Klahowya Brothers!

The lodge now has a Remind account. This allows us all to keep in better communication by receiving messages and lodge announcements via text.

         • To join:
                      Text this message: @tkopek
                      To this number: 81010

The lodge can send a text, and everyone who is signed up will receive that text. This is not a chat group; you can reply to the Lodge messages, but your reply will ONLY go to the Remind administrator, NOT the entire lodge (don't worry about your phone blowing up with messages).

Spread this around to all your brothers in T'Kope to help ensure our lodge stays connected and informed.

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Reidar K
Lodge Chief
T'Kope Kwiskwis Lodge

Klahowya,

On September 30th, T'Kope Kwiskwis Lodge will be joining the festivities of National Public Lands Day by helping clean up our beaches at Olympic National Park. A new change to the event this year is that we have made it into an overnight campout so you have ample time to enjoy the beauty of our national parks as well. We intend to drive up Saturday morning and check into Mora Campground where we will be camping. We will then drive to the Second Beach where we will be cleaning up and enjoying the view. We will end the day at Mora Campground. So, mark the date and we hope to see you there participating in all the fun of NPLD!

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Russel S
Lodge Activities Vice Chief
T’Kope Kwiskwis Lodge

Klahowya,

On July 21st, the brothers of Lamonti Tupso Illahee gathered together for an overnight backyard BBQ to pass the torch to the new chapter chief of the chapter Xander Kidwell. The chapter also got the chance to see the log they will be using for their totem pole. This will help kick off the planning process for the totem. Overall everyone had a great time and LTI is looking to do the same thing next summer!

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Russel S
Lodge Activities Vice Chief

T’Kope Kwiskwis Lodge

Klahowya,

Coming soon on September 15th to the 17th is the Section Conclave! This year, T’Kope is hosting Conclave at Camp Pigott. For this reason, we are wanting as many of our arrowmen as possible to register as staff. If you would like to spend a weekend helping give Section W-1N an amazing weekend, please click the two links bellow to sign up.

The cost for this weekend is $70, but only $50 if you register before September 10, and $45 if you went through your ordeal within the past year.

For any of you who are just going as a participant, you will still have a wonderful time! This year’s theme is superheroes, so we have many great activities including a Super Smash Brothers tournament and we are also hoping to get displays from all branches of the US military, Search and Rescue, the Sheriff’s department, and from the fire department. Along with these events, we will be having the ranges, COPE, whiffle ball golf, rock climbing, any many more other activities. Lastly, we will be hosting a patch auction at Conclave to send arrowmen to the National Leadership Seminar.

See you all there!

Registration: Click Here
Staff Interest: Click Here

Kyler H
Lodge Secretary
T’Kope Kwiskwis Lodge

Greetings,

My name is Tegan Y., and I am the Conclave Vice-Chief of Merchandising for the Boy Scouts of America Section W-1N of the Order of the Arrow – Scouting’s National Honor Society – and we are hosting our annual Section gathering and auction at the Chief Seattle Council’s Camp Pigott east of Monroe from Sept. 15-17.

The event brings youth and adults from Western Washington and Alaska for training, fellowship, camping, yearly elections, inspirational shows and fun activities During the weekend event, we host a variety of Leadership Training for Youth age 13 to 21 years old.

Being entitled to the position Conclave Vice-Chief of Merchandising, I am also in charge of our auction, and I am seeking out donations to help raise funds that will go directly to our section to help provide the five Order of the Arrow Lodges within our section to offer resources to strengthen their program and to assist in their progression within their Journey To Excellence. Please be sure to donate at least one item which will very much be helpful for us making this a successful auction! If you donate over $50 worth of items, you will receive a very special and limited donor conclave patch.

You can contact me via email at judoteg8@gmail.com or call/text 206-883- 6833.

Yours in Brotherhood,

Tegan Y.

Section W-1N Conclave Vice Chief of Merchandising

Sept 8th - 10th, 2017 – Camp Sheppard – Ordeal Weekend
Sept 15th - 17th, 2017 – Camp Pigott – Section Conclave
Sept 30th - Oct 1st – Olympic National Park, Mora Campground – National Public Lands Day
Oct 6th - 8th, 2017 – Boring, OR – NLS/NLATS
Nov 17th - 19th, 2017 – Camp Edward – Fall Rally

If you haven't already done so, please hop on over to the council event registration page and pay your dues for 2017-2018. Remember you also need a current BSA membership.

If you went through your Ordeal in the Spring of 2017 your dues are current until the end of June 2018.

Note: if you think you might have paid your dues but not received your membership card yet please wait a couple of weeks.

Klahowya Brothers!

I wish to extend my congratulations to our new lodge officers and advisors for the 2017-2018 lodge year

Lodge Chief: Reidar K
Lodge Advisor: Douglas Withers

Lodge Secretary: Kyler H
Associate Lodge Advisor to the Lodge Secretary: Helen Young

Lodge Treasurer: Josh C
Associate Lodge Advisor to the Lodge Treasurer: Bill Viola

Lodge Inductions Vice Chief: Logan G
Associate Lodge Advisor to the Lodge Inductions Vice Chief: Mark Yuasa
Associate Lodge Advisor to the Ceremonies Chair: Tony Moore

Lodge Activities Vice Chief: Adam K
Associate Lodge Advisor to the Lodge Activities Vice Chief: Scott Murphy

Lodge Service Vice Chief: Russell S
Associate Lodge Advisor to the Lodge Service Vice Chief: Matt Strother

And a very big thank you to the outgoing officers and advisors of the 2016-2017 year. Without their dedicated service, we would not have been able to accomplish everything we did.

