Three adult leaders and your district executive participated in Wood Badge this year.  A big hand goes out to Guy Vincent, John McDonough, Kendra Asher as well as Shawn Long for braving the heat and wanting to better themselves and their units. 

One adult leader also participated on the training staff for Wood Badge. Our very  own training chairman, Lynda Nobles, was the troop guide for the buffalo patrol. If you are interested in participating in next year's Wood Badge, see any one of these participants and they will tell you what you need to know!!

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Chairman: Clinton Salyers

FEBRUARY 2008 MBU
Our February MBU was a great success and we had more than 80 youth in attendance from all over the Greater St. Louis Area Council. A big thank you goes out to Clinton Salyers for putting on another high quality MBU. He and his team did a great job!!

EAGLE BOARD OF REVIEW
Eagle Board of Review is the third Monday of every month starting at 6 p.m. Contact Mark Richardson at 573-686-8080 to set up an appointment.

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Chairman: Kendra Asher

2009 DISTRICT DINNER
In preparation for our district dinner scheduled for Saturday, Jan. 24, we are looking for great Sioux District volunteers to recognize.  You can find the forms to nominate your leaders on this website.  Click on "Forms" in the menu at the top of this page and then scroll down to the Sioux District, where you will find the forms for our Spearhead and Sparkplug Awards.  To nominate a leader for our highest council award presented by each district, click on the button below:

2008 DISTRICT DINNER
Those of you who were unable to attend missed out! A big thank you goes to Clinton Salyer for a great awards ceremony, Kendra Asher for organizing the event and Jan Pinkerton for helping decorate. We also would like to thank  Doug Kennedy and his band of musicians for the wonderful entertainment. Ladies and gentlemen, you haven't lived until you hear The Beatles' "You've Got to Hide Your Love Away" done to bluegrass! Another big thank you goes out to Bob Martin for a great slide show and Troop 200 and Randy Graves for the most impressive flag ceremony. Finally, another big thank you to new District Commissioner John McDonough for the best invocation I have ever heard. Hope we see more leaders there next year!!

2008 District Award of Merit WInners, Bruce Plummer and John McDonough

2008 Spearhead Award Winners Kendra Asher James Harrelson, Jan and John Pinkerton.

2008 Sparkplug award winners Brad Asher, April Dare, Mark Hulsof, Kelly Inman, Kristi Ryman, Annie Walenda; not pictured: Bob Caswell

2008 CUB SCOUT ADVENTURE CAMP

Poplar Bluff: Bacon Park, July 9-11
Day Camp Director- Ginger Vincent

Dexter: East Park, July 16-18
Day Camp Director- Julie Rybolt 
Program Director-  Paula Geary

Van Buren: Watercress Park, July 23-25
Day Camp Director- Tonya Sharp
Program Director- Billie Long

Thanks to all our great leaders for making these day camps happen!

PINEWOOD DERBY
Chairman: Ginger Vinent
Our District Pinewood Derby was held on Saturday, April 5, at the Poplar Bluff Junior High Gym.

We had a great Pinewood Derby -- 52 Scouts and eight adults raced their cars and had a fantastic time!!

Coolest Car: Jonathan Miller, Most Scoutlike: Cooper Wells, Most Patriotic: Dillon Crowlly

1st Place: Nichals Simpson, Pack 64
2nd Place: Cameron Fay, Pack 65
3rd Place: Caleb Fain, Pack 329                                                       

A big thank you goes out to Ginger Vincent for organizing such a great event. Also a big thank you to judges Mike Haney, John McDonough, Brad Asher, Megan Saylors and everyone else who helped make the pinewood derby a success!

See you next year, racers!!

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Chairman: Bruce Plummer

Coming to an island near you....

Save the date! Oct. 24-26 at Camp Lewallen
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HIGH ADVENTURE
Pictured are the two crews from Troop 200 in Dexter who attended the BSA's newest High Adventure Base, Double H in New Mexico.  If you are interested in attending either Double H or Philmont, see our district Camping Chairman, Bruce Plummer.  He can be contacted at kblm@semo.net.

Troop 166 from Poplar Bluff had Scouts who attended both Philmont and a high-adventure week at our Swift Base at S bar F Scout Ranch.

SPRING CAMPOREE
On April 11-13 the Sioux District held the spring camporee at Lake Wappapello State Park. The theme for the weekend was "Woodsman's weekend," and we had five units attend. Events included gateway building, rope building and a woodsman obstacle course complete with a rope bridge! If you didn't attend, you missed out on some fun!

More pix coming!!

