Departure for International Scout Rally at Wilwin Lodge in Trout Lake is 5:15 today.

Departure for International Scout Rally at Wilwin Lodge in Trout Lake is 5:15 today. Be at Bagley by 5pm, and please eat your dinner before you come!

Service Time Opportunity: Wednesday 6-7 before Scouts to represent scouting at Recruit night.

If you need some service time, or would just like to help out, please go to Peace Lutheran Church from 6-7pm on Wednesday, prior to the scout meeting to be a good example of scouting for the recruit night.

Bring your book and have a Troop 1 leader sign off on the time that you spent assisting the recruit night.

Tenative Troop 1 Schedule

September ___________________________________

14 Service Time Opportunity: 6-8pm Peace Lutheran Recruit night.

14 Meal plan for Wilwin Lodge, game preparation, costume planning, Adults may do the dishes to enter in the dutch oven contest.

16-18 Weekend: International Scout Rally, Wilwin Lodge, Trout Lake, MI Theme: Around the World in 3 days

18 Sunday Popcorn table at Jays 12-5pm

21 Meeting etiquette: conduct & uniform, Scout rank requirements and physical fitness 30 days, Den Chief information for older boys

28 Cyberchip

October___________________________________

1&2 Saturday & Sunday: Grayling campout with the Cub Scouts if Den Chiefs or troop members want to do that

5 Merit badge wrap up for Communications, First Aid. Start Salesmanship merit badge Mr. Branigan

12 Fall Position of Responsibility Elections (meal planning for camping trip.)

14-16 Whitefish Point Camping trip Kathy Arndt

19 undetermined

23 Sunday: Court of Honor dinner (have a scout earning communications merit badge do the program)

26 Possible Kiwanis Open House

29 Popcorn sale Jays, 8am-9pm

International Scout Rally at Trout Lake in the Upper Peninsula next weekend!

If you missed our first scout meeting, you might want to know that we plan on going to the International Scout Rally at Trout Lake in the Upper Peninsula next weekend! Please let scoutmaster know if you plan to come. Next Wednesday we will plan the meals, the game and costumes for the rally. The theme is Around the World in 3 days.

Were you elected for the Order of the Arrow, but haven't went to your Ordeal yet?

Were you elected for the Order of the Arrow, but haven't went to your Ordeal yet? Sept 30-Oct 2 is the Fall Conclave at Gerber Scout Camp in Twin Lake. Join fellow Arrowmen and women for a great weekend of cheerful service and fellowship. All ordeal, brotherhood and vigil honor ceremonies will be held at this event. The cost is $50 for an Ordeal candidate and $25 for an existing OA member. Remember, if you were elected you must complete your ordeal in 1 year and this is the 2nd of 3 opportunities.

https://scoutingevent.com/272-FallConclave

Check out this September District Digest!

Check out this September District Digest and look for a familiar family.... Look under Northern Trails District, Eat Wings Raise Funds and see a cute family that we know supporting scouting!  Good job Savoie's!

September District Newsletter

Welcome back!

Have a great Labor Day weekend! Rest up and have fun before school begins next week! We hope to see you at our regularly scheduled Troop 1 meeting on Wednesday, September 7 at 7:00 p.m. at Bagley Hall.

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Our next committee meeting is Sunday, September 11 6:00 pm scouts, and 7:00 pm leadership and parents.

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Our first outing will most likely be the International Scout Rally at Wilwin Lodge. We will see who is interested on Wednesday and we will find out if we have enough parents committed to camp and drive scouts for the camping trip. If you haven't camped with us yet, this might be a good time to try, the weather is still nice!

NASA at Raven Hill Discovery Center

This is not a troop event, but it looked fun, so I'm just passing the word along. It is August 20.Thank you to Mr. Clements for notifying me about it. 

http://miravenhill.org/nasa-community-tec-day/nasatecday.html

Hiking merit badge: Hiking opportunities!

If your scout is taking the Hiking Merit badge (optional eagle required)  they need to meet the following requirements for hikes ( in additional to the rest of the merit badges requirements.

1. Take the five following hikes, each on a different day, and each of continuous miles. These hikes MUST be taken in the following order:
   • One 5-mile hike
   • Three 10-mile hikes
   • One 15-mile hike
   You may stop for as many short rest periods as needed, as well as one meal, during each hike, but not for an extended period (example: overnight). Prepare a written hike plan before each hike and share it with your Scoutmaster or a designee. Include map routes, a clothing and equipment list, and a list of items for a trail lunch. *
   
2. Take a hike of 20 continuous miles in one day following a hike plan you have prepared. You may stop for as many short rest periods as needed, as well as one meal, but not for an extended period (example: overnight). * 

Some of our scouts did their 5 mile at summer camp, and some scouts did their first 10 mile at Andreae cabin this past weekend.  

