2/23/2005

MBU Report

Merit Badge University at Cape went very well, I thought it was organized better than in the past couple of years. There were close to 500 scouts in attendence from the Greater Saint Louis Area Council which was a fantastic turnout. We had 18 scouts attend and we earned merit badges from Citizenship in the World and Nation to cinematography, electronics and even textiles. All in all it was a very benificial day for the scouts and a chance for the adults to do some site seeing (shopping) around Cape.

2/09/2005

FYI

1. Saturday February 12th at 2 PM at the Academic Auditorium on the SEMO Campus in Cape Girardeau is the Eagle Court of Honor.
2. MBU is Saturday February 19th, we will leave at 7 AM from the scout hut. I am trying to arrange for an Exchange Student to talk to the ones taking Citz in the World merit badge to complete the prerequiste. If anyone can help out with this give me a call.
3. Continue to work on Family Life Merit Badge tracking your duties, we will start on requirement #2 at the next meeting and you will have 2 weeks to complete it.
4. If anyone is interested in attending the SEMO VS Murry State Basketball game on March 24th, we can still get tickets for $2 a piece, if enough are interested we will take a group.

2/02/2005

Order of the Arrow News

OA will dance at the Blue and Gold banquet on Saturday Night, please meet at the Methodist Church by 6:00 PM. The Chili supper is also Saturday night at the Scout Hut, the Hut will be open at 5:30 and chili will be served from 7-9 PM. The cost is $5 and there will be a chapter meeting to follow.

What's Next

Klondike was a blast we had a little snow and a little rain but we stuck it out. Now what do we have coming up next, Monday's meeting was a little short on attendance but they sometimes are after a campout. If you were there then you know whats coming up, if not then here is a few important things to know.
1. We started working on Family Life Merit Badge, the first thing everyone needs to do is track 5 duties or chores for 90 days. I will e-mail the form to everyone and you will need to fill it out and bring it to every meeting so we can track your progress.
2. I need everyone to bring your handbook and wear you scout shirt to all the meetings. You wouldn't go to a ball game without your uniform and a ball would you, please treat our meetings the same way.
3. MBU is the 19th of February, I have recieved confirmation on which merit badge everyone is taking and will send information in an e-mail. It was to late to change and go to Poplar Bluff since I had already sent everything into Cape.
4. February Campout will be the weekend of the 26th at Baker Lodge.
5.There is also an opportunity to attend a SEMO vs Murry State Basketball game on February 24th. There is a section reserved for Scouts and the cost is $2 per ticket, if we have enough interest we will try and take a group.