Noreast District BSA

Check out this story, it has real merit! Merit Badges, that is! Mark your calendars for Saturday, February 20, 2010 and join us for the 19th annual TSU Merit Badge Seminar, sponsored by Tarleton State University and Texas Trails Council. The event will be located at Tarleton State University located off West Washington Street in Stephenville. Check in at 8 am in the Fine Arts Center and classes are scheduled to start at 9 am. Registration fee is $25, but there is a $5 early bird DISCOUNT if paid before February 15 so get those registrations in to the council office!

Take a look at the photos from the Outdoor Fun and Son Cub Camp held at Camp Billy Gibbons on October 3 and 4. It was a wonderful success and will be something that the cubs and their parents will remember long into their days of scouting!

On behalf of the Board of Directors, as well as the unit leaders and scouts of the Noreast District, I wish to thank Pat Manganella for her work as the Advancement Chairman. She has been a great help to many scouts and unit leaders during her time in this position. She has cited personal reasons for leaving to enable herself to concentrate on family and we wish her the very best. She will be missed and we hope there will be opportunities to work with her again in the future.

Pat Demetruk
Chaiman - Noreast District
Texas Trails Council
Boy Scouts of America

This was sent from council on Tuesday, November 17..........

Summer Camp

Scout leaders,

We have been discussing summer camp issues for a long time, and believe that the best route for us, at this time, is to have only one organized summer camp opportunity, at Camp Billy Gibbons. We hope to use Billy Gibbons for staff training the week of June 6-10, and have camp for the boys the week of June 13-19, 2010. We are still looking at having volunteer staff and volunteer merit badge counselors, volunteer cooks, etc., to help offset the high cost for paid staff.

Local scouts broke new ground in September when they mentored a potential new Scout Unit from the Rock House group in Stephenville. Eleven scouts and 6 leaders from Troop 18 of Stephenville participated in a camp out at Promontory Park at Lake Proctor. Fourteen Rock House clients along with Bill Joe Averitt, their prospective Scout Master and 2 other Rock House staff members were in attendance at the first Noreast District venture into a new realm of scouting.

BSA Popcorn Sales are off and running! The following dates are Council deadlines established to meet Trails-End requirements. Individual Scout Units may establish earlier dates to meet these absolute deadlines to the Council. Be sure to contact your Unit Popcorn Chairman for details pertaining to your unit.

8/31/09 Show & Sell (SNS) & Show & Deliver (SND) product order deadline.
9/10/09 SNS/SND product available.
9/12/09 Popcorn Kick-Off in Districts. All sales begin on this date.
10/22/09 SNS/SND popcorn money due in the council.

Here is your chance to create a piece of history!! The 2010 Centennial is fast approaching. To help us celebrate, Texas Trails Council will be issuing a series of shoulder patches that will also raise money for the Council.

You are invited to help make history and be a part of a 100th Anniversary Wood Badge Course offered in the Texas Trails Council. Wood Badge for the 21st Century is an advanced adult leadership training program for all leaders involved in the Scouting program including Cub Scout, Boy Scout, Varsity, Venturing, District and Council positions. Course dates are February 26,27, & 28 and March 26,27, & 28. Early bird registration special of $195 if paid by December 15, 2009 (regular registration is $215). A $50 transferable (but non-refundable) deposit is required at sign up.

A whopping 61+ members were in attendance at the Noreast District Appreciation dinner and meeting held on Wednesday, August 19 in Stephenville. The event was spearheaded by Les Zimmerman, District Executive, and was held to applaud and congratulate the scouting volunteers in the district for their commitment and support to scouting. It was also an opportunity for everyone to meet and become acquainted with the committee members who represent the district to the Texas Trails Council.

You are going to love this! If you haven't already been there, check out the new link to the West Texas Scouting History website. It is chocked full of great historical information & lots of neat photos and pictures in relation to Texas Trails Council, both past and present. Be prepared....to spend some time browsing this wonderful website; it contains 500 pages on the history of Scouting here in West Texas! Thanks to Richard Iley and Greg Simmons for bringing this awesome site to our attention.

Top 10 Reasons Boys Like Scouting

• Hanging Out
• Extreme Adventure
• Water Fun
• Summer Camp
• Getting Outside
• Sports
• Games
• Cool Gear
• Building Stuff
• Great Grub

Top 10 Reasons Parents Like Scouting

• Acceptance
• Activities
• Sociability
• Learning
• Development
• Leadership
• Safety
• Parenting
• Single Parents
• Value