Nine Scouters Awarded Silver Beavers Any long-time Scouter will tell you that the greatest reward in being a volunteer leader is to make a difference for today’s youth through Scouting. Still, it’s important to recognize those adults who’ve given extraordinary time and talent to Scouting while contributing the same enthusiasm to their individual churches and communities. The award is the Silver Beaver – the highest award a Scout council can bestow on an adult volunteer, and this year the Northwest Suburban Council is proud to announce the selection of nine long-time Scouters as winners of this honor. They are: Jim Polites, former Signal Hill District Commissioner. Jim has long been involved in the council’s campmaster program and has helped train many adults who’ve followed in Scouting. Larry Grover is an Assistant Scoutmaster with Troop 228. He has also served as a Cubmaster, Scoutmaster, Eagle coordinator and merit badge counselor. Al Knox is the NWSC’s current Treasurer. He’s served as a Scoutmaster, is a Rotarian and is very active in his church. Reggie Lithgow is the Pathfinder District Commissioner, a member of the Jamboree staff, and a tireless volunteer. Arlene Mulder is the mayor of Arlington Heights, a member of the NWSC’s Executive Board, and a strong supporter of Scouting. Bill McGovern is a past Pathfinder District Commissioner, a member of the council executive board and has been extremely active in Scout training. Steve Towne is a high adventure enthusiast who’s regularly helped coordinate training for the council’s Philmont contingents. He’s done Philmont treks four times, and will do more when his sons are old enough. Steve also leads Family Camping weekend. Hugh Bartholomees has been the Scoutmaster of Troop 167 for over 35-years. He is a merit badge counselor, Unit Commissioner and a Brotherhood member of the Order of the Arrow. Leonard Wade has been a Cubmaster, merit badge counselor, has served as the council’s chairman of Scout for Food, and North Woods District FOS chairman. All nine of these great Scouters have also invested themselves in serving youth outside of Scouting. They are all very involved in their churches and communities – which is a fundamental requirement of becoming a Silver Beaver. We thank and salute all nine of these Scouters for their wonderful contributions to our youth. They will all be honored at the Council’s annual recognition dinner May 5th. Please join us then in congratulating the 2005 Silver Beavers. Scouting for Food It’s time to prepare once again for our annual “Good Turn” project – Scouting for Food. Door hangers will go up on May 6th throughout the northwest suburbs and the following Saturday – May 13th – Scouts will be out beginning at 9AM to pick up donations of food for the needy. This is the 18th year Scouts in our council have taken part in the “Scouting for Food” effort, and as in past years, we will once again team up this year with the United Postal carriers in this massive food collection. Last year over four-thousand Scouts collected more than 100-thousand food items which were then donated to local food pantries. For more information call the council office at 847-824-6880. 2006 NWSC Golf Classic Get your foursome together now for the Northwest Suburban Council's 2006 Golf Classic on Monday, June 19, at the Kemper Lakes Golf Course. Built on some of the most spectacular lake country in the northwest suburbs of Chicago the course offers golf purists an exceptional environment in which to enjoy the game. Designed by renowned architects Ken Killian and Dick Nugent, Kemper Lakes features expansive lakes, pristine meadowlands and historic stands of oak. Kemper Lakes’ par 72, 7,217 yard layout has played host to some of the greatest golfers of our time: Tiger Woods, Arnold Palmer, Jack Nicklaus, Annika Sorenstam, Greg Norman, Hale Irwin, the 1989 PGA Champion, Payne Stewart and now you! A significant fund-raiser for the Council, the event is a fun time to get out, play some golf with your friends, discuss those Scouting event plans, swing for some prizes, and have lunch and a great dinner. The fee is $400 per player and includes the course fee, golf cart, prizes and dinner. You, or your company, may wish to sponsor a hole for $300 or a cart for $50. An $1800 complete package sponsorship includes the fees for a foursome, hole sponsorship and carts. Golf Committee member Wally Powers stated that "We wish to encourage our Scouters and corporate friends to sign up, enjoy a great day and help the Scout Program at the same time," he said. The Classic schedule includes: 10:30 AM - Driving Range Open, Registration and Silent Auction. 