THE MANIKIKI NATION
SMOKE SIGNALS
January, 2008 yindianguides.org 
Longhouse Notes
Next Longhouse: 7:30 pm, Tuesday, February 12th @ The Green YMCA for all Chiefs
7:00 pm, for all Council
All Council members and Chiefs are
required attend Longhouse. Chiefs, if
you cannot attend, please get one of your tribe members to attend and sign in
for you.
Please note that the
February Longhouse has been moved up one week to the second Tuesday of the
month!
Action Items
Congratulations
to Joe Friday Award winner
Dan
“Big Rock” Hickman – Crow Tribe
Dan is one of fathers responsible
for taking the Crow tribe from near death to the largest and most active tribe
in the Manikiki Nation, and they did it in less than three years. Last year Dan served as the Crow Chief and
this year he stepped up to Nation Council as our Nation Story Teller. Time has
proven that any project Dan is involved with becomes a success story, which is further
demonstrated by the Nation Games at the last campout. It takes leadership
(and a deranged mind) to do something that 200 people will remember for the
rest of their lives. With Dan as our Nation Story Teller, we look forward
to being enlightened at our next campfire ceremony!
Fundraiser/Reverse Raffle
For those out there who haven’t
heard this before, this is where we get all the money for the event
budgets. No selling candy bars or
wrapping paper, or maybe even frozen cookie dough.
All the free events and subsidized
events and little extras we get (like hotdogs and hamburgers Friday night at
the camp-out), are all due to this one night.
So please get those silent auction
items together; solicit donations from local businesses and friends and sell
those ticket! Let’s have a great time
and set our Nation up for another strong year!
A copy of the Sponsorship/Donation form is attached to the end of this
Smoke Signal.
Upcoming Events
February Event - NEW DATE and LOCATION for the FASCAR Race!
Race will now be at Camp Y Noah in the Mess Hall
Registration: Friday, February
22nd from 6:00 pm until 8:30 pm
Race Date:
Saturday, February 23rd
Race Times: Ages 5-7 9:00
am - 10:30 am
8-9 10:30 am - 12:00 pm
10-12 12:00 pm - 1:30 pm
Cars must be registered Friday evening to
be eligible to race Saturday.
FASCAR kits
are available from Tom Knoebel of the Comanche Tribe; have your chief get you
one from Tom at the next longhouse meeting, or call Tom at 330-882-2387. Kits cost $5.00 each.
See the FASCAR rules at the end of Smoke.
March Event – Professional Football
Hall of Fame
Sunday, March
16th - Cost is $10.00 per person
1:00 pm – Meet as a Nation for a short
briefing on the Hall and the exhibits.
Then tour the facility together with your tribe or just you and your
son(s)
3:00 pm - Meet in the Game Day Theater to
watch the movie as a group.
After the
movie we dine on pizza, chips and pop.
Then you are free to re-enter the Hall if there are still exhibits you
wish to see.
There will
be a nation game for each tribe to find answers while touring the Hall. The HOF is supplying a prize to the winning
tribe, so do your best at finding those answers.
Each Chief should provide their headcount
to Dave Rownd by Friday March 7th
Nation Officer Reports
Nation
Chief: Kurt “Big Bear” Leibensperger 330-699-4734,
330-606-1944 kurtleib@hotmail.com
Wow! What a fun time our family, our tribe and our nation had at
Kalahari Resort. Lots of fun with the
slides, wave pool, zip coaster, Mud Hut, and just spending time with my kids
and friends from the Manikiki Nation.
Even though the place is massive, it was a lot of fun seeing many people
from our group all over the resort.
Great job to Todd Mellon and the Blackhawk!
We have many fun events coming up
including the FASCAR race, Hall of Fame outing, YMCA overnighter, Spring
Campout at Y-Noah and more! Hope
everyone can be part of these events, as they give you great opportunities to
spend quality time with your sons.
Now, I need you to allow me a few
minutes on my soapbox, because, here comes the pitch for everyone in this nation
to support our Fundraiser at Guy's Party Center on Saturday, March 1st!