Here are some additional opportunities to hike to meet the requirements.  The hiking merit badge counselor Mr. Branigan will be participating in these hikes.  If your scout is interested we need at least one more adult to attend to help supervise, so you may need to attend with your scout depending on how much interest we get. 


August: 

Saturday, Aug 20
 
Where: Corner of King and Russett Rd, Petoskey, MI 49770
When: High Noon
What: Bring yourself and your Gear! and Sandwiches
Why: Go for a walk in the woods and to eat Sandwiches
Who: YOU!
We will be hiking from Springvale to King Rd
Bring: LOTS OF SANDWICHES / Hiking Staffs / Water / Snacks and a sense of adventure! / and a Towel never hurts!
Distance: ~9 miles
Cancellation: NEVER
There is no bad weather only bad gear ~thewalkingdude

August is National Sandwich Month and in celebration we have planned several stops in which we will eat SANDWICHES! It is also the month of the 100th anniversary of the National Park Service, so if you haven't finished your NCT HIKE 100 miles yet here's another great opportunity to get in some more miles. Boyscouts working on their hiking merit badges will also be joining us. They need a 10 mile hike so we will make a quick Jaunt over to the cherry valley overlook to add some mileage and for additional sandwich time!

 
September:

Sat September 17 Noon 

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The ARRRW's:
Where: NCMC Parking Lot
When: High Noon
What: Bring yourself and your Gear! and an appetite Piracy!
Why: Go for a walk in the woods and then ye be walkin' the plank
Who: YOU!

We will be swashbuckling from King Rd to Bayfront park where we be spying the booty!
Bring: Ye Treasure Map/ Hiking Staffs / Water / Snacks / yer best Jolly Roger! / and a Towel never hurts!
Distance: ~9.5 miles 
Cancellation: NEVER / we show now quarter
There is no bad weather only bad gear ~thewalkingdude 

September be one the best months of the year. Landlubbers from all around try to talk like pirates and we'll be doin' a bit of this or shiver me timbers you'll be walkin' the plank (or whilst walking the board walk ye'll be pushed into the briny deep of the swamp) Peg-legs, Eye Patches, cutlasses, and parrots are all welcome. If we not be speaking in pirate talk ye may be getting the black spot and we'll be escortin' ye blimy bilge rate self down to Davey Jone's locker!

So smartly step to and get ready to fly your Jolly Roger, fly it not, and risk missing yer grog and a possible keel haulin!

Sat October 15

The W's: Where: Bayfront Park

When: High Noon

What: Bring yourself and your Gear! and some creepy getup

Why: Go for a walk in the woods (in the park on the wheelway) while watching out for Ghosts and Goblins!

Who: YOU!

We will be creepy walking from Bayfront park to Creepy Rd...I mean Kipp Rd!

Bring: Hiking Staffs /(Holy?) Water / (treats) Snacks / Tricks / and a Towel never hurts! Distance: ~9 miles

Cancellation: NEVER...even unto the grave!

There is no bad weather only bad gear ~thewalkingdude

October is the month with the best holiday, Halloween! Dress up or not (and be made fun of) and hike with us through the end of our trail section, the end of the line, just the spooky end!

Join us for a spooky walk (well it probably won't be that spooky but we can hope that it might be) We will be finishing our trail section for the year in preparation for our last chance JRV hike. Join us!

November 12 sunrise

The W's: Where: Jordan River National Fish Hatchery

When: 7:03AM 30 minutes before sunrise
What: Bring yourself and your Gear! and be ready to hike!
Why: Go for a walk in the woods and finish the whole JRV pathway
Who: YOU!

Sunrise: 7:33 AM
Sunset: 5:14PM
Distance: 20 miles

Bring: Hiking Staffs / Water / Snacks / 7 League Boots / and a Towl never hurts!
Cancellation: NEVER
There is no bad weather only bad gear ~thewalkingdude 

 

Scouts will be joining us and will be competing their hiking merit badge!
It will be a great time and you will leave with a real sense of accomplishment!
Why so early you ask...because we only have 9 and a Half hours of daylight, thats why!

Eugene Branigan II

10:00 am picket today in Bagley for scouts at Andreae Cabin

Scouts should be back from Andreae Cabin by 10 am to Bagley hall. Because a couple scouts needed an early pickup and we needed drivers to get scouts we decided to go with the early departure. I will send updates if there are any.

International Scout Rally at Wilwin Lodge Sept 16-18

For those of you who like to plan ahead, here is the information for the upcoming International Scout Rally at Wilwin Lodge (formally called Hessel.) The dates are September 16-18 and the theme is Around the World in 3 days. Looking for adults willing to chaperone for the weekend.

Andreaes cabin campout this weekend? Are you coming?

Are you planning on attending the Andreaes Cabin campout this weekend? We will be working on the hiking merit badge. It should be a fun weekend! We need to know who's coming for the food purchases and so that we have enough drivers. Let scoutmaster know ASAP. 
So far we have 7 scouts planning on it.