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AUGUST 2013 – THIRTY-THREE YEARS OF THE SIGNALER - VOLUME 33, NO. 8

Panoramic view of the National Jamboree 2013

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August 5 Patrol meeting 9 - 11 Family Camp at Solomons Island 12 Troop meeting 14 District Roundtable 15 Troop Adult Meeting 8 PM Brookeville A. 17-18 Monocacy River Canoe & Camp (tentative) 19 TLC/BOR/Patrol meeting 26 Troop meeting 26 School starts (MCPS)

September 2 No meeting, Labor Day, No School (MCPS) 5 No School (MCPS) - Rosh Hashanah 9 Patrol Meeting 11 District Roundtable 12 Venturing Roundtable 16 Troop Meeting 19 Troop Adult Meeting 21-22 Baltimore Weekend Campout 23 “Last Chance” BOR/ TLC/Patrol Meeting 27 MCPS Early Release 30 Fall Court of Honor, SPL & Patrol Leader

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Calendar Quick View Upcoming Dates and Deadlines (Refer to calendar pages and articles for

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(Venturing Crew activities in RED)

Meeting Times Troop 264 – 7:30 PM Mondays

Venturing Crew 264 -- 6:30 PM Mondays

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National Jamboree 2013 – July 20, 2013 Day Trip

On July 20 at 2 AM, our charter bus left Olney to pick up summer campers at Camp Powhatan, at Blue Ridge Scout Reservation in southwestern Virginia.. We arrived there at 8 AM, and waited while the campers were shuttled out from the camp to the pickup point. One charter bus returned to Olney with those campers not able to go to the National Jamboree. But this article is about the second bus.

With scouts on board, we continued northwest to the first National Jamboree at the Summit Bechtel high ad-venture base in southern West Virginia. On the way, we stopped at a highway rest stop and ate a quick early lunch. We arrived at the drop of point around noon, turned in our tickets and release forms in, and boarded a shuttle bus to take us the remaining 20 minutes to the Jamboree site itself.

For visitors on Saturday, the Jamboree was to open at 12 noon. The day’s plan called for attending Jamboree activ-ities, with a evening show and fireworks at dark. But on the shuttle bus, we were told that plans for Saturday had been changed; predicted bad weather in the evening re-quired the show to be moved to start at 4 PM (pre-show at 3 PM) with an end at 6 PM, and shuttle busses remov-ing everyone to the remote parking lot immediately thereafter. And because of that change, all food places,

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T264 and V264 Family Camping August 9-11

Family camping is CANCELLED due to the very low num-ber of signups to date. By cancelling now, we don't in-cur any financial penalties.

Seabase 2014 August 13-20, 2014

Thanks to Mrs. Robbins’ efforts, we have a Tall Ship in the Florida Keys scheduled for August 13-20, 2014. Cur-rently the 20 spaces are filled, and there is a small wait list. The initial payment of $2000, or $100 per per-son, has been sent to Seabase. The next installment for the group, con-sisting of ½ of the remainder due to Seabase, must be paid in late Sep-tember, with the final ½ payment to Seabase due in late February. The-se costs do not include airfare or ground transportation to/from Sea-base, which will be worked out around March to April of 2014.

Participants in the adjacent list must turn in a check for $385 on or be-fore September 16. Please make checks out to BSA Troop 264 and turn them in to the troop’s Treasur-er, Mr. Barth.

Remember that this trip is a year away so it's unlikely to have current conflicts with other activities. Once it's on your calendar, it will be easier to defend against conflicts from other activities. Participants should ex-pect the standard BSA swim test on arrival, so you may want to start working on swimming skills this summer and see how you do.

Crew Who:

David R. Matt McD. Ryan McD. Elizabeth J. Gina H. Anthony J. Luke R. Peter B. William S. Miguel A. Brian H. Jacob Wier. Jacob L. Mrs. Christiane R. Mrs. Carolyn R. Mr. Al B. Mr. Tom H. Mr. Bart H. Mr. Dirk W. Dr. David L.

