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The Signaler - Troop 264 Newsletter THE SIGNAL-ARR JJUULLYY 22001100 -- TTHHIIRRTTYY YYEEAARRSS OOFF TTHHEE SSIIGGNNAALLEERR VVOOLLUUMMEE 3300,, NNOO.. 77 Website: http://www.troop264olney.net E-mail: [email protected] Upcoming Dates and Deadlines (Refer to calendars for specific times.) July August 3-9 Seabase Tall Ship 2 Patrol meeting 5 Patrol meeting 4 National Jamboree ends 7-13 Seabase Adventure 6-8 Family Camping 11-17 Advancement Camp (1st Week) 9 Troop meeting 12 Troop Meeting re Summer Camp 12 Roundtable (Foxes) 15 Troop Adult Meeting 13–21 Montgomery County 16 Sharp Street Food Bank 16 Patrol meeting 18-24 Summer Camp at Heritage 19 Troop Adult Meeting 19 NO meeting 20 Sharp Street Food Bank 23 – Aug 4 Centennial Scouting on the Mall 23 TLC/BOR 25 Centennial Parade in Washington, D.C. 24 Signaler meeting 26 TLC/BOR 30 School starts 29 National Jamboree Day Trip 30 Troop meeting Seabase 2010 is HERE! Tall Ship Crew 1 departs July 3 for Marsh Harbor, Bahamas, while Adventure Ship Crew 2 departs July 7! We expect some salty stories when they return. May good weather and no scurvyness go with you! And three cheers for ―White Beard‖ Sherman who spent a lot of the last year making this all work! Advancement Camp at Camp Twin Echo – July 11-17 Five T264 scouts are headed to Advancement Camp this year: Gavin M., Jeremy N., Bradley N., Miguel A., and Jimmy B. These scouts will have the opportunity to work on 6 merit badges during the week. Scouts must bring the Annual Medical form (copy of the same one used for the Centennial Camporee and summer camp), the supplemental medical form (NOT the same one used for summer camp): http://www.gpc-bsa.org/Camping/stuff/medical_screening_0form.pdf , and a signed Code of Conduct form: http://www.gpc-bsa.org/Camping/stuff/Code_of_Conduct.pdf . Prerequisite work requirements for the Medical Week merit badges are posted at: http://www.gpc-bsa.org/Camping/stuff/Week_1_Prereqs.pdf . Bring all completed work to Advancement Camp to show the counselors that you completed it. 1 The Signaler - Troop 264 Newsletter JJuullyy 22001100 Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat 1 2 3 Seabase (Tall Ship) 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Fourth of July Seabase (Tall Ship) Seabase (Tall Ship) Seabase (Tall Ship) Seabase (Tall Ship) Seabase (Tall Ship) Seabase (Adventure) Seabase (Adventure) Seabase (Adventure) Seabase (Adventure) Seabase (Tall Ship) Patrol meeting NO Roundtable 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 Troop meeting – Seabase (Adventure) Re: Summer Camp Seabase (Adventure) Troop Adult Meeting Sharp Street Food at Brookeville Bank, 4:15 PM Seabase (Adventure) Academy 7:30 PM Advancement Camp Advancement Camp Advancement Camp Advancement Camp Advancement Camp Advancement Camp Advancement Camp (Week 1) (Week 1) (Week 1) (Week 1) (Week 1) (Week 1) (Week 1) 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 Summer Camp at Summer Camp at To Summer Camp at Heritage Scout Summer Camp at Summer Camp at Summer Camp at Heritage Scout Return from Summer Heritage Scout Reservation Heritage Scout Heritage Scout Heritage Scout Reservation Camp Reservation Reservation Reservation Reservation NO meeting Centennial Scouting Centennial Scouting on the Mall on the Mall 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 National Jamboree Signaler meeting @ 7 National Jamboree Centennial Parade (Fort A.P. Hill, VA) National Jamboree (Fort A.P. Hill, VA) National Jamboree National Jamboree Washington, D.C. National Jamboree (Fort A.P. Hill, VA) (Fort A.P. Hill, VA) (Fort A.P. Hill, VA) Centennial Scouting (Fort A.P. Hill, VA) Day Trip to National Centennial Scouting on the Mall Centennial Scouting Jamboree Centennial Scouting Centennial Scouting on the Mall Centennial Scouting on the Mall on the Mall on the Mall TLC/BOR on the Mall Centennial Scouting on the Mall 2 The Signaler - Troop 264 Newsletter AAuugguusstt 22001100 Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 End of National Jamboree National Jamboree National Jamboree National Jamboree Family Camping at Family Camping at (Fort A.P. Hill, VA) (Fort A.P. Hill, VA) (Fort A.P. Hill, VA) (Fort A.P. Hill, VA) Solomons Island Solomons Island (Hawks) (Hawks) Patrol meeting 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 Family Camping at Troop meeting Solomons Island Service: Vikings Roundtable Montgomery County Montgomery County (Hawks) Open: New Scouts (Foxes) Fair Fair MB: New Patrol Skill: Sharks 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 Troop Adult Meeting Patrol meeting at Brookeville Sharp Street Food Academy 7:30 PM Bank, 4:15 PM Montgomery County Montgomery County Montgomery County Montgomery County Montgomery County