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QUINTESSENCE
As defined by Dictionary.com: the most perfect embodiment of something. There a moments that you realize that you now get what is being explained to you, or what is happening around you. Some may...
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Telling Cascade Pacific Council’s Scouting Story
What do you really know about Cascade Pacific Council? Ok, outside of the annual Friends of Scouting presentation……. Did you know that in 1994 two Councils merged into Cascade Pacific? Can you name...
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OA Troop Rep & Advisor #DareToDo
I am Troop 150’s Order of the Arrow’s Adviser. I was just elected by the Troop this Spring and my Ordeal was the June 5th weekend at Camp Cooper. Two other Scouts were elected by their fellow Scouts...
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POPCORN
It is that time within most every Council starts to sell Popcorn. Cascade Pacific Council is no different. This was Elliot when he was a Wolf in Pack 221. There are many ways to sell Popcorn, and...
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2015 University of Scouting
It is once again that time of year for the Cascade Pacific Council University of Scouting. It is also the same time for the Youth to be Trained at Leadership Development Conference. It is put on by...
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2015 Journey to Excellence
It is that time of year, within Cascade Pacific, for Re-Charter. It is also that time to fill out or complete the Journey to Excellence (JTE) paperwork. When I was the Cubmaster, Pack 221 earned Gold...
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Troop 150 at 30
Just got home from an evening of fun and celebration with Troop 150. It is the Troop that Elliot is in. The Troop is 30 years old as of October 30th. All four Scoutmasters were there. Each had a few...
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Western Region Area 1 Training
The weekend of November 13th and 14th 25 volunteers and professional Scouters attended Training at Camp Thunderbird just outside Olympia, WA for Western Regional Area 1 Training. I was invited by the...
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Compass Points Podcast
For regular readers and followers of this Blog, you will no doubt recognize this guy to my left. Jerry Schleining-Jr. I have known him as a friend since about 2009 after I took Wood Badge with one of...
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The 5 Gallon Mark
I will do anything for a patch, shirt or some sort of swag. I will also do things that help others. In 2010 the Boy Scouts of America held it’s 100th Anniversary. To celebrate it, the BSA created a...
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A Night of Wood Badge 2016
This is the third year for a Wood Badge Dinner. It was something that I had asked about ever since I went through in 2009. Now, it is a staple of annual events within Cascade Pacific Council. The...
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OA Troop Rep & Advisor #DareToDo
I am Troop 150’s Order of the Arrow’s Adviser. I was just elected by the Troop this Spring and my Ordeal was the June 5th weekend at Camp Cooper. Two other Scouts were elected by their fellow Scouts...
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POPCORN
It is that time within most every Council starts to sell Popcorn. Cascade Pacific Council is no different. This was Elliot when he was a Wolf in Pack 221. There are many ways to sell Popcorn, and...
View ArticleClik here to view.
2015 University of Scouting
It is once again that time of year for the Cascade Pacific Council University of Scouting. It is also the same time for the Youth to be Trained at Leadership Development Conference. It is put on by...
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2015 Journey to Excellence
It is that time of year, within Cascade Pacific, for Re-Charter. It is also that time to fill out or complete the Journey to Excellence (JTE) paperwork. When I was the Cubmaster, Pack 221 earned Gold...
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Troop 150 at 30
Just got home from an evening of fun and celebration with Troop 150. It is the Troop that Elliot is in. The Troop is 30 years old as of October 30th. All four Scoutmasters were there. Each had a few...
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Social Media and Scouting
Social Media and Scouting is a tough thing to understand. In this digital age, we want to share what is happening or what we are doing. As well as what we are eating! I first wrote about Social...
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World’s Greatest Webelos Den Leader
Ever have that one person that just wants to make you better than you are at something? I showed up at a Join Night back in 2008 and somehow figured out I wanted to be a Tiger Den Leader. But …...
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Ordeal Weekend 2016 #OA442
The weekend of May 20th was Wauna La-Mon’tay Lodge Order of the Arrow’s first Ordeal of 2016. Our Troop elections had six Scouts elected to be “tapped out” during the Skyloo District Camporee. Myself...
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Order of the Arrow Troop Operations
One of my positions within the Troop is the Ast Scoutmaster for the Order of the Arrow. I am the advisor for the OA Troop Rep. I gained this position last year after I was inducted into the OA....
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