Hello Pack 618,

Reminder that Scouting for Food is TOMORROW.  Every den is covering a different neighborhood at a different time, and hopefully you've all received that information from your den leaders by now.

This is one of the main service projects that our boys participate in, and every year we collect a very large amount of food.  It's really important for the boys to see what we can accomplish when we work together, so please do plan to participate.

Wear your class A uniform, and if you have a red wagon or the like please bring it.  Remember that we are only collecting food that is non-perishable and non-breakable, so no glass and nothing that needs to be refrigerated.

Looking forward to seeing you all tomorrow!

--brett

Cub Scout Pack 618 

Annual Blue & Gold Banquet

And Cake Auction

Sunday February 22nd at 3:00pm

Millennium Resort

7401 N Scottsdale Road, Scottsdale 85253

Includes buffet dinner of pasta, vegetables,     salad, bread, lemonade, and water.

Adults $20.00

Children $15.00

Scouts are included compliments of Pack 618

All proceeds from cake auction benefit Pack 618

Final Pinewood Derby Results!

Place	Time	Avg MPH	Last Name	Rank
1	7.7096	192.4	Den. Kite	Webelos2
2	7.7159	192.2	Ledell	Tigers
3	7.7351	191.7	Dav.Carlson	Webelos1
4	7.7356	191.7	Kroening	Webelos2
5	7.7389	191.6	Troester	Webelos1
6	7.7508	191.3	Mat.Carlson	Webelos2
7	7.7717	190.8	Con.Carlson	Bears
8	7.7748	190.7	LaBell	Tigers
9	7.7802	190.6	Songco	Wolves
10	7.7866	190.4	Blair	Webelos1
11	7.7875	190.4	Smith	Webelos1
12	7.7966	190.2	Coo.Carlson	Tigers
13	7.8066	190	Dom.Kite	Tigers
14	7.8213	189.6	Whitney	Webelos1
15	7.8434	189.1	Boggs	Webelos2
16	7.8462	189	Rabasca	Bears
17	7.8514	188.9	Burgoon	Tigers
18	7.8568	188.7	MacDonald	Tigers
19	7.8694	188.4	Wood	Bears
20	7.8956	187.8	Cor.MacPherson	Tigers
21	7.9012	187.7	Szeto	Bears
22	7.9083	187.5	McLemore	Webelos1
23	7.9089	187.5	Cramer	Webelos1
23	7.9089	187.5	Yeager	Tigers
25	7.9139	187.4	Johnson	Bears
26	7.9154	187.4	LaRusch	Wolves
27	7.929	187	Mead	Tigers
28	7.9339	186.9	Golub	Bears
29	7.9443	186.7	Burgoon	Bears
30	7.964	186.2	Log.MacPherson	Webelos1
31	7.9687	186.1	Aid.Coates	Webelos1
32	7.99	185.6	Horsley	Tigers
33	8.0223	184.9	Meyer	Webelos1
34	8.0494	184.2	Mitchell	Wolves
35	8.0537	184.1	Kaffenberger	Webelos2
36	8.0858	183.4	Trigueros	Bears
37	8.1099	182.9	Nayak	Webelos2
38	8.1602	181.7	Lewis	Wolves
39	8.2166	180.5	Naik	Bears
40	8.2185	180.4	Trigueros	Wolves
41	8.222	180.4	Pre.Coates	Wolves
42	8.2975	178.7	Burgoz	Wolves
43	8.367	177.2	Bagley	Bears
44	8.6028	172.4	Clark	Bears
45	9.0195	164.4	Ference	Bears
46	9.1175	162.6	Kimmel	Webelos1

Hello Pack 618,

Remember that final check-in is TOMORROW at the Rabasca garage, 17213 N. 43rd Street, from 6-8 pm.  Check-in is mandatory if you want to race!  (You do not need to check in again if you already have your pit pass.)

Saturday is race day in the Copper Canyon Cafeteria!   Things to bring:

(1) Your son in class A uniform

(2) The Pit Pass you received at check-in

(3) Check or cash for your Blue & Gold Tickets (adults $20, siblings $15, scouts are free).

(4) More cash to buy lunch (pizza slices from Crust!), snacks, and water bottles

(5) Your Pack 618 water bottle (we'll provide water for refills)

Please arrive at least 15 minutes prior to your race start time! Races go quickly, and if you are not there, you might miss all the action.     

Races will start at the following times:

Tigers:    11 am

Wolves:  11:45 am

Bears:    12:30 pm

Web1:      1:15 pm

Web2:      2 pm

We will start the finals immediately after the Webelos 2 den is finished racing, hopefully no later than 2:30 pm.  The fastest car from each rank will automatically advance to the finals, along with the next 11 fastest cars (a total of sixteen cars in the finals).   If you are not in the finals, we should have plenty of time for open and challenge racing, sibling racing, etc.

See you all this weekend!

Hello Pack 618,

If you did not check in tonight (and most of you didn't), you must check in on Friday.

