Troop News

Thanks to Mrs. Regina Young and Mrs. Cynthia Poole for assisting her, our Troop first aid kit is being refurbished and updated.....A future project will be the backpacking first aid kits based on the Philmont model. Thanks to Mr. Hill for picking up the job specialty of completing our Troop BSA tour permits from Mr. Larry Young whose son Logan just completed his Eagle. Thanks to Mr. Wes Smith we are replacing the broken roof ventilator/skylight on the new Trailer. Thanks to Mr. Simon for his quick and comprehensive work with our Troop Web site...especially his quick work with posting all the pictures. Make sure your son is opening it on a regular basis and taking a look at all he was part of as well as staying abreast of Troop activities. If you are on a trip and take pictures..forward them to Mr. Simon or give him your chip to copy them into the Web Site. Congratulations to Mr. Branin on his quick recovery from his meniscus repair on his right knee last week.... And certainly again a congratulations to Mr. Bolding for earning the Ph.D. a month ago, freeing him for more time with the Troop again, and to Stephen Presley for becoming a member of the Board of Directors for the Hoover Board of Education....heading us to all sorts of possibilities for future activities. We need to purchase new tarp bags(or utilize older spares) in the immediate future, as the newest bags aren't large enough with all the rope attachments. Each tarp should have six ropes on it: a fifty foot guide rope (braided nylon 1/4 inch) four corner ropes, and two drip lines. We'll keep working on these as we go. We need a leader/ coordinator to arrange for the putting up the metal wire mesh fence w/gate we've acquired for the back of the Hut where it remains. We need a leader/coordinator to arrange for installing the two purchased motion detector security lights on the hut to replace the current ones on the front and side of the hut to continue to discourage vandalism. We need to clean and paint the exterior of the Hut and repair a couple of areas in the upper siding to prevent varmint/bird invasion near the chimney area and the front sector over the entrance. Thanks to Mr. Eggers, we are updating the size of the wooden name and rank structure hanger/platform inside the hut, due to our size in out-growing it. And thanks again to Mr. Eggers, he is building three collapsible hand washing stands for our blue hand wash water containers. Another project we will be working on is to color code and number the lantern container (s) with each patrol lantern to assure patrol ownership and to appraise our plastic drop cloth/ground cloth for the tents to replace the worn and torn with new and sized replacements for both back packing and the regular sized tents. We will plan on working these projects up with the Scouts as time and scheduling permit and as discussed in up coming PLC's and Committee meetings. Thanks for all your support, assistance, and for encouraging attendance at Troop activities. YiS Dan S "Delivering the Promise"