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Published by Renna Media Issue 33 • September 2020 DID YOU KNOW? House prices & BOY SCOUT TROOP 7 HOLD FIRE-BUILDING CHALLENGE sales in our area Submitted by George Dailey are on the rise! KNOWLEDGE IS KEY: On Monday, August 3, Scouts BSA Troop 7 Put my Real Estate held a fire-building challenge during its regular Expertise to work weekly meeting. The scouts prepared for this for you! challenge and competition all through the month Happy to assist you in ALL your of July, practicing their axe and saw skills as well real estate needs! as fire-starting procedures and safety protocol. “We spent the first two meetings in July at Eileen Sergent Memorial Park in Madison, teaching the newer Sales Associate NJAR Distinguished Sales Club scouts how to prepare the fuel for their fires NJAR Circle of Excellence ’92-’19 Cell: 908-230-4800 through hands-on lessons in axe and saw safety. [email protected] Several of the boys even earned their Totin’ Chip, which was an important milestone for them,” explained Senior Patrol Leader Ryan Carrell, a freshman at Hanover Park High School. “Then at the end of July we switched to fire skills, helping the scouts practice different ways of starting fires, and showing them the difference between tinder, (above, l-r) Experienced scouts developed and led the training program Office 908-522-1800 401 Springfield Ave., Summit, NJ kindling and fuel. And of course, we also covered and served as judges: Troop Guide Justin Slabaugh, a sophomore at fire safety matters, as well as demonstrating the Madison High School; Senior Patrol Leader Ryan Carrell, a freshman correct way to put out a campfire, and how to at Hanover Park High School; and Assistant Senior Patrol Leader make sure the fire is completely extinguished.” George Dailey, a junior at Morris County School of Technology.

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M G . C R R D E S able to earn their Totin’ Chip and Firem’n Chit during our troop’s annual I . P E R U

P week-long trip to summer camp at Mount Allamuchy Scout Reservation. B Unfortunately, unit camping could not happen this summer due to the pandemic. We still wanted our new scouts to learn the most important scouting skills, so we worked together to develop our own troop training program. It worked out great!” The August 3 fire-building competition took place at Summerhill Park, where the troop’s two patrols each worked together to complete a challenge. “Each patrol had a cotton string suspended across its fire pan at a height of three feet. Our goal was to build a fire robust and tall enough to burn through the string,” explained Michael Sirna, Patrol Leader for Troop 7’s “Man Scouts Patrol” and a seventh grader at Madison Junior School. The “Man Scouts Patrol” was able to get its fire going first, while the (above) Robert Crimmins and Sam West, sixth * “Trixie Patrol,” led by Patrol Leader Jack McClelland, spent more time 0 * graders at St. Vincent Martyr School and new *

4 getting their supplies in order. “When you are building a fire, success is * members of Troop 7, use their knife skills to M 9 all about good preparation. We worked really well as a patrol to collect D prepare wood shavings to use as tinder for D 7 the right materials and make sure they were all ready at the right time,” N E S

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remarked McClelland, who will enter seventh Catholic Church in Madison and meets every grade at Madison Junior School this fall. Monday evening. Campouts and special events The competition was soon neck-in-neck, and take place throughout the year, and the troop’s Madison Monthly is published by Renna flames from the patrols’ fires started to char the schedule is available on its website, Media. 6,300 newspapers are printed monthly string. Both patrols completed the challenge troopwebhost.org/Troop7Madison. Young men and mailed to every business and resident in successfully, with the Trixie Patrol coming from ages 11-17 are welcome to observe a meeting or Madison. behind to take first place. The Man Scouts join at any time. Although great care has been taken to ensure Patrol’s fire burned through the string just a the information contained within is accurate, moment later, coming in second. Renna Media assumes no liability for errors or Several of the troop’s adult leaders were on omissions. hand to observe the competition. The adult ©2020 Contents of this newspaper cannot be leaders expressed their gratitude to all who reproduced without written consent from Renna provided tangible support behind the scenes to Media LLC. make Troop 7’s summer training program To submit news email: possible, including the Borough of Madison’s [email protected] Fire Department, Department of Public Works, Parks Advisory Committee, Recreation Department, Borough Administration and Madison Monthly Borough Council. is online at Troop 7 is chartered by St. Vincent Martyr www.rennamedia.com like us on facebook.com/ Madison Monthly

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Reserve space in the next issue. (above, l-r) Members of Troop 7’s Trixie Patrol strategize and work together to build a strong fire. Call Tina today at 908-418-5586 Their diligence was rewarded, as the patrol took first place in the competition, completing the or email [email protected] challenge in about forty minutes. Watching closely are Patrol Leader Jack McClelland and patrol members Colin Detgen, Sam West, and Robert Crimmins.

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