Blazin News
of Troop 83
July 2012 Theme: Wildlife Management
Scout Law
A Scout is trustworthy, loyal,
helpful, friendly, courteous, kind,
obedient (A scout follows the
rules of his family, school and
troop; He obeys the rules of his
community and country. If he
thinks these rules and laws are
unfair he tries to change them in
an orderly manner rather than in
a disorderly way), cheerful,
thrifty, brave, clean and reverent.
July
24- Troop Meeting
27-29 Mississippi
Palisades State Park
31- Troop Meeting
August
4-Pathway to Eagle
7- PLC
12- Planning Meeting
14- Troop Meeting
19- Court of Honor Picnic
21- Troop Meeting
28- Troop Meeting
September
3- Labor Day
4- PLC
11-Troop Meeting
18- Troop Meeting
21-23 Silver Spring State
Park Survival Campout
25- Troop Meeting
Our Annual Planning meeting is coming up, where we decide where
to camp for the following year. The meeting is in August but please get your
ideas together early and let your patrol leader know where you would like
to go. Try to offer new places and remember your parents may be on a
budget, so try to keep your ideas in country.
Past Events
Recap June 3rd Scoutfest 2012 with the Joliet Slammers
at the Silver Cross Field
This event has proven itself to be fun time and time again,
even though the score was not in our favor at all, 5 to 13
against the Washington Wild Things. With the temperature
being 8o degrees it seemed hot then and now it would be a
welcome relief.
Recap June 8th to 10th Scouting 102 at McKinley Woods
This event was attended by 16 boys and 5 adults and was a
continuation of Scouting 101.
Recap June 15th to 23rd High
Adventure to the Northern Tier
Lets talk weather: it rained almost
every day at some point for this
group of portaging friends. Portaging
is when you have to carry your
canoe and gear from one body of
water to another over a land mass.
This group of high adventure scouts
was able to cover 55 miles of water in
five days. Even though the weather was
not ideal everyone who went is ready to
go back again.
Recap June 24th to 30th Camp Lowden Summer Camp
The motor coach to camp was a good idea; the boys watched a movie on the way there and
back and were relatively quiet. Let’s continue the talk about weather: hot, hot and even hotter.
What tops of a summer camp, a severe thunderstorm where the scouts had to go seek shelter.
The Camp Director said that in his 31 years as director (wow) he has never had to seek shelter
twice in one night. With extreme heat comes unique relief, the Director bought a few plastic
traps and hoses and made their own unique water slide. There were 30 boys and 11 adults that
went on this summer camp. I hope everyone was able to see Mr. McCafferty’s slide show of
this event. The popular items of summer camp were hammocks that were placed all over or
site, I believe we bought out the camp store of inventory. One of the proudest things about
summer camp was that our troop of 30 boys earned 95 merit badges. Here is a list of merit
badges earned and by whom.
Jacob A – Archery, Rifle Shooting
Vaughn B – Fingerprinting, Robotics
Mickey B – Basketry, Fingerprinting, Indian Lore, Leatherwork
Jonathon B - Fingerprinting, Sculpture
Daniel B – Fingerprinting, First Aid, Sculpture, Wilderness Survival
Thomas B – Basketry, Fingerprinting, Leatherwork, Sculpture
Robert C - Fingerprinting, Leatherwork, Rifle Shooting, Sculpture, Woodcarving
Matthew C – Camping, Climbing, Wilderness Survival
Eric D - Basketry, Citizen in Nation, First Aid, Geology
Julian D - Basketry, Fingerprinting, Rifle Shooting, Sculpture
Collin D - Basketry, Fingerprinting, Indian Lore, Leatherwork
Daniel F - Pioneering, Wilderness Survival
Nathan F – Auto Maintenance, Basketry, Sculpture
Ethan F - Art, Basketry, Fingerprinting, Sculpture
Jimmy G – Basketry, Canoeing
Eduardo H – Archery, Citizen in Nation, Citizen in World, Shotgun Shooting
Jerry K – Fingerprinting, First Aid, Leatherwork, Sculpture, Wilderness Survival
Liam M - Fingerprinting, Leatherwork, Rifle Shooting, Sculpture, Woodcarving
Sean M – Climbing, Fingerprinting, First Aid, Sculpture, Wilderness Survival
Quentin P – Basketry, Fingerprinting, Leatherwork, Rifle Shooting, Sculpture
Aspen R – Basketry
Eric S – Archery, Citizen in Nation, Citizen in World, Shotgun Shooting, Wilderness Survival
James S – Art, Basketry, Fingerprinting, Sculpture
Mike V – Fingerprinting, Robotics
Michael W – Basketry, Canoeing, Leatherwork
Jacob Z – Archery, Fingerprinting, Rifle Shooting, Wilderness Survival
This list is an awesome statement to the commitment of the scout in Troop 83!!! Keep up the
outstanding work. Another thing about camp is that everyone seemed to have a good time
despite the weather and no pool.
