Troop News

The white water trip to the Ocoee and Nantahalla was one of our best with about 59 Scouts and leaders...Thanks to Mr. Simon the photos are posted on our Troop Web Site.

Welcome again to A Miller and his family in joining the Troop last week and for participating in his first trip w/us this last weekend.

Thanks epecially to Mr Branin, Mr. Schock, Mr. Horn, Mrs and Mrs Young, and Mr Hanke for setting up the camp site at Gee State Park before we arrived. Thanks also to Mr. Gunn, Mr. Morris, Dr. Brantley, and Mr. Simon, and Mr. Schock for making their vehicles available for the trip to haul leaders in following the packed bus and for the advance party. It was good to see Dr. Bansal and Mrs. Cullwell lendin support on the trip as well.

As we have spoken to it, I called Raccoon Mountain (Tenn) and found that the fee for an overnight four hour wild cave expedition is $40.00 and $46.00 for a six hour tour. That doesn't include a ride up the cable car to Lookout Mountain that we would do in the morning and afternoon then eating a meal before we went into the cave after 6:30 PM..nor fuel for the bus ride up and back...There is space available at this if we want to go in place of Oak Mountain in September.

Our scheduled trip for September is to Oak Mountain for wilderness survival training for the scouts who have not earned the merit badge and for biking/backpacking/canoeing for those who have.

We have this choice to make at the PLC and committee meeting. We have been spending some good sized fees and putting some mileage on the bus recently with more coming..so I thought Oak Mountain would serve as a break away from that..but then caving fun and higher adventure as a break from the ordinary. Need some input on this from the PLC and the Committee tonight to make a final decision.

Uniform is not required tonight for the equipment take down and storage at 6:30 PM, the PLC at 7:00 PM, and the Committee meeting at 8:00 PM. If you havent attended a Troop committee meeting whether you choose to be active with us or not or just join in the conversation, please feel free to attend.

The Council Top Gun competition at Camp Sequoyah is the coming Saturday for any of our boys who may have done the shooting merit badge at camp and were invited by the Shooting Sports Director to attend..

Mr. Brownbridge and Mr. Nelms will be at the Hut this Saturday splitting our wood and stacking it. Please have the Scout come by and assist all who can be there to get this behind us.. The work will count as service for rank advancement for the boys.

The District will be putting on their routine adult leadership courses (SMLT..Scoutmaster Leader Training and the companion OLS.Outdoor Leadership Training) during October and November..These are excellent courses on assuring leaders understand the fundamentals of working as leaders with the Scouts in a Troop setting both at the Hut and in the field. If you haven't attended and will attend campouts with the Troop. please try to schedule some time and make a point of signing up. Same for all the course offered on myscouting.org. Please make sure you give Cathy Kidd all the resultant certificates your earn for the Troop and Council records.

We will also be talking at the Committee meeeting to a bus trip/campout to the north (Glacier) or to the west (Yellowstone) since Philmont and Seabase haven't been worked out due to sheduling issues ....

Thanks for all your support and for encouraging attendance.

YiS dan s "Delivering the Promise"