Troop 35 Newsflash August 14, 2013
News: Friday, 8/16 3-7pm, Saturday, 8/17 9-1 or later if needed and Sunday, 9/18 if needed (time TBD) – Steven S. Eagle Project! Steven is sprucing up the entrance to the Prairie Path on the northwest corner of County Farm and Geneva Roads (across the street from Walgreens). He needs the...
It was off the hook! – Fishing Derby 7/16
For this week’s troop meeting, we held a fishing derby and ‘it was off the hook!’ ™ What a GREAT IDEA! We met at Herrick Lake Forrest Preserve west parking lot and carpooled. It was a short drive, only a couple of minutes at most and when we arrived...
Mid-July T35 Update
Sunday, scouts from Troop 35 packed their bags, climbed on to buses and headed off to the 2013 National Scout Jamboree at the Summit Bechtel Reserve near Mount Hope, West Virginia. A couple of the troop’s leaders – Mr. Leonard and Mr. Bottom were already there waiting for the...
Tesomas ReCap
By know the Scouts that returned from Camp Tesomas are home demonstrating their new skills by catching up on chores and fixing things around the house with duct tape and paracord. I am sure the adult leaders are relaxing with an ice cold Mountain Dew. Here are a few...
Tesomas Day 6
Today started with the Chilly Willy challenge to staff, when we arrived at the waterfront, we were surprised to see three five gallon buckets holding frozen cylinders of ice instead of one. We knew it was going to be a long haul and said a prayer to keep us...
Tesomas Day 5
Todays, BLOG will be short, we are all tired and Jonah is doing his campfire program for his Communications merit badge that we all want to go watch. Today was a good day. Brandon B got to sit at the head table at breakfast with the MC’s which is...
Tesomas Day 4
Today began with Jacob, Will, Jonah, Collin conducting the flag ceremony, continued with Brandon, Adam, and Jacob recognized as great scouts by their merit badge counselors and ended with Adam and Jonah being tapped out at the Order of the Arrow ceremony. Troop 35 is looking good and we...
Tesomas Day 3
Another beautiful day at Tesomas, the Smiley Doppler is currently calling for rain on Thursday but today is gorgeous. Today started with some early risers on a fishing expedition that resulted in Allyn and David knocking out the “catching” requirement for Fishing Merit Badge. This resulted in the idea...
Tesomas Day 2
The first full day at camp ended with a bang as the neighbors across the lake lit some fireworks for our enjoyment. This first day was so packed with activities that it felt like a week, it’s hard to believe that we have just arrived yesterday. Our Troop 35...
Day 1 Tesomas 2013
The red trailers rolled into Memorial Park at the crack of dawn to load up gear for a week long adventure to Camp Tesomas.After a few final hugs and kisses the boys of Troop 35 jumped in the cars and settled in for naps, books, sign alphabet game, and...