Troop 424 Newsletter NOVEMBER, 2012

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1 Troop 424 Newsletter NOVEMBER, 2012 Troop Website: Nhtroop424 If you need the password to the protected information, contact Mr. Mroz. Council Website: nhscouting.org TABLE OF CONTENTS SCOUTMASTER S CORNER 2 SPL S CORNER 2 PATROL CORNERS 2 ORDER OF THE ARROW 2 EAGLE STATUS 3 CURRENT/FUTURE EVENTS 4 PAST EVENT REPORTS 4 POSITION REPORTS 5 COMMITTEE REPORTS 6 ATTENDANCE/SCOUT ACCOUNT REPORT 8 ADVANCEMENT 9 CALENDAR 10 1

2 SCOUTMASTER S CORNER By the Scoutmaster, Mr. Jolly of course. SENIOR PATROL LEADER S CORNER By Ben Pugh PATROL CORNERS COUGAR PATROL By Roshan Tadi The cougar patrol is doing well. We ran the meeting on the first - starting the chess merit badge. BORDER PATROL By Austyn Duval SCORPION PATROL By Jehial Fish Hi, I hope everyone weathered the storm. Let s keep all the people in our prayers who have been devastated by this storm. Having had this storm really teaches you to be prepared. We have been busy camping this month, we had a night ops camporee, we were the Caesar patrol we won first place in Kim s Game and second place in paintball. The airhead patrol won third place in first aid. This camporee in camp carpenter was a lot of fun. We also have a November food drive coming up. I know a lot of scouts have eagle projects. Now, hopefully we can all give them a hand. We helped straightening the grave stones, Adam and I did 10 stones. Also remember November 6 is Election Day. Stay safe because another storm is coming our way next week. PHOENIX PATROL By Ian Covell Hi everyone! I hope you all have your power back on after Hurricane Sandy. Most of the Phoenix Patrol went to the Weblos overnight where we got to enjoy a nice large fire courtesy of some older Scouts! I know some of us went to the Night Ops Camporee and had a lot of fun as well. We are looking forward to another great year. ORDER OF THE ARROW By Justin Calautti Hi guys! The OA recently had its Fall Conference on October st, the same weekend as the Weblos Weekend. It rained for the entire first night, but the rest of the weekend was fun. We raced Blast Cars, watched a guy perform fire tricks, and had a very short campfire that mainly involved very bad chemistry jokes. All in all, it was a very fun weekend. The Arrowhead Chapter (our chapter) is also inviting other chapters to go indoor skydiving in February. Elections for OA indoctrination are coming around early in the year, and this time don t vote for anyone who isn t on the ballot! Hope to see some new guys in the chapter this year! 2

3 EAGLE STATUS BEN S PROJECT RISHI S PROJECT Everything is going great so far. Hopefully finishing up the building on the receptacles this weekend. All that is left is fundraising. ROSHAN S PROJECT Eagle project is going well. I need some volunteers to help me out. Next weekend I will be working on the 8,9,10,11 of November so hopefully I can get as many adults and scouts as I can. I am also having a bake sale on the 10th. I would appreciate any donations of baked goods for that day. The bake sale will be at Shaws on DW highway. JAMES S PLANS ALEX S PROJECT 3

4 CURRENT/ FUTURE EVENTS CONGRATULATIONS TO MR. DEFRANCISCO On October 22, Mr. DeFrancisco was presented with the Bronze Pelican award by the Bishop at the Cathedral in Manchester. This is given in recognition of his outstanding service to Catholic Scouting and other youth activities in the Diocese. Mrs. De and Mr. Hahn already hold this award. FALL CAMPOREE By Austyn Duval SCOUTING FOR FOOD By Connor Maloney VETERAN S DAY PARADE By James Jolly BACKPACK TRIP By Bryce Stack INDOOR SKY DIVING By Aaron Thompson KLONDIKE DERBY By Bryce Stack On February 1st through 2nd, the Klondike derby will occur. This will be a great camp-out, where everyone has a blast and where awesome competitions occur. The whole district will be there, so mark this on your calendar! NATIONAL JAMBOREE TRIP

