At the February 2012 Central Region Board Meeting, Ray Czech, former Section Adviser, was named a Silver Antelope recipient. He will be presented the award at the BSA National Meeting in May. The Arrowmen of the Section wish to congratulate Ray on this tremendous honor. The Silver Antelope Award is the regional-level distinguished service award of the Boy Scouts of America and recognizes outstanding service to young people within one of the four regions of the BSA. The award is made by the National Court of Honor and the recipient must be a registered adult member of the Boy Scouts of America.

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The 2010 Area Leadership Training Conference didn’t disappoint as over 140 participants joined in Brotherhood at Camp Lazarus in Delaware, Ohio. Saturday morning was filled with great training sessions on all topics from Public Speaking to LodgeMaster. With the new Cub Scout Initiative making its debut this past summer, the lunch on Saturday afternoon was set up as a Blue and Gold Banquet, with Cub Scout Den Leader and Silver Buffalo recipient Bill Garrison from the Greater Cleveland Council as the keynote speaker. This led into short discussion groups on how each lodge can become more involved with the Cub Scout programs of their councils. Saturday afternoon featured Section-versus-Section Ultimate Frisbee and football. ALTC wound down to a close with dinner, an awards ceremony, each section’s Council of Chiefs meeting, and the Crazy Auction. We thank this year’s auctioneers from C-4A Section Chief Mitch Andrews and Vice Chief Jon Reisdorf for helping raise a total of over $1,000. Our own Jordan Jasper from Netawatwees lodge and Tony Antonini from Menawngihella lodge did an excellent job in organizing ALTC 2010.

The main highlights of the November 13th Council of Chiefs meeting were Chi-Hoota-Wei’s presentation about their preparations for Conclave 2011, and the Coordinator reports from the other present lodges. In Chi-Hoota-Wei’s presentation, they shared with those in attendance a general outline of their plan for Conclave 2011 including a menu, list of special events, and how parking and registration would be handled. One of the big announcements in their portion of the meeting is their planning on having the Assistant Chief Scout Executive, who is from West Virginia, in attendance at Conclave. Following their presentation, they fielded questions on such topics as tents and cots, which will be provided. The Coordinator reports featured plans for ICE competitions and training. The next Council of Chiefs meeting will be held February 12th at Muskingum Valley Scout Reservation in Coshocton, Ohio. Along with a CoC meeting, Saturday evening into Sunday morning will be a Train the Trainer seminar. If you wish to be a trainer for Conclave or ALTC in the future, it is highly recommended that you attend a Train the Trainer seminar. Keep track of the progress in organizing Train the Trainer on Facebook. Just “Like” the Section’s page by searching “Order of the Arrow, Section C-4B” in your Facebook search bar, or type facebook.com/sectionc4b in your browser to go directly to the page.

November 19-21, the greatest leaders in all of the Central Region met in Kansas City, Missouri for the Section Officer’s Seminar. Led by Central Region Chief Richie Ferolo, the Seminar left many, including your officers, with fresh ideas, and motivation stimulation like no other. Be expecting some new and innovative ways of Conclave promotion in the upcoming months to help you stay informed about Conclave. Once again, keep an eye on the Facebook page at facebook.com/sectionc4b to be on top of everything about the Section.

After several months of development the new section website has launched. While it is still in development, if you have any feedback please . Your comments are valuable as we work to make the site beneifical for you.