LONE
PEAK
DISTRICT
D17
IMPORTANT DATES IN
NOVEMBER 2016
November 10th
Lone Peak District
Training
Hidden Valley Stake – 1450 E.
Raddon Dr (12000 So.)
Sandy UT 84092
7pm-9pm MT.
The Peak
Volume 1, Issue 1II
November 2016
District Leadership Profile – Gary & Becky Rogers
the age of 15. He wanted to work at Tracy Wigwam with this
friends, and Eagles only could apply. He "worked" there for two
years, and was paid $100 per year.
His adult Scouting service began when he was asked to be a
Scoutmaster in 1990. As a young husband and father with two
children, this was surprising and challenging. Since that time, he
has served in various Scouting positions, but the most rewarding, challenging, and fulfilling, has been working with the boys.
November 12th
Medical Merit Badge Clinic
Alta View Hospital
8am –1pm MT.
https://www.saltlakescouts.org/
medical-mb-clinic
Becky Rogers began her Scouting career as a Den Leader
working with her son. With only four boys in the den, each one
got lots of attention. She went on to serve as the Cub Committee Chair. Becky went into semi-retirement, but continued to
serve as Scoutmasters wife for several years. She also served as
a Girl Scout Troop Leader for six years, was a Service Unit Director, and finally a trainer in Girl Scouting.
November 12th
College of Cub Scouts
Jordan High School
8am - 3pm MT.
https://www.saltlakescouts.org/
cub-ccs
November 17th
Council Coordinated
University of Utah Stake Bldg
470 Mario Capecchi Drive
https://www.saltlakescouts.org/
nov-council-coord
November 19th
Holiday Auction
Salt Palace Grand Ballroom
100 S. West Temple
5pm –9pm MT.
November 24th
Thanksgiving
November 29th
2017 Scout-O-Rama Meeting
Great Salt Lake Council
525 Foothill Blvd.
7pm-8pm MT.
Council
Calendar
https://www.saltlakescouts.org/
calendar
Becky was surprised to be asked to serve as Webelos Den
Leader at the ripe age old age of 55, but she had a great time
with her den of 16 boys. She now serves with her husband as
District Commissioner, keeping everyone organized and on
time.
Gary & Becky Rogers have been serving as District Commissioners for
nearly three years. Gary’s Scouting career
began when he earned his Eagle rank at
It is the responsibility of the District Commissioner to help
Scout units succeed. They coach and consult with adult leaders.
Commissioners help maintain the standards of the Boy Scouts of
America.
Lord Baden Powell - “The Essence of Leadership”
"Leadership is difficult to define,
and leaders are difficult to find. I
have frequently stated that
'anyone can be a commander,
and a trained man may often
make an instructor; but a leader
is more like the poet–born, not
manufactured.'
"One can say, however, that
there are four essential points
to look for in a leader:
astic co-operation.
3. He must have confidence in
1. He must have whole-hearted
himself through knowing his job.
faith and belief in the rightness of
He thus gains the confidence of
his cause so that his followers catch his men.
the contagion, and share his fanati- 4. What he preaches he must
cism.
himself-practice, thereby giving
2. He must have a cheery, ener- personal example to his team.
getic personality, with sympathy and
friendly understanding of his follow- "This way success
ers, and so to secure their enthusi- lies." (November, 1936.)
Volume 1, Issue 1II
Page 2
Mentor Your Senior Patrol Leader
When Shaye Larsen took over as Scoutmaster of Troop 52 in Pleasant View,
Utah, he focused on mentoring his new Senior Patrol Leader. “It takes a lot of
work to make sure he is prepared — meeting with him before meetings, having
reflections after meetings, meeting with him and his parents regularly, calling
and text often,”
Larsen says. “It was a lot of behind-the-scenes work on my part, but it paid off.
The SPL started getting more confident and capable and the troop flourished
under his leadership.”
Supporting your youth leaders also means giving them space — sometimes
literally. Gallagher, for example, leaves the room during PLC meetings. He also
gives youth leaders permission to tell him, “We’ve got this.” “When I see them
looking to me more,” Gallagher says, “I try to back off and start asking more
questions.”
Rechartering Due - November 15, 2016
This is a fundamental and
important process each Unit
must follow to provide a
quality program for the youth
in our communities.
By renewing the
membership of the youth
and adults in your Scouting
unit and reviewing the unit’s
status with the chartering
organization, the youth and
adults in your Scouting unit
will continue as official
registered members and
enjoy all the benefits of
Scouting in 2017!
