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February 8th, 2012
What's Up With Blue Book?
Many of us have been wondering for years what will happen with Blue Book. A new version has not been published since 2006. At 1pm today Jason Spangler will broadcast part one of an interview with Roy More where they discuss the future of Blue Book.
Scouting Hot Finds Radio: Blue Book 2.0 Update with Roy More.
You can listen live at that link. You can also find the podcast there afterwards, or listen through iTunes.
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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 6th, 2012
A Guide to Identifying Chinese Fakes on eBay
My friend Jason Spangler, also known as the Santee Swapper and host of the Scouting Hot Finds newsletters and podcast has assembled a free guide to spotting the fake Chinese made OA patches currently appearing on eBay.
A Guide to Identifying Recent Chinese Fakes on eBay
This is an extensive 24 page treatise on these patches, with many illustrations. It documents the fakes produced by various sellers over the past several years. It also discusses the marketing strategies of those who produced these fakes including the stealing of images from this website.
This is a must read for almost any collector who wants to avoid being taken by these fakes.
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December 23rd, 2011
Imitation is the Sincerest Form of Flattery (III)
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I have written several posts on this blog about patch designs that appear to have been copied or "inspired" by other designs, quite often from different lodges. For example see the first and second posts using this same title. Another example is this post on more "inspired" patches.
The patch pictured at the top of this post was a recent chapter event issue from Piankatank chapter of Wahunsenakah lodge. (Editor's note: Please see correction in comments). The lodge is chartered to the Colonial Virginia Council which could easily explain the American Revolution theme of the design. However, the lodge totem is a duck so the hawk's head might appear to be an unusual choice.
A friend gave this to me. He acquired it a Trade-O-Ree and thought of me once he saw the design. It's obviously taken from Tsoiotsi Tsogalii's 2010 SR-7B conclave flaps, listed on this site as S34? and S35?.
Perhaps someone in Wahunsenakah can fill us in on the story behind Piankatank chapter's choice of patch design. The artist of the lodge 70 flaps should be flattered that someone in another lodge was so impressed by his design that he chose to adapt it for his chapter's event patch.
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December 22nd, 2011
One of These Things Is Not Like the Other...
"One of these things is not like the others, One of these things just doesn't belong, Can you tell which thing is not like the others. By the time I finish my song?"
How many of you remember this song from "Sesame Street"? I saw a friend of mine at the Winston-Salem Trade-O-Ree last weekend. He usually has a great assortment of patches, many classic material and items from our area. However he wants it to be known that he isn't just interested in old patches, so he puts the frame pictured here on his table. I'll let him remain anonymous unless he chooses to step forward here.
One of those patches seems oddly out of place (really two but one sticks out more!). Do you see it? It's not quite as obvious as recognizing letters and numbers, but still very easy to see! Every time I see this frame I chuckle a bit. It's a good way to start a conversation. Now you all can join me in a good natured chuckle.
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Archive for October, 2008
1957 Area 3D Slide
The lodges of Area 3D met in 1957 at Camp Brulà © in Sullivan County, Pennsylvania. The meeting was hosted by Winingus Lodge #30; this was the first meeting hosted by the lodge, and the first at Camp Brulà ©.
There were two items issued for this area meeting. The neckerchief slide was cylindrical and made of a glass, with a multi-colored decal.
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"The riddle does not exist. If a question can be put at all, then it can also be answered."
Ludwig Wittgenstein
Muscogee 221 eX1997-3
I read the other day that Halloween is now the second biggest holiday in the US in terms of retail sales. That turns to be false, yet another urban legend. At best it ranks sixth, but still has become “big business”. So it’s not surprising that some lodges have issued patches with Halloween themes. Here are a few of the patches I have found with an explicit Halloween theme.
First is the patch pictured at the top of this post. It is the 221 eX1997-3. Halloween Fellowship is what the lodge called their Fall Fellowship that year. The design of the patch is a stylized jack-o-latern with a representation of the lodge’s totem instead of the more usual scary face.
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"Our firmest convictions are apt to be the most suspect, they mark our limitations and our bounds. Life is a petty thing unless it is moved by the indomitable urge to extend its boundaries."
Jose Ortega y Gasset
There is a grassroots movement to form a service organization within the BSA’s Venturing program called the Corps of Discovery. The program is very loosely based upon the Order of the Arrow and its idea of servant leadership.
The basis for membership is very different from that of the OA.
