The Troop 1954
Wednesday Newsletter

 

Wednesday, May 19, 2004

Hi Folks,

Really excellent meeting last night.  My particular thanks to the Vicious Badger parents who helped control the crowd in various ways.  That was great guys; we got stuff done, it was reasonably orderly, and there was a game that the guys really liked.  We even closed on time (more or less).  More like that would be fantastic.

A pile of stuff, possibly related to deer hunting (or not) appeared in the last week in the game room.  We really can't have stuff like that in that room (it's dangerous to kids running around) so we've moved it to the back of the storeroom (painting booth).  If you know anything about this stuff, please advise on what it is and what we should do with it.  If we hear nothing, we will eventually dispose of it all.

Thanks to Molly Alexander and her team for an outstanding outdoor leaders training and JLT last weekend.  Those of us who went really enjoyed it.  Good instruction and good fellowship all around.

Much thanks and praise to Trevor and Terry Powell for cutting the grass at the Scout Hut.  Don't know what we would have done without you all.

We will be working on the Scout Hut the week of May 31 to June 4.  My idea is that we have some sort of "camp scout-hut" where we spend the mornings working and go to a movie or go swimming or something like that in the afternoons.  We really need adults to come and help but kids are probably welcome too.  Please note that we always need two deep leadership if we have kids around so kids can't be dropped off unless we're sure there is sufficient adult supervision (or their parents stay).

This week the Vicious Badgers tied with the Highly Flammable Piffs with the Fromage and Biohazards running only one point behind.  We'll consider what the appropriate rewards are.

As always, the Troop 1954 events calendar, this and all back newsletters,  and all sorts of other useful information is available on our website at www.sanmarcos1954.org

Attendance
SPL Zach Painton presiding, assisted by ASPL Corey Collier
   
Vicious Badgers   Led by Troop Guide, Johnny Lozano.  Coached by Nicole Williams
Mason
Jaimie
Daniel
Tony
John
Thomas
David		  
 
Biohazards   Patrol Leader, Mason R-K.  Coached by Mr. Painton
Bryan
Flip
Ben		  
   
Crimson Fromage     Patrol Leader, Joshua Rose.  Coached by Dr. J.
Chris
Johnny
Josh
Ben
 
Highly Flammable Piffs     Patrol Leader, Dane Rasmussen.  Coached by Ms. Patty
Lee
Corey
Daniel
Zach
Dane
 

Point System Scoring

Patrol

Attend.

Uniform

Behavior

Spirit

Meeting

6 Mo
V. Badgers 5 5 5 5 20 163
Biohazards 5 4 5 5 19 164
Fromage 5 4 5 5 19 147
Piffs 5 5 5 5 20 168

 

Behavior, subtract for each incident.

Fails to come to order when scout sign given -1
Fighting with each other -1 per incident
Bad language -1 per incident
Failure to treat others with respect -1
Asked repeatedly to do any task -1
Fails to clean up -1
Shows poor sportsmanship -1

Participation: Add for each, highest score is a five.

All members cooperate with game +1
Members make progress on meeting’s task +1
Members show enthusiasm for tasks +1
Members show good organization (listen to PL and Coach) +1
Members exemplify Scout Law +1

 

 


 

Announcements
 
1) We’ll be leaving from the Scout Shack at 5:30 this Friday for the Wolf Mountain/Enchanted Rock camp-out.

2) For those of you who were not here last week, we’ve changed the order of the meeting. We now go from announcements to patrol activities and have the game last. We’re also trying to institute use of a whistle. When you hear the whistle, please return immediately to your places in this room.

 
 
Alumni List

Here's what I've got so far for Troop 1954 Alums.  You can see that we're no where near completing this job.  We've got good records at the moment only for a couple of years in the early 1990s.  We're missing at least ten years of records.  You also get an idea how large a job this will turn out to be.  I'd estimate we're currently missing at least 100 names, perhaps more.  I've tried to give some indication what sort of source I had for this information.  All adult information is from old charters.  Youth information is either from charters or files.  If the scout is marked "left," that means I found the name crossed off on a charter (but have no date for when they joined).  If you know any of these people, please supply me with corrected spellings or any additional information.  More info as we go along.

