At our last Court of Honor before the summer we installed our new Troop and Patrol Leaders.

Congratulations to our new leaders:

Senior Patrol Leader: Austin

Assistant Senior Patrol Leader: Robert

Patrol Leaders:

     Alex (Battle Toads)

     Haven (Alpacas)

     Mckinley (Beavers)




Mr. Chesarek recognized Danny and Peter for becoming brotherhood members of the Order of the Arrow.



He also recognized Austin and Mr. Smullen for completing their ordeal and becoming ordeal members.




Here are few other pictures from the night

 

 

 

 

We had 23 people Bowling at our family bowing event.

We a had a great 2 hours of bowling, food and a chance to talk to one another between rolls.

When bowling was done, we had a youth vs adult Laser-tag battle. Multiple parents said the boys talked about it all the way home.

The boys had their Christmas Party and Movie.  They watched "Home Alone."

We also had 3 board of reviews and 3 rank advancements.  Nice job guys.

 

Indoor Game Night

Last night the boys had an indoor game night. Those not playing Magic were playing Life.

Plenty of smiles.

The PLC did a great job keeping to the schedule last week. This week they learned a lesson about reviewing the schedule before the meeting to verify they don't miss anything.

It was a good night and the competition was pretty friendly.


Patrol Patches

Most of the Patrols have signed off on the Patrol Patch designs. 

Alpaca Patrol       Beaver Patrol       Krakatoa (Leadership) Patrol

                 


We are still waiting for the Battle Toad's final Art.




The Old Goat Patrol has had their designs and patches since last spring.

Moooore Cooooooofffeeeee!!!

Sam Boudreau earned his Eagle this past summer and we celebrated and honored him.

Pictures are still coming in from different sources and will be posted here.

Merit Badge night

The boys continued to work on the First Aid and Communication Merit Badges.  Thank go out again to Judy Searles and Tania Biniecki for volunteering their time and working with the boys.

Last nights meeting was the first using our new plan and structure and the boys were successful in monitoring their time and keeping on schedule.

Volunteer Service at the Humane Society

Last weekend a group of our scouts grabbed yard tools and window cleaning supplies and helped out at the Humane Society.

 
Last night was merit Badge night.  The boys worked on First Aid and Communications.

Special Thanks to Tania Biniecki and Judy Searles for your time and effort!

Next week is our Halloween Party.  Wear a costume or your Activity Uniform. (Class B)
 

Mr. Deering got some good shots from the Court of honor you can see them here and click on the photo album.

A few of the highlights:

• Mckinley was awarded with his Life Rank.
• Demetrius was awarded with his Second Class Rank
• Nate and Noah were awarded with their Tenderfoot Rank
• John was awarded his Scout Rank.

• Lori Deering was awarded the Den leader of the year award by the District. Since her whole den moved to Troop 70, she was awarded it at our Court of Honor. Casey Tatro and Michael Nicholas joined us from Pack 874 for the presentation.

• Haven was awarded the Dirty Jobs Award

We awarded:

• between 30 and 40 merit badges
• Four 50 Miler awards
• One youth Mile Swim Award, One Adult
• Eight Firem'n Chits
• Six Totin' Chips
• and many other items

Library and Resources

We will be adding files to the Library tab.  The library will include many scouting resources and forms for scouts and their families.

First Meeting of the year

We had the first meeting of the year Tuesday.  Capture the flag was rained out but indoor games were played.  We also discussed Popcorn.  Yes it is Popcorn time...


Popcorn

Popcorn Sales start Friday the 5th. The official sale starts Friday and boys were asked to respect the date and not sell early, especially at school. There are cub scout packs and other boy scout troops in the area.

Order forms and money are due October 7th.


150th Anniversary of the St. Albans Raid

Our troop will be helping out and displaying at the St. Albans Raid. We need to man hours from 8:00-noon and noon to 4:30 on Saturday and Sunday September 20 and 21.

Please sign up for some or all of the time, we need four or more boys at every time slot.

• Saturday Morning     8:00a - 12:00p
  
• Saturday Afternoon  12:00p - 4:30p
• Sunday Morning       8:00a - 12:00p
• Sunday Afternoon    12:00p - 4:30p

Trebuchet

The boys will be building their own trebuchet to compete in a pumpkin chucking event at the camporee.  Next week's meeting will be in Mr. Deering's Shop and there is a project day Saturday the 13th there as well. Directions are available here.
 
Don't forget to save a pumpkin from your garden if you can. If you know anyone who is willing to donate pumpkins, please let us know.

Freedom Trail in Boston

Some of the boys and their families took a trip down to the Freedom Trail in Boston. 

The freedom trail is a Tour that leads to different historic sites. The boys and their families heard stories from the revolution based in the area.  There are 16 main sites that the Freedom Trail highlights.

On Saturday, a group set out for Lake Carmi for the first leg of a 80+ mile trip.

  


The entire group started on a service project hauling fire wood for the State Park.






Sunday morning the younger scouts rode back to St. Albans, the boys continuing on with the trip spent an extra day at Carmi and continued to work service projects.

Before

 

After
 


They also worked on the beach and boating area.




The boys made sure they had plenty of time to fit in fun!

 
 

 The Boys going on the Bike Hike Saturday got started on an early service project on the rail trail.




Have fun on your trip boys!

NYLT (National Youth Leader Training)

Two boys, Austin and Robert spent last week at Camp Sunrise for NYLT.  They learned a good deal and had fun as well.

NYLT (National Youth Leader Training) is the second level of training for the boys and is taught on a district level. The first level is the ISLT (Individual Scout Leader Training) that we provide in the troop. These were the classes we did a few weeks ago.

Pictured below are Austin and Robert on the Last day.



Train them, trust them, let them lead.

Sunday–Saturday (July 20th – July 26th) – Boy Scout Resident Camp at Mt. Norris.

Saturday–Wednesday (August 16th-20th) – 50 Miler Bike Ride with John Chesarek.

Saturday, Sunday (August 23rd-24th) – Freedom Trail in Boston, MA.

The First Saturday in May is Green Up Day.

This year we were joined by the Mayor and many residents of St. Albans.

Over 80 people turned up to make St. Albans a little nicer.

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