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Spring Ordeal 2012 Canidate Information

Were you chosen by your fellow scouts to the order of the arrow this year? Here is all the information you need for attending the Wa-Hi-Nasa Spring Ordeal on June the 1st - 3rd at Boxwell Scout Reservation.

It is a honor to be inducted into the National Honor Society of the Boy Scouts, the Order of the Arrow. You have attained the respect and admiration of your peers by distinguishing yourself in service and leadership to your unit and you have been rewarded with this remarkable opportunity. If you so choose to take the path that has been laid before you, a world of new opportunities for brotherhood, leadership, and service will open before you, as they have for so many that have come before.

In 1915, two men, Dr. E. Urner Goodman and Carol A. Edson, started what would become an international

2012 Ordeal Information for Current Members

Arrowmen! We hope to see you at the 2012 Ordeal weekends this year. The Spring Ordeal will take place June 1-3 and the Fall Ordeal is set for August 10-12. Both Ordeals are at Boxwell Reservation. We need Arrowmen who can help with ceremonies, food service, or just lending a hand with special projects all over camp. Most urgently, we need Elangomats who can help lead our new Brothers through their Ordeal weekend. Sign up to be on HERE Ordeal members who have been in the Order for at least 10 months can also complete the Brotherhood ceremony!

Wa-Hi-Nasa Wins Quest!!! Matt Brown Elected Section Chief!!!

conclave2012patch Wa-Hi-Nasa Lodge took the Section SR-6 Conclave by storm, sweeping both the overall publications and field events to with the Quest for the Golden Arrow trophy for the third year in a row.

Former Wa-Hi-Nasa Lodge Chief and 2011-12 Section SR-6 Vice Chief Matt Brown was also elected as the Section SR-6 Chief for 2012-13. Congratulations Matt!!

Check out Section SR-6 website for more information about Section SR-6 and this past conclave. Also check back here soon for the complete Conclave rundown and photos.

NOAC 2012 - Not to late to sign up

NOAC 2012 Road Sign Arrowmen,
It is not too late to sign up for NOAC. However the regular registration deadline has passed. There is a $50 additional fee for any future new reservations. The total cost is now $595 for youth and $645 for adults. The national office, and not the lodge, sets this fee. We hope you can still join us. You can download a reservation form at HERE. Please send in the form along with your payment in full to the Middle Tennessee council office. Scouts who are being called out this spring as candidates for the Order of the Arrow may also come to NOAC. These Scouts must register for NOAC and pay the full contingent fee now, AND must successfully attend and complete the Spring Ordeal on June 1-3 at Boxwell.

Current contingent members, your payment in full is now due. Please make your final payments to the council office. If you have any questions about what you still owe, please contact Kim Wilkerson at the scout office, 615-383-9724.

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Trey Banks	Woody Hall
NOAC Contingent Leader	NOAC Contingent Adviser

New Front Complete on the Lodge

Finished Lofgr Front We have been working hard on improving the Howard B. Olson Order of the Arrow Lodge at Boxwell Scout Reservation. We have just completed the front of the lodge to go along wth our new porch. Come out see what all we are doing.

Photo of the construction Lodge Front Progress

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