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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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Archive for March, 2008
A few weekends ago, Timuquan Lodge 340 came out with several more parts of their 2007-2008 series of activity patches, around the theme of “Classic Muscle Cars”. The design of the year patch contains depictions of several of the cars featured on the weekend patches, parked outside a diner.
This continues with what Timuquan started back in June, as discussed here.
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"If you see ten troubles coming down the road, you can be sure that nine will run into the ditch before they reach you."
Calvin Coolidge
This neckerchief sold on eBay a few days ago. It’s an unlisted piece from Aheka 359. The closing price was an astounding $14,655.
Since the eBay link will become inactive over time, a partial screenshot is shown at the top of this post. Click on the image to see a larger version of it. Although it can currently be seen on eBay, I have obscured the buyer’s identity to preserve his privacy once this item is no longer on eBay.
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"Backward ran sentences until reeled the mind."
Wolcott Gibbs
Muscogee lodge has issued a patch for their recent Spring Fellowship Thanks to Jeff Cook for sending me word of this new issue.
Like last year’s issues, the plan is for this year’s events patches to follow a seasonal theme. The Spring Fellowship patch appears to be shaped like a shamrock. The design features a fox in what appears to be a salt marsh environment.
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"Horse sense is the thing a horse has which keeps it from betting on people."
W. C. Fields
Since special flaps for Ordeal, Brotherhood, and Vigil members are now officially forbidden, Tsali lodge decided they needed to issue a new standard flap. Thanks to Hank Birdsong for letting me know about this.
This new flap uses the design of their most recent OBV set (S51-S53), changing the border color to blue. As an aside, it’s interesting to note that all previous blue bordered flaps from Tsali lodge (S11, S22, S33, S43) are among the lodge’s toughest flaps to acquire.
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"Those who trust to chance must abide by the results of chance. "
Calvin Coolidge
At their recent Spring Conclave, Tipisa Lodge 326 continued their series of activity patches with the Northwestern tribal designs. Pictured here is the 2007-08 year patch, and the depiction of the canoe is very impressive. Measuring 10.5 inches at its longest point, it has a laser cut edge, it has some pretty impressive details. The lodge ordered 200 of these, and will be ordering another 100 in time for their Service Weekend in May.
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"I have heard your views. They do not harmonize with mine. The decision is taken unanimously."
Charles De Gaulle
Shortly after posting last night about the recent BSA Southern Region reorganization, I received word from someone who wishes to remain anonymous that the Northeastern region is also to be reorganized, effective July 1st, 2008.
The map of the region showing the new area boundaries is at the top of the post. Click it to see a larger version.
The rest of this message lists the lodges of this region by current OA section showing what BSA area they will be part of under the reorganization. As with the Southern Region reorganization post, I need to stress that this is not necessarily how the OA sections will be organized. While sections follow area boundaries, in so much as lodges must be in the same BSA area to be in the same OA section, they may also be a subdivision of an area.
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"Adversity makes a man wise, not rich. "
Romanian Proverb
Rick Obermeyer sent word to patch-l that the Boy Scouts of America (BSA) has once again reorganized the Areas of the Southern Region. All but two of the areas have seen changes in their composition. These changes are to take effect in 2009.
While Order of the Arrow sections do not formally exist within the BSA’s organizational hierarchy, they either follow area boundaries or are subdivisions of the areas. The rest of this post is my analysis of how this will affect the OA sections in the Southern Region.
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"Where I am, I don't know, I'll never know, in the silence you don't know, you must go on, I can't go on, I'll go on."
Samuel Beckett
Thanks to Hank Birdsong for sending me images of several recent issues from Tsali 134. I’ll cover them here in a few posts.
Tsali lodge issued two patches for their 70th anniversary this year, a flap and a jacket patch. Both items have a similar design that incorporates elements from the lodge’s recent flaps as well as their first patch.
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"If you knew what I know about the power of giving, you would not let a single meal pass without sharing it in some way. "
Buddha
Over the weekend I received word of new special issues from two North Carolina lodges .
Occoneechee lodge has adopted a theme based upon the movie “300″ for the 2008 SR-7B conclave. A flap and pocket dangle were produced for this event. Except for the flap and dangle that will be given to lodge delegates, the patches were sold out. The lodge does not plan reorder any more.
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"I must study politics and war that my sons may have liberty to study mathematics and philosophy. My sons ought to study mathematics and philosophy, geography, natural history, naval architecture, navigation, commerce and agriculture in order to give their children a right to study painting, poetry, music, architecture, statuary, tapestry, and porcelain."
John Adams
On My Honor (Why the American Values of the Boy Scouts are Worth Fighting For) , by Rick Perry, is a new book about the Boy Scouts of America and the struggle the author believes it faces as an organization today.
Perhaps I’m behind the curve but I first read about this book today. Based upon the synopsis and reviews there is an obvious political agenda behind this book. I would not look to it for an unbiased history of the BSA. There is defnitely a political viewpoint being sold here. I expect those who do not share this political viewpoint will be frustrated by this book.
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"Here's something to think about how come you never see a headline like 'Psychic Wins Lottery'?"
Jay Leno
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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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Timuquan Lodge 340 “Classic Muscle Cars 2007-08″
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