Headlands departure time Saturday, January 14 (Tomorrow!)

We will leave for the Headlands trip Saturday, January 14 (tomorrow) at 8:00 am from Bagley Township Hall. (We will not leave Friday as planned because school was called off) 

Please arrive between 7:30 am and 8:00 am for a prompt departure Saturday morning.

This is the only trip that Scouts are invited to bring video games and their own tv.  

Please dress for outdoor activities.  We have a service project. We will use bow saws to dismantle a downed tree.  Bring warm coat, gloves, hat and boots.

Scouts should bring a change of clothing, class B shirts.  Bring a sleeping bag, pillow, and toiletries.  Wear your class A uniform for travel on Saturday morning.

A permission slip will need to be signed (if you have not already done that)

We return on Sunday Morning between (11:30- Noon)

16th Annual Sportsplex Lock-in

It's that time again!  The Troop 1 Gaylord Sportsplex Lock-in

SATURDAY, MARCH 17, 2012

Cost is only $20 per person!

Includes use of all the Sportsplex facilities plus

 Bowling at the Gaylord Bowling Center (between 2 & 5 am)!

Door Prizes!  Midnight Pizza & snacks! Continental Breakfast!

Advance reservations required!

Capacity is limited!  First come, First Served!

If you turn in your registration and deposit by February 15^th you will be entered into a drawing for a troop prize.

There will be a $20 non-refundable deposit per Troop reservation.

Complete the attached reservation form and mail it, along with the deposit to Troop 1, P.O. Box 87, Gaylord, MI.  49734

  For additional information contact Julia Bushong at

e-mail jbushonghome@charter.net  or phone 989-619-2526

Registration will start no earlier than 8:30 and ending at 9:00 PM

The event will run until 6:00 AM Sunday

You are responsible for the following:

Providing your own transportation, obtaining permission slips (with

health history in case of accident), & obtaining tour permit from Council

This is NOT a “bring a friend” event.  Registered Scouts only.

Click this link below to access the flyer:


Sportsplex Lock-in Flyer

Registration Form

Sportsplex Indoor Map

We need some tree lot workers!

This week there is no one signed up for working the Christmas tree lot.  We still have trees to sell!  If you have not taken a turn selling trees please sign up for this week.   If you have signed up, but have not worked (because you forgot) please let Mrs. Bushong know so that she can remove your name from the list.  All scouts are obligated to work at the tree lot to support the troop.  All scouts who work the tree lot will be rewarded with a free trip to Headlands in January for some video game playing fun!

If you do not have easy access to the online signup sheet, please call Mrs. Bushong at 989-619-2526 and she will let you know hours available to work and she will put you down on the sign up sheet. 

Thank you!

Tree Lot Sign Up

The link in the previous email was requiring a password.  Try this link instead!

Tree Lot Sign up Sheet

Upcoming Events November 2011

Troop 1 sells Christmas trees every year to financially support the Troop. Tree sales are held in the Kmart parking lot.  Money earned pays for the upkeep of the troop and troop activities.  Tree sales and other fundraisers help to keep the cost of scouting low.   We need every scout and parent to work 3 shifts.  Please sign up for your shifts ASAP. A parent needs to accompany their scouts.  Dress Warmly!
Sign up to volunteer at the Tree Lot!

We will need help on the November 22nd when the trees are delivered.  Instead of having a normal troop meeting on the November 23rd we will be meeting from 5:00 pm to 7:00pm at the tree lot for set up. This counts as attendence as a meeting, not as one of your tree shifts.  Everyone should attend this Tree Lot setup.

Reminder! On November 12th, Kiwanis is putting on a Float and a Flick at the Sportsplex.  Swimming and a movie from 4:00 pm - 6:00 pm for all scouts.  After this, head over to the lock in at the Community Center. 

Lot's of fun to be had in the Month of November!

Reminders!

Popcorn Orders: Popcorn money and orders are due Wednesday October 26th.  No orders will be accepted after Wednesday night!

Wreath Orders: Wreath orders are due Wednesday, November 2nd.  Total all your individual wreath orders on to one sheet and turn in the sheet to Jeff Proux.  Do not turn in all of your personal order sheets.  No wreath orders will be accepted after November 2nd.

Lock-in: Don't forget the Community Center Lock in is November 12.  Put it on your calendar and watch for more details!

Christmas tree sales: Tree sales will begin November 25th, the day after Thanksgiving.  Keep your eye out for the signup sheet on the website.  If you do not have web access, you can call or email Julia Bushong for available times and she will put you on the list.  All scouts and a parent must sign up for Christmas tree selling. 

