December 2006Vol. 58, Issue 4

chIef’s bonnet ..................2

ADVIser’s mInute ................2

news ArtIcles .............1,3,5

membershIp .....................4-5

2006 AwArDs ..................6-7

conclAVe pre-orDer &regIstrAtIon ............... InsIDe

hAnDbook Insert ......... InsIDe

sons of uncAs ............. bAck

the lookout ................ bAck

Don’t forget the cArIllon serVIce project At 6:00 pm on

December 22 & 23!pleAse brIng A smAll flAshlIght wIth you.

Yes, the headline is correct. At the Lodge Executive Committee Meeting at the Fall Fellowship, it was unanimously decided to change the names of our functions from “Ordeals” to “Service Weekends.” Now, this does not mean that Nawakwa will cease to conduct Ordeals. Actually, Ordeals will continue to occur as a part of the Service Weekends. The reason for de-emphasizing the “Ordeal” part of the weekend and emphasizing the “Service” part

September was Final Fall OrdealNo more Spring Ordeals or Summer Ordeals either!

is that many members don’t return after their Ordeals because they don’t understand that while cheerful service continues on the service weekends, the other sacrifices of the Ordeal are not repeated. It is hoped that not only will this name change increase the attendance at lodge events, but it will also better describe to the non-OA public what is the main purpose of these weekends.

Thomas L. Howard, IIIEditor-in-Chief

Leadership in Service AwardDeadline for 2006 Award is January 31st

The National Office of the Order of the Arrow created the Leadership in Service Award to honor those Arrowmen who provide cheerful service to the council’s camps and to the community. Three separate awards can be earned for service performed in each of 2005, 2006, and 2007. To see more information on the Leadership in Service Award (including the official order form), please visit http://www.nawakwa.org/. If you attended at least one Ordeal and participated in Scouting for Food or the Carillon Service Project in 2006, then you have qualified for this award.

Adviser’s Minute

Brethren,

Start the Christmas celebration with the Carillon Service project held in Byrd Park in Richmond on December 22nd and 23rd at 6:00 PM. It is a good way to finish your requirements for this years Leadership in Service Award. Be sure to wear warm clothes with gloves and a cap or hat. We are needed unless you hear over the radio or TV that the event has been postponed or canceled due to very bad weather. We will also post a notice on our website.

Be sure to attend SR-7A Conclave 2007 on April 27-29 at BSA Camp Lions. It will be a great adventure filled with fellowship, training and fun. Complete and return the enclosed application without delay. We will travel to the conclave by chapters.

This past year was a good one for Nawakwa Lodge thanks to your active support. The challenge and opportunity of the New Year is upon us. We must create a personal positive plan of action to maximize success in the New Year. Your life in action brings meaning to brotherhood, cheerfulness and service. Your actions in living the obligation as a member of your troop fulfill the primary goal of The Order.

The Order is a thing of the spirit and of the individual. You determine its worth or value in your life. Be mindful of the trust and confidence bestowed upon you by your brother Scouts. “He alone is worthy to wear the Arrow who will continue faithfully to serve his fellows.” You are Nawakwa!

May the Peace and Joy of the Holiday Season be yours today and throughout the coming year.

In W.W.W., Mack Ruffin

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Chief’s Bonnet

My Brothers:

Another year has ended with another great Fellowship. Thanks to all Brothers who have served cheerfully throughout the year. I hope to see you all at the Carillon Service Project and at the Service Weekends out at camp in 2007.

Yours in Service, Joe Orr

Tucker Matthews

At the 2006 Fall Fellowship, Brothers participated in many ancient Native American Indian activities. Pictured above is the rarely successfully attempted “Tomahawk Levitation.”

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SubscribingIndividuals who are not current members of Nawakwa Lodge may subscribe to the Tom-Tom for an annual fee of $10. Mail your address to the council office (see return address above the mailing label) with a check made out to “OA/BSA.” Members receive copies as a part of their yearly dues paid. This service is provided as an effort to keep our brothers who may have moved away in touch with the activities of Nawakwa Lodge.

2007 Lodge Dues are Due TODAY!!!If you have not yet paid your 2007 Lodge Dues of $10, then please do so TODAY!. Dues forms can be found on the lodge web site at http://www.Nawakwa.org/dues.pdf or at the Council Service Center. Please check your mailing label to see if your dues are current...if 2007 or later appears on your label, then your dues are current...if 2006 or before appears, then your need to pay your dues immediately. Those who don’t pay by the end of the year will likely cease to receive mailings from the Lodge.

