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Some quick statistics:

• The amount of time separating the 1st place finisher from the 10th place finisher was roughly an EIGHTH of a second.  Yikes!
• Our "block-o-wood with wheels and some putty" came in around 4.0 seconds.  The fastest heat of any one car shaved off less than a second from that time.

I like to explain to my kids that the times are all so close and with all the good times they had, every one of the boys is a winner!

Here's the details:

• Avg time: Scouts by Place based on average time
• Details: Scouts by Place with heat details
• Den: Finish order by Den
• Lanes: Fastest single heat and Lane Speed averages

I am always amazed at what a good time the Pinewood Derby is every year.  The positive energy in the race arena is so good to see, and all the scouts are so well behaved for the race...  But I know, kids want to win, too!  For them, winning is still an important part of this day, even if as adults, we know that's just a nice byproduct of time spent together, teaching, talking, learning, growing.

Looking at the forecast, unfavorable conditions are predicted through tomorrow morning.  Although I'm sure this will result in clear skies and save travelling by tomorrow night, I'm going to go ahead and cancel tomorrow's Den meeting.

Our next meeting in two weeks will be a Go-See-It at the fire station, arranged by Tom Moran. Stay tuned for details about the trip, as well as the Blue and Gold banquet. 

Just a reminder that popcorn pick-up is tomorrow Sat. November 21 between9-11am in the art room at St. Pat's. This evening at 6:30pm weare unloading and sorting popcorn orders, if you have the time any helpwould be greatly appreciated in this process.

Minor change in the location of tomorrow's pack meeting. Instead of beingin the Science lab, it will be held in the Teachers' Lounge in Building 4 atSt. Pat's.

Webelos-I News

I wanted to remind you that we will be having a den meeting this Friday,11/20/09 either in the art room or the science lab at 6:30pm. It justdepends on whether or not the pie people need the art room on Friday. Weare working on our Fitness activity badge and will have a guest speaker. Hewill go over general information on drugs, alcohol, and tobacco. Part ofthe requirements include that you speak with your scout about these topicsas well. I am attaching the booklet about Take A Stand Against Drugs foryou and your scout to read and discuss together. That will also coverrequirement #8.

We worked on requirements #1 & 2 at our den meeting last week. Thisincluded starting safety notebooks. The scouts were given the assignment ofcompleting the notebooks with their parents and bringing them to the nextmeeting for me to check them off.

There is an opportunity for our scouts to get "good turn" credit for theircitizenship beltloops. We will be in need of hands to assist withtransporting popcorn orders into the school and dividing orders by scout.So, if you want to arrive early to the den meeting to help with this, thatwould be great!

Paul and I will be at the popcorn distribution area around 4pm on Friday, sowe are keeping our fingers crossed that we arrive at the school by 5-6pm.

Hope to see you on Friday,

Patty