In The Woods
An official publication of Te’kening Lodge #37, Order of the Arrow, BSA
Volume # Issue #
September 11-13, Pine Hill Scout Reservation
Lodge Officers
Lodge Chief:
Nick Cincotti
[email protected]
Lodge Vice-Chief:
Steve Decker
[email protected]
Lodge Secretary:
Dale Kengeter
[email protected]
Lodge Treasurer:
James Latimer
[email protected]
Adult Advisers
Lodge Adviser:
Allen “Fox” Thorpe
[email protected]
Lodge Staff Adviser:
Jodi Stark
[email protected]
Chiefly Speaking
Witahemui,
(Selfless) Service, Babylon online dictionary defines it as follows; “Selfless
Service is a commonly used term to denote a service which is performed without any expectation of result or award for
the person performing it.”
It was funny, when I began writing this, I
googled the term “service”, expecting to
find a lawn-care service, barber shop, or
something of the sorts; but this time, I
was feeling lucky, so I pressed it. The
screen popped up to Babylon dictionary,
and the first thing that prompt asked was
“Did you mean SELFLESS Service?”.
Then I pondered
Why do we come out to the OA weekends, knowing that ahead of us is a day
of toilsome work in the hot beating sun?
Couldn’t you be at home watching TV on
the couch in the Air Conditioning? The
answer is: Yes, you absolutely could but
decided not too
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. Most would call you crazy, others would say you’re wasting
your time, I say you won’t regret a single minute of it. You
probably will not realize it right then and there, but everything
you do for the camps makes it better for the people we serve,
the scouts in our council. Every rail road tie you put down on
the trails makes it safer for them to hike around, every bridge
you make opens up opportunities for new scouts to explore our
camps, and every pallet you move ensures that next year, they
will have something to sleep on. We are that force that keeps
the camps going in one clear direction, onward and upward.
But what do you get out of this? Money, fame, ice cream...no.
Most people expect material rewards for service to others, but
we are a different kind of breed; we give ourselves for nothing
in return, a truly selfless act. Deep down inside of us all is a
force I cannot explain with words, but just happened. A drive to
keep working, a drive to keep giving, a drive that keeps us
striving in cheerful service. Each one of us has that, or we
wouldn’t be here today. Every weekend I go to, I take a walk
around camp and stumble across service projects I did in the
past. Every time I look back at them, I get a shiver up my back,
the good kind; for I know I made a difference that day in service to our camps. Do You?
In Cheerful Service Always,
Nicholas S. Cincotti
Lodge Chief
Lodge Calendar
September 11-13, 2009
October 9-11, 2009
October 24, 2009
December 2009
Service Weekend, Pine Hill
LLDC, Roosevelt
Harvest Fest, Pine Hill
Lodge Dinner, TBA
New Ordeal Members
Buirch, Andrew
Choyce, Patrick
Conner, Fancis
Duncan, Alexander
Dy, Justin
Ersing, Steven
Fisher, Cody
Grelli, James
Haimes, Kyle
Linsday Mathew
Lindsay, Sammiel
Murphy, Dyllan
Paolello, Mitchell
Rehig, Chris
Robinson, John
Schroedler, Alexander
Servais, Frank
Murphy, Dyllan
Paolello, Mitchell
Rehig, Chris
Robinson, John
Schroedler, Alexander
Servais, Frank
Stewart, Joseph
Sweeney, John
Tomas, Mathew
Turgeon, Zachary
Vulimiri, Praveen
Wallin, David
Zito, Aaron
Zito, Austin
Vigil Report
Greetings Brothers,
Nomination for the Vigil Honor is not to be taken lightly. Nomination is for those brothers who have not only served our lodge, our scout
camps, his home unit, and his community, but for the service that is continued
into the future. Last year, we decided to accept nomination forms as a means
of identifying potential nominees. This was a great success in that we were
able to see many brothers who work “behind the scenes” and we did not
know by name. We have chosen to continue this process of nomination into
this year. Unlike last year, however, we have the resource of new web capabilities. We have chosen to go “green” and have made the form available via
the lodge website. The form is scheduled to be posted before sun-down, on
Sunday, September 13th. Should any questions arise, please feel free to contact me ([email protected]) or our lodge chief who is also able to get
a hold of me.
