Scribe's Notes: Tuesday May 12th

Tonight, the troop night was a fun night at Dry Run Creek Park playing softball. Everyone had a great time. Next week is a normal meeting.
This weekend is the OA Spring Conclave in Lewis and Clark. It isFriday night until Sunday afternoon. Come prepared.
Thanks

Scribe's Notes

-Spring Camporee is this weekend at the Archeodome! We meet at 6:30 at the Archeodome on Friday Night. We will spend the Night Saturday as well and be done on Sunday.
A pair of Size 9 hiking boots are available for Free at the next meeting. If you need a pair for summer camp, feel free to take them.

We watched the video "A time to tell" about preventing child molestation.
Finally, Thank You to all who were there at Josh's Eagle Ceremony. You guys did a great job. And Congratulations Josh on your Eagle Scout badge.
Thanks for reading!

Scribes Notes

Tuesday, April 21.- There will be a sign up for Josh's Eagle ceromony. If you will not be at the meeting, please call Sheri at 999-6980 and let her know your plans.
Friday. April 24- Rehearsal is at 7 pm in fellowship hall at trinity lutheran church, on 1400 2nd street. Scouts will be greeting, escorting guest, serving as a color guard, and some will be participating in the lighting ceremony itself. If a scout likes to read or speak in putblic, let sheri know. This will last about an hour.
Saturday. April 25- Josh's BIG DAY- Please be there at 6:15 pm, In FULL Class A!(sash, shirt, pants if possible, everything thats part of the uniform. Look nice!) Your stuff should be clean and the shirt tucked in!
On this up coming meeting, Deb would like to make sure all parents going to summer camp have talked with her regarding camping list, payment, who can drive, and who is going to camp and for how long. Please connect with her on Tuesday. April 28th is the absolute DEADLINE for Summer Camp Registration.
-On The 28th- Please have your permission slip taken care of ahead of time, as we will be watching "A time to tell".
Scout-o-rama was this weekend and it went great! It was a bit dreary on Saturday, but our station was a great sucess! We set up a army crawl, tire walk, 40-yd dash, and wall climb. We timed people individually for the fastest time. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ovs4I12F1rM This link will take you to a video of the obstacle course being ran by several people for time. Thank you for reading!

Scribe's Notes: March 3rd

On March 3rd:
- We welcomed the newest members of our Troop. They recently crossed over. The Patrol's name is the Flaming Arrows.
-Klondike is this weekend. It begins around 5:45 @ the Mitchell Stumpshooters Club by the National Guard Base. Bring warm boots, good sleeping bags, warm clothing, water bottle, and other camping escentials. Make sure to bring a meal for Friday night, as we will not be providing food. Flaming Arrows will need an adult with them to spend the night, as it is a winter campout. Be Prepared! We will probably be done around 3:30 in Saturday.
- On Sunday, Brandon will be taking kids to Sioux Falls for swim testing. Bring lunch money and swimming suit with towel!
- We talked about and submitted ideas about what station we should do as an outdoor booth.
-We also decided on a skit to perform at campfire on Friday at Klondike.
Thanks for visiting the troop blog.

Scribe's Notes

During our troop meeting on January 27th, we had the last meeting of the month, ending the January unit of "Collecting and Hobbies." We had Doug Carlson, an area woodcarver, come in and talk about his hobby. He has been woodcarving as a hobby, not a job, for 30 years. He showed us several pieces he had created, and showed the boys many of his tools. It was a very fun night.
- This past sunday was the Annual Troop 75 Spaghetti Feed! We seved spaghetti from 11:00am to 1:00 pm. It was a blast! We also raised money for the troop with the profits. The food was prepared on Saturday, after the Lock-In. It was delicious. Thanks to Sheri and Deb for chairing the Spaghetti Feed.
- The Lock-In was on Friday night. The boys had great fun with video games which, as I heard, involved not going to sleep at all and lots of Medal of Honor. They then prepared food for the Spaghetti feed, and headed on home to catch up on lost sleep.
-Alan is currently in Ukraine, and is coming back with the kids. Congratulations to the Pretre Family.
-Dont forget about the Klondike. Make sure you have proper winter gear. The Klondike is being held in Mitchell this year.

