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12/31/2010:
Three Aca
members got together on December 31 to
build a new pow wow drum for our
ceremony teams to use. The drum finished
drying on January 2 and can be seen in
left half of the photo. It has a great
deep tone and will be a welcome addition
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12/31/2010:
Congratulations to
OA members Wendy Hodge and Patsy Chabot
for being awarded the Silver Beaver from
CIEC. This award is the highest honor
that a Council can award their
volunteers. Its given for a persons
dedication and long term history of
service to the youth in their community. |
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12/20 & 27/2010:
Members of the drum team held two 3 hour
long rehearsals during the Christmas
break to get ready for the Detsanvli Pow
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12/11/2010: Several members of
Deer Run attended a small Pow Wow in
Long Beach. One of our grass dancers,
Cody Reddick, got the chance to stretch
his legs and really perform for the
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12/11/2010: Deer Run held their
December weekend drum & dance practice
at the Wanakik Chapter House in
Riverside. After the drum they held
their annual "Feed the Beast" dinner of
frybread tacos. |
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12/10/2010: Chemehuevie
Clan held a special meeting to elect
their 2011 youth leaders.
Congratulations to the 2011 Chemehuevie
Clan Officers: Clan Chief- Eddie Folts;
Clan Secretary- Jonathan Cambon. |
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12/4/2010:
Chemehuevie Clan members Eddie Folts,
James Luna, and Ryan Munger performed an
Arrow of Light Ceremony for 3 Webelos
from Pack 71 in Twentynine Palms. |
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12/4/2010:
The last Brotherhood Ceremony of the
year was held at Camp Emerson.
Congratulations to Kyle Isham, Ben
Quigliani, Dean Lakoutas, and Patsy
Chabot for sealing their ties in
Brotherhood. |
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12/4/2010:
Congratulations to the Class of
2010 Vigil Honor members from Aca. They
completed their Vigil Ceremony on
December 4 at Camp Emerson. They are Mal
Maloney, Jonathan Cambon, Larry
Krikorian, Nick Dutchover, and Steve
Cambon. |
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November, 2010 |
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11/13/2010: The
formation of a second lodge drum team
was announced at the Saturday night show
at the Fall Fellowship. New Dawn Singers
will be taking their place alongside a
proud tradition of drum teams from
Cahuilla Lodge. They held their first
public performance alongside our own
Deer Run at the Fall Fellowship. |
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11/13/2010:
Congratulations to the newly elected
2011 Cahuilla Lodge Officers. Among the
newly elected officers is Aca's own Mark
Maloney.The new officers are:
Lodge Chief- Ian
McCleod; 1st Vice-Chief- John Garcia;
2nd Vice Chief- Mark Maloney; 3rd Vice
Chief- Michael Schmidt; Secretary-
Justin Pearson; Treasurer- Billy Warren. |
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11/13/2010: 11 youth
and 7 adults from Aca attended the 2010
Fall Fellowship at Camp Emerson. Our gig
theme of super villains was a huge hit
with everyone at the event. Almost all
of Saturday was spent with moc battles
of the super heroes always battling our
even more mightier villains. Although we
didn't bring home any of the major
awards this year, the influence of the
culture of Aca was obvious with every
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11/13/2010:
Congratulations to the Aca members who
were part of the class of 2010 Vigil
Honors that were recognised at the Fall
Fellowship on Nov. 13. They are Jonathan
Cambon, Mal Maloney, Nick Dutchover,
Larry Krikorian, and Steve Cambon. Thank
you all for your oustanding cheerful
service. |
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11/6/2010: 3 New
members joined our drum team, Deer Run,
and they got to learn their first new
songs on the beast. This Saturday
practice was held specifically for our
newest members to learn about the songs
and the tradition of the drum. |
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11/6/2010: Several
Chapter members met in Palm Springs for
a special Fall Fellowship rally and prep
meeting. Several new cheers were
practiced and special plans made for our
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October, 2010 |
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10/16/2010: The first
inaugural Detsanvli Trade-O-Ree was held
at St. Theresa Catholic Church in Palm
Springs along side the Sunrise District
Merit Badge Clinic. The trade-o-ree was
small, but very successful. It was the
very first time one had ever been held
in the Coachella Valley and only the
second held in our Council. Over 100
Scouts attended the MB clinic and 80
people attended the trade-o-ree.
Click here to see more photos from the
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10/6/2010: The
theme to the 2010 Cahuilla Lodge Fall
Fellowship was announced. It will be
"the Super Fall Fellowship featuring
Sash man and the Ordeal Boy Wonder".