As the school year begins, I hope you all the best in your studies.
Yours in Cheerful Service,
Christopher Collins
Vigil Co-Advisor
In The Woods
Publications Staff
Pubz Chairmen Scott Forman [email protected]
Steven Gallagher, Jimmy Grelli, Robert Foley,
Chris Lemasney
Advisers
Kim Shute [email protected]
Herb Dodds, Associate Adviser:
[email protected]
New Brotherhood
Members
Gallagher, Steve
Green, Hunter
Green, Walker
Grelli, Jimmy
Malone, Jonathan
Malone, Charles
McCarty, Bobby
McMichael, Ryan
Tarr, Jack
Different Photos From The
Day
Chapter Reports
Apatukwe Chapter Report
Apatukwe meets the first Monday of the month at
Avalon Elementary School at 7:00pm and we are
just starting meetings back up from summer back.
Kon-Kon-Tu Chapter Report
I would like to than everyone in our chapter for coming
out this weekend and for participating in this lodge
event. Kon-Kon-Tu meets on the second Wednesday of
the month. At seven P.M at the council building in
Millville. We are planning to do a few fundraisers and
we are planning to go to Shu-Shu-Go Indian Seminar
in November. If you are interested and attending please
contact either Nicholas Cincotti or myself. Our goals
for this year are to attain 100% elections and to increase our attendance at meetings and weekends.
Again, I thank everybody for Kon-Kon-Tu for coming
out this weekend to support our chapter and the lodge.
Lekau Chapter Report
Lekau Big timber and Cooper Chapters have reemerged into the single Lekau Chapter once again as
of the May weekend. Chapter meetings are at the
same time and place as the White Horse District
Roundtable (2nd Tuesday of each month usually
Glen Landing in Blackwood, 7-8:30 pm). All Lekau
members, but especially Troop OA Events and developing a stronger chapter meeting program.
Unilachtego Chapter Report
We meet the second Wednesday of every month at
Kingsway Regional High School (same place and
time as old colony's roundtable) Since this months
round table was postponed we will have Septembers
meeting next Wednesday, also our goals for this
year is to have 100% membership retention from our
chapter and to have unit elections from all our
troops. We’ll hope to see you at the next weekend.
Lodge News
October 9-11, 2009 LLDC, Roosevelt
October 24, 2009 Harvest Fest, Pine Hill
December, 2009 Lodge Dinner, TBA
Flight 93 National Memorial
September 11, 2001. The horrible day
begins. Four planes were hijacked. Two of the
planes were flown into the World Trade Center
in New York City. About 2,749 innocent people, including everyone on the plane lost their
lives. Plane number three was flown into the
Pentagon were 125 in the building and 59 in the
plane were killed. And the forth plane (flight
93) crashed to the ground at 580 miles per hour,
into Somerset County, Pennsylvania. 33 people
and four hijackers were killed. The passengers
on flight 93 didn’t know that the plane they
were on was being hijacked. They soon found
out from family members that they talked to on
their phones that the World Trade Center was
attacked and the plane they were in was also
part of a terrorist attack. The passengers fought
back against the hijackers to try to take control
of the plane but unfortunately crashed to the
ground. But if it weren’t for the brave fighters
of flight 93, either the capitol or the white
house would have been destroyed because that
was tier objective. The Flight 93 National Memorial Act was signed by the president on September 24, 2002. The purpose of this for everyone to think of the brave passengers who lost
their lives for their country.