Carillon Service ProjectDecember 22 & 23

7:00 PM until 9:00 PM

We need help on both evenings, so please plan to attend and give your support. This is the Lodge’s only annual community service

project, so please help us get a great turnout.

The Carillon is located at Byrd Park in Richmond.

Please dress warmly, bring a small flashlight, and plan to arrive early for training and possible assistance with crowd control. If

you have any questions, please call Mack Ruffin at 804-262-1834.

Tom-Tom Staff

Editor-in-Chief ....................................... Thomas L. Howard, IIIAdviser .......................................................... W. Scott Street, IV

Assistant Editor: Owen Gallogally Photographers: Tucker Matthews Sandy Spicknall Cartoonist: Randy VanNess Newsletter Archives: Lowell Flickinger

TheTom-Tom@Nawakwa.org http://www.Nawakwa.org/

Capt. Shane T. Adcock1979 – 2006

Eagle Scout from Troop 521Brotherhood Member

Killed in Action in Iraq

Nawakwa Lodge’s Spirit Committee is looking for ideas for 2007. Every year at the Section SR-7A Conclave, Nawakwa Lodge’s contingent seems to be lacking in the spirit department. This year shall be different! We are looking for theme ideas for the Saturday evening festivities as well as ways to coordinate this theme with costumes, noisemakers, etc. In addition, we are soliciting designs for a new lodge flag! If you would like to submit a design, please send it to the Council Office (attn: Nawakwa Flag Design) prior to January 14, 2007.

Stay spirited Nawakwa!

Will Swingle Spirit Chairman

Attention all Brothers!

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CongratulationsCongratulations to the following Arrowmen who became members of the Order by completing the Fall Ordeal in September. These new brothers are eligible for Brotherhood after 10 months of membership has been attained (Fall Ordeal, September 7–9, 2007).

John Hundley Adams ..................T7430Aaron Taylor Allgood ...................T7430Ray Larkin Allison .........................T710Joshquinn Allen Andrews ..............T100James Peter Anema, Jr. .............T6516Hunter Leigh Ansell ......................T436Jared Edward Appleby ..................T509Owen Donald Baldwin ..................T529Christopher Andrew Beaudet ........T900Jonathan Williamson Bish ............T865Adam Powers Bivens ...................T505Nicholas Robert Blackstock ..........T521Eric Chase Bleyl ...........................T766Cooper Donald Bogard .................T763Jeremy Austin Branch ...................T865Drew Allen Bridwell .......................T500Patrick Evan Britt ..........................T544Corey Donell Brown ......................T540Vernon Joseph Brown ..................T540Kenneth Dean Bryant, Jr. .............T508Randy Gordon Burcham ...............T720Michael Eugene Burdine ..............T176Bruce Burlington Burton, Jr. ..........T540Jacob Scott Butcher .....................T303John Franklin Byers, IV ................T706Zachary T. Carlson-Morrison ........T529Bradley James Carroll ..................T418Juan Javier Castanos ...................T766Wilson Dale Cauley, II ..................T176Mark Eaton Cerny .........................T829Dorion Omari Charity ....................T540Michael James Chenault ..............T529Patrick Wesley Clegg ...................T770Kevin Raymond Clemmons ..........T877Jonathan David Compton .............T533

Travis Alan Cook ..........................T503John William Corbin ......................T835Richmond Challoner Crawford .....T418Jacob Daniel Crenshaw ..............T7538Saquan Melique Crenshaw ..........T540Tyler M. Custer .............................T176Joshua Alexander Dale .................T835Codey Allen Daul ..........................T184Warren Geon Davis, Jr. ................T706Michael Zachary Dayton ...............T523Daniel Clayton DeNijs ...................T763Andrew John Dickens ...................T890Christopher Edwin Dickens ..........T890Kyle Robert Edwards ....................T766Jeremiah Quinn Ellis .....................T250Michael Patrick Ellis ......................T250Bradford Allen Ellyson ..................T777William Buchanan England, Jr. .....T252Sean Mitchell Faltermeier .............T840Randall Joseph Ferrance .............T503Joseph Lajos Finfrock ...................T835Mark Alan Finken ..........................T822Matthew Thomas Formosa ...........T534James Andrew Foster ...................T799Owen Whitney Gallogly ................T436Benjamin Michael Gastrock ..........T500Brandon Tyler Gendron ................T822Dallas Judson Gilreath .................T854Benjamin Connor Gorski ..............T835Terrence LeMarr Graves ...............T822Thomas Gordon Gresham ............T869Christopher Hunt Griggs .............T7400Ronnie Lee Griggs ......................T7400Matthew Purcell Hadley ................T840Benjamin Joseph Hancock ...........T523Christopher Bailey Hancock .........T523Robert Alan Hankins .....................T885Thomas Griffin Hardy, IV ..............T702Michael Walton Harris ..................T505Conner Wray Harrison ..................T531Seth Whitaker Harrison ................T822Joshua Lee Hawk .......................T6357John Allen Henry ..........................T400Jorge Luis Herndon ......................T523Daniel Aaron Hess ........................T503David William Hess .......................T503