Montgomery County Montgomery County Fair Fair Fair Fair Fair Fair Fair 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 TLC/BOR Signaler meeting 7 PM 29 30 31 School starts Troop meeting Service: Foxes Open: Sharks MB: Vikings Skill: Hawks 3 The Signaler - Troop 264 Newsletter Heritage Scout Reservation – July 18 - 24 – Summer Camp Summer camp for 2010 will be at Heritage Scout Reservation near Uniontown, PA (not far from Laurel Caverns and Ohiopyle), approximately 165 miles (3 hours) from Olney. T264 will be in Camp Liberty, which is a patrol cooking camp. The fee for Camp Liberty is $300 for scouts, $130.00 for adults. A charter bus will be available for a fee of approximately $75.00. No other transportation will be provided by the troop. A signup form is attached at the end of this Signaler, please complete it and return it, with a check made out to BSA Troop 264, to Mr. Doug Long or Mrs. Debbie Karitis. If you have not already turned in the summer camp registration forms, you MUST do so right away. New scouts coming into Troop 264 are encouraged to attend summer camp. Mr. Long has also provided a list of the merit badges that are available, and the merit badge schedule is posted with the registration forms at the end of this Signaler. The sooner you turn in your registration forms and merit badge selections to him, the better chance you have of getting the merit badges you want this summer. You must already be registered for summer camp before Mr. Long can enter merit badge selections in the electronic reservation system. First year scouts are enrolled in the Braddock’s Brigade program, giving scouts the opportunity to get many Tenderfoot, Second Class, and First Class requirements signed off during the week. Scouts in this program continue to eat and camp with the troop, and supervision is maintained at all times. The July 12 troop meeting will be devoted to summer camp information and issues and questions. Any scouts with food allergies MUST let Mr. Bogan know via a written note no later than July 12. A list of summer camp equipment is listed on the nest page. Medical forms for summer camp are as follows: Annual Health and Medical Report: http://scouting.org/filestore/pdf/34605_Letter.pdf Supplemental Medical Form : http://www.heritagereservation.org/resources/summer/Supplimental%20Medical.pdf The Heritage 2010 Summer Camp Guidebook is now available on line at: http://www.heritagereservation.org/resources/summer/2010Guidebookweb.pdf Scouts signed up for the 2011 Northern Tier trip to Minnesota should complete the Swimming merit badge at summer camp, and if they already have it, complete the Canoeing merit badge, since these skills WILL be needed. More on Northern Tier below! FOOD ALLERGIES—Please give Scoutmaster Bogan a CLEARLY WRITTEN note about scouts that have food allergies no later than the summer campmeeting on July 12. Include the scout’s name and patrol, and a summary of the food allergy and a list of what types of food the scout can and cannot have. 4 The Signaler - Troop 264 Newsletter 5 The Signaler - Troop 264 Newsletter June 20 SPL Election Results Scouts selected Tripp K. as the new SPL. His administration starts with the patrol meeting on July 5. Congratulations, Tripp! New patrol leaders and assistant patrol will be selected. Troop offices are also available, see the SPL if interested in one. Sharp Street Food Bank – July 16 June 18 – No reports of scouts attending has yet reached the Signaler. The next Sharp Street Food Bank will be July 16, 4:15 PM, at the Sharp Street Church, on Route 108 East of Olney, across from Sherwood Elementary. Assistance is always welcome. Nursing Home Visit – June 26 Only two scouts attended the nursing home visit, Gavin M. and Jim B. Mr. Martin P., Mr. Tim G., and Mr. Dale B. were also there. We set up a bowling lane for the seniors and several came forward to try knocking down the pins. Nursing home visits are suspended for July and August and will resume in September. BSA Grand Centennial Parade – July 25 Troop 264 is registered to participate in the BSA Centennial Parade on July 25! The parade will run along Constitution Avenue in Washington, D.C. This is the first BSA-only parade in Washington, D.C. since 1937. Don’t expect another before the sesquicentennial in 2060 (and maybe not even then). We have 12 scouts and 6 scouters signed up, as listed below. Registration is closed at this point. Troops from all over the country will participate in the parade. This is intended to kick off the National Jamboree at Fort A.P. Hill, which starts the next day in Virginia. Scouting on the Mall is near the parade route, will also be in full swing at that time (July 23 to August 8), and we expect to explore that area once the parade is over. Ready for the Parade: Jim B. Joshua F.