Archive for January 13, 2008

Echockotee 200: 22 Colors

Posted in Echockotee 200, Florida Lodges by Robert Mathis on January 13th, 2008 at 11:11 pm

200-2008-year-patch-100-dpi.jpg At the 2008 Winter Fellowship this past weekend, Echockotee 200 began their series of themed event patches for the year, along with the annual “year patch”.  With the theme of “Florida’s Coral Reef”, the year patch measures 10.25 inches at its widest point, by 7.25 inches at its tallest point.  And it has 22 colors.

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Mark Twain


Echockotee 200: ArrowCorps5

Posted in Echockotee 200, Florida Lodges by Robert Mathis on January 13th, 2008 at 9:12 pm

200-s-33-2008-arrowcorps5-15-each-250-made.jpg Also made available this weekend is a flap (S-34?) by Echockotee 200, for the ArrowCorps5 trip this summer.  The lodge sold these for $15 each, and all 250 were sold out. 



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George S. Patton


UNC 93 — NC State 62

Posted in Tarheel Basketball by John E. Pannell on January 13th, 2008 at 7:38 pm

I had some style and content issues with my last Tar Heel basketball blog post (UNC vs. UNC-A) partly because I tried to write the post before the game was actually played.   So this time, I made sure to wait until he game was over!

NC State embarrassed themselves Saturday as they became the latest victims of the Tar Heels.  All started well and it looked to be a good close game when the score was briefly tied at 9-9.  Then Carolina poured it on.  Add to NC State’s woes that the Wolf Pack seemed utterly unable to buy a basket, at one point missing 18 in a row.   By half-time the score was 43-13.  The Wolf Pack set a new team record in futility with the fewest points scored in a half since the shot clock.

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"When many work together for a goal, great things may be accomplished. It is said a lion cub was killed by a single colony of ants."
Saskya Pandita