Scoutmaster Minute: Today was the last official day of this years Merit Badge University and we are grateful for the adult leader that have provide guidance to our Scouts. Lots of hard work observed, and in many cases there is more work to be done by Scouts to finish certain MBs. At the end of the day [...]
Scoutmaster Minute: Mr. Wilson had a great crew join him for a hike at Great Falls this morning...bright and brisk. That is some good prep for the March campout at Sky Meadows and the time we will spend on the Appalachin Trail, see gear advisory below. All Scouts should be thinking about Leadership positions that they can [...]
Scoutmaster Minute: Okay the thinking caps were smoking at the last meeting decoding the cipher..great activitiy Land Sharks. We will have a different variation on teamwork this week as well from Titans. Reminder that Class A uniform is the expectation unless otherwise noted here in the Troop News. We will have several Scout visiting this week, so [...]
Scoutmaster Minute: It was great to see a lively gaggle of Scouts in attendance for Merit Badge University today. Showing up is part one, part two is doing the work to fulfill the requirements as instructed by your counselors. Our excellent adult leadership has yet again organized an awesome lineup and it seems like is there is [...]
Scoutmaster Minute: A bunch a hearty Scouters braved the winter freeze for some slipping and sliding at the Klondike Derby. Sounds like we made a good showing at stations and in the races...nice to actually have snow. Mrs. Powers has share some excellent photos from the weekend. Much appreciate for the adults leadere that supported this event, transported [...]
Scoutmaster Minute: We have a big week ahead of us as we approach the first Klondike Derby since 2019. You should all be prepared, think ahead, and ensure that every scout attending as a daypack with the 10 essnetials. Looking like there will be some great stations and plenty of opportunity for fun. The first rule to [...]
Scoutmaster Minute: Another dose of Mother Nature abilet a little sloppy always makes for fun weekend...hope you had chance to enjoy the snow yesterday. This week you will be leveraging your pioneering skill again. It does appear that bit more superivision in necessary when item are taken back to the trailer. I stop to look an had [...]
Scoutmaster Minute: Mother nature delivered an extra week of winter break...hope you all used the time wisely. The Troop did benefit but having a Mini-Klondike race to test out the sleds which generall were in pretty good shape...functional is perhaps better charactizization. Clear need a little more practice on driving and dragging the sleds...but the 2 man [...]
Scoutmaster Minute: Hello 2022! There are 31,536,000 seconds in a year...use them efficiently and wisely. Troop 893 had a successful 2021 and I am thankfull for the support and effort by our Scouts and adult leadership to keep things moving forward in a positive direction. Going forward will we need to maintain out vigilance as it relates [...]
Scoutmaster Minute: This week will be the last meeting for 2021...how did it go so fast? One key upcoming event is the Klondike Derby and patrols may gather over the winter break to upgrade there Patrol sleds that will be used for that event. The plan for this week is for all scouts in a position of [...]