Sincerely
Troop 75 Scribe

Scribe's Notes- December 2nd, 2008

Tonight, we worked on finishing up rank advancement and merit badges. We're making comfort kits for the Red Cross, so please bring in any items you think they would need. Dont forget to sign up for Bell ringing on Saturday, Dec. 13. The shifts are at Cabela's for an hour. The Love feast will be at the 1st United Methodist Church on Jan. 8th, 2009. We will have more details later.

Scribe's Notes: November 25th, 2008

Welcome to our troop blog! Here's what happened at our meeting tonight.
- Handed out newsletters to anyone who did not get one when they picked up wreaths
-If you haven't picked up your wreaths, please contact Sheri
Parade
-We won 1st place for youth entry!!!
-Thanks to all of the volunteers who helped on their own time to make the float
-Tonight, we took the float apart.

- PLC on Monday- 7:00pm in troop room
- Saturday, December 13th-Salvation Army bell ringing
- We need one adult per two scouts for each hour long shift.
- At Cabela's
Red Cross needs a group to collect supplies for their comfort kits. This would make a good Eagle project.

Fall Camporee Has Been Postponed

The Fall Camporee has been either postponed or canceled due to the weather. More info coming later.

Committee Mtg Tonight 11/6/08

There is a committee meeting tonight at 7:00 PM at FUMC. All committee members and concerned parents please attend.

PLC Meeting! 11/3/08

All boy scouts in leadership positions need to be at the PLC meeting Monday night. If you're on this list then you are expected to be there, 7:00 PM FUMC troop room.

Troop Mtg - Tracking Pt. 2

Last night we cleaned up the animal footprint casts that we made last week, then we watched more of the tracking video. Popcorn order sheets were also due. We have over $5,000 in orders! If you have a sheet to turn in, contact Brandon or Kristin right away!

We also had a Mini Court of Honor. Jaryd was awarded his Life rank, and Jordan was awarded Tenderfoot. We also had a variety of Merit Badges awarded.


Here are some pictures.





Sasquatch tracks!


Kristin and Nicole tally popcorn orders.



Picture credits: Alan P.

REMINDER: The next full Court of Honor will be Dec. 23. This will also be our Christmas party. Make sure you are finishing up your rank advancement requirements and merit badges so that you can get them then.

Scribe's Notes: Scouting for Food.

Saturday was a good day. First, we stopped at the Salvation Army with a lot of food. We donated more then 4000 items of food to the Food Pantry. We stood there and helped them sort it out. Afterwards, we drove to the Outdoor campus, where we played several games of hide-and-go-seek. We also went geo-caching. It was right about then we got the call. The Corn Maze had closed for the day, on account of all the mud. Well, like any good Scouters, we had a backup plan. We headed for Falls Park. We climbed in the rocks and had a great time. We headed home soon afterwords. It was very fun.

Outdoor Campus + Falls Park

On Saturday, after Scouting for Food, we went to Sioux Falls to the Outdoor Campus, and Falls Park. As you know, we had intended to go to the corn maze, but they announced at 4:00 PM on Sat., after we were already in Sioux Falls, that they were closed due to muddy conditions from all of the rain that we got last week. Well, we still had fun, though!

Here are some pictures.

Outdoor Campus

Lunch at McDonalds's before we left.


Learning about nature.


Hiking and geocaching.


Playing hide-and-seek.


Hanging out.


Exploring.



Falls Park

Fun on the rocks!














We finished up the evening with dinner at Valentino's for pizza and pasta buffet. Thanks to all who came!

Picture credits: Alan P.

