September 28, 2008 by Mike Webb.

The boy scouts and cub scouts went out in force on Sat. Sept. 27th as they teamed up for a town-wide popcorn sale in Hoopeston.  Approximately $900.00 was sold on this day and on their way to reaching our goal for $12,000.00 as sales just begin.

Boy Scouts will be having Show-n-Sell at the Olympic Hardware store on Sat. Oct. 11th from 7:00 am-12:00 noon and Sunday Oct. 12th from 11:00 am - 2:00 pm.

 Scouts don’t forget to call or email your total sales for the first week ending Saturday Oct. 4th, 2008.  Please email or call the Scoutmaster Mike Webb by 10:00 pm on the 4th.

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May 4, 2008 by Mike Webb.

 The Hoopeston Main Street Program will be hosting a Pinewood Derby on Sat. June 21st.  The derby will be ran by Pack 118 using their new track and timer.  They are giving away trophies for “Best of Show”, “Most Creative” and for Speed.  Entry fee is $30.00 and includes a T-shirt, drink ticket, BSA Pinewood Derby Car Kit and a Pit Pass.

 Two divisions:  Under 12 and Adult 12 & over.  You will need to register by Sat. May 17th.

 For more information on rules and to register go to www.derbyspeed.com

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November 7, 2007 by Mike Webb.

Pack Meeting - Thursday Nov. 15th at 7:00 pm.  This meeting will be very cool as each scout will get to build their own candle.  Larry Houseman will be showing us how to make an awesome looking candle that can be used for the home or as a nice gift for somone.

Make sure you wear your scout uniform as we will be taking pictures a this meeting.  Plus you will earn your points for the codes of conduct.

Don’t miss the action at this meeting as Charlie Warner will get to throw the pie in the face of the Cubmaster for being the highest salesman on the last week of popcorn sales!

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November 7, 2007 by Mike Webb.

We did it!  Over $10,000.00 in popcorn sales!!!

The actual total is $10,190.00.

Here are some stats on the sales:

Below you will see what each scout averaged in each den and also the total that each den sold.
Den      Average       Total Sold
Tigers   $439.83       $2639.00
Wolf      $240.50       $ 962.00
Bear      $391.57        $2741.00
Web I    $261.00       $ 261.00
Web II  $ 597.83       $3587.00

You will notice that even though the Bears sold more than the tigers, the tigers average per scout was higher.  The Webelos II are the winners of the Pizza Party, they had the highest average per scout in their den.  I will let the Webelos II know more about the party after our next committe meeting.

Our top 4 salesman were:
$2187.00 - Chris Webb
$1507.00 - Ethan Colbert
$1005.00 - Jacob Bergstedt
$757.00 - Trey Houmes

Chris, Ethan an Jacob will get to attend the Illini game which I
believe will be on Sunday Dec. 2nd at 2:00 pm.  I will let you know more about that as soon as I find out.  They also have a pizza party for the scouts before the game.

Chris and Ethan also each won a $50.00 gift certificate to Wal-Mart for selling at least $1500.00 worth.

Don’t forget to pick up your popcorn order on Sat. Nov. 10th between 11:00 am & 1:00 pm at the Methodist Church.

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November 7, 2007 by Mike Webb.

Our popcorn prize winners for the following weeks:

2nd Week - Christopher Webb ($485.00 in popcorn sales)

3rd Week - Luis Lugo ($505.00 in popcorn sales)

4th Week - Charlie Warner ($480.00 in popcorn sales)

Honorable mention goes to Jacob Bergstedt, he always turned in his sales amounts and did an awesome job overall but just came up short each week to be the top salesman.

Charlie Warner gets to throw the pie in the face of the cubmaster!

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October 11, 2007 by Mike Webb.

 After our first week of popcorn sales Ethan Colbert from the Tiger Den sold the most to win one of our weekly prizes.  Ethan sold $1095.00 worth of popcorn.  I asked Ethan’s mom what inspired them to go door to door.  She said the fact that only 20% of the population had been asked and that 7 out of 10 would buy popcorn.  Some did say no, but that didn’t stop Ethan from continuing.

Great Job Ethan!

Here are our other scouts who also did an excellent job in salesmanship and were in the running for the week:

$682.00 - Christopher Webb
$515.00 - Jacob Bergstedt
$330.00 - Trysten Shackelford
$241.00 - Devin Cartwright

So far for the first week the pack total sales are $3225.00!!

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October 11, 2007 by Mike Webb.

The next pack meeting will be on Thursday Oct. 18th from 7:00 - 8:00 pm.  This will be scout game night.  Games will be available for all scouts to enjoy.  These are all free and put on by each den.  Enjoy a treat bag at the end of the meeting.

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September 7, 2007 by Mike Webb.

Our first pack meeting for Cub Scout Pack 118 of Hoopeston will be on Thursday Sept. 20, 2007 at the Methodist Church at 7:00 pm.  The theme is the “Cub Scout Express” as we welcome “All Aboard” to a new and exciting year of scouting!  Look to see short skits and participate in fun games along with role playing.  Plus we will also have our Popcorn Kickoff as popcorn fund raising sales begin early.  We hope to make this our one and only fundraiser for the year.

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September 7, 2007 by Mike Webb.

Thirty years ago today, Voyager 1 was launched from Cape Canaveral, Fla., on a mission to investigate Jupiter and Saturn. It accomplished its mission, sending back photos and scientific data from the two planets, but the spacecraft didn’t stop there.Today, the spacecraft is still flying and still communicating with NASA, even though it is nearly 10 billion miles away and its transmissions take 14 hours to reach Earth. By 2015, Voyager 1 is expected to leave the solar system and scientists say it could wander the universe forever.

Attached to the side of Voyager 1 is a gold-plated phonograph record containing photos, natural sounds of Earth and 90 minutes of music from all over our world. If anyone finds Voyager during its eternal mission, the record should help them understand a little bit about life on Earth in 1977.

Source Boy’s Life.org - Pedro’s Weblog

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September 4, 2007 by Mike Webb.

The lightsaber wielded by Luke Skywalker in the original Star Wars movie will be launched into space aboard the shuttle Discovery later this year.

NASA is carrying the lightsaber into space to help celebrate this year’s 30th anniversary of Star Wars. The shuttle’s launch, which will carry seven astronauts to the International Space Station, is scheduled for Oct. 23.

 Source - Boy’s Life (Pedro’s Weblog)

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