THE MANIKIKI NATION
SMOKE SIGNALS
September, 2008 yindianguides.org 
Longhouse
Notes
Next Longhouse: 8:00 pm, Tuesday, September
16th @ The Green YMCA
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.
Action
Items
Attention all MANIKIKI NATION Golfers!!
2008 MARVIN CAPPS ALUMNI GOLF OUTING
Saturday September 20, 2008, Chenoweth G.C.
See the flyer at the end of this Smoke Signal!!
Recruiting Event!! - Saturday,
September 6th at the Green YMCA, 10am till 2pm
To keep this Nation strong we need everyone to help. Come out and show those who come by how much
fun we have, talk to them about what you have gotten from the quality time you
have spent with your son(s), tell them about the fellowship between the
families at our family events, and tell them about our upcoming events.
September
Event – Fall Camp-out
Camp Fitch, September 26th – 28th
Cost is $125.00 for a father and son, plus $15.00 for each
additional son.
Note that the actual cost
for camping at Fitch is $145.00 for father and son and $35.00 for each
additional son, but because we have worked hard to raise money the Nation is paying
the $20.00 difference to help bring more campers out for the event!
For those new braves
here’s a list of Items you may want to bring camping.
Appropriate
clothing – jeans & shorts, T-shirts & sweatshirts or jackets, rain
coats, extra shoes & socks, boots
Sleeping bag and pillow
Personal hygiene
–Toothbrush/toothpaste, soap/shampoo, towels, anti-perspiring, comb, etc
First Aid Kit - band-aids,
tweezers, aspirin, Tums, Kleenex/Toilet Paper
Drinks - cooler with water, juice,
pop (don’t forget your convenient store coffee mug)
Snacks - fruit, chips, cookies,
stuff to roast over a fire
Plastic utensils, paper plates,
and cups
Trash bags, zip lock bags, napkins
and/or paper towels
Folding Chairs (don’t forget the
boys).
Frisbee, soccer ball, football,
kite, etc
Camera (digital if you have one so
we can get photos for the web site)
Binoculars
Flashlights with extra batteries
Lantern
Compass
Pocket Knife
And don’t forget your
headbands and necklaces for our Saturday night ceremony!!!!
Nation
Officer Reports
Nation
Chief: Kurt “Big Bear” Leibensperger 330-699-4734,
330-606-1944 kurtleib@hotmail.com
Hard to
believe but a year has almost passed since Andrew and I put on the Nation Chief
feathers. The end of this month is our campout, and we will pass the
baton on to John, Sam and Jacob Waller as your new nation chief. I'd
like to thank all the chiefs and council members from this past year for all
their efforts. We did a number of new, fun events this year, and
your efforts were appreciated by everyone who attended these events. I'd
also like to thank last year's Chief, Scott Summers for his guidance and advice
this year.
But,
before I go...there are a few things I urge everyone to
support. First off is our Fall Campout, once again on the shores of
Lake Erie at Camp Fitch. If you've never been, Camp Fitch is
probably one of the greatest camps in the entire YMCA system. Its
right overlooking Lake Erie and the site is beautiful, and there are plenty of
fun activities for you and your sons to participate in. This year, the
nation is picking up a significant part of the cost to attend, so campout
prices will be better than they have been in a long time. Hope to
see everyone there!
Also, we
will once again be doing our recruiting event on Saturday, September 6th at the
Green YMCA. New blood is essential to our nation, and we can only
continue to grow with new members. The
nation has spent money to pass out flyers at all area schools, and to advertise
this event. Now all we need is YOU! Come out Saturday morning
to set up, talk to prospective members, or tear down. We will be grilling
hot dogs, playing games and more! Hope to see you there!
War Chief: John “Sits By Fire” Waller 330-867-5726,
330-256-4430 john.waller@wilsontool.com
Our 2nd
Annual Recruiting Event @ Green YMCA is happening Saturday, September 6th. We
had great success last year welcoming in several new fathers and sons because
we had a great turnout of existing Manikiki Nation Big and Little Braves from
nearly all Tribes on hand to help make it happen.
Nation
leadership is advertising it and passing out flyers to all surrounding K-2nd
Grade classes so let’s make sure we do it again this year. If you are a member
of a tribe that is losing outgoing braves soon, this is a great opportunity to
bolster your membership, continue to grow and remain an active Tribe. We’ll
have hot dogs, snacks, corn hole and friendly hospitality for potential new
members, so be a part of the action and have some fun at the same time.
