Popcorn Prizes at tonight's Pack Meeting

You don't want to miss tonight's Pack meeting! Popcorn Prizes and much more being awarded tonight.

POPCORN HAS ARRIVED!!

Note: All Monies need to be turned into Dale by 11/17.  Thank you to all the parents who stopped by last night to pick up their popcorn.  Your scouts were awesome this year, our pack sold $12,465 of popcorn!!


All those yummy popcorn treats are finally here!  Please call me at 303-475-1500 or email (jahski@gmail.com) to arrange pick up from my garage.  Please spread the word to your fellow Den members...

URGENT- ALL POPCORN ORDER FORMS DUE by FRI 10/23/09

If you haven't turned in your son's order form, please contact me asap (3-475-1500) or Dale (3-349-8602). 

Thank you !!

Denver FireFighters Museum - OCT 17 10am-

October Outing - Denver Firefighters Museum

Meet at Edision at 9:30 and the address is 1326 Tremont Pl.

OR  Meet in front of entrance at 9:50am.  Scouts and Troop Leaders entrance fees are covered.


Directions:
Go South on I-25
Exit #210A Colfax Avenue - go 0.2 mi
Turn Left on Colfax Ave - go 1.0 mi
Turn Left on Welton St - go 0.3 mi
Turn Right on 14th St - go 0.1 mi
Turn Right on Tremont Pl
Arrive at 1326 Tremont Pl, Denver, on the Left 

2009 October Calendar

Oct 6, Tuesday 630-730pm, Den Meeting at Edison
Oct 8, Thursday,  Leader Meeting, Highland Methodist Church, 3131 Osceola St, 630-730

Oct 10 - Sat 10am-4pm Popcorn Sales at Sunflower and Safeway.

• Sunflower Market- Reid Downie(rdownie@bailydesign.com) to Supervise Set-Up and Breakdown
  
• 10am-12pm - C Gesler & S Fritz
• 12pm-2pm - J Manoss
• 2pm-4pm - OPEN
• Safeway 44th &Lowell: Lowell-Reid Downie to Supervise Set-Up and Breakdown
• 10am-12pm - Connor Ellertson
• 12pm-2pm - OPEN
  
• 2pm-4pm - B Ware, N Keele
  

Oct 11 - Sun 10am-4pm Popcorn Sales at Safeway.

• Safeway- Reid Downie to Supervise Set-Up and Breakdown
  
• 10am-12pm - M Milligan & J Gangelhoff
  
• 12pm-2pm - OPEN
• 2pm-4pm - OPEN

Oct 13, Tuesday 630-730pm, Den Meeting at Edison (MEET in CAFETERIA)
Oct 17,  Sat -  Firefighter Museum -More Details to Follow

Oct 17 - Saturday 10am-4pm Popcorn Sales at Safeway & Sunflower

• Safeway- Jay (jay@key2denverhomes.com) -Cancelled
  
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• Sunflower- Jay to Supervise Set-Up and Breakdown
  
• 10am-12pm - I Echelmeier & J Hicks
  
• 12pm-2pm - J Chacon
  
• 2pm-4pm -  I Senft

Oct 18 - Safeway All times are open

Oct 20, Tuesday 630-730pm, Den Meeting at Edison

Oct 24 - Training - University of Scouting.  See Ted for more info

Oct 27, Tuesday, 630pm-8pm PACK Meeting and Halloween Party...Dress up your scout!

Online Training for your Scout to Sell More Popcorn this Year!

It's easy as 1-2-3. Pack 11 2009 goal is for Every Scout to sell 25 containers.

1. Sell Popcorn.
2. Earn Prizes.
3. Fund Pack 11 Programs.

Click on Online Sales Training to give your scout a head start on reaching their goal. Click Scout Training>5 Ways to Sell. Great demonstrations and easy to learn.

Everything you need to know is located here. Scout HQ for Trails-End.

Key Popcorn Dates for Pack 11 Popcorn

Support Scouting by Selling Popcorn (watch the video)

Online Sales - Start Here! The easiest and fastest ways to reach your goals.
Click here on Trails-End to sign up your scout. Look in lower left corner.
Send emails to friends,family and coworkers. Give them a link to www.orderpopcorn.com

Show and Sell
Aug 18- Initial Order for Show and Sell - Done
Aug 29 - Popcorn Pickup 8-10am - Done
Popcorn Returns - Friday Oct 23

Door to Door Sales
Order forms from Scouts are due Oct 26
PopCorn pickup - Nov 7th

Chocolate Popcorn is ordered separately due to heat and melting issues.
Orders Placed Online on Trails End System by Sept 15, 5pm.
Chocolate Order is to be picked up on Sept 24th between 6 and 8 pm.