The paperwork portion of
rechartering (new applications, YPT updates) should
have been completed by
October 1, 2016 when the
online program became active.
Finished charters are due
to the district on November
1st and to the Council by
November 15th.
Please utilize your Scout Committees and
coordinate with your CORs.
Please contact our District Commissioners if you require any training:
Contact Information
Gary & Becky Rogers
District Commissioners
[email protected]
History of Thanksgiving
Most Scouts are taught that
our modern Thanksgiving.
and sailed to Holland
the first Thanksgiving was
(The Netherlands) to
held in 1621 with the Pilgrims The Pilgrims who sailed to
and Indians. However, let’s this country aboard the
escape religious perse-
take a closer look at just
Mayflower were originally
cution. There, they enjoyed more religious
what took place leading up to members of the English
Separatist Church (a Purithat event, and then what
tolerance, but they
tan sect). They had earlier
enchanted with the
happened in the centuries
afterward that finally gave us fled their home in England
eventually became disDutch way of life.
History of Thanksgiving
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The Pilgrims set ground at Plymouth Rock on December 11, 1620. Their first winter
was devastating. At the beginning of the following fall, they had lost 46 of the original
102 who sailed on the Mayflower. But the harvest of 1621 was a bountiful one. And the
remaining colonists decided to celebrate with a feast – including 91 natives who had
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helped the Pilgrims survive their first year. It is believed that the Pilgrims would not
have made it through the year without the help of the natives. The feast was more of a
traditional English harvest festival than a true “thanksgiving” observance. It lasted three
days.
Governor William Bradford sent “four men fowling” after wild ducks and geese. It is not
certain that wild turkey was part of their feast. However, it is certain that they had venison. The term “turkey” was used by the Pilgrims to mean any sort of wild fowl.
Another modern staple at almost every Thanksgiving table is pumpkin pie. But it is
unlikely that the first feast included that treat. The supply of flour had been long diminished, so there was no bread or pastries of any kind. However, they did eat boiled
pumpkin, and they produced a type of fried bread from their corn crop. There was also
no milk, cider, potatoes, or butter. There was no domestic cattle for dairy products, and
the newly-discovered potato was still considered by many Europeans to be poisonous.
But the feast did include fish, berries, watercress, lobster, dried fruit, clams, venison,
and plums.
The “thanksgiving” feast was not repeated the following year. Many years passed before the event was repeated. It wasn’t until June of 1676 that another Day of thanksgiving was proclaimed. On June 20 of that year the governing council of Charlestown,
Massachusetts, held a meeting to determine how best to express thanks for the good
fortune that had seen their community securely established. By unanimous vote they instructed Edward Rawson, the
clerk, to proclaim June 29 as a day of thanksgiving. It is notable that this thanksgiving celebration probably did not include Native Americans, as the celebration was meant partly to be in recognition of the colonists’ recent victory over the
“heathen natives,” By then, it had become apparent to the settlers that the natives were a hindrance to their quest for
more land, so the good will they shared at the first feast had long been lost.
A hundred years later, in October of 1777 all 13 colonies joined in a
thanksgiving celebration. It also commemorated the patriotic victory
over the British at Saratoga. But it was a one-time affair.
George Washington proclaimed a National Day of Thanksgiving in
1789, although some were opposed to it. There was discord among
the colonies, many feeling the hardships of a few pilgrims did not warrant a national holiday. And later, President Thomas Jefferson opposed the idea of having a day of thanksgiving.
It was Sarah Josepha Hale, a magazine editor, whose efforts eventually led to what we recognize as Thanksgiving. Hale wrote many editorials championing her cause in her Boston Ladies’
Magazine, and later, in Godey’s Lady’s Book. Finally, after a 40-year campaign of writing editorials and letters to governors and presidents, Hale’s obsession became a reality when, in 1863, President Lincoln proclaimed the last Thursday in
November as a national day of Thanksgiving.
Thanksgiving was proclaimed by every president after Lincoln. The date was changed a couple of times, most recently
by Franklin Roosevelt, who set it up one week to the next-to-last Thursday in order to create a longer Christmas shopping season. Public uproar against this decision caused the president to move Thanksgiving back to its original date two
years later. And in 1941, Thanksgiving was finally sanctioned by Congress as a legal holiday, as the fourth Thursday in
November.
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