This is the Last Frontier Council's eNewsletter for the month of April 2011. Please click the title of any of the subjects below for more information about a topic. Share Your Stories With UsIf you have a story about Scouting that you'd like to share through the eNewsletter. Please send an email to last.frontiercouncil@scouting.org with the details, any photographs, and your contact information (phone and email). We are always looking for stories about our youth doing dynamic things in both fun and service! Deadline for article submission is the last day of the month. Summer programs offer your Cub and Webelos Scouts an outstanding opportunity for advancement while they have fun and make new friends. We encourage you and your Pack to make reservations to attend Cub Resident Camp at Camp George Thomas in 2011. Space exploration is the theme for the summer, and we have some great programs for both Cub Scouts and Webelos. We are fortunate to have excellent camping facilities and among the best program opportunities available for our Cub Scouts and Leaders. The definition of the tour plan in the Language of Scouting is: “Units complete this form when planning for local, national, or international adventure. The plan helps ensure the unit is properly prepared, that qualified and trained leadership is in place, and that the right equipment is available for the adventure.” Tour plans must be submitted to Program Services at the Last Frontier Council office. Welcome New Staff Member  The Last Frontier Council is proud to announce the hiring of Ms. Christie Johnson as the District Executive of New Horizons District. Christie is an Oklahoma Native growing up in up in North East Oklahoma City and graduating from Northwest Classen High School. She is a graduate of Southern Nazarene University with a Bachelors Degree Business Administration and currently she is a graduate student of the University of Oklahoma majoring in Human Relation.
Christie brings a wealth of knowledge having worked in the Oklahoma City Business Community and is truly excited about serving the youth and volunteers of the New Horizons District. In speaking with Gary Jones, New Horizons District Chairman, he too is excited about Christie’s enthusiastic attitude and energy.  The Boy Scouts of America's Last Frontier Council invites you to experience Oklahoma's "Wild West" at Arcadia Farm.Event Co-Chairs, Ann Cameron & Jim Aikman. Friday night is an evening of stagecoaches, shoot-outs, synchronized horse-back riding and more. Saturday morning is the Sporting Clays Classic competition. Sign up now for this great 2 in 1 event Are you signed up for Day Camp yet?? Click the link above to see the volunteer leadership of the 2011 Day Camps. Also-remember that you can go to Day Camp at any of the camps - regardless of where you live! Introduction to Outdoor Leader Skills - IOLS and Webelos Leader Outdoor Training - WeLOT at CGT will be 4/15-17, Cub Leader Training at CGT on 4/30. SM/ASM Specific at CGT and Choctaw Park on 4/30. Trainer's EDGE is 5/7 at the OKC Council office. Signup through the training page on the council website at the above link.  We are so excited about Slippery Falls Summer Camp this year! There are a few new additions to the camp and we have also added a few new merit badges. The program guide for the merit badge class schedule should be available the beginning of next week and the signup should begin April 5th. We are still taking deposits on campsites, but th e spots are filling up fast. Click Here to sign up for Week 4 - then click the "Register >>" button Click Here to sign up for Week 5 - then click the "Register >>" button Click Here to sign up for Week 6 - then click the "Register >>" button  Click the link above to follow Ty Knots on Twitter - or if you want to "like" him on Facebook Click Here! It is that time of year again. Time to start thinking about your popcorn sale and who is going to be your Unit Kernel. We have Popcorn Conferences to start you planning going on in April and May. You can attend whichever conference you would like, but we try and spread them around the Council to make it a little easier to get to one of them. They are worth an extra 1% commission to attend so start making plans now. Spring Ordeal is scheduled for the weekend of May 20–22, 2011 at Slippery Falls Scout Ranch. Each member should make it their own responsibility to make sure each candidate elected from their Troop is registered to attend and has transportation. If they can’t join in the spring, their last opportunity to become a member of the order will be at Fall Ordeal. Spring Ordeal also provides a great opportunity for Ordeal members to seal their membership and become a Brotherhood member. Every year, approximately 300 Arrowmen from all across Oklahoma and Arkansas gather for a weekend of fun, fellowship, training and competition. The Section Conclave is the largest Order of the Arrow event outside of a National OA Conference. Check out what's going on with Conclave this year and register online at www.sr-8.org, the Sothern Region Section 8 website. Conclave will be at Hale Scout Reservation near Talihina, Oklahoma on the weekend of APRIL 15th – 17th, 2011. The National Council issued a new Annual Health and Medical Record form on January 1, 2011. The form took effect immediately, but 2011 is a transition year so you can still use any old forms you have this year. You can access the form by clicking here. To go to the Frequently Asked Questions Page click here. The Last Frontier Council Jamboree committee, led by Sean O’Connell, is planning to take four contingent troops of Boy Scouts and two contingent crews of Venturers to the National Jamboree in 2013. The website for The Summit Bechtel Family National Scout Reserve and the 2013 jamboree will is live, and a launch is scheduled with new functionality and formal releases throughout the next two years. Some of this functionality comes in the form of surveys and interactions with Scouts, volunteers, and families about their interests in The Summit and the 2013 jamboree itself. One part is entitled “Shape the Summit,” enabling all to help shape how The Summit will look. Another part will ask for general interests concerning the 2013 jamboree. Ultimately, more useful information will be fed back to you, both from national and local perspectives. May Council Coordinated Meeting and Fireside ChatsDistrict and council committee members with responsibilities in Training, Camping, Activities and Advancement, Order of the Arrow Advisors and Associate Advisors, International Scouting Committee, and Commissioners, are invited to attend the council coordinated committee meeting on Thursday, May 19, 2011 at the Gaylord Oklahoma City Scout Center. A strategic plan fireside chat, focusing on the various areas of the strategic plan, will begin at 6:00 p.m. All Scouters are invited to attend. The coordinated meeting breakout sessions will begin at 7:30 p.m. The Last Frontier Council is proud to announce the recruitment of the following volunteer chairs for council-level committees: Larry Kelly as the High Adventure Contingent Chair, David Shearer as the Diamond-H Scout Ranch Program Chair, and Dr. Ron Sutor as the Health and Safety Committee Chair. Click the above link for more info and pictures of these great volunteers! Scouting's Journey to Excellence is the new tool designed to encourage and reward success and measure the performance of our Cub Packs, Boy Scout Troops, Districts and Councils. It is replacing the Centennial Quality Unit Awards Program as a means of encouraging excellence at all levels of the BSA. Click the link for more info. *Be sure to bookmark the link because many changes will be happening to that site over the next few weeks and months.* New Version of Guide to Safe Scouting Released After a thorough review and an extensive revision, the latest version of the Guide to Safe Scouting is now available online. To access the PDF version - click here or on the picture on the right. To access the "online version" - click here. Note, the online version is the most current and updated by the National Council's committee responsible for the guide, no matter when you access the guide. Social Media & Web LinksBelow are links to all the Last Frontier Council's social media links. Be sure go visit the fan-pages and click "like"! After all, a Scout is "Friendly" (Scout Law #4 ;) Fan Page - Last Frontier Council Fan Page - Slippery Falls Scout Ranch Fan Page - Diamond H Scout Ranch Fan Page - Ty Knots Fan Page - OA MaNu Lodge 133 Twitter - Last Frontier Council Twitter - Ty Knots YouTube Channel - 480LastFrontier Fan Page - BSA | 
Cub Scout Day Camp
2013 National Scout Jamboree at Bechtel Scout Reserve