Troop News

Congratulations to H Elmore, N Ng, Mr. Elmore and COL Kidd for earning their membership in the Order of the Arrow this weekend at Camp Comer. Congratulations also to S and S Hardy, J Elmore, and M Gunn for their excellent job in serving as the Pre-Ordeal team for the candidates at the Ordeal this weekend. Pictures, thanks to Mr. Simon on on the Troop Web Site covering it all.

Thanks to Mr Simon and Mr. Elmore for making their vehicles available for the Trip.

Thanks to Mr. Stocks and B Stocks for attending the program at the Lakeshore Rehab Center in honoring veterans..there were about twenty Scouts and leaders present for the ceremonies.

Thanks to Mr. Morrow and all our leaders who serve on the Vulcan District Eagle Boards, the Eagle Boards last Thursday went well... Congratulations to L Young and his family for passing his final Board for his Eagle rank and congratulations to Karl Berry and family for having his project approved by the Board the same night.

The Board is always looking for members to help out and the Troop outnumbers most others in participation in the District....Ask Mr. Mark Branin, Mrs. Cathy Kidd, Mr. Wes Smith Smith, Dr. Steve Smith, Mr. Randy Watts and Mr.Win Jones for more details. Membership on the Board is not demanding and most importantly gives the Troop the depth we need for understanding Eagle Projects and their requirements for their success.

There is a regular meeting tonight at the Hut at the regular time (7:00PM). Thanks to Mr. Gunn we have an excellent speaker tonight addressing the Red Mountain Park in Birmingham with emphasis on available Eagle Projects.

We will also be completing the Schedule for the up and coming Bluff Park Art Show on Saturday Oct 1. Please encourage attendance to help out with this. Mr. Hill will give the Scoutmaster's Minute.

The Art Show coming up on September October 1 is a an annual event over the years which the Troop serves as the Service Troop for the event...we sell water, ice cream, coffee, and whatever else we can think of and is approved by the Board. So..all Scout leaders should be present all or part of the day to help out and earn their service time for the community.

One group will come in at 6:00 AM to do our set up and set up the Tarps for the Bluff Park UMC Bake Sale. Everyone else will man shifts during the day to pick up trash and litter in during the event, assist the artists as asked, take stations in the club house to watch over the art, and sell water, ice cream, and whatever else we choose for the day.

The final shift assure we are cleaned up. Please encourage attendance to assure our usual success in giving this annual service. The uniform during the entire day is Class A w/out merit badge and neckerchief.

We also have the Fall Fellowship weekend at Camp Comer on the Art Show Weekend. The Drum Team will be going there along with any other Scout or Leader wishing to participate. We will most likely require additional transportation for the Scouts and leaders, as well as for carrying the Drum for the performance they will be giving for all the dancers during the evening show at the arena. If you and/or the Scout are members, please think about attending. Details are found on the Coosa50.org web site.

The Nunne-Hi Chapter of the Coosa Lodge Order of the Arrow Drum team is one of several in the lodge..Thanks to Mr. Ben Putnum, Chapter Drumming Advisor, members of Troop 21 are the Nunne-Hi Team at present. They just performed excellently last year at the Regional conclave in Georgia and just this last weekend for about 250 Arrowmen and women at the Fall Ordeal....Thanks to S and S Hardy, E Kidd, P Kidd, N Bolding, M Gunn, and J Elmore they are only getting better as they move along....all the Order of the Arrow members of the Troop are invited to attend the practice sessions and join the team. The next session will be on the 18th and 24th (Sundays) of this month from 1:30 PM to 4:00PM..they will be learning and playing four additional songs and drum sequences at the Hut.

For the up and coming Horseman ship trip to Jemison..please make sure the Scout, and if attending, leaders, who will be riding, to bring head protection (Bicycle Helmets). As the Scouts will be earning the Horsemanship merit badge, he should go to the web site merit badge requirements list and start completing the written requirements, if any prior to his arriving for the trip so he won't have to worry about it later as well as to get an earlier start for understanding the required skill sets.

Thanks again for all your support and for encouraging attendance.

YiS dan s "Delivering the Promise"