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UPCOMING EVENTS Nov 12-14 Backpacking Trip UPCOMING MEETINGS Nov 3
Troop Meeting Dec 1
Troop Meeting BIRTHDAYS Nov 2
Pauline Crane Dec 1
Dominick W DATES OF INTEREST Nov 11
Veterans’ Day SCOUTMASTER’S CORNER Our Troop has been quite busy these past couple of month. We have had beach campouts, first aid instructions, finger printing instructions, bike riding campouts, and the list goes on and on. The Scout Leaders have a lot more things planned for the rest of the year which promises to end the century with a bang! Speaking of the new century, or Y2K, however you want to call it, everyone is talking about being ready for the new century. All sorts of things are being discussed to better prepare all of us. However, I haven’t seen anyone talk about how we can prepare our character or improve our leadership. I, therefore, would like to offer some simple recommendations to help our leadership and character prepare for the new millennium. I would like to share with al of you 10 ways that you can help improve your leadership ability. 1. Begin with praise and honest appreciation. 2. Call attention to people’s mistakes indirectly. 3. Talk about your own mistakes before criticizing the other person. 4. Ask questions instead of giving direct orders. 5. Let the other person save face. 6. Praise the slightest improvement and praise every improvement. 7. Set the example of the standards you expect other people to follow. 8. Use encouragement. 9. Give a solution along with a criticism. 10. Have the other person be committed to suggestions by involving them in the solution. These 10 items have helped me in my life as a leader, so I would like to pass them on to you for the new century.
Yours in Scouting,
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SENIOR PATROL LEADER The Snake that Poisons Everybody It topples governments, wrecks marriages, ruins careers, busts reputations, causes heartaches, nightmares, indigestion, spawns suspicion, generates grief, dispatches innocent people to cry in their pillows. Even its name hisses, it is called gossip. Office gossip, shop gossip, party gossip. It makes headlines and headaches. Before you repeat a story, ask yourself: Is it true? Is it fair? Is it necessary? If not, shut up.
Submitted by, IN-BOX DUTY What most people would call a job is actually a responsibility for Scouts. As it says in the Scout oath “to do my duty, to God and my country.” As Boy Scouts, we follow the Scout Oath in our everyday lives. And we do our duty, not our jobs. That is the way everyone should think about doing their duty to whatever it may be.
Your friend in Scouts, RESPECT/MATURITY I think that our Troop is doing good, but, I think that we need to improve on friendship in the Troop. The reason I think so is because I see a bit of arguing that goes on and I get very tired of it. I would like to see a change in the way people act. I would like to see more respect and more maturity in the Troop. If everyone were to do this, then it would be a lot easier to get things done. Kyle L, PL OdBals HELPFULNESS Being helpful is a great thing to be. It will help you a lot with your life. It wouldn’t hurt to help sometimes. Blake Straus COURTESY What is courtesy? Courtesy is to be nice and respectful to others. If you are not courteous to others, you are a bad person. Marc C, APL Owls A Scottish born machinist blinded in an industrial accident, he swore if he ever regained his sight he would devote himself to the inventions of nature. And regain it he did. In the 1880’s, he became the country’s first environmentalist and fought tirelessly to preserve the matchless beauty of places like Yellowstone and Yosemite Valley. With his passion and commitment, John Muir helped establish the world’s first national parks, and gave us a vision of the beauty that surrounds us all. Taken from an ad for State Farm Ins.
Submitted by, MONTHLY HOROSCOPE Libra: Today you will oversleep. You will be forced to wear the same clothes from the day before. You will more than likely be in a bad mood because all they have on TV is “Full House” re-runs! You will have meat loaf for dinner. Your lotto numbers are 10, 26, 78. Dani Y,Troop Guide |
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EDITOR’S NOTE “Scouting is a GAME with a Purpose, FUN is the game, VALUES are the purpose, LEARNING is the process.” This was the opening statement in the Adult Leader’s Fundamentals course I took 3 years ago. The Adult Leaders of this Troop are not just taking your child on fun outings, we’re teaching something fundamentally valuable for their future, we’re teaching leadership. And believe me, every one of us takes this job seriously. The Scouting Program is probably the first place your child will be given responsibility over planning, organizing, and executing an activity that, on first glance, looks like just a fun outing. But, on closer examination, is actually an exercise in management and leadership. You can help! This newsletter is designed to foster communication between the troop and the parents, and on another level, foster communication between parents and their children. In the coming months, I will be asking kids of all ages to write SHORT essays on subjects that are of value to our Troop and to their future skills as adults. As you read this newsletter, TALK to your kids about it. Ask them what they think about what the kids are writing. Here is a way to start a family conversation over the dinner table, or a way to communicate YOUR values to your child. A brilliant commercial comes to mind, in it a mother and son are driving home from school. Not a word is spoken between them, just when you wonder what the heck is going on, the graphic appears…”another wasted opportunity to talk with your child about pot.” Have you read the latest issue of “Boys Life?” In it there is a comic strip about “Spiderman” (yes, the superhero). I urge you all to read it and more importantly, DISCUSS it with your kid. Well…enough… I’d like to thank Dave Ballew for all his tireless efforts working on the newsletter for the last several years, I only hope I can do justice to the job he established. And if any of you are interested in becoming Assistant Scoutmasters…Talk to Alex or myself…we’ve got a whole pile of applications and there’s always room for another.
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