1997 - 1998

The Nation budget for 97 – 98 was $9,750.00. The Nation officers for this year were installed at the Fall Campout Fire Ceremony at Camp Manatoc.

The first event for this year as the Ghoul Walk held at Camp Y-Noah. This event is the first attended event for all new big and little braves. The November event was roller-skating at Springfield Roller Rink. This was a family event. The December event was our annual Father/Son Banquet held at Guy’s Party Center. December also is our month for our Christmas Project, which was participated by all tribes. Thank you.

January’s event saw us at Akron U for a great basketball game. This event was a family event and well attended. February saw us at Guy’s Party Center for our fundraiser, which was a reverse raffle. We raised all monies necessary for the budget along with the help of those tribes who elected to gather their share of the budget in other ways. February also saw us at Midway Lanes for bowling. This was a free event. The March event was our Swim Latenighter held at the Canton Jewish Center and another free event. April took us to miniature golfing at Rolling Greens in Uniontown. May was our Spring Campout at Camp Manatoc. In June we attended Akron Aeros baseball which was a family event. In July we had our family picnic at Kim Tam Lake Park. August’s event was Canton Crocodiles Baseball and sponsored by Nation Council. The event year ended in September with the Organizational Drive and our Fall Campout. The Campout was held at Camp Manatoc.

Also in September was our 7th annual Manikiki Golf Outing for the fathers.

Our Nation strength at this year’s start was 138 Little Braves and 104 Big Braves for a total of 242.

Joe Friday Awards were given to Don Bahr, Dave Hardesty, Bob Mahaney, Ed McMullen and Mark Neely. Tom Baer, Mike Conn and Ed Hackathorn were the Outstanding Service Award winners.The Mandan tribe won the Big Medicine Award.

Nation Chief - Todd Jones, Blackhawk
War Chief - Brent Combs, Apache
Sachem - Ray Herrick, Arapaho
Medicine Man - Keith Lewis, Cherokee
Wampum Bearer - Bob Mahaney, Mohawk
Tallykeeper - Jack Williams, Creek
Storyteller - Jim Peterson, Cheyenne
Program Director - Amy Flores, Eduardo Chen, YMCA