2013 June Eagle final no youth contact...June 2013 The Official Publication of Timuquan Lodge 340...

The Official Publication of Timuquan Lodge 340 June 2013

Lodge Officer Contacts Phone Numbers and E-mail

Nick Fatolitis, Lodge Chief

Andrew Case, Administrative Vice Chief

Trevor Case, Inductions Vice Chief

Adam Ekblad, Tocabaga Chapter Chief

Richard Dunleavy, Osceola Chapter Chief

Dane Nichols, Calusa Chapter Chief

Kyle Denman, Lodge Secretary

Jakob Fritz, Lodge Treasurer

Kevin Ronayne, Lodge Historian

Mr. Ken Knaebel, Lodge Adviser

(727) 687-9254 [email protected]

Mr. John Baringer, Staff Adviser

(727) 391-3800 [email protected]

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What’s Inside: Chief’s Bonnet ------------------------- 2 Adviser’s Corner ---------------------- 2 Committee Reports------------------- 3 Vigil recognition ----------------------- 4

LEB/LEC Officers/Advisers--------- 5 Banquet & Conference -------------- 6 Section Conference photos -------- 7 Summer Conclave Registration --- 8 Section News -------------------------- 9 Future Events------------------------- 10

Eagle Lodge Leadership Development Conference Members of the Lodge Executive Board (LEB) and the Lodge Executive Committee (LEC) and their ad-visers will be participating in the Lodge Leadership Development Conference (LLDC). They will gather at Camp Soule in August. Those expected to partici-pate are listed on page 5 of this issue. Many hours of training and planning go in to the proper planning of all lodge activities. To all the chairman and advis-ers, thank you for your service to the lodge and our youth. ►►►►►►►►►►►►►►►►►►►►►►►►►►►►►►►►►►►

Summer Conclave is June 7-9, 2013 Once again Timuquan Lodge will host our Summer Conclave at Sand Hill Scout Reservation on June 7-9. The election teams have been out conducting the requested elections. Prospective Ordeal candidates will be receiving their indi-vidual letters. Members, on the other hand, will need to register for the week-end either online or with the registration form on page 8. Registration will begin at 7:00 on Friday night. After the pre-ordeal ceremony, there will be a project leaders meeting. We will be lining up the work projects to conduct on Saturday. Projects include: Set up canvas and cots Repair tent pallets Repair cots Clean dining hall windows, tables, benches, and floor Clean out Hagerty storage area of sugar babies & close entry points Clean out COPE storage area of sugar babies and close entry points Wash/clean breezeway and porch at Admin building Clean out Campsite 5 latrine of sugar babies and close entry points Paint Campsite 5 latrine Pressure wash and paint fascia on all campsite latrines & shelters Pressure wash and install docks at water front (continued on Page 3)

The Eagle The Official Publication of Timuquan Lodge 340

The Eagle West Central Florida Council, BSA www.timuquanlodge.org

Lodge Chief’s Bonnet My Brothers, My name is Nick Fatolitis and I am a Brotherhood member of Tocabaga Chapter in the mighty Timu-quan Lodge. I am an Eagle Scout of Troop 475 and have held numerous leadership positions including, but not limited to, Senior Patrol Leader, Patrol Leader, Tocabaga Chapter Chief, and the 2013 Section Semi-nars Chairman. After discussing differ-ent ways to improve the lodge with current lodge officers and advisers, I’ve come up with a list of ar-eas in which we can improve upon. This list includes atten-dance at lodge events, communications, and encouraging members to take on roles in lodge leadership. Lodge’s can always improve in the attendance. Attendance has a direct correlation with how well we perform inductions, retain Or-deal members, and score well in our Scouting’s Journey to Excellence Program. A second area of improvement is communication. We can focus a lot more on communica-tion and follow through with our Ordeal candidates, troops, and lodge members as a whole. Communication must be timely and use the types of communication that are effec-tive for all lodge demographics. I’d like to find a better way we can encourage new Ordeal and Brotherhood members to step up and play an active role in the leadership of our lodge. I think all of these improvements are attainable. I want to lead you in making this lodge better than ever. I have the time, energy, and desire to be a great lodge chief of Timu-quan Lodge. Nick Fatolitis 2013-2014 Lodge Chief ►►►►►►►►►►►►►►►►►►►►►►►►►►

