Troop 125 Announcements

OA Chapter Meeting Thursday Oct. 9

Dave Verlinde — Wed, 08 Oct 2008 23:46:00 GMT

The Ojibwa Chapter meeting of the OA is from 7 to 9 PM Thursday, Oct. 9 at Malow JHS, which is the Junior High School just behind Eisenhower HS where we make pies.Let Mr. V. know if you plan to attend. If you need a ride, contact Mr. V. at dverlinde@comcast.net or 248-651-4031.

Camporee Permission Slips Due Tonight (10-7)

Bill Burlingame — Tue, 07 Oct 2008 20:04:00 GMT

Please bring (or be prepared to fill out) a permission slip for this weekends campout.

Elections will be October 21st (next Community House Meeting).

Things to bring to tonight's meeting (10/7/08) tents, handbooks, photos

Scott Schuster — Tue, 07 Oct 2008 19:36:00 GMT

Tonight remember to bring your:

Scout Handbook and Digital photos of recent events (Summer Camp, Canoe Trip, Cedar Pointe, Isle Royal, Apple Pie Baking or Selling, and anything else. Bring the camera, disc, card, whatever you've got.

ALSO: Tonight is the kickoff of Tent Return Amnesty Month. All is forgiven we just want our nylon babies back!

We are missing tents number 6, 14 and 20. Return them this month, no questions asked. Look in the garage, look in the basement for a brownish or red or green bag. If we find out you have them and have not returned during Tent Return Amnesty Month, then we turn you over to Mr. Verlinde for something so severe and so punative, good Scouts and gentlemen cannot speak of it. So look for the tents, please.

PEOPLE WITH QUESTIONS: Replies to these announcements go to Scott Schuster. If I cannot help you, I'll find who can.

Thanks,

Scott Schuster

Tonight's Meeting (9/30/08) is Cancelled

Scott Schuster — Tue, 30 Sep 2008 12:04:00 GMT

We have decided to cancel tonight's activity due to weather.

Thank you,

Bill Burlingame

Scoutmaster, Troop 125

October 2008

Don Balmes — Tue, 30 Sep 2008 03:06:00 GMT

The permission form now available.

"Ojibwa District Fall Camp-O-Ree 2008"

Chrylser Museum and Ground, Auburn Hills, Mi.

Thanks

High Adventure Scouts !

Ron Razzano — Thu, 25 Sep 2008 16:26:00 GMT

As we build our high adventure plans for the coming year I would like input on activities.

Fall Hike: for the past few years we have taken a weekend hike along the North Country Trial in Northern Michigan. It has served as a great end-of-season walk through the woods along with early shakedown / prep hike for new scouts just entering the High Adventure program. We have a couple options this year:

Return to Northern Michigan similar to past years (however those involved in varsity football or marching band will have a conflict); or
Stay local, and do a hike perhaps along the Potawanami Trail in Pinckney, that would involve only spending Saturday night (footballers and band members could support); or
Stay local and do a 1 day hike, no packs, along the Paint Creek trail, Saturday only, for those scouts needing a 20 mile hike to fulfill the Hiking Merit Badge requirements.

Easter Backpacking Trip: plan is to go to the Smoky Mountains again. We are working through options since not all schools have the same vacation week.
Summer 2009: the troop is sending 2 crews to Philmont in August, 2009. For those not attending Philmont, do you have ideas on other high adventure activities or trips that might be of interest to you ? Here are some ideas to consider:

Canoe trip
Rafting
Rock Climbing

Please give us your ideas so we can build a plan that reflects your wants !

My e-mail address is: rrazzano@wowway.com

Mr. Razzano

Cedar Point On

Bill Burlingame — Thu, 25 Sep 2008 15:43:00 GMT

Troop, we have enough leaders to make the trip (2 deep leaders plus 2). We have enough seats for those signed up.

If you have not signed up and want to go please call Mr Burlingame

TIME CHANGE for Afternoon with Mom

Robin Ruzicska-Gabbert — Wed, 24 Sep 2008 00:00:00 GMT

Due to the Rochester Christmas Parade, the Avon Theatre Play, A Christmas Story will be at 7pm (not 2pm)

The Date - Sunday December 7th remains the same.

Afternoon with Mom - Avon Players Theatre - A Christmas Story

Sunday, December 7 at 7pm

$12/per person (group rate) Money due by October 31

Need Parents - Drivers For Cedar Point

Bill Burlingame — Tue, 23 Sep 2008 11:56:00 GMT

Parents

We need 2 more parents to drive and seats for 8 scouts for this weekends trip to Cedar Point or we will have to cancel. The troop will reimburse for gasoline.

You may contact me at 248-650-0146 or e-mail me at billburlingame@eaton.com

The weather forecast calls for 80 degrees and partly cloudy. What an opportunity for quality time with the next generation.

