Troop 166 – Bexley, Ohio

It was great to see so many at the Year End Party last evening. I had intended to share the list of outings for the coming year, but I’ll provide it here.

• January 25-27 Klondike
• February  Winter Survival
• March – Rockets (Welcome Weekend)
• April – Zip lining
• May – Cedar Point
• June 23-29 – Summer Camp
• July – Whitewater Rafting
• August – Fishing
• September – Biking
• October – Backpacking
• November – Pie and Ice Cream
• December – Planning
• January (2014) – Klondike

Dates will be set by the first or second meeting of the year and I’ll provide them here and on the troop calendar (http://troop166.org/event-calendar/).

Please let me know if there are questions, issues or concerns.

Happy Holidays.

Mr. Fulton

From todays Key Communicator for Bexley Public Schools:

“Last Thursday, BHS senior Peter Kirschner received a Honda-OSU Math Medal at an awards ceremony at the Honda plant in Marysville.  The Class of 2013 Math Medal Awards Recipients includes 136 students nominated by their home schools from 15 Ohio counties.  The math medal program encourages interest in the engineering profession.”

Congratulations, Peter.

We received a “Thank You” that I wanted to  share.

“Dear Troop 166,

“Thank you all so much for your time, effort, and support of the Bexley Rec. and Parks Campout. We have received such wonderful feedback on the event in large part because of the work of Troop 166. A number of families have expressed to us their

appreciation for all your help with tent set-up, campfire supervision and education, help with the meals and everything else.

Once again, on behalf of the BRPD and the Bexley community, thank you all for your assistance with the camp out. You all helped make this a special experience for so many families.

Thanks,

Mike Price”

(Director)
(Bexley Recreation and Parks)

As all  of you know, our backpacking campout is coming up! The cost for this  awesome weekend trip planned for Oct 19-21  will be a mere $20.  Because of the need to get an accurate count of hikers, everyone planning on  attending needs to bring your $20 AND a permission slip to the Scout  meeting on Monday  (Oct 15). If you won’t be able to come to  the meeting (or if you just want to be pro-active), you can also drop it off at  my house, (97 S Dawson Ave) at any time between now and Monday. Permission slips  can be downloaded from the troop website at http://troop166.org/web-forms/   I hate to be a pain, but no $$=no trip.

From  my discussion with the SPL, none of the Scouts needs to borrow any gear  (backpacks, tents, sleeping bags, etc). If this is not correct, please let me  and Peter (pak_2013@yahoo.com) know  ASAP so arrangements can be made.
BTW,  we could also use 1-2 more adults to come so that we have enough cars to stage  water. This a great opportunity to spend a quality weekend in proximity to your  son on a beautiful backpacking trip!

Ta-Ha-Yul

Mr  Kirschner

September is on the Troop schedule for Climbing.

There are two climbing opportunities for Scouts and Ventures in the next few weeks.

Opportunity 1

Simon Kenton Council will be conducting its Fall Rappelling Clinic on the weekend of September 16-18 (our scheduled outing weekend) for Scout and Adults.

The Council sponsors and conducts two rappelling clinics each year (Spring and Fall), teaching beginning skills and offering participants the opportunity (by attending several clinics) to advance to the Scouting designation of Rappel Master. It requires attendance at 3 or 4 clinics to be eligible to advance to the leadership rank.

One catch: Participants must be 14 by the date of the event and have earned their First Class rank. (Opportunity 2 below includes younger Scouts).

The clinic costs $100 and covers the event, food, and cabin camping at Camp Falling Rock. More information is available here. Registration is through Doubleknot here.

Since this is an event with separate registration and includes food and lodging we will not be conducting this as a troop outing. Register your self as soon as possible if you wish to attend. Space is limited.

Please let me know if you plan to attend so that we can coordinate transportation. There are a number of Scouts that are interested in attending but have other commitments on Friday evening. I understand that some Scouts are planning to come to Camp Failing Rock early on Saturday morning to participate. Again, please let me know so that we can assist with coordinating transportation.

Opportunity 2

For all Scouts (without regard to age) we will be conducting an afternoon outing on Saturday, October 6 leaving at 4PM sharp. We will be meeting at the Church and traveling to Vertical Adventures on the North side of Columbus, we will have a session of climbing from 4:30 until 6:30. We will return back to the church at about 7PM. The outing will cost $20. This will not be a troop weekend outing as another outing (backpacking, woo hoo!) is scheduled for the following weekend). For those who might be interested, the OSU game on that Saturday is not until 8PM.

Please let me know if there are questions and be sure to register for the Rappelling clinic as soon as possible.

Yours in Scouting,

Mr. Fulton

This Sunday, June 17th at 5PM, we’ll be holding an organizational meeting about our planned winter OKPIK High Adventure in December. We’ll meet in the Scout room.
 
OKPIK is a winter camping and outdoor adventure at BSA’s Norther Tier High Adventure base located in the boundary waters region between Minnesota and Canada.
 
We are currently planning a trip for this upcoming Winter Break (about December 27 to Jan. 1).
 
Scout must be 13 and a First Class Scout (by December)  to participate in this High Adventure.
 
Information about the program is available here:
http://www.ntier.org/Adventures/~/link.aspx?_id=4CFAD408D6D0483C832D3E7842E87193&_z=z
 
YouTube video of other OKPIK adventures:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SrksyBwKG4Q&feature=related
 
Detailed information is available here:
http://www.ntier.org/filestore/NorthernTier/pdf/OkpikAdvisorGuide.pdf
 
If you are interested or think you may be interested in this adventure opportunity, please plan to attend the meeting on Sunday.
 
If you are not able to attend the meeting and are interest or want more information, please contact any of the adult leaders.
 
Thanks,
 
Mr. Fulton