Key Dates: 2009

• August 1 - Online ordering opens for Show 'n Sell orders
• August 11 or 12 - Attend one of our two training sessions
• August 18 - Deadline to order Show 'n Sell popcorn
• August 29 - Show 'n Sell popcorn pick up
• September 15 - Deadline to order Chocolate Show 'n Sell popcorn
• September 24 - Pick up for Chocolate Show 'n Sell popcorn
• October 1 - Door to Door popcorn sale online ordering opens
• October 21, 22, 23 - Deadline for returns - 3:00 pm to 6:00 pm at Graebel (anyone with more than 5 cases to return)
• October 26 - Deadline to order Door to Door popcorn
• November 7 - Door to Door popcorn pick up
• December 2 - All popcorn payments are due

2009 Calendar for Sept

8/28: Recruit night at the Edison Lawn Party, starts at 5:39 pm - Pack 11 needs volunteers for booth!~~

9/1: Pack Meeting: Kick off meeting on the upcoming year, including popcorn sales, 6:30pm at Edison.

9/8, Den meetings, 6:30 - 7:30pm

**9/12 Highlands Music Festival - Pack 11 will have a booth, We need volunteers!**

9/15 Den meetings, 6:30 - 7:30pm
9/22 Den meetings, 6:30 - 7:30pm

9/28: Pack meeting, 6:30 pm

Thank you Paul for organizing this list!

MAY 23 - FISHING DERBY Info for Outing 11am-2pm

Meet at 6060 Broadway, Colorado Division of Wildlife- HQ. Bring hat, sunscreen, water, and a snack. Kids will get poles to keep. Don’t bring any fishing gear, everything you need is provided.
Any questions, you can email Brian at brian.wells@dgslaw.com

Edison Community Garden Groundbreaking

Thanks to all the Scouts and their family members who showed up last Saturday on 4/25 to help out at the Edison Community Garden Work Day! Edison now has an orchard. Pack 11 helped plant 11 fruit trees and removed the gravel path. Good work Scouts!

SNOW Cancel- Edison Community Garden Groundbreaking

Because of the snow, the Edison Community Garden Groundbreaking scheduled for tomorrow has been canceled.

Instead, please plan to help out on Saturday, April 25th from 9 am to approximately 1 pm. We will be planting the "Edison Orchard" which includes 11 fruit trees--apricot, peach, cherry and plum. We may be doing other gardening activities as well. Please bring work gloves, shovels and a wheelbarrow if you have one, water and sunscreen. Wear your Pack 11 T-shirt.

Breakfast will be provided at 9 am outside the Edison lunchroom. It will be hosted by the Edison MENtors and will include pancakes, sausages (veggie and meat), fruit and probably juices and coffee.

Thanks,

Renee

Update to Outing on April 18- Community Gardens at Edison 9am-2pm

Earth Day is April 22nd and Arbor Day is April 24th. There are two Pack events planned on Saturday, April 18th to celebrate. One will be from 8 am to noon at the confluence of the South Platte and Cherry Creek Rivers which will involve tree planting, pruning, weeding and trial maintenance.

The other event will be a ground-breaking for the new Community Garden at Edison. The Edison Green Wellness Team, Denver Urban Gardens and community members have been planning this garden for months. There will be approximately 35 garden plots and 1/3 of these will be used as a living classroom for the students at Edison, and 2/3s of these will be for community members to plant vegetables/flowers in. In the garden there will be common areas including a courtyard, paths, raised discovery beds, a fruit tree orchard and a new arbor/fence entryway. There may also be areas with berries, herbs, flowers, ornamental grasses, a pumpkin patch, and a wind sculpture or sun dial. Children may make birdhouses and also use their handprints/footprints/art to personalize garden walking stones. There will be a shade structure and seat wall/benches to sit on and enjoy the garden. There will be a shed for storing tools and a compost bin with the eventual plan to start composting waste from the lunchroom in it.

The ground-breaking will be on Saturday, April 18th from 9 am to 2 pm. It would be great to have lots of Scouts from Pack 11 there helping out. You wouldn't have to stay the entire time. Over 20 students and alumni from Colorado State University's Global Campus are planning on being there to help out too, and there should be lots of community members.

so..bike ride is cancelled that was originally scheduled

Camp Out at the Zoo for Wolf Den-Aug 9

Dear Wolf Parents:

The zoo date has been set for August 9. The scouts will be $45, parents $55, and siblings will be $65. If you could bring a check and make it out to the Denver zoo for the balance the pack will pay the $20 for each scout on April 7.

