Memorial Day Parade

The tribe walked the annual Green Memorial Day Parade again this year. I think 1/2 of the city of Green is in the parade and the rest come to watch. The kids have a blast - just being in a parade and able to throw candy out is a huge hit among the little braves.

The web site is up to date - here is the link to the May Smoke:

http://www.yindianguides.org/smoke.htm



Also Jeff P and Charles sent me more pics from the campout - so I added them to the spring campout slide show. If anybody else has more pics they want me to post - just use the free system from Google called Picasa and send them to me.

Next event:

Friday June 12th - Trumpet in the land

If you don't know about trumpet in the land, then here is their web site is:
http:// www.trumpetintheland.com

TRUMPET, in its 40th year, is an unforgettable production that will sweep you back in history to a time when Ohio was the western frontier of America, to witness the founding of Ohio’s first settlement, Schoenbrunn, in 1772.

Many of us have seem the play as kids with our parents, and it is one of the lasting memories from our childhood. You will not be disappointed. For this event we just need you to tell your cheif headcount - tickets will be at the door (tell them you are with indianguides / manakiki nation for the discounted rate)

Show starts at 8:30 Friday night, and is in New Philledephia which is ~45min drive



(note: Blogger is not letting me insert links today - so you will have to cut past the web address to go to the sites)

Be sure to vote in this months question. We want to know your feedback for next year's spring campout.


Cheers,

-Big Dog

Y-Noah Spring Campout 2009

What a great weekend at Camp Y-Noah!!

I’ve put up a wide Varity of pictures from the campout. I also included some quick videos one of the fire and the kids horsing around in a barrell. I embedded the videos in with the pictures, but also they should so up in youtube (as well as on this blog in the bottom right)

While we had a little bit of rain – Mother Nature did spare us and in fact it turned out to be a good weather weekend. The rain was hard but came in very brief moments.

The nation games were fun. Each tribe blindfolded a little brave and then had him run and find various articles. The challenge is that you had to use animal noises to guide the brave. Oink = for straight, woof for left, meow for right and Moo for down. It was a great sight seeing the boys make all that noise. Congrats to the Cherokee tribe who avoided a lot of penalty seconds and won the event by over 30secs. The landing picture this week is the Cherokee braves.

The fishing derby was my personal highlight of the weekend.

Tribe campfires burned bright each night. The fire ceremony had the highest flames in recent memory, I good way for us to break in the new fire bit built by our nation.

Enjoy the pics –

Note: Lineup for this weekends parade – we are slot 41

-Big Dog

CAMPOUT - THIS WEEKEND May 15th!!!

Are you ready for the Spring Campout at Y-Noah this weekend?

Everybody is looking forward to it.

See you there.

Big Dog


FRIDAY

5:00PM Arrival/Registration/Check In
(In Dining Hall)
Receive Wrist Bands

8:30 PM Chilly Cook Off and grilling dogs
9:30PM Dad’s Meeting- sign up for wall, horses ($5 arena rides and $15 for trail rides) and alpine tower ($10 per climb and 9 yrs and older)
Night hike after dad’s meeting
Receive Horse Rides and Wall Tickets

11:00 PM – 7:00AM Please respect quiet hours



SATURDAY
8:40AM Hoppers to the Dining Hall
One father/child per cabin - to set table.


8:45AM Breakfast (Please be on time)
Please leave your table clean.

9:00AM – 12:00PM Camp Activities
-Horseback riding (by sign up)
-Climbing Wall – (by sign-up)
-Crafts
-Canoeing
-Archery -Hiking*
-BB’s -Frisbee Golf*
-Fishing* (catch and release)
9:00-11:15AM Fishing Contest (Kastner)
11:15-12:00PM Fish Weigh In


12:40PM Hoppers to the Dining Hall
One father/child per cabin - to set table.

12:45PM Lunch (Please be on time)
Please leave your table clean

1:30 – 5:00PM Camp Activities
-Horseback riding (by sign up)
-Canoeing 2:30-5:00
-Alpine Tower (by sign-up)
-Crafts
-BB’s
-Archery - Hiking*
-Frisbee Golf* -Fishing*

3:30 PM Tribe Competitions- Obstacle Course

4:30PM Council and Chief Meeting


5:40PM Hoppers to the Dining Hall
One father/child per cabin - to set table.

5:45pm Dinner (Please be on time)
Please leave your table clean after the meal
8:45PM Line up

9:15PM Main Fire Ceremony

11:00 PM –7:00AMPlease respect quiet hours

*Parent lead Activity

SUNDAY


Continental Breakfast 8:00
9:00 – 10:45AM Camp Activities
-Horseback riding (if needed)
-Climbing Wall by sign up
-Crafts
-BB’s -Frisbee Golf*
-Archery
-Hiking*
-Fishing* (catch and release)

11:00AM Clean up and Pack up
Clean and sweep your cabin, stack the mattresses, pick up trash and remove all of your belongings.

