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john@johnfulton.org
614-565-8382
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January Winter “Survival” Outing
Our first outing of the year takes us back to Camp Falling Rock near Newark on Friday January, 21.
We’ll meet at the Church at 6 PM for a planned 6:30 departature.
Overnight on Friday, we’ll be staying in a cabin. On Saturday morning, the Scouts will be building outdoor shelters with the goal of spending the night overnight outside in an improvised shelter.
If you’ve seen “Survivorman” or “Beyond Survival”, you get the idea. No one will be spending the night inside of a dead moose carcass.
Adults will provide supervision and advice on the shelter construction.
Overnight on Saturday, we’ll be checking on the Scouts and moving them back into the cabin if they need or want to spend the night there.
Safety is our first concern, so we’ll be monitoring things carefully.
Sunday, we’ll be returning to the church at about 12:30
Cost for the outing will be $18.
How to stay warm? Here are some earlier posts that may be useful
Here’s the list of Scouts that I believe are attending the outing:
- Nick E.
- Nate T.
- Peter B.
- Lyle P.
- Noah D.
- Peter K.
- Wade R.
- Nick L.
- James W.
Please let me know at once if if this list isn’t correct or if things change.
Thanks,
Mr. Fulton
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Initial 2011 Schedule
Here is the preliminary schedule of our major 2011 events. Please let me know about conflicts, concerns, or questions.
- January Outing – 1/21-1/23 – Winter Survival
- February Outing – 2/12 – Skiing/Snowboarding/Tubing
- Scout Sunday – 2/13
- March Outing – 3/11-3/13 – Welcome Weekend – Cat and Mouse
- April Outing – 4/15-4/17 – Ziplining
- Philmont Shakedown – 5/6-5/8
- May Outing – 5/20-5/22 – Backpacking
- June – 6/26-7/2 – Summer Camp
- July 4 – Parade and Cookout
- Philmont Shakedown – 7/8-7/10
- July Outing – 7/15-7/18 – Pie and Ice Cream – Clifton Gorge
- Philmont High Adventure Outing – 7/28-8/10
- August Outing – 8/19-8/21 – Whitewater
- September Outing – 9/16-9/18 – Put-in-Bay
- October Outing – 10/14-10/16 – Shooting
- November Outing – 11/18-11/21 – Pumpkin Chucking
- December Outing – 12/11-12/13 – Planning
Events not yet on schedule:
- Easter Egg Hunt
- Labor Day Cookout
- Harvest Festival
John Fulton
john@johnfulton.org
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Great Arctic Experience
Dear Scoutmasters,
Attached you will find a flyer for the Great Arctic Adventure.
This would be a great experience for your scouts.
The week has been planned with a trip to Mad River Mountain and The Chiller.
Camping is in cabins, the scouts will be encouraged to stay one night in a shelter that they built for the Opik training.
They will not be made to do it if they are not comfortable doing it.
Contact me with any questions.
Thank you.
Bobbie Jo
bjroth@wideopenwest.com
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December 27th -31st, 2010
Camp Lazarus
What are you doing after Christmas? Monday, December 27th at 10:00a begins your opportunity for The Great Arctic Experience! Scouts, 12years old or First Class, will have the opportunity to earn the following Merit Badges: Snow Sports; Skating; Cooking and Wilderness Survival. If you have already earned any of these Merit Badges you will be assisting your fellow Scouts. Optional Merit Badges will include: the new Scouting Heritage, Reading, Scholarship, Pathfinder, American Cultures, Pets, and Dog Care. Remember your blue cards and merit badge books.
Okpik training, (BSA’s cold weather camping training will be tied to the Wilderness Survival MB), Flag Etiquette, CPR, and the Emergency Preparedness PIN will round out the program for the Great Arctic Experience. You will also have the opportunity to earn your Interpreter’s Strip for one of the following: Spanish; Russian; German; French; Italian, and American Sign Language (ASL). The Lazarus Trail will also be hiked. All programs are available to adults except for Merit Badges.
Great Arctic Experience will commence promptly at 10a on Monday December 27th and end with a lunch/closing on Friday, December 31st at 12:00p. Great Arctic Experience fees are as follows: Enlistees= $150.00; Non-staff Adults= $100.00; Guests attending the lunch/closing only= $5.00 each and must pre-register. Enlistees pricing includes meals, transportation, cost of all activities, patch and more.
