Boy Scouts:

Camp out this weekend:

• Eat dinner before coming!
• Meet up at church at 6pm, Friday (30th).  Transportation will be provided by James Carpenter and Matt Broadfield.
• Planning to return at 3:30pm, Saturday (pick your son up at the church).
• Each boy is assigned a food item: Race- granola bars, Kolton-jelly, Andre- peanut butter, Luke - 1 gallon 2% milk, Nicholas-1 loaf of bread, Ethan- 2 boxes of Raisin Bran, Shaun- 1 gallon 2% milk, Michael - peanut butter, jelly and 1 loaf of bread, Caleb- water for 5 boys and granola bars, Douglas-24 eggs, Ellery- 24 slices of cooked bacon
• Each boy is responsible for his own “mess kit”, water and cleaning supplies
• Remember insect repellent, hats, sunscreen, and good hiking shoes
• Mr. Carpenter will be watching the weather and will call off the camp out if thunderstorms are expected. Rain is okay. Please watch your email for a possible cancellation due to severe weather.

• Don Smith would like all parents (of cubs, webelos, and boy scouts) to come to a short presentation, “Friend of Scouting” next Tuesday, April 27, at 7:00pm (same place). Please try to come.
• There will be no scout meeting the following Tuesday, May 4th.

• Welcome to our newest scout family, the Nevarez family! Shaun will be in boy scouts, and Brandon will be a cub!
• There will be no scout meeting on May 4th, 2010.

Cubs: Dad-n-lad is this Saturday & Sunday (April 10-11) at George W. Pirtle Scout Reservation Registration begins at 8:00-10:00 with opening ceremonies at 10:00am. Activities begin at 10:30am. Come dressed in your “B” t-shirts, but bring your “A” uniform. The cubs will need to be wearing their “A”s for ceremony services.

Tonight we talked about nutrition and trail mix - what’s in it, and why it’s so good for you when you hike.

Boy Scouts: Tonight we worked on the communications merit badge. We heard speeches from: Caleb Y., Andre Y., Kolton S., and Luke B. Next week we will hear from: Ellery C., Jacob V., Caleb V., and Koleson S.

Tentative camping trip on 4/23-24 to Tyler State Park. We need 2 adults to support this event.  Please let James know if you can do this.

Also please send James C. an RSVP for summer camp (June 6-12). Again, we need adults to commit their attendance to support this activity.  james.carpenter@yahoo.com

• The boys baked peach cobbler in a dutch oven and ate it! It was so good! They also played kickball while waiting for the cobbler.
• If you haven’t mailed in your “Dad -n- lad” registration with the fee yet, it may be best to drive it to the East Texas Area Council located on 5th street before April 1st. Rates go up dramatically after April 1st.

Boy Scouts:

• The boys received their 2010 membership cards. Please remind your son to remove it from clothing before washing!
• Congratulations to Caleb Youngblood, the new Troop 131 Scribe. Caleb will be taking attendance at meetings and may ultimately be responsible for this weekly update!!! (mom is smiling)
• We continued working on the eagle required merit badge, “Communications”. Only 1 or 2 more sessions and the class work will be complete. Completion does require some work at home. Please review this with your scout so he can complete this merit badge. After this merit badge, we plan to teach the “Law” merit badge.

Coming up:

• Tentative campout and hike in April, at Tyler State Park. James Carpenter will send out details soon.
• Summer Camp- James needs to know which adults can attend summer camp at Camp Pirtle. Also, please decide this week if your scout will be attending summer camp so we might obtain an approximate head count at our next meeting.

Please remember to mail in your registration form for the upcoming event, Dad-n-Lad. The deadline for early registration is 4/1/10.

Boy Scouts:

Congratulations to Douglas Greenwell, new patrol leader of the Raptures.

The boys are continuing their work on the Communications Merit Badge.  One of the requirements is that they listen/watch a debate concerning civil matters. Does anyone receive Sudden Link’s Channel 3? If yes, please email James ( james.carpenter@yahoo.com ). We are looking at the possibility of watching a blog cast to satisfy this requirement.

Cubs: Please remember to mail in your registration form for the upcoming event, Dad-n-Lad. The deadline for early registration is 4/1/10.

Scouts: The boys held elections tonight and here is the outcome:

• Andre Youngblood will serve as Senior Patrol Leader
• Luke Boyd will serve as Assistant Senior Patrol Leader
• Koleson Sutsch will serve as Chaplin

The boys decided that they will vote on patrol leader positions next week.

1st place winners: Sammy Young & Ethan Broadfield

Next week we will be voting on “best design”, so bring your cars next Tuesday, 3/16/10.

Cubs:

“Dad & Lad” is right around the corner! It’s 4/10-4/11 at George W. Pirtle. Please mail your registration along with $26.60 per child and per adult by April. Just mail it to the East Texas Area Council directly. John will be posting the registration form on the scouts131.com website, if you didn’t get it already in the mail.

Scouts:

Don Smith is working with the boys on the merit badge, “Communications”. Please review the requirements for the badge on meritbadge.com. Specifically, the boys need an opportunity (as a group would be preferable) to attend a community debate, or interview candidates.  If you have any ideas on how the boys can do this together, please talk to James Carpenter.

Next week the boys will be voting on new troop positions.

The decision has been made to cancel our Pack Meeting for tonight as well.

We will plan on attending the Snake Encounter as a Pack dressed in our Class A uniforms on February 25th.

If you have any questions, please contact John Daniel at j.daniel@scouts131.com.

I look forward to seeing you all on the 25th!

JOHN DANIEL

Snake Encounters:  An Evening with Reptiles

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   Tuesday, February 23, 2010

    Calvary Baptist Church

    Old Jacksonville Highway, Tyler Texas

     7:00 p.m.