The Beagle Barks JACK KOHLER-SUANHACKY

CAMPERSHIP ASSOCIATION SPRING 2019 “HELPING MAKE EVERY SCOUT A CAMPER” Since 1986

A BSA WHITNEY M. YOUNG Jr. SERVICE AWARD Recognized Organization

Email: jkohlerasn@aol.com website: www.jackkohlercampership.org

2019 CAMPERSHIPS BEING AWARDED

Our camperships for the coming

2019 summer season have begun to be

awarded. Scouts and their Unit leaders

receive a letter from the Jack Kohler-

Suanhacky Campership Association

notifying them of the camperships and

the amount they will be. This is the 33rd summer season

we have awarded camperships for Queens Scouts. Since

the summer of 1986, we have awarded more than 1200

camperships to Scouts (and the past 10 years have

included Cubs) to attend Ten Mile River or Alpine Cub

World. Many of these awardees have gone on to be

camp staff members, scout leaders, community leaders

and well-rounded citizens. We could not do it without the

support of you, our members and friends.

THANK YOU, MEMBERS!

For 2 years in a row we have had 100%

membership renewals. With over 125 Member Families

this is an accomplishment that we all should be proud

of, being few other groups can make such a claim.

The vast

majority of our

membership enjoy

’Lifetime’ status,

while many others

prefer to do the 3

years for $25, and others 1 year for $10. Any way you

have your membership with us, we appreciate all our

members. You can all be happy to claim you’re in the

100% Club. In fact, we ask you to feel free to ask others

to join our organization to help us continue to do our

Good Deeds.

As a reminder, to join our organization:

Membership in the association is open to all. There is no

age, sex, any membership restrictions at all.

No Scouting affiliation is required for membership in the

Association, just a belief in the Scout principles, Oath

And Law. Membership is by individual and/or family.

Membership is $10 per year, or $25 for a three-year

term or $150 for lifetime. More than 95% of the

funding goes directly into the campership fund, with the

balance used for expenses.

LET’S GET READY TO PARTY…

LUNCHEON: NOVEMBER 3rd 2019

Hope you'll all be joining us for our Bi-Annual

luncheon. It will be held on Sunday November 3, 2019

at the restaurant Connolly’s Corner located at 71-17

Grand Avenue, Maspeth. We will be awarding our ‘Outstanding Scouter

Award of Excellence’ to very deserving Queens Scouters:

DEBORAH CAVINESS

WILLIAM ‘BILL’ KIERNAN

MICHAEL MANGINO

JOHN RESTREPO

We will also be awarding our prestigious

‘Lifetime Achievement’ recognition to:

HENRY ZALAK

We invite all our members and friends to help us

celebrate and honor these hardworking folks. You need

not be a member of the association to attend (but we do

invite you to join).

This year is the 30th Anniversary of our ‘Heritage

Society’ and we will have a tribute to that and all those

on its honor roll. If you are part of the Heritage Society,

or have helped honor someone on it, please plan on

coming to the luncheon.

As always there will be fine food, fun and

fellowship for all attending. Please plan on joining us for

what has become a very enjoyable and worthwhile

afternoon. The reservation form is included further in

this newsletter. In the meantime, please send in your

reservation now and mark your calendar for the

luncheon on November 3, 2019.

JACK KOHLER-SUANHACKY ASSOCIATION

2019 CALENDARS FUNDRAISER A SUCCESS

Once we held a year-end

fundraising project, sending all our

members a wall calendar for the new

year.

Board Member John Pritchard,

again this year, took charge of project with his crew of

eager volunteers. All the calendars went out before new

year’s and we were pleased with how many of our

members made a contribution to this fundraiser. If you

had not yet done so, it’s never too late to send in your

contribution.

Bi-Annual Fellowship & Awards Luncheon Sunday November 3, 2019 1 – 5 pm

Connolly’s Corner, 71-17 Grand Avenue, Maspeth, NY

Fellowship, Gifts Raffles & Other Presentations Please fill out the form below and mail it today (Deadline October 26, 2019) or make your reservation electronically using PAYPAL. jackkohlercampershipassocition@msn.com or click on the link below https://paypal.me/jackkohlersuanhacky.

