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April Calendar

April 1 – District Committee Meeting, 7:30 PM

April 8 – Roundtable and OA Chapter Meeting, 7:30 PM

April 11- 13 – Spring Camporee, Rainbow Scout Reservation, Morris, IL

April 26 – Pinewood Derby, Friendship Junior High, DesPlaines

May Calendar

May 3 – Scouting for Food Door Hanger Drop off

May 6 – District Committee Meeting, 7:30 PM

May 10 – Scouting for Food Pick-up

May 13 – Roundtable and OA Chapter Meeting; 7:30 PM

May 17-18 – Skokie Festival of Cultures

BLACKHAWK'S PAGE District Hoe-down!

YEEE HAW!!!

We had the best time Friday, March 14th at the District Dinner!! An enormous thank you goes out to Debbie Post, Robert Payne and Carroll Moore (2001's District Award of Merit Recipients) for planning this incredible event. We had so much fun!! Thank you to Rick Romani for his guidance and handling all the certificates! Thank you to Paul Meincke for being our Master of Ceremonies! If you missed this event you missed the BEST District Dinner I've ever been to! Congratulations to all the award recipients for 2002!!

This year's recipients are as follows:

District Award of Merit
  • Wayne Bernacki
  • Tom Lobacz
  • Ursula Van Mersbergen

    Guiding Light Award
  • David Bart
  • Julia Bart
  • Judson Kruse
  • Rudy Smolka
  • Don Swanson

    Commissioner Service Award
  • Howard Sloma
  • Betty Wurster

    Mr. & Mrs. Scouter Award
  • Edgar Wolff-Klammer
  • Diane Wolff-Klammer

    Outstanding Unit Award
    Packs Troops Crew 74 117 3 25 175 191 76

    Unit Growth Award
    Packs Troops Crew 264 23 155 55 160 50 22

    Golden Tomahawk Awards
    Cubmaster
  • J. Abram Doane Pack 74
  • Arthur Solis Pack 25
  • Tim Mayberry Pack 191
    Scoutmaster
  • Tonie Astreides Troop 117
  • Robert Galassi Troop 175
  • Michael Crismyre Troop 76
    Crew Advisor
  • Janice Lorentz Crew 3

    Top Sidekick Awards
  • Carol Juranek Troop 6
  • Jerry Mazurek Troop 16
  • Woo Kang Pack 74
  • Sue Hartmann Pack 85
  • Doug Arnold Pack 148
  • Stephanie Bengtsson Pack 25
  • Liz Zajac Troop 38
  • John O'Keefe Troop 175]
  • Don Tomlinson Troop 1
  • Tina Adamowski-Krenc Pack 191
  • Steve Owens Troop 1
  • Larry Griffin Troop 84 Outstanding Tiger/Den/Webelos Leader Awards Mark Van Derpluym Pack 148 Alan Oliver Pack 191 John Linse Pack 25 Helen Tipton Pack 25 Mark Neiberg Pack 243 Maria Martino Pack 191 Barb Lietzau Pack 25
  • Pinewood Derby

    It's not too late to sign your Pack winners up for the District Pinewood Derby.
    Pre-registration is due April 8th at the Council office.

    NO WALK-INS ARE ALLOWED!!

    Date: Saturday, April 26, 2003

    Place: Friendship Junior High, 550 Elizabeth Lane, Des Plaines

    Time: Check – in 9:30 AM
               Racing 10:30 AM

    Cost: $5 per participant

    Race: First, second, and third palce winners of each rank within each Pack are eligible for competition in the District Derby. Each rank will run a separate derby (Tigers, Wolves, Bears, Webelos.) First and second year Webelos comprise one rank. The winner from each rank race will then compete in a Championship Race.

    Design Contest: First, second and third place winners from each pack are eligible for competition in the District Design Contest.

    Trophies: Trophies will be awarded to 2nd through 4th in each Rank Division and 1st thru 4th in the Championship Race. The Design Category will have 1st thru 3rd. Each attending participant will receive a certificate and event patch.

    Entry: A Scout may enter either the reace or the design contest. NO SCOUT MAY ENTER BOTH EVENTS.

    Rules: See website at http://units.nwsc.org/users/blackhawk/


    Meeting Locations
    District Committee and Commissioner Meetings are held at Park Ridge Presbyterian Church, 1300 W. Crescent Ave, Park Ridge (just south of Touhy and west of Greenwood) Roundtable and OA Chapter Meetings are held at Christ Church in DesPlaines, 1492 Henry Ave, DesPlaines. (Corner of Cora and Henry)

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