T17 - LOTS of updates... posted 01/27/11

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Please read through the entire message - there are a lot of updates. This Sunday is SCOUT SUNDAY at St. Stephen. Please be at the church at 10:15 AM to setup for the bake sale and to attend the 11:00 AM service. We will walk in together and sit together. Your parents are welcome to attend also. If you have a special neckerchief from the Kandersteg trip last summer, you are welcome to wear it. Wear your standard BSA uniform shirts please. If you wear another neckerchief, please be prepared to talk about where it came from, etc. Items for the bake sale should be ready for sale - wrapped and priced. This is an excellent fundraiser for the Troop! The church ASKED us to do this again this year! Longhorn Council has replenished their supply of Worth Ranch belt buckles and will hold back some for Troop 17. If you are interested in purchasing one before they go to the Worth Ranch store, please email me or Mr. Smith as soon as possible. CPR and Wilderness First Aid Basics courses are being offered by the district in April. CPR is April 29th 6p-10p ($35), wilderness first aid basics is April 30-May 1st 8a-6p both days ($135). They will be in Burleson. Contact Tim Habinack at 817-798-5215 or aggiescouter@charter.net to register. **Both courses are required for at least two adults on each Philmont trek this summer.** (Of course, this is one of our campout weekends! Spring Woodbadge courses are almost full. If you are interested in the premier adult training course and experience, please contact me. The same course material is offered by professional management training firms for $10k+. Cost for scouters - $185! Spring course is only two weekends. There is also a week long summer course offered annually. Dues are overdueif you have not paid your Scout dues, please bring them to the next meeting. $35 for Scouts, $25 for adults. Mrs. Richardson is collecting. Troop 17 OA elections will be held February 8th during the regular troop meeting. Next campout is backpacking at the Wichita Mountain Wildlife Refuge February 18th-20th. Be sure you have your gear lined up now and your boots well broken in. Need help with gear? See any of the Scoutmasters or visit Backwoods (they have an excellent staff and have fitted hundreds of Scout feet and backs for boots and backpacks). All Scouts and adults planning on attending Philmont this number need to have a completed medical form prior to departure. The NEW form can be downloaded via http://www.scouting.org/scoutsource/HealthandSafety/ahmr.aspx or picked up in the Scout lodge. Parts A, B, and C will need to be completed. Section D should also be reviewed. This includes a required physical exam from a licensed health care provider. Please be sure to get those doctor visits scheduled soon! THANK YOU to everyone that pledged or donated to Friends of Scouting. I should have the correct total for the Troop in the next day or so. There were several late pledges that werent counted in the number announced Tuesday. Your donations to FOS help fund things like Worth Ranch and other council properties. Rodney Marshall is holding a book drive beginning this Tuesday. Please bring a gently used book to donate to the Troop meeting. See Rodney for more information. Family Life Merit Badge is being led by Mr. Gonzalez. See the Troop website blogs for more information. There are items due on February 1st! To automatically get updates on this, or other merit badges, subscribe to the blog by clicking email icon under the blog you want to subscribe to. You must login to subscribe. Congratulations to our Honor Scout Jay Fitzgerald and the Honor Patrol Flaming Arrow. The rest of the top 5 are Jack Fitzsimmons, Chris Peterson, Rodney Marshall, and McCaleb Taylor. Congratulations to the following Scouts being promoted Atticus Johnson, Gear Master for Unknown Noah Mathe, Assistant Patrol Leader for Pedro Mason Fitzwater, Patrol Leader for Hawk McCaleb Taylor, Gear Master for Flaming Arrow Jay Fitzgerald, Assistant Patrol Leader for Flaming Arrow Jackson Bogle, Patrol Leader for Flaming Arrow Curtis Martin, Assistant Patrol Leader for Eagle John-Paul Watson, Staff William Lyles, Staff Canston Fitzwater, Quartermaster Henry Manning, Assistant Senior Patrol Leader Jack Dewar, Assistant Senior Patrol Leader Wilder Bogle, Senior Patrol Leader Other moves Aiden Smith, APL now in Hawk Peter Satz now in Flaming Arrow The jury is still out on adding another patrol to the mix. We will wait until the end of February to see how many additional new Scouts bridge in. The online roster has been updated with these changes. Patrol Leaders be sure you have all of your new Scouts contact information. We have also re-registered the Troop for 2011. As of Tuesday night, we have 66 registered Scouts and 32 registered adults! If you missed the Court of Honor, we recognized 4 individuals that were instrumental in getting the Troop to Kandersteg and back last summer. They were Mrs. Margaret Johnson and Mrs. Leah Johnson for their leadership in the fundraising efforts and to Mr. Carey Cox and Mr. Roger Smith for their trip and travel planning. And finallyTHANK YOU to all the adults that assisted with the Greenbar Campout Mr. Bogle, Mr. Rekieta, Mr. Edmonds, Mr. Mallison, Dr. Mathe, Dr. Marshall, Mr. Taylor, Mr. Smith, and Mr. Earl Johnson. Ill have some additional handouts and other information in the coming weeks for those that attended. Mr. Turner

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