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Volume 3 Issue 7 February 1997

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ell most of the Roundtable staff knows that my family and I will be moving in July. I wanted to let everyone who reads the “Bugle” know too. Next month, I will know more about our potential move, so I will keep everyone posted. Writing that article about ‘lasts’ in the December issue of the Bugle had special meaning for me. While writing it in November I realized that I might not have an opportunity to write another Christmas issue again. So over the next few months if the “Bugle” is crammed with a lot of information that you won’t be able to use for the theme of that month, please hold on to it. It might be the ‘last’ time I am able to write about that topic.

Who is in the room tonight who is familiar but new? That’s right. Rosie King. She is our new Roundtable Chairman. Congratulations Rosie for being selected as our new Roundtable Chair.

Since going on-line, I have found some really interesting sites. A fun one for your scouts is

. Some of the items I got for this issue came from there under the category, weather. Yahooligans is Yahoo’s site for kids. I have also attached a page with more on-line sites for scouters that I received from a scouting on-line buddy/

If you have any questions or suggestion about the Bugle, call me, Chris Reisel, at 838-4285 or e-mail me at CMR1954@.

WORTH REPEATING

WORTH REPEATING

All female Cub Scout Leaders

All female leaders in Cub Scouting now have the option of wearing the blue and gold or the khaki and olive uniform (with blue shoulder ribbons.) This is a new policy approved by the National Cub Scout Committee.

99.9%

Is it good enough?

Not at all. In the United States, it would mean:

• one hour of unsafe drinking water per month

• two unsafe landings at Chicago’s O’Hare Airport every day

• 16,000 lost pieces of mail per hour

• 20,000 incorrect drug prescriptions each year

• 500 incorrect surgical operations per month

• 50 babies dropped at birth by doctors each day

• 22,000 checks deducted from the wrong accounts each hour

• your heart fails to beat 32,000 times each year.

Next time you are doing something for the boys, den, or pack think about the possible consequences of how it will affect them when you don’t give 100%.

GATHERING TIME

Getting the meeting off to a good start often depends on the little things. . .The greeting at the door (or the lack of it); the activity involving people as they arrive (or the lack of it); the opening song or ice breaker (or the lack of it). These are the little things that put sparkle and punch into pack/den meetings and give a touch of spice that adds to one’s enjoyment.

Any gathering of your den or pack can be made or marred in the first 15 minutes while the group is gathering. If ice is permitted to form at the beginning, valuable time and effort must be spent in thawing it. Simple preliminary games and contests that almost run themselves are necessary as ice-breakers.

The following are gathering time activities that can be used in many ways. They may be used before den or pack meeting start, or as a get to know each other.

Brush up on Missouri—write on cards, see how many they can answer

1. Motto Let the welfare of the people be the supreme law.

2. Bird Bluebird

3. Tree Flowering Dogwood

4. Flower Hawthorn

5. Song Missouri Waltz

Who’s Who in Cub Scouting

1. Served as a Cub leader in the past:

2. Is a Bobcat now:

3. Was a Cub Scout as a boy:

4. Is a Denner now:

5. Earned the Arrow of Light as boy:

6. Is a Cub Scout Leader now:

7. Had a boy in the pack in the past:

8. Is a Webelos now:

9. Held the rank of Lion as a boy:

10. Is a Den Chief:

String maze- A gathering game

You will need for each player (or team)

* A different colored ball of string of yarn

* A pencil

* A prize - small candy bar, a slide kit or craft kit, etc.

Preparation: Tie the prize to the end of the sting. Hide the prize somewhere in the room. Unwind the ball of string completely, passing over, under and around table legs, furniture and other objects. Tie a pencil on the remaining end of the string. Repeat this with each ball of string, don’t worry about crossing the strings; this will add to the fun.

To play: Give each boy (or team - could be a den) a pencil and tell him that there is a prize at the end of the string. Have them wind the sting around the pencil as the work their way around the room to find the prize.

In keeping with our Weather Observation Theme the following is a small collection of sayings I have found.

Weather Sayings

When pigs carry sticks, the clouds will play tricks

When they lie in the mud, no fears of a flood

If the cat washers her face over her ear,

‘Tis a sign the weather will be fine and clear.