If I don't have the 15 scouts needed to meet the minimum I will open it up to the whole pack so we can don't loose our deposit. I will have the confirmation letter for everyone to see next meeting. - Cheryl

Jack Nicol Cub Scout Camp this summer at Red Feathers Lakes

We will be heading up to Red Feathers lakes this summer and want to extend an invite to any Pack 11 family that wants to join us. The camp is near Red Feather Lakes on August 7, 8, and 9. Information is as follows: Camp Nicol, online reservations began on 3/01/09 - www.longspeakbsa.org/camps/cubcamp

Hurry as reservations are filling up..

NCAR Boulder Hike for Sat Mar 14 10am

Directions

• Follow US 25 North
• North of Denver, take left lane exit to US 36N
• From US 36, exit at Foothills Pkwy/S. Boulder Rd.
• Curve right at exit towards S. Boulder Rd.
• Turn left (west) at light onto S. Boulder Rd.
• In one mile, S. Boulder Rd becomes Table Mesa Dr.
• Continue through a residential area and up the Mesa until the road ends.

Meet at 10 in front of building. Hike is around back. Coordinator to be Announced

Saturday, (2/21) Outing Now at Parfet Prehistoric Preserve Triceratops Trail

Getting there - Lets meet in parking lot at 10am. Lunch after at Anthony's Pizza in Golden

Turn east off of 6th Avenue (Hwy 6) onto 19th Street in Golden. Parking is available by turning right just before the Stevinson Golden Ford on Jones Road.

From the parking area, you must follow the concrete bike path that parallels 6th Ave. for approximately 1/4 mile before reaching the trailhead for the Triceratops Trail. Walk towards 6th Ave. until you encounter the bike path, then turn left (south) and follow the path through the wooded area. You’ll see the trailhead for the Triceratops Trail on your left as you climb the hill from the wooded area.
Dinosaur

This half-mile hiking trail takes you to a time 68 million years ago. You may use this guide with the information on a series of interpretive signs along the route. This guide and the signs will assist you in interpreting the evidence (footprints, traces, and impressions) left by the dinosaurs, birds, mammals, insects, and plants from this very different, very swampy, habitat. At the third stop along this trail (the Geologic Overlook) you can view an interpretation of how the landscape of this area has evolved - from the Age of Dinosaurs (Mesozoic Era) to the present day Front Range you see before you.

All of the fossils that you can see at this site are called "trace fossils". Trace fossils are footprints, impressions and natural casts, not "body fossils" such as bones, teeth, and claws. Trace fossils left by living organisms are very useful in reconstructing the prehistoric world that these plants and animals lived in.

February Meeting Changes - UPDATE*****

No meeting next Tuesday, school is closed (2/17)

Saturday, (2/21) sledding at Ruby Hill 10am start. *****Not looking good for sledding****** Stay tuned for Plan B


Blue and Gold Banquet and Pack Meeting - (2/24) ****UPDATE*****
MEET in the GYM at 6pm. Food to be served at 6:15.

This is an important Meeting that we have each year, we have a dinner, the Pack provides the main dish, and the scouts bring the rest. This is the birthday of scouting, after we have our dinner and awards ceremony, the Webelos 2 (5th graders) will be crossing over to Boy Scouts. We will have a bridging ceremony that is always special. Boy scouts will be there to accept the cubs that are becoming boy scouts.

Food assignments will be as follows-
Tigers- Drinks
Wolfs-Salads/Side dishes
Bears-Desserts
Webelos-Drinks

The Pack will provide the Main Dish. SPAGHETTI

Has anyone see these missing PineWood cars?

Has anyone seen a light blue Pinewood Derby car with a wing on the back? Call Perry asap. Its Brandon's car that he made last year.

If any one is missing a # 40 car, Perry has it.

Final Pack Race Results for 2009 PineWood Derby

Place Time MPH CubScout
1 9.299 231.0 Wells Tristen 45
2 9.395 228.6 Bergstrom Simon 13
3 9.470 226.8 Asquith Isaac 33
4 9.505 226.0 Ellertson Connor 35
5 9.517 225.7 Martinez Joseph 23
6 9.792 219.3 Rocchio Jack 28
7 9.977 215.3 Holden Bryce 21
8 10.024 214.3 Barker Gaven 47

Congratulations to Tristen for 1st Place!

The race made news wth the North Denver Tribune.
Thank you to Rachel Melhorn for volunteering to write the article!

Upcoming Outings for spring 2009

February 21

• Ruby Hill Sledding-S. Platte River Drive between W. Florida and W. Jewell.

