Upcoming November Campout

This month's campout will be at Camp Daniel Boone from Nov. 9th to Nov. 11th.  We will be meeting at Pinnacle Church at 5pm on Friday to go out to camp.  Saturday morning in Ledbetter Lodge we will be participating in an Eagle Ceremony for Joe Grasty. Full Class A uniform is REQUIRED for all Scouts and Scouters attending.





Click on this link to find out about the Boy Scout 10 Essentials:
http://scoutingmagazine.org/2004/03/the-10-essentials/

Wilderness Survival Merit Badge

The focus for the month of November is Wilderness Survival. For anyone who needs to build a shelter to satisfy requirement 8, we will be building shelters on Saturday and staying in them Saturday night. If you already have this requirement and want to go anyways then please feel free to build another shelter and come along with the rest us just for the fun of it.



Requirements:

1. Show that you know first aid for, and how to prevent injuries or illnesses that could occur in backcountry settings, including hypothermia, heat reactions, frostbite, dehydration, blisters, insect stings, tick bites, and snakebites.
2. From memory, list the seven priorities for survival in a backcountry or wilderness location. Explain the importance of each one with your councelor.
3. Discuss ways to avoid panic and maintain a high level of morale when lost, and explain why this is important.
4. Describe the steps you would take to survive in the following conditions:

   a. Cold and snowy

   b. Wet (forest)

   c. Hot and dry (desert)

   d. Windy (mountains or plains)

   e. Water (ocean, lake, or river)

5. Put together a personal survival kit and explain how each item in it could be useful
6. Using three different methods (other than matches), build and light three fires.
7. Do the following:

   a. Show five different ways to attract attention when lost.

   b. Demonstrate how to use a signal mirror.

   c. Describe from memory five ground-to-air signals and tell what they mean.

8. Improvise a natural shelter. For the purpose of this demonstration, use techniques that have little negative impact on the environment. Spend a night in your shelter.
9. Explain how to protect yourself from insects, reptiles, and bears.
10. Demonstrate three ways to treat water found in the outdoors to prepare it for drinking.
11. Show that you know the proper clothing to wear in your area on an overnight in extremely hot weather and in extremely cold weather.
12. Explain why it usually not wise to eat edible wild plants or wildlife in a wilderness survival situation.

October Campout & Apple Fest

 

This month we camped at Pinnacle Church down by thr river.  Each of our patrols stayed in their own campsites and made great progress on clearing out the brush and making it their own. On Saturday everybody went up to the Apple Festival in Waynesville and helped out by bagging apples, handing out samples, and answering questions.

Popcorn

It is time to get our popcorn orders turned in. Some of you turned in your sheets last night but with the bad weather we had several folks out. Since we have to have our orders turned in by this coming Monday, November 5, by lunch, we need everyone's sale sheets by this Friday. I will be out of town on Friday so I need to have them by Thursday afternoon. If you have sold any popcorn please call me and I will make arrangements to pick up your forms. It is very important that we get all orders in so that we can receive the highest percentage of commission possible.

Also, we need to continue selling our show and sell popcorn. Shirley has set it up with Mast Store to allow us to sell at the entrance of their store and we have done well so far. What we need is for more scouts to participate. Since school has been scheduled for this weekend those who signed up for Saturday morning will not be able to be there so I need to have another adult to set up with Shirley to cover the morning. Those who signed up for the afternoon should still be able to participate.

Remember, a scout is THRIFTY. This means a scout pays his own way. What a great way to live up to this part of the scout law by helping sell popcorn to support your troop, your district, and the Daniel Boone Council.

If you have any questions, feel free to give me a call.

Popcorn Sales Sheets Due

     

Our Popcorn Colonel would like to remind all of our Scouts that their popcorn sales sheets are due back by November 1st.  Please keep selling until it is time to turn them in.

Annual Planning at Camp Daniel Boone

Our September trip took us to Camp Daniel Boone where we practiced our shooting skills on the rifle and archery ranges, hiked the Little East Fork Trail up to the bathtubs, and did our annual planning.

Lake Santeetlah 2012

Kayaking, Canoeing, Mile Swim, and so much more... Thanks to all those who made this trip possible.

Summer Camp 2012 at CDB