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Troop 100 has been guiding young men for 50 years and making an impact on their lives as they in turn make an impact on the community through their progress in the Scouting program. Today Troop 100 has had over 120 Eagle Scouts join the ranks of so many before them and we look forward to having you join them as you set your sights on your future growth.
Announcement and signup for the rescheduled camp out to Fort Stevens State Park, Astoria on March 14 & 15. (We'll visit the beach and see the wreck of the Peter Iredale along with the Military Battery Russell and War Museum. There will be a tour of nearby Fort Clatsop and the Lewis & Clark Encampment. On the way home we'll see the Air Museum in the Blimp Hanger at Tillamook. This trip is Buddy Cooking, so some cooking requirements can be done for Tenderfoot, Second Class or Cooking Merit Badge.)
Signup begins in Troop 100 for Boy Scout Summer Camp at Camp Baker, July 12-18th.
Also at this meeting: PLC Edge Method Instruction for Tenderfoot, Second Class, and First Class First Aid at stations led by senior scouts. Scouts working to pass these requirements should bring their Boy Scout Handbooks.
All troop merit badge counselors are encouraged to come this week and meet with boys who have partials on merit badges they counsel. We are planning a "partials night" during the troop meeting on March 18th so that scouts can complete some of those remaining "partials."
7:45 p.m. Venture Breakout.
Thursday, March 5, 2015, LDS Church, 550 North Danebo, Eugene
7:00 p.m. Greenwood District Adult Leader's Roundtable - Boy Scout Breakout Topic: Motivating Scouts to Advance.
Sunday, March 8, 2015 - Daylight Savings Time begins.
6:30 p.m. Patrol Leader's Council Meeting and Pizza Dinner. Final planning for Wednesday's Court of Honor, planning for March Troop Operations, reports on sites for this summer's Adventure Camp. If you did not already rsvp on this Weekend's ski trip, please emailrushhoag@comcast.net if coming so we have a good count for dinner. The meeting is for PLC members, but is open to other troop scouts who are First Class and above.
Wednesday, February 25, 2015, Wesley Church
7:00 p.m. Troop Court of Honor and Friends of Scouting Appeal. Please come to support our Scouts advancing and receiving awards. A FOS presenter will briefly ask us to consider a charitable tax deductible gift or pledge to the Oregon Trail Council this year. The Scout Hat will also be passed among the Scouts for the World Friendship Fund supporting Scouting around the globe. Scouts may wish to bring some pocket change to support World Scouting. As always, refreshments following.
Scoutmaster Conferences and Boards of Review for the February 25th Court of Honor.
EDGE Scout Skill Instruction for Scouts completing Life Scout Requirements.
Venture Scout ski clothing and equipment demonstration. A ski movie and a small swap meet of ski clothing will be offered by the Venture Scouts as the ski trip signup is finalized, so bring ski stuff you have outgrown and would like to sell, trade or give away! The troop is providing the lodging and food for all participants.
For Scouts, the troop pays the cost of a ski or snowboard lesson and 50% of each day's lift ticket; with the balance for the lift tickets covered by the Scout's annual activity allowance. (The treasurer will notify your family and accept payment if you did not qualify for the 2015 Scout Activity Allowance or consider financial assistance from the Ron Neckels Trust Fund in an appropriate case.) The troop will pay one day's lift ticket for adult drivers and adults driving who do not ski may request reimbursement for gas through the treasurer. (If you are driving, please advise Tom Akers at tpakers@juno.com, for planning.) Siblings are welcome, but must pay the full cost of their lift tickets. This year's published daily lift ticket prices are: Adult (19-64): $79., Teen (13-18): $67., and Youth (6-12) $47. (The unpublished group rates (20 or more) are being sought, but the group sales office has thus far been non-responsive and in any event requires payment three days in advance for lift tickets with no refunds.) All participants must rent (such as Berg's) or provide their own ski or snowboard equipment and a helmet. All participants must have a BSA Medical Form on file with the troop completed at least through the sections providing insurance information, permission to treat, and health history.
(Please note: This is Ash Wednesday and there will be a service in the church, so we have been asked to park on the Fellowship Hall side of the buildings.)
Thursday, February 19, 2015
Parent Committee Meeting postponed by the Chair until February 26th due to a conflict and the departure of the Ski Trip on February 20th.
Friday - Sunday, February 20-22, 2015, Mt. Bachelor Ski Trip
5:30 p.m. Begin meeting at Wesley Church for the Mt. Bachelor Ski Trip Departure. (We will get underway as soon as we have everyone or by 6 p.m.) Eat before you go, bring a sack dinner, or a little money for fast food on the way. Plan to ride with one of the chaperones for your assigned lodging condo - see the assignments in the separate email - so as to facilitate check in on arrival. To reduce the amount of personal gear in the vehicles, we will meet with each condo group Wednesday evening and determine how many sleeping bags need to be brought as all beds in the condos have sufficient bedding and blankets. When you rent your ski or snowboard equipment, be sure to rent a SKI HELMET. You MUST have your HELMET with you in the parking lot on departure if you plan to ski or snowboard this weekend!
Monday, February 23, 2015, Wesley Church
6:30 p.m. Patrol Leader Council Meeting - Pizza Dinner, Finalize the February 25th Court of Honor, Troop Operations for March, Reports on sites being considered for the Troop Adventure Camp in August.
The Troop pays for 1 ski lesson, and HALF of the 1st days lift ticket.
Sorry for the error.