Merit Badge Tech Day:  Saturday November 5th is Merit Badge Tech Day.  This is a great opportunity for scouts to get a lot of work done on up to 3 merit badges.  There are a few new merit badge classes being offered, Chess and Robotics are just some of them.  Robotics was just added to the list today, consider signing up for it!  Robotis, Co. donated 2 OLLO bug robots to Troop 1 in return for some video footage of scouts building them for the Robotics Merit badge.  Come on and join the fun! If you do not have web access and cannot sign up online, please contact Julia email or phone and she will assist you in signing up. jbushonghome@charter.net 989-619-2526

Merit Badge Tech/NESA Advancement Day, November 5, 2011
Online registration is now live and by clicking here you can view the information flyer.
Go to http://meritbadge.info/mbn/ to register online.

Time & Date:

8:00 AM to 3:30 PM on Saturday November 5, 2011.
3 sessions: (9:00-11:00am) (11:00am-Noon & 1:00-2:00pm) (2:00-4:00pm)

Location:

TBAISD Career-Tech Center, 880 Parsons Road, Traverse City, MI 49686
 
Cost:


Cost will be $15.00 per scout for all day or $5.00 per session and $5.00 for parents who want lunch. (They too will receive a patch).

Lunch:

Lunch will be provided. Vegetarian or special dietary lunches are the responsibility of the Scout and his parent or guardian.

Patches:

Each participant will receive an activity patch for the event.
 
Overview:


 All boys age 11-17 are welcome to attend.

 Each scout will have the opportunity to work on three different merit badges. A scout will NOT be able to complete a merit badge on this day unless he has done some work on that badge prior to attending Merit Badge Tech 2011. A complete list of those requirements is online at http://meritbadge.info/mbn/.

 Blue Cards will be sent to the Scoutmasters after the event. Scouts do notneed to bring Blue Cards with them!

 Early registration online is mandatory if a scout wants his first choice of merit badges. Scouts will be accepted even if they are not pre-registered, but they may have a long wait in line, classes may be full and no food.

 This day is intended to get a boy started on three merit badges while learning a little about CTC and its programs. It is recommended that scouts download, print and bring with them the merit badge worksheets from http://www.usscouts.org/ for badges they wish to work on. Fill out ahead of time anything that you can on the worksheet!

Upcoming Events

Saturday October 15, Hartwick Pines Critters in the Moonlight Halloween Walk.   We need scouts to work at the Critters in the Moonlight Halloween Walk, 4216 Ranger Road in Grayling.    Please show up at the state park at 4:30 and be prepared to work serving chili and hot dogs.  You can come in shifts if you plan to work a few hours and leave.  Dress for the weather, looks like rain!
DNR's website about the evening


Court of Honor, October 30 from 1-4pm.  Come and see the boys get their merit badges and rank advancement!

Wreath and Popcorn Sales

Fundraising is an important element in scouting.  Each scout needs to have the "FUNDS" to do all the "FUN" things that we do!

When getting orders think safety!  Go with a buddy, wear your scout uniform and represent your troop appropriately.  Be polite and thank your customers! 

For wreath sales, see attached documents for information and order sheet:

Wreath Sales Instructions

Wreath Sales Order Form

Wreath Photos

September 2011 - News and Views

 'Tis the Camping Season

Hessel: It was a good weekend at Hessel. Sunny, warm and good sleeping weather. No casualties but lots of stories about who danced with the best looking girls. We also welcomed Jan Adams for the first campout with the troop and we welcomed Kathy Arndt back to the field. Sam and Zack camped with us for the first time—and Sam showed us the ranger style of shelter. See the cheesy potatoes recipe below.

Friends of NRA Dinner: This event also went well this year—our boys got compliments on their gun handling skills. It is almost a crime that we get a stipend and we get prime rib just for smiling and a little gun handling.

Popcorn Sales:  Sales have begun and continue through October. Get there first guys! The Cub Scouts are coming. Remember: always go in uniform and always carry your sign up packet with you.

Wreath sales will begin before you know it in October. This is a really nifty way to make money and is so easy you won’t believe it. You can cut grass for an hour and make 12.00— or you can place a 10 minute phone call to a wreath customer and make $15.00. Spiff up your uniform and get ready—Kevin Neff used to fund his entire year in a week of wreath sales.

