Adopt-a-Trail on 12/19/2009 at 1:30 PM

If you are in town, I hope you can attend our final adopt-a-trail cleanup of 2009.  It sounds as though the weather will be better in the afternoon of Saturday, 12/19. We will meet at the parking lot on Hunt Drive, just south from Western Blvd. at 1:30 PM. We usually take about 1.5 hours for the cleanup.


Hunt Drive is just south of Central Prison and is one entrance into the Dorothea Dix property. A link to the approximate location is:
Parking lot location on Hunt Drive for Adopt-a-Trail

Bring gloves and plastic grocery bags to help with gathering the trash. If someone in the neighborhood needs a ride, let me know.  The Wells vehicle will have room for 1 or 2 folks.

Otherwise, have a safe and joyful Christmas and New Years!

Yours in Scouting,
Joe Wells

Troop 398 – Week ahead for 12/14/09

As you probably have seen in the photos that David Price took, we had a good size group on our December backpacking trip in Umstead State Park. As I was dropping Sam off at his home on Sunday, his dad commented that the weather that day was fairly typical of a summer day in Belgium. Hope most of the gear will be dried out by the end of Tuesday (12/15)! Thanks go to Tim Hunt for organizing and carrying out the event.

We have reserved 6 lanes at Western Lanes for this Wednesday night. If folks want to car pool to Western Lanes, the youth going are: Gray, Athre, Joseph, Will, David Reese, Luke, Walter, Eric, Macon, Tristan, Owen, Ben, Gabe, Sam, Ollie Wessell and the adults: Steven Vozzo, Roger Russell, Don Munn, David Price, Cindy Keith, David Hedberg, Wanda and Joe Wells

Nine scouts have signed up for Raleigh Merit Badge University. I’ll let you know when we receive a confirmation on what merit badges Walter, Eric, Gray, Stuart, Gabe, Owen, David, Macon and Sam will be taking so you can start working on the prerequisites for the merit badges.

Our next adopt-a-trail day will be December 19th at 9 AM. We will meet at the parking lot at Hunt Drive and Western Blvd.

The next regular Troop meeting will be January 6, 2010. Bring any troop gear using with the backpacking trip to that meeting!

Yours in Scouting,
Joe Wells

Camping Prep for trip to Jordan Lake

Gray did a great job this evening in coordinating the planning for the troop outing to Jordan Lake that is scheduled for this weekend. It appears that 12 scouts will be on this outing, with Gray, Macon and Stuart serving as primary cooks for the 3 cook groups.

Don't forget to bring a sack lunch for Saturday.
You can obtain a gear packing list, in PDF form, from "Camping Checkoff" link found in the "Other Forms" area of:
http://www.scouts398.org/resources/

Those scouts who will be working on 2nd class cooking will need to bring $3 to contribute to the primary cook/food buyer of your group, while others need to bring $6 to contribute to the cooks for food costs. Please bring your money on Saturday!

Mr. Vozzo, Mr. Russell and Mr. Wells will be driving.

We will meet at Western Blvd. Presbyterian Church at 8 A.M. on Saturday and we will return between 12:30 and 1 P.M. on Sunday.

Yours in Scouting,


Joe Wells
http://www.scouts398.org/

11/04/09 Spaghetti Dinner overveiw

Next weekend we will be going to Jordan Lake. This trip will be from Saturday to Sunday.

Last weekend was the Spaghetti Dinner. We raised about $1800 dollars. Last night we made a plus delta on it.
Some of the pluses were:
- Passing out flyers
- A lot of people
- Good food
- made a lot of money
- waiting tables
- ordering systems
- deserts
- Good weather
- teamwork
- containers
some of the deltas were:
- lull from 1-4
- long day
- spilled drink
- music
- deliveries

The troops anuall ski trip is coming up and we need to know who is going and we need sleeping money. one night is $16.95 and $34.00. Ski's are $65.00 and Boards are $84.00.

