***October***
Mr. Maline be out of town for 2 weeks, but available by e-mail or cell phone.
Mr. David Mienke is adult in charge Oct. 31 and Mr. Zins is in charge Nov.
7. Eric will of course handle the troop meetings. Mr. Maline will be back for the
Nov. 14 troop meeting.
Keep going on your wreath sales. This is when you can earn money for all
the trips shown below. 35 units are the minimum for the troop - you get $3
per unit after that. One family had the policy that the scout had to talk
to someone in every home in the territory – they sold hundreds of wreathes.
Maline's got 3 deposits for the August Boundary Waters Canoe trip. If we get
a minimum of 6 we’ll send it in; otherwise we’ll have to relinquish our
reservation. He'll need a $220 deposit per person, both scouts and adults. If
you provide the deposit now and your scout earns enough in wreath sales,
you can take a refund from his scout account. Total expected cost of the
trip is $600 per person.
Oct. 31 – Troop meeting. Costumes & Game Night.
***November***
Nov. 5 – Merit Badge Saturday. Not too late to sign up. If you have
questions, please call Mr. Zins. Parents of our younger scouts – events
like this are one reason so many Troop 140 scouts attain the rank of eagle.
The link to register and other paperwork is
http://www.eagleriver.nsbsa.org/EventsActivities/BoyScoutActivities/MeritBadgeSaturday.aspx
Nov. 11 - We have 2 adults (Mr. Holmes will be adult in charge, Mr.
Bredahl will assist) and possibly a 3rd for the November 11 camp out near
Green Bay. We’ve got 6 boys signed up (Grady H., Eric K., Nick H, Joe F.,
Zach V., Cole B). See attached permission slip. We can take more scouts
or adults. See Mr. Holmes to sign up.
Mr. Meincke – When is wreath pickup day? I’ve got it as Nov. 18 on the
calendar, but I don’t know that I’ve got the right date.
***December***
Dec. 2 - Mr. Maline has asked Mrs. Boylan to see if we can get Trinity Church gym
for Friday night December 2 for a lock in. We’ll offer 2 merit badges,
games, movies, food and all the sleep you want. One of those might be a
slight exaggeration. We’ll invite Webelos for the first part of the
evening.
***January***
Jan. 6-8 – We have a cabin reserved at Fred C. Anderson for Friday &
Saturday night. Webelos recruiting event.
Jan. 27-29 – Snow Base at Camp Tomahawk. Approximately $70 per scout.
This is the premier outdoor winter scout activity in the country. For the
Snow Huskies program we sleep in a bunk house; for the Spearhead program we
sleep outside in winter sleeping bags provided by the camp. As of today,
there are 17 spots for Snow Huskies and 19 spots for Spearhead for this
weekend. I’ll need a $35 deposit to reserve your spot. If you are
interested, please notify me. Learn more at the web address shown below.
http://www.camptomahawk.org/snowbase
***February***
Feb. 10-12 – Klondike Derby Saturday.
***August***
We’ve got 3 people with a paid deposit for the August 12 Boundary Waters
high adventure canoe trip. We need a minimum of 3 more for the crew and we
can take a maximum of 8 total. $220 per person deposit is due in October;
total expected cost of the trip is about $600 per person.
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