Over the long President’s Day weekend, the scouts have off on Friday and Monday of that weekend.  We will be taking advantage of the long weekend and will be planning a backpacking trip to Ohio Pyle on the Laurel Highlands trail.  We will be hiking 4 days, 3 nights, with

June 29, 2016 Cimarron, New Mexico Whenever someone who knows scouting hears that you’re a scout, they invariably ask two questions.  Did you make Eagle?  And did you go to Philmont?   Well here’s some great news!  Mr. Sterling has recently received confirmation from the Philmont Scout Ranch that our

Last night was the annual Christmas Party, and everybody had fun. There was pizza and cookies for all to enjoy. The (annual?) karaoke competition didn’t have a clear winner, although Jacob Mauk singing “You’re A Mean One, Mr. Grinch” was particularly good. The White Elephant Gift exchange was especially fun

Make sure not to miss the Troop Christmas Party today at 4pm. The patrol leaders have lots of fun planned along with pizza, cookies and punch. We will be having our annual White Elephant gift exchange. This is where the scouts bring in a used, cool, item from their house,

Tonight was the First Blockwood Derby, our version of a Pinewood Derby, an event from Cub Scouts. The race doesn’t have a declared winner, but the thought winner is John Touma, so be sure to congratulate him. All the scouts spent lots of time making the cars, and they were

Tonight some of the troop went to Laser Quest and we all had a lot of fun. We played 2 games of 20 minutes each and had pizza and snacks in between games. A few of us even became members afterward so we can go back and play some more.

There is still time to sign up for our trip to Laser Quest on Saturday, December 13th. See the sign up form in the posts below and get your name in. We only have space for 35 people, so make sure you are one of them!

Today, Walter Sterling and Chase Edwards held their Eagle Court of Honor. They are proud of their new rank, and everyone is proud of them. The service was very respectful, with speeches from Chase’s brothers, and from Walter’s grandfather. It also included speeches from Walter and Chase themselves, and then

This weekend, Tommy led his project to completion. He decided to build a information kiosk and bench for Camp Christopher in Bath, Oh. He would like to thank the scouts and adults who helped him with his project. The weather was a little precarious which caused some delays. The weather