Lodge Chief: Murphy Bush

Lodge Secretary: David Hazen

Lodge Treasurer: Tegan Yuasa
Associate Lodge Advisor to the Lodge Treasurer: Donna Daem

Lodge Inductions Vice Chief: Jacob Thornton
Associate Lodge Advisor to the Lodge Inductions Vice Chief: David Cooper
Associate Lodge Advisor to the Ceremonies Chair: Beth Carter

Lodge Activities Vice Chief: Alex Bookless

As well as a massive thank you to all our arrowmen who cheerfully serve to make our lodge what it is.

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Reidar K
Lodge Chief
T'Kope Kwiskwis Lodge

Congratulations to our new slate of Associate Lodge Advisors for 2017-2018:
- Helen Young, Associate Lodge Advisor to the Lodge Secretary
- Bill Viola, Associate Lodge Advisor to the Lodge Treasurer
- Mark Yuasa, Associate Lodge Advisor to the VC Inductions
- Scott Murphy, Associate Lodge Advisor to the VC Activities
- Matt Strother, Associate Lodge Advisor to the VC Service
- Tony Moore, Associate Lodge Advisor to the Ceremonies Chair

Additionally, with deepest gratitude, I offer my heartfelt appreciation to the following outgoing Associate Lodge Advisors:
- Donna Daem, Associate Lodge Advisor to the Treasurer
- David Cooper, Associate Lodge Advisor to the VC Inductions
- Beth Carter, Associate Lodge Advisor to the Ceremonies Chair

I thank past and current adult advisors who have graciously given so much of their time, talent and treasure to make Scouting a better experience for our Arrowmen and our Lodge. This will be a great year for the Arrowmen in our Lodge!!

Yours in WWW,
Douglas Withers
Lodge Advisor

Klahowya Brothers,

National Public Lands Day is right around the corner so mark it on your
Calendars! On September 30th, T’Kope Kwiskwis will be helping support our public lands by cleaning up our beaches at Olympic National Park. In an attempt to make our service a little more fun we are trying to make our annual support of NPLD an overnight campout for all who attend. This way we can all enjoy our national public land not only through service but camping as well.

We hope to see you there and please be sure to stay tuned for more details about National Public Lands Day.

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Russel S
Lodge Activities Vice Chief

T’Kope Kwiskwis Lodge

Klahowya,

Coming up on September 15th to the 17th is the Section Conclave. This year, T’Kope is hosting Conclave at Camp Pigott. For this reason, we are wanting as many of our Arrowmen as possible to register as staff. If you would like to spend a weekend helping give Section W-1N an amazing weekend, please click here to sign up.

For any of you who are just going as a participant, you will still have a wonderful time! This year’s theme is superheroes, so we have many great activities including a Super Smash Brothers tournament and we are also hoping to get displays from all branches of the US military, Search and Rescue, the Sheriff’s department, and from the fire department. Along with these events, we will be having the ranges, COPE, whiffle ball golf, rock climbing, any many more other activities. Lastly, we will be hosting a patch auction at Conclave to send Arrowmen to the National Leadership Seminar.

See you all there!

Kyler H
Lodge Secretary

T’Kope Kwiskwis Lodge

Sept 8th - 10th, 2017 - Camp Sheppard - Ordeal Weekend
Sept 15th - 17th, 2017 Camp Pigott - Section Conclave
Oct 6th - 8th, 2017 – Boring, OR - NLS/NLATS
Nov 17th - 19th, 2017 – Camp Edward - Fall Rally

The Vigil Honor is a high mark of distinction and recognition reserved for those Arrowmen who, by reason of exceptional service, personal effort, and unselfish interest, have made distinguished contributions beyond the immediate responsibilities of their position or office to one or more of the following: T'Kope Kwiskwis Lodge, the Order of the Arrow, Scouting, or our Council's Camps.

T'Kope Kwiskwis lodge is proud to announce the 2017 Vigil Honor Class:

Klahowya Brothers,

Even though this lodge year is coming to a close, we are getting ready to close it with a bang! To close off this great year, we would like to invite you all to a weekend you won't want to miss. Our Spring Fellowship. Spring Fellowship will take place at Camp Pigott from June 16th to the 17th.

This year we will be having tons of fun activities for you to get involved in! We will be running a cardboard capture the flag game around camp, as well as tomahawks, slack lining, chapter sponsored games, possibly even low COPE, and, our new ice jello judo competition that will be going on throughout the day. You can see a photo from a past game bellow. There will also be tons of new board games and other fun activities for you to participate in.

Besides all the fun going on, we will also be hosting our Lodge Elections. This is another event that you do not want to miss. Whether you are running yourself, supporting a friend, or just going to place your vote, you are sure to meet someone new and have a great time.

To close this off, the early bird registration closes on Friday, June 9th. This means that the price will go from $25 to $40. Make sure you register now to get the low price and tons of fun, food, and fellowship!

Yours in Scouting,
Kyler H.

June 16th - 17th, 2017 - Spring Fellowship - Camp Pigott
Sept 8th - 10th, 2017 - Camp Sheppard - Ordeal Weekend
Sept 15th - 17th, 2017 Camp Pigott - Section Conclave
Sept 30th – National Public Lands Day
Oct 6th - 8th, 2017 - NLS/NLATS - Boring, OR
Nov 17th - 19th, 2017 - Fall Rally - Camp Edward