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The Troop 1954
Wednesday Newsletter
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Wednesday, September
15,
2004
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Hi Folks,
Man, Dodgeball rocks. What a kick.
Thanks to everyone who helped at last evening's meeting. It was a
good one.
We had a fantastic trip to Galveston over the weekend. Many
thanks to Dr. J. for organizing it. We really crammed a lot of stuff
in to a short bit of time. I think this is one trip we're all going
to remember for a long time.
Scouts should be working on finishing up their Oceanography merit
badges. They can complete them whether they went to Galveston or
not. We've decided that in lieu of requirement seven we will accept
tracking and recording Hurricane Ivan. It's a great opportunity to
learn about hurricanes by watching one that's pretty sure to be big in the
news in the next week.
We have a Court of Honor coming up on October 12 and would like to
award lots of Oceanography merit badges, so please get those workbooks
back to us fast.
By the way, this is our general policy on merit badges: We will, of
course, be glad to award merit badges when the requirements are filled at
camps or merit badge university, or other events organized at the
district, council, or national level. For all other merit badges, we
will be glad to award them on receipt of the appropriate completed Merit
Badge Workbook. We will not accept blue cards signed by parents
without the accompanying workbook. Workbooks can be downloaded free
of charge from www.meritbadge.com
as well as several other sites. I will also be pleased to provide
them for you. A more complete policy statement on merit badges will
be available on the policies section of our website shortly.
There's lots of training and other good stuff coming up. Look for
more details under announcements.
This week's winning patrol: The Biohazards!
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
Coached by Mr. Myers. |
Mason
Jaimie
Daniel
John |
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| Biohazards
Patrol Leader, Mason R-K.
Coached by Mr. Painton and Ms. Cece |
Alexey
Nathan
Philip
Ben
Mason
Justin |
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| Crimson Fromage
Patrol Leader, Joshua Rose.
Coached by Dr. J. |
Sean
Josh
Ben |
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| Highly
Flammable Piffs
Patrol Leader, Dane Rasmussen.
Coached by Ms. Patty |
Lee
Corey
Daniel
Zach |
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| Non-Patrol
Scouts |
| Kirkland |
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Patrol |
Attend. |
Uniform |
Behavior |
Spirit |
Meeting |
6 Mo |
| V. Badgers |
4 |
4 |
0 |
4 |
12 |
280 |
| Biohazards |
4 |
4 |
0 |
5 |
13 |
273 |
| Fromage |
3 |
4 |
-2 |
5 |
10 |
235 |
| Piffs |
4 |
4 |
0 |
4 |
12 |
276 |
Note: you'll see that
the scoring system is slightly changed. This is actually to
try to simplify it and make it accord with the points listed
below. A perfect behavior score is now 0 and points are
subtracted from that. The lowest possible score is -5.
Similarly the spirit score now starts at 0 and has a maximum value
of 5.
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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) We now have all the stuff for popcorn sales. It
will be available at the Scout Hut during meetings. Please keep
in mind that selling popcorn is a really good way to put money in your
scout account. The troop receives something like 1/3 of the
selling price back. All of that money is put directly into the
scouting account of the person who has made the sale. 2)
Adult training is this Saturday, September 18 at First United
Methodist from 8:00 to 3:30. Cost is $8 and includes lunch. A trained
troop is a happy troop, so if you haven’t had this training, and you
can make it, please do. 3) The Texas Wildlife Expo is coming
up on the weekend of October 2 and 3. We will have to decide next week
if we are going (and if we wish to camp). 4) Troop elections
will be held on October 5. If you wish to run for SPL or PL please
look at the website for the requirements for standing for election and
the expectations for holding it. 5) Court of Honor will be
held on October 12. If you’ve any requirements to finish up, now would
be a good time.
6) Junior Leader Training will be held Saturday October 16
from 10-4 at Kiwanis Camp. Cost is $15 and includes lunch. Candidates
for SPL and ASPL must have taken JLT, so if you want to be SPL or ASPL
sometime and haven’t, you need to. All PLs must have JLT or take it
when they become PL.
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Nothing this week folks.
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| Upcoming Events |
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Adult Leader Training, September 18, 8:00 - 3:30, First United
Methodist Church, San Marcos.
Popcorn Sales, Starting September
Great way to help the Scouts and earn money for your scouting
adventures.
Texas Wildlife Expo, October 2-3
Troop Elections, October 5.
Troop Court of Honor, October 12.
Junior Leader Training, October 16, 10:00 - 4:00, Kiwanis Camp
Camping trip with Webelos Scouts, October 29-31 (tentative)
Cub Scout Halloween Carnival, October 28
Sights and Sounds of Christmas, December 2-4.
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