Scouting for Food 10/25/08

Troop 75 participated in the Scouting for Food food drive Mitchell. All of the cub scout and boy scout units in Mitchell participated and we collected 770 food items. Altogether in Mitchell, the scouts collected 3200 items. The food bank said this may last until Christmas. Thanks to all of the scouts that helped out. Remember that the time you spent putting out bags, collecting the bags, and sorting food at the Salvation Army all counts toward your community service hours.

Here are some pictures.










Picture credits: Alan P.

Troop Mtg 10/21/08

At last Tuesday's troop meeting we started the topic of animal tracking, led by Sherri.

Here are some pictures.

Sherri explains how we will make animal track casts.


Making casts.




Watching a video on tracking.



Picture credits: Alan P.

Distributing S4F Bags

Reminder to all of those that signed up for Scouting for Food (S4F) routes: Make sure you get those bags put out tonight or tomorrow.

You need to pick up the bags starting at 9:00 AM Sat. morning, then take them to the Salvation Army.

Remember that we will be meeting up after S4F to go to Sioux Falls to the Outdoor Campus and the Corn Maze. Details here.

There is an admission charge to the maze, plus we will be eating fastfood lunch and supper together, so you will need to bring $15-$20, depending on how much food and goodies you want to eat!

Committee Mtg 11/6/08 @ 7:00 PM

Troop Committee members - Please note that there is a Troop Committee meeting scheduled for Thursday, Nov. 6, 2008. The meeting will be in the basement conference room at First United Methodist Church.

Please plan to be there. Other interested parents may attend in a non-voting capacity. Thanks!

Scout Spirit

Question Rank advancement requires a Scout to demonstrate Scout spirit. How is Scout spirit defined and determined?

Answer Scout spirit applies to how a Scout lives and conducts his daily life. He shows Scout spirit by being a role model to his peers, living by the Scout Oath and Law. The concept of Scout spirit is not based on how many Scouting events or outings a Scout attends, but rather by how he helps bring out the best in others as a reflection of his own character and attitude in his daily life.



From National BSA Rank Advancement.

Scribe's Notes: Tuesday, October 14th

Tuesday was the Troop's Annual Open House. We invited all of the packs in Mitchell to come and see what Boy Scouts was all about. We had 3 station: wildlife identification, knots, and rescue carries. At the end, we made ice cream. It was pretty fun

Announcements

We are doing a troopwide update of all Ranks records for council. Start getting together all of your cards from ranks and merit badges. Adults, get records for your training.

We got some new merit badge books. The books are over the Electronics, Pets, Dog Care, Engineering, and Computers.

Two weeks from now is a mini Court of Honor

Wreath Sales- We handed out wreath sales sheets. Remember, profit goes to The Scouts bank acount. Take money when you sell. We deliver around Thanksgiving. Make out checks to Troop 75.

S4F + Outdoor Campus + Corn Maze 10/25/08

October Outdoor Activity

Sat. 10/25/08 is the day we pick up the bags for Scouting for Food (S4F). At the last PLC meeting, the troop decided to make it an all-day activity. After picking up the bags and dropping them off at the drop site, we will have lunch together, then go to Sioux Falls to the Outdoor Campus and spend the afternoon there. Then we will get a bite to eat somewhere and go to the Heartland Country Corn Maze after dark (about 6:30 PM). Bring some spending money for eating, admission, and snacks at the maze. The admission cost will be $5.00 if we have a group of at least 20. Also bring a headlamp or flashlight, warm clothes, and shoes appropriate for tramping through a cornfield.

Everyone really enjoyed the Area 81 maze last year. This one should be a lot of fun, too, so please sign up on the signup sheet at the troop meetings. We also need drivers as well, so adults please help out. Thanks!

PS: Someone asked at the troop meeting last night that if they couldn't participate in S4F could they still go to Sioux Falls, the answer is yes, just get signed up so that we can be sure we have enough seats for everyone.