Boy Scouts of America

Troop 282

Blue Elk District • Heart of America Council, BSA

A Chartered Organization of Trinity Episcopal Church

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Archive for September, 2011

September 21st, 2011

September Overnight Blue & Gray Park

By J.P. Joyce Troop Scribe

The overnight on September 17th and 18th was cold and rainy, the overnight started out pretty good and then the weather decided to turn for the worse while camp was being set up. After all five patrols finished setting up camp in the rain each patrol sit down and ate lunch under their patrol dinning flies. A couple of hours after the lunch the sun did finally came back out and started drying things out a little bite. This is when the Sr. Patrol Leader and the Asst. Sr. Patrol Leader thought it was best to have a knot tying relay patrol against patrol. After the knot tying relay it was time for each patrol to start fixing dinner. The patrol leaders took charge and moved their patrols to their campsites to start building fires. This was a real challenge as all the wood was wet. All of the patrols were up for the challenge as they all had fires started in no time at all and dinner was under way. All the patrol’s had some great recipes that came out our troop’s resource book. Once dinner was done and clean up was done the patrol had a little patrol time to think about their skits and songs for campfire.

It was now time for the troop to move to campfire and what a campfire it was. The Jr. Asst. Scoutmaster’s had built one big fire. It was great. The Troop’s Master of Ceremony for the troop campfire was Hunter Ginavan who got the campfire started with a song and we were off with each patrol performing a skit and a song. We closed our troop campfire with retiring 114 America Flags that had performed their duties very well. The troop and parents who came out enjoyed the flag retiring ceremony very much.

It was now time to go to bed and our company for the night was yes a nice thunderstorm who announced it present multiple times during the night. It rained the entire night. It was still raining on Sunday morning when everyone got up and yes everyone had to build a fire once again with wet wood. Luckily one patrol had put some wood under cover and kept it dry. Other patrol had a little trouble as they were not prepared. They had no dry wood. It was still raining as breakfast was fixed and finished. Then all of a sudden the rain stopped and we had about 20 minutes of sunshine this was great. As fast as it came the sun went away and we heard that another storm was coming so all the patrol started breaking camp and backing up.

Once camp was packed up and our leave no trace trash line up was complete the troop had a church service. The sermon for church was on Noah and the ark we thought this was fitting with all the rain. The sermon was how the ark was similar to our patrols in the troop and how we all should work together to get our big task and goals done.

The bus ride home was load and fun as usual. Even with all the rain and cold the overnight was FUN and I hope everyone is looking forward to the Troop’s October overnight on the 8 and 9.

As your Troop Scribe I am challenging all Patrol Scribes to submit an article on the September overnight.

Blue and Grey Park Overnight

By Simon Englehart Patrol Scribe

I really liked the Blue and Grey Park overnight because I got to help put a fire together and I got to help my patrol cook. My patrol helped my tent partner and me put together our tent and take it down. I also got to eat really good meals.

Blue and Grey Park Overnight

By Gabriel Englehart Patrol Scribe

Blue and Grey Park is a very familiar scene, I would know, I’ve been multiple times. Our food was pretty good, since I’m familiar with the food too. Most tents were well built and durable. Sure a few leaks where I was, but all was well. Dishes and other jobs were fairly well done. Church was quick, but nice and assuring. Overall the familiar has yet to change and the new has not come yet, for the rain was upon us again.

(See more pictures from the September overnight in the Troop 282 Photo Collection.)

September 18th, 2011

Troop 282 Team

By Scott Howell

This year at our troop meetings and activities we are going to be working on Team Work in our scout troop. We are going to be doing lots of team building activities with the troop to allow our scouts and leaders to learn to depend on their fellow Patrol Members and Troop Members to get their activities done and have fun. We are hoping this will strengthen our Troop Motto ALL FOR ONE AND ONE FOR ALL. Our Troop Team has a team uniform, the official scout uniform complete worn correctly. As any other team (baseball, football, soccer or volley ball team) you would not show up for a game or practice with out your team uniform. So why would we show up at scout meeting (game night or practice night in any other sport) with out our scout uniform? The uniform in any sport or organization is only one part of being part of a team, but it is a very important part of having the team form and function as a team.

Our Troop Patrol Leaders Council for 2011-2012 has lots of fun and exciting activities in mind for the troop and as the scoutmaster I am looking forward in seeing these young leaders perform. It should be a very exciting year with all the activities that are on the board including our High Adventure Trip to Ely. The Ely trip will very much be a team effort by all scouts, leaders and parents. As we would like to take all scouts and leaders on this activity and it can be done by everyone working to collect aluminum cans, selling popcorn, selling pancake day tickets and everyone helping with the troop fund raiser.

September 18th, 2011

Parking Cars 2011

By Scott Howell

First, let me say a big thank you to everyone who worked the parking lot over Labor Day weekend.

Yes, Mr. Norton did it again he parked a party bus this year in the parking lot on Saturday evening. Mr. Norton and Mr. Gentry were very proud of themselves on doing this. We didn’t hear the end of it all weekend. They both were hoping for a eighteen wheeler to park next. All’s Mr. Norton could say after this was bring it on I can park anything.

The parking lots ran very smooth but were a little slow on Friday Sept. 2 due to 103 degree temperatures all day, on Saturday we made it through some very heavy rain storms, on Sunday and Monday business was a little better but the cars stayed around as the weather was great for walking around Santa-Cal-Gona.

All in all I think everyone who worked had a good time.

Scouts, Leaders and families mark down August 31, Sept. 1, 2 and 3 2012 down as this is when we will be parking cars again.