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TROOP NEWS

ScoutmasterRoger Williams [email protected]

Assistant ScoutmastersPete Amico [email protected]

Mike Kraus [email protected]

Mark Kuehn [email protected]

Rick Lockwood [email protected]

Barry Morgan [email protected]

Senior Patrol LeaderRyan K.

(Refer to page 6 for completeYouth Leadership roster)

OctoberSat., 10/4

Jr. Leader Training Session,Darien Scout Cabin

Thurs., 10/9 -

NO MEETING - Yom Kippur

Sat., 10/11

Service Project @ CampRocky Craig, 9 a.m. - 3 p.m.

Fri, 10/17 - Sun., 10/19

Powahay District Fall Cam-poree @ Hoyt

Fri., 10/24 - Sun., 10/26

Order of the Arrow Fall Fel-lowship Weekend, CampSequassen

Sat., 10/25 & Sun., 10/26

Service Project, FUMC TagSale

NovemberSat., Nov. 1

Service Project, FUMC

Fri., Nov. 7

Eagle Court of Honor,FUMC @ 7 p.m. for Keith B.and Tom E.

Sat. 11/8 - Sun. 11/9

Backpacking

Fri., 11/21 - Sun., 11/23

Holiday Wreath pick-up,Aita’s house, 9 Westwood Court, 325-9214

Thurs., 11/27NO MEETING -HAPPY THANKSGIVING!

Troop 9Leadership

www.troop9stamford.org

* Color version of the Troop 9 newsletter is available online *

Scoutmaster’s Corner

October 2008

CalendarHighlights

Troop 9Stamford, CT

The BSA Supply Group has recently created a comprehensive uni-form guide that illustrates the new uniform and includes prices forevery component, including patches. It will also help you figure outwhere to put all those patches. For example, the Trained strip nowgoes above the badge of office on the flap of the left sleeve pocket.To view and print the uniform guide, visit:http://scoutstuff.org/BSASupply/images/pdfs/2008UniformGuide.pdf

The Centennial UniformHas Arrived!The BSA has introduced the newcentennial-edition of the Boy Scoutuniform. You should now be able topurchase yours online or at theScout Shop in Milford or Green-wich. Old uniforms can and shouldstill be used as they never go out ofdate.

During the summer, two more Troop9 scouts joined the ranks of Eagle -Tom E. on July 10th and Keith B.on August 19th. (Apologies for notincluding this in the previous newslet-ter!)

R y a n K .passed his EagleBoard of Reviewon September24th.

Congratulationsto all of you onthis amazingachievement!

In the first two weekends of “Show and Sell,” scouts sold over $4,000 worth of popcorn andreceived almost $1,300 in donations for the bene-fit of Troop 9! For their spectacular efforts, partici-pating scouts receive credit from these sales to-wards their fundraising goal. Selling popcorn is thefirst of two fundraisers for the troop and gets you

one step closer to this years Invitational Trip to Martha’s Vineyard (Refer to page 6 for Fundraising FAQ’s and answers).

In addition to meeting your fundraising goal, there are cash prizes for thetop three popcorn sellers!

“Take orders” and money for popcorn are due back on October 23rd.Family and friends may also order online at www.orderpopcorn.comusing the key code given to you by Mrs. Czelada. Contact her at 322-4304 or [email protected] if you have any questions.

On Sunday, September 28th, seven membersof Troop 9 completed and passed the 8-hourlong “About Boating Safely” course adminis-tered by the U.S. Coast Guard Auxiliary.They received a Certificate of Safe Boatingand are now qualified to apply for a Certifi-cate of Personal Watercraft Operation, allow-ing them to operate a motorized boat or per-sonal watercraft in the waters of Connecticut.

Congratulations to Lukas A., Tim A., Ross A., Brian C., Kyle J.,Joey M., and Chad R.!

Scouts Pass Boating Safety Course

OPERATION: FUNDRAISING

Eagles soar!

Scouts that took advantage of thecabins and canoeing at CandlewoodLake the weekend of September 12-14th included Reed M., Sam J.,Ryan L., Kyle J., Peter W., ColinM., Chris F., Joe M., Ben C., BrianC., David N., Luis K., Philippe V.,Darryl M., Ryan K., and Josh G..

They were accompanied by Mr.Atkins, Mr. Bethray, Mr. Williams,Mr. Connolly and Mr. Fallaque.

Photos: Frank Connolly

The troop traveled up to Candlewood Lake on a rainyFriday night and slept in cabins. The next day they wentcanoeing and went to the cove. After having lunch theyjumped off huge rocks and had splash contest. For des-sert that night, they had cake made by Ben C. in a dutchoven. It was Ben's first time baking a cake in the dutchoven. Finally they turned in for some sleep before head-ing back the following morning.

