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| Aug Nov 2003 Troop 461 meets every Wednesday (with the exception of the PLC/Committee Meetings on the 1st Wed of each month), from 7-8:30pm at the Holy Family Catholic Church Parish Center. Meetings consist of group planning for upcoming events, practicing scout skills, and achieving new ranks, badges, and awards. SUMMER CAMP UPDATE!! Congratulations to all the scouts that attended summer camp at Camp Maple Dell this year!! Collectively, the scouts earned 68 merit badges!! Way to go guys!! And a big thank you to all the parents that came to camp. Everyone had a wonderful experience. UPCOMING EVENTS Aug 13th - regular troop meeting night. This night we will be conducting Scoutmaster Conferences and Boards of Review for those scouts that are ready for advancement to the next rank. We will be working on scouting skills and playing games to reinforce those skills. Aug 20th - Court of Honor. We will be holding the third Court of Honor for this year on this night. Parents, please plan to attend with your scout. The Eagle Patrol will help with setup, the Raptor and Monkey Patrol will help with refreshments, and the Flaming Arrow Patrol will help with cleanup. Patrol assignments are: Monkey Patrol: Chandler Greenwell, Matt Agee, Josh Ellis Eagle Patrol: Sean Tillery, Shaun Sandman, Sean Bertelsen, Matt Ludvigsen, Adam Trost, Nathan Werner Raptor Patrol: Tim Schroeder, Glenn Rees, Scott Bertelsen, Stephen Paur, Eric Trost Flaming Arrows: Chris Phillips, Herbie Colon, Ben Brzowski, Quin Follet, Taylor Hiniker, Douglas Ressler, Brian Sandman, Jeremy Spease, Chase Vance, Colin Wichers. Aug 27th regular troop meeting night. The Flaming Arrow Patrol will be continuing their work on Tenderfoot, 2nd, and 1st Class requirements. Sep 3rd - PLC and Committee meetings this night. Sep 10th regular scout meeting night. We will begin working on the Aviation Merit Badge for any scout that wants to earn this badge. Sep 13th day outing planned to see Timpanogos Cave near Alpine, UT. Cost is 6-15yrs. old $5, 16yrs. and up $6. The cave is at the top of a 1.5 mile paved, but strenuous (at times) trail. There is a 1000 elevation gain from the visitor center to the cave entrance. We are limited to 20 people per tour and will need to make reservations. The hike takes about 1.5 hours round trip. Bring a light jacket to wear inside the cave as the temperature is a cool 55 degrees. Plan on bringing your own lunch and we will find a spot in the canyon to eat lunch, relax, and enjoy nature. Since we will be going as a scout troop everyone must be on their best behavior. More info will follow. Sep 17 and 24th regular scout meetings both nights. We will continue the aviation merit badge and prepare for either a tour of Hill Air Force Base or the Hill AFB Museum. Sep 27th - we are working to get a tour of Hill AFB. If we cannot get a tour this day, we will visit the Hill AFB museum just off the Roy exit of I-15. There is no fee to get into the museum. More info will follow. Oct 1st PLC and Committee meetings this night Oct 4th and 5th Crystal Hot Springs overnight campout. There is swimming and hot soaking pools, also a water slide. Last year the camping fee was $2/person and $7/person to swim. More info will follow. Oct 8th, 15th, and 22nd we will begin working on the Citizenship in the Community Merit Badge. Oct 18th Jamboree on the Air. This is an excellent opportunity to earn the Radio Merit Badge which is one of the more difficult merit badges to earn. It is an all day event that usually begins around 9am and ends around 3pm. If you are interested in earning this badge please let your patrol leader or one of the adult leaders know. More info to follow. Oct 29th regular scout meeting night. This is also Game Night so bring your cards or board games to play. Nov 5th PLC and Committee meetings this night. Nov 12th regular scout meeting night. We will be conducting Scoutmaster Conferences and Boards of Review this night. This will also be the night that anyone that is working on a merit badge needs to have it finished prior to the next Court of Honor. Nov 19th Court of Honor. This will be the final Court of Honor for the year and we will also be conducting rechartering (registering) for the coming year. Please plan to attending as this is an important meeting as well as the final meeting for the year. Meetings will resume in Jan of 2004. Patrol assignments are as follows: Flaming Arrow Patrol will help with setup. Eagle Patrol will help with refreshments Raptor and Monkey Patrols will help with cleanup. VOLUNTEERS NEEDED The Troop could use some additional help from adult volunteers in the following areas: 1. Assistant Scoutmasters to help with the younger patrols. 2. Summer Camp Coordinator/Committee help plan and coordinate next years summer camp outing. This activity will need to begin very soon in order to secure a campsite. Waiting until next spring to find a camp to go to will be too late. 3. Newsletter Editor to help with the production and distribution of the Troop Chronicle. 4. Merit Badge Counselors help teach merit badges to the scouts. 5. Recharter Rep assist with recharter/re-registering of the scouts and adult leaders for the coming year. 6. Quartermaster storage of the Troops camping equipment. The equipment must be stored inside. 7. Board of Review Reps assist the Advancement Chair with the monthly Boards of Review for scouts advancing in rank. MONTHLY DUES Monthly dues are very important in helping the troop meet its financial needs. These dues are used to help defray the costs of Advancement and Merit Badges, postage, newsletter production, etc. More importantly, the dues should be earned and paid by each scout on a monthly basis. This not only helps the scout learn how to budget his income; it makes him more aware of his financial obligations and responsibilities. This concept is further reinforced as part of the Personal Management Merit Badge (Eagle required) and is an excellent way to help your scout earn this badge. The monthly dues are $5.00 per scout. Please check with the treasurer, Laura Ridl, 546-4942, to see where your scout stands with his dues. Special note: all dues will need to be caught up before a scout will be considered for rank advancement or before attending Summer Camp. - Editors Note - The Editor would like to remind all the members and non-members of Troop 461 if they have any suggestions or comments regarding the newsletter I would greatly appreciate receiving them. Please send your comments or suggestions to tridl1@earthlink.net. |
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