Also,
don’t forget good ol’ word of mouth. Invite a friend, neighbor, son’s friend,
co-worker, family member, etc. to come to an event and check us out. I wouldn’t
be surprised if they see what you and your son sees.
Thanks in
advance for your efforts to keep our Nation strong!
Sachem: Scott “Singin’ Moose” Summers 330-644-9110,
330-606-6965 scotts@rolandus.com
Hope everyone had a great
summer! See you all at the campout!
Medicine
Man: Jim “Iron back” Cross 330-245-1326, 330-697-9121 jcross009@neo.rr.com
Chiefs we
need to get a body count to Jim Livers/Camp Fitch prior to the next longhouse.
They need the count for staffing our weekend and more importantly to arrange
for enough food to feed us…unless the Crow tribe is going to cook all weekend.
Story
Teller: Dan “Big
Rock” Hickman 330-896-7164,
330-472-7010 nhickman3@aol.com
There once was a great Nation called
the Manikiki! The braves of this Nation
were so strong and giving that they all showed up to help recruit new braves on
September 6, 2008. It was a good year
for the great Manikiki Nation!!
Wampum
Bearer: Dwayne “Big Bad Wolf” Haines 330-699-0972,
330-419-1002 dghaines@babcock.com
The weather
was cool but those that attended had a great time at Clay’s park. Thanks
to Jeff Reale and the rest of the Navajo for putting the day together. I
believe everyone is back in school and the grind begins. The flyers going
to the schools are a great idea and I think we’ll really benefit. Recruitment
is really important especially at the young age. Please give some effort
to keep our nation strong. Look forward to the fall campout as
usual. This will most likely be our last.
Tally
Keeper: Jeff “Last Hawk” Pearce 330-645-6075, 330-714-7892 jeffp@pearceengineering.com
What a
past couple of months! Work has been so
busy that my time is becoming extremely precious. And that’s why I love Indian Guides. Makes me put down the work and spend some quality time with
Tucker! We can’t wait for the campout!!
Please
help with the recruitment event September 6th; we need to keep this
Nation strong!!
Web
Spinner: Charles "Kicking Buffalo" Campbell 330-854-3077, 330-264-5383x237 kickingbuffalo@sbcglobal.net
Tonka Hey
Mighty Manikiki Nation! Wow, I realize
another summer has flown by as the boys return to school. It makes me glad that we have Indian Guides
to add a few more moments together with our sons. With that said, let's get ready for the fall campout at Camp Fitch
and add a couple of more memories to the end of summer. The best photo or short video forwarded to me
for the upcoming campout will go on the front page of the website. So look out for moments that epitomize Indian
Guides for you and your sons. I look
forward to seeing those shots!
Tribe
Chief Reports
Apache:
John "Fire Stick" Matheos 330-864-6899,
330-418-3300 jmatheos@peoplesservices.com
Tonka Hey!
Hope you are all enjoying the new
school year and hopefully we will see you at the September 6th recruiting
event. The Camp out is almost here so
start packing. Happy Birthdays to
Parker “Big Bear” Locke, big number 6 and Kevin “Flying Eagle“ Caldwell number
7
If you
can’t attend the Campout please let me know so I don’t have to sit in your
drive way waiting for a check. Take
Care
Arapaho:
Paul “Big Foot” Scheatzle 330-832-0304, 330-323-7683 paulscheatzle@hotmail.com
A tribe
meeting for fathers and sons will be held at my house on Sun, Sept 14. at 6:00.
Please invite any potential new members to join us. Recruitment fliers
have been distributed to St. Michael's school.
If anyone would like any more to distribute to their school or friends,
let me know.
If you can
help out at the recruitment drive on Sept 6 at the Green YMCA please do so.
Blackhawk:
Todd “Sly Fox”
Mellon 330-645-9456 330-819-7762 tmellon@primebusinesssolutions.net
<No report submitted>
Cherokee:
Sam “Buffalo Hump” Ewing 330-245-1138, 513-907-9860
samewing@sbcglobal.net
<No report submitted>
Comanche:
Tom “Fighting Eagle”
Knoebel 330-882-2387 TKnoebel@tribute.com
The
Comanche took the month of August off and mostly skipped the Family
Picnic. But we expect to be back at full strength for the fall
campout! Comanche dads please deposit $125 into the tribe account by Sept
15th, unless your name is Knisely or Poletta in which case you should deposit
$140 to cover both sons. Happy 10th birthday to Dominic “Moon Wolf” Poletta!
Creek:
Dave “Brave Buckeye” Rownd 330-494-5544,
330-352-4747 drownd@starkmetal.com
Tonka Hey! The Creek Tribe
is looking forward to the Fall Campout next month. Until then we will be
down in Columbus drinking Moose Juice!!
