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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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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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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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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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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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Posted in Shared Items by John E. Pannell on May 31st, 2009 at 8:10 pm May 28, 2009
May 27, 2009
Popularity: 5% [?]
Lodge 185: 1990 Dixie Leather
Atta Kulla Kulla 185 L4?
Here’s another patch that has managed to escape listing here for many years. Thanks to Johnny Smith for the image.
In 1990 Atta Kulla Kulla lodge issued three leather patches for the OA’s 75th and the lodge’s 50th anniversaries. Each of these had a similar design and were differentiated by the use of either an Ordeal, Brotherhood, or Vigil arrow. There was also a fourth patch, pictured, with a design similar to the L1 but with the word “Dixie” added.
The listing data for this issue are:
Popularity: 10% [?]
Lodge 188: Two More 1996 Events Issues
Itibapishe Iti Hollo 188 eR1996-2?
Word of new — and new to this site — issues from the Carolinas has been coming faster than I can blog about it lately. Here I have 1996 Spring Fellowship and Ordeals patches from Itibapishe Iti Hollo that have not been listed previously. Larry Banks sent these to me a few weeks ago but I’m only getting around to them now.
Itibapishe Iti Hollo is an oddity from a collector’s perspective in this part of the country. It’s a small lodge, tucked into south central North Carolina to the east of Catawba and south of Tsoiotsi Tsogalii. With those two large lodges as its neighbors one would think news of its patch issues would be more widespread, but it’s not. Its patches are not widely collected outside of the lodge area either and they tend to fetch low prices when they appear. Also, with apologies, I find the designs of most of their modern issues to be uninspiring. I believe it’s also the lodge that I receive the least input on for this site. So, it’s not unusual that these have not been listed here before this.
Popularity: 13% [?]
Posted in Personal Stuff by John E. Pannell on May 30th, 2009 at 12:41 pm I read this story earlier today and wanted to share it with readers of this blog. Gina Marie Incadela was diagnosed with autism at the age of two. At three she could not speak. She was blessed to have some inspired teachers who noted that music helped her learn. So, she went from being unable to talk to singing the national anthem at major sporting events by the age of seven.
You can hear Gina sing before a Magics vs. Celtics game in this year’s NBA playoff after the jump.
Popularity: 12% [?]
Echockotee 200 Summer 2009
Echockotee 200 2009 Summer Fellowship
Echockotee Lodge 200 recently held their Summer Fellowship event, marked with their latest in the 2009 series of activity patches depicting feathers, on a shield-shaped design. The “CC” on the patch is not a Roman numeral depiction of the lodge’s number (pure coincidence); it is the initials of the designer of the patch (see also the Winter and Spring 2009 pieces).
Popularity: 13% [?]
Semialachee Lodge (239) 2009 Activity Patch
Semialachee 239 2009 Winter Fellowship
Semialachee Lodge (239*) is not one of the more prolific patch lodges of Florida, so not a whole lot has been written about their issues. Their first patch for 2009 was available during the recent Section S-4 Conference, with a depiction of Meteu. The 2009 series of event items will be the principals of the Ceremonies, all on arrowhead-shaped patches.
Popularity: 9% [?]
Seminole 85: New Activity Items
Seminole 85 2009 Spring Conclave
For the 2009 year, Seminole Lodge 85 has a new theme for their weekend activity patches. This year’s items are a puzzle set, forming a picture of an arrow. As of the 2009 Section S-4 Conference, the Winter Fellowship and Spring Conclave patches had been released. The next two event’s pieces will complete the rest of the arrow. Continue Reading »
Popularity: 12% [?]
1979 SE-6 Attendee Patch
The Spring 2009 issue of the Florida Collectors’ Newsletter is now available, at http://floridacsp.com/fcn/. In this issue we have the latest in Florida OA and CSP memorabilia, a summary of the recent S-4 Conference, the Sunshine Trade-O-Ree in Orlando and upcoming items to become available soon. The big article in this issue is a brief history of the 1979 SE-6 Conference, one of the more unusual events in Florida history, and the hardest complete Conference set to collect.
All can be found at http://floridacsp.com/fcn/.
Popularity: 10% [?]
Posted in Personal Stuff by John E. Pannell on May 25th, 2009 at 6:05 am While tending to your family celebrations today, please take a moment to remember what we commemorate on this day. I am told it used to be customary, especially in the South, to decorate graves in the late Spring around Memorial Day. In fact, this holiday has its origins in the decorating of graves of those who gave their lives for this country during the US Civil War, or the War Between the States:
I. The 30th day of May, 1868, is designated for the purpose of strewing with flowers, or otherwise decorating the graves of comrades who died in defense of their country during the late rebellion, and whose bodies now lie in almost every city, village, and hamlet churchyard in the land. In this observance no form or ceremony is prescribed, but Posts and comrades will, in their own way, arrange such fitting services and testimonials of respect as circumstances may permit.
Popularity: 7% [?]
Posted in Shared Items by John E. Pannell on May 25th, 2009 at 6:00 am May 22, 2009
Popularity: 5% [?]
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.
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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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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