Tom
Leaving Wesley on next Friday, 2/20. (No I don't know what time yet - we will let you know)
Ski and Snowboard rentals will be at Bergs Ski Shop at 367 W 13th Ave, Eugene OR.
Cost is Adult ski package $10, Snowboard package $15. The second day is about $5 or so.
A MANDATORY ski helmet is $3. If you aren't wearing a ski helmet you will not be skiing with the Troop. Adults and Scouts - no exceptions.
Since we are actually skiing only 2 days, you will be charged for just two days of rental.
You can show up and get fitted anytime before Thursday or you can show up Thursday and get fitted and pick up your gear.
The parents will have to sign a waiver etc for Bergs. Also for Snowboards there is a deposit expected, however they said as long as they have a credit card number that will suffice they will not charge a deposit (unless of course you lose/damage the gear).
You will need to pay for the rental when you pick up your equipment. Depending on return to Eugene, one person could bring it all back to Bergs after the trip.
Food, lodging, and Saturday's lift ticket and lessons will be paid for the by Troop.
If you ski a second day (Sunday) you will need to pay the lift ticket.
All in all, this is a pretty cheap ski trip.
For those adults who are driving please email takers@juno.com with the number of scouts you can take in your vehicle.
I have: Rush Hoag 3 or 4, Yancy Souther +2, Letitia Garcin +2 (own scouts +# additional seats)
Wednesday, February 11, 2015, Splash! at Lively Park, 6100 Thurston Road, Springfield
6:00 p.m. Troop Meeting at the Splash Wave Pool just for fun and to complete any necessary swimming requirements for advancement to Second or First Class Scout before Board of Reviews on February 18th and our Court of Honor on February 25th.
Refreshments after the swim. (The evening session is from 5:30 - 7:30, with the building closed by 8, so if you are in the water by 6:30 p.m. you should have a good swim.)
Directions from Eugene: 105 East, left at North 52nd Street, right onto HIghbanks Road, at the roundabout take the third exist onto Thurston Road, then left in .3 miles.
Group rate for out of district is $6, for Scouts, to be split between the troop and the scout activity allowance. Families can have the benefit of the group rate or pay separately under the family rate which is $20. in district or $25. out of district, whichever is less. See you at the pool!
Saturday - Monday, February 14-16, 2015, Valentine's Day/President's Day Weekend - Enjoy the Holiday - No Troop Activities Scheduled!
Our 105th Scout Anniversary Week Pot Luck Dinner is this Wednesday evening, February 4th with pot luck items arriving beginning at 6:00 p.m. and dinner being served at 6:30 p.m. Whether or not you were able to sign the potluck sign up in advance, the PLC asks that last names of A-O bring a main dish and that P-Z bring a side dish or salad. A volunteer is bringing dinner rolls and the troop will provide beverages and desserts. Your pot luck dish may - but need not be - a dutch oven entree. After school on February 4th beginning at about 3:30 p.m. there will be a small dutch oven group at the church should anyone want to come over and join in with the preparation of a dutch oven entree.
Scouts are expected in uniform with neckerchief and slide and merit badge sash - if they have one - for the annual troop photograph.
Author and Outdoorsman Bob Welch will speak to us after dinner on the topic: "Five Lessons from the Pacific Crest Trail."
BOB WELCH - speaker, author and and founder of the Beachside Writers Workshop - retired in December 2013 after 37 years in the newspaper business, including the last 24 at The Register-Guard in Eugene, where he had served 14 years as a general columnist. He has twice won the National Society of Newspaper Columnists’s highest award for writing and is the author of 19 books. In 2011, he hiked the 452-mile Oregon portion of the Pacific Crest Trail, resulting in his book “Cascade Summer" and last summer hiked 190 miles of the John Muir Trail in California for a soon-to-be-released e-book on the adventure. Welch’s Beachside Writers Workshop, which began in Yachats, celebrates in 10-year anniversary this month. This November 5th and 6th, he will put on his second “Evening With Bob Welch & Friends” event at the Hult Center.
Please also welcome our Webelos II visitors from Pack 12, O'Hara School on this special night.
Saturday, February 7, 2015, LDS Church, 3500 West 18th Street, Eugene
The Evergreen District Merit Badge Fair, sponsored by Troop 100 for the 18th year, will be at the LDS Church, 3500 West 18th Street, Eugene on Saturday, February 7th from 9 a.m. - 5 p.m. This year 31 different merit badges are offered and well over 400 individual class registrations have already been entered at the site. To register, go to www.troop100eugene.com and click on merit badge fair in the menu on the left side of the home page. It is not necessary to login to open the MBF site. If the merit badge class you are interested in shows as full, please contact me at rushhoag@comcast.net and I will see if we can find room for you in the class. Some Scouts in Troop 100 have not yet registered for the Merit Badge Fair this year and are encouraged to do so as soon as possible.The Merit Badge Fair is an opportunity to explore new areas for Scouts, such as Photography, Radio, Geocaching and so forth!
Sunday, February 8, 2015, Wesley Church
This year Scout Sunday at Wesley Church for Troop and Pack 100 is being planned for the very date of the anniversary of the founding of Scouting in the United States; Sunday, February 8th with Services beginning at 10:00 a.m. Please wear your uniform with neckerchief/slide and merit badge sash. Please arrive early by 9:20 a.m. if you have signed up or would like to volunteer to be a greeter or usher. After the service the Scouts will handle the refreshments and beverages in the Social Hall, concluding by about 12 noon. There will be an additional opportunity to sign up this Wednesday evening at the pot luck dinner to serve as a greeter or usher or to bring or help with the cookies after the Service.