Response Requested: Popcorn Pickup Tommorrow Night 9/19

Scott Schuster — Thu, 18 Sep 2008 11:58:00 GMT

The popcorn sale begins 9/20 -- and history has shown it's easier to sell more in the first week

Also, we will have a quantity of popcorn for you to have for show & sell, that you can pick up tomorrow night. The advantage here is that you sell the popcorn selling door to door or parked at Starbucks (or wherever you have retailer permission from) and you are done -- no going back to make deliveries and collect money in November.

If you want show & sell inventory, please respond. Figure out how much you want based on your last year's order (we can help you with that). Click reply to this email and we'll get the message. We need to know who is interested in this so we can allocate product.

So speak up -- don't just read this and think you'll get to it later. There is no later. Do it now! We're working hard here so you folks can make some money. It's go time people! Take advantage of the "show and sell" to sell more product and save yourself some hassle in the long run.

I know Nick Scarlatelli sold over $1000 this way -- selling door to door and delivering popcorn same day via the golf cart. Good if you have a golf cart. This method works.

I've attached the popcorn instructions letter -- have a look at it for the key dates and more detail

Next Board of Review 9/23

J. Landuyt — Tue, 16 Sep 2008 11:39:00 GMT

The next Board of Review will be Tuesday, September 23

7:00 - 8:45 pm

Rochester Hills Public Library, 2nd floor small conference room

Any scout who has completed his Scoutmaster Conference, can contact Nick Conley to sign up for a Review.

Afternoon With Mom - Avon Theatre

Robin Ruzicska-Gabbert — Mon, 15 Sep 2008 22:51:00 GMT

An AFTERNOON With MOM

Scouts Escort Their Moms to the Avon Theatre

Sunday, December 7 - 2pm

Avon Players Theatre Presents:

A CHRISTMAS STORY

Ticket Price: $12 per person (group rate)

if we do not get 20 people, the price will be $14 per person

Please send a check by OCTOBER 31^st to:

Robin Ruzicska

28238 East Duluth

Harrison Township, MI 48045

Make Checks Payable to: Avon Players

To receive the Group Rate, the theatre needs our order by 11/1.

You may sign up after 11/1, but this does not ensure a group rate, based on availability.

Any questions, please call me at 586-954-1534

Meeting Tuesday, September 16th @ CH

Bill Burlingame — Mon, 15 Sep 2008 09:24:00 GMT

Bring your scout books to the Tuesday meeting at the Community House so we can update the advancement records. The Moose patrol has flags. The topic will be Ediible plants. We will be collecting permission slips for Cedar Point and discussing the Camporee in October.

Cameron's Eagle Project

Cameron M. — Mon, 08 Sep 2008 23:25:00 GMT

Hey scouts, this is Cameron Miller and I am looking for volunteers for my Eagle project this Sunday, September 14th at 2 pm and I estimate that it will take 3 hours or less. We will be doing a small wetland clean-up project, and will be meeting at my house, 4150 Bold Meadows in Oakland Township. Since I overestimated the cost of my project and have some extra money available, there will be some good food and drinks. If you want some service hours and can help out, contact me for more details.

Cameron Miller

mlite49@comcast.net

248-860-5734

About the Troop Web site and the problems logging in

Scott Schuster — Sat, 06 Sep 2008 03:36:00 GMT

I can see that many of you are having trouble logging in to the web site. Two issues here. Some of you may wonder why you must login to download files, after all it is a hassle. Secondly, why is not working?

First, we have a need to protect our personal information, and have pledged to keep Scout indentity information safe. Login is a pain, but it's not like we are asking you to take off your shoes and belt. We tried having a mix of public and private file folders, but internally we could not seem keep this straight ... so rather than risk breaking our promise to keep information secure, everything except this blog needs a login now.

Second, it is not working for some of you because we changed servers in August. I sent out notes explaining this change and asked that people experiencing problems write me.

Try this:click the login link in the upper right corner of the site, and remember that your password is case sensitive.

Still having trouble (caused by the "remember me on this computer" cookie that the old server gave you) you need to clear your browser cache of temporary files and delete the old cookie.

The instructions on how to do this vary depending on what web browser you have. People using Internet Explorer 6 will have the most trouble with the most web sites and I heartily recommend you upgrade to either IE7 or Firefox.

Still need help, please contact me -- my email address is scott.schuster at cvctroop125.org (I did not make my email a hot link to defeat the spammers who comb our web site on a regular basis.) This blog is one of the only areas of the site open to the whole internet. Bloggers/authors should keep in mind that notes like one can be read by anyone on the internet, and people will form judgments about our fine group based on what they read here. Also, this is not a good place to publicize personal phone numbers or email addresses. Okay, now get back to your pie shifts!

Be happy in your work!!

Cordially,

Scott Schuster