Livingston, Montana May 2002 Volume 5 Issue 4
Welcome Matt:
Our newest Scout is Matt. He is an eighth grader that was recruited
by Billy. He is a Cub Scout from way back. During his first week
of Boy Scouts he completed his Scout Rank, most of his Tenderfoot
requirements and participated in the April Campout and bike ride.
We hope he enjoys the experiences in our Troop and wish him the
best on his trail to Eagle.
April Campout at Jere's:
We met on a snowy Saturday morning and took the bike
path out to Jere's house. We put up our tents and enjoyed a bit
of sun. It wasn't windy but a bit cool. We worked on many of
the Tenderfoot requirements and played a bunch of games. Micah
was the kitchen supervisor and completed First Class Requirement
4. We had nine Scouts camp during the evening and our Senior
Patrol Leader Daniel came by for the day to see how things were
going. In the morning we found out that we earned 6.5 frost points.
This gives Jerome 99.5 frost points! It became very nice on Sunday
and we biked over to the middle school. There we worked on orienteering
skills and started the one mile orienteering course. After a
snack, we biked the final leg back to the Lincoln School and
ended another fine campout.
Community Service 2002:
We are doing pretty well on our goal of 500 hours of service
to our community this year. Each Scout should volunteer for two
hours each month at one of the many community minded organizations
around town. See the new list Mrs. Lemke created for helpful
suggestions as to what and where to help out. There are a number
of great service projects ahead for Scouts to be involved in.
Hopefully a few Life Scouts will announce dates for their projects
too
We will meet at 5:30 p.m. Friday at the Lincoln School. Everyone should bring the outdoor essentials and overnight gear. In addition bring a sack dinner for Friday night or eat before you arrive. We will be bringing the trailer on this trip so you can pack however much stuff as you like. This campout will be another Night Trek as we did in May of 2000. Scouts will head out on a five mile hike at 9:30 p.m. and be back in camp around 3:00 a.m (yes in the middle of the night). At stations all along the hike they will participate in 12 competitions ranging from knot tying and track identification to first aid and orienteering. We will sleep-in late on Saturday and have a relaxed afternoon. Hopefully our Patrols can win a few ribbons for the old Troop flag. Saturday afternoon the 9th and 10th graders will have an opportunity to start and finish Geology Merit Badge as well as the younger Scouts completing Rank Advancement and Merit Badge work. The whole Troop will participate in a service project which will involve landscape work at the Missouri Headwaters State Park. Saturday evening we will have the Order of the Arrow Tap Out Ceremony. We will pack up early Sunday morning and leave after the religious observations. We will be back at 11 a.m. Sunday at the Lincoln School. Scouts should bring $8 to the Monday, May 13th Scout Meeting for the food on this trip. John will be the kitchen supervisor and will need to meet with Mr. Andrews for food shopping. Will Jerome earn the final 0.5 frost point? Will the Dragon Slayers, Cosmos and Raptor/Vipers win any ribbons? Will Billy be tapped-out at the O.A. ceremony? Will the 9th and 10th graders actually finish a merit badge and earn their incentive this quarter? This is certain to be an exciting camporee that no one should miss! Stay tuned for the June newsletter to see how it went.