Please join us for our Fellowship & Awards luncheon All are welcome; members and non-members alike join the celebration Sunday November 3, 2019 1 – 5 pm

Honoring our “Outstanding Scouter Award of Excellence Recipients:

Deborah Caviness (Founders District) Michael Mangino (Pathfinder District) William (Bill) Kiernan (Pathfinder District) John Restrepo (Founders District)

Lifetime Achievement Award Presented to: Henry Zalak (Pathfinder District)

Guest Speaker: Honorable Michael A. Soriano, Mayor of Parsippany, NJ Queens Scout, an Eagle Scout, Ten Mile River Camper & Staff Member

For additional information contact us at our Email address: JKohlerASN@aol.com or call Luncheon Chairman Anthony Zalak 646-354-0743 =====================================================================================

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Jack Kohler-Suanhacky Campership Association

“Helping Make Every Scout A Camper” Since 1986

KOHLER-SUANHACKY TO

DONATE TWO NEW 4-MAN

CABINS AT TEN MILE RIVER

Last summer, TMR

experimented with some new 4 man

cabins at camp, to see if they would be a good

alternative to canvass tents. The lifetime of a tent

versus the lifetime of a wooden cabin, the viability of

cabins, how they would enhance the camp experience

were all taken into account. By all counts, it looks like

the experiment had many positive sides to it.

In our last newsletter, we had mentioned how

we would like to help Council in the efforts to help

improve the camp experience and the cabin project and

donated the funding for two new cabins at TMR. Our

offer was gladly accepted.

Council granted us the naming rights for these

cabins that we are underwriting and we are pleased to

announce what they will be. We will have one of the

new cabins erected in Camp Aquehonga, and will be

named ‘GORDON BENNETT CABIN’. The other cabin will

be constructed in Camp Keowa and will be named

‘SUANHACKY NO-NAMES CABIN’. If all goes as planned,

we will dedicate these cabins on the Kinteycoying

Lodge May weekend at TMR.

We truly hope that these cabins will stand for

years to come and will allow many scouts to have a

great appreciation of TMR and all it offers.

MEMBER HONORED

We are proud to announce that Association Life

Time member Bob Natt was honored with induction

into the Camping Hall of Fame. Bob camped at Camp

Nianque from 1960-1963 and was a CIT at TMR for the

summer of 1964.

Bob is an Eagle Scout

who grew up in the Far

Rockaway District of Queens

Council and has graciously

underwritten the refurbishment

of the Ranachqua Dining Hall

which will include a new roof,

new layout, expanded service

and programmatic capacity,

equipping a modernized Camp

Ranachqua to better serve our future scout campers.

Many years back, Bob happened by Keowa on a Friday

evening of Memorial Day weekend, during a Suanhacky

Lodge Ordeal. We were still doing our annual barbecues

then. Perhaps it was our mouthwatering burgers, jovial

personalities, or his love of TMR, but Bob became a

lifetime member on the spot and has been a supporter

of ours ever since. Congratulations Bob and thanks

for Helping to Make Every Scout A Camper.

AMAZON-SMILE While some in Queens were split on Amazon

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Suanhacky Campership Association receives a donation

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cost to you.

BOB NATT

Since our last newsletter, we have lost three

very hard working, dedicated members, who went far

above and beyond in service to our organization and

Scouting.

RALPH DeFALCO: Perhaps the longest

serving Scoutmaster in the history of Queens

Council with Troop 17. Ralph joined Scouting

as a young boy and stayed with the program ever since.

He was a fixture with his unit at TMR every summer,

making sure his Scouts got the most out of the

program.

In addition, he would take Scouts from his unit

and other units from Queens on ‘Long Trips’, across the

country on the Troop bus, “Big Blue. One year to Florida

Sea Base, one year to the Rocky Mountains, one year to

the Grand Canyon, one year to the Black Hills… His list

of achievements and those he guided towards Eagle is

endless.

Ralph was a recipient of our Associations

‘Outstanding

Scouter Award

of Excellence’

and our

Lifetime

Achievement,

along with

many awards

from the

council and

district over his

tenure. He will

be missed by

many, forever.

JOHN PRITCHARD: A Scouter’s

Scouter. John shied away from honors and

awards and preferred to get things done

without fanfare. In the OA he served as Chapter Advisor

and Lodge Advisor. He implemented many programs to

help grow the lodge and expand the experiences of its

members. Aside from attending numerous NOACS, he

also attended the OA Service Corp campaigns.

John was a member of our Board of Directors,

and a recipient of our ‘Outstanding Scouter Award of

Excellence’. He did our annual calendar fund raiser

program as well as participated in selection of our

NOAC Scholarship recipients.

(Continued next column)

John oversaw the creation of the Suanhacky

Trade-o-ree, the NOAC lodge contingent trips, credit

card like membership cards and many other

innovations for the betterment of the lodge.

He had been Scoutmaster of Troop 70 which

was to him the most important position and rewarding

one. John also served on the TMR Museum committee,

Council Advancement and others.

