Troop 140

Merit Badge Saturday is coming up! You can get most of the requirements for many badges out of the way all at once by doing this. It's November 5th in Hastings MN.

Follow the link below to go to the site to sign up on your own. Look for the registration page.

http://eagleriver.nsbsa.org/EventsActivities/BoyScoutActivities/MeritBadgeSaturday.aspx


Mr. Maline will talk about this at our meeting tonight. Each scout registers on his
own so you don't have to wait for the troop.

Just a very quick note of thanks to our team that helped Pack 148 / 215
with their parents meeting last night. Alec Christiansen, Floyd Johnson,
Nick Pilarski, Grady Holmes, Charley Wanner, Zach Verdoorn and Mr. Holmes
joined Mr. Maline in teaching the cub scouts skits while their parents discussed pack
business for the new year. Our scouts did a great job organizing the cubs
and showed a very friendly face for Troop 140. This was valuable service
to the pack and the troop. Mr.Maline is very hopeful that this and other
recruiting activities will result in 12 or more new scouts for our troop in
February / March of 2012.

Also, in an unrelated note, all scouts please bring in your Scout Handbook
Monday so Mr. Spaight can ensure his records are up to date. Scouts, as
soon as you read this note, go get your handbook and put it in a place you
won't forget it on Monday!

Lastly, those scouts that only need to invite someone to a scout meeting
to meet your next rank advancement, do it right now. Within 24 hours of
reading this e-mail, invite someone to the October 3 troop meeting (normal
time 7:00 at Bethel).

Best regards,
The Webmaster

Scouts are reminded that wreath packets will be distributed on Monday, September 26, before, during or immediately after the meeting. Packets will only be given to a parent.

There are still several excellent territories available, please see Mr. Meincke on Monday night if you are interested. Sales begin on Monday, September 26. Remember, you need to stay in your territory until Monday, October 10!

Hello all - see below for several important items.

Election results
Our new leadership team consists of Eric Kolb (Senior Patrol Leader),
Floyd Johnson (Jackalope Patrol Leader), Charley Wanner (Owl Patrol
Leader), Alec Christiansen (ASPL), Eric Lusardi (ASPL), Andrew Spaight
(Quartermaster), Zach Verdoorn (Chaplain’s Aide). Eric has confirmed
the availability of Jacob Orr to take another term as Webmaster and to have Joe Francel as Historian.

Pack 211 meeting
Many thanks to Alec Christiansen, Jack Boylan, Noah Zins, Eric Lusardi,
Nick Holter and Vance Zins for helping Pack 211 with their recent pack
meeting. Our scouts taught the cub scouts skits in the first half of the
meeting while the adults had a parent’s meeting, then the cubs performed
their skits for the parents. It was a great success. We performed a
valuable service, everyone had fun, and the Pack 211 scouts and adults know
that Troop 140 is a friendly and fun place to be.

Mon, Oct 3 --- Troop Meeting. Start of the new leadership term.

Mon, Oct 10 --- Court of Honor and parents meeting. I'd like to have one
meeting each year where we have at least one parent from each family for a
general discussion. I haven't quite figured out the structure of the
night's meeting yet, but please try to have one adult from each family
present. All family members are welcome.

Mon, Oct 17 --- Troop Meeting.

Fri, Oct 21 --- 3 Day Campout, Star Prairie, WI. District Conservation
Project

Mon, Oct 24 --- Troop Meeting

Sat, Oct 29 --- University of Scouting. This is the best scout training
opportunity in the district; it's conducted twice each year.

Sat, Nov 5 --- Merit Badge Saturday in Hastings.

Scouting Friends,
Kim Pilarski will be available at the next 3 Troop meetings for scouts that would like to talk to her about Personal Fitness or Family Life Merit Badges.
So far she have appointments with:
Eric K
Alec C
Eric L

Thanks,
Kim Pilarski
386-6808

Attention all Scouts and Scouters,

Sam Green needs your help - Sam is completing his final plans for his
Eagle Project. The project Sam has been approved to do is the following;

Sam is providing some needed projects at The Heritage Green Park
Development which is located just South of Interstate 94 - just past the
Hudson Hospital. The park has a large play structure for the children and
there is a basketball court and a very large field for the children to run
and play.

Sam has decided to put in a large cement bench for parents to sit and
watch their children play which is near the play structure. Sam is also
putting in a 20 foot by 20 foot patio with paver stones - this will be the
primary project as we will need to put down a layer of sand and then the
paver stones which is also near the play structure. All of the rest of
the
work has already been completed. The finishing touch will be a rather
large 8 foot picnic table that Sam will have completed by the time we
meet.

Here are the directions to the park;

Take the frontage road past the hospital called Stageline Rd heading East.

The Heritage Green Development is past Red Cedar Development - take
a right into Heritage Green and take a left on Heritage Blvd and then a
right
on Friendskeep Green - take another right on Promenade and you will see
the play structure on the left. It is a huge play structure.

The dates for us to meet at the Heritage Green Park will be Saturday Sept
10th with a rain date of Sunday Sept 11th.

Please meet us at 9:00 AM on Saturday morning and if it rains - then we
will meet at 1:00 PM on Sunday.

Please bring work gloves, a hat and maybe some sun screen. We will
provide a dining fly to get out of the sun, water/soda, snacks and Pizza.
If there are any adults who have experience in putting paver stones in we
really need and appreciate your help and guidance.


Please make sure you put these dates on the family calendar and if it
is possible, could you let Sam know of your willingness to help. At the
end of the project Sam will provide names and work hours to the troop for
recording purposes. We will send out one more announcement when the
actual
work dates get closer. According to extended weather forcast - it should
be
sunny with a high at 70 degrees with a breeze.

Yours in Scouting,

Sam Green
Troop 140

386-8315

Hello Troooooooooooppp One Foooooorrrrrrrtttttyyyyyy,

Monday, Sept 5 --- Labor Day, No Troop Meeting

Mon, Sept 12 --- SPL / Patrol Leader nominations

Tue, Sept 13 --- PLC @ 5:30, Committee Meeting @ 7:00.

Fri, Sept 16 --- Leave for Fall Camporee at Forts Falle Avoine, Danbury,
WI

Mon, Sept 19 --- SPL / PL Elections

Thu, Sept 22 --- Pack 211, 4 scouts from our troop will help with Pack
211's new parents night. We'll do games and skits with the cub scouts
while the pack adults talk to the new parents. We've got 2 older scouts
lined up (Alec & Jack) signed up; we need 2 younger scouts from Owl patrol.

Sun, Sept 25 --- Junior Leader Training for the new leadership team.
12:30 - 5:00 pm.

Mon, Sept 26 --- PET DAY!!! Everyone is encouraged to bring your pet.
We'll meet in the parking lot and walk to a nearby area where we can have
some room to interact with the pets. All pets must be leashed the entire
time. Bring bags to clean up after your pet. Each scout must be able to
control their leashed pet or bring an adult that can.

Mon, Oct 3 --- Troop Meeting. Start of the new leadership term.

Mon, Oct 10 --- Court of Honor and parents meeting. Mr. Maline would like to have one
meeting each year where we have at least one parent from each family for a
general discussion. he hasn't quite figured out the structure of the
night's meeting yet, but please try to have one adult from each family
present. All family members are welcome

Mon, Oct 17 --- Troop Meeting.

Fri, Oct 21 --- Campout

Mon, Oct 24 --- Troop Meeting

Sat, Oct 29 --- University of Scouting. This is the best scout training
opportunity in the district; it's conducted twice each year.

Sat, Nov 5 --- Merit Badge Saturday in Hastings.

best regards
Jacob orr