Troop News

The GAC Digital Eagle is advertising and informing about the March 6 University of Scouting for Leaders in Huntsville. There are some great certification and information offerings Scouters/leaders/parents should take advantage of and get the Troop papered. These courses range from four to eight hours and are worth the time. You can register by opening a copy of the Digital Eagle that was recently emailed. or by going to to 1BSA.org...... We can car pool to make it convenient.

The Vulcan District Awards Banquet is also advertised and we should have as many attendees as possible. So far there are four of us going and there is always room for more. There is no cost for the meal and it will be held at Trinity Methodist in Homewood on January 28th Dawson Memorial, usually starting at 7:00 PM. Please let me know if you can make it with other the other four who I know who are going and I'll make sure we have a table. They would like to know as soon as possible (yesterday). Some of our own Scouts will be assisting with the serving as part of the annual Order of the Arrow service project.

Finally, there will be an annual Eagle Banquet at Dawson Memorial Church in Homewood, on February 19th. The Greater Alabama Council )1BSA.org, is looking for Sponsers to help pay for the cost of the event with a contribution of $25.00. There is no cost to attendees since it is being sponsored by the company (Trails End) who provided pop corn for this year's Pop corn sales. Congratulations again to J Ellis, J Kunka, X Quo Xue, and R Blackburn.

Remember..If your son sold pop corn this year..all the profits he made are his to spend on Troop/BSA related activities. You can call Mrs Eggers to confirm your numbers.

Thanks to Mr. Harbin, we have more than twenty copies of the Troop guide available for the new Scouts coming this Spring. Thanks to Mr. Branin, the bus will get its annual DOT inspection this month and thanks to Mr. Smith the Frank Tank will have its annual maintenance check also.

If your son hasn't attended a required Troop Junior Leader Training Program (JLT), we will be having one on Saturday, February 27thy at the Hut. We will start at 8:30 AM and finish up by 3:30 PM. If he is an older Scout and has not had the training, he can assist the Senior as a guide and instructor. Please mark his calendar.

Thanks for all your support and encouraging attendance this year.

YiS Dan s "Delivering the Promise"