Pinewood and Other News!

Pinewood Derby is Here!
When: Tuesday, Jan 27, 6 PM
Where: American Legion
Who: Cubs and their Families

Volunteers Needed:
-Set Up & Decorations- We will begin setting up the track, arranging the hall and putting up decorations at 4 PM. We will need help to accomplish this.

-Registration- We will need this person to check in the cars. Needs to be at the legion before 6 PM

-Pit crew- Chris and Gary are heading up this area but it would be good to have others to help. See Chris and Gary when you arrive. When the Cub's car is done with the pit crew it cannot be touched by anyone other than the cub and it must only go right to the pre-racing table. Nothing can be added or subtracted to a car after it has gone through the pit crew.

-Refreshments- We will have Liz working the refreshment stand. Dinner items and snacks will be on sale. We are not looking at this as a fundraiser but as a service to our parents so they dont have to worry about dinner. Cost will be cheap enough to cover our costs. We may need additional help in the kitchen.

-Line Judges- We will have need of three line judges. Two will be at the foot of the track and one will be the starter. If your boy is racing, you go to the starter's mark.

-Scoring- Chuck will be working the scoring. Every Cub will race at least five times.

Rules: All cars must pass the following inspection to qualify for the race:
1-Width shall not exceed 2-1/4 inches.
2-Length shall not exceed 7 inches.
3-Weight shall not exceed 5 ounces.
4- Axles, wheels, and body shall be from the materials provided in the kit.
5- Wheel bearings, washers, and bushings are prohibited.
6- No lubricating oil may be used. Axles may be lubricated with powdered graphite or NO SILICONE.7- The car shall not ride on any kind of spring.
8- The car must be free-wheeling, with no starting devices9- No loose materials of any kind are allowed in the car.
10- The Pack does not provide weights. The racer must supply those.
11- Once the car has been inspected and officially registered, it cannot be worked on or fine-tuned without the express permission of the head race official and then only to reapply something that came off after check in.
12- Cars cannot be carved in the front. We have a post that rises at the starting point of our track and the entire front of the car must be behind the post at the start of the race.



Other Scouting News:
WEBELOS AQUANAUT ACTIVITY BADGE OPPORTUNITY AT TOGUS VA
On Saturday, January 24, Leslie Ellis is offering to teach Aquanaut from 8:30-11:30AM at the Togus VA pool in Augusta. There is no cost to the scouts. Webelos who are interested need to contact her either by email or phone.
Her contact info is:Leslie Ellis 62 Hill St. Apt F Farmingdale, ME 04344 (207)624-2458
lbellis07@hotmail.com


SCOUTING SKI DAYS
Please contact Matt Mower (contact info is further below) for more info on these tickets. The first price is the Jr ticket and the second price is the adult ticket price: Sugarloaf USA, Feb. 1 ($29/$39)Sunday River, Feb 8 ($29/$38)Shawnee Peak (yes, two dates!), March 1 ($24/$29)Mt Abram, March 8 ($22/$27)


SCOUTING FOR FOOD - Winter!
Our Boy Scout District is going to conduct a District-wide Scouting for Food Good Turn in association with Scout Anniversary Week in February. Bag/flyer distribution will be Sat. Feb. 7, 2009 and collection the following Sat., Feb. 13. Like the Nov. event, our pack will give the food to St Mark's Food Bank.

UPCOMING TRAINING OPPORTUNITIES
K-Valley District: February 21, 2009, Belgrade Central School: Cub Leader Specific Fee: $7 (Pack will reimburse)
Schedule:8:00 AM – 8:30 AM-Registration
8:30 AM – 11:30 AM Cub Leader Specific
What to bring: Uniform (If you have one), Pencil & Paper, Scout Spirit, Bag Lunch & Drink
To Pre-register for this training you can email or call...Senior District Executive Matt Mower at mmower@bsamail.org or 797-5252 ext 27. Please include your name, unit, and your unit position. PLEASE NOTE: If we do not receive enough preregistrations for a particular training module, that module will NOT BE OFFERED. HOW TO GET TO BELGRADE CENTRAL SCHOOL: From State Route 27, turn onto Depot Rd at Hammond Lumber.


Klondike Derby & Blue and Gold Banquet (See Details at this link)
http://pack603augusta.blogspot.com/2009/01/january-2009-cub-notes.html



Request to Pack 603 from Pack 253 in Texas
Request From: Toni Currington
Email: toni@pack253.co.cc

Address: 2922 overlook Circle
City: Corsicana
State: Texas
Zip: 75110
Phone: 9038516621
Organization: Cub Scouts Pack 253
Our Cub Scout Pack 253 in Corsicana Texas will be learning about different states as we approach the 100th year anniversary of Scouting we would really appreciate any information that you could send us about your state (map, visitor info, ect) We will also send you information about our state for the Blue and Gold Banquet.

I'm hoping each of our Cubs can send a postcard or note of some sort about Maine to our friends in Pack 253!