Ian Samuel Hines .........................T835Robert John Hlasny ......................T883Leonard Perey Holden ..................T100Stephane Irankunze .....................T498Marshall Ewing Irby ......................T840Paul Edward Jennings ..................T789Dennis Harold Jones ..................T6596Jeffrey Allen Jones .......................T865Kenneth Harrison Keeler ..............T829Bryan Thomas Kerr ......................T530Donald Murry Kitchens .................T912Gregory Michael Kremer ..............T503Mark Sullivan Laidlow ...................T505Colson Simmons Lawrence ..........T822Raymond Nathaniel Lewis ..........T6357Kenneth Frank Linderman ............T799Joshua Scott Litchford ..................T885Daniel Thomas Livingston ............T706Jacob Edward Lowman ................T835Wayne Berkley Luck .....................T500William Berkley Luck ....................T500Charles Anthony Mangano ...........T250Austin Kyle McCall ........................T531James Joseph McCombs, Jr. .......T555William Thomas McCombs ...........T555Susan Bow McCue .......................T720James Trent McLees ....................T894Cameron Hubbard Miksch ............T702Jeremy Howard Moore .................T766Michael James Moore ..................T883Christopher Winston Morrow ........T498Lawrence Daniel Morton ...............T800Ferdinand Vanderbilt Motley .........T508Tyler Hobson Motley .....................T508John Alexander Nestler ................T436John William Noel .........................T706Alexander Woodson Parrish .........T498Allen Mark Payne .........................T184Allen Matthew Payne ....................T184Thomas Barksdale Penick ............T770James Fallon Penney ...................T886Stephen Rudolph Perez ...............T822Aaron Joshua Perry ......................T562Aaron Patrick Perry ......................T562William Sean T. Piacentini ............T555Richard Austin Poad .....................T562

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Robert Daniel Powell ....................T570Matthew Kevin Proietti ..................T840William Kent Pruett .......................T544Taylor Wynn Pryor ........................T521Edward Joseph Rack ....................T544Dillon Stonewall Rapalee ..............T710David Matthew Reed ....................T815Adam Donoghue Rellick ...............T303Austin Dewayne Rice .................T6357Kenneth Lee Richardson ..............T555George Harriss Ricks, III ..............T770Kevin William Ritchey ...................T822Cameron Dowling Rose ................T521Joseph Arthur Roussos ................T862Nicholas Joseph Roussos ............T862Samuel Ames Russell ...................T400Brenden Sage Sardelis .................T835Joshua Lee Saunders ...................T523Thomas Wayne Saunders ............T523Arlene Umi Seelie-Bullock ............T912Christopher Tyler Simmons ........T7454Jaren Andrew Smart .....................T886Ian Andrew Smith .........................T400J. Ryan Smith ...............................T854John Randolph Smith, III ..............T418Patrizia Maria Smith .....................T912Stephen Patrick A. Smith ..............T400Zac Andrew Snovell ......................T862Sean Revelle Spragley, Jr. ...........T529Paul Carlton Staples .....................T500Samuel Joseph Stone .................. T411John Cole Sykes ...........................T840Stephen Benjamin Taylor ..............T840William Vance Taylor ....................T252Philip Sutherland Tickle ................T747Matthew Scott Trinkle ...................T877Stephen Vance Turner, Jr. ............T531Benjamin Adler Unger ...................T770

Teressa Ladd Walker ....................T508Stephen Andrew Waskiewicz .......T503Karl William Westerhoff ..............T6516Forrest Alexander White, Jr. .........T478John Andrew Wilhite .....................T869Adam Ross Willis ..........................T176Cabell Francis Willis .....................T400James Lawrence Young, IV ..........T544

Congratulations to the following Arrowmen who became Brotherhood members at the Fall Ordeal in September.