When spiders weave their webs by noon,

Fine weather is coming soon.

Red sky in morning, sailors take warning.

Red sky at night, sailors delight.

*The last Sunday in the month indicates

the weather of the month.

*The louder the frog, the more the rain.

Halo around the sun or moon, rain or snow soon.[1]

Did You Know?

Find out how to use insects as thermometers. Did you know that grasshoppers are loudest at 95 degrees F? When the temperature drops to 36 degrees F they can’t jump.*

The chirping of a cricket has been shown to provide a close indication of air temperature. By counting the number of cricket chirps in a 14 second period and adding 40, the total will equal the air temperature to within one degree 75% of the time.

Some flowers close up as the humidity rises doesn’t wash away their pollen. The leaves of some trees curl just before a storm.

The higher the humidity, the better sound travels. Some English people gauged the chances of rain by the clarity with which they heard church bells sound.

OPENINGS

WHAT MAKE WEATHER?

Equipment: four signs with the following on the

sun +, air + air + water =. Weather

pictures of the following: clouds, wind rain, snow

8 Scouts

Assignments Need four Scouts to hold each of the pictures of the clouds, wind, rain, and snow.

Need four Scouts to hold each of the sign SUN

CM: Why does the earth have a variety of seasons and climates, while the moon does not? The answer is --- weather.

(Display the Clouds, Wind, Rain and Snow sign or pictures) Clouds, wind, rain, and snow – these are all signs of weather. They are a part of the weather picture just as your smile is a part of you. When you frown, that is a part of you, too. Three things make these signs of weather. When you know what they are, you will always see them in every kind of weather. Without them you would have no weather.

(Display the Sun sign folded.)

The first thing is the Sun. It gives us light and heat and power, too.

(Display the Air sign folded.)

The second thing is Air. There is a layer of air which hugs the earth like the wrapping around a package. You move around in this layer just as a fish moves around in the ocean.

(Display the Water sign folded.)

The third thing is water – water in the oceans and lakes, water in ponds and brooks and puddles, and water in you.

Unfold each sign when instructed.)

So, what makes the weather? The Sun plus Air plus Water equals Weather.

Sun

Air

Water

WEATHER

HOW COME, DAD?

This can be a nice opening ceremony, or interjected within your pack meeting program.

Hey dad, how come you and mom used to peek in on me every few minutes after you brought me home from the hospital, but I couldn’t ever get you to come and watch me at Little League? Gosh, dad, that sure would have meant a lot to me.

Hey dad, how come it was to expensive to go as a family to our Blue and Gold Banquet, when the same night it was best for you to celebrate your friend’s next promotion at the club, and you didn’t even bother to go with me to receive my Cub Scout Badge.

Hey day, how come you and mom were always saying, “We gotta do it for the kids,” but when I asked you to sit down with me and look at my school work, you just couldn’t give up that TV.

Hey dad, how come you always told mom “our kids are gonna have more than we did,” and you couldn’t even find time to enjoy all that “more stuff” with me?

Hey dad, how come you were so anxious for me to join the Scouts? I thought you would make it to at least one overnight campout with us. Sure was lonely out there, even with all the other dads.

Hey dad, how come you and mom thought birthday presents and Christmas presents and all the other nice things you bought me were all the things I needed? All you needed to say was, “I love you, I understand you, I respect your rights as an individual.”

Hey dad, how come you and mom said you devoted your lives to making me happy and secure? Didn’t you know that room and board are just a small part of happiness and security?

Hey dad, how come you and mom didn’t go to that PTA meeting when that nice man was telling about what to look for with drugs and narcotics? Maybe I wouldn’t have been so curious if you could have just talked to me about it.

Hey dad, how come. . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Sorry son, time’s up.

Just one minute, officer, please?

Hey dad, how come it took a place like this for me to finally hear you say, “I love you, son.” It’s not too late, dad.

STUNTS and CHEERS, etc.

Three Little Pigs Cheer: Wolf, Wolf, Wolf!!!!

Goldie Locks Cheers: Bears! Bears! Bears!

Tongue Twister

Have your Cubs try saying short tongue twisters three times very fast.

• Red Leather, Yellow Leather

• Good blood, Bad Blood

• Shy soldier

• Kick six sticks quick

• Seashore, seashore

If your Cubs master those, have them try these longer ones.

