Monday 7-14-2008:
Rank advancement and Merit badge work will continue this Monday.

* Committee Meeting: Meeting is scheduled for THIS Monday 7-14-2008 at 7:30. All parents should plan to attend.  THERE WILL BE A SPECIAL MEETING FOR THE PARENTS OF ALL THE SCOUTS ATTENDING SUMMER CAMP THIS WEEK 7-14-08.

* Summer Camp: Camp Conestoga in the Laurel Highlands of Pennsylvania. July 20-26. Mr. G. and many scouts and families will be stopping (optional) on Sunday morn 7-15 at 11am at The Oakhurst Tea room restaurant to fill up on a buffet meal before the camp starts. Aprox 1:45 minutes to camp from Rte. 680 in Boardman. SEE MR G WITH YOUR SUMMER CAMP MERIT BADGE SCHEDULE ASAP.
THERE WILL BE A SPECIAL MEETING THIS WEEK 7-14-08 FOR ALL THE PARENTS OF ALL THE SCOUTS ATTENDING SUMMER CAMP. KLHKJKL

* Order of the Arrow:  If you are NOT attending camp this year and are interested in attending the (7-23-08) WED. evening OA Tap out ceremony at Summer Camp... See Mr G. to find out if you were elected to the order this year or not. If so you are invited down for the evening ceremony. This is the same evening as parent night.  
 
* Order of the Arrow Ordeal at Camp Stambaugh (September 12-14, 2008). Plan on attending this.

August Campout: August 22-24 "The farm" & poor man's paintball, fishing, night Deer spotting, bicycle trek (helmet required, borrow one from neighbor if needed), rank advancement. Come and cream your leaders (Mr.G. etc.) with eggs. We will leave Friday eve, meet at 7:00pm to leave by 7:15 pm sharp from the church and will return Sunday @ 1:00pm or 2:00pm ISH. Eric's Uncle's farm is about an hour away in Western Pa. near Jackson center just East of Mercer. We will be riding bikes for a few (5 to 10) miles on Saturday. Bikes will be delivered by our trailer. Make arrangements with Eric to get your bike to him or bring Early Friday eve. BIKE HELMETS ARE REQUIRED TO RIDE. Also bring some kind of bike water bottle to drink for the bike hike. Don't bring eggs for the poor man's paintball war. Just bring a dollar to buy a dozen (or 2) there. Do bring older clothes for the egg fight. Do bring fishing equipment for the lake. Do bring your scout book (We will work on rank advancement) and all regular camping gear. Do bring Swim suit and towel also soap and shampoo to wash off in lake after egg fight. Bring dear spotting equipment for sat eve. Food will be provided, you will not be hungry at all. This campout should be a blast, just like last year. Permission slips can be found at our website @ http://www.troop46boardman.org/

CPR:  We are looking into having a CPR training course for adults and life and eagle scouts who are interested in attending. more info soon.

Personal Fitness Merit Badge: continue on your own to finish the workbook and turn it in to Mr. Moss. Bring updated workbooks to the scout meeting.
 
Swimming & Life Saving Merit Badge: We are stillworking on finishing these for those scouts that have a partial and need to complete. Trying to set up for some day between June 14 and the 18th in an outdoor pool in Boardman. More info soon.
 
Rifle Merit Badge: This has been postponed until early Sept. Sorry, we had scheduling problem from our counselor. It will take 2 or 3 sessions on a week day eve, over a 2 or 3 week time frame. New scouts are encouraged to sign up. We do this at a rifle range with lots of adult supervision and safety. We are shooting for late April. You will NEED a Troop permission slip to attend, found @
http://www.troop46boardman.org

White Water Rafting Trip: We are looking into this for the older scouts. More info soon.
 
Shotgun Merit Badge: For Scouts that already have the Rifle merit badge we are working on putting together a Shotgun Merit Badge program at the Vienna Rod & Gun Club. We are shooting for dates in early May. Cost $20 (approx) to cover ammunition and clay targets. Provided 20 gauge Shotguns used with earplugs or sound proof headphones. In addition to prerequisite of a Rifle Merit Badge a First Class Rank is also required to do shotgun. We can only accept 16 scouts, if more then that sign up we will choose the senior ranked scouts in order of rank received. See http://www.meritbadge.com/mb/124.htm for Shotgun requirement info. 
 
Journalism Merit Badge: Is anyone interested in the Journalism Merit Badge? Mrs. Grabman will be the counselor. This Badge includes a lot of work, especially out of class work, If people won't do the work, they WILL NOT receive the Badge. Check the requirements first to see what all is involved and needed. Requirements @ http://www.meritbadge.com/mb/066.htm. This badge work would be on weekday eves if we get a few Scouts interested. email Mr. Moss if interested.
 
Family Life Merit badge: Work on the assignments that were given and let Mr. Phelan (330) 726-1545 know when they are complete or if you have any questions.
 
Crime Prevention Merit Badge: A FINAL makeup tour of the Police station is being worked on. (check back) for those who could not make the last one.

Merit Badges: Coming merit badges... we are trying to put together the following Merit Badge programs:
Citizenship Community, Nation & World (Eagle required), Personal Fitness (Eagle required),Fire Safety, Entrepreneurship (?), Computers (?), American Business(?), Law(?), Safety (?), Genealogy (?), Scholarship (?), Public Speaking(?), Sports (?),Aviation (Aug'08), Astronomy (Sept '08),Rifle (Sept '08), Journalism, Shotgun (Sept '08),  Nuclear Science (Oct '08), Fishing(Summer '08), Fly Fishing (Summer '08) See http://meritbadge.org/wiki/index.php?title=Merit_Badges  and
http://meritbadge.org/wiki/index.php?title=Merit_Badge_Worksheets
 
Eagle work: If you need help with a project in any way see Mr. Dallas Heston, If you need an Eagle project review please contact Mr. Moss. Eagle project reviews need to be scheduled weeks ahead of time for a Troop Committee meeting. We only have these meetings once a month (The 2nd Monday of the month). Also if you need scout assistance for your project, email your request to Mr. Moss and he will put it in the next Monday reminder. mossm@zoominternet.net

2008 Activity Dates:
January 11,12 &13 – Klondike Campout
February 3,10,24 – Swimming at the YMCA / 17th Ski Trip
March 28-30 – New Scout campout – Camp Akela
April 18-20  – Camp Agwam Campout - Canoe Trip
May 16-18 –  Beaver Creek Canoe Trip & Campout/ 26th; Memorial Day Parade 
June 28-29  – Allegheny River Canoe Trip Campout
July 20-26 – Summer Camp / High Adventure Trek
August 22-24 –  Farm Campout
September 1 – Canfield Fair / Court Of Honor
October 3-5 - Campout To Be Determined
Nov. 7-9 – Turkey Shoot / Court of Honor
December –  YSU Lock in 

Troop 46 website http://www.troop46boardman.org/


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