Monday, December 19, 2011 - Holiday Party - Ascension Church - 7:00pm
Come one, Come all! This Monday at 7pm IN THE PINE ROOM AT ASCENSION!
We will have a Court of Honor, so Class A's!!!
Then, enjoy pizza, awards for wreath sales and presents!!!
If you would like to make this even more festive, bring some treats. Canned goods for the food pantry are also encouraged.
Parents, as always, you are welcome. Come celebrate your son's accomplishments and the season.
Friday, January 6, 2012 - Ski Trip to Rib Mountain and cabin campout
On Friday 1/6/12 the Scouts of Troop 20 are getting together for our annual ski trip! We’ll be leaving at 4:15 PM and driving to Camp Phillips – a Scout camp in central Wisconsin. We will overnight at the scout camp cabins we have rented, and than early Saturday morning, we will drive to the nearby Granite Peak Ski Resort which features a total of 72 ski runs! We will ski all day!!!!
The cost for this trip $115.00. For Scouts that participated in the sale of Christmas Wreaths, a $25.00 subsidy will be provided, thus bringing your cost to $90.00.
This cost will cover camping fees, most meals, some snacks, ski lesson, equipment rental, lift tickets, helmet, and transportation. We will return on Sunday –mid afternoon.
Each Scout should bring about $20.00- $25.00 for spending money and dinner on the way up, snacks in the ski lodge, and lunch on the way home.
Scouts
should bring $10 to $12 cash to cover the cost of these meals. All
other registration fees, snacks, meals, etcwill be covered (If a Scout
is in need of a sleeping bag, please talk to Mr. Grandy, he has several
spares.)
We
will be leaving at 4:00 PM, from Casa Grandy on Friday, and expect to
return on Sunday mid afternoon. We will need drivers to help transport,
so if you can drive up, great!
Cub Scout Pack 20 and 23 are looking for Den Chiefs. They would love to have some of you act as Den Chiefs for their dens. You would participate in and help the Pack leaders with the den meetings. Please let Mr. Bowman (for Pack 20) and Mr. Rothenbaum (for Pack 23) know if you are interested. This is a position of leadership which meets some advancement requirements..
Nature Without the Nanny State
National parks are ecosystems that answer to their own rules. Plenty of people have defied the obvious and commonsensical and paid for it with their lives.
Some Information for Boy Scout Families of Troop 20
Welcome back to Troop 20!
The entire Troop 20 leadership, and scouts, are excited to welcome your
sons back to the Troop for a great year. We look forward to sharing
campouts, camp fires, skiing, canoes, hiking, learning, Camp Napawon and
all the memories these will generate for your sons.
Meetings: We meet on Monday nights at 7pm at Barrie Park,
except when we don't. There have been times when we had to meet
somewhere else, but those are rare. Usually, after a weekend campout,
we do not meet the following Monday. That is because we leaders are old
and decrepit and need the rest. We also do not meet during most of the
summer. Each Scout is expected to wear a Class A or B uniform and
bring one dollar in dues to the meetings. This helps cover the cost of
cookies and “bug juice”. During meetings, we usually work on merit
badges and upcoming trips.
Parental Involvement: For some of our trips, we have adequate
numbers of vehicles and drivers. For others, we need parents to
drive. But, for every trip or outing, parents are always welcome to
attend. Always. You are also very (very!) welcome to join in the troop
leadership. Fear not: you can do what you have time for. Camping,
organizing trips, working on merit badges, the possibilities are many.
Speak to any of the leaders at any of our meetings for details. It is
absolutely essential to the health of the Troop that parents step up and
be involved.
Former Troop 20 Scout A.J. Williams stars in "The Jr. Cuisine Cooking Show" which premiered on August 28th on Channel 20. A.J. also toured the US as a member of the National Touring Company of “The Color Purple” in the roles of "Young Harpo" and "Young Adam". Congratulations A.J.!
Troop 20's Michael W. recently competed in the Pan
American Junior Games in El Salvador for Karate. Michael took a silver
medal! Congratulations, Michael!
