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The Signaler March 2004 Volume 24, No The Troop 264 Newsletter The Signaler www.geocities.com/crossroadstroop264 March 2004 Volume 24, No. 3 Twenty-Four Years of The Signaler Upcoming Dates and Deadlines (Refer to calendars for specific times) Feb 25 New Leader Essentials 7:30 pm @ St. Patricks Apr 5 Patrol Mtg, Venture Mtg Mar 1 Patrol Mtg, Venture Mtg Apr 5-12 Spring Break, No School Mar 2 No School Apr 12 Troop Mtg, Philmont Planning Mtg, Venture Mar 8 Troop Mtg, Philmont Planning Mtg Mtg Mar 10 Scoutmaster Training, District Roundtable Apr 14 District Roundtable Mar 13, 14 Military Wkend USF Constellation Apr 15 Troop Adult Mtg (Allison/Vikings) Apr 16-18 Outdoor Leadership Skills – Seneca Creek Park Mar 15 Patrol Mtg, Venture Mtg Apr 17 Gettysburg Trip (Irvin/Hawks) Mar 18 Troop Adult Mtg Apr 17 Food Bank (Sharks), Friends Nursing Home Mar 20 Friends Nursing Home (Eagles/Leopards) (Foxes) Mar 20 Food Bank (Foxes) Apr 18 OA Chapter Mtg Mar 21 OA Chapter Mtg Apr 19 TLC/BOR, SPL Nominations Due Mar 22 TLC/BOR Apr 21 Signaler Mtg Mar 24 Scoutmaster Training, Signaler Mtg Apr 23-25 Webelos Weekend (Eagles/Leopards), Wood Mar 26, 27 Mulch Pickup/Delivery (Hoggard) Badge Wkend #1 Mar 29 Court of Honor Apr 24 Old Rag Day Hike (Philmont Prep, Bogan/Pitts) Apr 3 Outdoor Leadership Skills - Seneca Creek Park, Apr 26 Troop Mtg/SPL Elections Carwash (Griffins) April Signaler Submittal Deadlines: Information Due to Reporters: Mar 23 Signaler Distribution Date: Mar 29 (Troop Mtg) Articles Due to Mrs. Adams: Mar 24 at the Signaler Meeting – No Articles accepted after Fri., Mar 26 The Signaler Staff Editor/Webmaster: Joe Weiler 301-977-3961 [email protected] or [email protected] Circ. Coord./Reporter: Kevin Correa 301-924-2942 Reporters: Alex Adams 301-774-7632 Michael Mercado 301-570-0257 Zack Hopkins 301-774-4106 Brandon Wymelenberg 301 570-6353 [email protected] Liam O’Lone 301-774-6881 Amanda Wilbur 301-774-9287 [email protected] Sean Wilbur 301-774-9287 [email protected] Signaler Advisors: Mrs. Greenspon 301-774-5394 [email protected] Mrs. Adams: 301-774-7632 [email protected] Mrs. Hopkins 301-774-4106 [email protected] Adult Advisors: Scoutmaster: Mr. Bogan 301-774-2768 [email protected] Treasurer: Mr. Sponaugle 301-774-4814 [email protected] OA Mr. Patterson 301-774-0330 Advancement Chairman Mr. Matyas 301-570-0610 [email protected] SPL: Tommy Irvin 301-570-5548 Adult activity coordinators – please submit information about upcoming activities to Mrs. Adams (electronically or hardcopy) by the deadline. Please contact a Signaler reporter if you would like to have a scout generate the announce- ment for you. If any information or participants of activities have been left out of the Signaler, corrections will be made in the next issue. Please send any corrections to Mrs. Adams at [email protected]. 1 Rev 2/2104 March Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat 1 2 3 4 5 6 Patrol Meeting Venture Meeting @ NO SCHOOL St. John’s 6:30 pm 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 Troop Meeting Open: Vikings District Roundtable Military Weekend MB: Foxes @ St. Patricks USF Constellation Skill: Sharks 7:30 pm (Allison/Vikings) Service: (Vikings) Eagles/Leopards Philmont Planning Scoutmaster/ Asst. Meeting 6:30pm Scoutmaster Training St. Patrick’s 7:30pm 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 Friends Nursing Military Weekend Patrol Meeting Home Visit 11am USF Constellation Troop Adult Meeting (Eagles/Leopards) (Allison/Vikings) Venture Meeting @ @ Brookeville St. John’s 6:30 pm Academy 7:30 pm Food Bank 8am (Foxes) 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 Signaler Meeting @ OA Chapter Meeting TLC/BOR Adams’ house 6:00pm Mulch Mulch @ St. Patrick’s Scoutmaster/ Asst. Pickup/Delivery Pickup/Delivery 7:30 pm Scoutmaster Training (Hoggard) (Hoggard) St. Patrick’s 7:30pm 28 29 30 31 Court of Honor Opening: Eagles/Leopards Service: Foxes 20032004 Rev 2/2104 April Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat 1 2 3 Carwash (Griffins) Outdoor Leadership Skills Seneca State Park 4 5 6 7 8 9 Palm Sunday Patrol Meeting 10 Passover Passover Good Friday Daylight Savings Time Venture Meeting @ St. Begins John’s 6:30 pm NO SCHOOL NO SCHOOL NO SCHOOL NO SCHOOL NO SCHOOL 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 Troop Meeting District Roundtable Troop Adult Meeting Outdoor Leadership Gettysburg Trip Opening Griffins @ St. Patricks @ Brookeville Skills (Irvin/Hawks) Easter Sunday Service: Sharks 7:30 pm Academy 7:30 pm Seneca State Park (Eagles/Leopards) Friends