TROOP 3
Boy Scouts of America
Westark Area Council
Butterfield District
Fort Smith, Arkansas
TROOP 3Boy Scouts of America
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Announcements - pg 1 - April 2007 - July 2007 Announcements - pg 2 - August 2007 - December 2007 Announcements - pg 3 - January 2008 - July 2008 06/16/08 Philmont crew leaves Thursday at 6am - Have fun and travel safe! Summer camp meeting will be July 7th at 7pm at Columbus Acres. All boys and a parent need to attend for final preparation for camp. Select your tent mate before the meeting and tent location choices will be drawn for by lottery. Help is needed at the Mayor's 4th of July Celebration passing out fans. If you would like to help, please contact Mr. Campbell. 05/30/08 Congratulations to Will Yates for making it to Eagle Scout! There is a new website for the 2010 National Scout Jamboree. This will mark Boy Scouts of America's 100th anniversary and looks like they are going to great lengths to make it a memorable jamboree! Put it on your calendar now to make plans to attend! (For planning purposes, the scout must be First Class or higher rank and be 12 years old by July 1, 2010 or completed 6th grade and they may not be older than 18 as of August 4, 2010.) 05/15/08 Note from Mr. Yates:
An Eagle Court Of Honor for Will Yates will be held on Thursday, May
29, 2008 beginning at 6:30 PM at The Bonneville House, 318 North Seventh
Street, Fort Smith Arkansas. All present and former scouts of Troop 3
are invited to attend. There will be a reception following the ceremony.
Guest parking is located at the corner of North 7th and C Streets.
Also a note on Summer Camp
The dates for summer camp this year are Sunday July 13 through Saturday July
19. We will be attending summer camp at Camp Tom Hale near Talihina
Oklahoma.
Dr. Flanagan will be available at next Monday's meeting (May 19) to give
physicals to all scout and adult leaders going to summer camp. All those
planning to go to summer camp with Troop 3 will need a physical. This is
a good time to get it done at no cost. If you are unsure of your medical
history please bring a parent along to help fill out the forms.
Also we need your commitment to attend summer camp as soon as possible and
payment of the $200 camp fee no later than June 1. The camp fee also
includes money for (2) Troop 3 T-Shirts to be worn at summer camp. Mr.
Yates will need to know your shirt size by June 1. Any member of Troop 3
that is not attending summer camp can also purchase t-shirts. Please see
Mr. Yates for details.
05/01/08 Mr. Campbell has passed this website along to us regarding the 2010 National Scout Jamboree: http://old.scouting.org/jamboree/2010/index.html - look for more information coming soon! Another announcement from Mr. Schmalz regarding Wilderness Training: June 2nd and 3rd is the rescheduled date for Wilderness First Aid Training. School will be out so we might be able to get more boys there for this training. We’re sure there might be some vacation already scheduled but this has turned out to be the best time we have to do the training. Philmont only requires one person to be trained but prefer that we have two trained. There are 12 spots that can be filled so if there are any boys that will be going to Philmont in the next 3 years this would be the perfect time to take it. Class starts at 8 am and finishes around 4 pm on both days. We’ll either order pizza or sandwiches for lunch. Cost is $35.00 04/24/08 Announcement from Mr. Schmalz regarding Wilderness Training: An unfortunate occurrence has happened with the Wilderness First Aid Training
for this weekend. Johnny Martin has become ill so we will have to reschedule the
training for another weekend. He gave me a few other dates that would work for
him but they are few. May 3rd and 4th or May 31st and June 1st. The time
is getting very very short but he assures me that he’ll get us trained. I’m
sorry for any inconvenience but it was not my doing. Announcement from Mr. Harper regarding the Philmont crew: May 19th - Scout and Philmont physicals during regular meeting time. We will go to either Dr. Flanagan's or Dr. Stilwell's office so that we can do all of them in the most efficient manner. If I have not given you a Philmont physical form I will have them there that night. I will let you know the exact location soon. If you want to do your own thing let me know and I will get you a form. If you already have your form be sure to bring it that night as we don't have very many extras and Philmont WILL NOT ACCEPT PHOTOCOPIES!!! May 30, 31, June 1 - Our last and only real shakedown hike WE NEED EVERYONE (philmont crew) TO ATTEND THIS HIKE. If you have a problem let me know and we will see what we can do. We will do a two night hike, at least 14-15 miles, rain or shine!!!!! We will get together and discuss menus and cooking for this trip. 04/08/08 Welcome to four new recruits that have just advanced from Webelos: Court of Honor was held Monday, April 7th. Merit badges and rank advancements were awarded:
