Annual U.P. - Cub Scout Poster Contest

UP Superintentend Joe Whalen Thanks Cubs for their interest in Operation Lifesaver. In railroad terminology a good meet occurrs when two trains arrive at a predetermined location at the scheduled time.

This meet was planned last November between the Union Pacific, The Longhorn Council Advancement Committeee and the Cub Scouts of the Longhorn Council.

This meet was a poster contest that would convey a message of safety awareness throughout the council. The contest began on January 1 and ended February 28, 1997.

As the posters were turned in to the Service Center, Jeanette Reynolds passed out the participation patches that rewarded the hard work of each Cub Scout. The posters were separated into four categories: Tiger, Wolf, Bear and Webelos.

Early in the first week of March, letters were sent to the winners to be present on Saturday, March 8 at 10 A.M. As they arrived, at the Scout Office, they were greeted by Dennis Mitchell and presented wtih Locomotive Engineer's hats. Then the Superindent and and his staff announced the winners and awarded the prizes.

This concludes the fifth year on our Operation Lifesaver Poster contest. The first contest was held in 1993. Over 10,000 posters have been produced by Cub Scouts from the Longhorn Council. An average 20 percent of the Cubs enter. There were over 2000 posters each year.

The nice thing obout these 2000 participants in Operation Lifesaver is that they were folks who wanted to hear what we have to say.

I would like to take this opportunity to personally thank the leaders, parents, Cub Scouts and Superintendent Joe Whalen and other Union Pacific Employees who have made this event such a huge success.

Wolf Cub First Place Winner Matthew Krieger with Supt. Joe Whalen, MTO Glenn Neasbitt, MTO Gerry Adams and MTO Gene Garrett.

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  Bear Cub Winners (L to R): Scout Executive Dan Clifton; Darren Peppers, 1st Place; Andrew Quintiliani, 2nd Place; Gregory Scott, 3rd Place; Engineer Dennis Mitchell.

  

  Wolf Cub Winners (L to R): Scout Executive Dan Clifton; Matthew Krieger, 1st Place; Joshua Lightfoot, 2nd Place; Ryan Minix, 3rd Place Winner; Engineer Dennis Mitchell.

  

  UP personnel at Award Presentation (L to R): Joe Whalen, Gene Garrett, Dennis Mitchell, Jerry Adams, Glenn Neasbitt, with Prizes to be awarded: 3rd Prize: UP Railroad Lantern; 2nd Prize: UP Gear Bag; 1st Prize: Union Pacific HO Gauge Model Train Set.

  

  Tiger Cub Winners (L to R): Scout Executive Dan Clifton; Matthew Hunter, 1st Place; (not in picture) Cavan Larnard, 2nd Place; Brett Harper, 3rd Place; Engineer Dennis Mitchell.

  

  Webelos Winners (L to R): Scout Executive Dan Clifton; Kerry Bohrer, 1st Place; Christopher Ott, 2nd Place; Jeffrey Zimmerer, 3rd Place; Engineer Dennis Mitchell.

  

  Cub Scout Operation Lifesaver Patch - This is a representation of the 1997 patch given to each Cub Scout entering a poster in the Union Pacific annual contest.

  Dennis is a locomotive engineer at Fort Worth.

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