Black Hawk Lodge HAWK TALES Mississippi Valley Council Issue 1 Nov 2017 A Message from Our Chief Brothers, I would like to start off by saying that I am absolutely honored, humbled, and excited for the chance to serve you this year. I won t let you down! The new lodge year is off to a fast start! In the past two months, new officers were elected, committee chairmen were chosen, and the LEC was trained. Since Fall Reunion, Black Hawk Lodge has already begun to put things in motion for an amazing 2017-2018. We attended the annual Section C-3B Section Conclave and I am proud to say that our very own Jack Gunsten was elected as the new Section Chief! Fall Reunion was a complete success thanks to the hard work by the past LEC! Specifically, I would like to thank our Past Chief Jack Gunsten for setting the lodge up to succeed for many years to come! I want to say thank you to our amazing cooks, ceremonies team, and inductions team for a job well done as always! We couldn t do it without them! I want to congratulate those who sealed their membership in our Order by completing their brotherhood. I also would like to congratulate our newly made brothers who completed their Ordeal and I want to welcome all of you into the Brotherhood of Cheerful Service! Winter Banquet is coming up on December 9 th at Madison Park Church in Quincy, Illinois. We are going to make our banquet more fun for everyone this year and the LEC is confident that we will do just that! This event wraps up one year and gets us ready for the next! Be sure that you all make it to Winter Banquet! Check out the article later in the newsletter for more information! 2018 is the 15 th anniversary of Black Hawk Lodge! To celebrate this occasion the LEC has decided to have a special 15 th Anniversary Fellowship Event which will feature many exciting activities and give attendees a chance to have an absolute blast with their fellow arrowmen! The LEC is excited to put on this event for you to enjoy! Mark your calendars for June 16 th, 2018. That is the Saturday between the 1 st and 2 nd weeks of summer camp at SSR. Be looking for more information to come! Don t miss out on this rare opportunity! As I said in my speech at Fall Reunion, My goal for this year is to make Black Hawk Lodge, Order of the Arrow, the most influential program that this council offers its Scouts in the coming year. I truly believe that we are building something special here and I hope that you all take the opportunities that our Order provides you and run with them! Isaiah Aden Lodge Chief Dues Reminder that your dues must be paid to be an active Lodge member! Dues are $20 and can be paid in the scout shops or online at blackhawklodge.org In order to receive your service patches or be awarded any awards (Vigil Honor, Founders Award) your dues must be paid! Dues must be paid in order to attend any Lodge, section, or national events!
Lodge Adviser Minute Hello Fellow Arrowmen; It is hard to believe that an entire year has passed since I first became the OA Adviser. Some fun things have been happening. I am particularly proud of our new program, Order of the Arrow Service Corp. This year 6 arrowmen used their 2 nd week of Summer Camp to come to Saukenauk Scout Reservation and provided service to camp and enjoyed the ties of brotherhood. We are hoping to have 2 weeks of OASC this year; week 2 of Saukenauk and week 2 of Camp Eastman. Be looking for the applications on the Black Hawk Web page and the council web site. We also launched a new service program. Service Lodge Flaps will be awarded at the Winter Banquet to those that have earned them. Black Hawk Lodge has provided over 7000 hours of service so far this year. If you are wondering there is still time to earn a flap. So much happened this year it is hard to believe that next year has even more in store. 2018 is Black Hawk Lodges 15 th anniversary and new lodge Chief, Isaiah Aden, has some great things planned for us. I would like to thank Jack Gunsten for his 2 years as lodge Chief and all that he has done for us as a lodge. He has helped move our Lodge forward and upward. Personally, I would like to thank him for making my first year on the job fulfilling and enjoyable. He has put me on the right path. I would like to congratulate him on being elected our Section Chief for 2018. I know he will do Mississippi Valley Council and Black Hawk Lodge proud. Most of all I am looking forward to working with the new LEC and Chief Isaiah Aden. We have already gotten off to a great start. Isaiah has some wonderful ideas and is already moving forward. Make sure to attend the Winter Banquet to get your service flap and see what Chief Isaiah and the LEC have in store for us. Rick Atwood Lodge Adviser Find Us Online Black Hawk Lodge is continuing to utilize our website! On the website, you can pay your dues, register for events, check lodge records, and much more! Be sure to check us out online at: www.blackhawklodge.org Also check us out on Facebook!
