Troop 282 has created a NEW Scout Camp resource page for 2012 Boy Scout Summer Camp at the H. Roe Bartle Scout Reservation.

You will find forms, links, and important information that you will need if you are attending Summer Camp. There is also a Scout Camp Merit Badge Sign-Up Form, Schedule and all the Merit Badge advance preparation paperwork.

Click on this > 2012 Scout Camp resource link or the one located under "Pages" to the left to get to the Scout Camp resource page.

Merit Badge Sign-up will begin at the Scout Meeting on Monday, May 14, 2012.

We would like to ask all the Scouts to go to the resource page and fill out the Merit Badge Sign-Up Form and print out the advance preparation worksheets if the Merit Badge requires advance work. Bring your Merit Badge Sign-Up Form filled out and the advance preparation worksheets to the May 14th Scout Meeting. All sheets need to have your name printed neatly on them. The advance preparation worksheets will need to be completed and turned in no later than June 25th to either Mr. England or Mr. Parker.

1st year campers you will be signing up for Leatherwork, Wood Carving and Basketry as your Merit Badges to start with at summer camp. Once you have completed these three and if there is time you can sign up for another Merit Badge while at camp. You will also be working on Rank requires for Tenderfoot, 2nd Class and 1st Class while at camp.

Second year campers you need to be signing up for Swimming, Environmental Science and Camping Merit Badges as all three of these Merit badges are Eagle required.

If you have any questions or problems, please see Mr England or Mr. Parker at a Scout Meeting.

Thanks,
Craig Gentry
Camp Scoutmaster 2012

Scott Howell
Scoutmaster

By Mike Norton
Pancake Day Chairman

After this last Pancake Day I would have to say that pancakes are fast food. The day before Pancake Day around 30 people consisting of Scouts, Leaders, Parents, Grandparents, brothers and sisters helped transform the Parish Hall into a dining hall. The kitchen as well was turned into a pancake making machine. This transformation started around 9:30am and lasted til the lunch hour. We broke for lunch and headed to Hi-Boy. After lunch we finished a last few details then we headed home til 6:30pm. When we arrived back at the church I took money and ticket stubs from the Scouts. I also asked the Scouts when they would be arriving to help on Pancake Day. We finally decided at 8pm that we were ready for Pancake Day so we went home and got a good nights sleep.

My alarm clock went off at 5:15am on Pancake Day. I hurried up to the church knowing that there was people already there cooking sausage, firing up the grill, and making other various last minute preparations for our first customer. If you didn’t know our first customer is from the Health Department, making sure the pancakes, sausage and coffee are good (also that we are within health regulations). Once he gives us the okay then we are open for business. The morning was busy as usual with takeouts and the numerous people coming in to eat before they go to work.

We stayed busy all morning through the lunch hour. This is the reason why I think that pancakes are fast food. From 6am to 4pm we served around 800 people. After 4pm til 7:30pm we served another 600 people. So that’s right, we served around 1400 plus people that day. That is not counting extra helpings that was also consumed, if you all didn’t know it was all you can eat (I think we need a drive thru). Some of you are wondering how many tickets were sold in advance, well the total is around 1600 tickets in advance. So Pancake Day was another huge success. Also there was a new record set that I don’t think will be broke in a long time. That we were totally cleaned up and everything put away by 8:47pm. That is right I walked out and locked the door at 8:47pm. Selling 1600 tickets, serving around 1400 people, and cleaning up and putting everything away by 8:47pm was a team effort.

I would like to thank everybody that helped to make Pancake Day 2012 a big success. A special thanks to relatives of Scouts who also donated their time to help out. I would like to give everybody a big HOW-HOW! We have set a high standard for next year, so until next year. "There is 4 in the door", "5 orders to go", "I need a refill", "That person needs some coffee."

Pancake Day

By Gabriel Englehart

The pancake dinner was almost the same as last year, crowded and popular! There was always constant service in many places, and sometimes travel got hard from place-to-place. However, experience from past times makes later years easier, considering the same things happen every year. Overall this year was a good year like always.

Pancake Day

By Simon Englehart

The pancake dinner was awesome. There were a lot of people and a lot of helpers. The pancake was the best I’ve ever had!