For the Long range planners

Summer Camp 2014

When: July 13 to 19, 2014

Where: Camp Powhatan in Virginia

Canoeing the Monocacy August 17-18 (Tentative)

Troop 264 is planning a canoe trip along the Monocacy River, down to the point where it meets the Potomac River. There, the canoes would be removed from the water, and participants would camp overnight at the nearby Indian Flats campground on the C&O Canal . Ar-rangements are still being put together, so details and a signup will come later.


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T264 & V264 — Navy Football Scout Day — November 16 — Elks Camporee

Possibility & Details

Mrs. McCabe has offered to coordinate the tickets for Scout Day at the Naval Academy, Saturday, November 16 (think cool). Troop and Crew 264 scouts and adults attend, and this is open to the entire family. The earlier we get tickets, the better seats we can get. And the more likely that seats will be together. This is why you are seeing this e-mail in mid-summer. It certainly is pos-sible to get tickets later, but they may well be separated from the rest of the group.

If you are interested, please contact Mrs. McCabe at [email protected] with your order request. Ticket prices are discounted from the normal cost:

Scouts (including siblings 18 and under) -$12 per ticket Adults (including Troop Leaders)/Family Members - $25

per ticket

Details: www.navysports.com/sports/m-footbl/spec-rel/scout-day-letter.html

In addition, in the morning before the game, Midship-man Holland McCabe will take scouts and scouters on a tour of the Academy grounds. Please let Mrs. McCabe know if you are interested in the tour.

I recommend that if you have interest, please let Mrs. McCabe know BEFORE the start of summer camp (July 14). That will give her the opportunity to buy the first group of tickets.

Additionally, there is a separate OPTION for camping that weekend at additional cost. Please let me know if you have interest in that. If we have enough interest, we can make a request for a campsite. Details: www.mddedcelksassn.org/ECB_Scout_Camporee_2013/2013_camporee_flyer.pdf

It may be worth noting that Scouting for Food collection is Saturday Nov. 9 this year, and Navy Game Nov 16, so it is very possible that the annual Primitive Campout will be held Nov 23-24.

Fall Court of Honor – September 30

The next Court of Honor is coming at the end of Septem-ber. Finish any rank advancements and “partial” merit badges as soon as possible, so they can be awarded at the COH. There are two opportunities for Boards of Review, one in August, one in September. This means rank advancement work and Scoutmaster Conferences have to be complete by September 16. That sounds like a long time away, but it isn’t. Patches for summer camp, the National Jamboree, and other awards will be presented at this time too.

Also, there will be an election for a new Senior Patrol Leader to replace SPL William Santos, who has done well in that role over the past several months. Candidates may be nominated or may nominate themselves at the COH, but all SPL candidates must be at least age 15 and Star rank. Scouts will pick the next SPL.

Fort McHenry and Baltimore – September 21-22

Mr. Tim McCabe has been kind enough to arrange a troop visit to Fort McHenry in Baltimore on the morning of Saturday, September 21. We will be given a flag talk and an artillery drill (no live ammo, sorry). There will be time to look around the fort, which was the scene of a British bombardment during the war of 1812. It was on a British Ship, where he was captive during the shelling, that Francis Scott Key was inspired to write the National Anthem.

Plans are still being drawn up for an afternoon activity, and for camping overnight. We need a patrol to help host this event, if your patrol is willing, please contact Mr. Bickel at [email protected] .

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12 Troop meeting Open: Vikings Skill: Crusaders MB: Eagles

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14 District Roundtable (Hawks)

15 Troop adult meeting, 8 PM, Brookeville Acade-my

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17 Monocacy River Canoe & Camp (tentative)

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19 TLC/BOR Patrol meeting

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September 2013 Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat

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9 Patrol meeting

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11 District Roundtable (Eagkes)

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14 Yom Kippur

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16 Troop meeting Open: Hawks Skill: Eagles MB: Crusaders

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19 Troop adult meeting, 8 PM, Brookeville Acade-my

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21 Baltimore Week-end Campout

22 Baltimore Week-end Campout

23 “Last Chance” BOR TLC/ Patrol meeting

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27 MCPS Early Release day

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30 Fall Court of Hon-or, SPL and patrol leader elections, 7:30 PM Open: Eagles


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Here Mr. Predoehl and Mrs. King found us. Mrs. King reported that she saw someone from Northern Tier carrying a canoe around the Jamboree. That Northern Tier staffer did know Jimmy Bickel, a T264 Eagle Scout, who is this summer working as an Interpret-er at Northern Tier.

