March 2006 Newsletter
March 2006
Volume 87 Number 3
Scout News
Troop 112 – Oregon’s Oldest Boy Scout Troop
www.Troop112.com
WELCOME TO OUR NEW BOY SCOUTS. Troop 112 welcomes our new Scorpion Patrol. Thanks to our new adult volunteers: Mark Haneberg, Howard Hunter, Gary Peterson.
Please mark your calendars– March is advancements month. Den Chief training for Boy Scouts will be held on Saturday, March 4th at 3456 Belinger Lane in Central Point from 9am to 1pm. Cost is $10 and lunch will be provided. Class A uniforms. This is good leadership training for Boy Scouts, particularly those with younger brothers in the Cub Scouts. If you wish to attend, spots are still available and registration Saturday morning is OK. If your scout needs a ride and pick-up, John Wurfl will be taking scouts to and from this event. Call him at 535-7662.
COMMUNITY SERVICE
Patrol assignments will proceed through the next two months as follows for maintenance of the amphibian area at North Mountain Park:
March April
No. Mountain Park Maintenance Bears Roadrunners
The Ashland Lions Club
TO ALL LEADERS AND PARENTS WHO MAY ACCOMPANY SCOUTS ON ACTIVITIES –
Nothing is more important than the health and safety of our scouts. Toward that end, an online training course on Youth Protection is offered at www.craterlakecouncil.org. This course takes only 20 minutes to complete and is self-paced. Upon completion, a certificate is issued and your completion is recorded at Council Headquarters. Please access this free and required training at your very earliest convenience. Thank You!
Smoke Signals
Sat Mar 4 9a-1p Den Chief Training (for Boy Scouts).
LDS Church 3456 Belinger Lane, Central Point. Call 664-1444
Sat Mar 11 7am Merit Badge Workshop at Briscoe
W Mar 15 7pm Board of Review Pioneer Hall
Sat Mar 18 7am Advancements Workshop at Briscoe
Sun Mar 19 4:30p-7p Pack 112 Pinewood Derby Pioneer Hall
T Mar 21 7 pm Committee Meeting. All parents invited. Details to follow.
W Mar 22 6:30 pm Court of Honor Pioneer Hall
Mar 23-Apr 4 Spring Break
Sun Mar 26 7:45am Ski/board Day. Bring 5 cans of food. Briscoe
Apr 15-16 Campout. Destination to be determined
May 19-21 Camporee
June 15/16 Feast of Will
June 19-23 We need Den Chiefs for Cub Scout Day Camp
July 23-29 Camp Makulla at Crescent Lake SW of Bend
our own Council’s Summer Camp
Remember - monthly PLC meetings are now being held at 6pm on Troop night/ 2nd Wednesday of the month. Troop meetings 1st & 3rd Wednesday; Merit Badge workshop – 4th Wednesday.
Reminder about Uniforms: All the Scouts know that one needs a FULL uniform, book, dues and sign in on time to be eligible for the door prize at Troop meetings. But some probably don’t know that the Troop with its sponsor, the Ashland Lion’s Club, has a requirement to be in uniform at meetings - “Scouts are required to wear Class A uniforms to Troop meetings and Courts of Honor and Class B uniforms to Patrol meetings as this is a part of showing Scout Spirit. Scouts failing to wear their uniforms will be able to stay at the meetings as observers, but will not be able to sit with the other scouts or participate in the formal discussions.”
So please start observing this rule, and show your Scout spirit!
Merit Badge books please – If your scout has earned a merit badge and still has that book, returning it to the troop will give another scout a chance to earn that badge. Thank you.
ReStatement of Attendance requirements – Attendance at meetings and participation in Troop activities is also part of the Scout Spirit that needs to be demonstrated for advancement. Currently, the Troop has a number of registered Scouts who don’t regularly participate in Troop activities. Scouts are reminded that they need to show a minimum of 50% participation in order to be eligible for advancement to the next rank as this participation is a part of the Scout Spirit that needs to be demonstrated for advancement. All decisions on a Scout’s percentage of participation for rank advancement will be made by the Scoutmaster at the required Scoutmaster conference for that rank
NOTE: Ryan Pini is the Quartermaster of the Scout Store. Contact him at 535-9381.
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