11:30AM Check Out

Late Nighter was really fun

We had about 130 of us for the late night at the Y. This year we had pizza, popcorn, texas sized marshmellows and a whole lot of fun.

Dodgeball was a big hit (get it 'hit') with the kids using those foam balls that don't hurt (that much). AS well as swimming and releays. I think we had over 100 in the pool area at the sime time.

The movie in the racketball court worked out great - the kids seems to like the veggietales as well as the new movie "BOLT".

Basketball was popular, as well as we had two corn hole bean bag sets going. Those cornhole sets were made by Tom - and they were great sets (see his commemt below if you want to order a set)

Here is the slideshow from the pics I have. If anybody has additional picture - send them my way and I will post.

For those of you that missed this event, you did miss out on some simple easy to understand fun between father and sons. Remember as a father you really only have a few more years to made a difference in your kids life - are you doing a good job?

Longhouse for chiefs this Tuesday at 8:00. Everbody else it is time to pay for the Y-Noah Campout. Get your money to your chief.

YMCA - Late Night - is next event

Below I copied in some Pics from last months bowling - it turned out to be a great event. Thanks Tom for the pics!!.






Upcoming Events:



Y-Late Nighter

Saturday April 18th – 9:00pm until Late

Green YMCA
Free Event! The Green YMCA opens late just for us. Bring your swimming trunks and your gym shoes for Open gym, swimming, dodge ball, snacks and a little friendly competition.

This year we are NOT sleeping over but leaving by 5:00am. Many come for just a few hours, eat some Pizza and play a few games then get home at a respectible hour. Some choose to stay into the wee hours of the morning.

There will be food, drinks, movie, games etc. Plan on stopping by for just a little bit - it's a great time



And don't forget the Spring Campout

Saturday/Sunday May 15th-17th Camp Y-Noah.

Trailblazers Event

LaserQuest April 3rd from 10pm to midnight

Open to all dads/sons with boys over 10.

We have two sessions...11pm and 11:30pm. Cost per person is $10 per person (actual cost $12 per person, with the nation picking up the extra $2) per sesson. Right now, we have 40 sign ups...can take 34 per session, so have spots open for 18 more people. Although the deadline was Thursday, March 20, with extended group size, we can take 18 more people. We are playing the Iron Man Challenge, a 30 minute extreme laser quest session (normal sessions run 8-10 minutes max)

They can e-mail Kurt, Nation Sachem at kurtwone@hotmail.com to place their name on the list.


Of Course - Check the website for the SMOKE for more details

Be sure to vote in this month's Poll. We have some options as to what to do this summer and looking for feedback. These poll contains events we have done as summer events in past years.




Big Dog

Bowling - Sun March 15th.

Bowling - Sun March 15th.





Don't Forget Bowling Sunday March 15th from 2:00 PM to 4:00 PM at Akron Lanes on Rt. 224 just east of Canton Rd (Rt. 19) in Springfield Township.

Each brave (big and little) will bowl one game individually and one as a father/son team. Everyone will get a coupon for their own 16 oz pop. Food is not included. If you would like to buy pizza ($10 for a one topping pizza) for your tribe please let me know, one week in advance, so they can thaw enough crusts. All other concessions will be available for purchase on a first come first served basis. There will be prizes drawn randomly for the little braves throughout the event.

If questions contact Brad Borne


Just a couple reminders of upcoming events:


1. Bowling – Sunday, March 15th – 2-4PM – Akron Lanes – FREE EVENT – Sponsored by the Creek
2. Longhouse Meeting – Tuesday, March 17th 7:30 YMCA - REquired meeting for all cheif's and council
3. Innaugural Trailblazers Event – Iron Man Laser Tag – Friday, April 3rd – 9PM-??? – To be discussed further at Longhouse – open to 10 years old and up
4. Green YMCA Late Nighter – Saturday, April 18th – 9PM-2AMish – FREE EVENT - Sponsored by the Mohawk

For more information see the Feb 2009 smoke:




http://www.yindianguides.org/smokes/2009_february_2009.html




Big Dog

FUNDRAISER - MARCH 7 -6:00pm Guys Party Center

Reminders for the Silent Auction Fundraiser: If you have items for the silent auction be sure to drop them off at Guy's Party center the day of the event from Noon until 3PM.


If you have any questions contact Jeff. If you need any donation forms or letters see the end of this month's Smoke.

Here is a link to the Feb 2009 smoke:

http://www.yindianguides.org/smokes/2009_february_2009.html

Be sure to take this month's Poll. At the last concil meeting one of the topics we talked about is falling attendance at the fascar event. Should we drop this event - is our tribe too old for fascar - are kids into Xbox and not car? Let us know your thoughts.

Last month's poll was a 50/50 split between going to a Y-Camp vs primitive campout (with 3 people incluing myself voting "don't care")

Looking forward to the Raffle - see you all there.

-bigdog