Sian received her Grey Wolf Certificate

For those who do not know, in Australia, the Grey Wolf is the highest award you can earn in the Cub Scout section. It is the equivalent of the old Yellow Cord. She was one of 12 other recepients within the ACT for the last 6 months.

I am soooooo proud of my girl.

Here is the obligatory pic:

" Sian receiving her Grey Wolf Award"

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Construction Night

Tons of fun was had by all. We used light weight balls, so no injuries hapened when people were hit. We also has a game where we had to hit a target on the floor.

Here are some photos so people can build their own.. Thanks to Jackala for the ideas.

A cool Catapault

They Missed Jackala!!

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The Inaugral Canberra Kub Kar Rally

Both Otama and Oxley packs were represented in the finals, which is an amazing effort.

Here are some photos. I'll supply more to our magazine editor, so that they get published.

Congratulations to Sian, Sam, and Megan from LTSS for being finalists.

LTSS cubs receiving awards	Some Cars	Some Cars	Some Cars
Some Cars	Some Cars	Some Cars	Some Cars
Some Cars	Some Cars	Some Cars	Some Cars
Some Cars	Some Cars	Some Cars	Some Cars
Some Cars	Some Cars	Some Cars	Some Cars
Some Cars	Some Cars	Some Cars	Some Cars
Some Cars	Some Cars	Registration	Some Tracks
Racing	Racing

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Great effort from Otama Pack with their Kub Kars

Sians Car	Stephanies Car	Petes Car	Micks Car
Daniels Car - What a great paint job!	A Car	A Car	A Car
A Car	A Car	A Car	A Car

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Here are some photos I took at the KubKar Seeonee earlier this year

	This is a track that I saw	This is a track that I saw	This is a track that I saw
This is a track that I saw	This is a track that I saw

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Kub Kars

Progress note - The basic design of the timer is finished. Just have to get it down on paper, and cut the code. As far as the basic hardware goes, it is trivially simple.

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Went Bald

"Rama - Before shot"

"Rama - After shot"

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Going bald for Cancer Research

Photos should make it into the scouting newsletter.

It will be quite cold for a while.

And just in case you are asking, no, Megs isn't letting me shave my beard off.

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Kub Kar timing and winner determination

Wo Hoo

Update - It will be a 16F84, with a 4 line backlit LCD Display. The lane sensors will be optical using phototransistors, and it will measure overall time taken to traverse the track. Nice, simple, and inexpensive to design. - I wonder if Silicon Chip would publish it. - On that subject, they published a LED dice project for me in 2001, but that simple project never made it into kit form - I suspect that they didn't like the construction technique.

To-do:- talk to Leo Simpson - the editor- to discuss their requirements and write to that.

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Planning for this term at Cubs

Week 3 and 4 are building Kub Kars.

UPDATE - I started the track for the Kub Kar program yesterday (Sunday) - *Lots* of routing involved. Have completed 2 of the 4 sections. I'll post some photos online when I take them.

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Kub Kars

There are races involved, and we should be seeing a high level of parental involvement, which is a good thing (tm).

Our kits come from scouts Canada. Google for them.

The big derby is 27 May, so it should be a hoot.

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