- Cory B.

Photos: Frank Connolly

ATTENDANCE AWARDS

Given for a period of one yearwith three or less absencesfrom weekly troop meetings:

1st year Attendance & Pin

Philippe V.

2nd year Attendance

Eric P.

OTHER ACHIEVEMENTS

Order of the Arrow

Peter D. (Ordeal)

Timmy P. (Brotherhood)

Totin’ Chip Card

Chris F.

Kyle J.

Nick K.

Luis K.

Colin M.

Schyler W.

50 Miler Patch

Awarded to thescouts that par-ticipated in thePhilmont HighAdventure tripin July:

Ryan B.

Ben C.

Peter D.

Jesse G.

Dan S.

Brian W.

Scuba BSA

Ryan K.

FYI: Merit badges followed by an * are Eagle-required badges.To earn the rank of Eagle Scout, you must complete aminimum of 21 merit badges, and of these, 12 are requiredincluding First Aid, Citizenship in the Community, Citizenshipin the Nation, Citizenship in the World, Communications,Environmental Science, Personal Fitness, PersonalManagement, Camping, and Family Life. In addition, a Scouthas a choice between Emergency Preparedness and Lifesavingand a choice among Cycling, Hiking, and Swimming.

Merit badges are to be affixed to a merit badge sash and wornas part of the full Class A uniform.

TROOP 9 COURT OF HONOR - September 25, 2008RANK ADVANCEMENTS

SCOUT

Chris F.

Kyle J.

Nick K.

Ryan L.

Kyle R.

Sean T.

Peter W.

1st CLASS

Sam J.

LIFE

Sean N.

WILDERNESS PATROLAT CAMP SEQUASSEN:

Ryan D.

Luis K.

Nick K.

Colin M.

Kyle J.

Sam J.

Schyler W.

In addition, all summercamp attendees received aspecial Camp Sequassenpatch and rockers for eachof the activities they par-ticipated in during theweek.

Lukas A.

Archery, Art, Metalwork, Swim-ming*

Tim A.

Archery, Fishing, Metalwork

Ross A.

Archery, Orienteering

Cory B.

Forestry, Orienteering, Rowing

Brian C.

Archery, Cooking, Reptile & Am-phibian, Swimming*

Jake C.

Fire Safety, Metalwork, Orienteer-ing

Zack C.

Fire Safety, Metalwork, Orienteer-ing

Ryan D.

Archery, Swimming*

Ian F.

Cooking, Metalwork, Pioneering

Josh G.

Rowing, Swimming*

Alex H.

Canoeing, Rowing, Swimming*

Kyle J.

Leatherwork

Sam J.

Archery, Leatherwork, Metal-work, Swimming*, Wood Carving

Ryan K.

Cinematography, Cooking,Graphic Arts, Photography

Jonathan K.

Archery, Climbing, First Aid*,Metalwork

Nick K.

Leatherwork

Luis K.

Canoeing, Metalwork

Colin M.

Cooking, Swimming*

Joey M.

Canoeing

David N.

Small Boat Sailing

Sean N.

Cooking, Pioneering

Timmy P.

Fire Safety, Metalwork, Orien-teering

Eric P.

Environmental Science

Aleks T.

Small Boat Sailing, Swimming*,Wood Carving

Philippe V.

Archery, Camping*, Small BoatSailing, Swimming*

Brian W.

Personal Fitness*

The 67 merit badges awarded at this Court of Honor wereearned by the 26 scouts who attended summer camp at Sequas-sen in July.

MERIT BADGES

TROOP 9 COURT OF HONOR - September 25, 2008

Some options for displaying or storing patches acquired through various Scouting events, i.e. summer camp,camporees, special trips, etc. are shown below. You can also sew the patches on the Troop’s new 85th anni-versary fleece or place them in display frames or shadow boxes. Scrapbooking is also an option and booksand supplies may be purchased at the CT Yankee Council store or online. These patches are nice mementosof the activities you’ve participated in.

With each rank advancement(Scout, Tenderfoot, 2nd class,1st class, Star, Life, Eagle) ascout receives a pin and apatch for their shirt pocket, in

addition to a pin to be given to their parent. Parent pinscan be displayed on this ribbon at right.

All items shown here may be found at theScoutStuff link on the Troop 9 website.

At the Court of Honor a number of important issues were discussed with regard to advancement, meritbadges, pins and patches. With each merit badge earned the scout receives a merit badge, a pocket sizedcertificate, and the EVER IMPORTANT BLUE CARD. The completed and signed SOLID light bluecard is your only proof that the Scout actually earned the badge. While Council generally keeps veryaccurate records, sometimes there are problems. It was suggested that you safeguard these cards bykeeping them in a binder with baseball card-type plastic insert pages.

