Good Evening 635ers,

Wonderful news to start off our weekly update. Ladies and Gentlemen, we
have a new Eagle Scout. But more on that in a moment.

Weekly Topics:
(1) Sign Up for Mansfield
(2) Meeting Plan
(3) Service Opportunity
(4) Our Newest Eagle

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Sign Up for Mansfield
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As I've mentioned in previous weekly updates, we are looking to send two
groups of people up Mount Mansfield on the weekend of March 11th. Friday
night, those who are high-speed and either of 14 years of age or a Star
Scout. All of these gents need hiking and winter camping experience.

There is a gear list that I will be giving out at the meeting on Wednesday.
You'll need to have the gear on this list to come. If you don't own it, we
will find it for you but you need to have it.

If you would like to see this gear list before then, let me know. I can
email it to you. There are, however, a number of people on this list who
can't receive attachments, so I'm not attaching it here.

In addition to this intrepid group of campers, we would like to have a
Saturday group come up and stay overnight. Everyone except the Webelos who
will soon be crossing over are invited to this part of the weekend. In
order to ensure it comes to pass, we need a couple of adults who would like
to tag along. If you are an adult and you are both available and
interested, kindly let us know ASAP.

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Meeting Plan
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The meeting plan? You know what the meeting plan is. We're in an
advancement month. You'll be advancing.

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Service Opportunity
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For those scouts who would like to get in some service work, we have an
opportunity for you to help out some other scouts. Of the female variety.
On the day of Saturday, February 25th, the local Girl Scout Council could
use some help unloading their Trucks of Cookie Deliciousness from 8:00 -
11:00. This is all happening at the Vermont Commercial Warehouse at 166
Boyer Circle in Williston near Taft's Corners.

If you would like to help, we'll have a sign up sheet at both this meeting
and the next.

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Our Newest Eagle
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Michael Kling. Member of the legendary Cobra patrol, SPL for the Ages and
currently our esteemed Junior Assistant Scoutmaster, sat through and passed
his Eagle Scout board of review. But to say he passed it would be a bit of
an understatement. He pwned it. (No, that wasn't a misspelling.) In the
face. I have sat on 15 boards as a board member interviewing boys from
other troops, 12 more as a Scoutmaster and 1 as a candidate. In those 28
boards nobody distinguished himself as Michael did. Congratulations,
Michael. I look forward to his valedictory at his Court of Honor.

That is is for now, gentlepeople. Can you believe it?!? Only six and a
half months until Notre Dame takes the field. w00t!

Your Scoutmaster,

Sonnick