Lodge Adviser’s Corner My Brothers! I would like to congratulate the Timuquan youth on their successes at the 2013 S-4 Section Conference. They did a remarkable job planning their strategy and playing as a

team. It showed what a group of young men can accom-plish when working together. However, their journey is just beginning. In the next 12 months many of those same youth will lead and plan for Timuquan Lodge’s success. If they can manage the re-sponsibilities of leadership as well as they managed the competition at the Section Conference, they will be able to look back on a successful year for the Lodge. The Lodge is faced with many challenges: losing membership, minimal ceremony team members, and nonexistent camp promo-tions. We must each do our part to reach out to our cus-tomers, the Troops of West Central Florida Council. We cannot sit back and wait for the Troops to request elections or camp promotions visits. We must go to them! Please accept the challenge to help Timuquan grow and succeed! Get involved! Let’s work together to be recog-nized for successful ceremonies, inductions, and camping promotions at the 2014 S-4 Section Conference. Yours in Service, Ken Knaebel 2011-2014 Timuquan Lodge Adviser

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Uniform of the Day Ordeal candidates should arrive Friday evening in their work clothes and MUST bring their uniforms for Satur-day evening and Sunday wear. Mem-bers should arrive Friday in uniform and bring work clothes for Saturday’s projects. Everyone will be in full uni-form after work projects are done Sat-urday until the conclusion of the week-end on Sunday. Uniforms give continuity and a sense of belonging. Let us be proud of being a Scout and an Order of the Arrow member. Thank you for your attention to this matter.



►►►►►►►►►►►►►►►►►►►►►►►►►► Administrative Vice Chief, Andrew Case Mrs. Alice M. Cliff, Associate Adviser Fellow Brothers, I have been in Timuquan Lodge for the past 4 years and have been the Lodge Treasurer for the past 3 years. In that time, I have created a budget for the lodge. I want our lodge to continue to grow over the next years and I want to see some new faces joining the LEC and our ceremonial team. The easiest way to have people continually come to our weekends is to give them a responsibility so that they want to come to the weekends. Last summer, while talking to people from other lodges, I have had the chance to hear great ideas that we can do to improve our lodge. I want to use the OA representative program to our advantage. Currently, in most troops, the OA rep is a position that is just given and the people in this position have no idea what it means to be an OA rep, or what they have to do as an OA rep. The purpose of the OA rep program is to have someone in the troop go to their local chapter meetings each month and report back to the OA members in the troop what has occurred at the meeting and what the up-coming events are in the chapter and the lodge. With the OA reps in their troops telling people what the upcoming events are, we should see an increase in attendance at our weekends and events. Over the past years, our atten-dance has been slowly dropping at our weekends and you, the youth of the lodge, are the best representatives we have to spread the word of how AWESOME our lodge is! Sincerely, Andrew Case Administrative Vice Chief ►►►►►►►►►►►►►►►►►►►►►►►►►► Inductions Vice Chief, Trevor Case Mr. Matthew Kamat, Associate Adviser Dear Brothers: My name is Trevor Case and I am currently a Life Scout in Troop 26 and a Brotherhood member of our lodge. On the troop level, I have been Senior Patrol Leader a number of times. In the lodge, I was last year’s Activities Chairman. If you had fun at the March weekend, it is because I was able to find amazing people to put together the weekend in my absence. It shows how I am able to organize a committee to get the job done well. I have served on different committees to include Ceremo-nies, Brotherhood and Re-tention, and Treasurer. I would like to become more

