The Troop 1954
Wednesday Newsletter

 

 

Wednesday, October 26, 2005

Hi Folks,

Thanks to all who helped with last night's meeting.  It was crazy as usual.

We had a great time at Seguin and McKinney Falls last weekend.  Thanks to all who made that happen.

This Thursday is the Cub Scout Haunted House.  We did a good job of setting up last night but there is still more work to be done.  Please try to get to the Scout Hut by about 6:30 on Thursday evening so we can be ready for the kids when they arrive at 7.  The event runs 7-8.  Usually, there are various costume contests at 8.  Friends are welcome.

DODGEBALL!  The Texas State Dodgeball Tournament will be on Sunday, November 13th.  I don't have complete information for the event at the moment but here are my understandings:
We can field a team
A team is 10 players
Entry fee is $10 per player (not covered by the troop)
The money is raised for local charity.
We need to sign up by this Friday, October 28th.
So, if you're willing to commit to this tournament, PLEASE email me as soon as possible.  If I receive 10 notes from people who want to participate, I'll try to sign us up.  PLEASE NOTE, my understanding is that the tournament is open.  We'll be competing against college kids.  They Throw Hard!  If you tell me to sign you up, you're accepting responsibility for whatever pain results!
SO: if you're interested, please email me before midnight tomorrow, Thursday, October 27th.

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  The Wednesday Newsletter is the official record of Troop 1954 and serves as minutes for all troop and committee meetings.

Note that the patrol names are still in flux.  We'll get the final names in a week or so.

Attendance

SPL  Tony Frediani presiding assisted by acting ASPL Ben Warms

 

 

Vicious Badgers  Patrol Leader, James Wheatly

 

Mason
Aaron
Daniel
John
James

 

 

Ferocious Ferrets  Patrol Leader, Perry Henson

 

Tony
Lorenzo
Perry
Kirk R.

 

Mullets   Patrol Leader, Mason R-K

Nathan He.
Nathan Hi.
Philip
Mason

 

 

 

Biohazards   Patrol Leader, Ace Govea

Alexey
Ace

 

 

 

Crimson Fromage     Patrol Leader, Ben Warms

Patrol motto: A Light Sprinkling of Genius with a Chance of Doom

Sean
Josh
Ben W.

 

Highly Flammable Piffs     Patrol Leader,

Patrol motto: Don't Misunderestimate Us!

Lee

 

Non-Patrol Scouts    

 

 

Point System Scoring

 

Patrol

Attend.

Uniform

Behavior

Game

Spirit

Meeting

6 Mo

V. Badgers

 

 

 

 

-

 

12

F. Ferrets

 

 

 

 

-

 

14

Mullets

 

 

 

 

 

 

13

Biohazards

 

 

 

 

-

 

12

Fromage

 

 

 

 

-

 

13

Piffs

 

 

 

 

 

 

 
notes: 1) you get half a point for wearing a "class B" on a "class A" night
2) We're adding a category for the evening's contest (whatever it may be).  We'll see how it works.
3) We'll try another new rule...especially because we have reduced summer attendance.  In case of tie, the patrol with the largest number of people attending gets the award.

Note: Scouts with more than three consecutive misses will not be counted against patrol attendance scores.  Such scouts are not removed from their patrols.  They are simply not counted for attendance points until they return.  Also note that when all patrols score the same on a category, it doesn't matter what they score.
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

 


 

 

Announcements

 


1) Cub Halloween Carnival will be held at 7:00 on Thursday, October 27th.  We will need to work on setting up the haunted house at next week's meeting.  We'll also need to arrive early to staff the haunted house on the 27th.

2) November 5 is scout day for Texas State Football.  Wear your class "A" and get in free.

 
 

News of the Scouting World


Working in Pakistan

SCOUTS ENGAGED IN RELIEF EFFORTS

LAHORE (PR) - Punjab Boy Scouts Association has declared the eight regional headquarters of the province as emergency centres where boy scouts and leaders are serving the affectees round the clock. At present 500 leaders and scouts are engaged in the affected areas in providing first aid, eatables and rehabilitation efforts.

Whereas thousands of the scouts in all the regions of Punjab including Lahore, Sargodha, Faisalabad, Rawalpindi, Gujranwala, Multan, Bhawalpur and DG Khan, are raising funds for the quake afflicted people going house to house and door to door.

Ebadat Boy Scouts Open Group, working under the Punjab Boy Scouts Association, has dispatched three truckloads to the quake-hit areas so far. Chairman of the group, Abdus Salam Hali and leader Rana Muhammad Wasif have offered complete free of cost treatment for 10 quake victims in the 60-bed hospital, working under the group.

+++++++++

Sindh Boy Scouts Association (SBSA) and Sindh Girls Guide Association (SGGA) Wednesday dispatched second lot of relief goods through a train carrying blankets, warm clothes, medicines and edibles to Rawalpindi.

The SGGA donated relief goods would be sent to Girls Guide Headquarters in Rawalpindi while SBSA relief-supplies would be dispatched to its base camp in Muzaffarabad which was earlier visited by DG ISPR Maj. Gen Shaukat Sultan. More than 200 scouts from Sindh were already engaged in assisting ongoing relief efforts in quake-hit areas.

++++++++++

District Coordination Officer Zhob Mira Jan Kakar has said that 500 more blankets would be provided for earthquake affectees from Zhob district while two truck load of relief goods have been sent to the affectees through relief camp.

This he stated while speaking at an Iftaar dinner he hosted for social body Ahsas and District Boy Scouts Association Zhob. He said Ahsah, District Boy Scouts Association and other social bodies in collaboration with district administration created immense spirit among the citizens for making donation for quake hit people.

This is highly praised worthy. He said people of Zhob fully participated in collecting relief goods for the quake hit people and contributed in President Earthquake Relief Fund with open heart.

EDO Finance Mohabat Khan Harifal, EDO Social Welfare Muhammad Akbar Mandokhel, President Ahsas and Relief Camp Coordinator Watan Yar Khilji and others said that nation was passing through a most crucial period. It has shown an exemplary unity and solidarity. He said for the first time a movement was launched which was most successful with regard to collecting donations.

 

Upcoming Events

 

November 18-20, Garner State Park Camp Out

December 1-3, Sights and Sounds of Christmas Funnel Cake Fundraiser

December 26-30, Winter Camp

January 20-22, John Knox Camp Camp-Out (ropes course)

February TBA, Lost Pines (climbing tower and canoeing)

March 13-17, Enchanted Rock Camp-Out

March 30-April 2, Camporee

April 4, Troop Elections

April 11, Spring Court of Honor

May 5-7, Inks Lake

June 2-4 Big Bend

July TBA Summer Camp