Pioneers, Samurai, and Warrior patrols.

Following are the scouts I have signed up to attend this weekends campout to Lake Georgetown:

Dylan Moore, Sam Todd (paid), Thomas Todd, Jonathan Bjorge, Jacob Miller, Logan Davidson (paid), Jacob Ostrander, Mark Bjorge, & Mike Todd.

Please email me back and confirm if you are going so we will know if we have enough transportation.

We will be assembling at Bethany UMC on Friday evening at 5:45 and leaving at 6:30. If you have not paid, bring your $15.00 with you and it will be collected before we leave. You will also need to fill out a permission form that I will have with me.

Jacob Ostrander is listed as being the Grubmaster for the weekend. Your budget is $10.00 per scout, 10 x 9 = 90.00. You will need to purchase the food for the trip and you will be reimbursed as soon as I receive everyones registration money. If this is a problem let me know.

We will be working on the fishing merit badge, so bring your fishing gear.

Don’t forget your water bottle(s).

Troop,

I’ve uploaded the form that you will need to complete in order to be reimbursed for Troop expenses (e.g. supplies, equipment, campsite fee, etc.) or to request a payment (e.g. Eagle Projects, Summer Camps).  Please fill out the form completely and attach all receipts to match the amount you are requesting.   It would really help to have this completed prior visiting with Ms. Todd. 

Please don’t hesitate to email (tyjeffrey@austin.rr.com) or call (918-0827) me with any questions.

YiS,
Tom Jeffrey, ASM

The Camp Pioneer merit badge program schedule is available in downloads.  All scouts going to Camp Pioneer should print the file and note their merit badge selections.  Bring it to Mr. Larson at the May 4 meeting.

I have heard that the troop will be conducting patrol camp outs in May.

This means that each patrol will need at least 2 adults (who are not married to each other) attend the camp out with their son’s patrol.

4/30/2009 Update: Links were not working. They have been repaired.  Mr. B.

I have posted on the Troop website the advancement tracker which i will update weekly. If your name is not on the sheet please send me an email telling me so. IF YOU HAVE NO REQUIREMENTS MARKED OFF, YOU HAVE NOT SHOWN ME YOUR BOOK!!! THIS IS YOUR RESPONSIBILITY! I will also be making a sheet for the Warrior patrol which will be up within the next few days, as well as a plan for the future meetings regarding requirement advancement.

YiS,
Quentin Babb

• Must be 13 years old by June 7, 2009;
• You will not be 18 years old before June 13, 2009;
• You will be at least a First Class Scout by June 7, 2009;
• You now hold or intend to hold a troop leadership position;
• You are mature and responsible enough to spend an entire week camping with boys you’ve never met, with minimal adult supervision, living by the scout oath & law;
• You agree to practice the skills you learn at NYLT when you return to your home troop;
• Your parents and Scoutmaster agree that you are ready and recommend you.
• You submit a short essay along with your application explaining your reasons for wanting to attend the course and your experience with leadership and how you expect the course to help you with future leadership experiences.

I put the new 2009 BSA Medical Form in the downloads area.

YiS,

Mr. Babb

El Rancho Cima campout was fun, but a bit chilly.

Here are some photos.

We took 28 scouts and 12 adults to El Rancho Cima to prep for the 2009 Camporee.

Here is a video of the area where the camporee will take place.

We have pictures to prove it.

It’s time for spring Scoutmaster training courses. You must first complete the online Fast Start training. You must also take New Leader Essentials (NLE).

The Chisholm Trail training flyer indicates NLE must be completed before taking SM courses but does not appear to offer NLE this spring. I will check with District leadership to see if you can take the North Shore NLE course on 3/14.

North Shore District offers NLE on March 4 and their website indicates you can take the SM course as long

Chisholm Trail District

Register @ http://www.chisholm trail-bsacac. org/index. php?option= com_rsform&Itemid=191

Cost $25 per course or $40 for both

SM Leader Specific Training (offered once in 2 classes)

Part 1: 2/26/09 6:30-10:00 pm @ St. Vincent DePaul Church dining area

Part 2: 2/28/09 8:00 am – 4:30 pm @ St. Vincent DePaul Church portables

Intro to Outdoor Leader Skills

3/13-15/09 @ LPSR

North Shore District

Event registrations on the lower left of the page @ http://www.northsho rebsa.org

New Leaders Essentials

Cost $5

3/4/2009 7:00 – 9:00 pm @ St. Thomas Moore Catholic Church on RR 620

SM Leader Specific Training (offered twice in 3 classes each)

Cost $5 per class ($15 per course) due at the door

1^st offering 7:00-9:30 pm on 1/29, 2/5 & 2/19 @ Crystal Lake Baptist Church in Leander

2nd offering 7:00-9:30 pm on 3/11, 3/25 & 4/1 @ St. Thomas Moore Catholic Church on RR 620

Intro to Outdoor Leader Skills (offered once on 2 days)

Cost $20

3/14/2009 8:00 am – 8:00 pm place TBD

4/8/2009 8:00 am – 8:00 pm place TBD

YiS,

Darrel Thornton
Scoutmaster Troop 146
North Shore Cub Scout Round Table Staff

I have added more information about Camporee to the downloads area. 

The events and their rules and a map of the site are now out there.

