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The Troop 1954
Wednesday Newsletter
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Wednesday, June 16,
2004
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Hi Folks,
Wow! Really nice to see so many scouts at a summer meeting.
After last week I was thinking that maybe meeting every week in June was a
mistake...but no mistake, it was great. On the other hand, one
parent suggested to me that maybe we should just have a bowl of Ritalin at
the door. We're a troop dominated by younger scouts and it's harder
for these guys to learn leadership. But don't worry, they'll get it.
We continue to make strides on improving our building and equipment.
This week the funnel cake machine went to Texas Pyrotechnics for numerous
mechanical and safety improvements. We're also looking into the
possibility of buying a new, smaller machine so that we can do fund
raising at smaller events (and with fewer people), and also, possibly,
expand our product line at large events. There is still some small
painting and repair work to be done on the inside of the building and we
plan to install several ceiling and exhaust fans. Come the fall,
we'll focus on painting the outside.
The troop committee met last weekend and dealt with a backlog of stuff
that had been building for a couple of months. At this meeting, the
committee accepted, with modification, the proposals I made for financial
aid policies a couple of months ago. We will be sending information
about these policies to each family in the troop sometime in the next two
weeks.
We're looking at a busy summer of fund raising. We'll be doing
both Summerfest and tax free weekend at Wal-Mart. You'll find more
information about these below. I know this is a lot of funnel cake
but we'll use the money for good stuff. We need the funds to
continue the renovation of our facilities, make several significant
purchases (probably an additional trailer and a lawn mower), fully equip
each patrol, help fund more ambitious troop travel, and, of course, give
our members a chance to put additional money in their own scouting
accounts.
Congrats to Mz. Patty's group, who took the donuts for the fire
building last night.
Congrats to the Vicious Badgers who took the patrol award.
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 |
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| Vicious Badgers
We need to work on patrol leadership and
coaching for this group. I'm badly in need of an adult member to
commit to coaching these scouts. |
Mason
Jaimie
Daniel
Tony
John
Thomas
David |
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| Biohazards
Patrol Leader, Mason R-K.
Coached by Mr. Painton |
Nathan
Philip
Ben
Mason |
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| Crimson Fromage
Patrol Leader, Joshua Rose.
Coached by Dr. J. |
Sean
Johnny
Josh
Ben |
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| Highly
Flammable Piffs
Patrol Leader, Dane Rasmussen.
Coached by Ms. Patty |
Lee
Corey
Zach
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Patrol |
Attend. |
Uniform |
Behavior |
Spirit |
Meeting |
6 Mo |
| V. Badgers |
5 |
5 |
5 |
5 |
20 |
202 |
| Biohazards |
4 |
5 |
4 |
4 |
17 |
199 |
| Fromage |
4 |
3 |
3 |
3 |
13 |
177 |
| Piffs |
4 |
5 |
2 |
2 |
13 |
201 |
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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
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Announcements |
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1) Important information for Summer
Camp: a) All outstanding money for summer camp is due now
due. For most this will be $130 youth and $20 adults.
Please pay either Cece or Susie.
b) All scouts and adults going to summer camp must complete
Physical forms by June 15. Cece is
collecting the forms.
c) Please provide Ms. Patty with all camp merit badge immediately
if you have not done so.
d) All gear needs to be at the Scout Hut Tuesday June 29th.
Campers are limited to one duffle. We are going to try to do
this without a trailer so please try to limit what you bring to items
on the list only.
e) We are planning to leave the Scout Hut at 4:30 AM on July 3.
f) Adults and campers should bring food for breakfast and snacks
for the July 3 drive.
g) Due to rise in gas prices, campers should be sent with $30
additional spending money (as well as money required for merit
badges). Any unused travel funds will be refunded.
2) Information for Summerfest:
Summerfest is the city's fourth of
July celebration. It's been rained out the last two years
running...but hope springs eternal (though looking out my window
today, I'm not taking any bets). Anyhow, we have a booth
reserved for Summerfest but we need volunteers, both youth and adult,
to help operate the booth and funnel cake machine. We realize
that most scouts will be at summer camp, but if you're available to
help on July 4, please let me know. Please email me at
r.warms@txstate.edu.
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Nothing this week.
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| Upcoming Events |
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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. Summerfest, July 4 Assuming we don't get rained out,
we'll be selling funnel cakes with our newly renovated funnel cake
machine. We'll need to firm up the schedule in the next week or
two so please, if you're going to be in San Marcos, be prepared to
make a time commitment. Tax Free Weekend at Walmart: Funnel Cakes
August 6,7.8 We've been able to get permission (thanks to
Jennifer J.) to sell funnel cakes in front of Walmart all through the
annual tax free weekend. Of course, we don't know because we've
never done it, but this has the potential to rival Sights and Sounds
as a money earner. We'll be looking for volunteers to take
shifts as the dates get closer. 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.
Galveston Trip, September 10-12
We'll be headed to Galveston to enjoy the beach and the seafood and do
work on the oceanography merit badge. The trip will be led by
Dr. J. |
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