Klondike Information

We will meet at the scout hut Friday afternoon at 5 PM, and will leave as soon as everyone arrives. The cost for Klondike is $5 and two cans of chicken noodle soup, you will also need to pay your patrol cook for the rest of your food. We will return Sunday morning sometime before noon. Someone will be calling Thursday Night to set up transportation, we may need a couple extra to drive up since around 19 scouts are attending.

1. Bring a sack meal for Friday night
2. Bring extra clothing and rain gear
3. Class A uniform for Friday, Class B for Saturday

Things Needed for Monday 1-24-05

We will finalize plans for Klondike Monday night which means I need to know exactly how many are going. We will have a session on winter camping, how to pack and what to bring. We will also be checking our patrol boxes to see what needs to be restocked. I appreciate all the help I have recieved with the Klondike materials, it should make for a great campout, if anyone has a couple of extra clipboards laying around I could use some.

Monday's Meeting Notes

Here is what we covered Monday Night, for those that weren't there I need information from you.
1. MBU - February 18th, cost is $12 a few still need to sign up
2. Klonkike - January 28-30 cost is $5 for campout food will be extra, we picked cooks for each patrol and they will let you know the cost of your food.
3. Worked on some physical fitness skills as an activity.

What a Great Monday Night

I have to thank everyone for making Monday nights ceremonies a success. We were able to recognize 11 scouts for Merit Badge's earned, 2 scouts advanced to First Class and 3 scouts advanced to Star. We also showed our appreciation to Cameron Dye who recently earned his EAGLE. Friends of scouting was presented by Marc Tenholder and Tommy Vavak and the contributions were far above what we had expected. Thanks to all the parents for supporting our program with their money and time. We capped off the evening with a bridging ceremony for 5 new scouts advancing from Cub Pack 89. We hope that a few more will decide to join us in the next couple of weeks. Again thanks to all that attended.

YIS
Freddy Gentry
Scoutmaster Troop 272

Monday Nights Meeting Very Important for Scouts and Parents

Sorry I haven't posted in a while but my computer was down for a few days, anyway heres what you missed and whats coming up. Last Mondays meeting was spent covering advancement, I sent home a copy of what everyones standing is in the troop. If you didn't see it, ask your scout and if you need another I will have some copies at the Court of Honor on Monday night. We will also be conducting a bridging ceremony monday night to welcome the weeblos to our troop. There's a lot coming up in the new year so lets all kick it off with a bang Monday night, All scouts and Parents are invited to attend.

Calendar for January and February 2005

Troop 272 Calendar 01/01/05 - 02/28/05

January
01/03/05 7:00 PM Meeting Scout Hut Covered advancement
01/10/05 7:00 PM Meeting Scout Hut Court of Honor & Bridging Ceremony
01/17/05 7:00 PM Meeting Scout Hut orientation for New Scouts
01/24/05 7:00 PM Meeting Scout Hut Finalize plans for Klondike
01/28/05 Camping Benton Klondike
01/31/05 7:00 PM Meeting Scout Hut

February
02/07/05 7:00 PM Meeting Scout Hut
02/14/05 7:00 PM Meeting Scout Hut
02/19/05 MBU Cape Girardeau MBU
02/21/05 7:00 PM Meeting Scout Hut
02/25/05 Camping Baker Lodge Lake Wapappello
02/28/05 7:00 PM Meeting Scout Hut

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.