active in our lodge, I would like to see more Ordeal mem-bers make it to Brotherhood, and I would like to see current members of the lodge have a more important role in retain-ing fellow brothers. If we worked together, I believe that as a lodge we could exceed the goal of Journey to Excellence while adding more brothers into or brotherhood. I am ready to serve my lodge. Remember, a great leader must learn to follow before he learns how to lead. WWW, Trevor Case Inductions Vice Chief ►►►►►►►►►►►►►►►►►►►►►►►►►► Brotherhood and Retention, Zak Zukowski Mr. Matthew Dodge, Brotherhood and Retention Adviser Dear Brothers, We would like to thank Alex Smith for serving the lodge in this position last year. We would also like to thank Mrs. Kelli Cliff for leading this commit-tee for the past 6 years. In the Wimachtendienk, Zak Zukowski Brotherhood and Retention Chairman ►►►►►►►►►►►►►►►►►►►►►►►►►► Camp Service, position vacant Mr. John Petruccelli, Camp Service Adviser Dear Brothers: The June Conclave list of projects are continued here: Repair ceiling in boys bathroom at staff center Repair corner bead in skylight opening at pool in boys room Paint repaired railing under buddy board at pool Paint exterior doors at dining hall bathrooms Paint exterior doors at staff center Pressure wash pool deck and paint “NO DIVING” on deck Clean pool house Build, install, and paint site 1 latrine toilet stall doors Ditch water line to COPE shed at climbing area Replace shower handles in boys’ shower at pool Pressure wash and paint air conditioner compound fence Paint logs at climbing wall that retain rubber mulch Tools needed: work gloves, safety glasses, step ladders, drills, circular saws, hammers, painting gear/clothes, meas-uring tapes, razor knives, putty knives, and screwdrivers. Yours in Scouting, Mr. John Petruccelli Camp Service Adviser



►►►►►►►►►►►►►►►►►►►►►►►►►►►►►►►►►►►►►► Positions are available for some Arrowmen who wish to step up to the challenge. The lodge is in need of some youth members interested in serving and chairing some committees including Camp Service, Camp Promotions, Unit Elections, Chuckwagon, Community Service, or Communications. If you are interested, Nick needs to hear from you. The lodge is also in need of an adult to serve as the Publications Adviser. The publi-cations committee produces The Eagle and The Eagle Vision during the year. The vacancy was created 2 years ago when Mrs. Alice Cliff filled the position of Associate Adviser and Mr. Pollock was not able to continue due to extensive work commitments. The other adult position that needs an adviser is Community Service. That vacancy

was created when Mr. Vann resigned. If you are interested, please contact Ken Knaebel.

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Timuquan Lodge 340 2012 Vigil Honor Class

March 1-2, 2013

Max C. Viera, Sr. Atofo Quene Iqi Aye Putisi Tinibo

Katherine H. Labus Areco Hachipili Quene Oho

Bruce D. Nichols Ara Quene Inibiti Hapu

Bruce E. Hoover Plato Nachiliqui Uba

Back Row Jakob Fritz

2012-2013 Lodge Chief

Alexander J. Smith Elo Abo Quene Bali

Scott P. Peck, Jr. Are Niho Chara

Casey M. Sammel Hoto Quene Ituhu Aqe

Kyle S. Nicol Cume Holata Quene Cane

Missing From Photo Amuna Mahaqua Quene Yame Hiyereba



Civic Duties Performed Congratulations to all of the young men who were in attendance at the March weekend. It was during this event that the election of lodge officers was held for the 2013-2014 year. Since then, our new chief has been busy recruiting commit-tee chairs and our lodge adviser has been appointing committee advisers. These Arrowmen will attend Lodge Leader-ship Development Conference to be scheduled for August. Many thanks go out to the leaders from last year. No one will know of the many untold tasks that have been performed. Our new leadership is as follows:

As you can tell by the charts listed here, Lodge Chief Nick Fatolitis and Lodge Adviser Ken Knaebel have been very busy filling their cabi-net. There are some positions that still need to be filled. If you are interested in being consid-ered for one of the open positions, please con-tact either Chief Fatolitis or Mr. Ken Knaebel.

