Cub S c o u t Pa c k 1 2 7 , F o r t Kn o x KY 4 0 1 2 1

Happy Holidays from Cub Scout Pack 127

Cub Scout Fundraising Ex-

ceeds Expectation$. The lead-

ers of Pack 127 was very sur-

prised at the end result of the

bake sale fundraiser held on

November 22nd. Baked

goods such as cookies, brown-

ies, cupcakes, slices of home

baked bread, and fudge ,plus a

lot more were donated by

scout leaders to help raise

money for the Fort Knox

Scouting program. The

Scouts and leaders had set up

a table at the South entrance

to Wal-Mart with all of the

baked good laid out for dis-

play, and handed out to store

patron for donations. The

scouts assisted by each den

arriving at different times and

holding up signs directing

people to the scout table.

At the end of the day the

scouts had raised over $700

dollars and as a bonus they

recruited two new scouts to

join pack 127. The money

donated was used to purchase

scout awards and supplies that

have already been given out to

the scouts and being used in

den meetings. Future fundrais-

ers at Wal-Mart are in the

works but not until after the

new year. People we would

like to thank for donating

baked good for the fun raiser

are as follows:

The Monbeck Family, The

Brown Family, The Bender

Family, The Bergman, The

Leason family, The Fugate

family, The Shealey family,

The Creek family, The Hen-

key family, The Wright family,

The MCcord family, The

Wheeler family, The Rabold

family, The Flores family, The

Rodriguez Family, The Rigsby

family, The Segura Family,

The Reeves family, and the

Thomas family. Thank you to

all who assisted in sign mak-

ing and transportation of the

goods and materials.

December 4th 2009, Radcliff

Kentucky: On a very cold

evening, the Cub Scouts of

Pack 127 and family members

from Fort Knox participated

in the Radcliff Holiday Festi-

val Parade. The Scouts assem-

bled and got into their 48th

position in line for the parade

that began at 7pm. All of the

scouts wore elf hats and their

brothers and sisters who also

participated in the one mile

march, wore little reindeer ant-

lers. At the conclusion of the

parade food and drink was avail-

able such as apple cider, hot

chocolate, sodas, hotdogs and

nachos. After the traditional

tree lighting took place, the

people who braved the cold

weather witnessed an impressive

fireworks display. After the fes-

tivities came to an end, the

Scouts and family members had

their pictures taken in front of

the large Christmas tree.

Radcliff Community Parade 4 December 2009

Scouts Fundraiser Exceeds Expectation$

Special points of interest:

• Re-charter

• Cub Scout Derby

• Blue and Gold

• Den Stories

Inside this issue: Up Coming Events

Cub Scout Derby 2

Pack dues to change 2

Blue And Gold 2

Paoli Peeks Indiana 3

Tiger Den Story 4

Wolf den story 5

Bear Den Story 6

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New Scouts to Pack 127

Lane Vermillion

Samuel Lyons-Payson

Charlie Scott

Page 2 Volume 1, Issue 1

January 30th Pack 127 will

hold the Pine Wood Derby

at Harmon Hall on Marond

Street across from Burger

King. We encourage the

families members to work

with their scout as much as

possible in the construction

of the scouts derby car how-

ever, the Cub Master and

Assistant Cub Master will

hold a derby car construc-

tion workshop on the 16th

of January at 1300hrs to

1700hours at the scout hut,

with a follow up workshop

on the 24th of January from

1300hrs to 1700hours. The

derby work shop is designed to

help in the initial construction

of the scouts derby cars. Dur-

ing the workshops the boys

will be able to chose from one

of several templates that will

give the car its initial shape.

The Cub Master will do the

initial cutting to shape the cars

after the scout has traced the

template onto the block of

wood used to make the car.

The assistant Cub master will

assist the boys in using the

sanding equipment to do

small refinements and shap-

ing, assist in the placement of

the weights, and the installa-

tion of the wheels. Paint, stick-

ers ,weights, will be up to the

family members to assist the

scout in completing the car at

the conclusion of the work

shop. The derby cars will be

handed out at the 14 January

Pack Meeting. A couple of the

rules governing the Pack 127

Derby are as follows:

• The total weight of the

derby car will not exceed

5.0 oz

• The official pine wood

block must be used.