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Adviser: Kyle Gillespie  

Left to right: 1st Vice Chief Ryan Stoll, Adviser Kyle Gilespie, Chapter Chief Tyler Gillespie, 2nd Vice Chief Steven Twidwell, Staff Adviser Shawn Long, Secretary Ben Rogers  

O.A. 2007-08 CHAPTER OFFICERS
Chapter Chief - Tyler Gilespie, Troop 200
1st Vice Chief - Ryan Stoll, Troop 166
2nd Vice Chief - Steven Twidwell, Troop 65
Secretary - Ben Rogers, Troop 200

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District FInance Chairman: Beth Blaich 
Family FOS Chairman: Rick Nobles 
Popcorn Chairman: Mike Haney 

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District Commissioner: John McDonough

TRAIL TO QUALITY
If your unit is not a Quality Unit, there's work to be done!  The first step to becoming a Quality Unit is having an on-time charter!  Click here to see who's a Quality Unit.

If you have questions on rechartering, contact District Commissioner John McDonough at 573-718-9423

DISTRICT COMMISSIONER MEETINGS
Our district commissioner meetings have been changed to the first Tuesday of the month at the First United Methodist Church in Poplar Bluff. We have changed the dates so our unit commissioners can meet with their units during Roundtable and discuss any problems they might have. 

The real leader has no need to lead - he is content to point the way.
- Henry Miller

DISTRICT COMMITTEE MEETING
District committee meetings have been changed to the third Tuesday of the month at 6:30 p.m. at the First United Methodist Church in Poplar Bluff. It is important that all committee members attend these meetings.

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Chairman: Randy Graves

NEWS FROM THE PUBLIC RELATIONS DESK
Let's add local churches to the distribution list so that Scouting announcements can be included in their Sunday bulletins.

You gain strength, courage and confidence by every experience in which you really stop to look fear in the face. You must do the thing you think you cannot do.
- Eleanor Roosevelt

At our district dinner in January, Scouts in Troop 200 of Dexter were honored with a American flag that flew over an American embassy in Iraq .

Has your unit been in the paper?  Send us the link and we will post it on our website!!

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TROOP NEWS
Here's another great way to publicize your troop -- online.
Check out Troop 200's new website at www.freewebs.com/bsatroop200/.

TROOP 200 PRESENTS FLAGS AT MARION MINERS BASEBALL GAME

Seven adults and 23 boys from Troop 200 loaded up and went to the Marion Minors Baseball home opener on May 24. The troop honor guard presented the U.S., Illinois, Missouri and troop flags during the "Star-Spangled Banner." This year boys from the troop brought out a very large American flag, which usually sits in front of American Superstore. This flag followed behind the honor guard into center field. The large flag was being waved while the national anthem played.

The crowd was asked to stand while Troop 200 presented the colors from center field and remain standing even after the "Star Spangled Banner" was finished as the troop removed the colors. The ball park recognized Troop 200 of Dexter, Mo. The crowd then gave the troop a big round of applause.

Great job, 200!!  

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Chairman: Vacant

 

Please make sure every school, public library and chamber of commerce in Sioux District has information on Scouting.  Your chartered organization should also have information readily available. 

The district would like for each community to have personalized Scouting information -- unit leader's name, number, meeting night, place, etc.  This is especially helpful when a new family moves into town.  Your handout will also be great to distribute at School Nights.  Many times, parents leave a sign-up not knowing the next meeting date or leader's telephone number.  This information will help solve that problem!

As you complete your information sheet or brochure, please bring a copy to Roundtable for the district display.  Download a sample of the Unit Info Handout.

Thanks for your help.  Let's get the information out and give each boy the chance to be a Scout!

NEW SQUARE KNOT FOR VOLUNTEER UNIT ORGANIZERS

The new William D. Boyce New-Unit Award recognizes volunteers who organize one or more new traditional units. To qualify, seek approval from the district to serve as the organizer to complete the successful organization of one new traditional unit (pack, troop, crew).  Information about this new recognition is available at Roundtable!

An army of sheep led by a lion would defeat an army of lions led by a sheep.

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I'm reminded of a story about four people, Everybody, Somebody, Anybody and Nobody. There was an important event to be done and Everybody was sure Somebody would do it. Anybody could have done it but Nobody did it. Somebody became angry about that because it was Everybody's job. Everybody thought Anybody would do it, but Nobody realized that Everybody wouldn't do it. It ended up that Everybody blamed Somebody, when actually Nobody asked Anybody.

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DISTRICT SCRAPBOOK
Please contribute to the Sioux District scrapbook. Click here for more information.