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The Troop 1954
Wednesday Newsletter
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Wednesday, October 20,
2004
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Hi Folks,
Thanks to everyone who helped at last night's meeting.
We've got lots of news and announcements this week, so please give the
newsletter a good read.
First, we'd like to welcome Ben Woodley to Troop 1954.
Ben, we're glad to have you and it's going to be a great time. Ben
will be joining the H.F. Piffs.
Congrats and thanks to our newly assigned Patrol Coaches: Dr. J.
for the Vicious Badgers, Eric Myers for the Biohazards, David Bandy for
the Crimson Fromage, and Mz. Patty for the Highly Flammable Piffs.
Thanks much for agreeing to work with the boys.
If we're going to do Winter Camp, I need to hear from an adult
interested in going (and taking charge of it) really soon (like before the
end of the week). If no one goes, we will lose our $100 reservation
fee. More about winter camp under announcements.
Popcorn forms and money is due next week. I know a few of
you have been asking for additional forms but so far I have been unable to
find any. Sorry.
Please bring everything you're going to use for the Halloween
Carnival to next week's meeting.
Please bring $10 for scouts and $15 for adults to the next meeting if
you are going to come to the McKinney Falls campout.
This Saturday from 3:30-5:30 I'd like to do some work on the
equipment room. If any one is around at that time to lend a
hand, I'd appreciate it.
One thing that I really meant to mention last night but forgot:
We really need an OA representative. To take this job, you must be a
youth OA member and you must be willing to go to the meetings held the
second Thursday of each month in San Marcos. If you're interested in
this position, please let me know.
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 Daniel
Kurtz presiding. Assisted by ASPL Dane Rasmussen |
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| Vicious Badgers
Coached by Dr. J. |
Mason
Daniel
Tony
John
David |
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| Biohazards
Patrol Leader, Mason R-K.
Coached by Mr. Painton and Ms. Cece |
Alexey
Nathan
Philip
Ben
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 |
Kirkland
Lee
Daniel
Zach
Dane
Ben |
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| Non-Patrol
Scouts |
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Patrol |
Attend. |
Uniform |
Behavior |
Spirit |
Meeting |
6 Mo |
| V. Badgers |
5 |
5 |
-1 |
3 |
12 |
12 |
| Biohazards |
4 |
4 |
-1 |
3 |
10 |
10 |
| Fromage |
5 |
4 |
-2 |
3 |
10 |
10 |
| Piffs |
5 |
5 |
-1 |
3 |
12 |
12 |
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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 |
Spirit: 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) Saturday from 3:30-5:30 we'll be working on the equipment
room. If you're free at that time, stop by and lend a hand.
2) Please bring all equipment for Halloween Carnival and money
for McKinney Falls camp out to the next meeting.
3) Popcorn money and order forms are due at the next meeting. 4)
Please check out the listings in Upcoming Events below. You'll
see we have major events planned through next September. 5)
Winter Camp is December 26-30 at Lost Pines. People need to decide
very soon if they are going to go. We need an adult to take charge of
this program. Scouts who wish to go will need to bring full payment of
$125 next meeting.
6) There are several upcoming events that we will not be
participating in as a troop but that individual scouts may want to
take part in.
a) Scout Law Hike: 10 am, November 6 in Schulenburg. open to all Scouts in the Capitol Area
Council, Sam Houston, and South Texas Council. Schulenburg,
Saturday, November 6, starting at 10:00 from the 1st United Methodist
Church. Scouts will do a city hike through historic Schulenburg,
visiting 6 houses of Worship including the Jewish Synagogue, Temple
Israel. At each station we will hear messages from 12 different
clergy and lay leaders on each of the 12 points of the Scout Law.
Special patch and lunch are included. Cost is $6 per scout
including the patch and lunch.
b) Also November 6, the AISD Pow Wow. A great chance to see
some really good dancing and lots of native crafts and other stuff.
You can find information for that at:
http://www.austinpowwow.org/
c) The next weekend, November 13, there is a clean-up at University
Camp in Wimberley from 9-5. This is a good opportunity for some
service.
d) Also that same weekend is the OA Pow Wow at Lost Pines.