For a complete list of rule please

refer to the hand out inside.

sert should be made by the

scout and his parent and will

be judged by the Cub Scout

and Boy Scout leaders. The

rest of the chain of events are

as follows:

• Friends of Scouting Pres-

entation

• Other Scouting awards

• Tiger, Wolf, Bear, Webe-

los rank badge Ceremony

20 February, Cub Scout Pack

127 will conduct Blue & Gold

at camp Crooked Creek. The

Blue And Gold Event will begin

at 3P.Mhours and last until

about 8 P.M. that evening. The

event will be a full blown out

ceremony where all scouts and

den leaders will be expected to

be in uniform. The event will

begin with a Flag Ceremony

followed by a Pot Luck Dinner

with a dessert contest. The des-

• Arrow of Light Ceremony

• Webelos 2 Cross over to Boy

Scouts via Bridge Ceremony.

The Webelos 2 will take part in

the Bridge cross over ceremony

into the Boy Scout troop of their

choosing, either Boy Scout troop

128, or Boy Scout Troop 155.

The Boy Scout Troop 155 will be

constructing and providing the

bridge for the cross over Cere-

mony

extends to February 28th 2011.

BSA dues are $15, one dollar

for BSA insurance and $12 if

you would like to receive the

Boys life magazine. It is very

important that all scouts and

parents attend this pack meeting

in order to re-charter your scout

if he wishes to continue in

scouting for another year. Also

at this pack meeting we will be

awarding the Bobcat badge

through the bobcat ceremony for

those deserving scout who have

earned their badge. We will also

be giving out any other awards

that have been earned by the

scouts. Also during this pack

meeting we will be handing out

the official derby car kit to all

attending scouts to be used in the

derby on 30 January 2009.

On January 14th the scouting

community is going to be very

busy. Starting at 1900 at a

location to be determined , we

will be holding a Pack Meet-

ing. During this pack meeting

most of our time will be

taken up by re-charter. Re-

charter marks the start of the

new Cub Scout year that be-

gins on March 1st 2010 and

Re-charter 14 January 2010/winter round up/Pack Meeting

Blue & Gold 20 February Crooked Creek

Cub Scout Derby January 30th 2010

Page 3 Happy Holidays from Cub Scout Pack 127

Tentatively on February 28th

2010 the cub scouts will be mak-

ing the 3-hour trip to Paoli

Peeks Indiana for their annual

ski trip. Paoli Peaks has a

45,000 square ft day lodge,

equipped with a Cafeteria-style

Restaurant & Pizzeria, a sepa-

rate Bar, Ski & Snowboard

Rental Shop, Pro Shop, Ski

Patrol First Aid Facility, Ticket

Sales, Ski/Ride School, Group

Sales and Business Office. For

those who are interested in go-

ing but do not wish to ski, Paoli

Peaks has free Wi-Fi in their

main lobby to help keep you

occupied. To keep kids safe &

happy… Please ensure that All

clothing & equipment is la-

beled with child's name,

Warm Ski Jacket, Ski Pants,

Extra Pair of WOOL socks,

Extra Set of clothing for

youngsters, sunscreen, Gog-

gles or sunglasses, Helmet or

warm hat, and Lip protection.

Valid for scouts and family

members… with a minimum

of 20 participants, Leaders Ski

FREE! Price is $35 per Scout

for Any Age and includes lift

ticket, Ski/Board Rental

Equipment and beginner

group lessons. Separate from

this cost is Helmet rental if

needed which is $10 per per-

son. The good news for you is

that the pack is going to pay

$10 for each scout that attend

so for your scout to attend it

will only cost $25. However

that is just for the scout, not

the rest of the family members

who attend, they will have to

pay the $35 dollar fee. Cur-

rently this event is in the be-

ginning stages of being ar-

ranged by the Event Coordi-

nator and Ski Committee,

more information will be put

out as we get closer to the

event date. For more informa-

tion on Paoli Peeks you can

visit their web site at: http://

paolipeaks.com/

help of the scout parents. Re-

quirement 11; Duty to God

consists of:

Know. What is "faith"? With your

family, discuss some people who have

shown their faith - who

have shown an inner

strength based on their

trust in a higher power or

cause. Discuss the good

qualities of these people.

Commit. Discuss these

questions with your family:

Amy Creek and her pack have

been working e past 3 weeks

working on the Wolf Christmas

Party table decoration to in-

clude ornaments the Wolf fam-

ily's will be able to take home at

the end of the festivities. The

wolf Den and their leader have

also been working on earning

their Wolf badge with activity

11 and 12 in the wolf book to

be completed at home with the

What problems did these faithful

people overcome to follow or practice

their beliefs? What challenges might

you face in doing your duty to God?