All offered program is subject to change and those having already registered will be notified.
Questions? Contact Bobbie Jo Roth, bjroth@wideopenwest.com, or Tom Ross tross@ameritech.net
Register online at skcbsa.org – Once you have registered you will receive a copy of pre-requisites needed for merit badges.
Mark your calendar now for Merit Badge Boot Camp 2011, March 20th-25th, 2011.
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Preliminary Plan for 2011 Outings
Here is the Scout-selected list of outings for 2011. More details (like dates) soon.
- January – Winter Survival
- February – Skiing/Snowboarding/Tubing
- March -Welcome Weekend – Cat and Mouse
- April -Ziplining
- May -Backpacking
- June -Summer Camp
- July -Pie and Ice Cream – Clifton Gorge
- August -Whitewater
- September -Put-in-Bay
- October -Shooting
- November -Pumpkin Chucking
- December – Planning
Backup Choices
- Canoeing/Kayaking
- Historic Battlefield
- Gold Panning
- Caving
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Last Troop meeting of 2010
2010 has been a great year for the Troop. All parents and Scouts are invited to join us to cap off the year at our final Troop meeting of the year, this Monday, December 13 at 7:30 PM in the Scout room.
As is our custom, the Scouts will be exchanging (through a complex and ever changing ritual) White Elephant gifts.
Each Scout should bring a gift of interest to a Scout for exchange. Please limit cost to about $5, but the gift does not have to be something new. Give something you would like to receive. The gift should be wrapped.
Adults should being a dessert to share.
The Troop will provide drinks.
We look forward to seeing you on Monday.
John
john@johnfulton.org
614-565-8382
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December Planning Outing
Each year in December we gather to plan outings for the coming year. This Friday we will meet at the Church and spend the evening and overnight in Fellowship hall.
Please bring any ideas that you have for outings for the coming year. Also bring any schedule or dates that we need to be aware of in the planning process.
Bring sleeping bags and pads and personal gear. The adults leaders will provide the food.
Plan to arrive at 6 PM on Friday (December 10).
Parents are welcome to attend and observe the Scout-led planning process. Please let me know if you would like to eat (pizza and wings) with us.
After the planning sessions we will be eating and playing games board games and video games (Rated T-Teen and below, no “first person shooter” games, please) and watching movies (PG-13, subject to Scoutmaster approval).
We will be finished and ready to leave at 8 AM sharp on Saturday morning. Many of us will be traveling to the Bexley Pancake Breakfast immediately after the outing. We will transport any Scouts wishing to attend the Pancake Breakfast at Jeffry Mansion.
The Pancake breakfast is a separate event from the overnight at the Church for planning and has a $3 charge for Scouts not working at the event.
Here is the list of Scouts that I know will be taking part in the Planning Outing:
- Chris B.
- Daniel L.
- Daniel S.
- Eli F.
- James W.
- Leland S.
- Lyle P.
- Nate T.
- Nick E.
- Nick J.
- Nick L.
- Peter B.
- Peter K.
- Wade R.
If this list is not correct, please let me know know at once (as we need to buy food).
There is no cost to the Scouts for this outing.
Please let me know if there are questions.
John Fulton
john@johnfulton.org
November Outing – Building Trebuchets
Here’s a bit of video from this weekend’s outing.
I’ll be adding it to the collection on the troop website (http://troop166.org/photos-and-videos/)
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November Outing
On Friday, November 12th the Troop will be traveling to Camp Falling Rock (CFR), near Newark, OH for our first Pumpkin Chucking Outing. The Scouts will be working on pumpkin launching devices which we will take with us to CFR for final assembly.
Video of some small-scale pumpkin launching devices are shown here.
We have reserved a cabin at CFR, but some of us will be bringing tents (because we need to fulfill requirements or because we like sleeping in tents).
We’ll meet at Church on Friday at 5:30 PM and return about 12:30 on Sunday (Nov. 14)
The cost for the outing will be $23. (Some of you paid more than $23 and I’ll be happy to refund the excess if you would like. Sorry for any confusion.) It was raised from $18 to cover the cost of material to build pumpkin launching devices.
All Scouts and Parents are welcome and encouraged to attend.
We’ll also have Weblos II’s from a couple of Packs coming with us and some Weblos I’s coming to visit.
It will be a grand outing.
Please let me know if there are questions or issues.
Mr. Fulton
john@johnfulton.org
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