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Dear Fellow Scouts,
I am once again asking for your help with my Eagle Scout Project.
The collection portion of the project is now over and am now asking for your assistance with the sorting of the various items. The dates I have chosen are July 11 from 1-5 and July 12 from 10-5. However, it may not take us as long on that Saturday depending on how much gets done on Friday. Any help you can offer will be greatly appreciated.
Thank you,
Stefan Pietrzak
We will be having required Philmont meetings on the following dates in the Girl Scout Room (regular troop meetings for Scouts not attending Philmont will also be held each of those nights in the Scout Room):
All meetings will be from 7:00-8:30
- Tue. Jun. 24 (Philmont Scouts and Leaders)
- Tue. Jul. 1 (Philmont Scouts and Leaders)
- Tue. Jul. 15 (Philmont Scouts and Leaders + Parents of Scouts going)
We may also have a Philmont meeting on Tue. Jul. 8 while the rest of the troop is at Tesomas. Stay tuned.
THE SCRIBE’S JOURNAL
BY JAKE R.
ON TO EAGLE
April 18, 2008
Tonight we started our camp by setting up the tents, then the whole troop set up the rain flys. After that we had a little free time to organize our stuff. Then only the people who had their fire-n-chit looked for tinder. While that was happening Jeremy M. taught the new scouts how to whip rope. After that we had an enjoyable cracker barrel with tons of snacks!!! Finally we had a troop meeting around the campfire, then we hit the hay!!
April 19, 2008
Today we woke up early and started work. First we started breakfast. We had pancakes, although they were burnt and had a little raw batter inside, they were still filling. After that was the fun part, Adventure Trail!! I find it fun to stay behind at our site and teach other people. Jeremy and I were teaching the tripod lashing. Then, lunch. We had ham sandwiches –mmmmmmmm! After lunch the adventure trail resumes. Finally… Dinner!!! It was Jeremy’s special spaghetti. Ryan S. and I were his assistants. After the delicious spaghetti we played capture the flag. Finally we sat around the campfire to end off the nice sunny, warm day.
April 20, 2008
We stared with a rude awakening. Today we had doughnuts for breakfast. After, it was time to pack up everything. Everyone unpitched their tents and took down the rain flys. Finally we policed the area (pick up even the smallest bit of litter) got our badges and left.
The Muskego campout permisson form can be found here. This campout will be Wednesday June 18th through Friday June 20th. The swim test for Tesomas will be given at this campout. It is open to all scouts and is recommended that all scouts going to Tesomas attend this campout. The permission form is due June 3rd.
Please open and read the following PDF documents:
Here are the Tesomas 2008 documents
We are still looking for additional Scouts
and Leaders (especially Leaders) for Philmont from Jul. 23-Aug.
5, 2008. We currently have 4 Leaders but would like more (can
take up to 8). Please contact Rudy Pesut ASAP at 414-427-0003,
if interested.
Also a reminder that the final Philmont trek
fee of $255 is due Feb. 12. The final fee of $418 (airfare balance,
buses, hotel, COPE, crew T-shirt) will be due Jun. 10.
We will
be receiving itinerary choice information and medical forms from
Philmont in March. We will be putting people into 2 crews and
selecting boy crew leaders prior to that. When that happens,
we will meet to select an itinerary and plan our practice hikes
for the Spring and COPE weekend for early summer. We will also
be holding periodic Philmont-only meetings for Scouts, Leaders,
and Parents.
Since semi-specialized equipment is needed
for Philmont, you may want to consider any of the following as
Christmas presents – sturdy hiking
boots, sleeping bag (small, compact one for backpacking and not
a large bulky one), rainsuit (this is preferable to a poncho),
pack and frame (you can rent one for about $20 at Philmont if
you don’t want to invest in one), water bottles (Nalgene),
and small flashlight. This list is not meant to be all-inclusive
but it is meant to represent the items you wouldn’t necessarily
have for a weekend campout or even week-long summer camp. Here’s
a link to the most recent electronic version of the Philmont
Guidebook (2006) that we were able to download (on pp. 16-17,
there is a more complete personal equipment list).
 Philmont
Guidebook
Hey everyone: BSA has finally come out with a uniform pant that I think all of you will find a very good deal from a lot of aspects. First of all, it is a convertible so you will get the shorts and pants for one price. Second, it is a very attractive price at $39.95. (Don't balk at that, I saw what you guys spend on slushies) If you bought the current pants and shorts it would almost double that price!! Next, you get some nice camping features back like cargo pockets. If you go to REI or other high end stores for backpacking gear, this is the type of pant you will see on the racks priced starting at $40.00 and going up from there!!!! This is the same design many of us wore at Philmont but now available as an official uniform pants. If you have not purchased your pants or shorts as of yet or if you are ready for a size change, this is a great way to go. Remember, you are suppose to be in full uniform which includes the pants and this will fill the bill. Of course, any official uniform part ever produced by BSA always counts as an official uniform part so your old stuff is not obsolete because of a new style. I just talked to the people at our Scout Center store. They have the pants and they are selling very well so check it out!!
Click here for a link to the scout stuff store.
Mr. G.
Search your archives. We need merit badge books.
If you have any merit badge books that you no longer need please
consider returning / donating them to the troop.
I have posted the photos that I took at Tesomas
as well as other photos taken at scouting activities throughout
the years on my personal website. The address is http://trainedracoon.smugmug.com/Scouting.
Please feel free to leave comments on the photos by clicking
the "add comment" link at the bottom of each page. If you have
any digital photos of our scouting activities and wish to share
them please burn a CD for me and I will post them on the site.
Effective immediately we will begin enforcing
the due dates for permission forms. As a general rule the permission
forms will be due the second Tuesday before the outing. This
change is necessary to allow us to get an accurate count of boys
attending so we can plan transportation and meals in advance.
I have created a google group to allow anyone
interested in Troop 592 to communicate via email. Email sent
to this group will be forwarded to all members of the group.
If you would like to be a part of this google group just put
your email in the box below and press submit. You will receive
an email with further instructions.
Don't forget to read this month's Scoutmaster's
Corner and Event Calendar.
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