5 SKI TRIP By Ben Pugh A BIG MOUNTAIN WITH A 4004-FT SUMMIT ELEVATION! WATERVILLE VALLEY RESORT TROOP SKI TRIP Saturday January 19, 2013 by Ben Pugh, SPL and Mr. Thibault (Mr. T.) Fifty-two Trails and Slopes covering 220 Skiable Acres! 20% Novice, 60% Intermediate (Oblivion Trail is 3/5 of a mile long!) and 20% Advanced Trails! Vertical Drop of 2020 feet with a 4,004-foot Summit Elevation! 12 Lifts including 2 High-Speed Quad Chairs, 2 Triples, 3 Doubles and 5 Surface Lifts! Five Glades (all levels) and 6 Mogul Fields (all levels) for snow boarders/riders! Skier Capacity of 14,867 per hour! As always, this trip is open to anyone all of your friends (including non-scouts), parents, brothers, sisters and relatives. SAVE THIS IMPORTANT INFORMATION! Date: Saturday, January 19, 2013 Meet at OLM: 5:30 AM (Please be on time!) Leave OLM: 6:00 AM Sharp! If you re late, you will miss your ride. Lifts open: 8:00 AM Lifts close: 4:00 PM Return rental equipment: 4:15 PM or earlier! Leave Waterville Valley Resort: 4:45 PM (approximately) ETA OLM: 6:30 PM (approximately) Learn how to Ski or Ride (Snowboard)! See package below, which includes rentals, a two-hour group lesson and a Lower Mountain Learning Area ticket for only $60 for everyone 7 years old and older. Already know how to ski, but want to get better? Sign up for a two-hour lesson for just $30! NOTE: Helmets are required by BSA; your own, or rent for $8. THE RESERVATION SCHEDULE First day to bring $$$: Thursday, November 1, 2012 plus every troop meeting until Last day to sign up: Thursday, January 3, 2013 Contacts: Ben Pugh, SPL -- or -- Mr. T. THE COST Learn to 2-Hour Rent Group Tickets Ski or Ride Lesson Helmet Only Youth / Sr (6-12; 65+) $ 30 7 & Up $60 $ 30 $ 8 $ 30 Teen (13-18) $ 35 $ 60 $ 30 $ 8 $ 30 Adult (19-64) $ 47 $ 60 $ 30 $ 8 $ 30 Food Voucher Deal $12 Value for $10 $10 Value for $ 8 NOTE: WE NEED 34+ ATTENDEES TO KEEP THESE FANTASTIC RATES, SO START TALKING IT UP NOW! 5

6 EVENT REPORTS WEBELOS WEEKEND By Rishi Tadi COURT OF HONOR By Bryce Stack and Dan Figueroa I believe that the court of honor was a success. Many scouts received ranks and/or merit badges, and the dinner was great as usual. I would like to thank OLM for letting us use the church basement that day. POSITION REPORTS DEN CHIEFING For those scouts who are 1 st class and above and are interested in being a den chief please check out the Daniel Webster Council website (under Arrowhead district) for information on den chief training. It is scheduled for Saturday, November 17 th and will be held in Nashua at St. Patrick s Parish. Here is the link - Regards, Mrs. Figueroa By Hayden Faust By Dan Figueroa ASPL By Bryce Stack So far I think October has been a fun month. We've had some fun troop meetings with the Weblos, the court of honor, and of course Weblos weekend. So far as ASPL I have been assisting those who need help with leadership, and I have just received the life scout rank. I would like to congratulate everyone who has earned a rank or merit badge in the court of honor earlier this month. I would like to make a shoutout to Dan for making the PowerPoint for the court of honor. SCRIBE POSITION EMPTY INSTRUCTOR Blake Bormuth TROOP GUIDE By Alex Elmer LIBRARIAN By Joe Mroz 6