Debra Elaine Beaudet ..................T900Toby Ronald Bellissimo ..............T7430Matthew Robert Blade ..................T503Robert Blade .................................T503Victor Ray Bullock ........................T900Steven D. Busic ............................P704Tre’von Keith Christian ................. T811William Eric Christopher ...............T501Derek Logan Cook ........................T503Joseph Neal Corbin ......................T835Robert Gochnev Corbin ................T835Matthew Tanner Covington .........T6516James Adam Craig .....................T6540Travis Lloyd Cramer ..................... T811Michael Charles Crumpler ............T535Joseph Lee Dotson, Jr. .................T175Christopher Michael Elliott ............T521Kevin Matthew Fetty .....................T886Michael Lawrence Gallogly ...........T436Graham Edward Givens ...............T747Gregory Paul Gresham .................T869

Christopher F. Haddock ................T498Kyle Forrest Hancock ...................T523Wayne Leonardo Heath, Jr. ..........T100Gregory Isaac Hellenga ................T799Stephen Walter Hudson ...............T501Nathan Clarke Jenkins .................T562Kenneth Shelton Johnson, Jr. .......T478Robert Trent Jones .......................T252William Taylor Jones .....................T544Kevin Francis Kiddy ......................T924Joseph Gerard Klenzmann ...........T501Mark Alan Larson ............................. D4Ian Gordon Lewis .........................T531Zachary Kyle Massa .....................T835John McKinley Meade, Jr. ..........T6516Michael Scott Milano ....................T877Grover Edward Miles, III ...............T252Donald Everett Miller ....................T835Jonathan Reid Miutz .....................T860Zachary Michael Moore ................T883Nathaniel Eamonn Moyar .............T531Clinton Joseph Norris, IV ..............T521Timothy James Parcell .................T521Tyler Prescott Parham ..................T877William James Poad, III ................T562Adam Joseph Rack ......................T544Lorenzo Calvin Samuel ................T886Gordon Phillip Schmick ................T501Harry Lane Seeley, IV ...................T877Davis Ward Showalter ..................T555Matthew Paul Shutt ......................T436Andrew David Snead ....................T883Stacy Ascoli Stevenson ................T806James Edward Stilwell ..................T503Justin Matthew Thurston ..............T534Richard Laine Waitman ................T530Christopher William Walker ..........T508Curtis Marshall Welch ...................T879

2006 Conclave: April 27–29 @ Camp Lions Conclave 2007 will be hosted by Blue Heron Lodge #349 at Camp Lions at the Pipsico Scout Reservation. The dates are April 27 through April 29, 2007. The lodge registration fee is $40.00. Transportation will be coordinated by chapters. A conclave is where the lodges of the section (Section SR-7A consists of 6 Virginia lodges) get together for training, competition, and fellowship. Of course, the Saturday night block party is a feast that shouldn’t be missed. Conclave also gives OA members the opportunity to visit the different camps across the state. In order to register, please complete the enclosed registration form (and medical form) and return it to the council office by February 28th. In order to pre-order any of the souvenir items (whether or not you plan to attend the event), please do so on the revised registration form (available at www.nawakwa.org once details are provided by the section and/or host lodge) and return it with your payment by January 31st.

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Vigil Honor

Sandy Spicknall

The following youth were awarded the Vigil Honor at the 2006 Fall Fellowship. Below their names are their new Lenni Lenape names with English translations.