It costs $15,000 or so each year to
run our 12 nation events each year. We
have many costs including rental fees for many sites of our events....our
nation paying the costs for extra sons at our campouts in the spring and
fall...our nation picking up the costs of the Father-Son banquet in
December...paying the way for families whose financial situation means they
can't afford to attend Guides events...our many charitable donations throughout
the year, including Partners with Youth at both the Green Y and Camp Y Noah,
Relay for Life and more! We do a lot of
good for the fathers and sons who participate, but our goodwill extends into
the community!
And pretty much all of it is paid
for by monies raised at our annual fundraiser.
We've not in my 4 years in this nation ever asked a family to sell
cookies, magazines, or anything like this to pay their way. All we ask is you and your significant other
spend a fun evening out with plenty of food, adult beverages, reverse raffle
fun (and other fun games), and a great silent auction. All that is included in the one time charge
of $55 per person, and I can promise you that both you will enjoy
yourselves!!!!
So, I urge you to buy tickets, sell
some to your friends and neighbors, donate silent auction items, and come for
an evening of fun!
Again, it's March 1st at Guy's
Party Center, but monies and silent auction donations are due to your chief
before the next Longhouse on February 12th.
We will recognize all donations received before the event in our event
program, and you can also purchase ads to support our nation.
Thanks in advance for your support of this event!
War Chief: John
“Sits By Fire” Waller 330-867-5726,
330-256-4430 john.waller@wilsontool.com
Tonka Hey!
Happy New Year to all Manikiki
braves and your families! Kalahari was
a great way to end the holiday season and start the new calendar year of IG
events. I may change my name to Sits By
Wave Pool!
Up next are the FAScar Race @
Y-NOAH and the Nation Reverse Raffle @ Guy’s Party Centre. Let’s make sure we
all step up and buy our allotted tickets and perhaps a few more so that we can
ensure another successful budget year for our Nation.
Many big braves have mentioned to
me in passing that they have potential new members they think might like to get
involved in the Guides. This is great
news! Don’t wait to invite them to an
event. The upcoming events I mentioned
earlier are perfect for them to get a feel for what the Guides program is all
about. When they are ready to join,
please forward their contact information to me so we can add them to the Nation
roster and email distribution list. Keep up the great work building this great Nation.
Sachem: Scott “Singin’ Moose” Summers 330-644-9110,
330-606-6965 scotts@rolandus.com
Greetings Manikiki Nation,
The Kalahari event was awesome!
We had a great turnout and everyone loved it. I heard from over 10
Big Braves that would like to make it an annual event.
The fundraiser is coming up fast so
start selling tickets and acquiring lots of silent auction stuff. We
don't want to go back to the days when Manikiki Little Braves walked around the
neighborhood selling Easter candy.
Medicine
Man: Jim “Iron back” Cross 330-245-1326, 330-697-9121 jcross009@neo.rr.com
The nation fund raiser is
approaching and although everyone’s attendance is important...I would like to
get an update on ticket distribution/sales. There will only be one more longhouse prior to the event so
everyone needs to get their stubs and more importantly money to your chief
soon. Chiefs please contact me and let
me know your status...any ticket trading with other tribes and current
distribution. Please provide one check
per tribe when paying for the tickets. I just need counts and ticket numbers.
Speaking of counts, although the
Mohawk tribe has clearly won big medicine for this year already...as a
courtesy I plan to send each tribal chief a roster of past events to check and
verify attendance. Please check with
your tribe members and let me know.
Story
Teller: Dan “Big
Rock” Hickman 330-896-7164,
330-472-7010 nhickman3@aol.com
The First Fire - Cherokee
In the beginning of the world, there
was no fire. The animal people were often cold. Only the Thunders, who lived in
the world beyond the sky arch, had fire. At last they sent Lightning down to an
island. Lightning put fire into the bottom of a hollow sycamore tree.
The animal people knew that the fire
was there, because they could see smoke rising from the top of the tree. But
they could not get to it on account of the water. So they held a council to
decide what to do.
Everyone that could fly or could
swim was eager to go after the fire. Raven said, "Let me go. I am large
and strong."
At that time Raven was white. He
flew high and far across the water and reached the top of the sycamore tree.