Induction into the Corps of Discovery should be a “pay forward” endeavor. In other words, only current members can nominate inductees, and it is the responsibility of all current youth members to mentor their candidates until they can be inducted. This reflects the final commission of Kodiak-X, mentoring.
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Lord Chesterfield
1957 Area 3C Slide
The lodges of Area 3C met in 1957 at Camp Powhatan in the Blue Ridge Scout Reservation in Pulaski County, Virginia. The host lodge was Powhatan Lodge #456; this was both the first meeting hosted by the lodge and the first at Camp Powhatan.
A hand-carved painted wood neckerchief slide was issued for the event; the slide has the profile of an Indian and has the area, “WWW”, and the year lightly stamped on the feathers of the headdress.
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Albert Einstein
1957 Area 3B Patch
The lodges of Area 3B met in 1957 at Camp Olmstead in the Allegheny National Forest near Warren, Pennsylvania. The meeting was hosted by Chief Cornplanter Lodge #255; this was both the first meeting hosted by the lodge and the first at Camp Olmstead.
The embroidered patch for the meeting is a rounded triangle shape with three arrows around the edges. The simple design identifies the event and the location.
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William H Gass
1957 Area 3A Patch
In June of 1957, the lodges of Area 3A met at Shikellamy Reservation near Reading Pennsylvania. Minsi Lodge #5 hosted the gathering.
The event patch was white twill with an attached tab that could be cut to go on a button, and featured the wolf totem of Minsi Lodge.
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J. D. Salinger
Word has come to me from Richard Robie that Memsochet 507 and Allogagan 83 agreed to merge on September 28, 2008 at a meeting of the Lodge Steering Committee. Pocumtuc is the new lodge. The wolf will be their totem. As Order of the Arrow lodges are chartered on a calendar year basis, the new lodge will be officially chartered for the first time in 2009.
Pioneer Valley and Great Trails Councils previously merged to form the Western Massachusetts Council.
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1956 Area 3F Patch
The lodges of Area 3F met in 1956 at Camp Anawanna in Washington County, Pennsylvania, site of the 1952 Area 3B Meeting. Chimalus Lodge #242 was the host.
The event patch was a white twill round with blue and red embroidery, featuring an outline of the area covered by Area 3F. This design would be used for the next few Area 3F meetings, with the only changes being made to the color, date, and host lodge and camp names.
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Douglas Adams
1956 Area 3E Neckerchief
On May 5 and 6, 1956, the lodges of Area 3E met at Camp Karoondinha near Glen Iron, Pennsylvania. The meeting was hosted by Wapsu Achtu Lodge #343.
Following the practice established the year before, attendees received a neckerchief with a patch from the host lodge attached. The patch was the Wapsu Achtu R4 (twill round with horizontally stitched deer) and was on a light blue neckerchief with a blue chain stitched edge. Continue Reading »
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1956 Area 3D Slide
The lodges of Area 3D met in the Spring of 1956 at Camp Lavigne, in Benton, Pennsylvania. The meeting was hosted by Wyona Lodge #18, which had been re-started two years earlier with an Ordeal held at the first Area 3D meeting.
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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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March 31st, 2011
Comment Spam
This is strictly an "FYI" post for those familiar with the issues facing those who maintain blogs and message boards where readers can post comments.
Recently I had been having issues here with comment spam getting past this blog's filters. I deleted the inappropriate posts as quickly as I could but this was still unacceptable to me, as well as additional work. I since have required that readers register before they're allowed to post comments here. That seems to have stopped the spammers.
I still see a number of probable spammers, mainly from Russian domains, registering on this blog but so far none have had their comments posted successfully.
I may test my luck for a short period of time in the near future. At some unannounced time, I will turn off the registration requirement for posting comments for a day or two. I want to see if the spammers have been chased away, or if they're just awaiting an easy opportunity to push their garbage
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February 11th, 2011
Change in Comments Policy
This blog is being hit with a large number spam comments lately. There have been over 12,000 attempts to spam the blog with comments just within the past 60 days. Recently a few dozen comments, hawking service and goods I deem inappropriate for this blog, made it past the filters. Since I don't desire to spend more time deleting the spam as I find it and don't want inappropriate information to sit on my blog, I am tightening up the policy on commenting here.
Those who wish to comment must now register and be logged in before being to post comments. Registration is free and is not the same as membership to this site. This is a common practice on many blogs especially among sites run by more "traditional media" type companies.
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