Our 2013 District Mall Show was well attended, despite a Nor'easter the night before which left as much as a foot of snow on the ground in some parts of the district. A dozen units were at the Shops at Ithaca Mall bright and early on Saturday, February 9th, as well as a number of District and Council committees and organizations and a giant, computerized Pinewood Derby track on which more than fifty Cubs raced their cars.
One giant parking lot, where Pinewood Derby cars waited their turn... |
... to roll down the computerized track. |
Cubs, Scouts and Sea Scouts led the Pledge of Alliegence at the opening ceremony. |
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Pack 46 built bridges from straws and pen caps, then tested them to destruction - complete with egg passengers. |
The Order of the Arrow had a table. |
Pack 24's Velcro wall let Cubs jump on a trampoline, and... |
...SPLAT... up on the wall. |
Pack 55 showed skins and skulls in a Nature exhibit. |
Troop 4's Scouts turned muddy water to pure, with the latest in backpacking technology. |
Sea Scout Ship 25 let visitors learn seafaring knots. |
Aviation Explorer Post 62 had pictures of, and from, airplanes, and some aero charts. |
Troop 29 demonstrated water purification technology, firebuilding and, at right, signaled for aircraft to land... in the Cornell Store? |
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Troop 34 had a hot air balloon... |
...and flung jelly beans with a model trebuchet. |
Troop 55 did a quiz to find out if visitors were as smart as Boy Scouts. |
Troop 2 built a pioneering gateway. |
Troop 81 had a display of Emergency Preparedness. |
Troop 94 raced CO2-powered "Blast Cars" |
Displays by National Youth Leadership Training (NYLT) and the Camp Barton Alumni Association. |
The Taughannock District table had a circulating slide show and books, and handed out information on Cub Packs and Scout Troops in the District. Behind the District table is the Duty to God Committee's display. |
The whole Troop 2 group on their bridge. (Jery Stedinger photo) |
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