Upcoming Events

Here are some announcements for our ward Primary Presidencies:

• The First Presidency has requested that no church meetings be held on Tuesday March 18th & Thursday 20th so adults can attend caucus meetings.

• Secretaries need to turn in quarterly report to Malisa Bowen asap.

• All girls, young women & women age 8 and up are invited to the General Young Women's meeting on Saturday, March 29th at 6:00 p.m. being broadcast at our stake center.
• We are asking Activity Days girls bring 3 dozen cookies per ward.
• We will have invitations for ages 8 and up we hope you will personally distribute

• Mark your calendars for July 19th - our stake primary is in charge of having a float in the Days of '47 Children's Parade.  We would love to involve as many children in our stake as possible. More information to come

• 11 Year Old Scout Leaders need to register for Camp Tracy and report their dates to Stefani Walker. 
• All Scouts leaders need to hold weekly activity.
• Activity Days leaders need to hold bi-monthly activity, but may also meet every week if desired.

Model for Activity Days Calendaring/Tracking

2014 ACTIVITY DAYS CALENDAR
This calendar is to help you track what your daughter has accomplished or needs to complete at home if she misses activity. Please record in her Faith in God booklet.
JANUARY
Developing Talents #9	Preparing for Young Women #2
”Let your light shine”	Meet with Beehives
FEBRUARY
Serving Others #8	Learning & Living the Gospel #6
12th Article of Faith	Book of Mormon Story
MARCH
Learning & Living the Gospel #2	Learning & Living the Gospel #6
1st Vision Family Home Evening Lesson	Easter Activity
APRIL
Preparing for Young Women #4 &	Developing Talents #7
Developing Talents #6 - Education	Obeying/Honoring parents
MAY
Developing Talents #3	Learning & Living the Gospel #1
Poem, story/Mother's Day	Sacrament FHE
JUNE
Serving Others #5	Learning & Living the Gospel #8
Entertaining Children	Pedigree Chart
JULY
Developing Talents #9	NO ACTIVITY
Nutrition/Modesty
AUGUST
Developing Talents #8	Preparing for Young Women #5
Physical Fitness	Proclamation to the World
SEPTEMBER
Preparing for Young Women #1	Learning & Living the Gospel #7
13th A of F	Word of Wisdom
OCTOBER
Serving Others #1	Learning & Living the Gospel #4
Good Samaritan	Conference Address/Report Service
NOVEMBER
Learning & Living the Gospel #9	Serving Others #3
Choose the Right	Qualities
DECEMBER
Preparing for Young Women #3	NO ACTIVITY
Journals
Watch for meeting reminder emails on the Monday before each scheduled activity.
WE WILL MEET ON THE 2ND & 4TH WEDNESDAYS AT 7:00 PM
We will let you know about changes/additions that may come up by email and/or phone calls.

2014 Pinewood Derby Rules

Mountain Point Stake Pinewood Derby 2014

Time to rev up your engines and get building!

This year’s Pinewood Derby is going to be a blast!

Saturday, March 22nd      The Big Race

Friday, March 21st      Car weigh-in and drop off

Rules

Please review the rules below before building your car to insure that your car will pass inspection.

All cars must be built after May 4, 2013

BODY:

·      The car weight shall not exceed 5.0 ounces. The official race scale shall be considered final.

·      The overall length of the car shall not exceed 7 inches.

·      The overall width of the car shall not exceed 2 ¾ inches.

·      The car must have 1 ¾" clearance between the wheels.

·      The car must have 3/8" clearance underneath the body.

·      The wood provided in the kit must be used. The block may be shaped any way that is desired.

·      No part of the car body, wheels or attachments may protrude in front of the starting peg.

·      No loose material of any kind may be used.

WHEELS:

·     Official BSA wheels must be used. The wheels may not be cut, drilled, beveled, or rounded. (See illustration)

·      All lettering, both inside and outside, must remain and be visible.

·      The fluting and other BSA markings on the outside wheel area must remain visible. Outer wheel surface may be lightly sanded or polished to remove surface imperfections and mold casting burrs, but must not be reshaped in any way.

·      Wheel bearings, washers or bushings are prohibited.

·      At least three wheels must be touching the track.

·      The tread of three wheels must ride flat and not at an angle. (No angling or canting of the wheels)

·      The two rear wheels and the two front wheels must be positioned directly across the body from each another. Staggered wheelbases are not allowed.

AXLES:

·      The axles (nails) supplied with the official BSA kit must be used. No one piece axles.

·      No oils or wet lubricant.

·      The car must not ride on any type of springs.

·      The car must be freewheeling, with no starting devices.

INSPECTION:

Each car must pass inspection by the Official Inspection Committee before it may compete. The Inspectors will disqualify any car not meeting these rules. Any adult may appeal the findings of the Inspectors to the Race Committee Chairperson, whose decision is final. After acceptance only race officials will handle the cars.

Cars may be reclassified or disqualified if they are determined by the race officials to not meet these requirements.

Art & Scout Heritage Badge

Scouts can earn Art and Scout Heritage Merit Badges if they visit the Church History Museum Boy Scouts of America Exhibit between now and December 2013.  The badge forms are at the museum.

http://history.lds.org/event/norman-rockwell-bsa-exhibit?lang=eng

Thoughts

Dear Sisters,

I enjoy visiting your wards and coming away feeling personally uplifted and hopeful for you and for the rising generation.  I recently attended an 8th Ward presidency meeting for Ward Conference where Sister Kelly Jeppson shared these thoughts that I want pass along to you:

• "One of the greatest influences a person can have in the world is to influence a child" Rosemary Wixom.

• "There is not way to be a perfect leader, but a million ways to be a good one" (?)

• "Don't let yourself become so concerned with raising a good kid that you forget you already have one" Glennon Melton

They also had some good snacks that I will have to get those recipes to share on my next post!  We are looking forward to your programs and our upcoming Stake Auxiliary Leadership Training on Thursday, November 21, 2013

Sister Walker

Scout Training

Another Leader Specific Training will be held for 11 year old Scout Leaders
April 25th
7:00pm 
Stake Center
This training is for all 11 year old scout leaders who have not completed their in-person leader specific training.  If you are uncertain if you have completed this training please contact your Primary President.

Faith in God Integration with Scouting

At the April training a simplified way to integrate Faith in God with Scouting was presented.  Below is a table that presents which dens are responsible for which Faith in God duties and the scouting achievement for which it counts.

A printable version can be found here.  (you will need a google account to print)

Huge thank you to Melinda Wilkinson and Christina Day for developing this plan for our stake.