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February 8th, 2012
What's Up With Blue Book?
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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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 6th, 2012
A Guide to Identifying Chinese Fakes on eBay
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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December 23rd, 2011
Imitation is the Sincerest Form of Flattery (III)
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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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December 22nd, 2011
One of These Things Is Not Like the Other...
"One of these things is not like the others, One of these things just doesn't belong, Can you tell which thing is not like the others. By the time I finish my song?"
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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Archive for Santee 116
Santee 116 eX2010-2?
Santee recently issued their second event patch of 2010 for this year’s Spring Fellowship. Once again, thanks to Brad Hutto, probably my biggest contributor for images of recent South Carolina issues for this one.
Those familiar with this lodge’s issues and their love of tradition will note the patch uses a variation on the traditional red and black double border previously used on the lodge’s Ordeal flaps. It also prominently employs a traditional representation of the lodge’s totem. The design is simple and tasteful, eschewing the more commercial or cartoon-like elements found on issues from other lodges.
The listing data for this are as follows:
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Santee 116 eX2009-3?
These images were sent to me back in the dim ages when the bison swarmed the prairies, or something like that. Thanks to Brad Hutto for keeping me informed even if I am terribly slow in updating things here.
Santee lodge issued five patches for the lodge’s events in 2009. Two of these were previously highlighted on this blog. The other three are for the lodge’s Summer Fellowship, OA Week and Fall Fellowship. Additionally, the lodge issued a patch for their Winter Banquet earlier this year.
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Janet Louise Holman
Santee 116 S29?+X10?
Santee lodge issued its first true two part set for this year’s NOAC. Their GMY bordered delegate set, pictured, marks the first time this lodge has issued a restricted “delegate” patch for a section or national event. Thanks to Jason Spangler for providing the scans of these pieces.
The designs of these sets are identical except for the border color. Both the flap and chevron feature design elements – the SC state profile, the palmetto, the crescent moon, and the Carolina parakeet — traditional to Santee lodge patches.
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Santee 116 S27?
This is the last post about issues from the recent Dixie Fellowship, SR-5 Conclave. I still have more new issues from the Carolinas to post here but they are not directly connected to this conclave.
Santee lodge issued a single flap for this year’s conclave. Like Tsali’s poker chip round, Santee seems to have had some sort of gambling or casino theme.
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Santee 116 eX2009-2?
The first two 2009 events issues from Santee lodge have been issued. Once again thanks to Jason Spangler for the news and images of these pieces.
First patch of the year was the 2009 Winter Banquet patch, featuring a night time scene and (based upon what I remember of the camp) possibly intended to be a specific spot at Camp Coker. The 2009 Spring Fellowship patch (pictured, left) reminds me of a school or fraternity crest that, if larger and done as a chenille, might be worn on a jacket or sweater.
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Santee 116 eX2008-3?
I had previously blogged about the 2008 Spring Fellowship patch from Santee lodge. Now I am able to report the rest of the lodge’s events issues for last year. Thanks to Jason Spangler for also filling me in on these.
Santee lodge commemorated its 70th anniversary on all the events issues in 2008. Each was in a different unusual and odd shape. Except for the Winter Banquet patch each of these items prominently featured the lodge’s totem, the Carolina parakeet.
As I had suspected when I wrote the blog post for the Spring Fellowship, there was a Winter Banquet patch to be placed before it. The numbering on the blog was correct, but recorded incorrectly on the main body of this site. That has since been changed. The listing data for these items are as follows:
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Santee 116 S21a and S21b
Jason Spangler reports that a new variety has been found of the S21 from Santee lodge.
The first variety of this patch (top) was issued by Santee lodge in 2006 and was the Ordeal flap from the lodge’s last OBV set. Then in 2007 the OA issued an Operations Update that announced a prohibition on separate lodge flaps by OA honor. Separate Ordeal, Brotherhod and Vigl flaps were officially forbidden.
Santee lodge was told they needed to comply with this policy. They would not reorder the current stock of the Brotherhood (S22?) and Vigil (S25?) flaps when supply was exhausted. The Ordeal flap became the lodge’s de facto combined honors flap. The initial supply was quickly exhausted and a reorder was made, that was essentially identical to the first run.
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Santee 116 2006 Fall Fellowship Patch
Thanks to Brad Hutto for sending word and images of two more activity patches from Santee lodge. These are the 2006 OA Week and Fall Fellowship patches.
The 2006 Camp Coker OA Week patch depicts an American Indian on an orange background. Camp Coker is not named at all on the patch. This is a departure from custom and tradition from a lodge that prides itself in following traditions.
The Fall Fellowship patch, pictured, shows what I believe is the OA lodge building at Camp Coker. There is nothing on the patch to explicitly state what lodge issued this patch. If one wasn’t familiar with the patch, the lodge, or its camp it could be difficult to figure out where this patch was from.
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Santee 116 2008 Spring Fellowship
Along with the 2007 activity patches, Brad Hutto recently sent me an image of the 2008 Spring Fellowship patch from Santee lodge. Santee lodge has had a Winter banquet patch before its Spring Fellowship in recent years. So, I am presuming this is the lodge’s second activity patch for 2008.
The patch design prominently features the lodge’s Carolina Parakeet totem. In addition it features a small representation of the state of South Carolina, a palmetto tree, and crescent moon which are all commonly found on the lodge’s flaps. The patch also commemorates Santee lodge’s 70th anniversary.
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Santee 116 eX2007-5?
Better late than never! Thanks to Brad Hutto I finally have images and information for the 2007 events issues from Santee lodge. My former usual source for images from this lodge is apparently not much involved with Scouting anymore so information on their events issues has been hard to come back these past couple of years. I appreciate Brad’s filling me in on what the lodge did last year.
With the exception of the Camp Coker OA Week round, tentatively labeled eR2007-4?, all the patches prominently feature the lodge’s Carolina Parakeet totem.
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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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March 31st, 2011
Comment Spam
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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February 11th, 2011
Change in Comments Policy
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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Lodge 116: 2010 Spring Fellowship
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