May he rest in

peace.

MONICA EVANS: A true Scouter

spouse. She would join

her (late) husband Tom on many

Scouting functions and events,

including NOAC, OA Ordeals and

more. She was part of our Kohler

Cooking crew for our barbecues

and she along with Tom created our ‘Kohler-Kon’ fund

raiser ‘yard sales’ that we ran for a number of years.

Always smiling, always cheerful, she truly was a ‘Wild

Irish Rose’.

GOOD AND WELFARE

• We all mourn the loss of member

and Scouting legend, Ralph

DeFalco.

• Wedding bells ring for member

Anthony Lectora on his marriage.

• Hope to you back on your feet and

the dance floor soon, member

Greg Hofer.

• Good luck and farewell to Tom Pendelton who

leaves GNYC (Camping Director) and starts

at the National office as Coordinator for all

National Camping Schools.

• We welcome new Lifetime Members: Patrick

Mendola and Bill Keirnen.

• We were saddened to learn of the sudden

passing of member Monica Evans.

• We were quite upset on learning of the

passing of member John Pritchard, a

member of our Board and great Scouter.

If you have something to share with our members, please let

us know so we can spread the word.

Jack Kohler-Suanhacky Campership Association

A 501(c)3 not-for-profit charitable organization.

Federal Tax ID#: 46-3352118

Established in 1986, as a benevolent organization that among other

activities provide financial assistance for Queens, N.Y. Scouts to attend

a week of summer camp at the Greater New York Councils facility at

Ten Mile River or Alpine Cub World. The Beagle Barks is the

organizations newsletter. Editor, Publisher, Copy Boy, Distribution:

..Denis Sackett

RALPH DEFALCO & JOHN PRITCHARD

Monica Evans

HERITAGE SOCIETY,

30 YEARS AND GROWING As part of our upcoming November 3rd luncheon

program, we will be honoring the 30th Anniversary of the

Heritage Society and its members. To remind us of those

who we have been enshrined on its Honor Roll, below is

the listing of all its members.

You too can become a member, or add your

fellow Scouter, family member, friend, Troop or

whomever with a minimum donation of $150. The

plaque(s) hang in the Camp Alpine office for all to come

and see.

JACK KOHLER-SUANHACKY CAMPERSHIP ASSOCIATION

HERITAGE SOCIETY : HONOR ROLL; Dedicated to those men and women who have provided devoted and distinguished service to the Boy Scouts of America, Greater New York

Councils, their local units or to their friends, families and communities. We remember, honor and pay tribute those who have supported their neighbors through deeds and inspiration. It also shows continued support to the Jack Kohler Campership Association and its goal:

"Helping Make Every Scout A Camper".

NAME DESCRIPTION YEAR

INDUCTED *

Balfour Abrams Scoutmaster 1998

Ronny S. Albuja Lead, Follow or Get Out of the Way 2010

Barbara Ashman Scoutmaster Troop 82 - The Heart & Soul of Tomahawk 2008 *

Ezio Benini Eagle Scouts Dad 2017 *

Steven Benini Suanhacky Lodge Chief 1988-1989 2015

Gordon Bennett Scoutmaster Troop 106 2009

Alvin Bergsohn Family, Friends, Baseball & Comics: September 11, 2001 2003 *

Albert Betrolone Scoutmaster 1994 *

Rita Lynn Binder Dedicated Leader 2006

Blondie's Treehouse Friends of The Kohler Association 1993

Arthur H. Brace District Camping Chairman 1992

Arthur W. Brace A True Brother in Every Way 2002

Mabel E. Brace Den Mother 1993

Joe Bradley Yes! 2013 *

Benedict 'Ben' G. Breitung Camp Man Staff 1951-1952 1993

Joseph H. Brinton Executive/Co-Founder-Suanhacky Lodge 1994 *

Edward A. Burns Troop 142 Scoutmaster & Friend 2013 *

Ralph Calman 50 Years Plus in Scouting 1994 *

Jay & Kathy Carrescia Dedicated Scouters, Troop 80 Staten Island 2005

Dottie Cary Beloved Friend 2007 *

Robert Cavagnaro Scoutmaster Troop 80, Staten Island 2004

Bruce E. Cobern Dedicated Scouter and Arrowman 2003

Richard Cochran Suanhacky Treasurer, Membership & Executive Secretary 1978-81 2009