That same night the Chapter's gig was
announced. What exactly the gig is will
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10/2/2010:
The
training sessions at the recent Conclave
were top notch. Aca members collectively
taught 4 of the 15+ training sessions
that were offered: Cody Reddick and
Daltin Reddick taught Native American
Dancing; James Hermes taught ceremony
team props and costumes; Nick Dutchover
taught OA and Summercamp; Chase Hadden,
Cody Reddick, and John Garcia taught Pow
Wow drumming. |
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10/2/2010:
He's back
from the future! Our own Mr. Robot was
one of the guest speakers at the
Saturday night show at Conclave. The
other guest speakers were Section Chief
Kyle Sitarski and the OA National Chief
Brad Lachota. |
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10/2/2010:
The
Section W4S Conclave was held last
weekend at El Monte High School.
Cahuilla Lodge brought home the coveted
spirit award for being the most
enthusiastic group out of the 4 OA
lodges present. Congratulations to
Daltin Reddick for winning 1st place in
northern traditional dancing competition
and Cody Reddick for winning 1st place
in the grass dance competition. |
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September, 2010 |
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9/25/2010: Our own Deer
Run performed at the opening campfire at
the 100th Anniversary celebration of
Scouting at Glen Helen Regional park.
They did an outstanding performance in
front of 5000 people. |
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9/18/2010: Six Aca
members met up with the rest of the
Lodge's dance and drum team to rehearse
their show for the Saturday night
campfire at the 100th Annv. Celebration
of Scouts on September 25. Come help
support out team by coming to the show
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9/11/2010:
Congratulations to our newest Arrowmen
David Bell, Tristan Bluto, Jonathen
Fragen, Riley Jones, and Russell Jones
for completing the Ordeal on September
10-11. |
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9/11/2010:
3 Aca members teamed up with Eric Little
from Yamiwa to perform an Ordeal
Ceremony at the September Ordeal. They
inducted 17 new OA members in to our
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9/11/2010:
Aca and Wanakik Chapters came together
to run the September Ordeal at Camp
Helendade. This Ordeal was said to be
the best organized and smoothest running
of the year. Nine Arrowmen received
their Brotherhood, 4 OA members served
as Elangomats, and 29 new members were
inducted in to our Order. Special thanks
goes to Chris Bergh, Eddie Folts, John
Garcia, Wendy Hodge, Ed Folts, and John
Querns for making this Ordeal a success.
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9/10/2010:
Chemehuevie Clan members
performed a Pre-Ordeal Ceremony at the
September Ordeal. This is the first time
that Chemehuevie has ever performed a
ceremony at an Ordeal and the very first
Pre-Ordeal ever performed by Aca
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9/6/2010:
Plans
are coming together for the September
Ordeal that Aca will be running with
Wanakik Chapter. Our Chapter will be
conducting the Ordeal Cerermony and for
the first time Chemehuevie Clan will be
performing a Pre-Ordeal Ceremony. |
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9/5/2010:
Here is our newest set of regalia for
the Pow Wow dance team that out Chapter
hosts. This regalia in this photo is for
the grass dance. |
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9/4/2010:
Deer Run Singers has been asked to open
the Saturday evening campfire at the
100th Aniversary of Scout Celebration on
September 25. This is a great honor for
our group to be a part of this
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August, 2010 |
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8/28/2010:
Ceremony
team rehearsals were held on Friday
evening and a walkthrough of Camp
Helendade by some of our members was
held on Saturday. All to get ready for
the September Ordeal in two weeks. Come
join us and Wanakik Chapter as we run
what might be the biggest and best
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8/27/2010: Chemehuevie
Clan performed an Arrow of Light
Ceremony for 2 Webelos from Pack 72 in
Twentynine Palms. |
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8/22/2010:
Congratulations to our new Arrowmen
Brian Kocen, Sam Kocen, and Craig Hadden
for completing the Ordeal Induction
Weekend at Camp Emerson. Special thanks
to Chase Hadden for serving as an
Elangomat at this Ordeal. |
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8/14/2010: Our
Chapter's very first dance practice was
held in conjunction with the drum
team practice in Palm Springs. If your
interested in joining then check out the
drum team's rehearsal calendar by
clicking here. |
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8/14/2010: The email
and phone bidding portion of the
Detsanvli Trade-O-Ree opens up. The ball
is rolling and the count down to the
main event on October 16 has begun!
