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April 15th, 2012
Looking for Trading Stock?
Over the past several years I have accumulated an abundance of flaps. This is an opportunity for you. I can now offer lots of ten (10) different and assorted flaps, all mint and no spoofs/fakes, for $40 postpaid to US addresses.
Please, at this time this is a limit of one lot per person. No requests for particular issues or lodges can be honored. My extras are stored in boxes and I will pull them out ten at a time at random.
If interested please send payment via PayPal to me at jpannell@triad.rr.com. Please remember to include your address. Thanks and happy collecting!
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March 7th, 2012
Lodge 296: Region Chief Flap, "MVE"
Greg Grimes recently sent me this image of two RED bordered 2012 Home of the Region Chief flaps, showing something he noticed about them. Apparently there may be thin and thick letter variations in this issue. To me this is not significant enough to be listed as a variety. It is for cases like this that my site uses the notation, "MVE" (minor variations exist).
I told Greg I would share this image with fellow collectors. What do you think? Chase after this variation or not; that is completely up to you!
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March 5th, 2012
Breast Cancer Patch Checklist
Now that there is a growing list of breast cancer related patches as well as a devoted group of collectors chasing after them, I thought now is a good time to put together a list of those issues. I now know of at least 18 issues from 12 lodges, including a key fob and one chapter issue.
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March 4th, 2012
Ahoalan-Nachpikin Issues Breast Cancer Flap
Ahoalan-Nachpikin lodge from Memphis, TN has joined the growing list of lodges (and one chapter) that have issued patches in support of breast cancer research. As with many others, this issue is also a pink monochrome. Thanks to Nick DeMarco for supplying this image.
If you know of any other patches that have been issued for this cause, please either send the images to me or comment on this post below. Thanks.
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February 21st, 2012
2012 NOAC Issues Page Added
I have just added a page to this site showing lodge issues for this Summer's National Order of the Arrow Conference (NOAC). You may view it here:
http://www.oaimages.com/noac12.shtml
Presently on a few issues are shown. If you know of any that should be added, please let me know. This list should grow rapidly as we get closer to NOAC.
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Last Winter I posted that a new OA lodge was being formed in Long Beach Area Council. Now I am pleased to report that Tico Perez has passed along news to me that this new lodge has held its first Ordeal. 38 candidates have become the first Ordeal members inducted into this lodge with the help of three lodges from southern California.
The brothers have chosen the name Puvunga, translating as “The Gathering Place”. The lodge totem will be the porpoise. I eagerly await their first lodge flap. Given the totem choice, a talented artist could create an outstanding flap.
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Unali'yi 236 S72?
I’m almost through with the lodge issues from the Dixie Fellowship. I have some other new issues to highlight once I get through them.
Unali’yi lodge issued three flaps for last month’s Dixie Fellowship. The delegate flap is a mostly white monochrome version of the lodge’s standard flap design, with a red mylar border. The other two flaps harken back to the earlier days of video games with their “8 Bit Buck” design. Once again, thanks to Greg Grimes for these images.
Listing data for these are as follows:
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Skyuka 270 S50?
Skyuka lodge issued a single flap for the recent Dixie Fellowship. The flap depicts a “badass” theme, the “OA Team”. Thanks to Greg Grimes again for this image. The design for this flap is rather simple and traditional for Skyuka lodge. The words WWW, 2012 Dixie Fellowship, Camp John J. Barnhardt are embroidered in black on the black background and may be a bit hard to see in this image.
There were also several new chapter items that appeared at the Dixie Fellowship. I will post separately about them.
The listing data are as follows:
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Muscogee 221 X11?
Muscogee lodge issued two pocket patches for the recent Dixie Fellowship (SR-5 Conclave) held at Camp John J. Barnhardt. The lodge used a Monopoly ™ theme for these issues. The trader piece is a diamond shaped patch and features a representation of the game board. The delegate issue features a mock title dead from the game for “Muscogee Avenue.” Thanks to Greg Grimes for these images.
The listing data for these are as follows:
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Itibapishe Iti Hollo 188 S75?
Itibapishe Iti Hollo lodge’s totem has been the beaver for years but yet it did not appear on their flaps, until now. The lodge recently hosted the Dixie Fellowship at Camp John J. Barnhardt and issued four flaps for this event. Thanks to Greg Grimes, again, for these images.
Previous standard issue lodge flaps usually pictured an American Indian in a canoe. I like this design change and hope they continue using it. It reminds me a bit of some of the designs from other “beaver lodges” such as Twoa-Ba-Cha 514, but I think this lodge has improved upon those earlier designs. I offer my kudos to the designer.
