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H I S T O R Y O F A H I S T O R I A N

Keegan L., Vipers

Back about a year ago, I needed a role in the troop for rank advancement. I

wasn’t quite ready at the time for a very large job, but I needed something. When

Mrs. Bennett asked for volunteers for a leadership position in our troop, I signed

up quickly. This position was for Troop Historian. At first, I thought that this

would be a very hard and frustrating job, but I quickly got used to it. This is how I

got to typing on my keyboard to talk to you awesome people for a rank.

Although the position is enjoyable, it is still work and it still has require-

ments. We still have to go to meetings and plan for our articles. We also then

have to write the monthly articles. We proof read, edit, and make our Troop

newsletter. We scouts are the ones who keep the newsletter in check. That’s what

we do as historians.

This was a pretty good job, though. My favorite part was writing my crea-

tive articles, and I once got one of my stories picked by the District to share on

their website! I really did like it. It was exciting and fun, and could be quite amusing.

It had its kinks, but it was an all-around good and awesome job.

We will soon need new historians. I liked it and I think anyone could do it

for their leadership position. I believe people should try this to learn how to work

on creative Troop stories with deadlines. As my role soon comes to an end, I

hope some of you consider taking on this cool position.

I N S I D E T H I S

I S S U E :

HISTORY OF A

HISTORIAN 1

SCOUTMASTER

CORNER 2

ADULT TRAINING 2

SPL NOTES 3

PHYSICAL TRAIN-

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FLAGS IN/OUT 4

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SCHOLASTIC ACA-

DEMIC AWARDS

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PICTURES 6

JUNE CALENDER 7

JULY CALENDER 8

2014 CALENDER 9

WHO WE ARE 10

MERIT BADGES 10

UPCOMING EVENTS 10

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As an American, I will do my best to— Be clean in my outdoor manners Be careful with fire Be considerate in the outdoors Be conservation-minded

SCOUTMASTER CORNER School is out for summer and at this time every year I hear the same,

"Can't wait to shred this APUSH notes", "We are having a note burning

party at the next campout." Often we are eager to leave behind the

knowledge we learned to relax for the summer and move on to the next

school year. In Scouting that is not the case. The Oath and Law are the

basis of everything we do in Scouting. These are our Ideals, we say them

every meeting. You promise to live by them the very first time you got

your Scout Patch, yet people still struggle to recite them. If you cannot

recite the Oath or Law how can you live by it? The knowledge we im-

part, just like school, is to be retained and lived. You might think you will

never need algebra again or that chemistry lab but at some point in your

life you will think back trying to remember how to neutralize an acid or

find the area of a circle. Do not let that happen to the Scout Oath, the

Scout Law and the things you learn in Scouting! Live these things every-

day and you will go very far. Knowledge IS power and the more you

know, the better a person you will be.

YIS

Bryan

Welcome To Our

New Scouts

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ADULT TRAINNG.

Adults, if you complete any training, please provide Ron Young

(rony270120@gmail.com) with the information so you will get credit for the training. Also, If you plan to attend campouts Youth Protection Training and a current BSA Physical forms are both required. Youth Protection Training needs to be renewed every 2 years. Please be sure your training is current. You can take the training here. Youth Protection training is required for all BSA registered volunteers. Youth Protection training must be taken every two years.

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SPL NOTES

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The month of May could be considered one of the finer months for this troop. We

attended Camp Buffalo and had a blast (no pun intended) at the shooting campout. Several factors contributed to our success, such as aspiring young individuals stepping up to help with positions that needed filling, as well as working with a troop that continues to im-

press me with every campout. We also had some very nice skills demos, such as Mr. Ratt’s very informative shooting safety demo.

This campout also provided us with a preview of our next summer camp. I look forward to the coming months all of you.