10/21 -Nat-E-Con Overveiw and Spaghetti Dinner

10/21/09

Wednesday night we talked about the spaghetti dinner and made a Plus/Delta for Nat-E-Con

Some of the Pluses were

-Started merit badges
-Food eating kits complete
-Food
-Greg Fishel
-Extra Free Time
-Football
-Clean bathrooms
-*wash station assignments

Some of the deltas were,

-Talking at night
-Playing around to much
-Tent setup
-Organization
-Merit badge unsatisfactory
-Wash stations thoroughness

Spaghetti Dinner

Friday 30th 8am to 8pm

Morning shift: Macon
Afternoon shift: Owen after 3pm
Night shift: Owen
All day shifts: Eric, Sam, Ben, Walter, Gabe, Aaron, Stuart

This weekend we will being handing out door hangers for the spaghetti Dinner. Please try to be at the Church Saturday 10am to 12pm

Any other spaghetti dinner questions email Mr. Hedberg, Mr. Vozzo, or Mr. Wells

Minutes from meeting of October 8, 2009

Minutes from 10/8/2009 - Preparation for camporee.

Meet at Church at 3:45 Friday
Leave church at 4:15
Arrive at campsite around 5:45
Arrive back at church around 1:00 Sunday


Bring a sack dinner for Friday.

Food cost $8 to $10

Spaghetti dinner tickets for October 30,2009. Sell those tickets. Write the persons name and email address on a piece of paper. Ticket cost $5.


NO scouts next week. Western Blvd. Presbyterian Church will be hosting WIHN.


Macon Wessell,

Scribe

09 Council Camporee - Nat-E-Con and other updates

On the short list:
*  The church is having the Concert on the Lawn at Western Blvd. Presbyterian Church on Sunday 10/4/2009 from 4-6:30pm.  All are welcome to attend. Details at:
http://wbpresbyterian.com/2009/06/26/60th-anniversay-celebration/

*  On Saturday October 17 from 8 until noon the church will be having a work day.  Scouts are encouraged to help out, if they are able.

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Our October outing is a Council Camporee at Camp Reeves ( beside Camp Durant, in Moore County). The theme is Nat-E-Con. (Nature, Environment, and Conservation.)  The program emphasis is not on advancement, although many of the activities fulfill various elements of advancement.  A whole lot of planning and sponsoring is going into this event and it looks like it will be an exciting time for Occoneechee scouts to come together to study nature, environment, and conservation!

If you have not signed up but want to go, please let the Wells know by 5pm today (10/2/2009).  The camporee cost is $20 for late registration.  We can collect the money on Wednesday, but registration
needs to happen today.

Scouts attending will have the opportunity to work on 4 merit badges on Saturday, with sessions from 8:15-11:45 am, and again from 1:30-3:30 pm.  Most likely the scouts will NOT be able to complete the
merit badges, but they will be off to a great start for working on them.  Please select, in rank order (1 is most preferred, 2 is second most preferred, etc.) the top 12 merit badges you would like to work
on out of the list of 21.

Send me your top 12 list by Tuesday, October 6th.


 Astronomy
 Bird Study
 Energy
 Environmental Science
 Fishing
 Fly Fishing
 Fish & Wildlife Management
 Forestry
 Gardening
 Geology
 Insect Study
 Landscape Architecture
 Mammal Study
 Nature
 Nuclear Science
 Oceanography
 Plant Science
 Public Health
 Reptile & Amphibian Study
 Soil & Water Conservation
 Weather


Additional information related to the merit badges and the camporee can be found below:

The requirements for these merit badges are extensive in scope and it is not the intention of this Camporee to have Scouts that have not adequately prepared the necessary work before the event complete the merit badges. However, the skills and expertise of the presenters will greatly assist prepared Scouts to rapidly complete the requirements for the selected merit badges. ALL requirements must be completed as written for award of the merit badge.

Boy Scout Merit Badges that will be available during the Environmental Round-Robins:
http://nat-e-con.info/BSActivityProgram.aspx

Merit Badge Priority Sheet:
http://nat-e-con.info/Documents/Merit%20Badge%20Priority%20Sheet.pdf

Boy Scout Schedule:
http://nat-e-con.info/BSProgram.aspx

Lots more info in the Boy Scout Leaders Guide, on the website :
http://nat-e-con.info/BSLGdoc.aspx

Food costs will be in addition to camporee costs.  We will work out the logistics of travel, tenting and food on Wednesday, October 7th.

