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Today’s Schedule

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Good Morning and WELCOME to Day 3!

You have experienced a lot in the last two days and have heard a lot about your ticket and you may even have developed some ideas for your 5 ticket goals. As you discuss these

with your guide today let me challenge you with 5 things to consider as you de-cide on the areas where you can impact as a Wood Badge trained leader.

1. Identify opportunities to strengthen the experiential learning for the Scouts in your units. The rea-son Scouting was so important to me and others is we think about the fun experiences we had. I can’t remem-ber the Merit Badges but do remem-ber what happened at the Pine Wood Derby or on a Klondike Derby or at summer camp. Those experiences are burned in my memory and will be forever. BSA has developed a strong library of resources for use by adult leaders to provide a strong experien-tial environment at all levels of Scouting. In my experience the chal-lenges we face is getting adult volun-teers to know about these resources and using them to help the Scouts be learners. Many of us would rather teach or train. Experiential learning comes from a strong annual schedule of camping trips, outings or tours, activities, games, events and memo-rable fun. A strong advancement pro-gram in units also supports the Scouts opportunities to experience and learn new skills and track their own pro-gress to a personal goal they have set. What can you do with your ticket to help create the memories for your Scouts like the ones that I still think about and feel great about?

2. Help other adults focus on the Scouts as learners. Experiential learn-ing is always driven by the learner not the instructor or teacher. This is what Baden-Powell knew and was the basis when he designed Scouting and Wood Badge. Experiential learning using this fantastic game called Scouting. An experiential game with a purpose and the purpose is learning. Honor BP’s work and spread the word to other adult leaders with your ex-ample. 3. Use the assessment tool to ac-celerate learning for both Scouts and adults. The steps are easy: A. Experience a scheduled activity or event B. Review and assess the results C. Identify the positive results D. Identify the negative results E. Do another event applying what you learned. 4. Encourage everyone to expand their comfort zone, this includes you! In order to complete goals and dreams in life some of these rest out-side our comfort zones. From the youngest Cub to the oldest Scouters, we all have to face challenging our own limitations and fears. The learn-ing opportunities and the memories in Scouting come from the adventure, taking risks and overcoming our fears. 5. Work on you! Use your ticket to become a better parent, a better leader, a better follower, a better friend and a better Scouter. We are all on the same journey!

Finish this weekend strong and enjoy your time away as you get ready for your out-door experience. We are looking forward

to seeing you in a couple of weeks.

Remember, “Change is Good!”

Wood Badge Course C4-440-12, Greater Cleveland Council

Course Director

7:00 Breakfast & Assessments

8:00 Gilwell Field assembly

8:30 Interfaith worship service

8:50 Interfaith worship service

9:20 Break

9:30 Troop meeting

11:10 Break

11:20 The Leading EDGE/The

Teaching EDGE

12:10 Lunch

1:00 Patrol Leaders’ Council

meeting

1:00 Patrol Chaplain Aides

Meeting

1:30 Conservation Project Plan-

ning

2:20 Break

2:30 October Sky

4:50 Break

5:00 Closing Gilwell Field assembly

5:30 Patrol meeting and Depar-

ture

A2 Editorial/Letters Sunday, April 22, 2012

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SPL

THOUGHT

Carol Doe

Rise and Shine Troop 1!

The past two days have been very busy and jam packed with activities, presenta-tions, and endless information. You are likely still overwhelmed…. along with eve-ryone else! Surely, however, you have already been thinking about so many things that you can take back to your home units or incorporate into your scouting position. Right??! Please, over the interim period, make sure to work those thoughts and ideas into SMART goals that will become YOUR Wood Badge Ticket. Use the many resources you’ve been given (presentation material, notes, your fellow patrol members, your Guide, etc!) to help you.

Now, I know that everyone will want to shake a leg this afternoon to get back to their families and share the wonderful stories about your Patrol and everything that you have learned about this week-end. But please try to keep an even keel and pitch in to help prepare the camp to leave – remember, a Scout is Helpful. There’s plenty to do to batten down the hatches until the next time we meet and we’ll have it done in a couple of shakes if we all pitch in! Thank you in advance for helping out!

Here’s wishing each of you calm seas and

a gentle breeze over the interim break!

See you promptly at 7 am on Saturday

May 19th! Please drive safely!