While he sat there wondering what to do, the heat scorched all his feathers
black. The frightened Raven flew home without the fire, and his feathers have
been black ever since.
Then the council sent Screech Owl.
He flew to the island. But while he was looking down into the hollow tree, a
blast of hot air came up and nearly burned out his eyes. He flew home and to
this day, Screech Owl's eyes are red.
Then Hooting Owl and Horned Owl were
sent to the island together. But the smoke nearly blinded them, and the ashes
carried up by the wind made white rings about their eyes. They had to come
home, and were never able to get rid of the white rings.
Then Little Snake swam across to the
island, crawled through the grass to the tree, and entered it through a small
hole at the bottom. But the smoke and the heat were too much for him, too. He
escaped alive, but his body had been scorched black. And it was so twisted that
he doubled on his track as if always trying to escape from a small space.
Big Snake, the climber, offered to
go for fire, but he fell into the burning stump and became as black as Little
Snake. He has been the great blacksnake ever since.
At last Water Spider said that she
would go. Water Spider has black downy hair and red stripes on her body. She
could run on top of water and she could dive to the bottom. She would have no
trouble in getting to the island.
"But you are so little, how
will you carry enough fire?" the council asked.
"I'll manage all right,"
answered Water Spider. "I can spin a web." so she spun a thread from
her body and wove it into a little bowl and fastened the little bowl on her
back. Then she crossed over to the island and through the grass. She put one
little coal of fire into her bowl and brought it across to the people.
Ever since, we have had fire. And
the Water Spider still has her little bowl on her back.
Wampum
Bearer: Dwayne “Big Bad Wolf” Haines 330-699-0972,
330-419-1002 dghaines@babcock.com
Happy New Year to the Manikiki
Nation! I hope the nation and all involved have a prosperous
year. We’re looking forward to a successful reverse raffle. Pleas
be thinking of silent auction items for donation.
Tally
Keeper: Jeff “Last Hawk” Pearce 330-714-7892 jeffp@pearceengineering.com
Happy new year to all! Looking
forward to another fun filled year with the Manikiki Nation. This is the start of the 6th year
for me and Tucker, seems like yesterday we we’re going to our first event with
a truly excited feeling and now as we go to our 60th something event
we still get that same feeling!!
I hope everyone is thinking about the fundraiser and getting their
silent auction items prepared!
See you at the FAScar Race!!
Web Spinner: Charles
"Kicking Buffalo" Campbell 330-854-3077,
330-264-5383x237 kickingbuffalo@sbcglobal.net
I'm a little behind updating the website due to life events but I hope
to have everything up-to-date by the end of the weekend.
It sounds as though everyone had a great time at Kalahari. I was unable to attend so I would appreciate
any photos from the event to add to the website. You can e-mail them, burn them to CD or if you have them on a
memory card, I will have a PC with me at most events. If you are hosting pictures on another site,
let me know and we can put a link to those photos as well.
Tribe Chief Reports
Apache:
John "Fire Stick" Matheos 330-864-6899,
330-418-3300 jmatheos@peoplesservices.com
Happy New Year! Kalahari was
great and I am glad we could all attend. This was definitely a very
popular event and I appreciate all the work the Blackhawk and council put into
it. Look forward to seeing you all at the February FAScar and please let
me know if you need a car before they are scarce. PLEASE email or call me
regarding your raffle tickets I would like to have this paid in full ASAP.
Arapaho: Paul “Big Foot” Scheatzle 330-832-0304,
330-323-7683 paulscheatzle@hotmail.com
The Arapaho tribe had a great time
at Kalahari. We need to meet somewhere
to distribute the fund raiser tickets. Please plan on attending this
important event. Bring some friends.
Please note the date for the FAScar race. Let’s all get to work
and have a good showing.
