Upcoming events

The Patrol Leaders Conference and Troop Committee Meeting went well with excellent attendance.....

The Troop will make up the trip to the Walls of Jericho as time permits.....want to thank Mr. Branin and the leaders who assisted him for all the work in preparation for the trip through preparing the back packing equipment and the actual schedule.

For the month of April:

6 April (meeting): New Scouts and parents meet at the Hut at 5:30 PM for a Troop orientation and registration. Meeting begins as usual with a special guest speaker, Ben Putnam, an Eagle and Vigil member of the OA, who was a Coosa OA ceremony team member and OA competitive dancer who competed and received honors at several OA Conclave (six districts) and two NOACs (National). He served several terms as an officer in the Coosa 50 will speak and demonstrate, in his personal full dress regalia, Native American customs and several types of actual dance to a background of actual Native American dance music. He will talk to the to the purpose of the OA, the importance of being active in the OA, and the significance of his Eagle in his career.
Mr. Hardy will give the Scoutmasters minute.

13 April (meeting) Special guest speaker will be a Jefferson County Canine Office, drug enforcement, with all the information expected of the career. He will also speak to the importance of Scouting in his career. In the even he cannot make it, we will go for a Hoover Canine officer and drug enforcement officer.
Mr. Berry will do the Scoutmaster's minute.

20 April (meeting) Special Guest Speaker and veteran scouter, Dr. Nelson will speak to the up and coming trip to Camp Sequoyah for Shooting Sports and firearms safety inclusive of the .22 rifle, skeet shooting/shotgun, and black powder demonstrations. Mr. Bill Benifield, former summer camp range master will assist during the weekend. We will also speak to the BSA Archery merit badge.
Mr. Simon will present the Scoutmaster's minute

23 April: Quartermaster night for all Troop and patrol quartermasters to load for the trip. Be at the Hut at 6:30 for about an hour. Names of the Quartermasters are known from the 20 April meeting and posted on the last Court of Honor agenda.....

24-26 April Camp Sequoya Shooting Sports Trip: Meet at the Hut at 5:00 PM on the 24th in red "T" shirt, shorts or long pants, scout socks, scout belt. Recommend insect repellant if required.....return around Noon on the 26th....cost: $12.00 meals, 10.00 fuel, 10.00 for miscellaneous fees...ammunition/targets/requirements for a of total $32.00....

27 April: Camping equipment storage and PLC, followed by Troop Committee meeting (all leaders and parents are welcome).

May 5 (Tuesday night) Court of Honor Bluff Park United Methodist Church 733 Valley St Hoover 35226 in the Reid Crotty Fellowship Hall off of Valley ground floor entrance. Starting time 6:30 PM.
Host Patrol (Foxes) arrive at 6:00 PM to help with set up. An agenda will be posted for families to bring in the coming weeks prior to the Court.

We will have special presentation for Mr. David Lanier, a representative from the District will speak to "Friends of Scouting Campaign" along with the usual business of merit badge awards and rank advancement for the Scouts. Some scouts have volunteered to speak to recent trips and we will welcome all the new Scouts and their families on the occasion.
As we know, Courts of Honor are the time we welcome new elected and appointed Troop leadership for the next six months, recognize Scout accomplishments through rank and advancement and other honors and recognition including their earning merit badges. These are family affairs to assure the Scouts appreciate your support and assure the recognition of their work.

We serve buffet style with the each family bringing an entree dish. and side dishes as assigned by the patrols at the PLC:
Venture I Salad dish or bread/rollsVenture II Salad dish or bread/rollsIndians Desert dishPenguins Desert dish or salad/breadFoxes Bread of SaladNew Patrol Desert or salad or bread
The Troop provides required condiments and beverages.
As in all our activities, attendance is critical for the Scout to participate in acknowledging his own hard work, as well as that of his patrol members, and the remainder of the Troop. Uniform is Class "A." that is Scout tan shirt, Scout belt, Scout trousers/shorts, scout socks, merit badge sash, and Troop Neckerchief, or a BSA bolo.

Discussion came up in the PLC about noise discipline and attendance. We are working on the noise discipline at meetings and discussed the importance of attending meetings and trips....attendance an integral part of Scouting Spirit, it assures the Scout understands his role as a team member or leader, and adds greatly to the moral and esprit of the Troop by assuring we have our strength through numbers as well as his importance to all by just being there. Please encourage attendance to maximize the effect of the program. We can't do it without him and the family support he deserves.....

As we say every year...this year is going to be our best year yet, based on the spirit the Scouts and leaders are regularly demonstrating at meetings and on trips....we are welcoming ten new Scouts and their families at the first meeting on April 6; we are sending two crews to Sea Base the last week in May; we are planning on Northern Tier for next year (2010); and, we are anticipating our best summer camp ever. We are expecting recognition in the Order of the Arrow (OA) Conclave and NOAC by our five man ceremony team during the Spring and summer. Last year eleven Scouts were nominated for the OA with the final nominee attending the Ordeal this coming May and this March, eight Scouts and a leader were nominated for the OA to attend the Ordeals in August and October.
Scouts and leaders who have not earned their Brotherhood in the OA by attending an OA Ordeal, or other activity, are encouraged to plan on getting it this year as well as getting active with our local OA Chapter-Nunne-Hi..which meets each month.

Thanks for all your support for your Scout, encouraging attendance, and for all the work you are doing to keep us as strong as we are.

YiS Dan s "Delivering the Promise"