Kiwanis Party: Unfortunately our party at Heart Lake Resort had to be cancelled because of weather. They are working on a substitute date and will let us know. It may be in conjunction with the lock in at the community center—as soon as we know we will post it.

Fall Camporee: This is the District wide Camporee we have every year. This year it is the weekend of 1-2 October sponsored by one of the Harbor Springs troops. This should be a very interesting since the theme is American Indian lore and you will be able to earn that merit badge during the weekend if you attend. Some of the planning was done this past Wednesday—the rest will be done next week. This should be an interesting Camporee given that we will be preparing Indian style food and learning Native American games. Awesome. Sign up now.

Hartwick Pines: The Critters in the Moonlight project is scheduled for the evening of the 15th of October from about 4:00Pm to about 10:00 PM. We serve Mr. Proux’s chili and hot dogs and scouts have a chance to make a few bucks for their account if we make a profit.

Upcoming Campout: The leadership council also wants to do a mixed campout in the Pigeon River in mid October. The plan so far is to combine a 5 mile hike and orienteering for the younger boys with a short backpacking trip for the older boys, both ending up at the patrol base now thought to be at the end of the Shingle Mill trail in the PR. This is a prelude to backpacking we plan to do in the future and also to the Polar Bear next winter.

Court of Honor: Our Court of Honor also comes up on Sunday the 30th of October. Expect that date to be firm by next week. Lots of awards to pass out this fall—good job this summer.

Elections: Unit Elections this year will occur on Wednesday the 26th of October at our regular meeting. We elect patrol leaders and the patrol staff, as well as the senior patrol leader. If you would like to run, start your politicking now.

Fundraisers: The fall schedule after elections includes preparation for tree sales, wind up of popcorn and wreath sales (and preparation for delivery of both) and the troop lock in at the community center just before we start tree sales just after Thanksgiving.

Parents have a big role to play in the tree sales—since at least one parent must be on hand during sales. Ordinarily we post a sign up list on the web site where parents are expected to sign up for 3 shifts at different times during sales from the 25th to the end of sales usually about the 18th of December. Tree sales provide the money we run the troop on—and provide stipends for the boys who go to camp, as well as replace and repair our equipment. Sign up early and sign up often.

OK, for those of you who asked for an early heart attack in the form of the cheesy potatoes recipe for the Dutch ovens, here it is:

IN ONE # 12 Dutch oven with liner add,

4 bags of southern style hash browns (little square ones)

And stir in:

3 cans of Campbell’s cream of celery and 1 can of cream of mushroom soup (no off brand soup here please)

3 cups of milk

1 lb of sour cream

8 cups of finely shredded cheddar cheese (one standard bag at Wally or Glens)

3 table spoons of garlic salt and additional salt and pepper to taste (OK to taste—no eggs or raw meat in the recipe)

Stir gently to blend—the oven will be full so be careful

Once stirred, top with bread crumbs and about 12 strips of bacon over the top of the crumbs

Close the lid and add about 14 briquettes on top and 14 on the bottom of the oven and keep that many intact for about 2 to 2.5 hours.

When done, the potatoes should be hot and the cheese melted, and the bacon should be cooked.

Clean up is quick and the recipe feeds 18 scouts and adults easily—up to 24 if servings are limited to ½ to ¾ cup each (just try that ration on hungry scouts).

Yum yum.

So there you have it—so until next we speak again-

Keep your eye on the Eagle and your feet firmly on the Scenic Trail.

As always, call me: home: 989-732-3464, office: 989-732-3307; cell: 989-619-0630 or email: karndt@arndtandassoc.com.

Ken Arndt

Scoutmaster

More Information Bishop Baraga Award

Here is some additional information on the Bishop Baraga Award and Bishop Baraga Days:

Scouts that will be most successful to earn this award are encouraged to visit St. Francis Solanus church in Petoskey.  There will be a scouter dressed as Bishop Baraga that will be glad to provide you with the information needed for the requirements.  St. Francis Solanus

Also, attendance at the Vespers Service at Cross in the Woods, a Catholic Shrine, on Friday night at 7pm would also fulfill one of the requirements for the award.  Cross in the Woods National Shrine

And attendance at mass in a church that Baraga visited (which would be most of the churches on the pilgrimage site list) would also fulfill a requirement of the awards. 

Here is a complete listing of the requirements:

Complete all of the following:


1. Give a brief history of a Missionary Priest that served the Catholic Church in your

Diocese. Bishop Baraga must be used for this requirement for the Grand Rapids Diocese.