◊ Fred fetches fresh fish each Friday.

◊ The sizzling sun shines on six swinging shop signs.

◊ Wicked witches will whisk switches.

◊ Two treetoads tied together tried to trot to town.

◊ A big black bug bit a big black bear.

◊ Susie’s shirt shop sells pre shrunk shirts.

Games

Cub Scout Uniform Game

When preparing for a uniform inspection, have the denner slip in with his uniform rearranged in the following manner and let the Cub Scouts tell what is wrong:

1. Cap on backwards

2. Fishing lures on cap

3. Service star on neckerchief

4. Wearing Den Chief cord

5. Neckerchief twisted in roll

6. Neckerchief tied around the neck

7. Belt buckle worn on one side

8. One sleeve rolled up

9. Button unbuttoned

10. Pocket turned inside out

11. Slippers on feet

12. Shirt on backwards

BUZZER BEE

Have the group pair off. On signal, each person is to look his partner in the eye and start buzzing. Continue until one laughs or has to take a breath. Each winner finds another winner until one person is the “Champion Bee”.

ADVANCEMENT CEREMONY

ROY G. BIV

Equipment: Have seven curved pieces of colored poster board representing the seven colors of the rainbow

Seven Scouts

CM: Rainbows are formed by the sun’s rays when they are bent as they strike the drops of water. Rainbows give off seven colors: violet, indigo, blue, green, yellow, orange and red. You can only see the colors that bend in your direction. The height of a rainbow depends on how high the sun is. The higher the sun, the lower the rainbow. If the sun is higher than 40 degrees, you will be unable to see a rainbow.

(As each color is read, have each Scout stand side-by-side to form a rainbow.

R is for red

O is for orange

Y is for yellow

G is for green

B is for blue

I is for indigo and

V is for violet

Look, there’s a rainbow now! See how that lovely rainbow throws her jeweled arm around these Scouts tonight.

Tonight we recognize Scouts who have reached the end of the rainbow and achieved their quest for advancement. Call Scouts forward and present badges, awards, etc.

SONGS

Weather Observations

(tune: I’m Looking Over a Four Leaf Clover)

I’m looking out at some real strange weather

Weather like I’ve never seen before.

First came the sunshine, Next it was rain,

Then there was a blizzard and now a hurricane.

Should I take an umbrella or maybe snowboots,

When I walk through the door?

Oh, I’m looking out at some real strange weather,

Weather like I’ve never seen before.

The Weekend

(tune: Battle Hymn of the Republic)

I have seen the sky in darkness,

I have seen it in the sun,

I have felt the rain upon me,

I’ve enjoyed the snowy fun,

When the weather isn’t cloudy,

Or the wind it doesn’t blow,

It isn’t only raining,

It’s the weekend too, you know.

Chorus:

Glory, glory, it’s the weekend!

Glory, glory, it’s the weekend!

I can tell because it’s raining,

and it’s 42 below

As we Cubs go marching on.

Weather Signs

(Tune: Cassions go Rolling Along)

In the sky, on the ground

Weather signs are all around

As we study and measure them all.

Will it rain? Will it snow?

Use your charts and you will know.

Now get going and you’ll have a ball.

For it’s hi, hi hee

In the fun of forecasting

Write down your totals one and all.

And when pressure’s low,

You will always know

That those storm clouds go rolling along.

GRACES

GOD OUR FATHER

(tune: Are you sleeping?)

God our Father, God our Father

Once again, once again,

We will ask Thy Blessing,

We will ask Thy Blessing

Amen.

EDELWEISS GRACE

(tune: Edelweiss)

Bless our friends, bless our food

Come O Lord and be with us.

May our hearts glow with peace

May your love surround us.

Friendship and love, may it bloom and grow

Bloom and grow forever.

Bless our friends, bless our food,

Come O Lord and be with us.

PHILMONT GRACE

For food, for raiment,

For life, for opportunity,

For friendship and fellowship,

We thank Thee, O Lord.

Amen.

GOD IS GREAT

(tune: Rock Around the Clock)

God is great, God is good,

Let us thank Him for this food.

We’re gonna thank Him in the morning, noon and night.

We’re gonna thank Him in the broad daylight.

