Riverside Pack 24 Cub Scouts

Team Demolition Derby at Route 66

Would you like to go with other scouts from Pack 24 to a Team Demolition Derby race at Route 66 Speedway on Saturday September 18? If so, read on…

If you’ve never been to a demolition derby, you’re in for a treat. They take late model cars, modify them for safety and durability, then bash them into each other in an enclosed race track. The last car left running is the winner. Mark says “I took my son to this a couple years ago and he loved it.”

The deadline for ordering tickets from Mark is Thursday September 2nd so he can place the group order on Friday. If you’d like to attend, please let Mark Janopoulos know, and be sure to get the sign up form and money over to him by Thursday September 2. The ticket order will be placed on Friday September 3, and the Demolition Derby is on Saturday September 18.

***Sign up sheet and payment need to be dropped off at Mark Janopoulos’ house (360 Nuttall Rd) no later than the 2nd of September so he can order the tickets on the 3rd.***

Any questions, please contact Mark Janopoulos via phone or email.

One last time, here is the form you will need to fill out and turn in with the payment by Thursday September 2 to Mark Janopoulos. Checks should be made out to Pack 24.

Route 66 website for more information. It’s about a 45 minute ride from Riverside via I-55 and 355.

Photo courtesy aresauburn™

The Perseid Meteor Shower is due to peak Thursday evening. If you’ve never seen it, it’s pretty spectacular. Just head outside after dark (close to or after midnight is best) and look to the northeast (the location of the Constellation Perseus.) It will take your eyes a few minutes to adjust to the dark. Don’t use flashlights and try to stay away from white light altogether.

After your eyes have adjusted to the light, you’ll be treated to up to 80 meteors (sometimes called shooting stars) per hour.

Watching the meteor shower this year is going to be particularly great because the moon is just a sliver, and will actually have set by 9:00 or 10:00 PM. So, weather permitting, the skies are going to be perfect for watching the Perseids, no telescope required. Enjoy!

p.s. We have our resident astronomer and former Cub Master Bill Suriano to thank for this wonderful information and reminder. Here’s the full text of his email to me:

The Perseid Meteor shower peaks tomorrow night. There’s not much moon so we should be able to see the brightest meteorites even in our light polluted skies. There’s no need for a telescope. Just plunk yourself down and look up. The shower will seem to radiate from the constellation of Perseus in the northeast. There’ll be more activity after midnight. The weather report says the skies will be clear tomorrow night so the conditions are just about perfect. If you can get out of the Chicago area to darker skies, you’ll see way more.

Cypress Cove Water Park

The Pack 24 water park outing this year has returned to Cypress Cove in Woodridge. The park opens at 12:00 and lunch will be provided at 2:00.

All scouts and their families are invited. Scouts enter for free: everyone else pays just $10.

We’ll be having pizza and soda/lemonade for lunch, and there is a snack bar in case you want additional treats.

If you’re planning on joining us, please print and fill out this form, and turn it in with your payment by Friday August 13 to Chris Hajer 300 Maplewood Road, Riverside IL 60546. If you pay by check, please make the check out to Pack 24 Riverside. We need your payment and a head count before we arrive at the water park on Sunday.

The announcement of the Pack 24 water park outing always signals to me that summer is almost over, and that the next year of scouting is about to begin. Please join us in celebrating the beginning of another year of scouting.

Barbecued encased meats

Please join us for the first annual Pack 24 Cub Scouts summer picnic, this Sunday from 12:00 – 4:00 at National Grove #2.

National Grove #2 is a Cook County Forest Preserve picnic grove at 29th and Desplaines Ave.

• It’s FREE!
• Food will be served from 12:00 – 2:00
• Scheduled activities from 2:00 – 4:00
• Water bottle rockets, tug of war, water balloons, relay races and more
• Bounce house (jumpy) available from 12:00 – 6:00
• Come when you can; leave when you must
• Everyone in your family is welcome
• If you have friends or neighbors with sons who are interested in scouting, please invite them as well

We need your help determining how much food to purchase for the picnic. Please let us know how many in your family will be attending the picnic by quickly filling in this convenient online form.

Please feel free to forward this email to your friends and neighbors with sons, especially new first graders, who are interested in scouting.

If you have any questions, please send an email to Chris Hajer.

p.s. Bring a completed water bottle rocket, or just an empty 2-liter pop bottle and we’ll help you make one to fire that day. You can find directions on making a rocket here. If you’d like to see what they look like when they’re done, check out this cool video.