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News
Death Valley Campout
(1/26/2002), by D. Roffee |
| The campout and bike ride at Death Valey was a great success. The Scouts got to camp, cook, hike and ride bikes. Although the 10 mile bike ride was on a wash-board road. Most of the boys enjoyed the campout. |
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New Eagle
(11/15/2001), by M. Smith |
An Eagle Scout is a rare thing. Our troop has not had an active one since J. Yerkes turned 18.
That is going to change. D. Ebeling has passed his Board of Review for Eagle Scout. Although
some paperwork has to be completed by the Council and National Offices in order for the rank to
be official, Troop 676 will be seeing an Eagle Court of Honor soon. This will be the first Eagle
Court of Honor since J. Yerkes and M. Cooke had their Eagle Court of Honor 4 years ago.
Congratulations to D. Ebeling. |
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Philmont
(11/9/2001), by M. Smith |
Philmont is, by all reports, a wonderful experience. Located in New Mexico, it offers a Boy Scout
Trek experience that is one of the most popular scout activities in the country. Last year, over 1
million phone calls placed to the reservation number during the 4 hour reservation window. Only 48
calls are answered at a time with another 48 being put on hold. Troops try for years to get a
reservation in this program and it is not allowed for one unit to go to Philmont in consecutive years
in order to give more units the chance at this unique experience.
Mr. McGinnis coordinated a call in campaign for our troop in an effort to get reservations for a
2003 trek at Philmont. Starting at 8 am, our volunteers placed several hundred calls until Mr.
Coulombe got through to the reservations center at 8:50.
The result of work is that Troop 676 is scheduled for a Philmont Trek with up to 24 scouts and 6
adults beginning on August 9, 2003. More information will be coming shortly. Thank you to the
volunteers who made the phone calls to make this possible. |
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Our Unit Volunteers Honored
(11/2/2001), by M. Smith |
| On Friday, November 2nd, our Unit Volunteers, along with the Unit Volunteers of other Cub
Scout, Boy Scout, and Venturing Crews in the Black Mountain District, were honored at a dinner at
the Rancho Penasquitos Lutheran Church. This year’s honorees are Mr. Coulomb, Mrs. Miller,
and Mr. Smith. Thank you to these and all the other Volunteers that make our troop function. |
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Announcements
Joshua Tree Climbing
(2/5/2002), by D. Roffee |
Read more about this two-night campout at Joshua Tree National Park-Indian Cove Campground March 15-17, 2002.
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Summer Camp at Holcomb Valley
(1/28/2002), by D. Roffee |
| Information for Summer Camp at Holcomb Valley Scout Ranch is here... |
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Order of the Arrow Elections
(1/28/2002), by D. Roffee |
| Troop 676 Order of the Arrow Elections will be February 4, 2002 |
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Names Needed
(1/28/2002), by D. Roffee |
| February 4 the troop will make rosters for Joshua Tree Campout and for the Scout Fair Committee |
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Campin Logs
(1/27/2002), by D. Roffee |
| Scouts Need to update their Camping Logs, as well as keep their Service Hours Log and the Merit Badge Log up to date |
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Kings Canyon Backpack
(12/17/2001), by D. Shafer |
| The July backpack trip will remain scheduled for 3-7 August, 2002. Those scouts who wish to go, will not be ale to go to the Summer at Camp Mataguay. They can still go to Holcombe Valley. |
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Pancake Breakfast Date
(12/17/2001), by L. BenVau |
| The pancake breakfast is tenatively set for June 1, 2002. |
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Philmont 2003
(12/17/2001), by M. McGinniss |
| The first installment of the $444.00 cost of Philmont in 2003 will be due to Mr McGinniss by January 30, 2002. |
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Charter Renewal
(12/3/2001), by D. Miller |
| Troop 676 passed out forms for scouts to indicate if they intend to renew their membership when the Troop recharters in February 2002. These forms need to be returned December 10, 2001 at the Troop meeting. |
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Summer Camp Dates and Locations
(12/3/2001), by B. Hutchins |
Holcombe Valley and Mataguay have been chosen for Summer Camp this year. The dates Beth Hutchins will be leading the group to Mataguay (about 1 hour from San Diego) are August 4-9, 2002. The dates Chuck Lord will be leading the group to Holcombe Valley (about 3 hours from San Diego / Old Baldy Council) are August 11-17, 2002. First payments will be due February 15, 2002 with an estimated cost of $230.00 per scout.
Both camps offer rank achievement programs for Tenderfoot, Second and First Class Scouts. Also, both offer a variety of merit badges such as First Aid, Camping, and Swimming. Mataguay has a program for Star and Life Scouts looking to find out what is involved in obtaining the Eagle rank.
Camp interest forms were passed out at the December 3, 2001 meeting to be returned by December 17, 2001 for planning. |
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