On Listening and Observation from the Founder

"If you make listening and observation your occupation you will gain much more than you can by talk.." --Lord Robert Baden-Powell

NE3-188 Ticket Completions

To All:
We're in the final stretch for Ticket Completions for NE3-188. The following participants are still out- Steve Rothwein, Steve Gerhardt, Ed Kendall, Joe Czeckowski, Heath Dunham, Michael Reckweg, Jason Windsor, John Stewart, Bret Colby. If you're one of these participants Ticket Counselor or know of their status, please let me know and we can either prepare the Beading Recognition items or delete them from our final report. Thank you all for your help and I look forward to seeing you back at Gilwell in the future!

We're on a Journey to Excellence in 2011!

Trey Miller| Senior District Executive

BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA
Otschodela Council

UNIT VISITATION TRACKING SYSTEM v.2 Training Video

Good news!

Both a new, geared to Unit Commissioners, UVTS v.2 training video and the new Council Commissioners Manual have been posted to MyScouting for all to enjoy.

The video can be found at the bottom of the page at http://www.scouting.org/scoutsource/Commissioners/UnitVisitTrackingSystem.aspx.

The manual is top left, first on the list of linked pages.

Let me know if you have trouble finding them.

Debbie Walther to Get Beaded

Please join me for my

Wood Badge Beading Ceremony

Date: Monday, June 21, 2010

Location: Zion Lutheran Church

615 Main Street, Cobleskill

Time: 7:00 pm

Please join us as we celebrate a Court of Honor for Troop 5, Cobleskill. The Beading Ceremony will be at the end of the Court of Honor. Refreshments will be provided following the ceremony.

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Directions from Albany: I-88 West to Cobleskill, exit 22. Turn right at bottom of off-ramp and take a left at the light onto Route 7 West. Zion Lutheran Church is located at 615 Main Street. It will be on the right and across from the Cobleskill Fire Department. The Court of Honor will be held in the basement, the entrance is on the left of the main staircase at ground level.

Directions from Oneonta: I-88 East to Cobleskill, exit 21. Turn right at top of off-ramp, and then turn right onto Route 7 East. Zion Lutheran Church is located at 615 Main Street. It will be on the left and across from the Cobleskill Fire Department. The Court of Honor will be held in the basement, the entrance is on the left of the main staircase at ground level.

Please call me, Debbie Walther, if you have any questions at

518-234-4152. I hope to see you there.

And Good Ol' Beavers, too!

This 2008 handout photo courtesy of the Wood Buffalo National Park in Northern Alberta shows the world's biggest beaver dam. A Canadian ecologist has discovered the world's biggest beaver dam in a remote area of northern Alberta, using satellite imagery and Google Earth.


Lou Leopold, District Committee Member, Camarillo District, Ventura County Council, who usta be a Beaver himself in W4-57-99, steered us onto a Canadian news report about the "World's Biggest Beaver Dam," proving once again that even old and feeble Beavers can still Beaver some more... The Yahoo News reports that Canadian ecologist Jean Thie has discovered the world's largest beaver dam in a remote area of northern Alberta, an animal-made structure so large it is visible from space. He used satellite imagery and Google Earth software to locate the dam, which is about 2,800 feet long on the southern edge of Wood Buffalo National Park. Read more at:

http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100505/sc_afp/canadascienceenvironmentanimalbeaver.

Multi-generational (for the beavers, that is) in the making, this dam project has gotta be the world's longest-running Wood Badge ticket, too!

NE-3-188 Application for Training Recognition

Attention All NE-3-188 Badgers:

Below is a link for the Application for Training Recognition for all NE-3-188 participants working on their Tickets and for their counselors. When a participant has completed their ticket, please mail this form with the appropriate signatures to the Otschodela Council attn: Trey Miller at PO Box 1356, Oneonta, NY 13820 to schedule their ticket presentation. If you have questions about tickets or need help contact the following WB staffers: in Revolutionary Trails Council, please contact Bud Dorr for assistance in Twin Rivers Council, please contact Bill MacDonald, for assistance and in Otschodela Council, please contact Randy Gibbon. Thank you all for your help and have a great day!

Trey Miller...
Senior District Executive

BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA
Otschodela Council, BSA
PO Box 1356 Oneonta, NY 13820
607-432-6491
ralph.miller@scouting.org