Each event has a scout and scoutmaster mentor assigned. Each scout is responsible for getting the materials we need to run the event !

Mr. Babb

Hey troop 146, Camporee is ours to plan for 2009.

In that vein, here are all the resource files that we obtained for the 2008 camporee.

Camporee.zip

Title: Junior leadership Training
Location: Bethany UMC
Description: All scouts in a leadership position - training
Start Time: 09:00
Date: 2009-01-17
End Time: 18:00

Title: OA elections
Location: Bethany UMC
Description: Oa Elections scheduled
Start Time: 19:00
Date: 2009-01-19

Title: Jan Campout
Location: El Rancho Cima
Description: Campout to prep for camporee and do hiking/backpacking.
Start Date: 2009-01-23
Start Time: 18:00
End Date: 2009-01-25
End Time: 12:30

topo map of the area

I found this story and had to share it… It is just a wee bit too long for a scoutmaster minute.

A successful business man was growing old and knew it was time to
choose a successor to take over the business.

Instead of choosing one of his directors or his children, he decided
to do something different. He called all the young executives in his
company together.

He said, “It is time for me to step down and choose the next CEO. I
have decided to choose one of you.” The young executives were shocked,
but the boss continued. “I am going to give each one of you a SEED
today - one very special SEED. I want you to plant the seed, water it,
and come back here one year from today with what you have grown from
the seed I have given you. I will then judge the plants that you
bring, and the one I choose will be the next CEO.”

One man, named Jim, was there that day and he, like the others,
received a seed. He went home and excitedly, told his wife the story.

She helped him get a pot, soil and compost and he planted the seed.

Everyday, he would water it and watch to see if it had grown. After
about three weeks, some of the other executives began to talk about
their seeds and the plants that were beginning to grow. Jim kept
checking his seed, but nothing ever grew. Three weeks, four weeks,
five weeks went by, still nothing. By now, others were talking about
their plants, but Jim didn’t have a plant and he felt like a failure.

Six months went by - still nothing in Jim’s pot. He just knew he had
killed his seed. Everyone else had trees and tall plants, but he had
nothing. Jim didn’t say anything to his colleagues, however. He just
kept watering and fertilizing the soil - He so wanted the seed to
grow.

A year finally went by and all the young executives of the company
brought their plants to the CEO for inspection. Jim told his wife that
he wasn’t going to take an empty pot. But she asked him to be honest
about what happened. Jim felt sick at his stomach, it was going to be
the most embarrassing moment of his life, but he knew his wife was
right. He took his empty pot to the board room. When Jim arrived, he
was amazed at the variety of plants grown by the other executives.
They were beautiful — in all shapes and sizes. Jim put his empty pot
on the floor and many of his colleagues laughed, a few felt sorry for
him!

When the CEO arrived, he surveyed the room and greeted his young
executives. Jim just tried to hide in the back. “My, what great
plants, trees, and flowers you have grown,” said the CEO. “Today one
of you will be appointed the next CEO!” All of a sudden, the CEO
spotted Jim at the back of the room with his empty pot. He ordered the
financial director to bring him to the front. Jim was terrified. He
thought, “The CEO knows I’m a failure! Maybe he will have me fired!”

When Jim got to the front, the CEO asked him what had happened to his
Seed, Jim told him the story.

The CEO asked everyone to sit down except Jim. He looked at Jim, and
then announced to the young executives, “Behold your next Chief
Executive! His name is Jim!”

Jim couldn’t believe it. Jim couldn’t even grow his seed. How could he
be the new CEO the others said?

Then the CEO said, “One year ago today, I gave everyone in this room a
seed. I told you to take the seed, plant it, water it, and bring it
back to me today.

But, I gave you all boiled seeds; they were dead - it was not possible
for them to grow. All of you, except Jim, have brought me trees and
plants and flowers.

When you found that the seed would not grow, you substituted another
seed for the one I gave you. Jim was the only one with the courage and
honesty to bring me a pot with my seed in it. Therefore, he is the one
who will be the new Chief Executive!”

If you plant honesty, you will reap trust.
If you plant goodness, you will reap friends.
If you plant humility, you will reap greatness.
If you plant perseverance, you will reap contentment.
If you plant consideration, you will reap perspective.
If you plant hard work, you will reap success.
If you plant forgiveness, you will reap reconciliation.

So, be careful what you plant now; it will determine what you will reap later.

Scouts and Scouters,

The upcoming Webelos Woods campout is set to take place on Oct 10-12. Be sure to support the scouts that are attending and be sure that everyone puts their best foot forward.

Hooyah!

Mr. Hasting

Title: October Campout
Location: Guadalupe State Park
Description: October Campout, Guadalupe State Park
meet at the church 6:00 friday night

Theme:  Rank Requirements

Cost:  $20
Start Date: 2008-10-17
Start Time: 18:00
End Date: 2008-10-19
End Time: 13:00

Title: 2008 Webelos Woods
Location: Camp Tahuaya, Belton
Description:
Assemble: Friday, Oct 10th at 6:00PM Bethany UMC parking lot

Return: Sunday, April 12th at 1:00PM Bethany UMC parking lot

Scoutmaster in Charge of Camp Out: Darrel Thornton

Emergency Contacts: 497-3715

Start Date: 2008-10-10
Start Time: 18:00
End Date: 2008-10-12
End Time: 13:00