Who can help you with these chal-

lenges?

Practice. Practice your faith

while doing the requirements

for "Duty to God."

For the rest of the requirements

for Duty to God and #12

please refer to the Wolf Hand-

book

28 February 2010 Paoli Peeks Indiana Ski trip

Wolf Den Story

ner at a pack meeting, who in

turn presents the badge to the

boy. While your boy is working

on advancement, you can help.

Besides signing his handbook

as Akela once he has done his

best, let your den leader

know of any completed

parts of achievements at

your next den meeting.

The den leader will keep

a record of your boy's

individual progress on

the Tiger Cub Den Advance-

ment Chart. According to the

Tiger Den Leader, once the

scouts of the Tiger Den have

completed the Media require-

ment, all of the boys will be

eligible to receive their tiger

badge. The den has also been

working with Joseph Nuckoles

to receive his bobcat badge and

the den has also been going

over “ why do we celebrate

things” such as holidays.

Melissa Bergman and her Tiger

Den have been working on the

requirements to earn the Tiger

badge. The Tiger Cub badge is

for boys who have completed all

15 parts of the five achieve-

ments, that is, five family

activities, five den activi-

ties, and five Go See It

outings. During an im-

pressive ceremony, the

Tiger Cub badge is pre-

sented to the adult part-

Tiger Den Story :Tiger Rank Badge

All Images courtesy of Paoli Peeks

at www.paolipeeks.com

Cub Master: Mr. Eddie Fugate; Bizyfoot@yahoo.com

Assistant Cub Master: Mr. Peter Leason; bookofrage00@hotmail.com;

Committee Chair: Ms. Betty Flores; lilmonsters_2@yahoo.com

Scorpion Patrol Den Leader: Mr. Brian Dutton; utdutt@yahoo.com

Cobra Den Leader: Mr. Joe Bergman Phone # 270-272-2907

Bear Den Leader: Mr. Mark Welch; mark.i.welch@us.army.mil

Wolf Den Leader: Ms. Amy Creek; acreek83@gmail.com

Tiger 1 Den Leader: Ms. Mellissa Bergman; blueeagle_320@hotmail.com

Tiger 2 Den Leader: Ms. Stephanie Rigsby; rigsbyjars@insightbb.com

CUB SCOUT PACK 127,

FORT KNOX KY 40121

• Complete Bear Achieve-

ment 19, Shavings and

chips.

• Demonstrate knowledge

and skills in the use of a

pocket knife

• Close the blade with the

palm of the hand.

• Never use the knife on

something that will dull

or break it.

• Be carful that you do not

cut yourself or person

nearby.

• Never use your knife to

strip the bark fro a tree.

• Do not carve your initials

into anything that is not

That does not belong to

you.

The Scouts will have to take

the following pledge upon

receiving their Whittling chip

card:

• I will treat my pocket

knife with the respect

Mark and Courtney Welch and

their den have been working

very hard in the past two

months in their meetings. So far

every scout has had the chance

to be a Denner and will be re-

ceiving their Denner tab to wear

on their uniform. The duties of

a Denner in the meetings in-

clude:

• Complete den attendance

and inspection

• Open meeting by leading

the den in the scout oath

and promise

• Assist the den leader in

keeping the den in order

• Have a joke or story ready

for the meeting

• When on camp out choose

a leader and last man on

for any hikes.

The Bear Scouts have been

working towards earning their

Whittling Chip Card. The re-

quirements for earning the

Whittling chip are as follows:

due to a useful tool

• I will close my pocket knife

and put it away when not in

use.

• I will not use my pocket knife

when it might injure some-

one near me

• I Promise to never throw my

pocket knife for any reason.

• I will use my pocket knife in

a safe manner at all times.

The Scout must sign and carry the

whittling chip card whenever he

has his pocket knife. It is expected

that an adult leader should ask to

see his card, and if it cannot pro-

duce, confiscate his knife until the

event is over or return it to the

scouts parents. If the scout is ob-

served using his pocket knife I

violation of the whittling chip

pledge, a corner of the scouts card

will be torn off. When all four

corners have been removed the

scout will have his card confis-

cated as well as the pocket knife,

and be required to re-earn the

badge.

Bear Den Story: Whittling Chip

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