“If you make listening and

observation your occupa-

tion

you will gain much more

than you can by talk.”

Thought for the day from Lord Baden-Powell

Please visit www.woodbadgegcc.com for

a copy of the equipment list, photos and

issues of the Gilwell Gazette.

Napping staffers: Please keep in mind that your Woodbadge staff is here

for you and we want you to succeed and have a great

learning experience. You may catch us napping at times

but we will work night and day to make sure that you

have a great adventure. Not all of us are as energized as

our illustrious guide Kenny (take away the sugar and I

am sure you will catch him napping like some of us old-

er scouts).

Sunday, April 22, 2012 Scouting Lore A3

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Message from the Medical Officer Just a reminder: Please carry with you any medicine

that you will need for the day. If

you need to go back to the Troop

Lodge, let your Guide and Patrol

Leader know. Always travel with a

buddy. If you have any medical

issues, please tell your Guide.

Wood Badge Beads

The beads were first presented at the initial leadership course in September 1919 at Gilwell Park.

The origins of Wood Badge can be traced back to 1888, when Ba-den-Powell was on a military campaign in Zululand (now part of South Africa). He pursued Dinizulu, a Zulu king, for some time, but never managed to catch up with him. Dinizulu had a 12-foot (4 m)-long necklace with more than a thousand aca-cia beads. Baden-Powell is said to have found the necklace when he came to Dinizulu's de-serted mountain stronghold.

Such necklaces were known as iziQu in Zulu and were present-ed to brave warrior leaders.

Much later, Baden-Powell searched for a distinctive award for the participants in the first Gilwell course. He constructed the first award using two beads from Dinizulu's necklace, and threaded them onto a leather thong given to him by an elderly South African in Mafikeng, call-ing it the Wood Badge.

The grass fields at the back of the White House at Gilwell Park are known as the Training Ground and The Orchard, and are where Wood Badge training was held from the early years onward. A large oak, known as the Gilwell Oak, separates the two fields. The Gilwell Oak symbol is associated with Wood Badge, although the beads for the Wood Badge have never been made of this oak.

While no official knot exists for tying the two ends of the thong together, the dec-orative diamond knot has become the most common. When produced, the

thong is joined by a simple overhand knot and various region specific tradi-tions have arisen around tying the dia-mond knot, including: having a fellow course member tie it; having a mentor or course leader tie it; and having the recipient tie it after completing some additional activity that shows they have

mastered the skills taught to them dur-ing training.

Significance of additional beads

Additional beads are awarded to Wood Badgers who serve as part of a Wood Badge training team. One additional bead is awarded to Assistant Leader Trainers (Wood Badge staff) and two additional beads are awarded to Leader Trainers (Wood Badge course directors), for a total of four.

As part of a tradition, five beads may be worn by the "Deputy Camp Chiefs of Gilwell". The Deputy Camp Chiefs are usually the personnel of National Scout Associations in charge of Wood Badge training. The fifth bead symbolizes the Camp Chief's position as an official rep-resentative of Gilwell Park, and his or

her function in maintaining the global integrity of Wood Badge training.

Robert Baden-Powell wore six

beads, as did Sir Percy Everett,

then Deputy Chief Scout and

the Chief's right hand. Baden-

Powell's beads are on display at

Baden-Powell House in London.

Everett endowed his six beads

to be worn by the Camp Chief of

Gilwell as a badge of office.

Since that time the wearer of

the sixth bead has generally

been the director of leader

training at Gilwell Park.

King Dinizulu wearing the necklace from which the

original Wood Badge beads came

A4 Patrol Reports Sunday, April 22, 2012

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As day two whines down, it is easy to say that the patrols are developing into strong teams. The final touches to Patrol Songs, Totems and Flags leads to an increased focus on group projects and individual tickets. Patrol pride was obvious during the Front End Alignment as candy was flying all over the room. The tension increased as each Patrol raced to develop a rocket that would make North Korea anxious. Well 5 of the 6 rockets. Thank goodness we don’t have access to weapons grade plutonium. Once again, no Pirates were hurt today, however, one professor had a close call on the launching pad.

