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***** TROOP 80 BSA ******* FEBRUARY 1999 *****
FEBRUARY BIRTHDAYS
Here are the birthdays for the month of February with their dates: Ryan Grady 1, Ryan Hussman 3, Morgan Fairchild 3, Brantley Jones 4, Alice Cooper 4, Dennis Eaves 6, Nick Nolte 8, Burt Reynolds 11, Wes Knapp 13, Jane Seymour 15, Erick Nunez 18, John Travolta 18, Julius “Dr. J” Erving 22, Chris Coppedge 23, Drew Skipworth 23
SPECIAL DAYS
Don’t forget to send someone you know a special hello for Valentine’s day. The date is the 14th and a dozen roses is always a good bet. Moms, girl friends, and wives are the ones left behind when we go camping. Let them know you still care and thank them for allowing you to be in 80.
VENTURE PROGRAM
The ASM’s of 80 have determined new rules for our scouts to be in a Venture patrol. You must be 15 years old and a Star scout. Otherwise, scouts have to be members of a regular patrol. There will be no first year Ventures this year. Mr. Filipowicz will have further information on who is eligible to be a Venture. The troop has also made attendance and advancement requirements to be a Venture for the hiking, camping, and climbing trips.
FEBRUARY RECIPE
Ham & Chicken a la Scout
1-1/2 c baked ham, ½" cubes
½ c cooked chicken, ½" cubes
1 lg green pepper
1 c chicken stock
1 c sliced mushrooms
1 c light sour cream
salt pepper 3 tbs flour
3 tbs butter
egg noodles
Sauté mushrooms and chopped green pepper in butter; remove to a hot platter. Add flour to the Dutch oven and blend well. Gradually stir in hot stock, cream, salt and pepper. Place over low heat and simmer for about 10 min. Keep hot. Combine chicken, ham, and mushroom mixture, and add to the sauce. Heat thoroughly. Cook noodles following the bag’s directions. Pour sauce over the noodles. Serves a patrol of 8 to 10.
SKI TRIP
The mighty Green-bar “Ski Trip” is January 29 - 31 at Sante Fe, New Mexico. This trip is earned by a year of hard work by our Green-bars. A Green-bar is a Patrol Leader or above member of the troop. To go, you must have served at least 6 months and not have been fired, must be an elected officer or Eagle scout, and worked either set-up or tear-down of the tree lot. PL’s need to have worked 4 shifts and ASPL’s and Venture worked 6 shifts on the tree lots. Ask the SM if you still can’t figure out if you can go. They have a great time on the slopes each year and we will let you know who broke what in the March newsletter. Plan for your chance to go next year, you will earn it.
UNSUNG HEROES II
Some of the time, the patrols cook and some of the time, we have a central kitchen. Many hours are spent planning and buying the food for all our wilderness and base camps which costs several thousand dollars at SAM’s. The great food that we enjoy is the result of usually the efforts of three scouters; Paul Kiefer, Terry Slade, and Matt Hite. It means staying up late and getting up several hours early to get the coffee on the burner. When not cooking for the troop, they do the cooking at council events like “Winter Camp” where they cook 5 meals for 400 cold people down at Camp Don. Even an OA Ordeal doesn’t phase these guys. Next time you bite into that Philmont steak, give a hardy thanks to these Unsung Heros of Troop 80. Next month - the money changers. FMW
TREE LOT
The tree season is over for another year and after a warm start and a higher water bill, the weather started getting cold and the trees started selling. Aaron Amos was the “Top Salesman” this year and wins a free summer camp and his name on a plaque in the building.
The top 10 salesman were:
(Name Patrol Trees)
Aaron Amos B2 54
Kyle Watson GB 47
Jonathan Desimore C3 46
Gregory Henning D3 37
Daniel Scott GB 36
Azriel Krulik C3 29
Robert Alexander D3 28
Jimmy Reed A2 26
Joshua Smiley F1 25
Brantley Jones A1 24
The patrol that sold the most trees was the Maya D3 with 196 trees and earned themselves a pizza party at the troop building. Nice work to all our scouts.