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8/4/2010: Several Aca
members come home from the adventure of
a life time, the BSA National Jamboree.
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8/4/2010: The last OA
campfire of the summer is held at Camp
Emerson. Our drum team has performed
every Wednesday evening from the end
June to the first week of August.
They've done a great job and the
campfires were consistantly considered
one of the highlights of the week by the
campers.
Click here to see photos from this
summer's OA campfires.
Click here to see a video recap of this
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July, 2010 |
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7/23/2010: Two of our
Arrowmen put on a special demonstration
at summercamp on how to knap (chip)
arrowheads out of obsidian. We are happy
to report that out of 9 Scouts and 2
adults that watched the presentation,
none were poked with an arrowhead. |
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7/23/2010: The second
July Ordeal was held at Summercamp. Six
new OA members joined our Order. Yamiwa,
Serrano, and Aca Chapter's all
cooperated to make this a successful
Ordeal. Aca member James Wadlund
performed at Nutekit for the Ordeal
Ceremony. |
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7/20/2010: Nine of our
members leave for the BSA National
Jamboree at Fort A.P. Hill, Virginia.
They will be spending the next few days
touring Washington DC. We all pray for a
safe journey for you all and hope that
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7/14/2010: The 3rd
Quarter Aca Chapter meeting was held at
Camp Emerson. Nineteen OA members
escaped the heat and attended the
meeting. Afterward many stayed to help
out with the Wednesday night OA
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7/14/2010: The annual
Chapter service project was held at Camp
Emerson. Our Chapter spearheaded
spreading mulch to cover the main road
and trails of the Simon's Flats camping
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7/9/2010:
The first
of two summercamp Ordeals was held at
Camp Emerson. Twentyone new Ordeal
members joined our Order. The Ordeal
team was made up of 2 members of Yamiwa
Chapter, 1 Serrano, and Aca's own Corey
Chabot who played Allowat Sakima.
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7/7/2010: The second of
the weekly OA campfires for summercamp
is held at Camp Emerson. Our own Deer
Run Singers and Arrowmen learning how to
perform Pow Wow style dances will be
performing. The campfires are held every
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June, 2010 |
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6/25/2010:
A special
gathering was held at Camp Emerson by
Deer Run. Our first dancers were
presented to the circle with family and
friends in attendance. This is the very
beginning of our long awaited dance
team. Special thanks to Ward Roney for
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16/20/2010:
Congratulations to OA member Eddie Foltz
whose Eagle Court of Honor was held
today in Twentynine Palms. Several OA
members were able help out at his Eagle
Court. |
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6/19/2010:
Introducing Lucky, our very first peice
of dance regalia for Deer Run. Three Aca
members spent most of Saturday putting
together this northern traditional style
dance bustle. It was given the nickname
lucky from the horse shoe embedded
around the the beaded rossette in the
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6/12/2010: Four
Chemehuevie Clan members performed the
last Arrow of Light Ceremony of the
season for Pack 71 in Twentynine Palms.
This was the first time that Aca has
performed the ceremony for this Pack. |
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6/5/2010:
Congratulations to our newest Arrowmen,
James Wadlund, for completing the Ordeal
at Camp Emerson on June 5. Also,
congratulations to Mark Maloney for
completing his Brotherhood at the same
Ordeal. There were 42 new Arrowmen that
completed the Ordeal and 8 new
Brotherhood members. |
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6/3/2010: A softball
team from Gilbert, AZ purchased 20
Ashley Aven bracelets from Aca when they
learned about the Ashley Aven Foundation
on our website. Have you got your
bracelet yet?
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May, 2010 |
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5/31/2010: Chemehuevie
Clan members got their chance to make
moccasins at their recent monthly
meeting. They also rehearsed for an
upcoming Arrow of Light Ceremony for
Pack 71 from Twentynine Palms.
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5/31/2010: For the 5th
consecutive year Aca spearheaded the
Scouts activities at the Memorial Day
Ceremony held in Joshua Tree, CA. Scouts
held wreaths that were presented to
local fallen veteran's families.
Click here to see the photos from the
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5/29/2010:Eleven OA
members attended Edoha Native American
Skills Day. Participants got to take a
tour of the Coyote Wells petroglyph
site, cook frybread, and knapp
arrowheads. Special thanks to: Steve,
Jonathan and Tara Cambon for helping to
put this event together; Bruce Miller
for the petroglyph tour; Nick Dutchover
and Robert Routon for the flute and drum
exhibition.
