January '09 Update

Scouts and Parents,

A few updates for you...Congratulations to our first of 2009...New Eagle Scout Mattias Miklancic!!! Mattias' preparation for his Eagle board showed last night as he answered a plethora of questions from an inquiring board.

News from Council...

1. Scouts interested in serving at Ho Non Wah need to get their applications in to council. Counselor in Training must be 14 and at least 1st class. Counselors must be 15 and at least a Star. Positions will be filled by the end of February so if you are interested....
2. National Youth Leadership Training will be held 27-29 March and 03-05 April. This is the BSA's advanced leadership training. Our troop will sponsor at least one scout (fee-$100), but we possibly could send another. Contact me if you are interested.
3. 2010 National Jamboree (100th anniversary website ) is coming up next year. Waring and I will be putting in applications to attend. The council will select those who go to the jamboree.

I will be sending out the permission form and information on our upcoming camping trip to the French Santee later today or tomorrow.

Congratulations to Eagle Scout Wythe Crisler for being the first (as expected) to utilize our new Patrol Leaders Council blog. Check it out...it is listed in my favorite links on the upper left of my blog...I hope to see a lot of scout blogging this year...