LONE PEAK DISTRICT D17 The Peak IMPORTANT DATES IN NOVEMBER 2016 November 10th Lone Peak District Training Hidden Valley Stake 1450 E. Raddon Dr (12000 So.) Sandy UT 84092 7pm-9pm MT. November 12th Medical Merit Badge Clinic Alta View Hospital 8am 1pm MT. medical-mb-clinic November 12th College of Cub Scouts Jordan High School 8am - 3pm MT. cub-ccs November 17th Council Coordinated University of Utah Stake Bldg 470 Mario Capecchi Drive nov-council-coord November 19th Holiday Auction Salt Palace Grand Ballroom 100 S. West Temple 5pm 9pm MT. November 24th Thanksgiving November 29th 2017 Scout-O-Rama Meeting Great Salt Lake Council 525 Foothill Blvd. 7pm-8pm MT. Council Calendar calendar Volume 1, Issue 1II District Leadership Profile Gary & Becky Rogers Gary & Becky Rogers have been serving as District Commissioners for nearly three years. Gary s Scouting career began when he earned his Eagle rank at the age of 15. He wanted to work at Tracy Wigwam with this friends, and Eagles only could apply. He "worked" there for two years, and was paid $100 per year. His adult Scouting service began when he was asked to be a Scoutmaster in 1990. As a young husband and father with two children, this was surprising and challenging. Since that time, he has served in various Scouting positions, but the most rewarding, challenging, and fulfilling, has been working with the boys. Becky Rogers began her Scouting career as a Den Leader working with her son. With only four boys in the den, each one got lots of attention. She went on to serve as the Cub Committee Chair. Becky went into semi-retirement, but continued to serve as Scoutmasters wife for several years. She also served as a Girl Scout Troop Leader for six years, was a Service Unit Director, and finally a trainer in Girl Scouting. Becky was surprised to be asked to serve as Webelos Den Leader at the ripe age old age of 55, but she had a great time with her den of 16 boys. She now serves with her husband as District Commissioner, keeping everyone organized and on time. It is the responsibility of the District Commissioner to help Scout units succeed. They coach and consult with adult leaders. Commissioners help maintain the standards of the Boy Scouts of America. Lord Baden Powell - The Essence of Leadership "Leadership is difficult to define, and leaders are difficult to find. I have frequently stated that 'anyone can be a commander, and a trained man may often make an instructor; but a leader is more like the poet born, not manufactured.' "One can say, however, that there are four essential points to look for in a leader: November 2016 1. He must have whole-hearted faith and belief in the rightness of his cause so that his followers catch the contagion, and share his fanaticism. 2. He must have a cheery, energetic personality, with sympathy and friendly understanding of his followers, and so to secure their enthusiastic co-operation. 3. He must have confidence in himself through knowing his job. He thus gains the confidence of his men. 4. What he preaches he must himself-practice, thereby giving personal example to his team. "This way success lies." (November, 1936.)
Volume 1, Issue 1II Page 2 Mentor Your Senior Patrol Leader When Shaye Larsen took over as Scoutmaster of Troop 52 in Pleasant View, Utah, he focused on mentoring his new Senior Patrol Leader. It takes a lot of work to make sure he is prepared meeting with him before meetings, having reflections after meetings, meeting with him and his parents regularly, calling and text often, Larsen says. It was a lot of behind-the-scenes work on my part, but it paid off. The SPL started getting more confident and capable and the troop flourished under his leadership. Supporting your youth leaders also means giving them space sometimes literally. Gallagher, for example, leaves the room during PLC meetings. He also gives youth leaders permission to tell him, We ve got this. When I see them looking to me more, Gallagher says, I try to back off and start asking more questions. Rechartering Due - November 15, 2016 This is a fundamental and important process each Unit must follow to provide a quality program for the youth in our communities. By renewing the membership of the youth and adults in your Scouting unit and reviewing the unit s status with the chartering organization, the youth and adults in your Scouting unit will continue as official registered members and enjoy all the benefits of Scouting in 2017! The paperwork portion of rechartering (new applications, YPT updates) should have been completed by October 1, 2016 when the online program became active. Finished charters are due to the district on November 1st and to the Council by November 15th. Please utilize your Scout Committees and coordinate with your CORs. Please contact our District Commissioners if you require any training: Contact Information Gary & Becky Rogers District Commissioners lonpeak17bsa@comcast.net History of Thanksgiving Most Scouts are taught that the first Thanksgiving was held in 1621 with the Pilgrims and Indians. However, let s take a closer look at just what took place leading up to that event, and then what happened in the centuries afterward that finally gave us our modern Thanksgiving. The Pilgrims who sailed to this country aboard the Mayflower were originally members of the English Separatist Church (a Puritan sect). They had earlier fled their home in England and sailed to Holland (The Netherlands) to escape religious persecution. There, they enjoyed more religious tolerance, but they eventually became disenchanted with the Dutch way of life.
