Another Great Saturday in the Hiawathaland Council

Buddy, a.k.a. the Black Wolf of Hiawatha on the family side.

Auriel Van Der Laar instructs Webelos on the Naturalist Activity Badge at MTU's Ford Center at Alberta. Fifty Webelos were present and each district in the council was represented. Thanks to Auriel and the other Tech students for a great program.

The Venturer Seminar at Camp Hiawatha created some good fellowship and lessons learned.

Also at Camp, the Properties Committee was hard at work putting chips around the newly planted trees in site 8.

Another activity Saturday was leader training in Red Buck District. Thanks to Anders Nyberg and his staff for training 13 leaders.

Bobcats begin the Scouting Adventure

It was a great day at Camp Hiawatha as 61 Bobcats were introduced to Cub Scouting. Thanks to event Chairman Jennie Lochner, Iota Chi Chapter of Alpha Phi Omega Service Fraternity, Scoutmaster Paul Salfai and Troop 360, Dick Oslund, John Kenn, Jim Edwards, Sally and Erik Hendricks, Chuck Suckow, Travis Wooley, Dan Closner, and Mike Alberts for starting these boys and their families on the Scouting trail. The Cubs learned the legends of the Jungle Book from Baloo and were introduced to the Cub Scout Promise, Law of the Pack, and Motto.

Jim Edwards explains the mysteries of the Cub Scout organization.

A crafty Cub Scout.

Planting a tree and memories.

The fireman, John Kenn.

Kevin Corkin of APO and the APO guys supervise paint ball slingshots (at targets, not people.)

Pirates searching for a hideaway interrupted the closing, but forewarned the Cubs of next years resident camp adventure.

Commissioners Confer

Council Commissioner Barb Dupras, MIR Commissioner Cathy Tomassoni, and Copper Country Commissioner share ideas at the Annual Commissioner Conference.

Eagle Scout Caleb Eckloff

Caleb, his troop mates and leaders.

Caleb presents the Eagle Mentor pin to Jim Edwards who provided valued assistance to Caleb's Eagle Scout Service Project.

John Delabek shares a story and salutations with Caleb.

The chain of influencers pass the Eagle Medal down the line to Caleb.

Fellow troop members open the ceremony.

A Leader of Leaders

Mark Stauber (center) and Don Autio present Curly Verville with his certificate to the National Hall of Leadership for his extraordinary service to Scouting. He has done it all for over 75 years.