Blackhawk: Todd “Sly Fox” Mellon 330-645-9456 330-819-7762
tmellon@primebusinesssolutions.net
Cherokee:
Sam “Buffalo Hump” Ewing 330-245-1138, 513-907-9860
samewing@sbcglobal.net
Tonka Hey Cherokee Brothers, As you
can tell, we have entered into the busiest time of the Manikiki Nation. It was
an exciting and relaxing weekend at Kalahari that launches us into this most
exciting time for Indian Guides. First, it is time to put your best efforts
into the FASCAR competition. Next is the fundraiser. I have tickets for
distribution. If you don’t have yours, or need more, let me know. We also need additional silent auction
items. Don’t forget, we are also
sponsoring the Spring Campout at Y-Noah and will need EVERYONE’S efforts to
make it a success.
Comanche:
Tom “Fighting Eagle”
Knoebel 330-882-2387 TKnoebel@tribute.com
The Comanche had a great time at
Kalahari this month! It was really nice to have the whole tribe together
for this event, and I know everyone had a lot of fun. As a matter of
fact, the boys loved the wave pool so much we’re planning a Tribe trip to the
ocean for Spring Break… probably Maui or one of the other Hawaiian Islands.
Thanks to Pearce Engineering for generously offering to underwrite all expenses
for the trip… including roundtrip airfare, hotel accommodations on the beach,
surfing lessons for the boys, private luau for the dads, and medical expenses
for Jim for whichever bone(s) he ends up breaking!
Get your FAScar kit orders in to
your tribe chief ASAP before the January Longhouse on the 15th. The
registration and race have been moved to February 22nd and 23rd, at camp
Y-Noah, so start working on those cars now!
Happy belated birthday to Adam
“Golden Eagle” Schlosser who turned six on Dec 27th, and happy birthday to
Logan “Slithering Snake” Knoebel who will be turning seven on Feb 1st.
Creek:
Dave “Brave Buckeye” Rownd 330-494-5544,
330-352-4747 drownd@starkmetal.com
Happy New Year Manikiki
Nation! We had a GREAT time at Kalahari! That was a really fun
event. Nice job to all who made it happen. That is the way the
Creek like to rough it on a campout!! The Creek tribe received a lot of
extra tickets to sell for the raffle. If anyone needs some more, please
let me know. We will continue to push them as hard as we can. We
completed our December service project at the Lake YMCA on Dec 15th. The
Creek and the Lake YMCA ran a coat drive and collected many many slightly used
coats for needy families. Happy January birthday to Kevin “Running Pike”
Adkins. Many of you may not know, but when Kevin was a child he enjoyed
sledding down the Glaciers that once covered Ohio
Crow: Jim “Buffalo Wing” Livers 330-334-8137,
330-807-6781 jlivers@neo.rr.com
Tonka Hey Mighty Crow, I hope
everyone had a great holiday season. For all who missed Kalahari you really
missed a great event. I hope we can make it an annual event. Hats off to the
Blackhawk for coming up with a great one. FAScar is our next event. Let’s get
the cars ready. I have tickets for the fund raiser call me or email me with the
amount of tickets you need.
Kickapoo: Steve “Silent Eagle” Maxim 330-966-0820 smaxim@maximent.net
The Kickapoo’s service project was
completed at Mercy Medical Hospital on December 13th. The tribe created
holiday ornaments for the patients in the hospital. We had a good turn
out from our tribe and it was complimented with the food and drink that Mercy
Medical donated. Special thanks to Tom Turner for setting up this event.
On January 5th, the Kickapoo tribe
attended an Akron University basketball game against Miami. Thanks to
Mark Folwer and his son Shawn, we were able to use the Pizza Hut gifts for
everyone before the game. This was a great game to watch as Akron crushed
Miami by some 20 points.
The tribe has three birthday
celebrations in the month of December and January. Happy birthday to Alex
(Running Buck) Mallue, Brady (Fighting Eagle) Thompson and Blake (Fearless
Bear) Nicholas
The FASCAR race will be at Camp Y
Noah on February 22-23. If you still need your materials please let me
know and we can pass them out. Also, the Reverse Raffle will be held on
March 1st. Paul and I will be passing out the raffle tickets in the
upcoming days.
Mandan:
Bill “Snoring Bear” Spaid 330-896-6495,
330-896-6495 wspaid@aol.com
Hope everyone had a great new year.
