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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 October, 2009
As previously mentioned here, Seminole Lodge 85′s theme for their activity patches for 2009 resembles a puzzle, with the design to resemble a bow and arrow. While the third and fourth pieces have not yet been made available to me for scanning, here is the Fall Conclave patch.
The patch is 2 inches tall, and 11.25 inches wide. Obviously, this patch is not meant to be worn on the uniform; putting a button loop on this thing would either cause an end of the patch to hang below the belt (vertical), or halfway around the back (horizontal). And it breaks one of Rick’s Rules of Patch Design: The patch should fit on an 8 1/2 x 11 piece of paper.
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"Here's something to think about how come you never see a headline like 'Psychic Wins Lottery'?"
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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:
- Lodge 296: New Standard Flap
Nayawin Rar has recently issued a new standard flap. Thanks to Wes Drennan and Rick Pridgen for letting me know about this issue.The primary difference between this new issue and the lodge’s previous standard flap lies in the bar that separates the upper and lower portions of the flap.
- Shared Items From the Web – October 13, 2009
Posted on Tuesday, October 13th, 2009 in Shared Items – Views: (56)
A recent Comment October 13, 2009 – This shouldn’t be controversial or need explaining, but it does. Many confuse setting standards for appearance for being judgmental. The two concepts are not the same. The error is then compounded by assuming something is wrong with setting a standard, or with judging people.An employer is in business for the purpose of having other people, customers, give him lots of money for his goods or services and earn a profit.
- Shared Items From the Web – October 15, 2009
Posted on Thursday, October 15th, 2009 in Shared Items – Views: (34)
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326 Waga Hlakgo 2009 Cub Family Campout
As lodges are encouraged to expand their service programs into formerly nontraditional areas, it would follow that emblems would be created by lodges and chapters for those activities. Such is the case with this patch, created by Waga Hlakgo Chapter of Tipisa Lodge 326, for their district’s 2009 Cub Family Cookout. This was distributed to all participants, not just members of the chapter.
At first glance, the only reference to the OA on the patch is the name of the chapter; no lodge name or number is present. But if you look closely, you can find the one feature that all patches of Tipisa Lodge have, that identifies it as a Tipisa item.
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With the news stories lately of BSA members who have run afoul of zero tolerance policies in our government run schools, I thought I would share a bit of good news.
A 10 year old Cub Scout with autism is credited with saving his teacher’s life. He applied the lessons he learned in Cub Scouts. As the teacher says, “He is my hero.” CNN’s video report on this story can be seen here.
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October 13, 2009 – This shouldn’t be controversial or need explaining, but it does. Many confuse setting standards for appearance for being judgmental. The two concepts are not the same. The error is then compounded by assuming something is wrong with setting a standard, or with judging people.
An employer is in business for the purpose of having other people, customers, give him lots of money for his goods or services and earn a profit. He does that by selling what his customers want and catering to their sensibilities. The employer hires workers, employees, who he feels with best help him achieve this goal. He may recognize the talents or worth of an unusually adorned person, but how the person’s appearance could affect his business must be considered.
If the employer feels a potential employee expresses his individuality in such a way that, barring a positive contribution from other talents or skills, it would hamper his ability to achieve his business goals then it behooves him to look elsewhere for his staff.
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Nayawin Rar 296 S52?
Nayawin Rar has recently issued a new standard flap. Thanks to Wes Drennan and Rick Pridgen for letting me know about this issue.
The primary difference between this new issue and the lodge’s previous standard flap lies in the bar that separates the upper and lower portions of the flap. This is black and red on the “S44?” but just red on this newest version, “S52?”. Both flaps are updated versions of this lodge’s traditional design, in use since the lodge’s F1.
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Lewis Carroll
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- Lodge 119: 2009 Events Patches
Posted on Tuesday, October 6th, 2009 in SR-5 Lodges – Views: (57)
Alan McDonald sent word of the two events patches issued by Tomo Chi-Chi this year.The first patch is for the lodge’s Spring Fellowship (eR2009-1?). It is a simple but effective design, adapted from the national Order of the Arrow logo.
- Lodge 185: 2009 Fall Fellowship
Atta Kulla Kulla lodge recently held their Fall Fellowship and released their fourth event item for the year (eX2009-4?). Thanks again to Brad Hutto for keeping us informed.This patch is the fourth piece in a set. The other pieces are the eX2009-1?
- Lodge 296: 2009 Fellowship Patches
Wesley Drennan sent news and images of several new items from Nayawin Rar lodge. Among them were the patches for this lodge’s 2009 Spring and Fall fellowships.Both patches share a similar design scheme. A traditional representation of the lodge totem is in the middle of a triangular patch, surrounded by the names of the lodge’s three chapters.
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"The destiny of man is not measured by material computation. When great forces are on the move in the world, we learn we are spirits--not animals."
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Nayawin Rar 296 S50?
Earlier this year Nayawin Rar order their flaps for this year’s National Order of the Arrow Conference (NOAC). The flaps were produced and sent to the lodge. On one of these flaps delegate was misspelled as “delecate”. The lodge was not pleased with how the trader turned out either and made some changes to it as well. So the designs were altered and two new flaps ordered. These were the flaps issued by the lodge before NOAC. The runs of the first two flaps were held by the lodge and only recently issued at the lodge’s Fall Fellowship. Thanks to both Wes Drennan and Rick Pridgen for sending along images of these.
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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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Seminole Lodge 85 Fall Conclave 2009
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