November 10, 2009 -- The November 2009 York District Roundtable Announcements have been updated on the website in the Roundtable section. The next Roundtable will be held on Thursday, December 3, 2009 at 7:00 PM at the Sanford High School, Sanford, ME. The YD Cafe' will be there this month. Make sure your unit is represented!
June 10, 2009 -- Congratulations to Robin Bridge of Troop 313 in Berwick, Bryan Courtois of Troop 310 in Saco and Patty Olsen of Troop 338 in South Berwick as the 2009 York District Award of Merit Recipients! These awards were presented at the June Roundtable, along with a number of training awards earned by Cub Scout and Boy Scout Leaders and Commissioners. Congratulations Robin, Bryan and Patty!
April 9, 2009 -- Congratulations to Dick Foss, Committee Chairman of Troop 313 in Berwick as one of the 2009 Pine Tree Council Silver Beaver Recipients! Dick will receive the highest award for volunteer service in Pine Tree Council at the Council Annual Recognition Banquet on Friday, April 24, 2009 at the Portland Elks Club. The registration form, which is due into the Council Office by Friday, April 17, is available for download here. Congratulations Dick!
March 15, 2009 -- The new online training course “This is Scouting” replaces New Leader Essentials, and is now available. This training is offered online via the BSA's Online Learning Center (http://olc.scouting.org). Since the training "This is Scouting" replaces New Leaders Essentials (NLE) training, all references to NLE should be considered replaced by This is Scouting training. All references to NLE on the York District Website now poinnt to This is Scouting. All Scouting adult leaders and parents are encouraged to take this online training.
March 5, 2009 -- The annual Boy Scouts of America Report to the Nation took place this week in Washington, DC. National Venturing President Amanda Vogt and National Order of the Arrow Chief Jack O'Neill represented Scouts and Venturers from across the nation in presenting to the leaders of Congress and President Obama the report of accomplishments of the BSA in 2008. To review their blog of the experience, visit http://stlbsa.wordpress.com/ and to view the chronicled images of the report, see http://www.bsartn2008.org/. Plans are being made to have Jack O'Neill attend the Madockawanda Lodge Order of the Arrow Banquet in December, being hosted by the York Chapter. Encourage your OA members to meet Jack there or at the National Order of the Arrow Conference at Indiana University on August 1-6, 2009. See the Lodge Website for details.
February 24, 2009 -- Hey gold rushers!!! The results are in. . .and boy howdy did you guys find gold!!! The assayer’s office has posted the tally with the top miners posted. If’'n you don’t remember your claim number (sled heat) then you git ahold a Dave Wade @ dmwade@metrocast.net and he’ll let ya know.
Top miners – Junior
1st Place (83) - 310 Dragon
2nd Place (78)- 310 Cobra
3rd Place (72) - 308 Fisher
4th Place (71) - 345 Jacalope
5th Place (70) - 304 Anonymous Armadillo
Top miners – Senior
1st Place (90) - 340 Arrow
2nd Place (87)- 323 Redneck
3rd Place (85) - 304 Grizzly
4th Place (82) - 310 Ductape
5th Place (81) - 313 Trooper
Best Sled
Junior (82) - 340 Brown Bear
Senior (80) - 330 White Neck
Fastest Sled
Junior (1.06 min) - 329 Klondike Bar
Senior (1.02 min) - 304 Grizzly
For the complete listing of results, click on the claim listing by numbers.
- Klondike Pete!
New Pine Tree Council Commissioner February 9, 2009 -- Congratulations to the new Pine Tree Council Commissioner Clinton Staples of Shapleigh! Clinton, former York District Vice Chairman and District Commissioner, became the Council Commissioner in 2009. We wish Clinton the best as he serves all of the units in Pine Tree Council!
January 4, 2009 -- Boy Scout Rank Requirement videos from the Troop Resources DVD, mailed to all Scoutmasters during the Summer of 2008, is available on the National Council website at http://www.scouting.org/applications/rankvideo.aspx. This video tool is useful for Scouts embarking on the requirements for Tenderfoot, Second Class and First Class, and was discussed at the December, 2008 Roundtable.
November 20, 2008 -- Boy Scouts who are embarking on the leadership position of Den Chief with the Cub Scout Pack have the opportunity to complete Den Chief Training via the BSA's Online Learning Center. Den Chief Training is a requirement of the Den Chief Service Award and offers Scouts the chance to better understand their role in the operations of a Cub Scout Den and Pack. To complete Den Chief Training, Scouts should click on http://olc.scouting.org and begin the Den Chief Training, or they can click on the left to get started.
The 2009-2010 District Roundtable Program is off to an active start in both the Cub Scout and Boy Scouting worlds. Cub Roundtable Commissioner Jody Hart has planned an information-filled program co-mingling a traditional discussion and exercise in the following month's National theme for Cub Scouting along with training presentations on Cub Scouting-relavent topics from local Scouting leaders. In the Boy Scout Roundtable program, seasoned participants are experiencing topics that have timeless value to Scout leaders. Boy Scout Roundtable Commissioner Dave Wade, in conjunction with the Roundtable Staff, have planned topics specific to each month's roundtable that can be used by the new Boy Scout Leader or the "Old Timer" alike. Roundtables are operated separately as compared to much of the combined manner of the last several years. For more details on the Roundtable Programs, see the Roundtable section of the District Website, and better yet, attend the Cub Scout or Boy Scout Roundtables, both held simultaneously at Sanford High School, Route 109, Sanford from 7pm-8:45pm on the First Thursday of each month. See the District Calendar for the 2009-2010 dates. And, see you there!
Pine Tree Council Website