I'm not sure how open to the public that one is. |
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More Scouts in the News Boy, 6, missing 8 hours is found
Arkansas Democrat-Gazette (Little Rock)
October 16, 2004 Saturday
BY MICHAEL FRAZIER ARKANSAS DEMOCRAT-GAZETTE
A 6-year-old boy missing for about eight hours was reunited with
his parents early Friday after a Boy Scouts search team found the
child about a mile from his Saline County home, authorities said.
The five-person team found Adrian Lee Justice about 2 a.m. behind a
tree, playing with some twigs, said Allen Lawrence, operations leader
and advisor of Explorer Search and Rescue Crew 393 out of Little Rock.
Lawrence said the child responded when the searchers called out his
name.
The boy was found a quarter-mile east of Zona Drive near the
Pulaski-Saline county line, authorities said.
Adrian was in good spirits Friday afternoon at home with his
mother, Cathryn Justice.
"He's fine, playing his video games," Justice said. "He said he was
a little bit scared."
Adrian interrupted his mother, saying, "No, I wasn't scared."
Justice discovered her son missing after his father, Larry Justice,
left to run an errand. Adrian had wanted to join his dad on the trip
and followed him outside, but his father told him to go back inside
the home with his mother.
The boy walked back into the house. His mother, who was in another
room, thought he had left with his father.
Instead, the boy slipped back out of the house.
"It [was] the most helpless feeling you will ever have, especially
when something like this happens," said Cathryn Justice, a carrier for
the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette. "I'm glad he's home."
Hours after his disappearance, a Level II Morgan Nick AMBER Alert
was issued for Adrian about 8:30 p.m. Thursday.
Mounted patrols with the Little Rock Police Department, an Arkansas
State Police helicopter, bloodhounds and search-and-rescue crews
combed a 3-mile radius of Adrian's Lilac Drive home.
The missing-child alert was canceled less than 6 hours later after
the Boy Scout volunteer search-and-rescue team found the boy shivering
behind the tree. The temperature was in the upper 30s.
The team gave the child some warm clothes before he walked out of
the brush.
"Other than being cold and lost, I thought that he looked well,"
said Justin Hagemeier, the team's adviser and assistant operations
search leader. "He had been shaken a little bit, but not stirred."
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| Upcoming Events |
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Popcorn Sales End, October 26
Great way to help the Scouts and earn money for your scouting
adventures.
Cub Scout Halloween Carnival, October 28
Camping trip with Webelos Scouts, October 29-31.
November 6, Scout Law Hike in Schulenburg
November 13, OA Pow Wow, Lost Pines
November 9 and 13, Texas Hunter Education/Rifle Shooting Merit
Badge. We will be offering official Texas Hunter Education
Certification and the Rifle Shooting Merit Badge during our regular
meeting on November 9 with completion of the course on November 13.
The meeting on November 9 will be from 7:00 - 9:00. The course
on Saturday, November 13 will run from 8:00 to 4:00. Both will
be held at the Scout Hut. All scouts and parents are welcome to
attend the Tuesday evening session. However, if you would like
your Texas Hunter Education Certificate and/or Rifle Shooting Merit
Badge the cost is $10 and you must attend both the Tuesday and
Saturday Sessions.
November 18-20: Lost Maples Campout
Cub Scout Thanksgiving Food Drive
Sights and Sounds of Christmas, December 2-4.
Winter Camp, December 26-30, Lost Pines
January 15-17 Canyon of the Eagles Camp Out
Alternative for those not going: Scout "O" Challenge on January 15 in
Bastrop
February 5, Report to State Parade
February 11-13, Kiwanis Camp Camp Out
March 1, during regular meeting, OA Elections
March 4-6, Guadalupe River State Park Camp Out
April 5, during regular meeting, Troop Officer Elections
April 8-10 Twin Valley Camporee Camp Out
April 12, Spring Court of Honor
May 13-15, Scarborough Renaissance Fair Camp Out
June 3-5, Big Bend Camp Out
June 5-11, Summer Silver Pines
June 24 to July 4, Summer Camp, Camp Alexander, Colorado
July, date TBA, Little Arkansas or similar Camp Out
August 13, River Clean Up service activity
September date TBA Pedernales Falls Camp Out |
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