Troop 166 – Bexley, Ohio

Boys and Girls… Exercise Those Extraordinary Imaginations in the
Boy Scouts of America Innovation Challenge!

The Boy Scouts of America and Edison Nation® present an exciting competition designed to showcase the incredible creative ingenuity of today’s youth.

Boy Scouts of America, under license to Edison Nation, invites all creative thinkers ages 7 to 21 to submit their ideas to the BSA Innovation Challenge. Edison Nation will spend up to $1 million to develop the products and make them a reality. The idea-to-shelf” product developer will do everything from designing your product, making the prototypes and filing the patents-all you have to do is invent! Imagine… if your invention is selected, you could:

• See your product brought to market!
• Be named as “Inventor” on the patent!
• Earn royalties for the life of the patent!

Appear on the award-winning Everyday Edisons TV series!

This Challenge is open to all youth inventors – ages 7-21 – boys and girls, Scouts and non-Scouts.

The Boy Scouts of America Innovation Challenge

Deadline: Monday, May 7th, 2012 at 11:59PM Pacific Time (US & Canada)

For complete details, go to www.edisonnation.com/boyscouts

Below is the information that I have received about the Aviation Merit Badge program offered by the Youth Aviation Adventure program later this year.

If anyone is interested, please contact me and we will set up a coordinator and actively solicit other Scouts to take part. If no one contacts me, this is that last you will hear about this from me this year.

This is a wonderful program and lots of fun for the Scouts (and the parents who get to go along.) Scouts can earn Merit Badges at any age but connot wear them on a sash until they earn their First Class rank.

I always welcome your questions or concerns.

John Fulton
john@johnfulton.org
614-565-8382

Registration is now open for Aviation Merit Badge on May 5th, 2012 at the OSU Airport (Don Scott Field).

The program runs from 9:00 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. and consists of ten stations which cover the topics discussed in the Aviation Merit Badge handbook.  Scouts will spend about twenty minutes at each station and should come prepared to discuss each station’s topic.

Troops should coordinate their registration so that each unit has a single ‘Unit Coordinator’. This person will be responsible for administering the pre-test, scoutmaster approvals and managing blue cards.

Admission to the program is $5, which is paid online when you register. Registration closes May 2nd or when full. Because most of the program is conducted indoors, it will be held regardless of weather. At the end of the program, you will have completed the requirements for your aviation merit badge. You do not need to bring a blue card to the program, we will provide them.

To register for the program go to http://www.youthaviationadventure.org and click on REGISTER NOW on the home page.  (Preregistration and prepayment are now REQUIRED).

Please read the FAQ document http://www.youthaviationadventure.org/yaa/Portals/0/GeneralDocs/Program_FAQs.pdf .

A printable flyer can be downloaded from: http://www.youthaviationadventure.org/yaa/Portals/0/GeneralDocs/YAA-FlyerMay2012.pdf .

From Bexley Key Communicator: (2/12/12)

• BMS “Mathletes” competing over the weekend in the regional MathCounts competition at Columbus State Community College were Spencer Brooks, Skylar Daniels, Alex Granato, David Heym, Nick LeBlanc and James Wuellner.

Nick and James are Scouts in our Troop. David Heim is a Scout in another Troop and his sister Liz is President of our Venture Crew.

From Bexley Key Communicator: (2/22/12)

Bexley wrestling coach Shawn Straub reports that student athletes who qualified for the district tournament this weekend are Sam Shorr, DJ Jones, Derek Cain and Ahmed Khaloufi, with Daniel Lee as the alternate for sectionals.

Daniel is a Scout in our Troop.

Congratulations to all these Scouts on their achievements outside of Scouting.

Here are some upcoming opportunities to earn merit badges.

You may register for them directly using the provided link.

• Delaware District Merit Badge Day, March 3, 2012. Olentangy High School. Flyer or register.
• Disability Awareness Merit Badge , March 17, 2012. Flyer or register.
• 2012 Merit Badge Boot Camp, April 1 – 5, 2012 (OK, it’s not when Bexley has Spring Break, but not everyone in our Troop is in Bexley Public. Flyer or register.

It’s been a few weeks since out last outing, but it’s time to get back in the swing of things with Winter Fun.

We’ll be attending the Glacier Ridge 2012 Klondike Derby at the Beaumont Scout Reservation, near Rock Creek, Ohio.

We’ll meet at the church at 5:30 PM on Friday January 27, and plan to get underway at 6:00.

Please eat dinner before we leave as we will only be stopping for bathroom breaks along the way.

It’s about 3 1/2 hours to our destination in the northeast corner of Ohio.

We will be cabin camping at Beaumont so, we do not need tents. We are not sure how warm the cabin will be so bring a warm sleeping bag and at least one additional set of clothes.

We will be outside all day on Saturday, participating in Klondike Events, so dress warm.

How to dress warm? Some ideas at the two links below:

• Tips For Winter Outings
• WinterCampers.com

We’ll return a little after noon on Sunday.

Who is attending:

• Matthew B
• Chris B
• Nick E
• Liam F
• Bryden G
• Chandler G
• Nick L
• Daniel L
• Lyle P
• Eddie R

Cost of the outing is $35.

Please let me know if there are questions. If you do not have long underwear or ski pants or boots, this weekend is the perfect time to shop.

Yours in Scouting,

Mr. Fulton

john@johnfulton.org
614-565-8382

Thanks from the Bexley Historical Society:

“Dear Troop 166,

“Thanks your for all your help with the annual Pancake Breakfast sponsored by the Bexley Historical Society and the Parks and Recreation Department.

“The event this past December was a success and your work certaily helped in this sucess. We look forward the Troop 166 being a part of theis comunity gathering in Decmeber 2012.

“Sincerely,

“The Bexley Historical Society.”

Congratulations to our Troop’s newest Eagle Scout, Ma’at Ford, who passed his Board of Review last night.

The folks at Bexely Recreation Department sent us a very nice “Thank You” letter for our efforts earlier this month

Part of being a good citizen in the community is taking part and doing our share.

Click on the image to see the letter.

Mr. Fulton