Troop 398 News - Nov 18

2010-11-19T15:01:00.000-08:00

Matt Fowler Eagle Service Project this Sat., Nov 20

Troop 398, if you are not working the Scout Clean-Up Day this weekend, could you please come and help with my Eagle Scout Project? I am laying 14 cubic yards of mulch at Journey Home. It is at 308 W. Castle Street. Scott Foster, the homes director, has asked me to start my project early so the property looks good when they feed the homeless on Thanksgiving Day. After Thanksgiving I will be finishing my project by building them some bike racks.

Saturday November 20, 9 a.m. - 2 p.m.

Journey Home, 308 W. Castle Street, Murfreesboro

Thank You, Matt Fowler

Complete Carpentry Merit Badge this Sat

Here’s a chance to finish Carpentry MB. Meet at Gary Whitaker’s garage (go past his house on the gravel road) this Saturday, Nov 20 at 8:30 AM. Gary’s address is 4151 Betty Ford Rd.

Public Lands Day Trash Pick Up this Saturday, Nov. 20

We normally participate in this event – however, as of Monday, no one had signed up to participate. If anyone wants to attend on an individual basis, registration begins at 7:00 AM at the Smyrna National Guard Training Center. Meet at the pavilion at the intersection of 7^th Ave. and C Street (Ask for directions at the guard post on the way in). The clean-up will be conducted from 8:00 AM – noon. Water, gloves and other materials will be provided. It’s a good way to show our appreciation for the opportunity they give us to camp. To pre-register, call 615-313-0603 or email: smyrnacleanup@yahoo.com

Cycling Merit Badge

For Troop 398 scouts who are working on their cycling merit badge and all interested adults, there will be a 50-mile bike ride this Saturday. The weather is forecasted to be sunny and 65 degrees. The ride will be led by experienced adult cyclists and is expected to last 5-6 hours with rest stops and lunch. Each scout cyclist should have completed most, if not all, of the earlier 10-mile and 25-mile required rides in the merit badge requirements list and all cyclists should be in good physical condition for this ride. We will keep a 12 mph pace. The cyclist should have a bicycle in good condition, padded bike shorts, water or other liquids, snacks, etc. Lunch will be provided at no cost to the cyclists at the mid-point. All interested persons should meet at 9:30 a.m. at the Rockvale Church of Christ, 8750 Highway 99 in Rockvale (on the way to Eagleville). We will start the bike ride promptly at 10:00 a.m. If you plan to attend, please email Roger Hopkins at rhopkins@nhinvestors.com or call him at 890-9100 Ext. 108.

Troop Leadership Positions

We have a new scout leadership position – Troop Web Master. David Carey will be updating our troop web site (bsatroop398.blogspot.com). Pass any ideas you might have for improvement on to David.

Michael Zietz is our new Troop Historian. He will be working to record pictures and information on troop activities. If you have good photos from recent trips, please pass it on to him.

Troop Planning Meeting

The troop meeting next Monday, Nov. 22^nd will be a planning meeting. Only troop leaders are required to attend. The PLC will begin at 7:00 PM. Patrol Leaders, send your Asst. PL if you can’t make it. If you need it, we will have Scoutmaster conferences and Boards of Review after the PLC.

Poinsettia Sales

Orders are due Monday, Nov. 29. The troop has to pay for the poinsettias when we order them, so it would be helpful to collect as you take the order. In any case, collect when you deliver the poinsettias and pay Mr. Holtman as soon as possible. Checks can be made out to "Troop 398 BSA (poinsettias)"

December Camp Out

The December Campout will be Dec 3^rd – 5^th at Short Mountain near Woodbury. We will do a service project on Sat. morning. Family members are invited to come up for Sat. supper and the Christmas program.

Troop Court of Honor

Our next troop Court of Honor will be held on Dec. 6^th. The last Board of reviews will be held on Nov. 29th

Winter Camp

Winter Camp at Boxwell reservation will be Dec. 27^th – 31^st. The cost is $105. After The Hawaiian Vacation camp theme will feature many new events as well as the usual favorites.

Winter Outdoor Leadership School for adults will be offered December 29th and 30th at Boxwell Reservation during Winter Camp. Attendance at Winter Camp is not required for OLS.

More information about Winter Camp is on the bulletin board.

Merit Badge Universities

See Mr. Horne if you want to register for one or more of the Merit Badge Universities. Tennessee Tech MBU will be Jan. 22^nd, MTSU MBU will be Feb 26^th and Cumberland MBU will be Mar.12^th.

Summer Camp Staff Opportunities

Dear Scout Leader,

The 2011 Summer Camp season is in its planning stages. Summer Camp staff is an important element to having a great program. Boxwell Reservation has always tried to have the best staff possible.

This is where you come in. Do you have any scouts age 15 or older that you feel would contribute to our Summer Camp experience?

Are they outgoing, energetic, knowledgeable, proven leaders and hard workers? If so, please provide a copy of the Summer Camp 2011 Staff Application to that Scout you think is worthy.

Interviews are for December 11, 2010 from 9:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. at Boxwell Reservation,

Parish High Adventure Center. Deadline to submit an applications is December 31, 2010.

For those staff members that are in college or seniors getting ready to enter college, there is a scholarship fund available! Please see the information/application about the Laura and William Miller Scholarship Laura and William Miller Scholarship for Summer Camp Staff. The deadline for the scholarship is December 17.

