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TROOP 80 *** BSA *** JANUARY 2001
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DATES TO REMEMBER
Coetas Creek Camp January 20 - 21
Swim Night January 30
Court of Honor February 13
Snow Camp February 23 - 25
Advancement camp June 9 - 16
Canoe Odyssey July 13 - 22
DECEMBER
BIRTHDAYS
Gregory Henning 10, Josh Smiley 13, Jonathan Standish 14, Chris Eaves 15, Jarrod Carnes 16, Danny Finley 20, Christian Enevoldsen 21, Kevin Ufford 21, and Bob Thompson 22.
JANUARY BIRTHDAYS
Sam Howell 1, Stephen Alexander 4, Ryan Long 7, Michael Walker 8, David Wetzel 9, Matthew Wingate 15, Rhett Amburn 20, David Alexander 26, Cole Amburn 29, Grant Snider 30, Tim Enevoldsen 31, Scotty Henry 31, and Eric Wolfram 31.
2000 PATROL POINTS FINALS
The final Patrol point scores from last year are in and the totals were:
Outstanding Patrol
B2 Erie 33714
D2 Maya 33522
B1 Apache 29454
C3 Arapaho 28555
D1 Sioux 25841
C1 Comanche 22081
A3 Cree 18266
A1 Hopi 17021
Outstanding Crew
E2 Wichita 10600
F1 Navaho 9121
E1 Ute 7968
Skill Patrol
C3 Arapaho 554
B1 Apache 441
C1 Comanche 324
D3 Maya 286
B2 Erie 268
D1 Sioux 242
A3 Cree 104
A1 Hopi 51
ORDER OF THE ARROW
Election time is coming again. What is the OA you might ask? The Order of the Arrow is the BSA’s “Honored Fraternity of Campers”. Any 1st Class scout can be elected by his troop and then complete the “Ordeal” held in August to become a member. You can tell a member by the patch he wears on his right pocket flap. The second part of the OA is the “Brotherhood” level which can be reached after one year. The highest level is called “Vigil” and there is a plaque hanging in the troop building with the names of those few in the troop that have attained this honor.
FENCING NEWS
The Junior Olympic Trials were held at Tascosa High School Gym and the ASFA Officials brought part of the events here to make things a bit easier for those fencers from Amarillo. Are you ready for this....They did it again this year. They qualified 6 and they will be competing against over 1,000 from around the US. Some of the other teams competing will be institutions such as Notre Dame and Stanford. One of the Qualifiers was our own Jared Slaughter. He will be attending the next Junior Olympics in Salt Lake City, Utah in February.
BASKETBALL BRIEFS
Amarillo High graduate and Troop 80-Eagle Brandon Wolfram, a senior post for Texas-El Paso, is the third nationally in scoring, averaging 24.4 points per game, according to the NCAA’s latest figures. He has scored 317 points through the Miner’s first basketball 13 games. Brandon is also among the top 25 nationally in field-goal percentage, he has hit 110 of 184 field-goal attempts - 59.8% - including two 3-pointers.
SWIM MEET
The Apache Patrol, Sean Finley Pl, wins it all, taking 1st place in each event and winning 2nd in the relay. The Arapaho Patrol, Azriel Krulik PL, won the relay and finished 2nd over all. Matt Scott won the back stroke, Matt Wingate won the Freestyle, and Michael Walker took the breast stroke.
TREE SALE FINALS
And the winner is...Thad Vandegriff sold 101 trees and won a free canoe trip worth $200 dollars. Ryan Long sold 45 trees and won a free Advancement Camp this summer worth $110 dollars. Matt Scott sold 35 trees and won those insulated booties to take on those cold camp outs The top selling Patrol was the Cree (A3) with 142 tree sales to win a pizza party.
POP CORN SALE
A big success. The top salesman was Kenny Reed at $676 dollars of popcorn sold. At one third going to him, he just paid for his canoe trip this summer. Thanks to Randy Reed for running the sale. For those that missed it, we will do it all over again in the spring. This will give you another chance to earn your way to camp without hitting up your parents for the cash.
NEW YOUTH LEADERS
ELECTED
The troop now has new youth leadership as elections were held. Adam Cox was elected as new SPL and Aaron Amos was elected as Head ASPL. Other new ASPL’s included Shaun Finley ASPL-B, Jimmy Reed ASPL-C, Jack Tunnell ASPL-D were elected by the troop. New Patrol Leaders are Matt Scott PL-B1, Trey Wood PL-B2, Brent Klein PL-C1, Azriel Krulik PL-C2, Kenny Reed PL-D1, and Ryan Long PL-D2.
YEAR-END TROOP AWARDS
Outstanding Patrol Award Erie (B2)
Duty, Honor, Courage Award Apache (B1)
Skill Patrol Arapaho (C3) All time record.
Jack Bryant Leadership Award Danny Finley
RT Abrahamson Leadership Award Chris Klein
Duct Tape Award Randy Reed
SCOUT SHOW 2001
The Golden Spread Council wants every troop and pack to participate in the greatest scout show ever. On Saturday, May 19, several thousand scouters are going to showcase their scouting skills to the entire Texas Panhandle. We want to show everyone what scouting in the twenty-first century is all about. The Council has reserved Memorial Park, just south of Amarillo College, for the entire day. It should be a fun event to attend. Lots of games, food, and displays for the scouts to set up so others in the community can see what scouting is and why we do it.
