Council Camporee

We will be meeting at the Scout Hut at 5 p.m. on Friday to load our Troop and personal gear for this weekend's Old Hickory Council Camporee at the Wilkes County Airport in North Wilkesboro.

Scouts should eat dinner before arriving at the Scout Hut.

Don't forget to consult your Scout book when packing for this trip. It's Fall and you are heading to the North Carolina mountains, which means the weather can change and there is a good possibility of cool mornings and evenings.

Think 10 essentials.....layers and rain gear!

We should be arriving back at the Scout Hut around noon on Sunday and will call on the way back with a more definite pick up time.

POPCORN

Several Scout turned in their popcorn sales sheets at Tuesday's meeting.

This weekend is the absolute deadline to turn in your popcorn order forms with Saturday being the last day to sell popcorn.

Marshall Foster, Troop 919's popcorn kernel, has agreed to be at the Scout Hut several times over the weekend to accept your final order forms.  Marshall be at the Scout Hut at the following times:

• Friday (Oct. 24) at 5 p.m. when the Troop meets to leave for the Council Camporee
• Sunday (Oct. 26) at about noon or when the Troop returns from the weekend camping trip.
• Sunday (Oct. 26) at 4 p.m.  This is the final time to turn in your popcorn sales sheet! Mr. Foster has to turn in the final order to the council on Sunday afternoon. Please don't make him have to track you down!

Thanks to everyone in the Troop for all of the effort you put into selling popcorn, which, did I mention, funds most of our Troop activities (like this weekend's Camporee).

And a special thanks to Marshall for all of his hard work in our Troop's annual popcorn fund raiser.

Council Camporee - We will be meeting at the Scout Hut at 5 p.m. on Friday to load our Troop and personal gear and depart for the Council Camporee in North Wilkesboro. We should be returning around lunch time on Sunday.

Menu planning for this trip will be at Tuesday's Troop meeting, so if you have not already signed up for this trip and would like to attend, be sure to be present at Tuesday's meeting.

The following Scouts have signed up for the trip: Chris W., Alexander Z., Devlin B., Evan L., Josh J., Gabriel H., Ben G., Jacob C., Raymond F. (?), Lyle G., Noah B., Daniel P., Tripp H., Jeffrey S., Andrew S. and Andrew T.

We will confirm our Adult leadership at Tuesday's meeting.

Thank You - Thanks to the Scouts and leaders who spent their morning on Saturday helping out at the Brookstown Days Festival.

Featherfest - Wahissa Lodge's second annual Josh Davis Memorial Featherfest will be held at Camp Raven Knob the weekend of October 31 - November 2

If you think you might be interested in Indian Affairs or would like to learn more, then you should consider attending this event. This event is open to anyone who would like to learn more about Indian affairs, including drumming, singing, dancing, making regalia, Order of the Arrow ceremonies and more.

The cost for the event is $35, which includes the event patch, your meals,cracker barrels and more. Your registration and payment should be submitted to the Scout Office by Oct. 27. You do not have to be a member of the Order of the Arrow to particiapte in this event, which will include a Pow Wow on Friday and Saturday evening.

The Featherfest registration form can be downloaded from the Washissa Lodge website.

November Camping Trip - Our November camping will be a Shotgun shooting experience at the shotgun range at Camp Raven Knob, November 14-16.

We will be holding sign-ups for this trip early, so we can make arrangements with CRK's Shotgun Range Director for the weekend. We have to provide a confirmed count within the next two weeks. All Scouts, Ravens through Eagle, will be able to patriciapte in this experience! Adults will be able to shoot, too!

We will shooting from the camp's wobble trap and beginner shooters will be able to perfect their skills on the teaching trap.

Popcorn Sales Sheets - Your popcorn sales sheets are due at Tuesday's meeting. If you would like to have a few more days selling, you can make special arrangements with Marshall Foster to turn in your sheets over the weekend. All sales sheets are absolutely due to Mr. Foster by Sunday, October 26

Planning for 2009 - The Troop Patrol Leader's Council will be holding its 2009 activity planing meeting soon. All Patrols should be submitting a list of the kinds of activities it would like to do on the camping trips in 2009 to the PLC prior to its November meeting.

Mark This Date - Our popcorn pickup date is Saturday, November 8. Please mark this date on your calendar and plan to pick your popcorn up that morning. If you are not going to be able to pick up your order than morning, please make arrangements with someone to pick your order up for you. Orders CAN NOT be left overnight.

Court of Honor - Our next Troop Court of Honor is Tuesday, November 18 at Brookstown United Methodist Church. If you are working on requirements for rank advancement or are completing a merit badge, please keep this date in mind so you can complete your work in time to have your rank or Merit Badge presented at this Court of Honor.

Brookstown Days Reminder

Our Troop will be assisting Brookstown United Methodist Church with its Brookstown Days on Saturday (that's tomorrow, Oct. 18).

If you are one of the Scouts who signed up to help out, you should report to the church at 8 a.m. and find the volunteer coordinator for a work assignment. Uniform of the day is Class B (Troop t-shirt). And if you didn't sign up and can now help, please come join us for a fun day of service.

POPCORN

Only a few more days remain on the annual Boy Scout Popcorn sale.

How many sheets have you filled?

