Date: August 18th 2008

Spelunking Trip - The Spelunking Trip is this weekend. We will meet at the Scout Hut on Friday at 5 p.m. to load our equipment and depart shortly thereafter.

The cost of this trip is $55 plus food cost and the Troop is paying $25 of the fee for each Scout attending, which means we will need to collect your $30 at Tuesday's Scout meeting. You will also need to pay your share of the food cost on Friday.

The following people are signed up for this trip:

Scouts: Lyle G., Paul L., Raymond F., Evan L., Josh J., Ben G., Austin D., Jeffrey S., Chris W., Alexander Z.

Adults: Mike Warner, David Jacobius, Steve Tucker and Matt Zimmermann

Summer Camp Merit Badges - Have you completed your Merit Badge requirements from summer camp? If so, please be sure to have the incomplete items signed off at Tuesday's Troop meeting so your Merit Badge can be awarded at next week's COurt of Honor

PLC Meeting - The Troop Patrol Leaders Council will meet at 6 p.m. on Thursday at the Scout Hut. Each patrol MUST be represented at this important planning meeting. As a Patorl Leader, if you can't attend this meeting it is YOUR responsibility to make sure another Scout is going to be there to represent your Patrol. Please call Austin D. to let him know you will be attending this meeting.

Troop Committee Meeting - The Troop Committee will be meeting on Thursday at 7 p.m. at the Scout Hut.

Board of Review - Do you need a Board of Review for rank advancement prior to this month's Court of Honor? The Troop Committee will be available at the Scout Hut on Thursday at 6 p.m. for the purpose of conducting your Board of Review. If you plan to ask for a BOR on Thursday, be sure to conduct your Scoutmaster Conference on Tuesday.

Picnic and Court of Honor - We will be holding our annual family picnic and Court of Honor on Tuesday, August 26 at 6 p.m in the picninc shelter at Brookstown United Methodist Church. Steve Smith and his family have generously agreed to furnish the hamburgers and hot dogs again this year and we are counting on the Scout families to provide the side dishes, drinks and deserts. The Patrols are asked the bring the following:

Flying Squirrels - Side Dishes
Raven Patrol - Side Dishes
Cola Bears - Drinks
Venture Patrol - Drinks
Ugly Ducklings - Deserts

Fall Camping Trips - The camping trips planned for this fall and winter are:

Sept. 27-28 -- Backpacking and Intro to Backpacking
Oct. 24-26 -- Council Camporee (North Wilkesboro Airport)
Nov. 15-16 -- Sporting Clay or Skeet Shooting
Dec. 13-14 -- Intro to Cold Weather Camping
Jan. 17-19, 2009 -- Snow Camping

Troop Elections - Troop Elections will be held on Tuesday, Sept. 2. If you think you have an interest in running for Senior Patrol Leader you must schedule a Scoutmaster Conference before Sept. 1. No Scout will be approved to run for SPL without having completed the Scoutmaster Conference.

Popcorn Meeting - We will be holding our popcorn kickoff meeting on Tuesday, Sept. 23 at 7:30 p.m. in the fellowship hall at Brookstown United Methodist Church.  All Scouts are urged to attend this meeting to learn about this year's popcorn sale. We would also like at least one parent from each Scout family to attend this important meeting.

The annual Boy Scout popcorn sale is our Troop's only fundraiser and the money our Troop generates from your popcorn sales enables our Troop to fund our outdoor camping program, pay for our equipment and to pay for the upkeep on our Scout Hut.

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