A short while later, we five adults went over to the Conservation area, and came across two NCAC people from Montgomery County at a Leave No Trace exhibit. Walking around

the deserted conservation loop (most staffers were headed to the show which was about to start), I recog-nized a Forest Service exhibit recycled from the 2010 Jamboree. We made our way up to the sidewalk and roadway above and behind the show area, where there were (said to be) 100 busses lined up to remove people to the remote parking lot after the show’s finish. We could see thousands of spectators in the field in the hot sun around the stage, below us. Here we found a semi-shady spot and waited for the show’s end.

An adult member of Olney Troop 433 (Oakdale Emory) – whose name I cannot remember, unfortunately, but who was working the Jamboree – recognized us by the troop number and came over to chat. If I have para-phrased him right, his belief was that the Summit needs to make it more clear to attendees that scouts should plan on doing only one activity per day, and not several activities in a day. The distances between the campsites and activities are just too great to allow hiking scouts to participate in multiple activities on a single day.

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trading posts, and activity stations, would shut doors at 2 PM, anyone visitor wanting to eat or shop should do so immediately. The results should have been predicta-ble: these places, and indeed any place of even moder-ate interest, were mobbed at arrival. We were advised there would be a three hour checkout wait at the trad-ing post closest to the entry arch. Additionally, many activities, like the water areas and the zip lines, were closed due to the possibility of lightning.

Once inside, scouts and adults scattered in small groups in several directions. I was with Mr. Bogan, with a cou-ple of scouts and adults who happened to form a group. We did find adult T264 scouter Tony Laing, who paid for the privilege of working at the Jamboree for a week. He, in his blue shirt, was working at a cash register at one of the eateries to the fight of the entrance. He was pleased to see us, and we were certainly pleased to see him.

Having lost the rest of our group in the press of people when we turned our backs, Mr. Bogan and I walked past the show stage area, near the lake, around to the exhib-its on the far side. Here we ran into ASM Rick Justus, who talked to the staffer at the entrance to another trading post, and that staffer let us squeeze in even though it was already 2 PM. The trading post has somer Jamboree-related material, mainly a few different kinds of T-shirts and a variety of patches. We did purchase patches for troop participants and then sat in the shade just inside an adjacent merit badge tent (the merit badge session was closed in anticipation of the show). [Continued next column]


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Color Guard at CSAAC – June 21

At the request of the Community School for Autistic Adults and Children (CSAAC), on Zion Road in Brookeville, MD, four T264 scouts served as a color guard to open the school’s annual graduation ceremony. Special thanks to Conor E., Atticus M., Jacob Wei., and William S. for coming out on short notice (at the request of William) to perform this function.

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After the show ended, and after some confusion ac-counting for different groups who boarded different re-turn shuttle buses, it was close to 7 PM by the time the last (and largest group) returned to the charter bus. By this time it was raining steadily (so the Summit’s deci-

sion about even-ing rain came true). On the way back, a persistent rainbow was visi-ble, first on the right, then on the left of the bus, as the highway curved.

Around 8 PM, the charter bus pulled

off I-64 with the idea we could stop at a Hardee’s for supper. But what we discovered was that another bus, that had passed us on the highway not long before, was already disgorging scouts into the pouring rain, and in-side the restaurant it was very crowded near the coun-ter. Consequently, we continued on to another exit off I-64 and stopped at a McDonalds. This McDonalds was understaffed for so many people but did well at moving orders. Just after the last scouts had ordered (and after Mr. Neufeld filled up the charter bus’s gas tank), a light-ning strike knocked out all power in the area, including McDonalds). The staff let our scouts finish up in the darkened restaurant, and gave them some items that they would have had to throw out anyway, without power. )Back on the bus, the return ride was uneventful, with a return to Olney around 2 AM Sunday morning.

My judgment of the Bechtel Summit is that an impres-sive amount of work has been done in the past few years to make this a working BSA camp, including roads, the lake, and a lot more. There are a vast number of issues to be addressed in planning an event this size. Yet it seems to me that some plans for contingencies could use tweaking, such as not closing all food stations and trading posts when a show is rescheduled. But the-se are “growing pains” and the experience gained from this event should improve the next Jamboree in 2017.