-Chris Lemasney
More Photos
Your Lodge Chief Nicholas Cincotti
Adviser’s Minute
Greetings Brothers;
The September fellowship at PHSR fast
approaches as we begin to prepare for the
Spring Conclave that we will be attempting
to host at Pine Hill this year all members are
encouraged to attend those that can seal their
bonds in the Brotherhood please do so, so we
can attain the quality lodge status we need to
get grants and awards from national.
We had several projects that we tackled
this weekend such as adding seats to both circles and lighting to the ceremony circle, remodeling of the memorial wall landscape and getting the dining hall in shape for the spring. We
needed electricians, plumbers, carpenters, and
general helpers for these projects.
Visit Te’kening Lodge online at
www.tekening.org
E-mail comments or articles for publication to
Herb Dodds: [email protected]
Use subject: ATTN: In The Woods
We now have the on-line registration
up and live for the fall weekends please go to
the council web-site and on the O.A. home page
you can see the registration link, you can pay
online for a small service fee on print the form
and mail it to Mr. Miller as always. The on-line
registration for the October weekend will also
be available shortly our LLD weekend will
have some new training cells this year with
some special guests being invited. We will also
feature a pig roast for Saturday's night dinner
and a patch show and sell. Hope to see everyone at the weekends.
Allen Thorpe
Lodge Advisor
Pubz Chairman Corner
I don’t normally write a serious article but I felt inspired by our Lodge Chief's
Chiefly Speaking. I was unable to work on
any service projects this weakened I had to
attend a very good friend of mine's Eagle
Court of honor. Selfless Service, is the very
foundation of our order and we need to
recognize that. We don’t come here for ourselves we come here for the betterment of
our camps and counsels. But you guys still
even though you work selflessly, you still
deserve recognition and that is why I help do
this paper to make sure the lodge know what
you do for it. Your welcome.
Scott Forman
Publication Chair.
Vigil Report
Greetings Brothers,
Nomination for the Vigil Honor is not to be taken lightly. Nomination is for those brothers who have not
only served our lodge, our scout camps, his home unit, and his community, but for the service that is continued into
the future. Last year, we decided to accept nomination forms as a means of identifying potential nominees. This was
a great success in that we were able to see many brothers who work “behind the scenes” and we did not know by
name. We have chosen to continue this process of nomination into this year. Unlike last year, however, we have the
resource of new web capabilities. We have chosen to go “green” and have made the form available via the lodge
website. The form is scheduled to be posted before sun-down, on Sunday, September 13th. Should any questions
arise, please feel free to contact me ([email protected]) or our lodge chief who is also able to get a hold of
me.
As the school year begins, I hope you all the best in your studies.
Yours in Cheerful Service,
Christopher Collins
Vigil Co-Advisor
What does 9-11 Mean to You?
Arrowmen Interviews
Today we went around asking fellow arrowmen
what 9-11 meant to them and we got a couple great
responses.
This campout the publications crew went to the
projects learning a great deal of information
about our fellow brothers. We interviewed two
random Arrowmen the were working hard during their projects of Pine Hill. We did this so we
could all learn a little bit more about our brothers.
“Tragic loss of many people, firefighters going into
the towers knowing that the building was going to
collapse but still went in to save the people at the
cost of there own lives.”
-Walker Green
“I lost my son and the 9-11 events and the day
brings back memories.”
-Michael Cooper
“Sadness for the loss of people who died at the
towers.”
-Chris Dy
“It was a shock and a tragedy, it showed how this
country came together as one. All groups of people
came together as one. The words under god became part of everyone’s vocabulary again.”
-George Shute
“A time of heroes and tragedies.”
-Xavier Tarr
“People died for our country”
-Jonathon Nalone
The first Arrowman we interviewed was Bob
McCarty. We found him working on various
projects with the soon-to-be Ordeal members of
our lodge, and he told us a little bit about himself. He lives in Courthouse New Jersey and he
loves to paint. He listens to various types of music and bands including Nirvana, David Bowie,
The Pogues, and SEAL.
We will be going around every campout so we
can learn, and tell you about our fellow Te’kening 37 brothers.
Steve Gallagher