Smoke Signals – August
Smoke Signals is a monthly newsletter published by Mount Diablo Silverado Council. The August issue is now available for download.
Find out what is going on within the Council and read on for training opportunities available in the new school year.
BSA IndyCar Showcase at Scout Council Office!
Date: Saturday, August 21, 10:00AM - 2:00PM
Location: Mt Diablo Council Service Center (map)
Start your engines! The official BSA IndyCar and driver, Alex Lloyd, will be visiting the Council Service Center on August 21st. The car will be on display at a council wide celebration. Don’t miss out on this exciting opportunity to see the car before the big race! Click on the flyer for details.
Last minute reminders on Tahoe Camping
Hello Fellow Campers!
Here are some last minute reminders:
[stextbox id="download" caption="Logistics" align="center"]- Review each tab of this spreadsheet for your meal and activity assignment
-If you haven't paid yet, get your check to the Pack Treasurer
- Campfire skits is moved to Saturday night. Hopefully all can arrive & setup before the planned start time.
- We are at group site G007 (see attachment), check in is Saturday at 2pm
- Joshua is in charge of Sunday breakfast, lunch & dinner & will bring food for those meals. If you are assigned another meal or dessert- please buy & bring supplies. Keep receipts & give to Pack Treasurer for reimbursement.
- If any of you are assigned Belt loop projects, please let the group know if they need to bring anything (~hammers, etc...)[/stextbox]
[stextbox id="warning" caption="Please bring the following ..." align="center"]- Bring quarters & a towel for the showers, best showers/bathrooms of all campsites we've been on.
- A water bottle, canteen or similar for each person.
- Adults. please bring your own coffee cup.
- If you want to bring your own plates & silverware, it would be great. (We should get the scouts acustom to washing their own stuff).
- Remember, the campfire skits will be Saturday night. Have your scouts bring their favorite skit, song, yell & run-on with them!
- Consider bathsuits if going in Lake.[/stextbox]
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Click here for detail directions
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[stextbox id="info" caption="Sugar Pine Point Weather Forcast" align="center"]Overall: High 71-73 degrees, Low 46-48 degrees
Saturday: A 10 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms after 11am. Partly cloudy, with a high near 73.
Saturday Night: A 10 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms before 11pm. Partly cloudy, with a low around 48.
Sunday: A slight chance of showers and thunderstorms. Partly cloudy, with a high near 71.
Sunday Night: A slight chance of showers and thunderstorms. Partly cloudy, with a low around 46.
Monday: Sunny, with a high near 74.
More at National Weather Service[/stextbox]
[stextbox id="info" caption="Park Maps and Docs" align="center"]Sugar Pine Point Brochure (PDF)
Sugar Pine Point Park Map (PDF)
Campground Map (PDF)
Info on bears (what to do in an encounter, etc.) (PDF)[/stextbox]
DIRECTV’s Support of the BSA Helps Wallets, Councils
Back in June, DIRECTV announced a new relationship with the Boy Scouts of America and an opportunity for the Scouting community to support local councils as new DIRECTV subscribers.
The relationship will help subscribers’ wallets as well as councils. Beginning August 1, new DIRECTV subscribers who sign up using a special Scouting telephone number will receive a $100 credit on their bill in the form of 10 $10 bill credits.
Also, for each new subscriber who signs up using the Scouting number that will be provided, DIRECTV will donate $75 to the local council initiating the new subscription. This money will help councils fund camperships, scholarships, or other council needs to support local units. Go here for the exclusive BSA number and more information of the offer.
DIRECTV also have plans to offer a new online education module for Scouting that will help unit leaders teach math, science, and technology to their Scouts. More details on how to take advantage of this opportunity will be forthcoming. Stay tuned.
Shining Light Across America Webcast
Update: The show is now over. A recording of the event can be viewed at Ustream's website.