~ Dale Bickel

National Jamboree participants: (* = Venture Crew 264)

David R. Gavin M. Keith M. Luke R. Jacob Wei.

Brandon S. Ryan O. Adam R. Neil W. William S.

Trevor B. Evan N. Bradley N. Tommy B. Luke T.

Atticus M. Sam J. Joshua F. Elijah H. Peter B.

Chad C. Brian H. Elizabeth J.*

Adults:

Mr. Martin P. Mr. Neil W. Mr. Dennis B. Mr. Kirk J.

Mr. Dale B. Mrs. Cindy K. Dr. Paul F. Mr. Eric H.

Mr. Mike O. Mr. Rick J. Mr. Anthony J.

P.S. – Special thanks to Mrs. Julia P., who went from Olney to Pow-hatan on the early morning bus, then returned with the summer camp scouts who could not attend the National Jamboree


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Staff at Jamboree

Here are a few recollections from my week at the BSA Jamboree at Bechtel Summit Reserve (BSR) in Mt Hope WV.

I was a day visitor at the last two Jamborees at Camp AP Hill. At the last one in 2010, I de-cided that I wanted to go on staff for the first Jamboree at the new location in West Vir-ginia. After making contact with the Jam-boree organizers and volunteering for a few slots that were already filled, they asked if I

was interested in joining the Retail Food Team. Under the guise of a Scout (and Scouter) is Helpful, I said yes.

So, I was assigned to work as a cashier in one of three fast food tents in the three areas of the Summit Cen-ter. I worked one of two six hour shifts ether 9:00 - 3:00 or 3:00 - 9:00. The time was well spent and very busy with a continual line of scouts and scouters buy-ing pizza, burritos, drinks, etc. I had never worked a cash register before and now have a new appreciation for cashiers. At the end of the day, we had to tally up the entire day's receipts which amounted to several thousand dollars. (One does not want to make a mis-take.)

When I was off duty I could explore the Jamboree site at will. Bechtel Summit Reserve (BSR) is spread over 10,000 acres and the activity zones are miles apart. The staff camp site where I bunked in a four man tent was over a mile from Summit Center. The dining hall was open for long stretches in the morning and evening and the food was quite qood. Our lunch consisted of trail food that we received at breakfast. The rest of the staff and I quickly learned some shortcuts but we got brisk walks in the morning and evenings. The BSA organization was right on when the enforced their BMI limit as out of shape scouts and scouter would not have made the trek between camp sites and activities. I cannot stress enough the part of the scout oath that one must be "Physically Fit."

I did not get to see most of the BSR activity sites as my time was limited and the weather did not cooperate as

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well as we would have liked with threats of lightning most afternoons that limited activity. But what I did get to see was quite impressive. While most of the activities are limited to the use of the scouts it is fun to watch them enjoy themselves and learn. My personal favorite is the Woodcarving Merit Badge as the leaders are all world class carvers and they display some of most intri-cate and artful neckerchief slides that one can hope to see. I did get to participate in a Dragon Boat Race and the activity leader said this was the fastest growing sport in the world.

The BSR activities reflect the lastest interest of scouts--mountain bike riding, BMX bike riding, skate boarding, zip lining, canopy climbing etc. The one zip line in the canopy is one of the longest in the world at 3,200 feet.

It was a sign of our times that some of the scouters in-troduce themselves as having come from nearby the lo-cation of a recent shooting--a troop next to us was from Newton, Connecticut, my one bunk mate was from Au-rora, Colorado, and another staffer was from the loca-tion of a mass shooting in Texas. Lets hope that this is not a growing trend in how we define and introduce ourselves. I discovered that BSR did not have enough volunteers for all of the activities. The scouts complete a curricu-lum and some of the activities were slowed down by two few scouters helping out. The next Jamboree is scheduled in four years in 2017 and then the Interna-tional Jamboree is coming in 2019. I plan to volunteer for both and encourage other scouters to volunteer.