Youth Members
Jesse Acosta(?) (left 1992)
Albert Alonzo (1992 charter)
Jason Alexander (joined 1987)
David Belvin (joined 1993)
Matthew Brashears (joined 1990)
Brian Brown (joined 1987)
Troy Brown (joined 1990)
Matt Cantu (joined 1993?)
Lee Clary (1992 charter)
Dan Combs (joined 1995?)
Zachery Clayton (no info)
Aaron Crayton (joined 1994)
Lee Crayton (joined 1994)
Jacob Debram (joined 1987)
Mark Dees (joined 1987)
Robert Dominic (joined 1993)
Joe Fannauer (left 1992)
Wayne Glasgow (joined 1994)
Daniel Gonzales (joined 1987)
Mike Griggs (joined 1992)
Paul Griggs (left 1992)
Marcos Haderxhanaj (joined 1987)
Jeff Hahn (left 1992)
Joey Hernandez (joined 1990)
Collins Johnson (joined 1993)
Mat B. Johnson (1992 charter)
Jeff Kerner (joined 1993)
Brandon S. Kibby (1992 charter)
Joel W. Kirkpatrick (left 1992)
David S. Kleinecke (left 1992)
Trace Landreth (1992 charter)
Todd Landrum (joined 1993)
Spencer LeDoux (joined 1990)
Michael Lewis (joined 1987)
Glenn Longley (joined 1992)
Danny Ondike (joined 1993?)
Albert Rosales (joined 1991)
Anthony Rosaled (joined 1991?)
Oliver B. Scott (joined 1993)
Cody Smith (joined 1987)
Robbie J. Smith (1992 charter)
Ryan Thies (joined 1993)
John R. Trumbull (joined 1993)
Ivan Valentine (joined 1993?)
Jed Vogelpohl (left 1992)
Houston Weis (?) (left 1992)
Mark Wheelock (joined 1993)
Matthew B Williamson (1992 charter)
Andrew Winn (1992 charter)
Patrick Wolbert (joined 1996?)

Adult Members
Gary Allen (1987)
Peter R. Baen (1992)
Maxey Brashears (1992)
Ron C. Brown (1992)
Mark Burdick (1987)
Richard L. Burdick (1992)
Charles A Clary (1992)
Terry Clary (1987)
Kelli Cloud (1987)
Bryan Duhon (1987)
Angel Garza (1987)
Phillip Gonzales (1987)
Don A. Griggs (1991?)
Ginger Griggs (1992)
Patty A. Hada (1992)
Ben C. Johnson (1987)
Charles Johnson (1992)
Kenneth Jones (1987)
Mary A. Kleinecke (1992)
Beth LeDoux (1992)
Larry Lohn (1987)
Rex D. Majors (1992)
Russ K. Majors (1992)
William Shults (1987)
James Smith (1987)
Charlie 0. Walts (1992)
Fredric Weber (1987)
Linda Winn (1987)
 

 
Upcoming Events
Camping at Wolf Mountain/Enchanted Rock May 21-23

Silver Pines Junior Leadership Training Program, May 30 - June 5. 

Scout Hut Work Camp. 

We'll be there daily from May 31 to June 4 (I think...more about this as we get closer to the dates...I know, we're pretty close already.

Camping at Guadalupe River State Park, June 11-13.

Troop 1954 Summer Camp, July 3 - July 11

We will be doing summer camp at Camp Dale Resler in the mountains of New Mexico.  This trip will also include visits to White Sands National Monument and Carlsbad Caverns National Park.  It should be a great chance to get away from the summer heat of San Marcos and into the cool mountains of New Mexico.  It is also a fantastic chance for the scouts to make progress on advancement, have a great time, and bond more tightly as a group.  If you can possibly send your scout to summer camp, please do so.  The estimated cost for this program (including travel, all visits, and spending money), about $330 for youth and $220 for adults.

Back to School Water Event, Friday August 13th

We're headed to Schlitterbahn for one last day of summer fun before the school year begins (kids boo parents cheer!).  We'd really like to encourage the kids to bring friends along on this one.  As always, we can use new members, especially among the older kids.