General News/Roundtable News
**Scout nights with the Saints on 6/23/04. Playing the Sioux City
Explorers. Special Scout price of $15.
**Scout Day with the Twins. 6/27/04 (Brewers), 7/31/04 (Redsox),
8/22/04 (Indians) & 9/18/04 (Orioles). Tickets--$18.
**Boy Scouts All Night. Spend the night at the Dome after a Twins
games. Cost--$25.
**Gathering of Eagles Alumni Dinner on 6/22/04 at Interlachen Country
Club. $37 each.
**Many Point work party…..need Scouts to help. June 4 and June 6;
need to know by May 28.
**Pine Wood Derby Expo looking for Scouts to help on June 5
**Chair for the Boy Scout Council stepping down…..if interested call
the Viking Council.
See Kathy Burnside or Ed Schmidt for more information on these scheduled events.
Scoutmaster Report
Year end is approaching……all Scouts should be evaluating where they stand in rank advancements. Next parent meeting in June will be the annual planning event. Please attend to assist us in making the decisions that affect the troop.
We ought to consider purchasing a membership to the Isaak Walton League since we use that facility on Bush Lake several times a year. The parents at the meeting agreed that this would be a good use of funds.
We also heard from Jay Garey about several boys in other troops who
had tried to earn money for Many Point but were unable to earn enough
due to a number of circumstances. We agreed to offer a one time $500
scholarship to fund three boys to go to Camp and we will assist them
in learning how to earn camp money for next year.
Camping
MANY POINT…. We are reserved there for the week of July 25-31. Kevin Norby is the Troop Coordinator, please see him with questions. Remember---May 17 meeting is the one where ALL forms and money must be turned in.
We decided to reserve a place next year for the troop to attend Many Point as we needed to do so to preserve our spot, but we also agreed to explore going to a different camp around the same time like the one near Rhinelander, WI, Tesomas Camp.
It was decided that we would try and avoid scheduling High Adventures
that conflicted with camps in the summer as some boys wanted to
attend both but couldn't.
HIGH ADVENTURES
The Northern MN High Adventure is scheduled for a long weekend: Thursday thru Sunday, July 29-Aug 1. That trip is full and the sign ups should be receiving emails from Dave Kuplic on details.
Brule River trip. Traditionally this is the trip for 7-8th grades (age 13+). Planned for the week of June 10-13. Scouts MUST HAVE canoeing and swimming badges completed to participate. There are still openings for this trip---see Kevin Norby if interested.
MISC.
If you are an Eagle Scout or no longer interested in selling wreaths, please turn in your customer lists to the troop which can help some younger Scouts build their selling base.
The SCUBA divers will be attempting their Open Water Dives in early
August to complete their certification. We agreed to fund half of
each divers cost if they do their Open Water dive here.
MEMBERSHIP
Evan announced that we have 6 new applications and the Charter is completed and sent to district.
At the May 17 meeting Evan will talk about what badges are needed by
most of the troop and the boys will decide what themes they wish to
pursue for the next year. At the June Parent meeting we will decide
how best to direct these requests. It is important that the boys
attend this meeting and that parents attend the June meeting.
Secretary's Note
If you are receiving this newsletter by mail, that means I do not
have your Email address. Email delivery allows you to receive the
news quicker and it is cheaper and easier as well. If you have an
email account, please let me know or better yet, email me the address
to my account at [email protected]. Thanks.
Calendar
May | |||
| 3 | Meeting - Campout planning | 7:00 PM | NHUMC |
| 6 | District Roundtable | 7:00 PM | CTKLC |
| 7-8 | Cleary Lake Campout /OA Callout | ||
| 8 | Parent Meeting at Cleary Lake | 9:00 AM | |
| 10 | No Meeting | ||
| 17 | Meeting | 7:00 PM | NHUMC |
| 24 | Board of Review | 7:00 PM | NHUMC |
June | |||
| 3 | District Roundtable | 7:00 PM | CTKLC |
| 5 | All Parents Annual Planning Meeting | 9:00 AM | NHUMC |
| 7 | Court of Honor | 7:00 PM | Bush Lake |
| 10 | Brule River High Adventure | ||
ALL PARENTS!!! Please attend the monthly Parent Meetings and learn how the troop functions. Mark your calendar now for the June Meeting.
Have you been over to the Troop Website lately??? The newsletters
are archived there and there is helpful information on the troop for
all. Book mark this site:
http://www.geocities.com/MN_Troop469/
Thanks to Jeff Nygren who maintains the site for us.