Eagle Scout Isaac R. received the NCAA
Sportsmanship Award for Division III, which is given each year to one
man and one woman in National Collegiate Athletics Association sports
from each Division who have demonstrated one or more of the ideals of
sportsmanship, including fairness, civility, honesty, unselfishness,
respect and responsibility. It was created and first awarded in
1999.Congratulations, Isaac!
(Let us know of other Troop 20 Scouts in the news
and we'll be thrilled to post it on the site)
Order of the
Arrow, Lodge Pachsegink 246
Congratulations to the OA candidates
who finished The “Ordeal” at Camp Ranch in Rochelle, IL
Click the patch below to link to the
our Pachsegink 246 Lodge Website
Those Troop20 Scouts completing their
Ordeal were:
Nathan R., Justin K., Michael W.,
Frank S., Evan D., and Adrian (Adam) K.
Congratulations to Asst. Scoutmaster
Arnie R. who also completed Ordeal and Scoutmaster Mike J. for
completing Brotherhood. Also present and attending was Committee Chair,
Mike G (currently Brotherhood) who offered his service to the Lodge.
Election
Results
The boys were full of energy and for
awhile a brokered election seemed likely, however in the interest of
Troop unity, as certified by the disbarred law firm (emeritus) of Dewey,
Cheatem & Howe, the following were the tabulated results: (Hey, Barack and Hillary, take a lesson here)
SPL-Bert C.
ASPL-Michael W.
QM-Michael B.
Librarian-Big Ryan
Scribe-John G.
Troop Guide-Chris A.
Historian-Frank S.
Chaplain's Aide-Ryan F.
OA-Justin K.
Bugler-Lawrence C.
Pancake Breakfast Fundraiser Raffle Winners
Congratulations to the Sandoval family as they won the 2011 Pancake Breakfast Raffle for the
One Week Florida Vacation at PicadillyParadise!
Congratulations to the Jirasek family as they won the 2010 Pancake Breakfast Raffle for the
One Week Florida Vacation at PicadillyParadise!
Congratulations to the Delisi family as they won the 2009 Pancake Breakfast Raffle for the
One Week Florida Vacation at PicadillyParadise!
Congratulations to the Kraft
family as they won the 2008 Pancake Breakfast
Raffle for the One Week Florida Vacation at PicadillyParadise!
Congratulations to the Brown
family as they won the 2007 Pancake Breakfast
Raffle for the One Week Florida Vacation at PicadillyParadise!
Jealous? Then, rent this fully
furnished house for your next Florida vacation, mention Troop 20 and 10%
of the rental payment will be donated to Troop 20.
Eagle Scouts (thanks to Asst.
Scoutmaster Ray Chwasz for helping these Scouts keep on task)
Congratulations to our most
recent Eagle Scouts:
Paul B. and Bert C.
Play the Troop20 I-Spy Game:
Can you spot the 10 differences in our two pictures?
Do
you have an eye for detail? We've taken the above picture and
made 10 changes.
I
am very sorry to tell you that our own Assistant Scoutmaster Tom
Johnston passed away Sunday, December 9, 2007. For those of
you
who did not know Tom, he fought through many adversities in a life
dedicated to Scouting and our boys. Tom, who was blind in one
eye, suffered from Cerebral Palsy. He walked only with
extraordinary difficulty, using two crutches. Born premature
and
battling all these limitations and accompanying pain, Tom became an
Eagle Scout. He even earned the Hiking Merit Badge, which
involved a twenty mile hike.
Throughout his adult life,
as a teacher and in retirement, Tom was dedicated to Scouting, guiding
many, many boys through the ranks. Tom was always ready with
a
groan-inducing pun, even when you were just sure that you phrased your
sentence in just the right way so that a pun was impossible.
Tom
will be missed and our prayers are with him.
As
always, feel free to call Jerry
with questions. (Complaints can go to Arnie or John or one of
the Mikes!)
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