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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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Tipisa 326 2008-2009 Chapter Ordeals
The latest activity patch from Tipisa 326 is now available. This is for the lodge’s Chapter Ordeals, which run from late 2008 to early 2009. Unlike the rest of the lodges in the state of Florida, Tipisa has their 14 chapters run their own Ordeal weekends, and provide each chapter with the patch for the event. Back in September, Tipisa held their Fall Fall Fellowship, unveiling the first patch of the 2008-2009 activity set, with the theme of Scouting activities.
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Tipisa 326 Wiquek Chapter X2?
This summer, Tipisa’s Wiquek Chapter has made two new patches for themselves. The first (X-2) was available to all lodge members, with a total of 200 reportedly made. The proceeds from these sales helped finance the second emblem, to be given to chapter members that serve as elangomats (X-3).
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"Men are born ignorant, not stupid. They are made stupid by education."
Bertrand Russell
Tipisa 326 recently finished their 2007-08 annual series of “Northwest Native American Items” with the Service Weekend. Apparently, they saved the best weekend patch for last. The design is that of a Chilkat blanket, complete with fringe along the edges.
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Benjamin Disraeli
At their recent Spring Conclave, Tipisa Lodge 326 continued their series of activity patches with the Northwestern tribal designs. Pictured here is the 2007-08 year patch, and the depiction of the canoe is very impressive. Measuring 10.5 inches at its longest point, it has a laser cut edge, it has some pretty impressive details. The lodge ordered 200 of these, and will be ordering another 100 in time for their Service Weekend in May.
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"Knowledge comes, but wisdom lingers. It may not be difficult to store up in the mind a vast quantity of face within a comparatively short time, but the ability to form judgments requires the severe discipline of hard work and the tempering heat of experience and maturity."
Calvin Coolidge
Earlier this month, Tipisa 326 held their first annual Native American Weekend, a lodge event specializing in training and education, instead of the regular lodge weekend program. The patch made for the event was part of the 2007-08 theme of “Northwest Native American items”. I had previously posted about this series here, but had not taken this extra weekend piece into account.
Rick Obermeyer showed the artwork for the rest of the set to me at the recent Sunshine Trade-O-Ree, and the year patch should be stunning. That should be available in March.
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The latest chapter from Tipisa Lodge 326 to celebrate their 50th anniversary in cloth is Wewahitchka Chapter. And as is often the case, one patch is not enough (J-1, pictured) Continue Reading »
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Robert Hutchins
For collectors of all things Florida or luggage tags, Tipisa 326 has a new tag available. This is not the usual embroidered tag made for other lodges or for event, as this one is a molded, rubber-like material. And looks pretty sharp.
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Adam Smith would be proud.
In 1983, an old advisor from Tipisa 326 was overheard to remark that the lodge was still using the wooden box that he had built to hold the lodge’s merchandise. Upon further review, he could not recall which year in the 1950s that he had assembled the box, but that it was close enough to 25 years to warrant a patch for the anniversary. A private issue of fifty patches were made and distributed to those that would appreciate the joke line “25 YEARS OF PROFIT”.
Twenty five years later, the lodge has decisied to celebrate the 50th anniversary of their “cube of currency”, The Lodge Box, with a 50th anniversary patch (X-19). 300 were made by the lodge.
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John Adams
Astatula Chapter of Tipisa Lodge 326 recenty staffed their district’s camporee (apparently with a Scottish theme). Continue Reading »
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Saskya Pandita
In the third installment of the latest from Tipisa 326, we have two new neckerchiefs from Tomoka Chapter. For their 50th anniversary, the chapter has made a direct-embroidered piece on a poly-cotton cloth (N-2), and an identical piece stitched into satin cloth (N-3).
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Recent OAImages News
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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Tipisa 326 New Activity Patches + Chapter Items
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