Blue Mountain Campout

We had a fun and busy weekend at Blue Mountain Church Camp. Saturday we made a short drive to Elephant Rock State Park where we explored the very large rock formations and grilled hotdogs for lunch. Saturday afternoon we stopped by Fort Davidson Historic Site where we watched an animated light show and movie about the civil war battle there. When we finally got back to Blue mountain we still had time to do a service project for the camp by stacking about 4 ranks of wood. I want to thank everyone that went especially the parents. We will not have another scheduled meeting until January 3rd so watch for e-mails and postings of what coming up in the New Year.

Campout this Weekend

We will meet at the scout hut Friday afternoon at 4 to leave for the campout at Blue Mountian. The cost is $15 and make sure you bring a sack lunch for supper.

Weekend Update

We all had a great day at MBU Saturday we had 11 scouts attend and 3 earned Emergency preparedness, 1 earned First Aid and 7 earned Citizenship in the Nation. We will be working on Orienteering at the meeting Monday night so if you have a compass bring it with you. This weekend is our trip to Blue Mountian if you are planning to attend please let me know tomorrow night the cost is $15. We will discuss transportation tomorrow night and decide what time we need to leave.

Tuesday Morning Update

Monday Nights meeting went great we worked on requirement 6 and requirement 3 for the weather merit badge. Remember you have two weeks to complete your package which will be turned it to Mr. Ault on the 20th. Please try to make these as neat as possible because we have to send them to a merit badge conselor for review. Don't forget Requirement #9 is a 5 minute speech, have these ready for one of the next two meetings. Other note worthy things are listed below.
1. Friday at 3:30 PM meet at the Post Office for a Tour
2. Saturday at 7:15 AM meet at the scout hut we will leave for MBU at 7:30 AM
3. Have your prerequisites for MBU completed before Saturday, if you can provide transportation let me know.
4. If you are going on the Blue Mountian campout please Bring $15 to the next meeting.
5. Please return your information sheet as soon as possible so I can update everyone's file.

MBU Prerequisites

Following is a list of the merit badges we will be offering and pre-requisite information on each. The pre-requisite items
will not be covered during the class and will need to be completed in advance to complete the badge on December 11 instead of receiving a partial.

1. Citizenship in the Nation – Requirement 4 – Visit the state or national Capitol or tour a federal installation.
2. Communications – Requirement 5 – attend a public meeting and make a report on what you heard.
3. Crime Prevention & Finger Printing – None (Both badges will be completed by the same group).
4. Emergency Preparedness – Requirement 1 – Earn the First Aid Merit Badge. Note: The scout must hold at least 1st class rank to have the skills needed to take this badge.
5. First Aid – Requirement 1 – The scout must hold at least 1st class rank to have the skills needed to take this badge. Requirement 2b – The scout must bring his First Aid Kit to class or bring a note that he has reviewed his first aid kit with his Scoutmaster. Complete the “Red Card” requirements in advance and bring it with you.
6. In addition to these merit badges, we will hold a Life to Eagle Seminar during lunch.

Cost for this event will be $7.00 per scout. This will include a patch and lunch. There is no cost for leaders’ lunch. Leaders may purchase additional patches at the event for $2.00.

Scouting for Food Pickup

We will meet at the Kennett Community Center at 8:30 AM Saturday Morning to pick up the food bags. The Cub Scouts are picking up between 10 and Noon and the drop off for food is at The Helping Hand. I appreciate all the help Monday night, it went better than I expected having to work in the dark. We finished our area in about an hour and everyone did a fantastic job.

Scouting for Food

We will put out the bags for Scouting for Food Monday night. We will need to meet at the Kennett community Center on Kennett Street by 6 PM. This will take place of or regular meeting for Monday.

Scouting for Food Change

It seems like everyone is out of pocket this weekend so we will not put out our food bags until Monday. I will let everyone know what time and we will do this instead of a meeting.

Scouting for Food Saturday November 13th.

