Super Bowl Sunday

REMINDER

The Patrol Leader Meeting and Adult Committee Meeting scheduled for Sunday February 1 have been rescheduled to Sunday February 8 at 6PM and 7PM respectively.

Please update your calenders.

Troop News and Views

Troop News and Views
Troop 1, Gaylord
January 2009

Headlands Letter of Instruction, January 23-25.

All of you that signed up for Headlands must be looking forward to a great weekend. Here is the latest-

Departure: Friday, January 23d, 5:30 PM, from Glen’s parking lot

Return: Sunday, January 25th to Glen’s between 11:00 and 11:30 AM

Things to Remember:

Your permission slip—without it you are dead meat.

Cracker barrel only Friday night so eat dinner before you come to Glen’s

Pack warm clothes—it will be cold. Extra gloves, hat and face mask.

Sleeping bag or blankets suitable for inside use, change of clothing

Medications in an envelope with scout name and dosage

Optional Stuff:

Electronics—yeah, this time. Mr. Wagar can bring his Nine Inch Nails CDs too.

Snow Shoes and short skis for cross country if you have them.

GPS, compass

If you have a griddle or crock pot, that would be helpful.

Trimmers to trim branches along trails (our project for Saturday)

Other items as the SPL arranges.

Scoutmaster Ken Arndt

Cell: 989-619-0630

Our Condolences

Sad news to share with the Troop 1 Family.

Mr. Douglas M. Hancock, father and grandfather to the Hancock families, passed away January 13. Mr. Hancock's obituary is online at Nelson Funeral Home .

There is also a guest book for those who want to share condolences with the Hancock family.

Please keep the Hancock family in your thoughts and prayers.

Klondike Derby Information

Check it out!

Scenic Trails Council has information on the 2009 Northern Trails District Klondike Derby available on line at: http://www.stcbsa.org/pdfs/NT%20kLONDIKE%2009.pdf


2009 Klondike Derby
Host: Troop 76 Bellaire
Date: Saturday, February 7, 2009
Location: Antrim County Airport, Bellaire
Cost: $10.00 per scout

Please let Mr. Arndt or SPL Kevin know if you are interested in being on a Troop 1 Sled Team or serve as a guide for a Gaylord Webelos group.

Headlands & Wood Carving Permission Form

Please use the following links to download and print permission slips for scouts attending these events.

Permission slips should be turned in to Mr. Arndt.


Headlands:
http://docs.google.com/Doc?id=dhfxch84_18ct9kn7gx

Wood Carving:
http://docs.google.com/Doc?id=dhfxch84_19fsjfk5f5

Troop News and Views

Troop News and Views
Troop 1, Gaylord
January 2009

We wish all of you scouts and scout families a very happy and prosperous new year and a rewarding scouting experience. We are sending along a few notes to supplement the troop calendar and permission slips for the wood carving and Headlands events.

January 13th & February 10th, Wood Carving. The Gaylord carving club is hosting a carving class for us next Tuesday at the Gaylord Masonic Center on South Otsego in Gaylord. This is located just north of Pro Source Rental and south of Peach Lutheran Church. Scouts should not bring their own knives to the first session. The training is from 6:30 to about 8:15 and is put on by members of the club. Scouts who do wish to obtain the wood carving merit badge may do so and we anticipate a follow up meeting on February 10th where the project completed can be displayed. No age OR RANK restrictions. This should be fun. Make sure you bring the permission slip attached to this newsletter to the carving class.

Because of the carving class on Tuesday, there will be no troop meeting next Wednesday.

Headlands, January 23-25. This is a classic Troop 1 Trip and this year should be no exception. We leave Friday night and come back Sunday morning. Outdoor activities are the order the of the day but indoor activities usually take the form of games, fiddling around (adult terminology) with electronics which are permitted on this trip, and snow shelter building. Sign ups on the 7th and 13th. We may need an additional driver or two depending on the sign ups.

Pinewood Derby Car Races for Pack 1 will be in January and Pack 3’s are not yet announced. We usually provide help with set up, car weigh in and running the race. Stand by.

February 7th-Klondike Derby; Pending Trip to Andreas Cabin. The annual derby always gets a good showing by our troops. Kevin and his staff will begin planning in January. How many sleds to we have now—with Dwayne on board I think 4—so no chance we will not be cancelled for transportation. Andreas Cabin pending date is 20-22 February. We will communicate when we know.