Additional Merit Badges Earned in June
Quentin P – Architecture
Upcoming Events
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July 17 to 22 National Youth Leader Training at RSR
This is a conference is at RSR and is filled with advanced scout crafts, outdoor skills, meetings,
activities, campfires, and leadership skills. The conference is designed to show you a month in the
life of a model scout.
July 27th to 29th Mississippi Palisades State Park
Mississippi Palisades State Park is located along the Mississippi River. The park has thirteen miles of
trails in a beautiful setting with bluffs, caves, sinkholes, canyons, wood ravines and wildlife. The
cost of this trip is $30.
August 4th Pathways to Eagle
We have chosen to do this a day event, where scouts can work on their merit
badges in a group setting with scouts from all over. This is a great opportunity
that should not be passed up. Mr. Ford resent an email from Mr. Mytnik
about this event. There is a $13 fee for this event and it does include lunch after this event you
have the opportunity to go to Pelican Harbor Water Park in Bolingbrook. Scouts are free that
attended Pathways to Eagle and an additional $4 each family members can attend. Traditionally
you have to arrive and depart this event on your own and be prompt for opening ceremony. For
more information about Pathways you can go to www.p2e.org, there all the offered merit badges
are listed and the prerequisites you would need to complete before attending this event.
August 12th Annual Planning meeting for Scout Youth Leadership
Scout Youth Leaders get together and plan out the campouts for the following year. If you have any
ideas of places you would like to go please inform your patrol leader.
August 13th The 3rd Annual Scout Night with the Chicago Cubs
Baseball is America’s favorite pastime, during the late 19th century into the early 20th
baseball was the most widely played sport. Now however there is not a clear
favorite. This event starts at 7:05pm. This event can be attended on your own
reservation must be made by July 27th.
August 19th the Court of Honor Picnic
August 26th to 28th TBA Campout
2013 National Jamboree at Bechtel Summit Reserve
So far we have 4 scouts and leader attending. You can be part of the most
exciting Scouting event ever—the 2013 National Scout Jamboree! It’s so big it
only happens once every four years, and it’s just for Scouts and Venturers. Check out mountain
biking, paddle boarding, zip lines, canopy tours, rafting, kayaking, and much, much more. The
jamboree will be July 15–24, 2013, and it’s the very first event at the BSA’s new jamboree home,
the Summit, in the mountains of West Virginia. It is never too late to be put on a waiting list to
attend this spectacular event. There are some criteria you have to meet to be able to attend; be a
1st first class scout, be 12 be July 25th 2013 and have not reached 18 by that date, be approved by
your leader, participate in training exercises, be in good physical condition with medical forms ABC,
and complete an online registration form. You can learn more at www.bsajamboree.org, or find us
on Facebook at facebook.com/TheBechtelSummit.
Senior Patrol Leader
Johnny M.
Assistant Senior Patrol Leader
Jesse A.
Bugler
Sean M.
Chaplin Aide
Scoutmaster
Luke Ford
[email protected]
Committee Chairman
William Zucek
Your $10 dues are
to be turned in at
first Troop meeting
of the month and