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4/20/12:Here's the latest Treasurer's Report; please make sure your club is paid up!

Pinewood Derby Results: We all had a great time! (Click on the image to see it full size) Curious about your standings? Go read your registration number off of your Pit Pass, or the bottom of your car, and look yourself up!

Well the 2012 Pinewood Derby is over. I'd like to express my deep gratitude to all of you who made this happen. What started out last year as a dream came to fruition this year only because of your dedicated contributions. Many thanks to each of you! I've already had a parent and grandparent tell me their Cadet had a great time and that they themselves enjoyed knowing who was racing and being able to easily see the competition. They thought it was a great success!

We set two goals for this year's Pinewood Derby: 1) Get Cadets involved and 2) Keep the racers and their families informed There's no doubt we hit the first goal 100 percent. If a Cadet had a car on the track he was involved! We did exceptionally well on the second goal too. The Grand Prix software, track-end cameras and overhead projection guaranteed a great seat everywhere in the house and that anyone who wanted to know what was going on did. The fact that we had no problem with people crowding the track is a testament to this success.

Thanks to Jim Tanis for the outstanding atmosphere and first class snack bar; to Brad Peterson and Gareth Evans for a fantastic AV setup; to Reuben Settergren, Keith Cok, Ginger DeVries and Mark Willoughby for pulling us through some tense software challenges; to Gary Conrad for making the dual track setup possible; and to all of the other volunteers who made registration, track operation, car judging, and snack bar operation possible. Congratulations on a job well done!

--Paul Devries, Race Program Manager

New from the Corps website: The Clarion is now an online magazine. The online version can be interactive -- providing links and media options (video) that makes it a better tool for you. Check out the latest edition. Last year's Southern California Counselors' Conference is highlighted!

Niagara Council is proud to be hosting Cadet Counselor Convention 2012! We invite you to experience God's Power as we share fellowship together and witness the power of His creation. Niagara Falls is an exciting family vacation destination with plenty to offer for all ages. We've been hard at work lining up educational and inspirational speakers and workshops. Come to Niagara, there's something for everybody!

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Slideshow From 2011 SoCal Pinewood Derby

Thanks to Jeff Kazules for his photography; I think you'll agree that his method produced some remarkable results! Full-size, high-res photos (suitable for prints) can be downloaded from these links: Cars, Candids

Click the slideshow above (or any of the slideshows below) to view the slideshow larger. If you have pictures from pinewood you want to add to the slideshow, send an email to webdude@socalcadets.org. If you want your (child's) name published in the captions for his picture, also send me an email (with a correct spelling)!