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5/27/2010: On May 27 Robert
Routon, Cody Reddick, and Corey Chabot
performed an Arrow of Light Ceremony for
5 Webelos from Pack 10 based in Yucaipa.
The ceremony was performed at the Oak
Glen Christain Conference Center in Oak
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5/25/2010: Its time for
the Spring craft classes. Seven Agua
Caliente Clan members made moccasins at
their meeting on May 25. |
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5/22/2010: The first
Ordeal of the year is held at Camp
Helendade. Four new Arrowmen have joined
our Chapter when they completed the
Ordeal Ceremony. Special thanks to Chase
Hadden for representing Aca by serving
as an Elangomat for the weekend. |
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5/16/2010:
Aca Podcast
13 has been released. Special thanks to
Michael Bergh for recording and editing
this podcast. In this latest release we
interview the National Venturing
President and other region and area
Venturing Officers.
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5/14/2010: Chemehuevie
Clan members set a new taco night record
by eating 60 tacos at their meeting. The
previous record was held by Agua
Caliente Clan by eating 58 tacos. Way to
go Chemehuevie! |
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5/9/2010: The first
pictures have been sent in for our "Aca
Across the Country and Around the World
in 2010" photo series. Print out a copy
of the Aca logo and be a part of the
fun. |
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5/1/2010: An onsite
meeting was held at El Monty High School
to prepare for the upcoming Section W4S
Conclave. The theme will be "following
in the footsteps of our founders". Mark
your calendars for October 1-3, 2010 to
attend the Conclave. |
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4/28/2010: The youth at
the April Agua Caliente Clan meeting
voted on their spring craft project. We
will be making plains style moccasins at
the May and June OA Clan meetings.
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4/24/2010:
The Chapter's camp promotion booth was
set up at the Venturing Crew weekend at
Camp Emerson to promote the great
programs offered at our Council's camps. |
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4/17/2010: Aca's
Callout ceremony team performed a
callout ceremony for 10 OA candidates
after the Spring Camporee at Lake Perris
State Park. |
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4/17/2010: Aca members
helped to run a significant portion of
the Sunrise District Spring Camporee.
Over 60 Scouts attended this event at
Lake Perris State Park. Over 200
collective service hours were earned
from this event. Speical thanks to Corey
Chabot for serving as the youth camporee
chairman.
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4/11/2010: OA member
Nick Dutchover attended the National
Leadership Seminar (NLS) at Irvine Ranch
Outdoor Education Center. The NLS is a
comprehensive weekend long course
teaching leadership skills that is put
on by the OA for members of the OA. |
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4/9/2010: Several Aca
members met in Joshua Tree on Friday
evening to plan out our part of the
Sunrise District Spring Campore. |
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4/4/2010: Deer Run
Singers performed on top of Mt. Rubidoux
in Riverside, CA as part of the Easter
morning celebrations. Photos of the
performance were published to the 4AM
Project website. |
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4/3/2010: Vigil Honor
Ceremonies were conducted for 3 Arrowmen
who could not make the ceremonies the
weekend before. Congratulations to Jerry
Rounds, Robert Routon, and Robert Morgan
for earning the Vigil Honor. |
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3/26/2010: Several
Arrowmen helped to staff and conduct the
Cedar Badge JLT at the LDS Stake Center
in Palm Desert, CA. The word is that the
training went fantastic. |
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3/26/2010: The Vigil
Honor Ceremonies were conducted at Camp
Emerson. Aca member Daniel Perry along
with other members of the Vigil class of
2009 completed the ceremony.
Congratulations to Daniel Perry
(Aca),Donnie Eimen (Navajo), Tyler Eimen
(Navajo), Ian McLeod (Serrano), Rosana
McLeod (Serrano), Zach Olson (Tahquitz),
Mike Radosevich (Tahquitz), Keith
Weinrich (Tahquitz), Steven Weinrich (Tahquitz). |
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3/20/2010:
Aca's Arrow
of Light Team performed an Arrow of
Light for 8 Webelos from Ceremony for
Pack 377 at Lake Cahuilla County Park. |
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3/13/2010: Members of
Deer Run Singers performed at the Palm
Springs PRCA Rodeo. On Saturday
afternoon they performed with members of
White Rose Singers in the Native
Village. |
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3/13,14/2010: Aca
Chapter members helped to set up and
provide service at the Palm Springs PRCA
Rodeo. Members also set up our tipi and
ran a Boy Scout recruitment booth. Nine
Scouts got to help open one session of
the rodeo by holding a giant U.S. Flag. |
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3/6/2010: Deer Run
Singers performed for Pack 67 and
members of the community at a special
dinner in Desert Hot Springs. |
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2/27/2010: Chemehuevie
performed an Arrow of Light Ceremony for
3 Webelos from Pack 903 in Yucca Valley.
Word from the adult leaders is that the
team absolutely nailed the ceremony.
