April 7, 2013, Sunday - Boy Scout Troop 597, and a Boy Scout from Troop 378 and a Webelo from Pack 481 picked up trash from the creek that runs east along Memorial Park from Underwood Street south along Elmwood Park to Emile Street. Every one did a great job! Leah Uko from FOX 42 KPTM TV covered the service project. To see the story, visit www.kptm.com.

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Spring Camporee - MOUNTAIN MAN THEME
Hosted by Lewis & Clark District and Wagon Wheel District

Theme - Mountain Man Games

April 19 - 21, 2013

Little Sioux Scout Ranch

Cost - Ten dollars per person

The Spring Camporee Leaders Guide with schedules, activities and registration form is NOW posted on the Camping page! Check it out!

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Check out the new series, Are You Tougher than a Boy Scout? airing for the first time Monday, March 4, 2013 at 7 pm on the National Geographic Channel sponsored by Boys' Life Magazine.

Mark your calendar! Set your DVR to record it, or have a savvy IT Tech Scout or Scouter bring his laptop to your troop meeting to watch it with everyone! Enjoy!

After you watch it, be our movie critic and share your thoughts about it with us on our Lewis & Clark District Facebook page!

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Dawson Awarded Silver Beaver at Council Awards Reception

Kent Dawson was awarded the Silver Beaver Award at the Mid-America Council Awards Reception, Saturday night Jannuary 19, 2013. Kent is a long-time Lewis & Clark District Scouter having served in many leadership positions. At district level, he has served or serves as a Merit Badge Counselor, Unit Commissioner, District Committee Member and District Activities Committee Member.

Kent has served at the unit level as Assistant Scoutmaster, and currently is Scoutmaster for Troop 470 chartered by Wildewood Christian Church at 1255 Royal Drive, Papillion, NE 68046. He also served as Scout Parent Unit Coordinator for Pack 470 as well as other positions in the pack. Kent is Brotherhood in Order of the Arrow and was awarded the Unit Commissioners Key. He also recieved his 25-Year Veteran Scouter pin at the Council Awards Reception.

As active as Kent is in Scouting, he is equally active in his church and community providing service benefitting youth, families and non-profit organizations, and promoting goodwill. An outdoorsman, his interests include Civil War Re-enactment activities, and he's known far and wide as the best Santa Claus ever appearing at multiple fundraisers throughout the holiday season each year.

The Scouts, families and volunteers of Lewis & Clark District are honored to recognize Kent Dawson as a member of the 2012 Class of Silver Beaver Award recipients! Congratulations!

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Welcome Lewis & Clark District Chair Brian Brownrigg

Please welcome Brian Brownrigg as our new Lewis & Clark District Chair. He is looking forward to serving and learning about the district, current and future units, as well as working with the council, to promote Scouting and grow participation levels across eastern Omaha. Brian is a sponge for ideas and welcomes all input.

Raised in Omaha, Brian has lived most of his life here. He was a Life Scout while at St. Margaret Mary's grade school, Unit 378. He met his future wife, Kate, at Central High school, and had enough good sense to marry her ten years later. After spending six years in Chicago, Brian and Kate returned to Omaha with their daughter Lauren, now eleven, and have two more children, Harrison (eight) and Ava (three). They have been back in Omaha for nine years now and live in the Dundee neighborhood where they grew up. Their two oldest attend St. Margaret Mary's, and Harrison is a Bear Scout in Pack 378 who loves Pinewood Derby and finding snakes during pack hikes.

Brian is a consultant with MarketSphere Consulting, which is based out of Omaha. He specializes in Marketing Operations, and works with clients all over the country. In his free time, he enjoys swimming, running, cycling, golf, and working around the house. He serves on the Board of Directors for Completely Kids and the Salvation Army Adult Rehabilitation Center.

You may contact Brian at brian.brownrigg@marketsphere.com, or M 402.578.5638.

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Religous Emblems

P.R.A.Y., Programs of Religious Activities with Youth, is offering the God and Country program for those looking to earn this Religious Emblem. Please click here to learn more.

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