Congratulations to all of these young men! 03/25/08 Float Trip is scheduled for April 18-20, 2008. Attached is a copy of the information sheet that Mr. Wald passed out Monday night (note correct date is 2008!). Swim tests are going on Tuesday & Wednesday night of this week. You need to test every year if you will be involved in any water trips (float trip, summer camp, etc.). SGT. Johnny Martin will be giving a Wilderness Training April 26th
& 27th. He was at the meeting Monday night in order to find out how
many adults and scouts would be interested in acquiring the American Red Cross
Wilderness training. Unfortunately he does not know the exact cost of the
training but he felt the cost would be around $35. There are currently
only 2 spots left. Contact Duane Schmalz for more info. 03/24/08 Another note from Mr. Harper regarding the Hike Outing this weekend: OK, I messed up. The Devil's Den outing that Troop 2 had scheduled was last weekend so we are going back to our original plan for the 28th and 29th. We will meet at CTK bell tower at 5 pm and try to leave by 5:30 to go to Poteau Mountain and camp that night at the top of the ridge. On Saturday we will break camp and hike down to the falls and have lunch and then hike back out, returning to Fort Smith that afternoon. Everyone in Philmont crew will carry full packs, anyone else who wants to come can do whatever. Everyone is responsible for their own food on this outing. If anyone has questions you can call me on my cell 479-461-1953, Sorry for any inconvenience. Randy Harper 03/14/08 Note from Randy Harper: Food arrangements are up to the individual scout. We will not cook as a patrol. All Philmont crew members need to carry their full pack on Satuday's hike. Be sure to bring rain gear and plenty of water. We will meet Friday evening at First United Methodist Church and car pool up there with Troop 2. Meet at 5:30 pm and plan to leave by 6 pm. Should return to FS Saturday by around 5 pm. For more information, Contact Mr. Harper. Float Trip dates are set for April 18-20. Watch for more details. 03/03/08
BSA Swim Check
We will have Swim Checks for the April
Canoe Trip and Summer Camp on the following nights at Marvin Altman Fitness
Center (Sparks Hospital). Bring one of your parents so
they can sign you into the pool area.
March 25 – Tuesday – 6:30 to 7:30
March 26 – Wednesday – 6:30 to 7:30
Check your Scout Handbook for the swim
requirements. You will need to qualify as a BSA Swimmer in
order to go on the Canoe Trip. The test is not hard, but
come prepared to swim! If you have questions call Roddy
Yates 462-6439 (Cell) or 782-6351 (Home).
Roddy will also be looking for a couple of adults to help on the nights of the checks. 02/11/08 The Eco Challenge, which was rescheduled from December, was a great success the weekend of February 1st - 3rd. About 15 scouts had fun mountain biking, repelling, cooking and camping at Shores Lake. Training will be starting for the Philmont Trip that the older boys will be taking this summer: Saturday March 1st - Meet at the beginning of the bike trail at Ben Geren Park at 8 am. Bring pack loaded with as much weight as you care to carry. We will hike the trails around Ben Geren and maybe make a loop around part of Fort Chaffee. Plan to hike about 3 hours or so and have lunch out there. Bring sack lunch to eat on trail. Should be finished around noon. Friday March 14/Saturday March 15 - Meet at bell tower approximately 4:30 to 5 pm. We will drive about 45 minutes down toward Waldron and make camp on Poteau mountain. Saturday morning we will break camp, load packs and hike down to an are know as "Robber's Cave" (not the one in Oklahoma) and back out again. Should return to Fort Smith by about 3- 4 pm Saturday. I know that is the beginning of spring break so anyone with plans to leave town I understand but hope everyone can make it. This is a good little hike as it drops about 1000 feet and then you have to come back out. We will eat a trail breakfast that you provide and trail lunch Saturday and sack lunch Friday evening. WE WILL NOT COOK AS A CREW SO YOU WILL PROVIDE YOUR OWN FOOD FOR THIS OUTING. WE WILL CARRY FULL PACKS ON SATURDAY FOR TRAINING PURPOSES. Let me know if anyone needs tents for this outing. Plan to share a tent with someone. Either March 28,29,30 or April 4, 5, 6 - There is no school on Friday either one of these weekends. We need to do a full fledged two night hike. Am not sure where we would do this or exact timing but would like to leave Fort Smith early on Friday so that we could hike a good bit on Friday, camp, hike Saturday, camp and hike out to a pickup point on Saturday morning. We will need to meet and plan some menus and pick a good 20 mile or so hike. 01/06/08 Meeting location has changed back to Knights of Columbus effective with the 01/07/08 meeting. |
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