7 BUGLER By Adam Parenteau HISTORIAN Position Open CHAPLAIN AIDE By Luc Gauvin Hello, I am the current Chaplain aide. If you have any prayer requests I will gladly include them in my prayers at the meetings. If anybody is running an event and would like prayers or a service please contact me to arrange something. I hope to see you soon. Mr. Brian Lester, from Troop 15 is beginning another group of Scouts who wish to earn their Ad Altare Dei religious emblem. This is aimed at Catholic Scouts from age 13 and up. It takes about a year to complete. Contact Mr. Lester at brian.lester@comcast.net if you are interested or have questions. TROOP COMMITTEE REPORTS COMMITTEE CHAIRMAN By Mr. Mroz WEBSITE Mr. Roy EQUIPMENT By Mr. Pugh UNIFORMS By Beth Parenteau MEDICAL FORMS By Mrs. Calautti PUBLICITY Mr. Sween TRAINING By Mrs. Wentworth RitaMW@comcast.net TRANSPORTATION RECORDS By Mr. Laberge 7

8 ATTENDANCE AND SCOUT ACCOUNTS Scout Acnt SEPT. OCT. Ben Pugh 100% 100% Roshan Tadi 50% 100% James Jolly 50% 100% Hayden Faust 100% 100% Aaron Thompson 75% 100% Alex Elmer 71% 100% Maslin Laberge 50% 0% Rishi Tadi 71% 100% Joe Mroz 100% 100% Blake Bormuth 75% 100% Max Fasano 75% 67% Bryce Stack 75% 100% Austyn Duval 100% 100% Justin Calautti 75% 100% Jehial Fish 100% 33% Luc Gauvin 100% 100% Adam Parenteau 75% 100% Dan Figueroa 100% 67% Ian Covell 50% 100% Tyler Choate 100% 67% Nick Roy 100% 67% Trevor Kurdec 50% 100% Tim Bradish 75% 67% Sahith Kaki 75% 100% Connor Maloney 67% 100% Aedan Maloney 67% 100% These attendance figures do not include the camporee. Will include next month. 8

9 ADVANCEMENT By Mr. Thibault November 2012 ADVANCEMENT NEWS By Mr. Thibault (Mr. T) Troop Advancement Chair CONGRATULATIONS to the following Scouts for RANK ADVANCEMENT: Austyn Duval Life 10/04/12 Tyler Choate Tf 10/04/12 Ian Covell Tf 10/04/12 Nick Roy Tf 10/04/12 Tim Bradish Scout 10/11/12 Sahith Kaki Scout 10/04/12 MERIT BADGES: Alex Elmer Emergency Prep 11/01/12 Family Life 09/20/12 Hayden Faust Archery 07/09/12 Cycling 09/24/12 Robotics 09/24/12 Matt Magoon Personal Fitness 08/17/12 TRAINING AWARDS: Firem n Chit: Tyler Choate 10/04/12 Ian Covell 10/04/12 BIRTHDAYS / SCOUTS: BIRTHDAYS / ADULTS: Anita Creager 11/15 OPEN Positions of Responsibility (PoR) Mr. Jolly is now accepting names of those who may be interested in two open PoR. Both the Troop Scribe and Troop Historian positions count towards your leadership requirements. If you re ready to try something new, now might be the time to check out these opportunities - - before someone else does first 9

10 CALENDAR THIS PAGE IS SEPARATE SO YOU CAN POST ON YOUR REFRIGERATOR OR BULLETIN BOARD BOLD RED = Scout events OA Events Adult Meeting NOVEMBER- Theme Service Nov. 1 Nov. 3 Nov. 1-8 Nov. 7 Nov. 8 Nov. 10 Nov. 10 Nov. 12? Nov. 14 Nov. 15 Nov Nov. 17 Nov. 28 Nov. 29 Troop Meeting- Service project- start Chess MB Pack 525 Webelos Program- Whip O Will Scouting for Food-deliver flyers Troop Committee Troop Meeting- Chest MB Scouting for Food-pickup Scouting for Food Reward Game Night Veteran s Day Parade Roundtable Troop Meeting- Chess tournament Backpack Trip Den Chief Training OA Chapter Meeting PLC DECEMBER-Theme Astronomy Dec. 1 Rechartering Dec.? Holiday Parade? Dec. 7-9 Winter Campout-Stargazing Dec. 16 Indoor Sky Diving 10