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Tomo Chi-Chi 119 Merger: New Math (119 + 229 = 99)

Tomo Chi-Chi 119 Merger: New Math (119 + 229 = 99) In case you haven’t heard, this is the last year that Tomo Chi-Chi Lodge 119 and Pilthlako Lodge 229 will operate as Lodges within the Order of the Arrow. On February 3rd, 2014 the final Partnership Proposal was presented by the Merger Committees of Coastal Empire Council (99) and Okefenokee Area Council (758) to the …Read More



Valentine’s Day for Tomo Chi-Chi Lodge 119

Valentine’s Day for Tomo Chi-Chi Lodge 119 I was an Assistant Scoutmaster for the Troop that the 2010 Lodge Chief was a scout in. We were sitting around a table discussing what the theme for the next year should be, and I was telling them that with 11 lodges in the section, that many of the ideas that they coming up with …Read More



75th Anniversary Spurs Tomo Chi-Chi Lodge 119 Patches

75th Anniversary Spurs Tomo Chi-Chi Lodge 119 Patches In preparation for the Tomo Chi-Chi Lodges upcoming 75th anniversary, it was suggested by one of the “lodge elders” that the lodge make both a jacket patch and a lodge flap. I leaned forward on this and contacted Todd Knaperek from Tsali Lodge who is a Graphics Artist and had done a lot of patch …Read More



Tomo Chi-Chi 119 Anniversary Flap from 2010

Tomo Chi-Chi 119 Anniversary Flap from 2010 At the 2010 Dixie, there were a lot of Lodge flaps with a “100th Anniversary of Scouting” theme on them. Two of the older boys in the lodge, Josh MacMillan and Jared Butler, who attended the 2009 NOAC and traded patches, saw that Tomo Chi-Chi didn’t have one. So, on the drive back from Dixie, …Read More