Nursing Home 11 Philmont Planning am Meeting 6:30pm (Foxes) Food Bank 8 am Venture Meeting @ St. (Sharks) Program Launch John’s 6:30 pm Outdoor Leadership Skills NO SCHOOL Seneca State Park 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 OA Chapter Meeting Webelos Weekend Webelos Weekend @ St. Patrick’s TLC/BOR Signaler Meeting @ (Eagles/Leopards) (Eagles/Leopards) 7:30 pm SPL Nominations Adams’ house Wood Badge Weekend Outdoor Leadership due to Mr. Bogan 6:00 pm Wood Badge Weekend #1 # 1 Old Rag Day Hike Skills (Philmont Prep Seneca State Park Bogan/Pitts) 25 26 27 28 29 30 Webelos Weekend Troop Meeting/ (Eagles/Leopards) SPL Elections Wood Badge Weekend Open: Griffins #1 MB: Hawks Skill: Vikings Service: Sharks 2004 The Troop 264 Newsletter A Message from Mr. Bob Irvin Here's an email I received from Troop 264's Lt. Col. David Jones, serving in Iraq. Bob, Thanks for the e-mail. I just flew down from Baghdad this morning and can finally get on e-mail. We will spend the next few days here putting our gear on ships for the trip back to Europe. We hope to fly for Germany soon after. It’s good to hear that Troop 264 is up and running. I had a great time when I was the Senior Patrol Leader. I will have to say the leadership skills I picked up in the Scouts gave me a big leg up when I was a cadet, I'm glad I stuck with it. Please shoot me a copy of the newsletter, I look forward to seeing it. All the best to the Troop and tell the guys to stick with it, it makes a big difference regardless of what they do after school. All the best, Dave LTC David S. Jones Coalition-ACE, CJTF-7 Camp Victory, Baghdad, Iraq DSN: (318) 822-1307/09 AKO SPIRNET: [email protected] ----- Original Message ----- From: "Irvin, Bob" <[email protected]> Date: Wednesday, February 4, 2004 9:04 pm Subject: Greetings from Troop 264! Dear Colonel Jones, I read the article in the Olney Mill newsletter about your service in Iraq and your experience as a Troop 264 Eagle Scout. My son Tommy is currently the SPL for Troop 264 and is working on his Eagle service project. I have shared the article with him as well as Dennis Bogan, our Scoutmaster, and the editor of the troop newsletter, The Signaler. We will be reprinting the article there, so you may be getting more email in the next couple of months from Troop 264 Scouts and Scouters! If you are interested in receiving The Signaler on a monthly basis by email, we can add you to the list. It is a PDF file. The story and photo of you with your Eagle Scout flag was inspiring. It is great to hear of a former Scout who continues to live the Scout Oath and Law. Best wishes to you. Please know that we in Olney are thinking of you and appreciate your service on behalf of our country. Bob Irvin (Reprinted from the Olney Mill Newsletter) 4 The Troop 264 Newsletter 8 Degrees By Jim O’Brien Nothin like spending a day in the woods. Scouting teaches many things. Three high on the list are to be prepared, do a good turn, and leadership. Not highlighted as often, but just important, is to work as a team. Backpacking tests all four of these skills. Backpacking in the winter severely tests all these skills. Success is everyone being prepared and working together. The winter campout this year was very successful. (Although there were times we wondered who chose backpacking for the winter campout.) Top Ten things to do during winter campout: 10. Wiggle your toes Participants: 9. Wiggle your fingers Scouts Scouters 8. Build a fire…. A big fire Alex Adams Manny Correa 7. Take a short cut (a big short cut) Kevin Correa Mark Freedman 6. Drink hot chocolate Chris Freeman Jim O’Brien 5. Go to sleep early… very early Sean O’Brien Dave Van Wie 4. Tell time through the sleepless night by the frequency of your shivers Liam O’Lone 3. Make icicles grow off of your nose Andrew Van Wie 2. Write your name in the snow Tony Wilbur 1. Avoid yellow snow Joe Weiler WINTER CAMPOUT AT CATOCTIN By Sean O’Brien When you wake up, you discover you can’t move. That’s ok, you don’t wanna move, its warm in your doubled up sleeping bags. Eventually, though, dig in and you bear yourself to the cold. Getting dressed quickly, you’re glad you decided to bring that jacket, it’s darn cold. You put on your hiking boots (not an easy task, they’re frozen solid) and help get the fire started. The mornings may not be pleasant when winter backpacking, but its well worth it. This winter campout, we decided to backpack up to a campground on Catoctin Mountain. We got together at St. John’s sometime in the morning and headed up.
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