WOOD BADGE
The Golden Spread Council of the BSA is offering a great training opportunity for our adult leaders. It is called Wood Badge and several of our present leaders have already taken this training over the years. There is even a plaque on the wall in the Jack Bryant Center honoring those that earned their beads from T-80. ASM Terry Slade is serving on the staff as a Troop Guide. The sign-up has already started. You need to contact the Scout office at 358-6500 for details and to register for this course.
WILDERNESS CAMP 2001
The “Great Canoe Trip” is planned for July 13 - 22 in the far north of Minnesota. The cost is just $200 dollars. Sign-up has already begun. You must attend 5 camp outs, 25 troop meetings, and you must advance one rank (or 5 merit badges) to be eligible to attend. You don’t want to miss this great summer camp.
PATROL POINTS as of 1-09-01
Outstanding Patrol
C2 Inuit 760
C1 Comanche 615
B1 Apache 485
D2 Maya 390
B2 Seminole 225
D1 Sioux
Outstanding Crew
E2 Wichita 100
F1 Navaho 100
E1 Ute 100
Skill Patrol
C2 Inuit 17
B1 Apache 15
C1 Comanche 7
D1 Sioux 5
D2 Maya 0
B2 Seminole 0
JUNIOR LEADER TRAINING
19 of the troop’s youth leaders attended a required leadership training class at Camp Don Harrington on January 5 - 6 including Adam Cox and Aaron Amos on Staff. Those attending were Shaun Finley, Jimmy Reed, Jack Tunnell, Matt Scott, Trey Wood, Chris Klein, Shelby Amos, Josiah Krulik, and Brent Klein. Also attending were Azriel Krulik, Kenny Reed, Ryan Long, Michael Walker, Devon Michelotti, Christian Enelvoldsen, William Wood, and Stephen Gilbert.
WHAT’S COOKING
Poor Man's Steak
2 lb pkg Ground beef
1 1/3 c Milk 2 tsp Salt Margarine 1/4 tsp Pepper 2 cans Mushroom Soup
2 c Cracker Crumbs 1 c Water
Mix together meat, salt, pepper, crumbs, and milk. Pack into loaf pans. Let stand in refrigerator overnight or as least 6 hours. Cut into slices and brown in margarine. Mix soup with 1 c of water and pour over meat placed in Dutch oven. Bake at 350 for 1 hour.
TED BUILDS EVENTS CENTER
Ted Abrahamson’s firm has completed the Civil Engineering design work for the West Texas A & M events center which includes the surveying, site design, paving, drainage, and underground utilities. They are now in the process of doing site inspections and other follow-up work.
CONGRATULATIONS
Randy and Jeanetta Smiley celebrated their 25th wedding anniversary. Duane and Mary Lou Glasco celebrated their 30th wedding anniversary. Michael Slade was presented with a scholarship from the Tascosa football booster club at their banquet.
We want to recognize the hard work of our Scouts and leaders. If you know an 80 member that has received an honor at school, church, or other event, please send a note to slade-tm@actx.edu or 5122 W. 16th Amarillo, TX 79106-4419.
A SCOUTMASTER’S MINUTE A story worth re-telling
U.S. senator, Alan Simpson is famous for tall tales. One was about a couple of Scouts back in the time of World War II. The Scoutmaster told us we were going out to the 'Jap camp.' That's what we called it back then." He was talking about the giant internment camp where 11,000 Japanese-Americans were being detained for the duration of WW II. Simpson and his fellow Scouts were stunned by the idea. Why would anyone, much less a group of kids, dare enter this forbidding place surrounded by guard posts? The Scoutmaster stood his ground. "Because there are Scouts in there and they are Americans just like us!", as if that was all that needed to be said in these angry, nervous months just after Pearl Harbor. What young Alan and his pals discovered beyond those guardhouses was a group of kids just like themselves, even reading the same comic books and the same Scout handbook. "There was one particularly spirited guy I just kind of linked up with," Simpson said. "He showed me around the tar-paper shack he and his family were living in. We tied knots, did other things together."
On a second visit, Simpson and this other 11-year-old joined forces to dig a drainage system that managed to send the rainwater rushing right into their own tent. Their later reunions would result in far more successful partnerships. In 1971, Simpson read that a fellow with a strangely familiar name had just been elected mayor of San Jose, Calif. He wrote and asked if it was the kid he'd met in Wyoming during WW II. It was, the Honorable Norm Mineta wrote back. By the end of the '70's, both men were serving together in the U.S. Congress.
"We immediately looked each other up," Simpson remembers. Although they came from different parties, they became friends and legislative allies when the senator from Wyoming helped the California Democrat win passage of a bill compensating Japanese-Americans for what had been done to them during WW II.
Last Tuesday, Norm Mineta, Democrat, was nominated by president George W. Bush to become a member of his cabinet. No one is happier than his fellow Boy Scout who tied knots with him 60 years ago. Simpson says, "Some outfit wanted to do a movie on us. We said, 'Oh, get out of here! We didn't do this for the movies.' "
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