Gonna thank, gonna thank,

Gonna thank our Lord tonight.

ADAM’S FAMILY GRACE

Da da da dum (snap snap)

Da da da dum (snap snap)

Da da da dum, da da da dum, da da da dum (snap snap)

We thank you, Lord, for this food,

We thank you for the day, too.

We thank you for our families,

Grandmas and grandpas, too.

Da da da dum (snap snap)

Da da da dum (snap snap)

Da da da dum, da da da dum, da da da dum (snap snap)

CRAFT and ACTIVITIES

Recipe for a Rainbow

Materials: Bowl of fresh water, small mirror, piece of white paper, direct sunlight.

Prop up the mirror in the bowl of water so that it lies mostly underwater and reflects sunlight. Hold the paper above the mirror so the reflected sunlight hits it. Hold the paper steady. You should see the colors of the rainbow appear on it. Do not look at the reflected sunlight in the mirror. It could damage your eyes.

Kite Neckerchief Slide

Cut kite shape from a foam meat tray.

Tie two toothpicks together crosswise and glue.

Cut point off picks to proper length for kite, and glue on kite.

For tail, know yarn and glue in place.

Glue on slide ring.

CLOSING

Thoughts for Life

Arrangement: Cub Scouts hold up cards with slogans as they read their lines.

1st Cub: Do you best in everything you do on life’s way.

2nd Cub: Always be friendly to brighten other’s day.

3rd Cub: Give away your smiles ‘tis rewarding indeed.

4th Cub: Be prepared to help others you meet.

5th Cub: Be honest and sincere toward others you meet.

6th Cub: Be loyal and true - a most commendable feat.

7th Cub: Count your blessings, being thankful each day, for life’s wonderful opportunities that come our way.

8th Cub: Good night to each and every one of you. May these thoughts stay with you our whole life through.

Cubmaster Minute

A wise man once noted that all sunshine is what makes the desert. Just as rain and snow are necessary for plants and animals to exist, as it is in our lives. We gain our strength and ability to live not from the days when all goes right. But rather, it is from days of adversity and overcoming difficulties that we grow.

WEBELOS LEADERS

A gathering time activity for Webelos working on the Readyman badge:

Emergency Checklist

Fill in the blanks with the correct information. Then post this by your phone so you can reference it in an emergency.

Police or Fire - 911

I am

I live at

My phone number is

My birth date is

My parents are

Mother’s work phone number

Father’s work phone number

My brothers and sisters and their birth dates

-

-

-

Our doctor is

Phone number

Address

Names & Phone Numbers of Friends and Neighbors

-

-

SOAP LEAVES

Soak a paper towel in a solution of 50% liquid or antibacterial soap and 50% water. Lay out to dry. Cut into 2”x3” strips and staple together. They can be used to wash up when you don’t have a bar of soap handy. (one leaf at a time is enough.)

Wallet First Aid Kit

2 or 3 Adhesive Bandages

1 2’x2’Sterile Gauze

Soap leaves, or Antiseptic

Moistened Towelette

Here are some things Webelos Scouts should know about First Aid to be of help in an emergency:

The limits of First Aid treatment

Danger of infection

How to make a patient comfortable

How to stop nosebleeds

How to treat an insect bite

The need for getting adult help in case of an accident

How to use ‘direct pressure’ to stop bleeding

How to treat a cut and a wound

How to treat a bruise

What to do for heat echaustion

How to treat a burn or scald.

What to do if a person’s clothes catch on fire.

ENGINEER ACTIVITY BADGE

Some possible den activities:

Arrange for the boys to visit an engineer or surveyor in a municipal or county office. Plan for the boys to look through the surveyor’s transit and ‘read a rod’, or visit a construction site and see the plans which are being followed.

Discuss the different types of engineers, if you know someone who is an engineer, invite him to describe for the boys what his/her duties are.

Play Peanut Catapult: Divide the den into two teams. Give each player three peanuts. One at a time, the players try to catapult their peanuts into an empty milk carton which is sitting on the floor. They do this by holding one end of a ruler in one hand, holding a peanut against the other end of the ruler and bending it back, then releasing it so the peanut will sail towards the carton. Score one point for each peanut that lands in the carton.

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[1] *Farmers Almanac

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