The actual merit badges should be sewn onto a sash (pictured at left) andworn as part of the full Class A uniform.

Everything you wanted to know about a Court of Honor…..

Life Scout Sean N. and parents Mike andPat (Troop 9’s Advancement Chairperson)

Senior Patrol Leader and Troop 9’s newest Eagle Scout - Ryan K.

A Court of Honor is a special event, allowing all families in thetroop to join together and acknowledge the achievements andadvancements of our Scouts. They are held four times a yearduring the regular Thursday evening meeting and the next onewill be December 18th.

Eagle Courts of Honor are usually scheduled separately andinclude guest speakers and commemorative awards in a time-honored ceremony.

Your attendance is encouraged at these special gatherings!

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Jr. Assistant Scoutmaster………...Keith B.

Senior Patrol Leader……………...Ryan K.

Assistant Senior Patrol Leaders….Ben C.

Tim P.

Brian W.

Patrol Leaders…………………….Tim A.

David N.

Philippe V.

Assistant Patrol Leaders………….Lukas A.

Brian C.

Greg E.

Troop Guides…………………..Ryan B.

Jonathan K.

Charlie M.

Aleks T.

Troop Historian………………..Cory B.

Troop Librarian………………..Joel L.

Scribe…………………………...Greg E.

Chaplain’s Aide………………..Brian C.

What is my fundraising goal?Each scout in Troop 9 has an individual goal of $250 in sales. This goal can be met by selling popcorn - either in “take orders,” online sales, or helping at a “Show & Sell” - and/or by selling holiday wreaths.

What are scout credits and how are they earned?Scouts earn credits after reaching their $250 goal; they are equal to 20% of sales over $250, with an adjustment for wreaths. Credits may be applied to the costof Scouting-related trips such as summer camp or the ski weekend or day trip (not including food or gas), or can be used toward the purchase of gear.

An example of a Scouts Credit calculation:

Sales Credits

Popcorn “take-order” sales 75 75

Popcorn “show & sell” (total sales for the day are split

equally between all participating scouts) 109 109

Wreaths - 10 small x $18 180 180

Wreaths - 2 large x $65 130 36*

*all wreaths earn the same amt of credit regardless of their sales price)

TOTAL SALES 494 400

This scout’s sales of $494 qualifies him for the Invitational Trip. The credits of $400, minus the goal of $250, leaves a difference of $150 - 20% of the $150gives the scout $30 in scout credits.

What is the Invitational Trip?The Invitational Trip, held in May, is a reward for Scouts that meet their individual fundraising goal. It is a lot of fun and past Invitational's have been awhite-water rafting adventure, highlights of Boston including the Freedom Trail, and a trip to Cooperstown with the Baseball Hall of Fame and Howe Cav-erns as a few of the stops.

Where is this year’s Invitational Trip?The destination is Martha’s Vineyard for a weekend of bicycling. Scouts and adult chaperones will carpool to the Church of the Messiah, Woods Hole, MAon Friday night, May 15th and use sleeping bags in the church hall. The group will walk to the ferry for the trip to Martha’s Vineyard after breakfast. Rentedbikes will await them on the island and there will be a vehicle to transport gear and monitor the bikers. Scouts will ride together in small groups, some withchaperones, choosing their own routes and lunch plans. Everyone will meet at a hostel late Saturday afternoon with time for whiffleball, football and boardgames. The hostel is described as a good quality budget accommodation that offers a comfortable night’s sleep in comfortable surroundings. Our group usu-ally takes up most of the beds at the hostel; it is a dormitory, bunk bed style, separated by gender. Dinner Saturday night will be in the large common kitchenarea, maybe lobster, probably steaks, and definitely hot dogs. Breakfast on Sunday, May 17th will also be there, before getting back on the bikes and headingfor the ferry depot and the trip home.

Each Scout’s ferry, bike rental and lodging are paid from the proceeds of your fundraising efforts.Scouts will be asked to pay a flat amount (yet to bedetermined) for food and fuel for the drivers. Lunches on Saturday and Sunday are not included and need to be paid individually at the Scouts expense.Adults will pay their own costs. Plan for costs in the $125-150 range.

Who can I get more information from if I still have questions?You may contact Bob Busby at [email protected].

Quartermasters……………….....Jake C.

Peter D.

Sean N.

Eric P.

Instructors…………………..…...Matt A.

Zack C.

Ian F.

Joe M.

Dan S.

Steven Wa.

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