EAGLE TIMES

***TROOP 80**BSA**MAY/JUNE 2004***

TROOP 80 WEBSITE: www.eightyscouts.org

Vol. 21, Num. 4                                                                                                                                                                             June 7,2004

DATES TO REMEMBER

July 16-25....Yellowstone

August 3...Ice Cream Night

August 27-29....Camp Don

Family/Annual Reunion

***HAPPY BIRTHDAY***

May: Jim Gwinn 10, Patrick Sanborn 16, Dr. Steve Banks 19.

June: David Johnson 2, T.J. Moore2, Jake Chappell

5, Jason Stegall 6, Josiah Krulik 20, Devin Michelotti 24, Richard Thamer 25, Paul Kiefer 26.

^^WATER POLO FINALS^^

Blackfeet 3, Seminole 0.

In an overwhelming display of too many bodies for the patrol to handle. Stucky led the Blackfeet to victory over undermanned eleven year old scouts. However, the Blackfeet are well deserving of the crown, not ever being seriously contested for the championship. In retrospect, the Seminole have nothing to hang their heads over since they just joined this year and won two games to get to the finals. They will be back.

++THANKS B SQUAD++

B Squad and others have been busy. The boys in the Blackfeet and Mohawk patrols, plus the Johnson Bros., sold cookie dough to raise money for a new Troop computer. Westgate Computers (Tim and Sue Monaghan) gave the troop a great price. James Spencer came up with the idea and also got a new monitor donated. The computer is very powerful and will serve the troop for many years. Many thanks to all who helped make this possible.

 <<<<<SNEED RANCH>>>>>>

Great camp! Annual chain saw fest. Spencer led the Mohawks and Seminoles on an over night adventure, but they do not get credit for Hike miles. Henry, you need to rescue your boys from this. Blackfeet win the Mini-camporee, Mohawks took second and Kiowa finished third. Great food. Garry Wood cooked up brisket and ribs for dinner, with Johnny Wood preparing the fixings. Patrols did outstanding job of campsite preparation. Aaron did not ride the zip line. Will need to rebuild bridge next year. RT is doing the engineering. Something about airlift, D-9 cats and dynamite. Can’t wait.

------ALUMNI REPORTS-------

Ben Steed (Eagle 2001) is going to Marine Corps officers candidate school at Quantico, Va. He’s a class officer at A&M, active in the corps,etc., so he turned out OK.  Able Wilson (Eagle 2001) is currently in Baghdad; he arrived there in March. Says he’s not seen much action at this point. Able is in the Air Force TAC-P which calls in air support for the Army ground troops. He is connected to the 1^st Cavalry division of the army. He’s slated to be in Iraq four months, and seems pretty certain that he’ll come home in July.  David Alexander (Eagle 2000) 101^st Airborne, and his unit returned from Iraq at the end of January. He’s at Fort Cambell in Kentucky and plans to get out this summer (ending his three-year enlistment).  Brandon Merrill (Eagle 1994, SPL 1995) just had a baby girl. Madison Michelle. Congrats!!  John Filipowicz (Eagle 1997, SPL 1998) graduated from the Coast Guard Academy. His first assignment is a buoy tender in the Great Lakes. Keith Kritselis (1984 -86) just had a baby boy. He lives in Austin, Texas.

--------->ORDER OF THE ARROW

Addison Stucky and Ben Thamer were elected to the Order of the Arrow. Jim Gwinn was selected as an adult candidate.

>>>>SCOTT RANCH<<<<

Great Camp! In case you did not get to go to this camp, you missed one of the better camps in recent years. We camped under great towering red cedar trees, some 80 feet tall. The troop performed like men of yore, helping clear brush in our camp area. Softball games went on for hours and some scouts even rescued a frog from being eaten by a snake. We are already looking forward to going back next time.

50 YEAR REUNION

The 50 year reunion will be in June 2005 [Editor's Note:  this has now been moved to Labor Day Weekend 2005]. Committees are being formed. Need help from all alumni. George Abrahamson is heading up 1965-74. Peter DeKeraty is heading up 1985-94 sub-committee. If you want to help, contact Eric Wolfram at eric-wlf@wtxcoxmail.com.

ALUMNI NOTES

Be sure to make arrangements to attend the 50 year Reunion next year. Need help in planning. Also need help financially with building and buses. If you know where your scout friends are, please notify the Troop.

CHECK IT OUT!!!!

Check the Troop web page to see what is happening in the Troop.

http://www.eightyscouts.org/.

*****WANT ADS*****

*Used uniforms. If you have used uniforms that are too small, please bring them on a Tuesday night. The Troop can use them.

*The local scout office does not stock many uniforms. Yellowstone is a uniform camp. Please make arrange to buy correct uniforms in advance.

<<<SKILLS NIGHT>>>

Blackfeet Patrol storms to commanding lead after winning 10 out of 14 events on Skills Night. Seminole Patrol rises to second place overall (yes, that is a new boy patrol).

SCORES-SCORES-SCORES

OUTSTANDING PATROL

B1 Blackfeet 25332

B3 Mohawk 16813

A2 Seminole 12830

A1 Iroquois 11485

C1 Kiowa 11322

SKILL PATROL

B1 Blackfeet 437

A2 Seminole 231

B3 Mohawk 211

A1 Iroquois 202

C1 Kiowa 142

RAILROADING MERIT BADGE

Seven great scouts completed Railroading Merit Badge by traveling from Amarillo to Durango, Colorado to ride The Durango and Silverton Narrow Gauge Rail Road. The trip was a super “Dash and Crash,” with the crew leaving Amarillo April 1 and coming back April 4. Real “April Fools.” The trip was worth it. The boys not only rode the train and see beautiful scenery, but also had a tour of the actual round house and the back shop where the D&S rebuilds all its equipment. This area is restricted from public view, and was a special privilege to tour it. Some of the machines in the shop were older than the railroad itself. We are indebted to the Durango and Silverton Narrow Gauge Rail Road for their hospitality. The crew was: Jake and Will Chappell, Dawson Simmons, Josh and Christopher Johnson, A.J. Pagett, and Austin Jones, Scott Chappell, David Johnson, and Tom Jones.