March 14 10am -1pm

• NCAR Tour with Hike Carpool Suggested

April 18 10am-12

• Bike Ride along Clear Creek Path

May 23 - 10am-12pm - Brian Wells Coordinator

• Fishing Day - Colorado Division of Wildlife
• 6060 Broadway (58th and I25)

Pinewood Derby Refreshments Update

HOT DOGS!!! NACHOS!!! BUG JUICE!!!

HOT DOGS $1.00
NACHOS $1.00
SNACKS $.50
BUG JUICE $.50

We'll also have YUMMY Cub Scout Popcorn for sale

and

Cub Scout T-shirts for $10.00

CONCESION STAND OPENS AT 6PM COME EARLY TO WEIGH IN

AND HAVE SOME DINNER BEFORE THE MOST EXCITING
RACES EVER!!!!

(Thank you Dale H- Our fearless treasurer)

Pinewood Derby Race Info for 1/27

Pinewood Derby, Edison Gym

Volunteer Check in is at 530pm.
Scouts are asked to be there at 6pm.
We will begin racing as soon as cars are ready.

Refreshments will be served(Hot Dogs/Juice,chips etc)
Good luck to Pack 11 racers!

APEX Swim Day 10am Sat 1/24

Perry will meet everyone at 10 in the front lobby on main level.

13150 W. 72nd Ave.
303-424-2739

Bring towells and suits! Many people pack a lunch as well.

Start your Engines - Design Tips for your Pinewood Derby Car

Race Day - Tuesday, January 27

Last Tuesday's meeting saw the start of the annual Pinewood Derby race and design building. Ted brought a bunch of tools, the boys were busy selecting designs and cutting out their winning race cars. Garages across NW Denver are abuzz with sanding

In doing some research in the hopes of my son placing higher in the rankings this year, I stumbled across some interesting websites worthy of sharing with the pack.

Don't forget their is an OPEN CLASS for siblings, parents, grandparents.
Dad's- bring your vintage cars that you made many moons ago to display on our Antique photo table.

Basic Tips

FRICTION: One of the best ways to eliminate friction is graphite. A good dosage may not do wonders for the paint job, but it will for your axles (hopefully you didn't glue the axles too far in or that will impair the wheel). Most axles in the kits have burrs on them around the head. De-burr the axles with a small file.

WEIGHT: It boils down to this, the closer you get to 5 ounces without going over, the better off you will be. The placement of the weight on the car (front or back) is an item which has been argued for years. Weight toward the rear seems to work best, along as the front wheels track straight. Just remember – gravity is the only power these cars use.

AERODYNAMICS: There are just about as many arguments on this topic as there are Pinewood Derby racers. It has been tried, several times, to race a car, as is, straight out of the box with no cutting, shaping or painting of the wood. These cars seem to perform, on average, just as well as the low, sleek, aerodynamic models. The bottom line is: Let the boy design the car, and help him achieve his design! If the adult wants to tinker with the car, tinker with the wheels and axles. The car design has almost no bearing on the outcome of the race.

ALIGNMENT: Make sure that the car's wheels are placed as straight as possible. Place the car on the floor and roll it about 8 to 10 feet. The car should go in a straight line. Adjust with the axle placement to make double sure the car will roll straight.

WHEELS and AXLES: Make sure that the axles are glued securely to the wood. Also ensure that the wheel is not glued to the axle. The wheels are single most important part. Make sure the wheels are on straight and turn freely.

DESIGN / SHAPE: The finish line uses electronic infrared sensors to detect the car moving across the finish line. These sensors are directly centered in each lane of the track. The starting gate of the track uses a bolt in the center of the track. This is to ensure that the length of roll each car will have to the finish line sensors will be the same for each car no matter what the shape of each car is. Keep a high track clearance so that nothing has a chance to rub on the underside of the car. Remember that the cars straddle a wood lath as they roll down the track.

PAINT: Let your imagination run wild!! Whether you use 50 coats of hand rubbed lacquer, olive drab or no paint at all, all it will do is affect the looks of your car. It will not run any faster or slower whether it's red, blue, green, yellow, flames, no-flames, or pink polka-dots!! Let the boy paint the car. Drips of spray paint don't slow the car down.

ACCESSORIES: Glue those Lego and Pokemon characters in! Anything that falls off in the race stays off. This can lighten you car enough to slow it down.

Feel free to post in comments any TIPS you have for Pack 11.



http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/How_To_Build_a_Pinewood_Derby_Car/Block
http://www.wickedlocal.com/harwich/archive/x476351111
http://www.scoutorama.com/derby/
http://www.pinewoodpro.com/

That should be a good start.. Best of luck to all racers.

Pack 11 Meets tonight at Edison Jan 6th at 630pm

We are meeting tonight at Edison and Pinewood Derby kits will be handed out and worked on. All tools provided.