(See more pictures from Pancake Day in the 2012 Troop 282 Photo Collection.)

I was so, Very proud of your troop this past Sunday.

Of the ten years of being a priest, I have never seen a better group of scouts and families. Trinity is so blessed with good young men. From the boys who did the readings to all who helped The food was wonderful, the adults that help with the troop are beyond words. Trinity church is blessed to have such a great group of men and boys.

Thank you all.

God Bless
Fr. Samuel A. Mason

(See more pictures from Scout Sunday in the 2012 Troop 282 Photo Collection.)

By Chris Toms

I can say it was very cold, but this was my first Klondike Derby and it was the best. Now I know, so next time you will see me in twice as many coats.

My favorite activity was…well all of them! That might have been the best time I’ve had with my patrol except camp. Probably the easiest activity was the bb-guns, and the hardest was getting a fire to start. It was hard because it would make a big flame then go out. But all in all it was very fun!

Klondike Derby

By Gabriel Englehart

This year, the Klondike Derby was more interesting, since it was held in Blue Springs. Our first event was the Rising Runners, but nobody supervised the event, wasting valuable time. Things were fine, though it was cold most of the time. The events were spread out fairly well, and the events were great fun!

The lack of snow made travel more difficult for our wooden, dead branch or other materialized sleds. One great feature was the traveling hot chocolate cart, driving to and from events with containers of hot cocoa for people who wanted some. The events were also well varied in objectives and goals, although some patrols did poorly on the compass course or other less popular events, because of unpreparedness.

Overall, the move to a new region was a bit shaky in some ways, but was a step in the right direction in many other ways.

(Go check out more pictures from the 2012 Klondike Derby in the 2012 Troop 282 Photo Collection.)

Thanks, Moms!

The troop would like to thank the Mother’s Club for the Halloween Party that was on Monday night, November 7th. The party got started with a donut eating contest. You eat a donut tied to a string that is suspended in the air without using your hands. What great fun! The Mother’s Club also served everyone a variety of tasty snacks from creepy spider cupcakes to a spooky graveyard cake. Thank you for all your hard work in making this a fun-filled evening for the boys.

(Go check out more pictures from the 2011 Halloween Party in the Troop 282 Photo Collection.)

By Scott Howell

Gone Fishing, yes the scout troop went fishing on the November 5th and 6th overnight at a 40 acre lake. Boy, did we catch fish and fish and fish. The scouts and leaders caught 35 keepers. They were cleaned and cooked by Mr. Gentry and Mr. Owens for everyone to enjoy after the campfire. What great batter Mr. Gentry used on the fish. That was not all we were fed, Mr. Schaumberg baked three great clobbers. Even though it was said it can’t be done without using bag charcoal.

The other event for the day was zip lining on a 300-foot long zip line and zipping the scouts and leaders did all afternoon. It was fast and great fun.

The November overnight weather was great. The patrols cooked some really great meals. They did a great job. Mr. Gramlich and Mr. Gentry were in charge of the meals for the leaders. Mr. Gramlich cooked pot roast, carrots, potatoes and baked biscuits for dinner. He cooked it all day long with bagged charcoal and insists that this is the only way to cook with a dutch oven (with bagged charcoal). Remember the earlier comment about the great cobblers. Mr. Gramlich’s pot roast was great. The leaders would like to ask Mr. Gentry where the gravy was for Sunday morning leader’s breakfast. Just kidding, Mr. Gentry was in charge of the leader’s breakfast. He picked two items, French toast with bacon and egg in a hole. Both dinner and breakfast were out of our troop resource book and there was no gravy involved with Sunday’s breakfast.

Mr. Leabo came out Sunday Morning and provided the troop a good church service to allow the troop to fulfill the 12th part of the scout law, Reverent.

Once the trailer was all packed up, the scouts and leaders were back to fishing till it was time to come home. What a GREAT, GREAT weekend with the great weather, Great Scouts and Great Leaders and a Great place to camp.

The November 5th and 6th Overnight

By Simon Englehart

When I went on the overnight at the 40 acre lake it was a good overnight. There was a lake, a pond, and a zip line. They even made a slingshot that shot Hedge Apples. It was a really fun overnight.

(Go check out more pictures from this overnight in the Troop 282 Photo Collection.)