The Lakota Lodge will make a better effort to inform Scoutmasters of the activity of these Scouts holding these jobs. If your Scouts are using this towards Eagle or other ranks, they need to do the job.