TROOP TRIBUNE
TROOP 464
JUNE 2000

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SCOUTMASTER’S CORNER

 Greetings to all 464 Scouts, especially our new Scouts who have just joined our Scout family. This past Court of Honor we had the privilege of officially welcoming eleven new Scouts to our Troop. We are growing!!!

This past month or Troop participated in the "Flags on Graves" event at the National Cemetery in Westwood. We had over twelve Scouts present plus five adult leaders. It was quite inspiring and gave meaning to what Memorial Day is all about.

The month of June is Summer Camp month. There are thirty boys going with six adult leaders. Chris Balian is going for the first time as an Assistant Scout Master, something I would like to see all our Scouts do when they reach the age of eighteen. The Scout leaders are planning an active summer with lots of things to do. I hope to see all our Scouts come, new as well as older members of our Troop.

A special welcome to the parents of our new Scouts. We are quite blessed with very talented leaders coming from Cub Scout packs. Please participate in any way you would like in our Troop. This is what gives the boys the guidance and support.

Well, enough said for this month. Look forward to giving everyone a report after summer camp.

Yours in Scouting: 
Alex Balian Scoutmaster

WORDS OF WISDOM
The Knot That Tells A Story

Scouts, if your rank is between second class and life, take a look at your badge of rank. What do all those badges have in common?
That's right, they all have the "Be Prepared" scroll with a knot dangling from it. Does anyone remember what the know it supposed to remind us of?

Right again. It's a reminder to do a Good Turn every day. If the know could talk, it would tell us of billions of Good Turns stretching back over 88 years. Are you adding a chapter to that story each day?

Our Troop often does big Good Turns for our chartered organization or the community. But does that mean that you can forget about Good Turns the rest of the time? Of course not. As Scouts, you have pledged to do a Good Turn daily. Obviously that doesn't mean you have to spend several hours on some major project every day.

But, it does mean that at home, in school, and when you're with friends you will go out of your way to do a simple kindness - take out the garbage without being asked, help a buddy with his homework, or run an errand for your folks without grumbling.

Those little Good Turns make life more pleasant for other people. They also add another link in that long string of Good Turns going back to Scouting's beginnings.

Yours in Scouting,
David Ballew, ASM

UPCOMING MEETINGS
June
 7 Troop Meeting
14 Troop Meeting
21 Troop Meeting
28 Troop Meeting

July 
5   Troop Meeting
12 Troop Meeting
19 Troop Meeting
26 Troop Meeting

DATES OF INTEREST
June
 14 Flag Day
18 Father's Day
July 
4 Independence Day

InBox

Here's some news about some of our Scouts:
Chris Balian: Chris was awarded a special recognition award from the Los Angeles Unified School District for his participation and contribution as a student leader on the Board. As Student Body President of El Camino Real High School, he served on the Board in the discussion of vital issues affecting the second largest school system in the country.

Chris was also on Channel 5 in a panel discussion called "Pacesetters" where he gave the teenage perspective of problems involving teenage drinking and driving.

Josh H:   Josh has won the All City Championship in the 50 yard freestyle swimming competition. This is quite an accomplishment considering the thousand of swimmers he had to beat to attain this award. We may have a new Olympic champ in our Troop.

(If any of you have input about your child or know about special achievements of one of our own, please forward the information to Judy Osborne @ josbo59055@aol.com or josborne@lcmcpa.com.)

SUMMER CAMP
All Scouts attending summer camp: you must see Karen Osterheldt or Pauline Crane ASAP regarding merit badges. We need to send the list to camp right away.

Karen Osterheldt, ASM/
Achievements

NEWSLETTER
If you have input/suggestions/complaints about the newsletter, please send your comment to Judy Osborne (see above for email address). She promises not to go ballistic if you have constructive criticism. Actually, any input would be greatly appreciated. I don't know if anyone reads these or not!

Seriously, if you have any input, please send it on. This is a very kind audience. We'd love to hear of any Scout's achievements as well as pass on information about upcoming outings and adventures.

Judy Osborne
Secretary