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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.
"Continue reading" to see the list.
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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 February, 2009
Occoneechee 104 eX1994-2?
Occoneechee lodge has generally been well documented in Blue Book. Sure, there have been some disagreements but compared to other lodges this one has generally been edited well in the past. So, it has struck me as unusual that there has been a hole in the this lodge’s events listings for the years 1992-1994. With the exception of the A1 that is part of the “puzzle patch” formed by the 1992 and 1993 events patches, none of these items are particularly rare yet they were apparently overlooked by past Blue Book editors.
Recently Darrell Wessinger sent me an image of the 1994 Spring Inductions patch. This appears to be the last events item for this lodge for which I did not have an image on this site. Now I can complete the 1994 events listings for this lodge.
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Are there too many posts to handle? Maybe you missed out on a great post. Here’s a quick digest of the top posts from last week that you may want to check out:
- 1961 Dixie Fellowship
Posted on Wednesday, February 18th, 2009 in Area 6-B – Views: (52)
The tenth Dixie Fellowship, the 1961 Area 6-B Fellowship, was held at Camp Palmetto. Skyuka 270 was the host lodge. Continuing the tradition started in 1953, the Confederate Battle Flag was used in the patch’s design. Also included is a U.S. flag, possibly intended to be a depiction of the flag that might have been current during the US Civil War.
- Lodge 104: Yamni Wakpa 2009 Fish-o-Ree Patches
Yamni Wakpa chapter of Occoneechee lodge has issued two patches for the recent Three Rivers district fish-o-ree they hosted. Though it was a district event the patches were designed, produced and issued by the OA chapter so these are listing on this site as chapter issues.
- Tali Taktaki 70: Unaliyi Chapter Neckerchief Slide
Posted on Monday, February 16th, 2009 in SR-7B Lodges – Views: (84)
Earlier today I was was glancing at the directory on my computer at home that is full of images that have not yet made it onto the site for one reason or another. Among these images I found this interesting neckerchief slide from Unaliyi chapter of Tali Taktaki 70 that I had first saved in January 2008.
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“Scouting For Food” has been a project of the Boy Scouts of America (BSA) for several years now. It usually occurs in early February, a time of year when donations to food banks tend to be low. It also has been linked to the commemoration of the BSA’s anniversary in February. Some Cub Scouts recently had an unusual experience while participating with their pack in this project.
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1962 Dixie Fellowship Patch
The eleventh Dixie Fellowship, the 1962 Area 6-B Fellowship, was held at Camp Old Indian. Atta Kulla Kulla 185 was the host lodge, having just hosted in 1960.
Like in 1961 the design features crossed US and CSA flags, apparently depicting the American flag in use during the US Civil War. I wonder if the area intended to commemorate the centennial of the US Civil War with the 1961 and 1962 designs. Starting in 1963, the area would return to featuring the host lodge totem as a prominent design element on the patches.
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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Occoneechee 104 Yamni Wakpa chapter eX2009-1?
Yamni Wakpa chapter of Occoneechee lodge has issued two patches for the recent Three Rivers district fish-o-ree they hosted. Though it was a district event the patches were designed, produced and issued by the OA chapter so these are listing on this site as chapter issues.
Both issues are embroidered on orange felt and are identical in design. The only difference between the two patches is the border. The green (GRN) border patch is for participants. The second patch has a black (BLK) border and is for staff.
Can you find the “WWW” in the patch?
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1961 Dixie Fellowship Patch
The tenth Dixie Fellowship, the 1961 Area 6-B Fellowship, was held at Camp Palmetto. Skyuka 270 was the host lodge. Continuing the tradition started in 1953, the Confederate Battle Flag was used in the patch’s design. Also included is a U.S. flag, possibly intended to be a depiction of the flag that might have been current during the US Civil War.
This UNC fan likes the pretty shade of “Carolina Blue” used on the patch, however I am sure the color choice had little to do with my favorite school.
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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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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Lodge 104: 1994 Events Patches
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