2. Explain the difference between a Missionary Priest and a Diocesan Priest.

3. Visit a Catholic shrine and give a brief history of the shrine.

4. Pray the Stations of the Cross at the Shrine and describe the Crosses that a Missionary

Priest may encounter as they spread our Catholic Faith throughout the World.

5. Attend a Mass at a church that was operating when the Boy Scouts of America was

founded in 1910.

6. Explain how you as a Catholic Scout in the United States in 2010 can be like a

missionary.

7. Prepare a map that shows the locations that the Missionary you choose preached the

Word of God and Evangelized the native people.

The above requirements have been completed by ______________________________________

Date______ Approved by _______________________________(Parent, Scout Leader or Pastor)

Mail the completed form along with $15.00 for each medal and $3.00 shipping and handling to:

Grand Rapids Catholic Committee on Scouting

6550 Belmont Ave NE

Belmont, MI 49306.

Please send the Baraga Award(s) to: Name: ________________________________________

Address: ________________________________________

City, State & Zip: ________________________________________

For the award, please contact Scott Harvey at 616 364 9086 or by e-mail scottharvey@prodigy.net with any questions.

For questions on this weekend, contact Julia Bushong, Asst. Scoutmaster, 989-619-2526

BISHOP BARAGA MISSIONARY TRAILS AWARD

Last year to celebrate 100 years of Scouting, the Grand Rapids Catholic Committee on Scouting offered the opportunity for Scouts to earn the Bishop Baraga Missionary Trails Award.

Click this link to read more:
BISHOP BARAGA MISSIONARY TRAILS AWARD

It is important to know that 100 years ago our country was still a mission country in the eyes of the Roman Catholic Church. Bishop Fredrick Baraga was the Missionary Priest that set up a mission church on the west side of the Grand River in what is now Grand Rapids for the Ottawa in 1832. He spent the next 36 years ministering to Native Americans and settlers from Europe. Missionary Priests brought the Roman Catholic Church to America and continue to bring our faith to all corners of the World.
This weekend, the Diocese of Gaylord is holding the annual Baraga Days.  Here is the perfect opportunity for boys in Northern Michigan to earn the Bishop Baraga Missionary Trails Award.  You can fulfill all the requirements of this award by participating in many of the free events honoring Bishop Baraga this weekend!

Please visit the Diocese of Gaylord website for a full listing of events.  Also visit the link above for the award requirements.  As a scout, you will need to do this on your own or with your family to earn this award.  Assistant Scoutmaster, Julia Bushong will be at all the main events this weekend for questions. 

Baraga Days 2011 Diocese of Gaylord

Upcoming Events!

Committee Meeting Reminder!  Sunday Sept 11, 6:00 p.m. Scouts, 7:00 p.m. adults at Bagley Hall.  Committee members and parents come one, come all!  If you have a scout in a leadership position then they should arrive at 6:00 p.m. to plan for the month's meetings. 

Hessel!  Planning is already underway for the Hessel camping trip September 16-18.  The theme is "On the Beach!"  Please let your senior patrol leader know if you are planning to attend.

Robotics Merit Badge: Let's build some robots!  There is a teacher at the Petoskey High School who is a merit badge counselor for Robotics.  He has a Robotics Club at 3:30-5:00 p.m. on Mondays starting any time after the first of October.  He's invited us to participate in his club with the high school students.  This may involve leaving school early on Monday for a few visits to the club in Petoskey.  We may be able to change the time to 5pm-6:30 for a couple visits if we have enough interested boys.  Julia Bushong will be creating a blog of our adventure in Robotics.  In exchange for the blog, the robot company has donated 2 robots to our troop to be used for this merit badge.  You do not have to buy a robot to complete this badge as we will share these two robots. 
Those interested in earning the Robotics merit badge should contact Julia Bushong, jbushonghome@charter.net.  Please review the merit badge requirements prior to signing up to make sure that you have interest in completing the badge.
See this link for the merit badge details.  http://usscouts.org/mb/mb146.asp
For those interested in purchasing their own robot, please see this link: http://www.scoutstuff.org/ollo-bug-robot-kit.html  This is the robot that will be featured in the blog that and this is the robot that Boy Scouts of America recommends for this badge. 

One of our scouts, Benjamin Bushong has already earned the Robotics merit badge.  You can view his robot presentation online and rate it!  So far he has a 3 star rating!  Support him and give him your rating! He is using the Ollo Bug, recommended by BSA for this badge. You can view it at this link:  Link to Ben's robot video