Kenneth Corell Dedicated Scouter 2003 *

Tom Corola Sr. North District Camping Chairman 2001 *

Eileen & George Cuhaj 25 Years of Scouting, Troop & Pack 90 1994

Cris Curwen GNYC Training Chairman 2017

Hedy DeBonet Founders District Scouter 2016

Jim DeBonet Assistant District Commissioner 2011

Ralph DeFalco The Scoutmaster's Scoutmaster 2008

Joe Dericco Founders District Scouter 2002 *

Alfred B. Docket Jr. Pioneer District Scouter 1998 *

Kevin Dolce Suanhacky Lodge Advisor 1997

Irving Drillings Unit Commissioner 1989 *

Dr. Andrew "Ace" Eisele Friend of the Kohler Association 1991

John Henry Eisele A Friend of the Kohler Association 1998 *

Walter Engle Suanhacky Lodge Chief, 1952-1953 1994 *

Tom & Monica Evans Kohler Kons 2008

Elizabeth & Hector Figueroa Kohler Cooks 1999

Michael Fogarty Scouter 2018

Big Cliff & Little Cliff Folenius A Scouting Family 1994 *

Louis Franco Scoutmaster, Sergeant Major: Retired 1998 *

Father Barry Frazzitta Our Padre 1999

Shirley Freilich Full of Love & Good Cheer 1993 *

Justice Charles W. Frossel Queens Council President & Founder 1994 *

Daniel Gasparo Scout Executive, GNYC 2004

Fred M. Gervat Scouter & Teacher of Queens Scouts 2011

Craig Goodman Great Father, Scouter & Friend of JK-SCA 2018 *

Peter Gramsch Scoutmaster 1998 *

Charles T. Hager Scoutmaster 2004

Guenther 'Gunner' Hecht Suanhacky Lodge Chief 1949-50 2007

Leo Hedbavny Jr. Queens Council President 2011

Nathan Henin Scoutmaster Troop 109 1989

Peter J. Hermann Camp Man Camp Staff 1949-1955 1994

Howard S. Hopkins Scoutmaster Troop 383 2001 *

Larry Hudson A True Scouter 1993 *

Frank Imossi A Camping and Caring Dad 2001

Fred Jarecki Bronx Camping Chairman 2000 *

Henry Joerz Builder Who Reaches the Stars 1994 *

David Joseph Good Neighbor, Loved the Mets, Scotch & Cigars 2016 *

Murray Juvelier Scouting Leader 1990

Aunt Erika Katheder In Loving Memory 2018 *

Harald Kiel Suanhacky Brother 2000 *

Kinteycoying Lodge #4 The Legacy Continues 2013

Jack & Leona Knoops Dedicated Queens Council Scouters For Decades 2016 *

Leona & Jack Knoops Gateway Scouters 1994

Al Kobe Head Suanhacky Chef- No Names 2010

Frances Kohler A Campers Friend 2001 *

Jack Kohler Queens Camping Chairman 1989 *

Vincent D. Kohler A Friend of Queens Scouts 2003 *

Peter M. Konig A First-Class Scout 2018 *

Richard P. & Lina W. Konig Loving Scouting Parents 2018

Richard T. Konig A First-Class Scout 2018

Roy Kramer From Scout to Scouter 1994

Ed Kruzik Scoutmaster 2009

Mae Kruzik Beloved Wife, Mother & Veteran Scouter 2004 *

Michael B. Lectora Suanhacky Lodge Adviser 2002-2005 2009

Armand Lessard Lakeside Staff 1956-1957 1994 *

Deacon Paul Lumpkin Chaplain, TMR 2000-2010 2010

Muriel Mason A Friend of Scouting 1989 *

Eleanor Maeurer A Scouting Wife, Mother & Grandmother 2005

Diane A. Maeurer Gave More To Others Than Herself, Always With God, In Scouting 2005 *

