Out go the Old and In Come the New

Since being called as Den Leaders in January, we have already had to say good-by to three of our Bear Scouts. Colin Glenn and Nick Ruddell moved up to the Webelos. Unfortunately we lost Jake Christensen through the boundary changes. We will miss these boys, but we have added seven new boys to our Den since February. We are very excited and want to welcome Davis Cullimore, Cam Neilsen, Jake Jarvis, Devon Bauman, Ethan Fisher, Nathaneal Foster, Malcolm Hancock and Sister Lisa Lewis to our Bear Den. We hope that these boys will enjoy coming to Scouts and we appreciate the help of Sister Lewis and know that she will add a lot to our Den Meetings.

States That Are Special to our Bear Scouts

Back in February each boy was asked to choose a State that was special to them, then bake and decorate a cake that represented that state to display at the annual Blue and Gold Banquet They were also asked to tell some fact they learned about the State they chose. The following are some of the states that were chosen by a few of our boys.

Cameron Janda chose California as his favorite State. He learned that the California Quail is the State bird, California Redwoods is the State tree and the California Poppy is the State flower. Cameron also discovered that California was admitted to the Union on September 9, 1840.

Kentucky was the State chosen by Chase Martinez. Chase chose Kentucky, because that is where he was born. Chase learned that The State bird is the Cardinal, the State tree is the Tulip Poplar Tree, and the State flower for Kentucky is the Golden Rod. Kentucky was admitted to the Union on Jun 1, 1782.

In Place of Our Den Scrapbook

I have been contemplating starting a Scrapbook for our Den, which would fill the requirement for 8c under "The Past is Exciting and Important. After thinking about it I have decided that It might be more fun for everyone if instead of a scrapbook we did a "Blog". This would give the boys an opportunity to share with family and friends anywhere in the world to go on line and check out what they and their den have been doing during den meetings, pack meetings or even at home working on their achievements. Anyone will be able to contribute information, pictures, and special events in the lives of these fine young scouts. If you have anything that you would like to see in our blog, just send me an e-mail with an attachment of information, pictures, etc. and as the administrator of the blog I will post it to our blog. Remember this is your history, so anything you want to remember about your scouting days and want to share let's put it on our blog. I will keep everyone updated on what we are doing each week during our den meetings, what events may be coming up and things the boys have done, through our blog. I hope that this will be a fun and interesting way to keep up on our scouting experiences together. The address for our blog is www.shamrockfarmsbearscouts.blogger.com.

Pinewood Derby

This year the pinewood derby was held March 6, 2009. The evening started with lots of yummy pizza, furnished by the ward, fruit & veggie snacks furnished by the Wolf and Bear dens, along with miscellaneous treats for dessert, furnished by the Webelo's. After filling our tummies the racing began in the cultural hall where our awesome Pack Leaders, Brother Mark Holbrook and Brother Rick Marvin had the high tech race track set up and ready for the BIG race. Brother Magleby took care of tracking all of the times on his computer and made sure that each boy had at least six chances to race. There were 29 creatively cut and painted cars entered in this years pinewood derby. Each boy deserves a big CONGRATULATIONS and "ATTA BOY" on the time and effort they spent on their individual cars. Kids and adults alike seemed to have a great time. I know Brother Slade and I truly enjoyed watching the boys race their cars and cheering for our boys. Way to go Bears. We also want to congratulate Davis Cullimore for taking first place overall in this years pinewood derby. Even though Davis was not officially in our Bear Den at the time of the pinewood derby, we will claim him as one of our own Bear Scouts, awesome job Davis.

A photo finish
This one was so close I'm glad I didn't have to call it!

State of the art Pinewood Derby Race Track

A fun filled night of eating and racing, what more could you ask for.