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Scoutmaster Corner

Our September campout was canceled due to the treat of a tropical storm. However, we have two this month!

Junior Leader Training will be held at St. George Island October 11-13. This weekend provides provide training to our new troop and patrol officers to equip them for their new roles. All newly elected troop and patrol officers need to attend. Other scouts may also attend; however, new scouts should know that this is a “working weekend” rather than a traditional campout. In addition to the training, we will also work towards scheduling our campouts for next year and organizing our canoe trip to Northern Tier next summer. We will leave the church at 5:30 on Friday and should get back around 3:30 on Sunday.

Our next campout will be October 18-20 when we will attend the Council Camporee in Perry. Due to scheduling problems and the church’s decision to get new buses to replace its vans, there are no church vehicles available to transport our scouts to the campout and we will need parents to help carpool. This problem should be resolved by our November campout. As always, scouts should be at KUMC by 5:30 on Friday, and we will leave at that time. I anticipate we will be back around 2 PM on Sunday. Let us know ASAP if you can help.

Help Wanted

We need an adult to volunteer for the job of logistics coordinator for the next year. This person handles making reservations for our campouts and handling associated paperwork with the council and the church. Lori Smith, who has done a superb job with this over the past year, will be available to help train the new person. Let me or Ms. Smith know if you are interested.

Popcorn

Our Popcorn show-and-sell at local stores was successful. We should have the net profit that the scouts earned determined in the next week or so. All scouts should be selling popcorn individually now! This is a great way for scouts to earn money for their individual scholarship accounts.

Troop Elections

Troop elections were held last month. The results are as follows:

Senior Patrol Leader – Reynolds Griner

Asst. SPL – Eric Null, Travis Smith

Badger Patrol

Patrol Leader – Taylor Smith

Asst. PL – Andy Dennis, Jackson Gieger

Wolverine Patrol

Patrol Leader – Mark Null

Asst. PL – Karson Kutz, Chase Mamatey

Scorpion Patrol

Patrol Leader – Robert McGarrah

Asst. PL – Ryan Kung, Alden Slemkewicz

Grizzly Patrol

Patrol Leader – Andrew Trostle

Asst. PL – Jeremy Katz, Josh Taff, James Totten

Other troop officer positions are shown on the attached scout roster.

These scouts will serve for the next six months and will assume their offices on October 14.

Eagle Ceremony

Mark your calendars to attend an Eagle Ceremony for Reynolds (Frodo) Griner and Brian Sanders, which will be held at KUMC on Sunday October 27 at 2 PM. A reception will follow in the Fellowship Hall. All scouts should attend.

Troop Committee Schedule

For the next few months, the Troop Committee will meet after the scout meeting on the first Monday of each month instead of meeting on a separate day. All parents are welcome to attend.

Christmas Tree Parent Meeting

There will be a mandatory meeting for all scout parents on October 14 (during our regular meeting) to discuss our annual Christmas Tree sale.

Troop Schedule

October

7 Meeting

11-13 JLT, St. George Island

14 Meeting/Parent Meeting for Tree Sale

18-20 Campout, Council Camporee, Perry

21 Meeting

27 Eagle Ceremony, KUMC

28 Meeting

November

4 Meeting/Troop Committee meeting

9-11 Campout, Pensacola NAS/Alabama

18 Meeting

25 Meeting

December

2 Honor Court/Troop Committee Meeting

9 Meeting

16 Meeting

23/30 No Meetings/Holidays

January 2003

6 Meeting/Troop Committee Meeting

13 Meeting

18-20 Campout, Pine Mt., GA

27 Meeting

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October 2002

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December

January 2003