History of Thanksgiving Lone Peak District (D-17) Serving Sandy and Draper, Utah Visit the District s Homepage at: https:// www.saltlakescouts. org/lone-peak and Like Us on FACEBOOK https:// www.facebook.com/ Lone-Peak-District-17- GSLC-BSA The Pilgrims set ground at Plymouth Rock on December 11, 1620. Their first winter was devastating. At the beginning of the following fall, they had lost 46 of the original 102 who sailed on the Mayflower. But the harvest of 1621 was a bountiful one. And the remaining colonists decided to celebrate with a feast including 91 natives who had helped the Pilgrims survive their first year. It is believed that the Pilgrims would not have made it through the year without the help of the natives. The feast was more of a traditional English harvest festival than a true thanksgiving observance. It lasted three days. Governor William Bradford sent four men fowling after wild ducks and geese. It is not certain that wild turkey was part of their feast. However, it is certain that they had venison. The term turkey was used by the Pilgrims to mean any sort of wild fowl. Another modern staple at almost every Thanksgiving table is pumpkin pie. But it is unlikely that the first feast included that treat. The supply of flour had been long diminished, so there was no bread or pastries of any kind. However, they did eat boiled pumpkin, and they produced a type of fried bread from their corn crop. There was also no milk, cider, potatoes, or butter. There was no domestic cattle for dairy products, and the newly-discovered potato was still considered by many Europeans to be poisonous. But the feast did include fish, berries, watercress, lobster, dried fruit, clams, venison, and plums. The thanksgiving feast was not repeated the following year. Many years passed before the event was repeated. It wasn t until June of 1676 that another Day of thanksgiving was proclaimed. On June 20 of that year the governing council of Charlestown, Massachusetts, held a meeting to determine how best to express thanks for the good
fortune that had seen their community securely established. By unanimous vote they instructed Edward Rawson, the clerk, to proclaim June 29 as a day of thanksgiving. It is notable that this thanksgiving celebration probably did not include Native Americans, as the celebration was meant partly to be in recognition of the colonists recent victory over the heathen natives, By then, it had become apparent to the settlers that the natives were a hindrance to their quest for more land, so the good will they shared at the first feast had long been lost. A hundred years later, in October of 1777 all 13 colonies joined in a thanksgiving celebration. It also commemorated the patriotic victory over the British at Saratoga. But it was a one-time affair. George Washington proclaimed a National Day of Thanksgiving in 1789, although some were opposed to it. There was discord among the colonies, many feeling the hardships of a few pilgrims did not warrant a national holiday. And later, President Thomas Jefferson opposed the idea of having a day of thanksgiving. It was Sarah Josepha Hale, a magazine editor, whose efforts eventually led to what we recognize as Thanksgiving. Hale wrote many editorials championing her cause in her Boston Ladies Magazine, and later, in Godey s Lady s Book. Finally, after a 40-year campaign of writing editorials and letters to governors and presidents, Hale s obsession became a reality when, in 1863, President Lincoln proclaimed the last Thursday in November as a national day of Thanksgiving. Thanksgiving was proclaimed by every president after Lincoln. The date was changed a couple of times, most recently by Franklin Roosevelt, who set it up one week to the next-to-last Thursday in order to create a longer Christmas shopping season. Public uproar against this decision caused the president to move Thanksgiving back to its original date two years later. And in 1941, Thanksgiving was finally sanctioned by Congress as a legal holiday, as the fourth Thursday in November.