Happy Birthday to Jeremy Adkins!
Crow:
Jim “Buffalo Wing”
Livers 330-334-8137, 330-807-6781 jlivers@neo.rr.com
I hope everyone had a great
summer. Michael and I will see you at the camp out. Happy September birthday to
Mitchell Bock (September 16th)
Kickapoo:
Steve “Silent Eagle”
Maxim 330-966-0820 smaxim@maximent.net
Hope
everyone had a great summer and is now ready for school. Just to let
everyone know we (Maxim Family) have moved from North Canton to Jackson.
I grew up a Polar Bear and now my kids will be one as well. We are
excited for this upcoming year of Indian Guides and have some great events
planned again for everyone. The fall camp out is the big one in September
28th and 29th. Also, the nation has a recruiting day for Indian
guides on Sept 6th. Last year we got a new tribe member Mark and Shawn
Fowler from this event. We look forward
to a great turn out at the recruiting event.
Mandan:
Bill “Snoring Bear” Spaid 330-896-6495,
330-896-6495 wspaid@aol.com
Summer is
gone but we have plenty to look forward to this fall with camp-outs, haunted
hayrides and this Saturday. We are hosting a recruiting event at the Y starting
at 10 am to help attract new members. So come and help out because the mighty
Mandan could use some new braves.
Mingo: Tim “Flying Arrow” Dunigan 330-896-2134,
330-414-2967 tddunigan1356@peoplepc.com
<No report submitted>
Mohawk:
Brian "Fighting Cardinal” Morris 330-896-1394, 330-612-4740 bmorris005@neo.rr.com
<No report submitted>
Navajo:
Jeff "Big
Rubba Dubba" Reale 330-896-6256, 330-329-5041 ru4reale22@hotmail.com
Although
the weather wasn't the best at Clay's Park, I can't thank the Navajo tribe for
stepping up for making our monthly event for all those that attended. We look forward to growing our tribe and the
Manikiki Nation for the beginning of a new season. Hopefully you all had a great summer with you and your family and
we'll see you all soon. 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: Green
Family YMCA Date: Saturday,
February, TBD 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: $130/family,
$20/extra son 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 26th 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
20th-21st Time: Friday
night-Saturday noon Event Type Family
/ Special Bead Cost: Just
a little of your time! Sponsor / Budget: Council / (donation from disc.) |
|
June
Event: Akron Aeros Game &
Fireworks |
July
Event: Drive-In Movie |
|
Place: Canal
Park, Akron Date: Friday
night, June 13th Time: TBD Event Type Family
/ Bead Cost: $5.50
per person Sponsor / Budget: Kickapoo / $0 |
Place: Magic
City or Blue Sky Drive-In Date: July
20th Time: TBD Event Type: Family
/ Bead Cost: $12
per car Sponsor / Budget: Mandan / $0 |
|
August Event:
Clay’s Park |
September
Event: Fall Campout |
|
Place: Clay’s
Park Date: Sunday,
August 10th Time: 9:00am
– 9:00pm Event Type: Family
/ Bead Cost: $10.50
per person + Side dish Sponsor / Budget: Navajo / $400 |
Place: Camp
Fitch Date: Sept.
26th – 28th Time: Fri
evening – Sun morning Event Type / Award: Father-Son / Arrowhead Cost: $125,
$15 for each extra son Sponsor / Budget: Crow-Cherokee / $1500 |
MANIKIKI NATION
2008 MARVIN CAPPS ALUMNI GOLF OUTING
Saturday
September 20, 2008
CHENOWETH G.C.
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CHECK IN BY 11:00 AM
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FIRST TEE
OFF TIME 12:00 PM
(PLEASE ARRIVE AT THE COURSE BY 11:30)
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$60.00 PER PERSON
(INCLUDES GREEN FEES, CART, LUNCH, DINNER, REFRESHMENTS & PRIZES)
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SCRAMBLE FORMAT
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FOUR MAN
TEAMS
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SPOTS AVAILABLE
ON FIRST COME
BASIS (40 Spots or 10 Foursomes)
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EVENT IS FOR BIG BRAVES
ONLY. ( ALUMNI AND PERSONS OUTSIDE OF NATION ARE ALSO WELCOME )
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PAYMENT
MUST ACCOMPANY ENTRY
FORM
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SIGN-UP DEADLINE
IS SEPTEMBER 15, 2008
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ENTRY FORMS AND MONEY MAY BE MAILED TO THE FOLLOWING:
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3636
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