The Screaming Eagles were all present before 7:00 a.m. They proudly sang their Patrol Song and yelled their Patrol Yell. The Eagles received beads for the Patrol Song, for the Patrol Yell, and received a bead from Edwin for being on time. In the “Zulu Toss Game” the Eagles had fun catching “falling balls”. Edwin, our mighty Patrol Guide, explained, demonstrated, guided and enabled the Eagles to use a pack stove. The Eagles realized that they fear different things. Deep water is the #1 fear. It makes sense for the Eagles. The Screaming Eagles displayed true sportsmanship during the front end alignment game. Leading the charge by coming in 2nd place. The Patrol Leader, Russ, used the “B” leadership style in the activity. Mr. Bergman illustrated the functions of leadership & team by using the bike analogy. We learned “Leveraging Diversity Thru Inclusiveness” & “Stages of Team Development”. The

Eagles shared the four stages of the Eagle Patrol’s development with the Troop. After a delicious lunch (thanks to Matt, Nate & Larry) and the Eagle’s Yell, we learned about “Communication Skills” & “Project Planning”. The Eagle’s put the skills to use right

1) ”Who-Me” was a great way for our bevy of Bobwhites to spend some quality time to-gether. We found out that Victor’s hero is his Dad, David is the fourth of six children and Robert loves being a physical therapist.The feisty Bobwhites are ready for competition, par-ticipation and innovation.

2) We have chosen a topic for our project. The specifics in the outline are now our focus.

3) The fierce Bobwhites realigned the other critters in the competition of the front-end alignment game. Our hand-eye coordination is excellent. 4) The Bobwhites soared to new heights in rocket launching. Not bad for an earth-bound

bird.

Sunday, April 22, 2012 Patrol Reports A5

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The Bear Patrol enjoyed a mostly restful night – sleeping to the sounds of the in-sects chirping, rain falling and a lot of snoring. Skill development was an exciting demonstration of Patrol Guide Jim’s Whisperlite camp stove. The Bears practiced assembling, lighting and then disassembling the unit. Front end alignment: The Bears finished 3rd, with 23 points and a B style leader. We offer Bear congratulations to the Bobwhites, who scored 28 points (A style leader) and the Eagles, who finished with 24 points (B style leader)! Bears enjoy food! Especially today’s egg-cellant breakfast and tasty lunch! The Bears enjoyed the Diversity, Team Development and Trap Game experiences. Project Planning was a most valuable session.

The Owls concluded day 1 making additional progress on our patrol goals. Ask an Owl what the Patrol’s favorite question is…and the answer is “Who?” We enjoyed the “Who-Me Game” and then were perched on the top row of the amphitheatre for the campfire. The late evening rain while poorly timed during the BP appearance was a distraction, it did not ruffle our feathers. On day two Mike became our PL, to continue to lead our Patrol to soar into day 2. The Owls get wiser as we took in lessons on Diversity, Communications, Team Development and Project Planning. The highlight of day 2 was the rocket building to work through S.M.A.R.T. The rocket “stuck” the landing like an Owl returning to perch. As the sun set on day 2 the Owls are another day wiser.

Success is inevitable for the Foxes. An unnamed, unverified, undisclosed bystander reported witness-

ing a fox dart out of the woods and jump onto the Fox Patrol table. He offered inspiration and asked

“Could you get your totem done already?” We of course began finishing it up. Our foxy rocket made a

successful frontier flight. It’s great to be a Fox.

A8 Lifestyles Sunday, April 22, 2012

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Sunday, April 22, 2012 Lifestyles A9

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A10 Around Town Sunday, April 22 , 2012

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On April 22, 1914 Babe Ruth made his pitching

debut with the Baltimore Orioles. There was an

uprising by Bobwhites across the country de-

manding they be given equal recognition as a

cities mascot.

On this day: Chaplain’s Corner

Deb Pickering

Chaplain Aides, there will be a Patrol Chaplain Aids meeting at 1:00 p.m. today at Augustus on the front bench-es. We will be dis-cussing your roles in the Interfaith Service on Day Five (5). To-

day your emphasis is on Leading. In particular, what leadership style will you use for each stage of team devel-opment? Spiritual leadership insists on humility.

Humility is the attitude that puts oth-

ers ahead of you, meaning others are

more important than yourself. It was

said of Moses, the leader of over one

million Israelites, "Now Moses was a

very humble man, more humble than

anyone else on the face of the

earth" (Numbers 12:3). Thinking too

highly of yourself prevents you from

genuinely caring for others. Humility

enables you to serve others whole-

heartedly and thereby set an example

that others will follow.