CHRISTOPHER BROOKS CHILDWULELENDAMUWI PTUKHANNE

HAPPY BROOKS

ALEXANDER WESLEY COHNGICLITAMEN SAKIMA SACHGAGUNUMMEN

LAZY CHIEF WHO LEADS

CHRISTOPHER JOHN DIMINGKLAMAGHPIN TAKACHSIN ACHEWEN WIL

QUIET LEADER WHO HAS A BUSHY HEAD

LAWRENCE KEITH DOWLERAMANGI ACHIBIS

BIG FIRST AID

MATTHEW RYAN HARMANLUPPOEWAGAN SACHGACHTOON

SARCASTIC COOK

HOSEA LENDELL JONESWOAPALANNE ALLOGAGAN

EAGLE WHO SERVES

KEVIN DANIEL LEONARDWIPOSCHSOAGAN ALLOGAGAN

EEMHOANISSCARY SERVANT WITH SPATULA

MATTHEW JOSEPH RHYNEGISCHITEHEN SACHGAGUNUMMEM

DETERMINED LEADER

JASON DARRYL SAMUELACHGIGUWEN LILCHPIN ALLOGAGANNOISY DILIGENT ONE WHO SERVES

MICHAEL JOSEPH SCHOFIELDNACHGUNDIN ELANGOMAT

AGREEABLE FRIEND

ANDREW HALE SPICKNALLTANGETTO METEU GANSCHEWEN

MEDICINEMAN WHO MAKES GREAT NOISE

WILLIAM GENTRY SWINGLETANGETTO MACHIECHISM GENTGEEN

SMALL LOUD DANCER

JOSHUA MATHEW WRIGHTGATTATI WITAHENTINI

WILLING HELPER

The following adults were awarded the Vigil Honor at the 2005 Fall Fellowship. Below their names are their new Lenni Lenape names with English translations.

KENNETH RICHMOND ABRAMSWITSCHEMANHELPFUL ONE

ROBIN LIANNE BAZEGUNAQUOT MEMHALLAMUNDTALL MERCHANT OF GOODS

RICHARD WAYNE COFFEYKSCHIECHANITTOWAGAN TINDEY

HOLY FLAME

The 2006 class of Vigil Honor members for Nawakwa Lodge #3

DANIEL EARL HUBBARDWULAMALESIN WIKHETSCHIK

ALLOGASONHAPPY BUILDER WHO SERVES

MARIGENE MORGAN LITTLECLAMHATTENMOAGAN NACHK

WITSCHINDINSTEADY HANDED HELPER

GEORGE EVERETT MILLERLENNO ASPENUMMEN QUETAJAKU

MAN WHO LIFTS UP OLD TREES

CAMERON KAY RICHARDSGENTGEEN ALLOGAGAN MITSUAGANLADY DANCER WHO SERVES FOOD

PAUL EUGENE SMITHNUTIKET NIHILLATCHI SACHGAGUNUMMEN

LEADER WHO GUARDS FREEDOMS

VERNON WILSON TRAYLOR, SR.GELACKELENDAM MEMSOCHET

FUNNY WANDERER

CHRISTINA ERICSON VERNONAMANGI WIKAT MECHMAUWIKENK

TALL LONG LEGGED CAMPER

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Founder’s Award

James E. West Fellowship

Chris Leech

The nationally recognized Founder’s Award was created and presented at NOAC in 1981 as a means to honor and recognize those Arrowmen who have given outstanding service to their lodge. The award is reserved for an Arrowman who demonstrates to fellow Arrowmen that he or she memorializes in his or her everyday life the spirit of achievement as described by founder E. Urner Goodman and cofounder Carroll A. Edson.

The 2006 Founder’s Award recipients are (left to right) Jimmy Rogers, Tom Smith, and Rooster Wells.

James E. West was the first Chief Scout Executive and served in that position for more than three decades. The West Fellowship award is available for gifts of one-thousand dollars or more to the Council Endowment Fund. This is one of the best ways to ensure that the Heart of Virginia Council can continue to offer outstanding programs and grow to meet the needs of the youth and communities that it serves. Nawakwa Lodge #3 gave its first James E. West Fellowship in 1999. The 2006 recipient of the James E. West Fellowship is Christopher M. Leech. W. Scott Street, IV

Chris Leech displays his new award.

2006ChapterAwards

Camp Promotions:

Unit Elections:

Chapter Olympics:

Chicacoan Chapter #2

Occineechee Chapter #70

Karakona Chapter #19

Heart of Virginia Council, BSA

The deadline for submissions to the next issue of the Tom-Tom is January 25th. Please send your submissions to the Council Office (return address, below) or to TheTom-Tom@Nawakwa.org.

Sons of Uncas By Randy VanNess

February 4 .................Council of ChiefsFishersville, VA

March 16-18 .......OA Service WeekendCamp T. Brady Saunders

April 27-29 ..................SR-7A ConclaveCamp Lions

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December 22 & 23 ........Carillon ProjectByrd Park, Richmond

January 14 .........Exec. Comm. Meeting2:00 pm at Council Service Center