More Pictures from Shin-go-Beek

Here is a link to Mr. Knupp's pictures. I believe you will have to sign up for a Snap Fish account to see them. It's free and all you need to sign up is your email address.

I have also added a link to Ms. Hollibaugh's pictures - there are over 400 of them!

Thanks,
Mr. C

Summer Camp 08

Greetings from Camp Shin-go-beek!

Photos from Summer Camp available at this link

I will post additional summer camp photos as the other leaders return.

Mr. C

Troop 66 Court of Honor - 6/13/08

Congratulations to all of our Scouts who advanced in rank

Lue - Life
Karl - Star
Ryan O, Grant - Second Class
Jules, Adam, and Matt He - Tenderfoot

Cobras and Silver Wolves earned their Scout ranks!

32 Merit Badges were earned and Matt Hu earned the World Conservation Award

Also, Mrs C received the prestigious Lutheran Lamb religious award

Snipe Hunt Photos

Greetings from Troop 66,

My thanks to Conor for taking these great pictures from the New Glarus campout last month.

When I was going through these pictures, I discovered a shadow in one of the pictures that was actually a SNIPE! I used special image enhancement software to pull the picture out of the shadows (which explains the unusual coloring for the common snipe).

The results speak for themselves! Well done, Conor! This is a FIRST!! Troop 66 finally captured a snipe! (although only in a picture!)

Best wishes,
Mr. C

Troop Meeting - 5/30/08

Greetings from Troop 66!

We had a very busy meeting this Friday. Among the many accomplishments were:
1. Had our Summer Camp meeting
2. Had an Order of the Arrow Election - sorry results are kept until the callout at Summer Camp!
3. Had our new Scouts from Pack 67 form a patrol! They are now the Silver Wolf Patrol!
4. We had a number of Scoutmaster Conferences and Boards of Review
5. We had a game night for the Scouts as we close out our 07-08 Scouting Year

Just a reminder, the Scout Court of Honor (CoH) is scheduled for Friday, June 13th.

For the new Scouts, a CoH is very similar to a Cub Scout Blue & Gold ceremony. The CoH is where rank advancements, merit badges, and other recognition takes place.

Looking forward to seeing you there.

Thanks,
Mr. C

Training Opportunities - Please read

Greetings from Troop 66:

This note is for all adults in Troop 66, leaders or parents. In order to provide a safe program for our boys, we insist that all adults take the youth protection course (details below).

I would also strongly encourage anyone interested in helping out on the committee or as an assistant Scoutmaster to sign up for the Scoutmaster training.

This isn't a large commitment and it is essential for us to keep up the quality of our unit.

Please consider this training.

Thanks,
Mr. C

YOUTH PROTECTION TRAINING ON THE WEB
Youth Protection Training is available on the web at: Youth Protection Training. Enter the website: Select Cub Scouts or Boy Scouts, scroll down and select Training, scroll down and select Youth Protection, Select Narrated on-line web-based training program. Here is a short cut link. If you have questions contact lglover@bsamail.org or call the Council Service Center at 708-354-1111 ext. 20.

SCOUTMASTER/ASST. SCOUTMASTER LEADER SPECIFIC TRAINING
This three part training will be offered 7:00-9:30pm Monday 5/19, 6/2, and Tuesday 6/10/2008 at the Evangelical Covenant Church, 30E. 4th. Street, Hinsdale.

Registration deadline is Friday, May 16. Registration form is available at the Council Service Center or at this link.

Scout Meeting - May 9, 2008

Greetings from Troop 66:

New Scouts cross over from Pack 67

We welcome the new Scouts from Pack 67. We had 8 of the 11 Scouts crossing over attend our meeting. Charlie T, their Troop Guide, worked with a number of other Scout instructors to help the boys earn their Scout badge. The Scout badge is the first badge the boys can earn. Requirements can be found in the Boy Scout handbook or at this link.

Our Jaguar and Dragon patrol continued to work on First Aid Requirements.

The Roadrunners, Red Moon Raccoons, Falcons, Eagles, and Vipers served as instructors for the first year Scouts and completed a Quartermaster project.

New Senior Patrol Leader (SPL) Elected
Last week's election was our primary to narrow the slate of candidates down to the four candidates who ran at the meeting yesterday.

The new-elected SPL is James. The Assistant Senior Patrol Leader (ASPL) is Mark.

Upcoming Events
May 11, 7:00 p.m. - Eagle Court of Honor
May 14, 7:00 p.m. - Campout Meeting
May 16-18, 6:00 p.m. - New Glarus Campout
May 30, 7:30 p.m. - Troop Meeting
June 13, 7:30 p.m. - Court of Honor / Summer Camp Mtg

Detailed Calendar Link