We have a busy start to the year with FAScar HOF and the raffle. We are in
charge of selling side boards so I will need some help getting that done. Any
one needing tickets please contact me.
Mingo: Tim “Flying Arrow” Dunigan 330-896-2134,
330-414-2967 tddunigan1356@peoplepc.com
HAPPY NEW YEAR from the Mighty
Mingo Tribe! Thank you Todd Mellon !!!
The Kalahari Winter Camp-in was one of the best this old Mingo has ever
attended. I'm certain all of us are busy working on our FAScars and selling
Raffle tickets. WE will see everyone at Camp Y-Noah for the race.
Mohawk: Brian "Fighting
Cardinal” Morris
330-896-1394, 330-933-2372 bdmorris@aol.com
Mighty Mohawk,
Kalahari was a great idea, I
was glad to see how many people there were from our tribe
that showed up for this event, it was a fun time. If you
need fast cars for our February event let me know. Also let’s get all
of our reverse raffle tickets sold call me and let me know how many
you need. Happy Birthday to Sean "Fighting Bear" Morris and
Michael "Little Eagle" Duff
Navajo: Jeff "Big Rubba Dubba" Reale 330-896-6256, 330-329-5041 ru4reale22@hotmail.com
Happy New Year to all-thanx for
scheduling Kalahari, I heard nothing but a great time had by all! How exciting
will that be to have FAScar Race at Camp Y Noah this year-the entire place to
ourselves! Personally, I think the Navajo will have a number of contenders
this year. Navajo will attempt to pursue Auction Items for the Reverse
Raffle on the 1st of March. A special Happy B-Day to our own Tyler
"Thunderbird" Stokes on the 13th of January!
Peace!
Manikiki Nation 2007 - 08 Event
Calendar
|
October
Event: Akron Zips Football Game |
November
Event: Ghoul Walk (October) |
|
Place: Akron
Rubber Bowl Date: Saturday
October 13th Time: Tailgate
Party 4:00pm Event Type / Award: Family / Bead Cost: $5
per ticket Sponsor / Budget: Mohawk / $200 |
Place: Camp
Y’Noah Date: November
4th Time: 1:00
– 5:00 pm Event Type / Award: Family / Bead Cost: N/A Sponsor / Budget: Mingo / $400 |
|
December
Event: Father-Son Banquet |
December
Event: Christmas Project (tribe
event)
|
|
Place: Guy’s
Party Center Date: Sunday,
December 2nd Time: 1:00
– 5:00 pm Event Type / Award: Father-Son / Claw Cost: FREE
… paid by fund raiser Sponsor / Budget: Arapaho-Comanche / $4500 |
Place: N/A Date: N/A Time: N/A Event Type / Award: Fathers-Son / Special Bead Cost: N/A Sponsor / Budget: All tribes / mandatory |
|
January
Event: Winter Campout |
February
Event: FASCAR Derby |
|
Place: Kalahari Date: January
Time: Sat
– Sun. morning Event Type / Award: Fathers & Son / Arrowhead Cost: TBD Sponsor / Budget: Blackhawk-Mingo / $900 |
Place: Camp
Y-Noah Date: Saturday,
February, 23rd Time: 9:00
am – 1:00 pm Event Type / Award: Father- Son/Claw or Special Cost: $5
per/car kit Sponsor/Budget: Comanche-Arapaho
/ $400 |
|
February
Event: Fundraiser – Reverse Raffle |
March Event: Pro-Football HOF |
|
Place: Guy’s
Party Center Date: Saturday,
March 1st Time: 6:00
pm - midnight Event Type / Award: Adults / mandatory
event Cost: Tickets
$55 (x1 per member) Sponsor / Budget: Council / Make lots of $$$$ |
Place: Pro-Football
HOF, Canton Date: Sunday,
March 16th Time: 1:00
pm - ? Event Type / Award: Father-Son
/ Bead Cost: $10.00
per person Sponsor / Budget: Creek
/ $400 |
|
April Event: Late Night Party at the YMCA |
May Event: Spring Campout at Y’Noah |
|
Place: Green
Family YMCA Date: Saturday,
April 12th Time: 9:00pm
- Overnight Event Type / Award: Father-Son
/ Bead Cost: N/A Sponsor / Budget: Apache
/ $400 |
Place: Y-Noah
Campground Date: May
30th – June 1st Time: Fri.