Vice Chief Minute Brothers, Hello, my name is RT Spilman. Let me start off by saying how exited I am to be your lodge Vice Chief. This year I would like to set up chapter committees. Such as a unit election and crossover chairman in all the chapters. If you would like to join or have any questions call me at 217-779-8695 or email me at ryan_spilman@yahoo.com RT Spillman Lodge Vice Chief Treasurer Minute Brothers, Hi, my name is Ryan Huseman and I am the 2017-2018 treasurer. I am 16 years old and currently a life scout in Troop 136 from Quincy IL. This year I hope to work towards putting together a merchandise committee. If you are interested in having a part of the merchandise that we make be sure to email blackhawklodge@gmail.com. I also am looking forward to creating new merchandise for the lodge s 15th year anniversary. Ryan Huseman Lodge Treasurer Chapter Chiefs Sam Sparrow Eagle Ridge Hi, my name is Sam Sparrow. I am your 2017-2018 Eagle Ridge Chapter Chief. I am an Eagle Scout from Troop 91 in Quincy, Illinois and am a Brotherhood member of Black Hawk Lodge. I served as Eagle Ridge Chapter Chief for the 2015-2016 term and the Inductions Chair for the 2016-2017 term. I attended OA Next, NOAC in 2015 and the OA Summit Experience in 2016. I have gone to Philmont and have served on NYLT Staff for 2 years. A few goals I have for the chapter is to have a self-running ceremony team and get all elections and crossovers done on time. Eagle Ridge has completed our Chapter Service project by helping the Rotary Club of Quincy Sam Sparrow Eagle Ridge Chapter Chief
Garrett Lanning River Valley Hello, my name is Garrett Lanning and I am your 2017-2018 River Valley Chapter Chief. I am a life scout from troop 50, in Warsaw, Illinois I will be working with the troops to schedule and carry out crossover ceremonies and unit elections. If you want to schedule a crossover or unit elections you can contact me be either email, gwlanning13@gmail.com or my phone number, 217-430-7716. I look forward to working with all of you throughout the year. Garrett Lanning River Valley Chapter Chief Evan Youngquist Shoquoquon Hi, my name is Evan Youngquist and I am a life scout from troop 40 in Burlington, Iowa. I am glad to be the Shoquoquon Chapter Chief for the 2017-2018 year because I have the opportunity to serve Black Hawk Lodge. My goals are to get all elections done before summer camp, perform crossovers, and get younger arrowmen involved. I think if youth get involved and see what it takes to be on one of the committee's then they will be more likely to run for a position. Finally, If you are in the Shoquoquon area and want to help with either elections or crossover send me an email at youngquiste52@gmail.com or text me at 319-759-6971 Evan Youngquist Shoquoquon Chapter Chief Fall Reunion Recap At the 2017 Fall Reunion, Saukenauk was the place to be! From multiple service projects that gave our camp a face lift, to playing quittage in the water barrel area, we mixed our work and play in a positive way. All that attended can agree that it was a warm weekend to say the least, but we continued on with cheerful service to the camp and our lodge. Ceremonies were outstanding, and continue to improve with each outing. It is safe to say that the meals were amazing as well! Thank you to everyone that helped put on this event. It doesn t matter if you were on the ceremonies or inductions teams, or if you volunteered your time in the kitchen. We have given scouts an experience that is truly unique and will stick with all candidates throughout their scouting career. If you are interested in helping with our Fall Reunion, Spring Conclave, and other events, please do not hesitate to contact us at blackhawklodge@gmail.com
Lodge Service Awards 50 Hour Flap 150 Hour Flap 300 Hour Flap Name Hours Name Hours Name Hours Brian Armstrong 51 Isaiah Aden 242 Lonnie Kinkade 313 Rick Atwood 93.5 Frank Arnold 240 Zach Bunch 118 JT Atwood 157.5 David Carter 53 Tara Atwood 177 Nate Chockley 120 Adam Doellman 264 Austin Cloke 122 Lucas Flanagan 155 Brent Costigan 81 Jack Gunsten 177 Chase Durbin 141 Bryce Klusmeyer 172 Logan Freiburg 80 Keith Klusmeyer 199 Javier Garcia 96 Trevor Loos 168 Parker Hanks 96 Jared McClintock 205 Cecil Haskins 50 Bruce Moechnig 164.5 James Hubbard 54 Sam Sparrow 233 Ryan Huesman 71 Michael Janssen 143 Chad Kunkel 65 Aaron Lanning 58.5 Garrett Lanning 54.5 Adam Lister 51 Brian Lister 138 Gerald Mast 50 Jonathan Melvin 125 Scott Mills 75 Evan Myers 148 Ethan Siebers 52 Nathan Smith 99 Pat Sorrells 80 Tad Sorrells 90 Dennis Sparrow 60 February LLD RT Spilman 57 Sean Turner 120 Jason Vallone 100 Robert Gallaher 52 Black Hawk Lodge is very happy to report that we have recorded over 7000 hours of service so far this year. As of this date October 23, 2017 here is the list of Arrowmen that have earned Service Flaps. They will be awarded at the Winter Banquet so make sure to sign up soon. We will continue to add hours up until December 4 th. You also need to pay your 2017 dues to receive the award. February LLD Camp Eastman Saturday, February 17, 2018 Save the Date! Join your brothers for this fun event full of training and fellowship! The theme for this Lodge Leadership Development is going to be Beach Party to celebrate the pond project we are working on at Camp Eastman. This event is important for any youth and adults who want to learn more about the Order of the Arrow and how to get involved! Don t miss it!