We will need to meet at the Community Center on Kennett street, across from Jones Park, around 8:45 and be ready to start at 9:00 AM. We will cover the area from the South By-pass up to 5th street between Kennett St. over to Butler Drive. I will be making some calls tonight to see who all can be there in the morning.

Notes from Monday Nights Meeting

First off I would like to thank Doug Vogalsang from the National Weather Service in Memphis for taking the time to come and speak to us. He gave a very informative talk on what causes storms how they are tracked and how the warnings are issued during severe weather. I also want to thank Mike Ault for setting this up and working with the Troop on getting our weather merit badge. It was great to see the weeblo's come out and join us for a meeting, they are finishing up their arrow of light requirements and will soon be ready to bridge over, we hope that they all will continue there scouting activities and become part of our troop in December. Other things discussed at the meeting are listed below.
1. Scouting for Food is the next two weekends I will post the time and place to meet Saturday morning tomorrow.
2. MBU is coming up in December and your $7 should be paid by November 22nd for preregistration.
3. Saturday November 27th we are planning a day activity and a campfire that night with a flag disposal ceremony.
4. December 17th - 19th we will be making what has become our annual trip Blue mountain Church Camp. This is a really good opportunity for our adults that don't like to sleep in tents to go on an outing with us. There will also be a service project attached to help defer some of the cost of renting the cabin.

Special Guest for Monday's Meeting

We will have a special speaker for Monday nights meeting, Weatherman Douglas Voglesang has accepted our invitation to help out with our weather merit badge requirements. Also we will have some weeblo's in attendace that are working on their arrow of light. Lets have a good turnout for our guest and pass the word around in case someone hasn't checked the website for information.

Weather Merit Badge Opportunity

Mr. Ault started working with the Troop to get the requirements for the Weather Merit Badge. He is trying to get a guest speaker for Monday night the 8th of November. If you missed the first meeting we can make up what you missed but in order to get the merit badge you need to attend the next few meetings. I will check with Mr. Ault to see what you need to do on your own and what you might need to bring to the meetings. Click here to go the Meritbadge.com and print off the worksheet and bring it with you to the meetings.

Scouting for Food

Anyone that intends on doing Scouting for Food on Nov 13th or Nov 20th please e-mail or call me. I will need adults to drive the scouts the first weedend and help collect the food on the second weekend. I will be getting maps from Charlie Brown on which areas we need to cover depending on how many we have working. This is another opportunity to get some service project hours.

Delta Children's Home Auction

Thanks to all who came out and helped in the concession stand on Sunday afternoon. We had a really good turnout and everything worked out great.

Troop Elections

Troop Elections were held Monday night October 25th.

Senior Patrol Leader - Brandon Hargrave
Asst Senior Patrol Leader - Tyler Gentry
Scribe - Jason Raspberry
Quartermaster - Travis Gentry
Historian - Michael Nadler
Chaplain Aide - Matt Ault
Troop Guide - Matt Rainey
OA Representative - Cameron Dye

Delta Children's Home Auction

We have a chance to pick up some service project hours this coming weekend Sunday Oct. 31st. We have been asked to run the concession stand at the Delta Children's Home Auction. We will have two shifts set up, the first group will be from 12:30 until 3:00 and the second group will be from 2:30 until 5:00, or if you like you can work both shifts. Please let Letraonna know Monday night if you can work and when.

MBU

Merit Badge University is Saturday December 11th, preregistration is required so I need to know which merit badge you want to take. You will need to pick a first, second and third choice in case they fill up older scouts will be placed first. There will also be a Life to Eagle siminar during lunch all of our Life scouts need to attend this if you haven't been through one yet. The link at the beginning of this message will give you more information on MBU.

Airport Dedication Cancelled

The dedication of the new airport was cancelled due to bad weather. We will be contacted when they reschedule so we can help out.

Troop Elections

We will have troop elections on Monday the 24th. If you are interested in holding a position with the troop or in your patrol please be at the meeting Monday night.