evening – Sun. morning Event Type / Award: Fathers
& Son / Arrowhead Cost: $120
per family Sponsor / Budget: Cherokee-Crow
/ $1200 |
|
Memorial Day: Memorial Day Parade (makeup) |
June Comm. Svc. Proj:
ACS Relay For Life (makeup) |
|
Place: Green
High School Date: Monday,
May 28th Time: 9:30am lineup, 10:30 step off Event Type: Guides-Princesses
w’ Dads Cost: N/A Sponsor / Budget: Council
/ ($100 from disc.) |
Place: Green
Memorial Stadium Date: June
TBD Time: Friday
night-Saturday noon Event Type Family
/ Special Bead Cost: Just
a little of your time! Sponsor / Budget: Council
/ (donation from disc.) |
|
Summer Event: Akron Aeros Game & Fireworks |
Summer Event: Barberton Speedway |
|
Place: Canal
Park, Akron Date: Friday
night, TBD Time: TBD Event Type Family
/ Bead Cost: TBD Sponsor / Budget: Kickapoo
/ $0 |
Place: Barberton
Speedway Date: TBD Time: TBD
Event Type: Family
/ Bead Cost: TBD Sponsor / Budget: Mandan
/ $0 |
|
Summer Event: Family Picnic |
September Event: Fall Campout (primitive) |
|
Place: Akron
FOP Lodge/Grounds Date: Sunday,
TBD Time: 2:00
– to approx. 7:00 Event Type: Family
– Guides/Princesses Cost: TBD
+ Side dish per family Sponsor / Budget: Navajo
/ $400 |
Place: TBD Date: Sept.
TBD Time: Fri
evening – Sun morning Event Type / Award: Father-Son
/ Arrowhead Cost: TBD
Sponsor / Budget: Crow-Cherokee
/ $1500 |
Membership Drive $1000, Misc. Supplies $1200, Discretionary $1500, YMCA Donation $1000, Total $15,000
2008 Manikiki Nation Father and Son Car (FASCAR) Derby
Location: Camp Y - Noah
Race date: Saturday, February 23rd
Times: Races will start
promptly by age group as follows:
Ages 5-7: 9:00 - 10:30
am
Ages 8-9: 10:30 - 12:00
pm
Ages 10-12: 12:00-1:30
pm
Registration: Friday evening,
February 22nd, at the race location, from 6:00 - 8:00 pm.
Note: all cars must be
registered on Friday evening; there
will be NO registration of cars the morning of the race!
Car Specifications:
Maximum length: 10.0 inches. There is no minimum, but the distance between the
axles cannot be changed!
Maximum width: 4.5 inches at the widest point, including the axles.
Maximum weight: 16 ounces (one pound). There is no minimum weight.
Maximum height: Note! Because of the timing gate there is a 6¾ inch height
restriction!!!
Miscellaneous: No mechanical devices may be used to speed up the cars:
springs, magnets, moving weights, etc. Cars must run on the four wheels and two
axles provided in the kit. Axles must be stationary, but can be shortened.
Metal washers, cotter pins, etc, can be used to replace the red plastic
washers/caps provided in the kit. Any material is allowed in construction of
cars. Any lubrication, in any amount, is allowed before registration. No car
modifications or lubrication are allowed after registration, or between heats!
Other:
At registration, car weight and other dimensions will be verified.
If a brave cannot make it to the Y to register his car, another member of his
tribe, or a family member, can register it for him. The track will be set up
for trial runs Friday evening, and basic tools will be available for minor
adjustments on-site.
Each age bracket will be run as double-elimination, meaning that
each little brave is guaranteed at least two races. If possible, braves will not
race their first heat against other little braves in their own tribe.
Races will be started by the nose of the car. We will again be
using an electronic finishing gate to determine the winner of each heat. Track
problems of any kind will result in a ‘dead heat’ and the cars will be run
again.
No portion of the car may extend beyond the starting gate when the
car is placed on the track for racing.