APRIL 1998
April
- 4-8 Canoe Trip Colorado River
- 18 Troop Garage Sale at the Rozelle House
- 24-26 Camporee Tapia Park
May
- 2-3 Chris B’s Eagle Project
BIRTHDAYS
- April 13
Mike Buffum
Steven Andress
April
Leaders/Committee Mtg.
Overnight Training/Planning Mtg.
Round Table
April
- 5 Palm Sunday / Daylight Savings Begins
- 10 Passover begins / Good Friday
- 12 Easter Sunday
May
- 1-3 Jewish Kinnus
- 10 Mother’s Day
- 25 Memorial Day observed
VENTURE CREW -Training & Organizational Meeting
Date: Friday/Sat April 17/18 (weekend before
Camporee)
Place: Luker’s house
Time: Meet at 6:00 p.m., will finish mid morning Saturday
Training Activities by Crew Members:
A. Using backpack tents - Brian B
B. Use & safety of white gas backpack stoves - Bryan M
C. Backpack cooking & menus - Kyle L
D. Organizing & packing your backpack - Chris B
E. Preparing a backpack first aid & survival kit - Corey F
F. Rules of the trail & discussion on boots - Josh H
G. Low impact camping - Dani Y
NOTE: Venture Scouts must have their 1st Class rank and be 14 by summer’s end.
QUOTE OF THE MONTH
Laughter is the language of the Gods
A Buddhist Saying
TROOP GARAGE SALE
TROOP GARAGE SALE
Save your good junk!
Time: Saturday April 18th, 8a.m till 3p.m.
Place: The Rozelle’s house
5800 Le Sage, corner of Hatteras & Le Sage
(1 block east of Platt)
Proceeds will go to defray the summer camp expenses.
EAGLE PROJECTS
Don’t forget to mark your calendars to participate in the
upcoming Eagle projects. May 2-3 we will meet at Piuma Trail Head Parking Lot at Tapia
State Park. More information and sign-ups to be distributed this week at the Troop
meeting. May 8-9 is the overnight at Camp Joan Mier in Malibu. There we will be rebuilding
fences, etc. Again, more info to come.
INTERNET ADDRESS
If you haven’t checked it out lately, the Troop’s
internet site is pretty awesome. Dave Rozelle is in the process of uploading our
newsletters, so they will be there for your reference. In case you have forgotten, the
site is www.markv.com/troop464
IN THE MAILBOX
A bird or animal may leave a temporary impression in the dust
along a trail. If we make a casting of that track, we preserve it for future generations
of Scouts to view. Our lives can make a temporary or permanent mark on this world
according to the way we live. Most of us probably never will be great leaders of nations
or famous in the arts or sciences, but we can still leave a permanent mark on this earth
by the things we do for others. Those who help others, make a permanent mark in the world,
because the good they do lives on long after they have passed away. Decide how to leave
your permanent track as you pass through the years.
Author Unknown
I am one who is on the telephone constantly. I cannot wait for the once
a day call of "Hello, Pete." I reply "hello’, the other person
abruptly says "Oh, can you hold on?" I say "all right" and then when
they come back on the phone they ask if they can call you back. What is the point of even
calling me then. You are not wasting my time if you do not call me, SO DON’T! While I
am enraged, another thing I hate is when I am in a restaurant or a person’s home, and
they have put the toilet paper on backwards. You may not think this is a big deal, but it
is. For example, when you have the right amount of toilet paper and you proceed to tear
the allotted amount and more gets dispensed. That makes you look like a slob.. The people
will talk about how that person does not know how to tear enough toilet paper. Well, for
right now that is enough complaining. I will write soon about some more topics that make
me mad. Until then, bye.
Angry as ever,
Pet-Peeve
THE OUTDOOR CODE
As an American, I will do my best to--
Be clean in my outdoor manners,
Be careful with fire,
Be considerate in the outdoors, and
Be conservation minded.
EDITOR’S NOTE
The month has come to an end, and I hope that you have all had a
good one. Between the bike ride in Solvang, canoe practice at Pardee, and planning the
Camporee practice at Lake Pyramid, it has been very busy. I think we all owe a debt of
gratitude to those who made it all possible. Now is the time to look forward to the next
trip at hand, the Colorado canoe trip. I do hope those that are going are ready for this
undertaking. This should be a wonderful trip, so enjoy and have fun.
Yours in Scouting,
David Ballew, ASM
DB4ABI@aol.com
josbo59055@aol.com
