Cubmaster Shawn MacFarland passes out pinewood derby car kits to the Cubs. Over the next few weeks, the Cubs will be helped by adults to carve and cut these blocks of wood into sleek racers. Submitted photo
WINDSOR — Cub Pack 609 held its holiday party Jan. 4 at Windsor Elementary School. The event was delayed because of the storm that left many in the area without power for days.
Families brought food to share; Scouts learned a new song. Each Scout received a new pinewood derby car kit; the Klondike Derby at Camp Bomazeen is set for this month, and the Pinewood Derby later in the winter.
Corbin Burdeck, a Webelos in Pack 609, lives in Whitefield. Submitted photo
Julia Hartwell of Windsor is in fourth grade at Windsor Elementary School. She has been in Cub Scouts for a year and is one of the six original members of Pack 609 after it restarted this past autumn. Submitted photo
The pinewood derby is the wood car racing event of Scouting. With the help of adults, Scouts build their own unpowered, unmanned miniature cars from wood, usually from kits containing a block of pine wood, plastic wheels, and metal axles.
The Scouts use their imagination to come up with the design for their wooden car which ranges from Formula 1 racers to tanks to tractors to spaceships and even cartoon characters. Those cars are raced down the pack’s Pinewood Derby track and the fastest go on to race at the district level, according to a news release from Chuck Mahaleris, district chairman for the Kennebec Valley District of Scouting.
Ivan Hunter Peaslee, a Lion Cub Scout, is in kindergarten in Jefferson. Submitted photo
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