Also, Scouts who are 14 years old can serve 2 weeks as a Counselor-in-Training (CIT) . We have enclosed a CIT application for those Scouts.

I look forward to receiving your Scout’s applications. Thank you for your help in making Boxwell’s 2011 Summer Camp Staff the best staff yet!

Sincerely, Carl Adkins, Director of Support Services, Middle Tennessee Council, Boy Scouts of America

Eagle Courts of Honor

Logan Sissom will receive his Eagle Award at 7:00 PM (note this is a change from 2:00 PM) on Saturday, Dec. 11^th at the Rutherford County Courthouse. All Troop members are invited.

Adult Aquatics Supervisor – Swimming and Water Rescue Training

This is new – I understand at some point we will have to have someone trained in order to get a trip permit for canoeing or sailing. Tenn Tech is offering this as adult training at their MBU. If you are interested contact Dorsey Horne.

Message from Tenn Tech:

The Tennessee Tech University Merit Badge University has added another training feature to our program this year. This opportunity is for adults to complete the "Swimming and Water Rescue" portion of the new BSA National "Aquatics Supervisor" program. If your troop has adults who would like to register for this new training opportunity, please e-mail me their names and troop affiliation. We will take the first 20 adults who register. There is no additional fee for this program, however the participants will be required to purchase and read the training manual (Aquatics Supervision Guide) prior to the MBU. This manual can be purchased from at the Middle Tennessee Council Scout shop.

Virgin Falls Camp Out - Oct. 2010

Duck River Camp Out - Sept. 2010

KEY DATES

2010

Nov 20 Public Lands Day Trash pick up along the shore of Priest Lake in Smyrna. 7:30 AM - noon

Nov 29 Scouting for Food - Bring cans of food collected to the Troop meeting

Nov 29 Turn in poinsettia orders and money if you have it.

Nov 29 All money for popcorn orders turned in

Dec 3-5 Troop Christmas Camp Out – Short Mountain

Dec 4 Scouting for Food Turn in at the Food

Dec 4 OA Winter Banquet

Dec 6 Troop Court of Honor

Dec 11 Eagle Court of Honor – Logan Sissom 7 PM – Rutherford Co. Courthouse

Dec 27-31 Winter Camp at Boxwell Reservation – Adults & Scouts, see Mike Warren

Dec 29-30 Adult Outdoor Leadership School at Camp Boxwell

2011

Jan 8 Polar Bear Plunge 9:30 – 10:30 AM at SportsCom

Jan 21-23 District Winter Camporee at Camp Tubbs

Jan 22 Adult University of Scouting – register on line @ MT Council Website

Jan 22 Tennessee Tech Merit Badge University (See Mr. Horne)

Feb 5-6 Super Bowl Sunday BBQ Fund Raiser

Feb 15 Scout Sunday at St. Mark’s

Feb 26 MTSU Merit Badge University (See Mr. Horne)

Mar 12 Cumberland Merit Badge University (See Mr. Horne)

April 1 Deadline for Early Bird registration for Summer Camp

May 20-22 Adult White Water Training Weekend # 1 Boxwell Reservation

Jun 3-5 Adult White Water Training Weekend # 2 Hiwassee River,

Order of the Arrow Spring Ordeal

Jun 12-18 Summer Camp – Camp Stahlman, Boxwell Reservation

Jun 19-26 (Tentative) – High Adventure - Key West Sailing

July 29-31 Youth White Water Canoe/Kayak School – Hiwassee River

Aug 12-14 Troop White Water Camp Out Hiwassee River

Troop meeting 11/26/2007

2007-11-28T17:31:00.001-08:00

This meeting we had a cobbler cookoff and each patrol had to make a
cobbler. These are the winners:
1st - VIPERS - this patrol gets to choose their bunks first at the
Short Mountain campout!
2nd - RAVENS
3rd - TIGERS

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Eagle Court of Honor

2007-11-28T17:26:00.001-08:00

Robert Bridgers received his eagle merit badge at the eagle ceremony on
Monday October 29. Mr.Warren told us all how important and what a huge
honor it was to get the eagle badge.Mrs.bridgers put on the badge for
him to top it all off.
Congratulations and good job Robert!!
=)

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Help needed for Eagle Project - October 27

2007-11-04T14:39:00.000-08:00

I plan to work on my Eagle Scout Project next Saturday, October 27. We will meet at the Wilderness Station at Barfield Crescent Park at approximately 8:00 AM.

I have been coordinating with Ms. Deborah Paschall, Program Coordinator at Barfield Crescent Park. We have identified and marked ten trees in the park to hang the ten bat houses from. I have to meet with Ms. Paschall again to finalize a few details.

I believe we will need two long ladders to hang the bat houses the 12-15 feet above the ground, recommended by the Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency (TWRA). If anyone has ladders long enough, please let me know and then bring them on Saturday, October 27. Work clothes and work gloves should be worn. If we get the ladders, I cannot think of any other special tools. I will have the "straps" recommended by Ms. Paschall to hang the bat houses.

See link to PDF map: http://www.murfreesborotn.gov/PDF_files/dept/parks_rec/Parks/park_map-Barfield.pdf

Thank you. Patrick Horne

BSA Troop 398

Troop 398 News - Nov 18

Troop meeting 11/26/2007

Eagle Court of Honor

Help needed for Eagle Project - October 27