Supreme Chief of the Fire Bill Davis Staff Adviser John Baringer

LEB LEC Lodge Chief Nick Fatolitis Lodge Adviser Ken Knaebel AVC Andrew Case AVC Adviser Alice M. Cliff IVC Trevor Case IVC Adviser Matt Kamat Lodge Secretary Kyle Denman Secretary Adviser Don Haertel/Mark Scheiderer Lodge Treasurer Jakob Fritz Treasurer Adviser George Romagnoli Lodge Historian Kevin Ronayne Historian Adviser Tom Rapson Tocabaga Chapter Chief Adam Ekblad Chapter Adviser Jim Royal Osceola Chapter Chief Richard Dunleavy Chapter Adviser Kim Knaebel Calusa Chapter Chief Dane Nichols Chapter Adviser Ed Ronshausen

Activities Chair Patrick Ronayne Activities Adviser Jan Shermetaro Camping Promotions Chair vacant Camping Promotions Adviser Greg Sammel Communications Chair vacant Communications Adviser vacant Website Adviser Danny Payne Community Service Chair vacant Community Service Adviser vacant Food Service Chair vacant Food Service Adviser Bob Cliff Brotherhood & Retention Chair Zak Zukowski Brotherhood & Retention Adviser Matt Dodge Camp Service Chair vacant Camp Service Adviser John Petruccelli Ceremonies Chair Max Viera, Jr./Todd Little Ceremonies Adviser Jeff Renker OA High Adventure Devin Ferretti OAHA Adviser Joel Ferretti Singing & Dance Chair vacant Singing & Dance Adviser David Nicol Unit Elections Chair vacant Unit Elections Adviser Howard Anderson Vigil Selection Chair vacant Vigil Selection Adviser Natalie Coser Seminars Chair Nick Fatolitis Seminars Adviser Jim Royal



Lodge Banquet celebrated at the March Fellowship Chief Jakob Fritz called the banquet to order and offered his opening remarks. The invocation was given by AVC Casey Sammel. Dinner was prepared by the Chuckwagon Crew and served by some of the Vigil honor members. Another awesome job by the Chuckwagon Crew and Vigil Honor members. After dinner, the program began with the recognition of the 2012 Vigil Honor class. See page 4 for the official photo and the translation of Indian names. Each Vigil Honor member was presented with their new sash and medallion. Thank you to the official photographer for arriving in time to take the photo. Vigil Chairman Jakob Fritz was tasked to present the John C. Whitehurst Award to this year’s recipient, Scott Peck. The award is named for John C. Whitehurst who served Pinellas Area Council in the mid to late 1960s. It announced that Kevin Ronayne would receive the Lee LaCroix Award. The award is named for Lee LaCroix who was a member of the ceremony team. Outgoing 2012-2013 Lodge Executive Officers were recog-nized for their service. The LEC included: Chief Jacob Fritz, AVC Casey Sammel, IVC Kevin Ronayne, Secretary Scott Peck, Treasurer Andrew Case, Historian Zak Bowles and the three chapter chiefs: Tocabaga Chapter Nick Fato-litis, Osceola Chapter Zak Zukowski, and Calusa Chapter Wyatt Feck. Thank you to all of these young men. Mr. John Baringer, Staff Adviser, came to the front to intro-duce the officers for 2013-2014. The new leadership had been elected earlier in the day. The leaders for next year include: Lodge Chief Nick Fatolitis, AVC Andrew Case, IVC Trevor Case, Secretary Kyle Denman, Treasurer Jakob Fritz, Historian Kevin Ronayne, Tocabaga Chapter Chief Adam Ekblad, Osceola Chapter Chief Richard Dunleavy, and Calusa Chapter Chief Dane Nichols. The Founder’s Award is historically presented to one youth and one adult in our Lodge. This year, the Founder’s Award was presented to Jakob Fritz and Mr. Ron Wilson. This year we also presented the James E. West to Mr. Bob Gieselman. To complete the awards for the evening, the Silver Arrow was absent but would have been presented to Nick Fatolitis and Tocabaga Chapter.