The listing data for these issues are as follows
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Recent OAImages News
April 1st, 2012
April Fool!
It should go without saying that my post about this site being sold to a Google/eBay partnership was my annual April Fool's post. I have no plans at this time to give up or sell this web site. Long time readers will know this has become quite the tradition here and I usually start planning the posts several months in advance. The most famous (infamous?) of these was 2008's post concerning the abolishment of lodge names. It still creates difficulty from time to time for those in authority in the OA and BSA due to the inability of some to detect obvious (in my opinion) satire.
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April 1st, 2012
OAImages Soon Under New Ownership
This post contains important information regarding the future of this website. Please read carefully.
Many have noticed that I have found it hard to maintain this website for quite some time now. Due to various reasons, some of them beyond my control, updating the price guide regularly has become all but impossible. Things have become a bit less chaotic, but after 15 years this has become a chore. I also know that there will come the day when control of this site will need to be passed to another. With all that in mind, I have been considering various options for the future of OAImages. In the midst of this, a several months ago I was contacted by someone who made me an offer that was too good to resist. After many months of negotiations I am now free to announce that this site has been purchased by a combined partnership of Google and eBay. This will be effective July 1, 2012.
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January 30th, 2012
Tschipey Achtu Lodge: Update
Back in 2010 I announced the formation of Tschipey Achtu lodge as a result of the merger of Ty-Ohni 95 and Ganeodiyo 417. At the time I was told they would use the number 397, which is also their council number. This created a bit of controversy as that number is currently in use by Chilantakoba lodge in Louisiana. I also announced their first flap. Other than a 2010 Jamboree issue no further news from this lodge made it to me.
I was talking with a Roger Ward last night who was at the recent Winter South Carolina Trade-O-Ree. He tells me it has not been quiet in that lodge. The use of 397 was problematic. Many wanted to choose a different number. Some wanted to claim the number zero, but that was not well received given the special place Unami 1 holds in the Order of the Arrow. The Scout Executive, I am told, stepped in and told the lodge they will use the lower number from the two merged lodges.
The lodge is now known as Tschipey Achtu 95. I have updated the site to reflect this current information. Several new issues have also been added.
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January 14th, 2012
An OAImages iPad App?
Some of those who know me personally, know that I have gone over to the "Dark Side" and have started using Apple products. I bought an iMac a couple of months ago and just recently got an iPad. My brother is trying to tell me that my Droid's days are numbered.
I really like my iPad and started day dreaming about an OAImages app for it. I have no idea how to go about writing this and it would take me into an entirely new area from what I know. It's not something that would happen easily or soon. Here's your chance to give feedback. What do you think about an OAImages app? What would you put in it? Do you have any thoughts on how it would be distributed or how much it would cost?
Please feel free to comment. Comments are moderated for those who have not successfully had a comment published on this blog before in order to control spam. I will do my best to approve comments as quickly as possible in order to facilitate a discussion.
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October 4th, 2011
Indian Summer and Summit Corps Patches
I have added special pages on this site for the 2011 Indian Summer and 2011 Summit Corps. I still have a few images to add but most of what I have images for is now on the site. Thanks for Rick Horne for most of these images.
To view these items, go to OA Images: National and Special Events Patches page and select either of these events from the "Other Specialties" drop down box.
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August 27th, 2011
Coming out of Hiding About April 1st
It's kind of odd to come out of hiding to post about a topic like this.
I'm hearing from some brothers that there have been gullible readers to this blog over the years. I would have thought it was obvious from the context of the posts, but the various posts made on this blog throughout the years that have appeared on APRIL FIRST are all satire. None of them are true. Read them and chuckle but please do not complain to your friendly OA National Committee members, Scout Executives, lodge advisers, or official website administrators about the "changes" that are "announced" in them.
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SR-7B Patch News
May 6th, 2012
2012 SR-7B Vigil Rededication Patch
Greg Grimes and Rick Horne both told me about the patch pictured here. It was given out at the Vigil Rededication ceremony during the recent 2012 SR-7B Conclave. We have had some discussion amongst our selves over whether this should be considered a lodge or section issue. Some of the points that came up in our discussion were:
-- Tsoiotsi Tsogalii was host/service lodge for this event. It is customary for the host lodge to give a gift or trinket to those who attend the Vigil rededication at conclave;
-- The patch a red tail hawk feather which is an important part of the local customs regarding the Vigil Honor in this lodge but does not use the lodge's name;
-- The patch was only available to Vigil Honor brothers and given to members of other lodges. However it is not uncommon either for a lodge to restrict its patches to only some of its members or to give its patches to brothers from other lodges.
