Troop News

We had an excellent Presentation Monday night (Mar 1), thanks to Dr. Berry inviting a representative from the Children's Hospital who spoke to Teenage Driving and impact injuries among youth.

Thanks to Mr. Branin and Mr. Smith the Frank Tank has had it annual maintenance/inspection/repairs.

This coming Monday's (March 8) meeting will be a Quartermaster night for the entire Troop to re-organize and clean/re-fit our chuck boxes and camping gear/equipment as well as to build up a stock pile of wax fire starters. All Scouts are expected to attend to help out. We will also add details for the Ft. Benning, GA trip.

There will be no meeting on March 15 due to Spring Break. There will be a Quartermaster night on Thursday, March 18th for all those going to Ft Benning in order to pack and load our gear for the trip.

Uniform for the March 8 meeting will be the Class "B"..red Troop T shirt or Class "C" any Scout T shirt. Don't forget that the Monday after Daylight Savings time (March 14..Clocks moved forward) the uniform will be Class A or C and not the tan shirt.

There will be a Northern Tier Crew meeting this Sunday at 4:00 PM in the Family Room (in front of the gymnasium) of the BPUMC. It will last less than an hour and will talk to the trip this summer to the Canadian wilderness for those signed up to go (June 29-July 11).

Congratulations to D Lepianka, Z Morrow, M Gunn, E Kidd, and S Hardy for completing the Troop annual Junior Leader Training Course, Saturday, March 27. Thanks to S Hardy and P Kidd for serving as the instructors and to Mr Branin and Mr. Lepianka for being present. New Scout J Luker also attended the class.

D Peterson will be working on his Eagle Project in front of the Hut, in the playground this Saturday for all those who can attend. He will start at 8:00 AM and work through the afternoon. Lunch will be provided as usual.

Will meet anyone/leader going to the University of Scouting at UAH this Saturday.

As announced at Monday's meeting..The Fort Benning Trip set for the March 19-21 is still on....we have added Andersonville Prisoner of War National Museum to the itinerary. Thanks to Mrs. Kidd planning and coordination the schedule will be close to the following:

Leave Friday (march 19) at 8:00 AM with bring your own lunch or buy fast food for lunch. We will go into Andersonville that morning afternoon then arrive at our camp site and set up for the night and prepare meals.

On Saturday, we will head out to Fort Benning for the US Army National Infantry museum and simulated rifle firing (Scouts will fire this course)museum (Ranger School, Airborne Towers if time) then on the the "Thunder in the Sky" air show at Columbus for the afternoon. Back to camp..then return Sunday morning. Still computing the cost for the entire package. To date we have about 20-25 in the group...if you or and the Scout are going, and haven't replied......I need to know Thursday (March 4).

March 22 will be the WEBELOS cross over at the Blue and Gold Banquet at the BPUMC in the Reid Crotty Fellowship Hall where we usually have our Courts of Honor. All the Scouts will meet at the Hut at 7:00 PM to be transported in the bus to the Cross Over at the Church as we usually do. We will transport the Scouts back to the Hut after the Crossover for final announcements on the bus and for parent pick ups. Uniform for the night should be Class A Plus (merit badge sash and neckerchief) for the crossover.

There will be no PLC (Patrol Leaders Conference) or Committee Meeting on March 22...the PLC and Troop Committee Meeting will instead meet on the 23rd with quartermasters to take down our gear from FT Benning then have the meetings.

There will be a new Scout orientation at the Hut at 6:30 PM on March 25.

Finally, there will be a new Scout campout on the 27th and 28th. We will be recruiting older Scouts to help our with this campout.

March 29 will be a regular meeting. gear from the new Scout campout will be taken down and stored before the meeting by Troop Quartemasters.

Whew!

Exciting and busy times for March.

Thanks for all your support and encouraging attendance by the Scouts.

YiS Dan s,

"Delivering the Promise"