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Troop/Crew 71 Monthly Newsletter

April 2008

Troop 71 Activities

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&= nbsp; Solar Showers for Troops/Diana Jordan – We are sti= ll in need of donations to pay for the solar showers.

&= nbsp; Friends of Scouting (FOS)/Joy Swartzel – The campaign to s= upport our council is going great. W= e have earned our Pizza Party and are well over our goal. Contributions are still needed sin= ce many units don’t make their goals.&n= bsp; Thanks for your support of Tecumseh Council.

&= nbsp; Chillicothe District Merit Badge Trail Drive/Kieth Everly – The 2008 Chillicothe District Merit Badge Trail Drive is over. Many merit badges and partials were earned. See Keith Everly for = the results and the partial merit badge cards.

Tecumseh Trail/Five Mile Hike/Athan Vin= olus –

Climbing Overnight at Rockquest/Ross Du= rbin, Jeff Weir –

Adult OA Elections/= Ray Blowers – Congratulations to John and Dorothy Turnbull upon their election as our Troop 71 adult OA candidates for 2008.

Golden Spark Awards for 2008/Ray Blowers – Come to the Chillicothe District Recognition Dinner on 2 May 08 to = see who gets this award for the troop and crew.

Rummage Sale/Jean Schroeder – 25-= 26 Apr 08. The rummage sale was quite successful. On Friday alone w= e sold $2500 worth of treasures. Haven’t heard about Saturday yet. Thanks to all who worked hard for this event.

Up-coming Events/ Sponsor:

&= nbsp; Amateur Radio License Classes and Exam/Ray Blowers – Anyone (Scout or Adu= lt) who is interested in classes to qualify for their amateur radio (Ham) licen= se please contact Ray Blowers, Pat Price, Jim Engel, or Jay Carroll. Classes will be in the winter/spri= ng 2008 with the exam prior to the Dayton Hamvention in May 2008.

Northern Tier High Adventure – Summer 2008/Ray Blowers – Our first crew meeting was held on Sunday, 27 = Ape 08 at the scout house. The ne= xt payment of $200 was made by 29 Apr 08.&nbs= p; We can still accept more interested scouts if they decide ASAP. We have a reservation to go to Nor= thern Tier this summer (2008). Our arrival date is 12 Aug 2008 at the Sommers Base near Ely, Mn. We have confirmed this reser= vation by submitting $1300 non-refundable deposit on 1 Apr 2008 and $1958 by 1 May 08. Northern Tier is the BSA = high adventure canoe base headquartered near Ely, Mn with bases there and in Canada at Atikokan and Bissett. We will depart on 9 Aug 08 and return= on 21 or 22 Aug 08. Scouts must = be 14 and first class and Canoeing Merit Badge is desired. All participants must be swimmers = and have high adventure physicals. All adults must be Youth Protection certified.= The total cost will be around $600 per participant. This will include lodging and transportation to/from Northern Tier and the cost of Northern Tier. Food during transition and any sou= venirs or other purchases along the way will be out of pocket. This is our only high adventure this year and most of our members have never been to Northern Tier. For some this will comp= lete the trilogy of BSA high adventure camps, something very few scouts or scouters = get to do during their lifetimes. Let’s make the best or this opportunity now. POC is Ray Blowers, phone: (= 937) 429-2191, E-mail: ray.blowers@done= t.com.

Adult Philmont High Adventure Trek - Fall 2008/Ray Blowers – We can reserve an adult only trek at Phil= mont leaving 12 Sep 08 and ending 20 Sep 08.&nb= sp; This will give us an arrival date of 15 Sep 08 and a 5 day trek endi= ng on 20 Sep 08. The Philmont Tr= aining Center (PTC) training week in September 2008 is 21-27 Sep 2008 so you can s= tay over for training if you arrange it through the council. The cost is $40 per person per day= for the trek ($240), $420 for the training week, and the cost of transportation, lodging and food getting there and back.&n= bsp; The minimum crew size is 6 and maximum is 12.  We have 4 currently signed up. So, we n= eed at least two more to make this happen. Attendees are required to have a Philmont high adventure physic= al. We can plan our trek to be fairly leisurely anywhere within Philmont. Anyone interested in the trek must cont= act me ASAP and pay $100 deposit to Troop 71 through Carl Herting, our treasurer. If you also want t= o stay and attend the PTC you need to contact Tecumseh Council ASAP and have them = put you on the PTC invite list. I= have the schedule of 2008 course offerings for PTC. It is important that we act on thi= s now, since the fall season at Philmont may fill quickly. POC is Ray Blowers, phone: (937) 429-2191, E-mail: ray.blowers@done= t.com.

Philmont 2009/Irv Martin, Ray Blowers – See article in Crew 71 section=

Bike Hike/New Parent Orientation/Dave Frondorf – 3-4 May 08. = Hope for good weather this time.

Tecumseh Council Camporall/OA Callout/G= reg Sakryd, Athen Vinolus – 16-18 May 08 at Camp Birch. Many thanks to= Greg Sakryd for stepping up to run this activity.

Chillicothe District Recognition Dinner/Ray Blowers – 2 May 08 at the Xenia Masonic Te= mple near the Xenia YMCA, at 6:00 PM.&nb= sp; Several of our folks will be receiving awards. Please try to attend. Cost is $15 for dinner.

Brian Kocher – Eagle Court of Honor &= #8211; Saturday, 10 May 2008 at 10:00 AM at Aley Church. Come to honor Brian o= n his achievement of Eagle rank.