Robert C. Maeurer A Bicyclist, Assistant District Commissioner 2005 *

Donal F. McCarthy Camp Man Staff 1949-1952, Ass't SM 1990

Lorri McGreggor Dedicated Mother and Scouter 2015

Jim McKay No Names 2011

Al Merck One Heck of a Guy 1994 *

Dion McQueen Never Forgotten 2006 *

Harry Meyer Gateway District Chairman 1991 *

Jack Morgenstern Neighborhood Commissioner 1989 *

Mitch Morgenstern Queens Council Camping Chairman 1992

Esther Morgentstern Den Mother 1997 *

Muriel Morgenstern Beloved Wife and Friend 2009 *

Robert Natt Ten Mile River Camper 1998

M. Ernest Nelson Lowaneu Tuney Chapter Advisor 1994 *

Ron Newsam Suanhacky Lodge Adviser- "One Who Signals With Smoke" 2008

Nianque Chapter Suanhacky Lodge WWW#49 1964-96 1997 *

No Names Suanhacky Lodge Cooking Crew 1980-2013 2013

Marquerite Nonni Pioneering Scouter 2011

Joseph Nuemann Jr. Suanhacky Lodge Advisor, 1952-1953 1994 *

Rein Olvet Dedicated Volunteer, Pathfinder District, Queens Council 2015

Richard Allen Perlman 9/11/2001 2001 *

Ines S. Perugachi From Your Son, Love, Ronny, Gracias Por Todo Mama 2005

Eddy Petersen A Friend and Leader 2013

Bill Phillips District Chairman 1989 *

John Pinezich Queens Council President 1989 *

Ed Pino From Scout to Dedicated Scouter Suanhacky Chief 1968-69 2009

Ernst Pino Scoutmaster Troop 109 2007

Hindy Pino Scouting Mother, Troop 109 2017 *

Pioneer District Queens Council 1974 – 1996 1997 *

David Pretto An Involved Parent 1991 *

Randolph Pretto A Good Scout & Brother 1993 *

Bertha Pritchard Den Mother and Outdoor Enthusiast 2008 *

John Pritchard Suanhacky Lodge Advisor 1992

Robert Prokesch District Camp Staff 2007

I. John Raith District Chairman 1993 *

Joan Rasmusson A Friend of Scouting 1989 *

Jerry Reimer A Friend to All Scouts 1992

Millie & David Risueno & Sons Pack 142 & Troop 142 2011

Paul "Spuds" Romain Leader, Advisor, Friend 2011

John Romanovich Mover and Shaker 2011

Chuck Romero District Chairman 1989 *

Jose Carlos Rosario I Give My All To Scouting 2016

Norman Russakoff Suanhacky Lodge Chief of all Chiefs 2015 *

Denis Sackett Suanhacky Lodge Chief 1973-1974 1991

Irving “Yitzel” Sackett Service To God & Country 1993 *

Lester & Lillian Sackett Scouting Parents 1990

Bill Scheib Queens Council Commissioner 2011 *

Ellen M. Scheib Beloved Wife & Mother 2003 *

William A. Scheib Commissioner 1990 *

Dorothy Schmitt Pioneer District 1997 *

William Schmitt Pioneer Owl 1996 *

Jay Schnapp Ten Mile River Scout & Staffman 1990

Mike Schulte Scoutmaster Troop 106 2017

L. Roper Shamhart Suanhacky Lodge Advisor 1997

Ralph Sherman Queens Jewish Committee 1989 *

Andrea Smith-Dacres One Who Wears Many Hats Since 1988 2015

Thomas Smith Dedicated Friend 2009

Dennis St. Jean Queens Council Scout Executive 1990

Suanhacky Lodge Order of the Arrow Lodge #49 1990

Suanhacky Lodge #49 The Spirit of the Stag Lives On 1930-2013 2013

John (Jack) Sullivan Scoutmaster Emeritus 2010 *

Martin I. Surks Camp Man Staff 1949-1952 1994

Hon. Edward Thompson Queens Council President 1989 *

Pierre Thyvaert Queens Scout Executive 1989

Joseph 'Joe' Totaro Large Training Bear 2018 *

Andrew Tranchina Pioneer Roundtable Commissioner 1992 *

James 'Jim' Tranchina Scoutmaster, East District Owl, Chief Fussball 2011 *

Troop 20, Queens College Point: Leaders Past & Present 2001

Troop 90, Queens Astoria, New York 2009

Troop 106 Queens Middle Village, New York 2012

Russell A. Turner Co-Founder of Suanhacky Lodge 1994 *

Dan Ursomanno "It Has To Be Fun” Troop 80 Staten Island 2007

Dominic Vagnone Pioneer District Commissioner 2009 *

Vito Vitiello Vigil Honor Brother, Dedicated Brother 2005 *

Frank Wallace A Friend of Scouting 1991 *

Theresa Wallace Helping Other People At All Times 1993 *

George Wallacer Pioneer District Scouter 2000 *

George A Walsh A Scouter…..Forever 2008 *

Stephan Walsh We Love You 2008 *

Shirley B. Weinstein For Her Great Love of Scouting 2016 *

John Williamson Scouting’s Finest 1994 *

Lou Winter A True Scouter 2009 *

Cindia Wong Dedicated Sister 2006

Jennifer Yee A Friend of Scouting 1998 *

Anthony Zalak Faithful Scouter and Son 2011

Henry Zalak A Father And Friend To All 2008

Listing as of May 2019 Note: * DECEASED @ time of induction