I have not yet heard the answer to the question that would settle this: Who ordered, produced and paid for this patch? If it were the lodge, then in my opinion, this should be cataloged as an issue of Tsoiotsi Tsogalii lodge. If the section had responsibility for producing this, then it should be considered a section issue. Please feel free to comment and and discuss.
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April 30th, 2012
Lodge 331: 2012 SR-7B Conclave
Klahican lodge, along with Wahissa, bucked the trend in SR-7B and only issued one piece for the 2012 Conclave. I'm not exactly sure but the lodge seems to have had some sort of prison theme this year. Perhaps someone could comment and fill me in on the details. Thanks to Greg Grimes and Bob Walton for sending me images of this flap.
The listing data are as follows:
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April 29th, 2012
Lodge 296: 2012 SR-7B Conclave Issues
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April 28th, 2012
Lodge 117: 2012 SR-7B Conclave Issues
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April 27th, 2012
Lodge 104: 2012 SR-7B Conclave Issues
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April 26th, 2012
Lodge 70: 2012 Conclave Issues
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SR-5 Patch News
May 15th, 2012
Lodge 236: 2012 Dixie Fellowship Issues
I'm almost through with the lodge issues from the Dixie Fellowship. I have some other new issues to highlight once I get through them.
Unali'yi lodge issued three flaps for last month's Dixie Fellowship. The delegate flap is a mostly white monochrome version of the lodge's standard flap design, with a red mylar border. The other two flaps harken back to the earlier days of video games with their "8 Bit Buck" design. Once again, thanks to Greg Grimes for these images.
Listing data for these are as follows:
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May 13th, 2012
Lodge 270: 2012 Dixie Flap
Skyuka lodge issued a single flap for the recent Dixie Fellowship. The flap depicts a "badass" theme, the "OA Team". Thanks to Greg Grimes again for this image. The design for this flap is rather simple and traditional for Skyuka lodge. The words WWW, 2012 Dixie Fellowship, Camp John J. Barnhardt are embroidered in black on the black background and may be a bit hard to see in this image.
There were also several new chapter items that appeared at the Dixie Fellowship. I will post separately about them.
The listing data are as follows:
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May 11th, 2012
Lodge 221: 2012 Dixie Fellowship Issues
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May 10th, 2012
Lodge 188: Finally, The Lodge Totem on a Flap!
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May 8th, 2012
Lodge 185: 2012 Dixie Fellowship
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May 7th, 2012
Lodge 134: 2012 Dixie Fellowship
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February 19th, 2012
Aal-Pa-Tah Lodge 237 70th Anniversary
by Robert Mathis
Aal-Pa-Tah Lodge 237 is commemorating its 70th anniversary in 2012, with its activity patch set for the year. At the recent Palm Beach Trade-O-Ree, a complete set of activity patches and the anniversary flap were sold in auction to one impatient collector who could not wait all year to obtain the full set one piece at a time. Each of the weekend pieces of the year's activities are one letter of the word "GATOR", as well as a segment of an alligator. Once the full set is assembled, the word is spelled and the alligator is complete. The year patch is the logupon which the gator lays, fitting like a jigsaw puzzle with the feet of the gator. There will also be an "uncut" set available, with all of the pieces together as one patch.
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February 17th, 2012
Echockotee Lodge 200: 2012 Winter Fellowship
by Robert Mathis
The 2012 Winter Fellowship for Echockotee Lodge 200 was the first weekend of their annual series of activity patch theme, "Camp Shands Structures". Camp Shands is where Echockotee has been holding its weekend activities since 1968. The Winter Fellowship patch depicts the "tree houses", a coveted site at Shands where campers sleep in small cabins set about 12 feet off the ground. The name and date of the event have been embedded into the design, in the lower right corner. Other patches in the series will depict the camp chapel, council ring, climbing tower, a cabin, and the camp water tower.
The irony to thisseries that the Winter Fellowship may be the last lodgeweekend event held at Shands for several months.
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January 5th, 2012
Tipisa Lodge (326): "A Renaissance of Brotherhood" Activity Patches 2011-2012
by Robert Mathis
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January 4th, 2012
Echockotee Lodge 200 New Issues for 2011 (more catching up)
by Robert Mathis
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January 3rd, 2012
Aal-Pa-Tah Lodge 237 Activity Patches 2011 (catching up)
by Robert Mathis
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January 1st, 2012
Echockotee Lodge 200: Activity Patches 2011 (catching up)
by Robert Mathis
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