Monthly Reports

SPL&#= 8217;s Report/Dan Herting:

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Scout= master’s Minute/Tony Grady:

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Treas= urer’s Report/Carl Herting:

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Advan= cement Report/Keith Everly:

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Chartering Organization Representative̵= 7;s Report/Jim Engel:

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Quart= ermaster’s Report/Karl Hedrich:

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Scout Stuff Article – Venture Crew #71

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Come join Ve= nture Crew 71 and have a great time! Those youth between the ages of 14 and= 21 years old are eligible to join. We meet the second Sunday of the month from 2:00 – 3:30 at Aley Youth Building; recommend you check our cale= ndar in case we are also having an activity that day. This is a coed group that focuses on high adventure activities. This fall we have had a pi= stol course, trap shooting, attended the Feast of the Hunters Moon, and particip= ated in a Discover Scuba class on Friday Dec 14^th. This is a gr= eat program to compliment your Boy Scouting experience!

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What a great deal! If you are a member of BSA Troop #71, you can dual register wit= h a Venture Crew at no cost! Venture Crew #71 asks for an additional doll= ar from each member to pay for the re-charter fees. We have no dues!&nbs= p; Activities are pay as you go. Youth outside of registered Boy Scouts = need to complete an application form and pay $12.

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If you are interested please contact Eilanna Price, at = eilannaesp@yahoo.com, by phone 427-9310 or Irv Martin at Irvin.Martin@wpafb.af.mil by phone 426-4985. We use e-mail to distribute information so please provide your e-mail address.

Thanks,=

Eilanna=

Crew 71 Activities

Recent Activities/Sponsor:

        &= nbsp;   Ski Trip/Snow-boarding to Perfect North/Eilanna Price – 9 Feb 08 - Several Venturers and adults enjoyed a day of skiing, snow boarding and tub= ing at Prefect North ski resort in Lawrenceburg, In.

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        &= nbsp;   C 71 Kodiak Leadership Course - April 25-27 the C 71 Kodiak Leadership Course was hel= d at Angel’s Pass park. We had 7 venturers and 6 adults in attendance.

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Up-coming Events/Sponsor:

Golden Spark Awards for 2008/Ray Blowers – Come to the Chillicothe District Recognition Dinner on 2 May 08 to = see who gets this award for the troop and crew.

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C 71 Philmont 2009/Irv Martin, Ray Blow= ers –The crew arrival date is 29 Jul 2009. To qualify as a youth, one must be= a registered venturer by the arrival date.&n= bsp; For scouts, first class rank is desired. Adults must be registered venturer= s and must be youth protection certified. Crews consist of up to 12 participants (8 adults maximum and 16 yout= h), and treks last for 12 days at Philmont (plus 2 or 3 days coming and going).=

We have confirmed our venture crew slots by sending in our deposit even though all participants h= ave not yet paid. This requires e= arly commitment form anyone desiring to participate. The cost of the trip will be $1100= per participant. Any leftover mon= ey will be refunded. A deposit o= f $100 per participant is required ASAP. We have confirmed the reservations for two minimal crews of 7 participants each (3 adults and 4 youth each). Additional participants may be add= ed later. We still have unfil= led slots so sign up soon and pay your deposit. A sign-up sheet is posted in the s= cout house. There will be several practice hikes over the next year to prepare us for Philmont. We will try to run this trip so th= at if anyone has to drop out, most of their funds will be returned. For more information or questions, contact Ray Blowers, 429-2191 or Irv Martin, 426-4985.

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VENTURE CREW #71 CALENDAR

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March 8 R= 11; Saturday – Rock Climbing at Rockquest - CANCELLED DUE TO SNOW1= 2:00 – 5:00 – cost approximately $27 includes equipment (will conduct monthly meeting business there)

APRIL 13 Ven= ture Crew Meeting 2:00 – 3:30 at Aley youth Building

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April 25-27 = is the KODIAK course. This is good leadership training. A National BSA program. Cost will be about $30.   This= is now a Crew training offering. I have 5 signed up so far, I will need final numbers on April 13^th.

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h Crew meeting– CANCELLED – this is Mothers D= ay - have a great day with your Mother!-

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May 23 –25 White Water Rafting trip R= 11; W VA, Cost approximately$150 (probably can’t do the two day over the weekend.) Will be one day rafting.

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June 13-15 Friendship Muzzleloaders campout. Ray Blowers is event POC. Mrs. Doris Evans has agreed to go.

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June 28 – 29 Backpacking trip Irv Martin POC.&nb= sp;

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July - Canoe trip locally on = Maimi River

August - bike hike on b= ike path.

Crew 71 Monthly Report= s:

President’s Report/Jennifer= Bish -

Crew Advisor’s Report/Eilan= na Price -

Committee Chairman’s Report/Irv Maritn -

Treasurer’s Report/ -

Chartering Organization Representativ= e Report/Jim Engel -

Crew Stuff Article: Kodiak Training

Kodiak is a = National Venture Youth Leadership Training program for youth ages 14 - 21. Kod= iak is based on 5 leadership principles that can be used in all situations.&nbs= p; Leadership principles are presented, and then exercises are given to help demonstrate the principles and reinforce the concepts. The venue is outdoors with high adventure activities where the leadership principles can= be demonstrated. Not only is the informative but it is a FUN course. Tecumseh Council is offering this National program over a two weekend perio= d; April 18-19-20, and April 25-26-27, 2008. Friday nights will start at 6:00. A bonus is getting to meet and work with other Venture Crew mem= bers throughout Tecumseh Council. Adult leaders are welcome to attend as well. The principles can then be incorporated into your Venture Crew activities throughout the year. This is highly recommended for your Venture Crew officers to take. VLSC should have been taken prior to t= his course. Sign up is at the Tecumseh Council office, cost is $110 per person, includes all fees, food, and camping.