Beware of the Danger Zone!

We’ve had a great three days. Over the

next few weeks Scouts will be working on

writing their tickets and meeting with

their patrols to complete their projects.

On the drive home this evening, you will

be entering THE DANGER ZONE! Stay

alert! Be careful on your drive as the last

few days have been very intense and fa-

tiguing. See you on Saturday, May 19 at

7:00 AM.

SPL Says...

Daily activities: The day was packed with many activi-

ties yesterday with the Zulu Toss, Front

End Alignment, making of the Rockets

and launching them, Wood Badge

Game Show, Win All You Can and the

launching of the lanterns. The weather

was not exactly the best but it was tol-

erable. A little bit of rain never hurt

anyone.

Sunday, April 22, 2012 Field Reports A11

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And the Rocket’s

Red Glare

Lit up with anticipation, we arrive at

the launching site. The sky is dark, yet

the weather is fine. All systems check

at the shore of Lake Klein.

With a thunderous roar, the heav-

ens were split as one after another

rockets shot skyward. Our heads

craned and mouths agape with wide-

eyed wonder, we stared in awesome

marvel.

Congratulations to the following

patrols in recognition of their hard

labor.

1. Beaver “Critter in Space” Award

2. Bobwhite “Have Feathers Will

Fly” Award

3. Eagle “Mary-Lou Retton” Award

4. Owl “Lawn Dart” Award

5. Fox “De-Duct-Able” Award

6. Bear “Newton” Award

The Bobwhite Patrol also was award-

ed the most serious of all awards, the

“Highest Flight” Award.

Once again congratulations, Patrols!

Navy Lands at Lake Klein

Yesterday on Gilwell Field, Scoutmas-ter Wayne Bergman was given a de-lightful surprise. Unbeknownst to him, staff and participants plotted together to have the history of the Navy flag and a short synopsis of Wayne’s career read. They also sang the Navy’s anthem in-stead of the day’s planned program. Here again are the words of the presen-tation so that all may have a copy of this special occasion: The flag of the United States Navy consists of the Seal of the Department of the Navy in the center, above a yellow scroll inscribed "United States Navy" in dark blue letters, against a dark blue background. The flag was officially au-thorized by President Dwight D. Eisen-hower on April 24, 1959 and was formal-ly introduced to the public on April 30, 1959 at a ceremony at Naval Support Facility in Carderock, Maryland . It re-placed the Infantry Battalion flag which had been used as the unofficial Flag of

the United States Navy for many years. Our Scoutmaster, Retired Naval Captain F. Wayne Bergman, Graduated from the Naval Academy in 1975. Ensign Bergman served 5 years as a Sur-face War Officer, 3 years on the destroy-er, Forest Sherman, where he was pro-moted to Lieutenant Junior Grade, and 2 years on the nuclear cruiser, Mississippi where he was promoted to Lieutenant. Upon leaving active service he was pro-moted to Lt. Commander of the Quad Cities Naval Reserve, in Morton Illinois. Upon moving to Cleveland, Wayne was promoted to Captain and served in the Akron Naval Reserve unit until he retired as Captain in 1997. Let us Honor the United States Navy as well as Captain Bergman for his years of service to our country by singing the Anthem of the United States Navy…Anchors Aweigh….

Anchors Aweigh, my boys, Anchors Aweigh.

Farewell to college joys, we sail at break of day-ay-ay-ay.

Through our last night on shore, drink to the foam,

Until we meet once more:

Here's wishing you a happy voy-age home.

Stand, Navy, out to sea, Fight our battle cry;

We'll never change our course, So vicious foe steer shy-y-y-y.

Roll out the TNT, Anchors Aweigh.

Sail on to victory

And sink their bones to Davy Jones, hooray!

A12 The Back Page Sunday, April 22, 2012

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Be the first Patrol to unscramble

the words and win a gold doubloon

from the Scribes! Place your entry

in the Scribe’s box with the time in

the upper right corner.

GEED

If you've ever received a speeding ticket be-

cause you were running late and you were afraid

you might miss THE SONG…

...You Might Be A Wood Badger

If you are convinced the center of the universe

is Gilwell Park, England…

...You Might Be A Wood Badger!