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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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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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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.
"Continue reading" to see the list.
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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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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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Posted in Shared Items by John E. Pannell on November 26th, 2008 at 4:56 am November 25, 2008 – Eagle Scout Robert Gates to stay on as Secretary of Defense.
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Posted in Shared Items by John E. Pannell on November 25th, 2008 at 8:17 pm November 10, 2008
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Lodge 104: First of the 2009 NOAC Issues
Occoneechee 104 X37?
Occoneechee lodge has received the first of their 2009 NOAC patches. First in are the jacket patch, and a CSP to be issued by the lodge. These will be officially released at the Winter Banquet. Thanks to Greg Grimes for the images.
The lodge’s issues for this NOAC will all follow some sort of mad scientist theme.
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1950 Area Z Fellowship Patch
In 1950 the Order of the Arrow’s areas were reorganized conform to the BSA’s twelve areas. The lodges of Area “Z” were split between Area 6-B and Area 6-C, with the former area being the precursor of the Dixie Fellowship.
The first Area 6-B fellowship meeting was held in 1950 at Camp Barstow with Muscogee 221 serving as host lodge. This event is sometimes called the 1950 Columbia Fellowship. This was the second time Muscogee lodge 221 hosted hosted an area fellowship. They had previously hosted the 1947 Area “Z” meeting.
Thanks to Jason Spangler (www.santeeswapper.com) for supplying the images for the Area Z and Dixie Fellowship patches used on this blog.
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In a phone conversation with Frank Kern out of Bellingham, Washington yesterday he informed me of the first spelling of lodge 325′s name.
For years Quilshan had been thought to have only the one spelling but Frank uncovered official lodge documents that used the spelling of Quil-Shan. As we were talking it also came up that the A1a was issued during that period and overlapped into the Quilshan period.
And now that I have ruined the day of all name collectors in the nation – let me point out that none of the arrowhead shaped issues from 325 had the lodge name on them. I( guess now I have to acquire that issue so that I have at least one patch from every lodge in the Pacific Northwest.
If you need more information on this discovery please contact Frank Kern. He has done the research and deserves the full credit for this information.
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iPhone Screenshot -- Portrait
I have been looking at the new Blackberry Storm and drooling. I want one and am trying to figure out how to justify to myself spending money on a new cell phone that does all sorts of “neat things”. I’m one of those folks who uses a cell phone as their primary phone, don’t even have any visible or active phone jacks in my home.
But, I also am one of the few cell phone users who don’t even use text messaging. I already own an iPod that still has a *lot* of space on it. I own a quite servicable laptop with wireless access. I don’t travel much anymore. So, beyond the “gee whiz” factor, why do I really need a phone with a 3 megapixel digital camera, built-in MP3 player, touch sensitive keyboard, and a full web browser.
But did I tell you, I think it’s really cool? 
With that in mind, I thought I’d share with those considering a smart phone how this site looks on one. Thanks to Chris Brightwell for the screen captures from his iPhone.
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1949 Area Z Fellowship Patch
The 1949 Area “Z” Meeting, sometimes called the 1949 Greenville Meeting, was held at Camp Old Indian. Atta Kulla Kulla 185 was the host lodge.
Like the other Area Z patches and the early “Dixie” patches that were to follow, this piece is highly desirable and sought after by section conclave collectors in this part of the country.
Thanks to Jason Spangler (www.santeeswapper.com) for supplying the images for the Area Z and Dixie Fellowship patches used on this blog.
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Lodge 459: Centennial Uniform Flap?
Catawba 459 S97?
Catawba lodge seems to have taken a cue from Eswau Huppeday and has recently issued a flap designed to match the color scheme of the new BSA Centennial uniform. The design is similar to the lodge’s standard flaps, using the traditional representation of their hornets nest totem, but is rendered in dark olive and khaki.
The is the first lodge flap I am aware of (apparently) designed to match the color scheme of the new uniform. Thanks to Larry Banks for supplying the image of this piece.
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Mike Rowe, the host of the the Discovery Channel show “Dirty Jobs”, answers a comment from a reader on the importance of becoming an Eagle Scout.
A viewer wrote:
Mike,
I’m not sure where I heard that you are an Eagle Scout, which brings me to my question. Could you PLEASE take a moment & post to my 13 year old son Kelby & encourage him to finish scouting (& anything else that’ll help with this?) Reason I’m asking is that he only lacks 1 1/2 – 2 years in reaching Eagle, but some of his buddies have got him to thinking scouting isn’t cool at his age.
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Posted in Patch Collecting by John E. Pannell on November 19th, 2008 at 5:02 am 
2004 NE-1B Patch Weenie Certificate
Jim Goldrup recently sent me images of several new issues from various New England lodges. Among these images was an unusual certificate awarded at the 2004 NE-1B conclave to those brothers who completed the “Patch Design Session”.
I’ve known a “patchor” and a “patch geek” or two over the years, but this is a new one for me. Are you a patch weenie?
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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.
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.
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.
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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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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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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