March 25th is our Sportsplex Lock in under our committee chair Tom Wagar and our awards chair Ann Wagar. Band director will be Jim Marsh, as usual. March 14th is the big day. . . er night, so be ready to volunteer. All night swimming, hockey and skating and eating.

March 25th is also the date of adult leader training indoor up in Petoskey. Have I asked any of you to join me there so as to be out of Tom and Ann’s way in the setup for the Lock in? Seriously, there will be needs for leaders in the troop over the next couple of years that will require the training—will you consider coming along? The second phase of the training is in April—the outdoor training—and that is much more fun. . . . have I mentioned that?

Spring Camporee is May 1-3 this year, and that is when the camping season officially opens. Opens means that cooking gear comes out of the trailer for the first time, so plan on it now.

Summer Camp for Troop 1 is June 21st to June 27th. We will have scouts in the Boundry Waters, Florida Sea Base and in Philmont, as well as working at Camp Greilick this year—but our younger scouts should all attend camp with us. We are going to make a special effort to really coach our scouts this year. Janet Hancock and I are thinking about the activities and advancements now and I can assure you that no scout that goes to Camp with us will have a bad experience. Late January and early February this year we will have a meeting for parents on summer camp. This will give our new scouts the chance to understand how camp works and – for mom and dad -- how our scouts pay for it.

Welcome to our 3 newest scouts—officially. Pack 1 scouts Noah M, Brandon P and Jim H have come on board and we are very happy to see them. They will be busy boys the next month or so getting up to speed under the tutelage of Nick C and Andrew H, two of our Eagles. And let’s not forget their parents Dwayne and Vicki, Jeff and Jacquie—welcome all.

That’s all for now. This has been handed out as well as posted to the Troop Site.

From the Scenic Trail I remain, very proud to be your scoutmaster-

Ken Arndt

2008 Tree Sales are Finished

Donald may have the final shift of the 2008 Christmas Tree lot tonight.

The lot will taken down and closed for business by noon on Saturday. Remaining trees will be donated.

Thanks to all who made this year another successful fund raiser for Troop 1.

Tim Neff
Christmas Tree Lot Committee

Our Thoughts and Prayers

Some sad news to share with the Troop 1 Family.

Clara Sevener, mother of Mr. Steve Sevener, passed away December 14.

Mrs. Sevener's obituary is online at Stone Funeral Home . There is also a guest book for those who want to share condolences with Mr. Sevener and his family.

Please keep Mr. Sevener in your thoughts and prayers.

KIWANIS CHRISTMAS BASKETS

The Kiwanis Club will be filling food and gift baskets on Thursday December 18 starting at 5:30PM. The location will be the former Northern Appliance building on Old 27 South.

Scouts wanting to help should wear their uniforms to this event. All scouts are welcome to come help.

Scouts have had fun helping at this event in past years.

Christmas Tree Lot Update

A big THANK YOU to all scouts and adults who volunteered at the Christmas Tree Lot this weekend. Tons of snow and trees were moved so the tree lot could be open. We had a successful weekend and sold approximately 100 trees.

We still have about 40 trees to sell so volunteers will be needed this week. Stay tuned for Tree Lot updates.

SPECIAL THANKS to Mr. Jim Miller host of the Michigan Outdoor Adventures radio program on WMJZ Eagle 101.5. Mr. Miller interviewed Mr. Wagar and Kevin N. on Saturday and helped promote the Troop 1 Christmas Tree lot to his radio audience. Several people mentioned they had heard about the tree lot on the radio.

SPECIAL THANKS to Mr. Al Nutter for his time and Scouting Spirit Saturday morning. Mr. Nutter helped move the troop trailer and helped to untie and set up about 70 Christmas Trees. Mr. Nutter is an Eagle Scout and past Committee Chair for Troop 1.

Merry Christmas!
Tim Neff
Christmas Tree Lot Committee

OA Regalia Making

To all Order of the Arrow members.

Mr. Steve Bartha will be at our meeting this Thursday, Dec. 11, 2008. We will be making regalia and would like to see as many as possible attend.

Thanks,Craig Oakley

Tree Lot Help Needed This Weekend

Our Christmas Tree Lot is covered with snow and our paths to the trees have been plowed shut.

We need volunteers with shovels or snow blowers to help dig out the lot on Saturday!

The second weekend in December is traditionally our biggest tree sales weekend of the year. We need to have our Christmas Tree lot assessable to the public this weekend.

Please contact Mr. Neff if you can help with snow removal Saturday morning between 10AM and Noon or if you can help sell trees between noon and 6PM.

Thanks
Tim