Brookstown Days - Brookstown Days is this Saturday at Brookwstown United Methodist Church in Pfafftown-Vienna and our Troop will be helping our Chartered Organization partner at this community event.

The following Scouts have signed up to help: Evan L., Ian B., Logan E. (?), Andy N., Alexander Z., Ben G., Corey E., Josh J. (?), Lyle G., Devlin B., Andrew C., and Raymond F.

If you would like to help with this event (and earn some community service hours towards your ran advancement), be sure to sign-up at Tuesday's Troop meeting.

Patrol Leader's Council - The Troop PLC will meet at 6 p.m. on Thursday at the Scout Hut to plan our Troop activities for the next month, including our participation in the Council Camporee at the Wilkes County airport on the weekend of October 24-26.

Board of Review - The Troop Committee will be available on Thursday for any Scout who needs at Board of Review for rank advancement. The committee will be available at 6 p.m. (during the PLC) on a first come first served basis.

Troop Committee - The PLC and Board of Review meetings will be followed by the Troop Cpmmittee meeting at 7 p.m.  If you are on the Troop Commmitee and have not been able to attend a Committee meeting in a while, mark your calendar for Thursday!

Council Camporee - We will be camping at The Old Hickory Council Camporee the weekend of Oct. 24-26 at the Wilkes County Airport.

The following Scouts have signed up so far for the Camporee: Chris W., Andy N., Alexander Z., Devlin B., Evan L., Josh J., Gabriel H., Ben G., Jacob C., Raymond F. (?), Lyle G. and Noa B.

The theme for the camporee is aviation and there will be lots of aviation related activites at the camporee.

Troop JLT - Our Troop is planning a camping experience for its Junior Leader Training the weekend of Oct 18-19 and Tripp H. and Danner W. will be sharing many of the techniques and principles they learned at the National Youth Leader Training program they attended in September at this event.

Tripp and Danner will be calling members of the Patrol Leaders Council to discuss this event with you individually and encourage all members if the PLC to make every effort to attend this event.

The camping experience will be held near Winston-Salem.

Featherfest - Wahissa Lodge is hosting the second annual Josh Davis Memorial Featherfest at Camp Raven Knob the weekend of October 21 - November 2

If you think you might be interested in Indian Affairs or would like to learn more, then you should consider attending this event. This event is open to anyone who would like to learn more about Indian affairs, including drumming, singing, dancing, making regalia, Order of the Arrow ceremonies and more.

The cost for the event is $35, which includes the event patch, your meals,cracker barrels and more.  Your registration and payment should be submitted to the Scout Office by Oct. 27. You do not have to be a member of the Order of the Arrow or a registered Scout to particiapte in this event, which will include a Pow Wow on Saturday evening.

The Featherfest registration form can be downloaded from the Washissa Lodge website.

Popcorn Blitz Weekend - Don't forget to bring your compelted popcorn take order forms to Tuesday's meeting to qualify for the Blitz Weekend prize.

If you do not get your order forms to Marshall Foster on Tuesday (or before) you will NOT be eligible for the Blitz Weekend prize.

Vienna Civic Club - A reminder to adults leaders that we will working at the Vienna Civic Club food booth at the Dixie Classic Fair on Wednesday (Oct. 8), beginning at 5 p.m. Please contact Tim Lasley if you need additional info.

Council Camporee - We will be camping at The Old Hickory Council Camporee the weekend of Oct. 24-26 at the Wilkes County Airport.

The following Scouts have signed up so far for the Camporee: Chris W., Andy N., Alexander Z., Devlin B., Evan L., Josh J., Gabriel H., Ben G., Jacob C., Raymond F. (?), Lyle G.

The Aviation Merit Badge is being offered at the Camporee and includes the opportunity to take a "check ride" in a small airplane. If you want to take the Aviation Merit Badge, there is a separate form that has to be completed. To participate in the airplane ride you and your parent(s) also need to complete the Young Eagles appication.

The original cut off for the Young Eagles applications was last week, but we may be able to sign up a couple additional Scouts. Tuhesday (Oct. 7) is definitely the final cut off for this program.

If you are interested, see Mr. Hough for an application at Tuesday's meeting.

Brookstown Days - Our Troop will be helping our Chartered Organization partner, Brookstown United Methodist Church, at the church during Brookstown Days on Saturday, Oct. 18.

The following Scouts have signed up to help at Brookstown Days: Evan L., Ian B., Logan E. (?), Andy N., Alexander Z., Ben G., Corey E., Josh J. (?), Lyle G., Devlin B.

Featherfest - If you think you might be interested in Indian Affairs, then you should consider attending the 2nd Annual Josh Davis Featherfest at Camp Raven Knob, Oct. 31 through Nov. 2. This event is open to anyone who would like to learn more about Indian affairs, including drumming, singing, dancing, making regalia and more.

The cost for the event is $35 and your registration and payment should be submitted to the Scout Office by Oct. 27.

Leader Training - The Old Hickory Council will be offering the Introduction to Outdoor Leadership Skills leader training course at Camp Raven Knob, November 1-2. This is the required outdoor training for Assistant Scoutmasters and the skills taught during this course are based on the outdoor skills found in the Boy Scout handbook.

If you have not taken this course, please consider registering for this course. The course fee is $25 and registrations are due at the Scout Office by Oct. 24.