You may not race on Saturday unless you check in on Friday!

Check in runs from 6-8 pm in the Rabasca Garage,17213 N. 43rd St. (here's a map). Bring your car lubed up and ready to race, let us check it, and then leave it with us to bring to the race on Saturday.

Hello Pack 618!

Reminder that Pinewood Derby Check-in starts TONIGHT between 6-8 pm in the Rabasca Garage,17213 N. 43rd St. (here's a map).  If you can't make it tonight, you can come on Friday, same location and time.   No uniforms required, and you can come at any time that is convenient for you.

We will measure your car, check it over to make sure it conforms to the rules, and weigh it (no more than 5 ounces!).  We will keep the car until Saturday's race, so make sure the car is lubed up and ready to race when you check it in! 

If you are having any issues with your car, this is also an opportunity to stop by and get some help.   You can then make any adjustments and check in on Friday.

Registration is now open for Summer Adventure Camp at Camp R-C in the cool country east of Payson.

I think R-C is the single greatest experience you can have in Cub Scouting. It's four days of camping, horseback riding, archery, BB guns, crawdad fishing, super soaker wars, etc etc etc.  It's about as much fun as a boy can have, and it's a great parent/son bonding experience.   I've been five times, and it never gets old.  Seriously, ask any parents or boys in our pack who have been there, and I can promise that they will rave about it.

A large group from our pack is planning to attend Session 4, June 18-21 (Father's Day weekend).  If those dates don't work for you, you are free to register for any other session (dates run through the month of June).  If you don't go with our pack, you will be assigned to a group of friendly folks from another pack.

The link to register for Session 4 is here.  You can reserve a space for you and your son for $100, the $231 balance is due a few weeks before camp starts. Sessions do fill up (especially when our pack fills up the camp), so if you are interested at all, I would strongly recommend putting down the refundable $100 deposit as soon as you can.

You can read more about Camp R-C here, and you can sign up for the other sessions here.

Hello again, Pack 618,

This year's Pinewood Derby will start with flags at 11 am on Saturday, January 24 at Copper Canyon.  We will have slices of pizza and other concessions for sale.  We will also have tickets to our Blue & Gold Banquet (February 22) for sale (scouts are free, adults are $20, siblings are $15).   

We plan to follow this schedule:

Tigers:          11 am

Wolves:       11:45 am

Bears:           12:30 pm

Webelos 1:   1:15 pm

Webelos 2:   2pm

Finals will start immediately after the Webelos 2 races are finished.   Cars in the finals will include the fastest car from each rank, plus the eleven next-fastest cars regardless of rank (a total of 16 cars).  We hope to have everything wrapped up by 3 pm.  

The official 2015 Pinewood Derby rules and process guide is now available by clicking here.  Nothing of substance has changed from last year, but if you are curious about the rules and process, feel free to take a look.

A couple of rules that were highlighted in my previous emails:

• You must use official BSA materials (block, wheels, axles) that you process yourself. It is not legal to use aftermarket or third party parts, or to use BSA parts that were machined, processed or selected by anybody but you.  The whole point of this is to teach the boys sportsmanship and craftsmanship, after all. 
• The car cannot exceed 7" in length; wheelbase must be between 4 1/4" and 4 5/8"; weight cannot exceed 5.0 oz.  The car must have enough ground clearance to work on our track.  DO NOT EXTEND THE LENGTH OF YOUR CAR IN ANY WAY, AND DO NOT ALLOW ANYTHING TO HANG BELOW THE BODY OF YOUR CAR.
• No part of the car can extend in front of the starting gate.  NO NOTCHES IN THE FRONT OF YOUR CAR!

Check-in is offered from 6-8 pm next Wednesday and next Friday at the Rabasca garage (where car cutting was held).   You can check in anytime during those times that you want, and you do not need to come to both check-ins.  Bring your READY TO RACE car to check-in, and then leave it with us until race day.  YOU CANNOT RACE ON SATURDAY UNLESS YOU CHECK IN ON WEDNESDAY OR FRIDAY. 

Hello Pack 618,

We have plenty of time slots available for selling Camp Cards this weekend.  You can view the available time slots by clicking here.

If you want to reserve a time slot, just drop me an email and I will add you to the list.

**I do not anticipate that there will be any additional opportunities to sell at Fry's this year, so if you do want to sell tickets, I strongly recommend that you do so this weekend. If you do not want to sell this year, the pack would greatly appreciate a $35 donation to cover the costs of your son's awards (this is the same amount the pack would have made if your son sold $100 worth of cards).

Hello Pack 618!

Reminder that tomorrow is car cutting at the Rabasca garage (17213 N. 43rd St.) from 9am to 4 pm.   Bring your wooden block and your son's design idea.  Andy has the tools and the know-how to make it happen!

We still have plenty of time slots for Camp Card sales at Fry's.  Please let me know if you would like to sell on Saturday or Sunday.

See you this weekend!

--brett (brett.carlson@gmail.com)