DUES ARE DUE
How much does it cost to be a scout in Troop 80? Only $25 gets you a full year of the best program around and a year of Boys Life magazine. Who could ask for more. They will be due and payable by the end of February. Stay current and pay your dues on time. Would you believe that we still have people that have not paid their 1998 dues? Go figure :)
UP-COMING DATES
Court of Honor February 9
Snow camp Feb. 19 - 21
Haynes/Caprock Canyon March 26 - 28
Sneed Ranch April 23 - 25
No May campout
F/S rafting trip June 4 - 6
Advancement camp June 20 - 26
Wilderness camp July 17 - 24
COUNCIL/DISTRICT
The Council Eagle recognition banquet is set for February 6. The dinner is free for all those that earned Eagle 1998. It isn’t too late to sign-up for Wood badge for adults that want to learn more about leadership. For info about these and other up coming events, contact the Scout Office at 358-6500.
ORDER OF THE ARROW
What is it and why should you be a member? The OA is the “Fraternity of Honor Campers” in the BSA. To be a member, you need to have gone camping 15 days and nights of which 6 must be at a Council Camp, be a First Class scout, nominated by your Scoutmaster, and voted on by your troop. They do several cool things during the year, like a day at WTAMU and all night parties. They also help maintain the camps during the year. Elections will be held in March. Want to know more? Ask a member that wears a special patch on their right pocket flap.
OUTSTANDING PATROL
Crow 535
Apache 400
Sioux 250
Maya 200
Aztec 200
Mohican 200
Arapaho 100
Mohawk 75
NEW OFFICERS
Michael Gray PL
Brantley Jones PL
Aaron Amos TG
Grant Snider PL
Michael Kiefer PL
Randall Waddell PL
Jimmy Reed TG
Jack Tunnell PL
Nick Noel QM
Michael Slade JASM
Chris Altsman JASM
A SCOUT IS HEALTHY
Do you have an up-to-date physical on file with the troop? While your thinking about the new year and remembering to pay your dues; how about going to see your Doctor and get him to fill out one of those BSA physical forms. The keeper of the blank forms is Matt Hite.
VOLUNTEERS NEEDED
We need some help. Dads are needed to help with Boards of Review on Tuesday nights. If you are interested, contact Eric Wolfram. We also need parents to open up the building and meet visiting units on their way to Philmont. You would collect the rent and sell a few items like patches from the trading post.
Terry Slade handles the reservations for the building and will be happy to let you know what to do for these units and when they will be arriving. Your assistance in these matters is greatly appreciated.
RAFTING TRIP
If plans go the way we hope; the June Father/Son camp may be a rafting trip to Salida, Colorado and a wet time on the Arkansas River. The cost for this trip will be $45.00 per person. You can make payments now or pay for the whole thing at once. We even canceled the May camp out to help stretch your camping dollars. All scouts are encouraged to attend, whether their adult male role model can go or not.
JOURNALIST NEEDED
Have you ever thought of being a writer for a great newspaper? You have to start someplace and the “Eagle Times” is now accepting stories and photos for publication. There is even a Merit Badge for this type of thing. Take some pictures on a camp out, tell us what you see or heard, and we can get it in to print. It can be scout or even school stuff. Send your info to: The Editor 5122 W.16th Amarillo, TX 79106.
What comes around
His name was Fleming, and he was a poor Scottish farmer. One day, while trying to eke out a living for his family, he heard a cry for help coming from a nearby bog. He dropped his tools and ran to the bog. There, mired to his waist in black muck, was a terrified boy, screaming and struggling to free himself. Farmer Fleming saved the lad from what could have been a slow and terrifying death.
The next day, a fancy carriage pulled up to the Scotsman's sparse surroundings. An elegantly dressed nobleman stepped out and introduced himself as the father of the boy Farmer Fleming had saved. "I want to repay you," said the nobleman. "You saved my son's life." "No, I can't accept payment for what I did," the Scottish farmer replied, waving off the offer.
At that moment, the farmer's own son came to the door of the family hovel. "Is that your son?" the nobleman asked. "Yes," the farmer replied proudly. "I'll make you a deal. Let me take him and give him a good education. If the lad is anything like his father, he'll grow to a man you can be proud of."
And that he did. In time, Farmer Fleming's son graduated from St. Mary's Hospital Medical School in London, and went on to become known throughout the world as the noted Sir Alexander Fleming, the discoverer of Penicillin. Years afterward, the nobleman's son was stricken with pneumonia. What saved him? Penicillin. The name of the nobleman? Lord Randolph Churchill. His son's name? Sir Winston Churchill.
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