Don’t miss out on tonight’s Shining Light Across America! Tune in at 5pm PDT to watch the webcast. UStream tv will archive this webcast so it can be viewed later at your convenience. Watch the live webcast at Ustream. Info about the show can be found at BSA Centennial website.
BSA IndyCar Showcase and Six Flags Discovery Kingdom!
Date: Friday, August 20, 10:30AM - 6:00PM
Location: Six Flags Discovery Kingdom, Vallejo, CA (map)
Fees: $22.99 each with coupon (regular $49.99 for adults, $31.99 for children under 48")
News from Six Flags Discovery Kingdom and MDSC:
Join the Boy Scouts of America Mt. Diablo Silverado Council here at Six Flags Discovery Kingdom on Friday, August 20 2010 from 10:30 a.m.-6 p.m. You will have the opportunity to see the IndyCar and driver here in person at the park before their race at Infineon. For additional information, or to pick up discount coupons, please visit www.bsa-mdsc.org, or the Mt. Diablo Silverado Council office. $1.00 of every ticket purchased with this discount will be donated back to the Boy Scouts of America, Mt. Diablo Silverado Council. Click on the flyer for details.
Another BSA Centennial Train
For the railroad lovers, here is another train model that commemorates the centennial ...
To celebrate the first 100 years of Scouting, The Bradford Group will introduce an illuminated, electric train featuring illustrations by Norman Rockwell. This classic HO-Scale collectible train set from Hawthorne Village, a division of The Bradford Group, includes precision detailing from the brass wheels of the train cars to the shining light from the locomotive's headlight.
This Boy Scouts of America®100th Anniversary collector's train set depicts full color artwork of various Norman Rockwell illustrations on the passenger trains, plus parts of the Scout Oath.
The train set can be purchased at The Bradford Exchange online.
Last Chance to Sign Up for Camping in Tahoe
Date: Saturday, August 7, 2:00PM - Monday, August 9, 12:00PM
Location: Lake Tahoe - Sugar Pine Point State Park (map)
Fees: $15 per person per night
This is the week to commit. You've thought it over, you've checked your vacation days, you've consulted the family... it's time to take the plunge. Camping in Tahoe! Take a chance and don't look back.
We need your commit by Friday, July 30th. (For those already committed, please re-confirm the number of days.) This will allow those assigned quartermaster duties the proper numbers for planning purposes.
There is still room. Please let the Pack know, one way or the other. Thanks!
Committee Chair Scott
National Jamboree Has Started!
If you ask me where I would like to be now, it's definitely Fort A.P. Hill in Virginia, where the National Jamboree is taking place. If you are like me who cannot be there, don't despair. BSA has given numerous incentives to participants to tweet, upload pictures and videos to Facebook and You Tube. Imagine having over 40,000 of potential reporters covering a single event! You get details from what's available for breakfast, to what's at the bottom of the pool. And the best thing is, you don't have to brave the extreme heat and humidity on the East Coast, and follow it in the comfort of sunny California.
Find out how you can follow the event from this Scouting Magazine blog, or check out the Jamboree Radio and Jamboree Journal at the Jamboree website.
Don't miss out!
Lionel’s BSA Commemorative Union Pacific Engine Model
Bearing the road number 2010 and based on the ES44C model, Union Pacific has issued a commemorative locomotive engine to celebrate the Boy Scouts of America's 100th Anniversary, only the 14th time in its 150+ year old history.
Lionel, an official licensee, has replicated the design and artwork of the actual Union Pacific engine which honors the 100th Anniversary of the Boy Scouts of America. The limited edition train as depicted below is featured in Lionel's 2010 Ready-To-Run Catalog and begins shipping this month.
Just like the original Union Pacific No. 2010 BSA Locomotive, this engine will feature: the Boy Scouts of America® corporate trademark logo; the BSA® 100th Anniversary logo; and the words, "100 Years of Scouting".
For more information on the model and vendors, please visit www.lionel.com.
