Scout Notes - Monday, January 25, 2010

Council Merit Badge Fair – The second session of the merit badge fair will take place on Saturday, January 23rd. We will be leaving the Scout Hut at 08:00am sharp, so please be prompt. Also, remember the following
1. Eat breakfast before departure
2. Bring a sack lunch
3. Review your MB requirements online if possible
4. Bring note paper, pen/pencil, etc.


Merit Badge Lost & Found – The following items were left behind by one or more of our Scouts that participated in the first week of the Council Merit Badge Fair. These will be at the Scout Hut on Monday.
Class B Shirt – Currently at the Scout Hut

Communications/Citizen In the Community MB’s – My apologies if any of you missed the last board meeting due to my communication issues. There will be another opportunity to attend the Stillwater School Board Meeting that will be held on Tuesday, February 9th. Here are the details:
1. The School Board Meeting will begin at 6:30pm. The meeting is held in the Board of Education Building at 314 S. Lewis.
2. You may either show up at the BoE Building at 6:15 or come to the Scout Hut at 6:00pm and Mr. Gragg will get you to the meeting.
3. We will attend only one hour of the meeting, leaving at 7:30pm. Parents will need to pick up their Scouts at the BoE Building.
Note: To keep meeting disruption down, we will plan to have all attending Scouts remain in the meeting room until 7:30 so that we may all leave at once.
4. Scouts must be in Full Class A uniform.

Centennial Eagle Scout Banquet – We will begin a signup on Monday for Scouts to help with the banquet. This banquet that will be held on Friday, February 12th. We’ll need Scouts to assist with setup, table bussing, etc. The event starts at 6:00pm and will most likely last until after 9:00pm. Those of us providing service will be needed starting at 5:00pm through to approximately 10:00pm. We till take sign-ups for hour blocks as well as the full night.

Please help to get the word out about this event. We want to get to all active and inactive Eagle Scouts that are in the area. Our goal is to celebrate their achievement, our 100th Year Celebration and help to connect/reconnect with Scouting.

Troop Meetings
Monday, January 25th
Committee Meeting 6:00pm
Scouts Needing Boards of Review need to be available by 6:30pm
Board of Education Meeting
Knot Tying
Rank Advancement
Monday, February 1st
Knot Tying
Ouachita Backpacking Demos
Lock-in Preparation
Rank Advancement

Upcoming Activities
Eskimo Joe’s Scouting Adventure – The shirts are now in and available at Eskimo Joe’s Clothes. Check this link to see an image of the shirt:
http://www.cimarronbsa.org/eskimojoes.htm

Scout Sunday Lock-in – We will be holding a lock-in at the Scout Hut on Saturday, February 6th. We’ll then participate in the two church services at the FUMC on Sunday the 7th at 8:30am and 11:10am.

Several Scouts are in need of a campout to satisfy their cooking requirements for First Class. We can do this a couple of different ways. We can either plan a February campout during the weekend of the 20th or plan to cook three meals during the lock-in. If we do it during the lock-in, we need to consider whether we start at lunch on Saturday with a cooked meal. Given timing, we need to make this decision no later than our meeting on Monday, February 25th.

Ouachita Trek – The 31st Annual Ouachita Trek will take place on March 13 – 17. The cost of the trek will be $70 per Scout. $10 will cover our transportation costs and $60 will go for the food, park fees, etc. There will also be a Shakedown for all first timers, and rangers, that will cost $10 per Scout. The Shakedown will take place on February 27-28 at Lake McMurtry.
Mason Strom and Robin Clower have volunteered to be a Rangers for one or more of the treks. Given their Philmont experience, I would recommend signing up with them as you’ll have a great experience.
The permission slips and ranger applications may be found on the Troop website:
http://www.bsatroop818.com/PermissionSlips/OuachitaTrek.pdf

Check the following link for the Ouachita Information Packet that’s published by the Planning Committee:
http://www.bsatroop818.com/PermissionSlips/OuachitaNote2010.pdf

Also, there should be shirts and jackets available. The Planning Committee is currently in the process of reviewing designs and options, so stay tuned.

As noted above, we will also be holding seminars during our regular meetings to discuss backpacking techniques, equipment, protocol, etc.

Other
Scout Notes on Blog – Each week I post the Scout Notes on our Troop Blog. If you’re not able to access your e:Mail, but have access to the Internet, you may link into our blog for the latest notes. Just navigate to our Troop website at www.bsatrooop818.com and look for the blog link in the lower left corner.