Troop News

The meeting Monday night with Mr. Kyle Allison and Joe Meadows as speakers was excellent in subject matter and the presentations. Thanks to Mr. Bolding for arranging Mr
Allison's presentation and for Mr. Meadows making an extemporaneous appearance.

Change Three: Since we were not able to find overnight quarters availability at Pensacola NAS, we have made reservation for the Troop at the Raccoon Mountain Wild Cave Tour. We will leave early Saturday Morning on the January 16th (we will decide what we will do during the day in Chattanooga at the December 14th meeting), then return late Sunday Morning to Birmingham, (or as determined by the December 14th meeting). We have made reservations with the cave.

Congratulations to R Blackburn for recently completing the requirements for Eagle. And to J Kunka passing all the requirments also just recently. J Ellis and X Quo are about to announce their Eagle Court of Honor on January 3, 2010 at the BPUMC. A Byrd and N Madison are getting close. Unless you are planning to be out of town, the Scout needs to plan on attending to get a good idea an Eagle Court Ceremony whic one day in the immediate future, he'll have his own. Thanks to Mr. Harbin and Mr. Frost especially, for all their work in making all these advancements possible.

The Christmas party next Monday (December 14) should be attended by all Scouts. The Senior and the PLC have decided that the Scouts should bring a gift oriented toward Scouting (Nalgene bottles or whatever you could use for backpacking or any other trip), ranging somewhere between $5.00 to no more than $15.00, under the Dirty Santa mode, but no gag gifts. The Senior will be calling all the patrol leaders to remind them what each patrol is responsible for providing in terms of refreshments for the party. All Scouts are expected to bring a wrapped gift to make the party work. He will also arrange for the Christmas tree. If the Scouts want to roll the hut, they need to bring a roll of TP.

We need to pay our annual dues to Mr. Frost so the Troop can earn its annual Quality Troop Award patch as we do each year. Likewise for the District Centennial Quality Award Patch. The cost is $30.00 per Scout, $15.00 per leader. Remember, as a leader you must be registered to participate in Troop activities and attend training as soon as possible to meet District and BSA requirements.....All leaders attending trips also are required to have an annual physical on the BSA physical form located on our web site. This in mandatory for all Scouts. Please mail a check to his home (Troop Roster on Troop Web Site) or leave it in the advancement mail box at the Hut. If you are not active in uniform, you should still be registered so you can be a Committee member or merit badge counselor for the Troop also. Our preference is that one parent from each family be registered with the Scout to assure we can meet all our needs down the road.

Mr. Young needs your next $150 for our Northern Tier Trip this summer, three days ago. Please mail him the check or assure he receives it at the Christmas party.

The Council is beginning to push Friends of Scouting for 2010. We will talk more to that in the future..but for now if you can talk a business into contributing to FOS by attending the American Values Luncheon during March 2, 2010, the Troop and the Hoover area (Vulcan District) will get credit for it. Pack 321 and Troop 21 will make a concerted effort to work that direction. Forms are available at the Hut.

January 28, 2010 Vulcan District Awards Banquet

February 19th Winter Camporee at Tanneyhill. Special events such as knife and Hatchet throwing for the Older Scouts with more to be announced. We need to erect our Monkey bridge this year.

March 6, 2010 ....University of Scouting at the University of Alabama, Huntsville...good many leader two year certifications required for all our activities.

There will be no January, 2010 Round Table due to the Holidays.

The Council is looking for a Round Table Commission since Mr. Walter Rush has stepped down from the position. Interested? Call Mr. Brent Pritchard.

Troop Christmas Tree Lot take down: 1:00 PM December 20th. We will need everyone to pitch in to make this a one hour project.



See you the Christmas Party. Thanks for all your continued support and encouraging attendance.

YiS Dan s "Delivering the Promise"