My concluding observation after working side-by-side with older scouts who were doing the same volunteer work as me and also in my encounters with scouts from all over the nation is that our future is bright! As a whole these are a group of level headed, resilient and helpful young men and women.


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Summer Camp 2013

A write-up for summer camp is requested for the next Signaler, but

until then, here is a list of summer camp participants, Camp Powha-

tan at Blue Ridge Scout Reservation:

Tomer A.** Elijah H. Ryan O. Michael W.

Peter B. Brian H. Caleb H. Joey U. **

Tommy B. Sam J. Joel P. Brendan O.**

Trevor B. Nathan K. David R. Neil W.

Chad C. Luke M.* Adam R. Mr. Doug Long

Kevin C. Atticus M. William S. Mr. Dennis B.

Joshua F. Gavin M. Brandon S. Mr. Martin Predoehl

Anthony F. Keith M. Luke R. Mr. Neil Walter

Eric F. Bradley N. Luke T. Mr. J.P. Marple ***

John F. Evan N. Jacob W.

* 2 nights camping ** 5 nights camping *** 3 nights camping

Whitewater Rafting on the Cheat River, WV June 29-30

Signaler received these great pictures from the raft-ing trip. It looks like a great time!

Advancement Camp Week #2

SAR/Medical July 14 - 20, 2013

I chose to go to the 2nd week of advancement since of the ten merit badge programs offered I was most interested in this set. The Advancement Camp, spon-sored by the Laurel Highlands Council, was held at Camp Twin Echo near Ligonier, PA. I enjoyed not only working on six merit badges, but participating in activities with my “camp patrol.” We did a search and rescue exercise that was realistic and exciting. There

was a Ultimate Frisbee Football competition be-tween all the patrols that was fun. Even though I was the only one from the National Capitol Council, I met a lot of guys from sev-eral Councils in Pennsylva-nia.

~ Nicholas C. Mess Hall Guardian

Pale Blue Dots – Earth

NASA’s Astronomy Picture of the Day website, http://apod.nasa.gov, for July 23, 2013 contains a pair of pic-tures taken of Earth on the same day, from behind Sat-urn (dark planetary curve on the upper left) and from Mercury. That’s a span in excess of 960 million miles. Direct link: http://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap130723.html .

Compare these images with the original “pale blue dot” picture taken in 1990 from beyond Neptune, by the spacecraft Voyager I (see the August 2010 Signaler at page 29).

Apod.nasa.gov is a great resource to learn about the universe, on a youth-safe website. Click on links and ex-plore the universe! Many times, clicking on a picture will download a larger or higher resolution picture. (Some of these make good computer sesktop back-grounds.)

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Video Training for Tenderfoot, Second Class, and First Class

Scouting.org has videos available to help scouts with the rank requirements of Tenderfoot, Second Class, and First Class. These short videos include the current re-quirements listed for Tenderfoot through First Class.

http://www.scouting.org/scoutsource/Applications/RankVideo.aspx

Getting Credit for Troop Activities

It’s important that everyone who participates in Troop 264 campouts, trips, and community service activities gets credit for their hard work. The Signaler provides the permanent record of everyone who attends these events. Patrol leaders need to take responsibility for collecting the names of participants in their patrols and send those lists, preferably by email, to the Signaler staff by the monthly deadline. E-mail lists to [email protected].

Troop Activity Policy

Please be reminded that it is troop policy (and common courtesy) for a scout or scouter to pay the costs associat-ed with an event he or she has signed up for but did not attend, without being asked. No-shows increase the costs to the troop and the participants, require the troop to reserve unneeded space and transport excess equip-ment, and results in wasted food and materials. We re-alize that situations inevitably will occur that prevent a scout from attending events, and ask that the scout or scouter contact the person organizing the event right away. If the conflict is raised early enough, adjustments can often be made where food has not yet been pur-chased or reservations have not been finalized.

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NCAC Website Update

The Council's website, www.boyscouts-ncac.org, is mov-ing to http://www.ncacbsa.org . The site is live although it may not yet be complete. The new site is supposed to replace the old in the very near future. Which means all the links and bookmarks you have saved will need to be located and updated.

