A copy of the newly updated flyer for the October 24 Cub Mobile Derby has been posted now in the District Events page.  Thanks to Gene Messer Toyota on 19th and Iola for hosting our event this year!

Now, get those cub mobiles and teams in shape, and we'll see you on the 24th!

http://chaparral.southplainscouncil.org/events/cub-mobile

We have hired a new District Executive to take over Austin’s position.  His name is Eric Escamilla and will be officially starting on Monday, August 17th.  I can’t wait for you all to meet him, he is quite impressive and we think he’s going to do an amazing job for the scouting movement!

-- Travis Rubelee, Field Director

A special training session has been scheduled for cub leaders Thursday, May 7 from 7:00 to 9:00 pm at the LDS church at 3211 58th St. in Lubbock.  See our Training Opportunities page for further information.

All Cub Scouts and their families are invited to the first annual Chaparral District combined Kite and Fishing Derby April 18, 2009 at McCullough Park.  For details see our District Events page or the flyer linked here. This is a great event to bring along a prospective Cub Scout, either a friend new to the area or someone else who you think would be interested in joining!  For details contact Travis Rubelee at the Scout office, 806-747-2631.

The Buffalo Trail Council is sponsoring a "West Texas College of Commissioner Science and District Committee Workshop" March 27th - 29th, 2009 at the Hughes Aquatic Base in Lake Colorado City, Texas.  The theme for this event is "Fiesta on the Lake" and all Scouters interested in these topics are welcome.

For more information, see the attached PDF file below or contact Bill Houston (432) 524-3917 (H) (432) 634-0063 (C), Email: billh9151 [at] aol [dot] com

We have posted the up to date information, including cost, location and early bird registration deadlines for the Chaparral District Pinewood Derby on the District Events page.

The following badges will be offered Feb. 7, 2009 from 9 am to 4 pm at the Merit Badge College at Lubbock High: American Heritiage, American Cultures, Cinematography, Citizenship in the Community, Coin Collecting, Computers, Crime Prevention, Disability Awareness, Emergency Preparedness, First Aid, Geology, Indian Lore, Law, Medicine, Nuclear Science, and Salesmanship.  See the Advancement page on this topic for more details, and be sure to register online to ensure the best chance for getting into the classes that you want.

Adults, don't forget to attend the University of Scouting that will be occurring that day at the same times and location!

We have switched to using this site as the default for the district; a redirect has been placed on the old site to move all users to this one.

Accounts can be given on the "internal" features of the South Plains Council site for all volunteers active in leadership positions at the unit, Council or District level.  We have made enough progress to be able to offer sites like this one to leadership in the other SPC districts as well, so if you know of others in the Quanah Parker, George White, Haynes or Comanche Trails districts who want to work on sites like this one using the new tools with the South Plains Council domain, please have them contact one of the administrators.

Web site posting control is still restricted to a few users, but all members with accounts on southplainscouncil.org can read their e-mail, create and share documents within the domain, create candidate web pages for posting and conduct a number of other activities with other membes of the domain.  Contact Alan Sill, Dan Beatty or Travis Rubelee if you have questions.

We have set up a page to list upcoming training events including links to flyers and the new online registration process.  Please see the links under "Training Opportunities" in the Chaparral District site home page or go directly to the list at http://chaparral.southplainscouncil.org/training-opportunities .  Every Scout deserves a trained leader!!