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The next Spring Conclave will be held
at
Beaumont Scout Reservation on April 18-20. The Spring Conclave
is a great opportunity to seal your membership in the Order by
obtaining Brotherhood. The fee for Brothers for the Spring
Conclave is $12 and includes the Spring Conclave patch, ice
cream social and the Saturday evening dinner. After April 4, the
fee increases to $15. Without the Saturday evening dinner, the
fees are $8 and $11 after April 4. More information and a schedule will be posted
as time gets closer to the conclave.
For more information on the Brotherhood Honor, check out the
Brotherhood Information page.
For the program for the weekend, click
here.
For a full sized schedule, click
here.
Patch Preview

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Chapter
Camping Assignments
Listing is from North to South,
where the first in the list is closest to the dining hall.
Lane Area
New Horizons
Grand Towers
Ozark Trailblazers
Osage
North Star - Pavilion as HQ
Pathfinder
River Trails
Shippey Area
Thunderbird
Boone Trails
Gravois Trail - Pavilion as HQ
Chapter Service Projects
For a printable copy of the projects, click
here.
The following are the work assignments for
Brothers and Candidates at the Spring Conclave:
Gravois Trail
Location Challenge Course
Contact Challenge Course Committee
Lunch Challenge Course
Project: Moving mulch, trimming trees or branches,
minor trail
work
Equipment: bow saws, chain saw*, pitch forks, garden
rakes,
shovels, and wheel barrels
New Horizons, Grand Towers, Ozark Trailblazers, River Trails, and Thunderbird
Location Cub World
Contact Camp Ranger Neil Gunn
Lunch Cub World Activity Building
Project: Assist in removing, cutting, and mulching trees
from around Fort Hussmann, pull weeds and spread
sand in Miners Area, stain structures in Miners Area,
remove leaves from pirate ship, spread mulch in the
Maze, rake leaves around the Activity Building,
spread pea gravel at Council Ring, landscaping blocks
in Miners Area, cut and chip fallen trees in Cub World,
and other jobs assigned by Ranger or Grizzly Guide
Equipment: bow saws, spades, shovels, wheel barrels,
garden rakes,
wood chipper, chain saw*
Boone Trails
Location Nagel Explorer Base
Contact Camp Ranger Mark Conley
Lunch Nagel parking lot
Project:
Plant, mulch, and water pine trees, clear shooting range, clear
hardwoods from pine plantation,
spread mulch around hitching racks, clean out the
barn, clear and burn down trees from small pasture,
and assist in projects
assigned by Camp Ranger
Equipment: spades, shovels, wheel barrels, side cutters
and gloves, garden rakes, bow saws, weed eaters*,
chain saw*
North Star
Location Map and Compass Course
Contact Bill Croker
Lunch Dining Hall
Project: map and compass markers as needed, clear
limbs around markers
Equipment: bow saws, t-posts, t-post driver
Osage
Location Color Trails
Contact Hiking Trails Committee
Lunch Take Lunch
Project: Trimming trees or branches, minor trail work,
placing trail markers
Equipment: bow saws, garden rakes, shovels, hammer,
nails, trail markers
Pathfinder
Location Climbing Tower
Contact Ranger Staff/Quartermaster Corps
Lunch Along Creek Bank
Project: Mulching fallen trees along tree line moving from
Climbing Tower towards Dining and Education
Facility.
Equipment: bow saws, chain saw*
Note:
-Individuals operating weed eaters must be at least 18
years of age and use eye and ear protection.
-Individuals operating chain saws must be at least 21
years of age,
use the buddy system, and wear
chaps and head, eye, and ear
protection.
-Individuals operating the wood chipper must be 21
years of age,
use protective gear, use buddy
system, and briefed by the Camp
Ranger.
All Brothers are asked to
bring the following equipment to assist: work gloves, hand
weed-whips, bow saws, strong garden rakes. Adults are asked to
bring chain saws and gas weed-whips. Proper protection is required
with weed whips and saws. It is also recommended that all use
insect repellant when at the work sites. Candidates and
Brothers should bring several water bottles as well as the
equipment mentioned above.
Summer Camp Program Preview Meeting
Make plans to attend the Summer Camp Program Preview Meeting for S bar F Scout Ranch and Camp Lewallen on April 21 beginning at 9:30 a.m. in the Dining and Education Facility at Beaumont Scout Reservation. The meeting will be held in conjunction with the Spring Conclave. Senior Patrol Leaders and Scoutmasters will have a chance to meet the camp directors as well as pick up camp related forms maps, rosters, medical forms, older Scout programs, etc. Information on new summer camp programs and activities will be reviewed at the program preview meeting.
Spring Conclave Open House
For the past several years during the Spring Conclave, the Shawnee Lodge hosts an open house around the trading post or in the dining hall. This includes many different presentations regarding different events and other activities happening around the lodge, council, section, and the national O.A. This year, it will happen again, but with some new additions! The lodge has asked several of the St. Louis areas Outdoor Adventure Outfitters to make a presentation, including stores such as Cabellas, REI, and others. The event will take place from 11:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. on Saturday near the trading post or Dining Hall and Educational Facility. Plan your day so you have the chance to stop by and see what there is to learn!
Continued Elangomat
Program
The last Spring
Conclave was the launch of the new Extended Elangomat Program.
This Spring Conclave will be the completion of the new program.
To learn more about being an Elangomat and the New Extended
Elangomat Program, click here.
Brotherhood Honor
Looking to
seal your membership in the Order of the Arrow and earn the
Brotherhood Honor? Then you should check out the
Brotherhood Information page.
The Brotherhood fee for the Spring Conclave is $15.00.
Accommodations Made For Conclave Schedule Conflict
The
Greater St. Louis Area Council goes to great lengths in planning and
approving the scheduling of annual events. Numerous district and
council committees review the Council's calendar each year in an
attempt to prevent conflicts with religious and civic holidays. The
council and the Shawnee Lodge of the Order of the Arrow regret an
error that scheduled the Shawnee Lodge Spring Conclave on the start
of Passover, which begins at sundown on April 19. Special accommodations will be made during the Spring Conclave for any Scout or leader who wishes to complete Ordeal or Brotherhood Honors before sundown on April 19. All Scouts or leaders who choose this option should contact Shawnee Lodge Adviser Pat Martchink, Director of Camping, at (314) 361-0600 or by email before April 11. Any Scout or leader unable to attend the Shawnee Lodge Spring Conclave due to Passover should contact Pat Martchink by April 11 so that arrangements can be made for the 2008 Fall Reunion on September 5-7.
Scrapbook Updated!
Pictures from previous Spring
Conclaves have been posted in the lodge scrapbook. If you
have any pictures you would like to add to the scrapbook, just send
an email to the webmaster.
To view the Spring Conclave
pictures, click here.
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