Physical training is mostly used at Troop 199 in the morning to wake people up and give them

some exercise. I know exercise is “for something other than scouts” but if you can’t move around and do stuff, then you need to get in shape! So when the troop hikes, you can keep up and have fun with your friends on the hike. Usually, they call physical training P.T. That’s just physical training abbreviated. If you ever go to West Point with the troop, you will do some hardcore P.T. in the morning. One of the Ca-dets will wake you up (most likely Daniel Sprouse) and make you dress quickly and get out and do some exercise like push ups, sit ups, jumping jacks, squats and running. You will get down and dirty during that type of P.T. because you are on the ground. The P.T. the scouts do is nothing that bad or serious, but it does get you up and running. Now, there is one great thing about P.T. that everyone loves. It’s free! Mike R. Vipers

Physical Training

Flags In/Out

Flags in/out is just as the title suggests, putting flags out, and taking them back in,

but there is a deeper meaning to it than just that. We are putting flags out to honor veter-ans that have served our country and have passed. Every year at Oaklawn Cemetery, Troop 199 will meet and have donuts because it is earlier in the morning. Then we will split into groups and go to different parts of the cemetery to place flags over the head-stones of fallen soldiers. This year, we had the biggest turn out for attendance. In years past we have had a little less than half the troop show up. It is not just Troop 199 scouts either; there are siblings to scouts and sometimes scouts from other troops. We even had a Webelos scout attend one year. We do this every Saturday before Memorial Day. It is a very simple gesture with a much greater meaning. Flags In is just the opposite of Flags Out. Every year, Troop 199 goes out and col-lects all the flags that they placed. We do this the Saturday after Memorial Day, every year. I think Flags In/Out is a great way for scouts to honor veterans that have passed and I am glad that we continue to do it year after year. Vipers, Smiles

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Andre —Presidential Outstanding Academic Excellence David E., 10th grade at Fishers High School, was awarded the "most

likely to go into the woods and never come out" award. Also awarded the "most likely to go on safari and come back with trophy heads"

Joshua D. received a math bowl award.

Jack T.— FCI 5th grade Math League Achievement

Matthew L. Fall Creek Intermediate 5th Grade Perfect Attendance

Aidan received a certificate for straight A’s as a 6th grader at Mt. Vernon Middle School

Caleb received a perfect attendance award from Sand Creek Elementary 5th Grade

Erik A. goes to Fall Creek Intermediate, grade 5. He received perfect attendance for this year award.

Michael R. - HSE, Scholar athlete award for maintaining a minimum 3.75 GPA and being a varsity athlete

Ben T., 5th grade, Riverside Intermediate School, Ben received these awards:

Participation award for Indiana Academic M.A.T.H. Bowl - they were the state champions this year!

Participation award for Indiana Academic Science Bowl - they were the state runner-up’s this year!

Honor Roll for the entire school year 2013-2014

Recognition Award for Northwestern University's Midwest Academic Talent Search - Ben took the ACT test in December with other high school students. He was the only fifth grader to do this. He scored a 26 composite score!

Keegan finished with High Honor Roll for the year

Justin, 8th grade Tech Ed Student of the Year.

Garrett and his "set a good example" award

Garrett B., Hamilton South-eastern High School, Gradu-ating June 7th

SAGE Award winner—SAGE stands for Set A Good Exam-ple and I was nominated by my model United Nations sponsors.

AJ received the Health and Fitness award at Riverside Intermediate

Preston— Fall Creek Intermediate Fifth grade Award: Northwestern University's Midwest Academic Talent Search Recognition Award

Smiles, 7th Grade, Honor Roll & Out-standing Scholastic Achievement in Language Arts

2014 Troop 199’s Scholastic Academic Awards

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If you are wanting

more information on

what Merit Badges

are available or what

the requirements

are, check out

http://

meritbadge.org/wiki/

index.php/Main_Page

Be sure to see Mr. Ratts and get a Blue

Card before starting your Merit Badge.

SLDM Church Ministry Center (behind the Church)

11441 Hague Road, Fishers, IN

Meeting Time: Tuesday nights from 7:00pm to 8:15pm

Contact Info:

Committee Chairman: Eric Hobson

(ehobson@troop199.org)

Scoutmaster: Bryan Spellman

(scoutmaster@troop199.org) or 572-7199

Troop 199 Quick Facts: Things you need to know about our troop:

We meet every Tuesday from 7pm to 8:15pm

We camp once a month, year round!

We go to Summer Camp for one week every year

We are a SCOUT led troop. The Patrol Leaders' Council meets monthly to plan our Troop Meetings and Campouts

Our Scouts plan our activities for the year

We have tons of Trained Adult Volunteers who help our youth leaders and our Patrols

We go on a High Adventure Trip every year

We are a Full Uniformed Troop

We want you to join us!!!

We Are Troop 199

Merit Badges Upcoming Events

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CANOEING CAMPOUT

TROOP SWIM

SUMMER CAMP

FISHERS FREEDOM FESTIVAL

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PHILMONT