Vigil Honor On September 23rd, 2017, 6 brothers kept their Vigil at Saukenauk Scout Reservation. Congratulations on being awarded the highest honor in the Order of the Arrow! Adam Sheagren Gluxi Translation: One Who Laughs Mr. Chad Kunkel - Gatatam Sachgachtoon Translation: Motivated Cook Michael Janssen - Lilchpin Elangomat Translation: Diligent friend Parker Hanks - Klamachpin Allogagan Translation: Soft Spoken Servant Mr. JScott Mills - Witscheman Muschgingus Translation: Helpful rabbit Mr. Rick Atwood - Machelemuwi Sachgagunummen Chweli Translation: Honorable Leader of Many Lodge Calendar December 2017-9 - Winter Banquet Madison Park Church, Quincy, IL January 2018-6 - LEC meeting February 2018-3 - LEC meeting 17 - LLD March 2018-3 - LEC meeting April 2018-7 - LEC meeting 20-22 - Spring Conclave @ Camp Eastman May 2018-5 - LEC meeting June 2018-11 - OA Pow-Wow SSR week 1 14 - Call out ceremony SSR week 1 16 BHL 15 th Anniversary Event 18 - OA Pow-Wow SSR week 2 21 - Call out ceremony SSR week 2 July 2018-2 - Pow-Wow CE week 1 6 - Call out ceremony CE week 1 9 - Pow-Wow CE week 2 13 - Call out ceremony CE week 2 16 - Pow-Wow CE week 3 20 - Call out ceremony CE week 3 July 30th-August 4th - NOAC 2018 @ Indiana University August 2018-4 - LEC meeting 17-19 - Fall Reunion @ SSR
2017 Section Conclave Recap Section Conclave was a good time for fellowship with brothers from around the area as always! Our members had the chance to learn more about their opportunities in the Order. Our very own past Chief Jack Gunsten was elected as the new Section Chief! The next Section Conclave is sure to be a blast with him and his team running the show! If you are interested in attending the 2018 Section Conclave be sure to contact us at blackhawklodge@gmail.com Message From Section C-3B On October 1st the Council of Chiefs meeting was held at S-F Scout Ranch. There were representatives from all of the lodges present. The new officers (Jack, Eric, and Nick) held breakouts for Lodge Chief s, Lodge Vice Chief s, and Lodge Secretary s along with Comm Team Members. The COC dates for this term were announced and voted upon as follows: February 17-18, 2018 overnight COC at Camp Illinek in Chatham, IL arrival at 1pm Sat and departure at 11am Sun; August COC will be a conference call with a Hot Checkup at NOAC for a meal. The council of chiefs voted to continue work on the ALT-C with Section C3-A that will be sometime in 2019 most-likely around February. The Section has greatly improved its focus on conclave this year as they gear up for The Greatest Show on Earth as the theme for the upcoming conclave. Tell your fellow arrowmen to prepare for the carnival at conclave, August 24-26 of 2018. The Conclave Vice Chiefs for this conclave are as follows: Bryson Schroeder-Host Lodge, Ben Cunningham-Activities, C.J. Schmidt- Communications, Ryan Nafziger- American Indian Affairs (A.I.A.[Dance and Ceremonies]), Isaiah Aden- Training, and Jack Cunningham-Shows. This year s Lodge Partnership Program partners were announced. Anpetu-we and Illini, Nisha Kittan and Woapink, and Illinek with Blackhawk and Shawnee. We took a tour through S-F to learn about the camp and what all it has to offer to the Section for this year s conclave. Some of the highlights were The enormous Camporee field, Eagle Range Shotgun Range, and Hucks Cove with water sports. There will be a video posted about the tour on the website and Facebook. For any other Section information you can always visit our website at www.central.oa-bsa.org/c3b, on Facebook athttps://www.facebook.com/oac3b/, follow us on Snap with @C-3BOA, and Instagram @section_c3b. Yours in brotherhood, The Section Comms Team 2017 Winter Banquet Quincy, IL Madison Park Christian Church Saturday, December 9 th Save the Date! The theme for this year s Winter Banquet is International Scouting. The World Scouting Movement will be on full display, featuring a special speech from our international staff member, and honorary Black Hawk Lodge member, Daniel Skriker! The registration form is included with this newsletter Be sure to make it to this exciting event full of fellowship, recognition of everyone s accomplishments this year, and the kick off to our Lodge s 15 th anniversary year!
Mississippi Valley Council Black Hawk Lodge Boy Scouts of America 2336 Oak Street Quincy, IL 62301