Update for the week of 9/21/2009

Greetings,

With the 2009 Fall Court of Honor occurring on 9/30/2009, there will be a number of Board of Reviews going on over the course of this week’s meeting period.  Patrol break outs will include preparing for the Court of Honor and supply room inventory.

Scouts participating in Board of Reviews need to appear in full “class A” uniform.

Yours in Scouting, Joe Wells

9/16 Meeting Follow-Up

Trail’s End Popcorn: My apologies for not having all the details put together about how this [optional] fundraiser would work this year. I believe the Order and Prize forms are self-explanatory. For additional details, please look here: (2009 Popcorn Info)

If you need additional order forms, just let me know!

2009 NAT-E-CON Council Camporee October 9-11
Registration was received (and t-shirts order by a few) for:

• Youth (11): Aaron, Athre, Ben, Eric, Gray, Luke, Owen, Stuart, Tristan, Walter, Will
• Adults (3): Mr. Vozzo, Mr. Wells, Mr. Russell

Late registration will be available for an additional $5. LOTS of information is available here.

More discussions ahead about the Council Camporee, merit badge sign-up, activities, and logistics!

Scouting Regards, Wanda Wells

9/14/2009

Greetings,

This was a great time of year to be at Hanging Rock State Park, as the temperature and weather were ideal.  We took a nice hike on Saturday on the Moore’s Wall Loop Trail.

On Tuesday, September 15, the Pack will be hosting another Join Scout Night event.  Then on Saturday, September 19th they will be having a Bike Rodeo at WBPC.  There are opportunities for scouts from the troop to help with both events.

If scouts want a Board of Review prior to the Court on Honor on September 30th, please let Mr. Price know by Monday, September 21st.

If you plan on attending the Camp-o-ree on October 10th, bring your registration money to the meeting this week.  Wanda sent out the details of that outing. Also, if you have not paid up for food for the Hanging Rock outing, bring that money to this week’s meeting.

Yours in Scouting,
Joe Wells

9/8/2009

Greetings,

The Personal Fitness evening at A.B. Combs went off well last Wednesday evening. It was a great evening for the various activities there.

This week’s meeting will focus on preparing for the upcoming outing to Hanging Rock State Park for the weekend of September 11-13. The park offers a number of great hiking trails and many spectacular views. Scouts who will be attending the outing should bring $8 to help with
food costs.

Scouts who want to work on 1st Class or 2nd Class cooking requirements, please submit your menu ideas to either Mr. Vozzo or Mr. Wells by Wednesday evening.

On Thursday night, the Cub Scouts will be hosting a Join Scout night. It is helpful if a few of the Boy Scouts can also be present. Please let me know if you can assist. The hours will be 7-8:30pm.

Yours in Scouting,
Joe Wells


http://www.scouts398.org/
http://www.ncparks.gov/Visit/parks/haro/main.php

9/1/2009

Greetings,

Where do we meet this week? NOT at Western Blvd. Presbyterian Church.

We are going to roll back two weeks and try again with meeting at A.B. Combs Elementary school, around the blue canopy, at 7:15pm. Be dressed for action (class b). Scout uniform is NOT needed this week. Be sure to wear footware appropriate for running! Scouts who have taken Personal Fitness or are taking that merit badge are encouraged to bring their activity logs.

First year scouts, working on Tenderfoot will be working on the followup (or beginning) for their Personal Fitness requirements for that rank.

A number of scouts who attended summer camp have asked about what they need to do to complete merit badges they took at summer camp. Many merit badges were completed. Those who had incomplete merit badges, as reported from Camp Ravenknob, are listed below. NOTE: some scouts have completed the remaining requirements since summer camp.

See you all on Wednesday at A.B. Combs! Bring your books.

Yours in Scouting, Joe Wells