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2/27/2010:
The 2010 Cahuilla Lodge Banquet
was held on February 27 at the Evergreen
Masonic Lodge in Riverside. Over 100
people were in attendance. Aca, Serrano,
Tahquitz, and Navajo Chapters were
recognized with Honor Chapter for 2009.
Robert Morgan and Mark Triplett received
the Ted Green Arrowmen of the year
award. Kyle Sitarski received the youth
Founders Award. |
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2/25/2010: Agua
Caliente Clan members performed an Arrow
of Light Ceremony for 7 Webelos from
Pack 205 in Palm Springs, CA |
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2/19/2010: OA Elections
were held for Troop 36 in Joshua Tree
with one Scout becoming eligible for
membership in the Order of the Arrow.
This brings our total number of eligible
youth to 16 from the Sunrise District. |
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2/17/2010: Elections
were held for Troop 229 in Twentynine
Palms and and Troop 262 in Palm Springs.
One youth was elected from Troop 229 and
four youth from Troop 262. This brings
our total of youth candidates to 15 from
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2/9/2010: Troop 199 and
Troop 76 both had their OA Elections on
the same night and 3 youth were elected
from those elections. On February 10
Chemehuevie Clan performed their first
OA Unit Election of the season for Troop
180 in Yucca Valley. One youth was
elected from the Troop. So far we have
elected 10 youth from 5 separate Troops
to be candidates for membership in the
Order.
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2/8/2010: Aca members
Robert Routon, Corey Chabot, and James
Hermes assisted a member of A-tsa
Chapter with an Arrow of Light Ceremony
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2/6/2010: Aca and Deer
Run Singers sponsored a hand drum making
class in Riverside. 11 OA members from
Tahquitz, Soboba, Wanakik, and Navajo
Chapters attended the class. A
special thank you to Chase Hadden and
Robert Routon for helping to teach the
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2/3/2010: Chemehuevie
Clan meetings have been moved to the
second Friday of every month. The
location is still the same. This move is
temporary through the month of June. |
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2/3/2010: OA Unit
Elections were held for Troop 707 in
Rancho Mirage. Three youth were elected
by the Scouts in the Troop and 1 adult
was nominated by the Troop Committee.
This Troop is only 14 months old and
this was their very first OA election. |
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2/2/2010: Aca Chapter
Podcast 12 has been released.
Click here to visit the Podcast Page. |
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2/1/2010: The first
committee meeting for the Sunrise
District Spring Camporee was held in
North Palm Springs. Our Chapter will be
in charge of the program, Saturday
evening campfire, and the promotion of
the camporee. More info. coming soon. |
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2/1/2010: The first OA
Unit Election of the season was held on
Monday evening for Troop 377. Three
Scouts were elected to become candidates
for membership in the OA. |
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2/01/2010: The Winter
2010 Edition of the Voice of Aca
newsletter has been released.
Click
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download a copy. |
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January, 2010 |
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1/30/2010: Motorcycles,
leathers, OA sashes and 50 Arrowmen and
their families came together for the
2010 Aca Chopper Winter Potluck in Palm
Springs. Cody Reddick, Jonathan Cambon,
and Wendy Hodge were recipients of the
2010 Chapter Service Award.
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1/30/2010: OA
Troop/Team Rep. training was held before
the annual potluck for youth Arrowmen.
Corey Chabot and his adviser, Mal
Maloney, instructed the training. |
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1/16/2010: Several of
Aca's youth leaders joined other Chapter
and Lodge Officers at the Lodge Leader
Development (LLD) in Redlands. All of
the officers were trained about various
programs in the OA. |
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1/9/2010: Several
Arrowmen came together before the AOL
Bootcamp to learn how to make a 15" hand
drum. This was a class that was presented by
the Deer Run drum team.
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1/9/2010: The 8th
annual Arrow of Light Team Bootcamp
kicked off our 2010 calendar. 17 Chapter
members attended the training about how
to deal with the challenges of a rowdy
Arrow of Light Ceremony.
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