Welcome new Scouts & upcoming trip

The Troop meeting on Monday, April 6, was one of our best attended to hear Mr. Ben Putnam speak to Native American culture and ceremonial dancing as an Eagle from Troop 219 and a Vigil member of the Coosa Lodge of the Order of the Arrow where he serves as an advisor. He is attending University classes on Signing with the the hearing and speech impaired and spoke to the subject as a career and volunteerism in the community.

Dr. Frank Nelson also gave a initial briefing on shooting sports safety at home and on a firing range as a warm up for the shooting sports weekend for the Troop coming up on the weekend of 25 April. Mr. Eggers will be making the majority of the Archery merit badge possible also during the weekend.

We also formally welcomed nine new Scouts as a new patrol into the Troop during the evening:
G Yarboro and his parents Kim and Chris Yarboro;
Z Gandy and his parents Kelly and Melissa;
N Bolding and his dad Mark Bolding;
Z Morrow and his parents Chris and Kellis Morrow;
A and his parents Stacy and Jacquelyn;
J Park and his parents Robert and Na-jin Park; and
J Elmore and his parents Jay and Julie Elmore.
P Kidd's brother, E Kidd, and
Z Eldridge's brother N Eldridge are also present for joining the troop with the new patrol.

Thanks Mrs Kidd, Patrick Kidd, Mr. Hardy, and D Lepianka and Mr. Lepianka for being present at 5:30 PM to assist with the orientation. The new patrol will join us for regular meetings and their new Scout Camp-out when we go to Camp Sequoyah for Shooting Sports.

This coming Monday meeting will feature another special guest speaker we are working on and making arrangements with now.

We are going to need to know the the exact number of Scouts coming on the Shooting Sports weekend in order to have enough ammunition on hand. The Patrol Leaders will be calling the Scouts for this information this week.

Information regarding the trip is on the Troop Blog site in the most recent dates.

The Troop Court of Honor is coming on May 5. Normally, the Court takes place on a Monday, but we had to re-schedule it for a Tuesday. There will be no meeting on Monday, May 4. Remember, A Court of Honor is a family affair to acknowledge all the merit badge and rank advancement the Scouts have earned in the past six months, as well as to welcome in the new Scout leadership for the next six months. Details about the Court is on the Troop Blog site in the most recent dates.

Mr. Frost indicates that all the registration fees have been paid for Scouts and leaders for 2009. If not, please send a check to him as soon as possible or bring it to a meeting and give it to the Scoutmaster for a deposit.
Mr. Lepianka is still working on collecting fees for summer camp. The Scout should be registered for all his merit badges on line by now and fees should being paid either as a lump sum or in increments as he has been announcing.

Thanks to Mrs. Kidd for her work in coordinating the effort, nine Scouts attended the Advance-O-Rama Merit Badge day at Canterbury UMC on April 4 with Mr. Lepianka assisting.

An updated Troop roster to follow.

Thanks for all your support.

YiS Dan s "Delivering the Promise"