Timuquan Lodge attended S4 Section Conference, April 12-14 The weather was questionable as we traveled to Lake Wales, FL to attend the Section Conference hosted by Seminole Lodge April 12-14, 2013. Forty seven members of the contingent included: Mr. Howard Anderson, Mr. John Baringer, Zak Bowles, Andrew Case, Trevor Case, Mrs. Alice M. Cliff, Tony Copodonna, Mrs. Eugenia Denman, Kyle Denman, Mr. Matthew Dodge, Mr. Paul Drouin, Pat-rick Farese, Nick Fatolitis, Gerald Faughnan, Mr. Mike Faughnan, Mr. Tim Faughnan, Delsin Fish, Mr. John Fish, Jakob Fritz, Mr. Joe Fritz, Mrs. Barbara Gieselman, Mr. Bob Gieselman, Mrs. Peggy Kirk, Mr. Ken Knaebel, Mrs. Kim Knaebel, Mr. Ken Knous, Luke Longen, Louis McBride, Mr. Michael McBride, Mrs. Rebecca McBride, Mrs. Jeanette McCullough, Joshua Morris, Mr. Tom Rapson, Forrest Rock, Mr. Jim Roynane, Kevin Ronayne, Patrick Ronayne, Mrs. Theresa Ronayne, Mr. Jim Royal, Mr. Mi-chael Salmen, Robbie Salmen, Mrs. Jan Shermetaro, Aaron Stypinski, Chris Thornton, Nathaniel Wing, Shawn Young, and Zachery Zukowski. Attendance at conference broke a record with 1,012 members attending. Friday started out with four of our members playing golf. The team consisted of Nick Fatolitis, Mr. Matthew Dodge, Jakob Fritz, and Mr. Tom Rapson. The team finished in second place in the Open Division. The 5K run would be the first thing to happen on Saturday at 5:30. Vigil Breakfast and member breakfast would take place before flag ceremony. How nice to catch up with friends we only see at section events. Training seminars were scheduled next. Classes included areas of interest in American Indian and general lodge trainings. After class, there were lodge vs. lodge competitions. Timuquan would bring home some honors: Volleyball = second place Ultimate Frisbee = second place Spider Web = first place Egg Toss = first place Quest for the Golden Arrow = second place Kings Cup = second place Saturday night was game night until the early hours of the morning. There was a bounce house, corn hole, and lots of root beer. Sunday morning would have the Section Business Meeting and the youth elected new officers to serve the Section for the next year. See page 9 for those results. Except for 3 to go to first aid, what a great time we had.



Registration FormRegistration FormRegistration FormRegistration Form Summer Conclave Summer Conclave Summer Conclave Summer Conclave ———— June 7 June 7 June 7 June 7----9, 2013 9, 2013 9, 2013 9, 2013 ———— Sand Hill Scout Reservation, Brooksville, FL Sand Hill Scout Reservation, Brooksville, FL Sand Hill Scout Reservation, Brooksville, FL Sand Hill Scout Reservation, Brooksville, FL

Return with Payment to: Timuquan Lodge 340, West Central Florida Council, BSA 11046 Johnson Blvd., Seminole, FL 33772

Make Checks Payable To: BSA or Boy Scouts Of America

Summer Conclave RegistrationSummer Conclave RegistrationSummer Conclave RegistrationSummer Conclave Registration June 7June 7June 7June 7----9, 2013 at Sand Hill Scout Reservation9, 2013 at Sand Hill Scout Reservation9, 2013 at Sand Hill Scout Reservation9, 2013 at Sand Hill Scout Reservation

Current Medical Form will be required.

Registration Deadline is close of business on Monday, June 3, 2013. After this date, you will have to register at the event with a $5.00 late fee.

