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PWD workshops and weigh-in

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The Pinewood Derby Race will take place on Friday, March 18, 2016.

The following are the pinewood derby workshops leading up to the weigh-ins and race.

Tuesday- 2/23 from 7:00 to 8:30pm
Tuesday – 3/1 from 7:00 to 8:30 pm
Thursday – 3/10 from 7:00 to 8:30 pm
The location of the workshops is Jeff Go’s house: 1784 Manor Circle, El Cerrito.
The workshops will include the use of a band saw, belt sander, and drill press as well as checking length, width, and weight of cars to make sure they are within the legal specifications as outlined by the official PWD rules (attached).  There will be no paining sessions included with these workshops.
If your Cub Scout or Webelos would like to attend one or more of the workshops please send an RSVP to Jeff Go at onefasnsx@gmail.com.

Weigh-in and registration will be held at the same address on the following dates:

Monday – 03/13 from 7:00 to 8:00pm
Thursday- 03/17 from 7:00 to 8:00pm

Please be aware that once a car is weighed and turned in it is placed into “quarantine” and can no longer be worked on, modified, or handled by the Scout.  They will not be able to even touch their cars until after the conclusion of the races.

If your Scout did not pick up their PWD kit at the Blue & Gold dinner please reach out to John Bowen, jrb0301@sbcglobal.net, to arrange a time to pick up the kit.

Den 10’s Family Tree

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Den 10 wanted to share some photos from their last den meeting. They were working on an elective called “Project Family” and one of the requirements was to complete a family tree.  As an activity to demonstrate a family tree, Jared had the Webelos construct a Pack 104 family tree mobile.  The photos shows the end result.  Quite a tangled mess but better than expected for an on-the-fly project.
Pack 104 Family Tree Mobile Pack 104 Family Tree - just Jared

Pack 104 toy drive and uniform inspecion

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Great job Scouts. We collected a lot of toys and made it through the inspection. Those Marines weren’t messing around. Especially when it comes to getting the primo parking spot.

 

Loading those Marines up with some toys!

Loading those Marines up with some toys!

Loading those Marines up with some toys!

Loading those Marines up with some toys!

Loading those Marines up with some toys!

Loading those Marines up with some toys!

Inspection time! Chris is pretty strict and doesn't grade on a curve!

Inspection time! Chris is pretty strict and doesn’t grade on a curve!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Shred it Bro

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Hey scouts and Akelas,

We found a really cool pop up bike course in El Cerrito. They have woop de do’s,teeter toters, ramps and a banked curve. I’m not sure how long it will be up, so grab a helmet and head over with your mountain or BMX  bike. Get in on the action before the Man takes it down!
The pop up is were the old water tank used to be at Snowdon and Ganges. Here is a link:
PS it’s a residential neighborhood so be cool!

Adding the Pack 104 G-calendar to your Android

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2. Add the google calendar “type55.com_racdpg2vjlm5bbi1kk0hmva4t4@group.calendar.google.com” into the “Add a friend’s calendar” box
3. Check that the calendar is showing (Pack 104 Events)
4. Open Calendar on your google phone
5. Open menu, settings
6. under your g-mail id that you just added the calendar to, select “Show more” and select “Pack 104 Events”
7. Select Sync
Configure you Android device to sync to your Google calendar.

1.Go into you device’s Calendar app, in the settings make sure your Google account is checked, then select ‘Sync Now’.

2.You may need to select the Google account calendar, then under “Other calendars” check the subscribed calendars the Android device is to sync with (by default, the “Other calendars” may not be checked).

 

 

Tip of the Hat to James Duerr for sending this to me otherwise I would have let you Android users sweat it out for a while.