12:00 - Lunch 1:00 PM -Shotgun Start 5:30 -Open Bar 6:30 – Dinner. Kemper Lakes Golf Course is located at 24000 N. Old McHenry Rd in Hawthorne Woods. So, don't putter around. Get your foursome together and sign up now. For additional details, please call Darwin Walk at 847-824-6910. Christmas came a little late... but the gifts were terrific. At the Council's Annual Business Meeting on Jan . 18, Order of the Arrow Lodge Chief Don Hough surprised Executive Board and Professional Staff Members with the honor society's first gift...a check for $10,000. The check completed the OA's five-year pledge to donate a total of $25,000 for the construction of an OA building at Camp Napowan. But, Hough wasn't finished. He followed up with a second gift...a pledge from his OA members that another $25,000 would be donated over the next 5 years to help the Council's current $4.3 million capital campaign. The financial gifts and the OA's on-going work to improve facilities at Camp Napowan and Camp Lakota drew a standing ovation from the 100+ assembly of adult Scouters, corporate and civic leaders. Launched last fall, the capital campaign include goals for the building a new dining hall at Camp Napowan, a conference center/dining hall at Camp Lakota and newer facilities for the Council Volunteer Service Center. The OA's welcomed gifts and its work performed at semi-annual Fellowship Weekends are visible proof that its motto, "Cheerful Service," are more than just words. Northwest Suburban Council wishes to thank all of the 1000 OA members and their adult advisors for their Scouting accomplishments.   Scout Executive's Minute Scouter of the Month 3 Month Memo for Council Events APRIL: Palm Sunday …………………………….. . Apr. 9 Executive Committee Mtg. …...……….. Apr. 12 Passover ………………………………... Apr. 13 Good Friday (Scout Shop open till noon) Apr. 14 Easter ……………………………….……. Apr. 16 MAY: Council Annual (Silver Beaver) Dinner….. May 5 Executive Committee Mtg . …………… May 10 Endowment Art Tour …………………. May 11 CPR/1st Aid Trng …………………….. May 13 Mother's Day ……………………….…. May 14 Executive Board Mtg . ……………….… May 17 Fall Recruiting Kick-off ………………. May 18 OA Spring Fellowship (Napowan) May 19 – 21 Family Camping (Camp Napowan) . May 26 – 29 Memorial Day (Sv. Ctr. & Scout Shop closed).. 29 JUNE: Program Kick-Offs : - Signal Hill ……………………………… June 1 - Pathfinder …………………………….. June 12 - Blackhawk ……………………………. June 13 - Scout Reach …………………………… June 13 New Ldr. Essentials (Pathfinder.) ………. June 7 Climbing/Rapelling Instructor Trng. . June 10 – 11 Spring Valley Cub Day Camps: - June 12 - 16 - June 19 - 24 - June 26 – 30 NW News Sponsorship Available Demonstrate your support of Scouting by sponsoring the publication of the Northwest News. Let the over 5,000 adult Scouters who read Northwest News know you or your firm support Scouting every month with your sponsorship message on the publication. You can sponsor one or more issues a year. For sponsorship information contact NWSC Finance Director Darwin Walk at 847-824-6910. Candlelight Bowl Come and relive the 80’s!!! Enjoy a dinner buffet, 50/50 raffles, silent auction, and 3 games of couple’s bowling. This exciting event takes place on June 10 at 7:00 PM at River Rand Bowl in Des Plaines. The admission price including 3 games of bowling, dinner, and shoes is $50 per couple. The first 96 couples to sign up and turn in checks to the council office will be registered. The sign up deadline for this event is April 1, so don’t wait. If you have any questions, please contact Erin Bass in the Learning for Life Division at 847-824-6906. EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE ADOPTS NEW POLICY To facilitate the processing of youth and adult registrations and Boys’ Life subscriptions, if there is money in a unit account, and registrations come in without a check attached, that the Registrar or Executive may use the money in a unit’s account for payment of the registration/s without direct permission of the unit’s committee Chairman or Unit Leader. A receipt of the transaction will then be put into the unit’s Roundtable folder so that the unit will have copy of the receipt. This may only be done for registrations and Boys’ Life transactions.