Full Name: _____________________________ Home Phone: ___________________________ Email: _____________________________ Cell Phone: ___________________________ Current Medical Form will be required. Member Registration, on-time $20.00, late $25.00 $5.00 late fee applies after close of business on June 3, 2013 Brotherhood Induction Fee $15.00 Additional fee is only for members choosing to seal their membership by attaining Brotherhood. The fee covers the cost of the new sash.

The event begins Friday night at 7:00 and ends Sunday at 10:00 AM.

Multiple Registers Include their name, e-mail address (if applicable), and registration type

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Section News Elections were held at Section Conference to determine the leaders of our Section for 2013-2014. Section Chief Matthew Dragonchuck from Seminole Lodge Section Vice Chief Alex Williams from Echockotee Lodge Section Secretary Matt Braun from Osceola Lodge Section Historian Brice Brandvold from Echocktee Lodge

The Section website is located at http://www.sections-4.org/ To read the Sounds of the Section visit http://sections-4.org/sounds-of-the-section/

Special Sashes to be Given to NOAC 2015 Attendees Arrowmen attending the 2015 National Order of the Arrow Conference will get a once in a lifetime souvenir, after a vote by the national committee at the annual planning meeting this past December.

At the meeting, committee members approved a proposal to give each NOAC participant a special edition red sash. The idea was first proposed by the 100th Anniversary Youth Advisory committee, which is being led by past National Vice Chief Preston Mar-quis, to give a special Order of the Arrow sash to every participant and staff attendees of the 2015 NOAC. These sashes will differ from those currently worn in that the colors will be reversed, with a white arrow emblazoned on a red sash. Unlike the black signature sashes sold at previous NOAC’s, these will have snaps and will be wearable by all. For the national conference, Ordeal, Brother-hood, and Vigil Honor sashes will be made in the current style and given out at a special program to be unveiled. This souvenir sash will be worn for only a designated period of time, and should be viewed as a commemorative item. The rarity of the sash is noteworthy, as only those present at NOAC 2015 will receive them. Any extras produced will not be sold. Interestingly, reversed color sashes have been made before. For the 1950 NOAC, national committee members wore Vigil bands of reversed col-ors so they could be easily found by lodge members that had questions about the Order being fully integrated into the Boy Scouts of America.

For the 75th anniversary of the Order, Dr. Carl Marchetti, national chairman at the time, donned a red souvenir Vigil sash with a white arrow created for national committee members. These sashes had "75th anniversary" stitched into them above the top Brotherhood bar. In 1993, a full length black sash with snaps with a white arrow was created as a retirement gift by Dr. Marchetti for national committee members, and a hand written note was included with each sash. In celebration of 100 years of the Boy Scouts of America, Bob Mazucca, past Chief Scout Executive, had a red sash made with the 100th anniversary BSA logo for committee members as well. Make sure to save the date for NOAC 2015, and get ready for an awesome adventure in commemoration of our centennial celebration. The 2015 NOAC will be held from August 3-8, 2015 at Michigan State University in East Lansing, Michigan and will celebrate the 100th anniversary of the Order of the Arrow.

Section S-4 Adult Leadership Section Adviser Mackie Zewalk Associate Adviser Jason Wolz Staff Adviser Chris Crowley

Lodge Calendar Upcoming Lodge Events………...

vacant Communications Chairman

vacant Communications Adviser

Andrew Case Administrative Vice Chief Mrs. Alice M. Cliff Adviser for Administration

Nick Fatolitis Lodge Chief

Mr. Ken Knaebel Lodge Adviser

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June 7-9 Summer Conclave (SHSR) 9-15 Staff Week 16-22 Week One of Summer Camp 23-29 Week Two of Summer Camp 30-July 6 Week Three of Summer Camp July Week Three of Summer Camp 7-10 Webelos Resident Camp 14-19 National Youth Leadership Training (SHSR) 15-25 National Boy Scout Jamboree August TBD Lodge Leadership Development Conference September 6-8 Fall Conclave (SHSR) October 26 Tiger Growl (Camp Soule) November 8-10 Section Seminars (Camp Soule) 15-17 NLS/NLATS (Camp Kinard, Leesville, SC)

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