Copied directly from the e-mailed newsletter sent out from Lou Nester
OSCEOLA DISTRICT NEWSLETTER
JUNE, 2007.
I sure can’t believe it is June
already and all of our Boy Scouts are getting ready for Summer Camp and some
of our Cub Scouts are attending Day Camp this week.
Thanks to Kelly Davis
and her team for their services to this years Day Camp Program. The Day
Camp in St. Augustine will be July 9-13 at the Community Bible Church at
3150 US#1 south, from 8 A.M. to 4:30 P.M. They will offer the TOT-LOT
program to the parents who help. Their kids not in the program can come for
$25.00. Al Lee asks that I remind you that they need Boy Scouts to help that
week. Kelly said that they need more Leaders also.
Coming up this Thursday
evening (6-7-07) is our Monthly Roundtable meeting.
Unit Commissioners don’t
forget about the Commissioners meeting at 6:30 and the Roundtable will meet
at 7:30. We sure would like for you to attend the Roundtables. When we get
a good turn out the meeting(s) seem to be more productive.
I hope those Eagle
Candidates or Eagles and parents attending the Cape Canaveral dedication on
the 25th of May had a great time. It was highly publicized and if
anyone has some group photos I would enjoy getting copies.
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Hopefully everyone has
visited the Osceola District Web Site: www.osceolascouts.com. Mr.
Pottridge has now put in some old Photos of many of the folks you will
remember. He also puts the Newsletter in on a monthly basis and usually
leaves the last 3 Newsletters on the website and erases after that. The
District Calendar is also on the website except we still have to include
October 2007.
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THE CANOE RACE HAS BEEN
SCRUBBED. NOT SUFFICIENT RESPONSE;
David Barfield, our
Camping and Outdoor Activities Chairman, has cancelled this years canoeing
activities. See E-mail attached. Please let David Know what your interest
is for next year. E-mail
jamesjdavid@se.rr.com.
David Barfield has
updated me on the status of the Troops who will be attending Summer Camp
this year and where they are headed too. We will need the Merit Badge
Information when you return. Thanks for your cooperation and support.
We need this information even though your Tour Permit is normally what gets
you Credit for attending a long term camp. We have found that often the Camp
that you attended never supplies our Local Council any Information so it
becomes our responsibility to make it happen. THANKS
NOTE:
IF your selected Summer Camp is over 500 miles a national Tour Permit has to
be processed, otherwise a Local Tour Permit has to be completed.
Please don’t forget to
renew your HSR accident insurance.
Please tell the Parents
if you don’t plan on carrying the insurance. I don’t believe you can afford
not to carry the Insurance. Health Special Risk, Inc (HSR) is very
reasonable. I keep reminding you because I want the District
Committee and our District Chairman to be able to say we told you so. This
leaves all the responsibility on the Leaders of the unit(s).
If your unit needs a
Life to Eagle briefing or a project review be sure to call Dr. Clarke at
699-8138 on the north end of the County and Lou Nester at 814-4073 for the
South End. Thanks for your continued service in helping these Life to Eagle
Scouts. Dr. Clarke has had 2 Eagle Candidates to complete their EBOR, 2
Eagle Candidates have had their Eagle Projects
Approved and 2 more
projects ready for review by the board. They have several more from T-277
that will get their projects reviewed in the next several months.
St. Augustine
Advancement Committee, Roy Blake and his team have approved 9 projects and 2
of those have been completed awaiting paperwork
For the EBOR Review and
Merit Badges or paperwork completion. The balance of 7 projects in work
should be completed by August. We need all of this to happen and we need one
(1) more Eagle by the end of the year to beat last year’s record. Thanks to
the Boards, the Applicable Scout Units and their Leaders and to the Eagle
Candidates. THANKS SO MUCH.
Steven Pellicer could
use some help with his Eagle Project at the Guana State Park. Please see the
E-mail attached. Subject: Steven’s Eagle Project.
Attached is an e-mail
from April Pellicer relative to what is coming up for the OA members.
A VERY IMPORTANT CHAPTER MEETING JUNE 14, 7:30 P.M. AT IHOP, St.
Augustine
If you have any Training
Experience or have attended the Train the Trainer, Training you may be
qualified to teach certain subjects in the District. The District
Committee, Myself and the Leaders needing such training would appreciate you
taking on a Training Position. I would be glad to get your E-Mail relative
to this position.
boyscoutlou@se.rr.com
THANKS FOR YOUR SERVICE.
I have received 2 Blue
Cards so far for the Automotive Merit Badge. I can’t believe your Scouts
are willing to throw away 3 hours of training and they only have 3 more
hours to go.
I previously requested
Merit Badge Cards for the Automotive Merit Badge so that I can get them to
the Merit Badge Counselor and schedule the completion of the Merit Badge(s).
Please Cooperate and get those to me.
Lou Nester, 215 Dusty
Road, St. Augustine, Fl 32095.
Also, I have the
Fingerprinting Cards for your completion to get the Merit Badge for your
Scouts. Partials were done at the Crossover Camporee.
See me at Roundtable for
those cards.
Parents and Scouts of
ages 4 through grades 6. Come on down to the OLYMPIAN FASCAR RALLY,
Saturday June 9 from 10 A.M. --2 P.M.
Bring your Hot Wheels
and Match Box Cars and enjoy the activities. Where COMMUNITY BAPTIST CHURCH
of St. Augustine, 3150 US One South.
Please send email to
your parents so that they can enjoy this activity.
THANKS FOR THE TIME YOU
GIVE TO SCOUTING
YOURS IN SCOUTING
LOU NESTER
PROGRAM CHAIRMAN
KEY THREE
DISTRICT CHAIRMAN:
R.J. Larizza 824-5711
DISTRICT
EXECUTIVE: Justin Rutland
(904)652-4014
DISTRICT COMMISSIONER
Buddy Haynes 501-7011
PROGRAM POSITIONS:
Program Chairman
` Lou Nester 829-6981
Advancement and Recognition Chairman Please Apply
Training
Chairperson Please Apply
Camp Promotions and Outdoor
Chairman David Barfield 819-1997
Activities and Civic Service Chairperson
Al Lee Watkins 347-1388
Roundtable Commissioners:
Cubs: John Southerland 669-1721
Scouts: Tim Griffing 824-1073
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THANKS FOR YOUR
DEDICATION AND HARD WORK FOR OUR YOUTH
Lou Nester-Program
Chairman, 829-6981, E-Mail boyscoutlou@se.rr.com
