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Troop 18 Meeting February 2nd

Scoutmaster — Sun, 01 Feb 2009 17:45:43 +0000

Tomorrow night’s T18 meeting will involve the newest Green Patrol Members and Scouts who need to complete their work on Public Speaking MB. Only the Scouts working on Public Speaking MB, new scouts in Green II, and Robert Stephenson need to come to the meeting on Monday, February 2nd. The new guys will need to come in shorts and gym shoes to do the front end of Tenderfoot #10. Robert will do some make-up work.

This meeting ends at 8:00 instead of 8:15.

Emergency Prep MB work for the older Scouts starts 2/9.

January 26th is our annual CPR Night

Scoutmaster — Sat, 24 Jan 2009 05:33:54 +0000

On Monday night (Jan 26th), I will bring the CPR “dummy” and we will teach the Scouts about CPR. This is a very important meeting for the Green Patrol and any Scout who has not done this before. We only offer this instruction once a year, and it is required for a lot of MB’s. For our older and more experienced Scouts, I need you for leadership and instruction along with the cursory review of contemporary rescue and resuscitation techniques.

Communications Merit Badge

Scoutmaster — Sun, 07 Dec 2008 21:43:16 +0000

Please note, tomorrow night is not a regular Troop meeting. The people listed below need to be there, and anybody who is scheduled for a Board of Review.

The following scouts will need to come tomorrow night to the church from 7:00 – 8:00 in order to help plan the January 5th court of honor. They will also need to help the night of the court of honor.

Carruth Smith
Conner Boyles
Cossar Morgan
John Abraham
John Gathings
Richard Baird
Ryan Buchanan
Sam Roberts
Wesley Kerce

Monday Night and This Weekend

Scoutmaster — Sun, 30 Nov 2008 18:33:51 +0000

Tomorrow night (December 1st) is not a regular Troop 18 meeting. The Green Patrol will meet as usual though. In fact this is a very important GP meeting because we have an outside speaker doing a presentation on drug and alcohol awareness, and that is difficult to “make-up”.

However, we will have our first “MB Amnesty Night” tomorrow night. It is a move designed to put a real emphasis on attending the MB classes and minimizing “make-up” work for both the instructors and the students. Older Scouts who missed a class for the 3 MB’s that were taught on Monday nights this Fall (Cit Wo, Communi, and PSpeak) may present their make-up work for the MB counselors to review and sign off on. Scouts must plan ahead and be prepared. For Cit Wo, the scouts are not coming tomorrow night to have the 60 minute presentation that they missed, but will be there to work through the test that they missed and maybe engage their counselors in a conversation about a point or two where they are confused despite their preparation at home. For Communi and PSpeak, there may be some speeches to do.

This weekend we will be Camping at Twin Lakes near Florence. The GP will be busy with a lot of advancement work, and the older scouts will work on Communi MB completion with a Flag Retirement Ceremony on Friday Night. Right now the campout is scheduled for Friday afternoon through Sunday morning, but this is a busy time of year and we may return on Saturday evening. Details will follow. We will be camping and cooking by Patrol, and the GP will plan their Menu on Monday night. Older scouts need to contact their Patrol Leader for information on menu plans and grocery acquisition.

Please RSVP by an email to me by Wednesday 8pm for this weekend’s campout. I need a good list of Dads and Scouts so I can let the folks at Twin Lakes know in advance.

Boy Scouts Who are Taking Communications/Public Speaking — Next Week

Finney — Tue, 11 Nov 2008 16:37:56 +0000

Requirement to work on for next meeting

C4 – Interview someone you know fairly well, like, or respect because of his or her position, talent, career or life experiences. Listen actively to learn as much as you can about the person. Then prepare and deliver to your counselor an introduction of the person as though this person were to be a guest speaker, and include reasons why the audience would want to hear this person speak. Show how you would call to invite this person to speak

C7 – Write to the editor of a magazine or your local newspaper to express your opinion or share information on any subject you choose. Send your message by fax, email or regular mail.

We will meet at our regular time on Monday in order for the scouts to give their introductions and turn in their letters to the editors. We should also have some time in class to work on the letter to the editor but the scout should have an idea of the opinion or topic that they are going to write about.

Also on Tuesday November 18, 2008 we will meet at the scout room at 5:15 in order to go to the Jackson City Council Meeting. Parents will need to pick the scouts up at the church at 7:30. They will need to wear a full Class A uniform.