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Resources for Planning Troop Outings

On the troop website, under “Outings” at http://www.troop264olney.net/outings.html, you will find links to infor-mation about places the troop has visited, as well as:

Guide and Checklist for Planning Troop Outings (revised July 2013 ), which provides a step-by-step guide for Scouts and adults to plan a successful trip;

Troop Outing Expense Accounting spreadsheet, to help Scouts and adults ensure that costs of troop outings are fully covered;

Historical Hikes and Camping Summary Form, that Scouts and adults can download and complete or update with new information about particular hikes and campouts that can then be sent to the troop webmaster [presently Mr. Bickel] for uploading to the troop website; and

Links to completed summary forms containing information about various historical hikes and campouts the troop has done, including information about Scout patches or medals that can be earned and information about accessibility for physically-challenged Scouts or adults.

For further information about any of these tools, contact Mr. Bob Irvin at [email protected].

Troop and Crew Drivers’ Info Update Needed

Each Boy Scout troop and Venturing Crew is required to maintain some basic information about the adult drivers that may be transporting scouts to and from events. This information is kept confidential and is only used to ap-ply for BSA Tour plans, which are required for all trips outside the NCAC Council area, and for specific kinds of ac-tivities within the Council.

So that we can keep our records current, please complete the attached form with current information and return it to Mr. Dale Bickel. Thanks in advance for your assistance! Note that changes in the BSA requirements means that we don’t need as much data as in the past.

Name(s): _______________________________________________________________

Address: ___________________________________________________________________________

City, State: ____________________________ BSA registration no. (if known): _____________________

Phone number: ________________________ E-mail address: ___________________________________

Vehicles (Make, Model, Year) ___________________________________________________________

and No. of Seatbelts __________________________________________________________________

__________________________________________________________________

My insurance meets state standards: Y / N

BSA Youth Protection online training is current (if known)? Y / N

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BOR Any scout needing a Board of Review should call Mr. Walt Greenspon @ (301-774-5394) no later than two Sundays (8 days) before the scheduled Board of Review. Failure to give proper notification will delay your BOR until the next month. Get your Scoutmaster Conference prior to calling Mr. Greenspon. If your scout is scheduled for the BOR, he must bring an adult with him. That adult is needed to sit on a BOR for another scout. This way we can accommodate all scouts striving for advancement.

Dress Code for BOR: Class “A” shirt, neckerchief, slide and scout pants (khaki or black pants can be substi-tuted).

A scout hat is preferred.

Attention: Board of Review (BOR) Procedures

Some years ago we set up a new procedure for scouts to follow for requesting Board of Reviews. Being a large troop, we needed to give the adults sitting on the BORs some lead-time. Recently the procedure has been sliding and the adults are getting short notice because of last minute BORs being scheduled. Therefore we are restating our policy. FORGOT THE PROCEDURE? NO PROBLEM – It is almost always on one of the last pages of each Signaler edition. Also, you can look at any past edition of the Signaler for this information.

Editor Nicholas C. [email protected]

Webmaster Mr. Dale Bickel 301-774-0416 [email protected]

Reporters: William S. 301-260-8605 [email protected]

Signaler Adults: Mr. Dale Bickel 301-774-0416 [email protected]

Adult Advisors:

Scoutmaster: Mr. Dennis Bogan 301-774-2768 [email protected]

Treasurer: Mr. Al Barth 301-570-0869 [email protected]

Troop Committee: Mr. Mark Russell 301-774-1077 [email protected]

Order of the Arrow (OA) Mr. Rick Justus 301-774-7833 [email protected]

Advancement Chairman: Mr. Gary Matyas 301-570-0610 [email protected]

SPL: William S.

Adult activity coordinators – please submit information about upcoming activities to Signaler Staff

(electronically or hardcopy) by the deadline. Please contact a Signaler reporter if you would like to have a

Scout generate the announcement for you. If any information about or participants of activities have been left

out of the Signaler; corrections will be made in the next issue. Please send any corrections to The Signaler at

[email protected].

The Signaler is posted on the troop’s website, www.troop264olney.net. Notice is sent by E-MAIL when the new Signaler edition is posted. To get on the e-mail list, or to be removed or make corrections, please send an e-mail to [email protected] (Mr. Dale Bickel).

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