Livingston, Montana June 2002 Volume 5 Issue 5
Summer Camp:
The final payment of $50 was due on June 1st and a few Scouts
did bring checks to Scouts on June 3rd. There are still a few
folks that have to complete their payment. Mr. Andrews will be
at camp all week with Mr. Moore there for the first half and
Mr. Moody for the second half. If anyone else is available to
help out please call Mr. Andrews. With a group of 14 Scouts we
could really use a third adult. Scouts will be receiving a list,
of the Merit Badges that are offered at camp, at the next Scout
Meeting. Suggested Merit Badges for first year Scouts are Pioneering,
First Aid, Swimming and one other choice. Older Scouts can work
on the C.O.P.E. course and one or two Merit Badges.
June Troop Campout:
We are leaving at 8:30 a.m. from the Lincoln School
on Wednesday, June 19th. We still need one other adult to supervise
this campout. Anyone that is interested should call Mr. Andrews
as soon as possible. We will be camping at Lewis and Clark Caverns
State Park where we will be touring the cave in the afternoon.
The Scouts will have time to work on Rank and Merit Badge requirements
as well as playing ultimate frisbee and capture the flag. We
will return on Thursday, June 20th at 1 p.m.
Middle School Closed for the Summer:
We won't be able to use the classrooms, bathroom or phone at
the middle school until mid-August as it is closed for cleaning
and maintenance. We will still meet in the front parking lot
and conduct our meetings outside. We need a location to have
the Troop Committee Meeting and Scout Meeting on June 17th. Anyone
that wishes to sponsor this meeting should call Mr. Andrews.
We will have the annual Spring Court of Honor at Sacajawea Park
on June 24th. The Armory is still closed.
On Friday, May 17th, we drove out to the Missouri Headwaters State Park for the annual May Camporee. This campout included a Night Trek where our Scouts competed in 11 events along with 23 other Patrols from about 12 Troops. We broke into two patrols for this campout. The Dragon Slayers started out at 9:15 and took Jere, the Troop Guide, along with them for any route finding assistance that they might need. They did not return to camp until 2:30 a.m. The Cosmos Patrol wanted to leave late so they signed up for the 11:45 p.m. spot. They did not return until 4:30 a.m. We got to sleep for a few hours and then went to the awards ceremony at 11 a.m. The Dragon Slayers, earned 3rd place in Plant Identification which was great for their first Camporee. Most Scouts don't earn their first ribbon until about a year of competitions. The Cosmos Patrol which was actually composed of three Cosmos, two Vipers and a Raptor, also took 3rd place in Plant Identification, it was a tie. In addition, they took 2nd place in knots, 2nd in lashing, 1st in the obstacle course. They also did very well in the other seven events, and accrued enough points to take 1st place for the Overall Best Patrol. We added the new ribbons, along with our Troop 2002 Friends of Scouting, 100% Boys Life and 2002 Quality Unit ribbons, to our Troop Flag. In the afternoon, eight of our Scouts earned the Leatherwork Merit Badge. John supervised the kitchen for the Dragon Slayers and Matt supervised for the Cosmos which was part of a First Class Rank requirement. We were pretty tired and time lost meaning so we had breakfast around 1 p.m. and dinner around 6 p.m. with lunch on Sunday morning. Billy was tapped out to join the Order of the Arrow but Jerome did not earn his last half frost point. We arrived home on-time and unpacked the trailer and ended yet another fine campout.