Troop 757 Portal

Evan Yell’s Eagle Project

What it’s about: I’m clearing out land and repainting an old metal shed for “The WAY a Christ Centered Recovery Center for Men”.

When: This Saturday at 9:00am to about 1:00pm.

Where: At The Way, 582 Shields Road Huntsville Al, 35811
You will take 72east over Chapman mountain, then take a left on to Shields Road, then go through the next light and about 1mile up the road you should see a sign on the left side saying THE WAY.

What to bring: Rakes, Shovels, Axes, Saws, and Lopping Shears. If you can bring any of these tools it will be very helpful.

We did a good job of making lemon aide Saturday morning, didn't we!?!

11 scouts came to the Bailey Cove library to continue work on the Wilderness Survival merit badge. This Tuesday night you will have more training at our weekly meeting before the Camporee. At the camporee you will have an opportunity to apply what you have learned in fire building, water purification and shelter building.

Bring your completed personal survival kit to scouts this Tuesday night and show it to me. Make sure you know how each item in it could be useful.

Be prepared!

John Kelton

Troop 757 High Adventurists,

During the Outback Bowl, I heard Lou Holtz discussing what it takes to be successful on his ESPN segment entitled Dr. Lou. I don’t always agree with Coach Holtz's football prognostications but he was once a very good football coach and he is still a very good inspirational speaker. When he was a football coach, Lou took great pride in teaching young men to be great athletes, citizens, and gentlemen. In his Ask Dr. Lou segment, he identified three keys to success in life. Some of these will be very familiar to Scouts.

Well it's a new year and I always like to set some goals and resolutions. While watching the news one morning, I heard Carl Rove say he set a goal of reading at least one book a week in 2010. That's a great goal so I have decided to do that myself and I've challenged my family and the Scouts to do the same thing. (BTW -- audio books count). So far I have completed "Uncommon" by Tony Dungy, "The Teeth of The Tiger," by Tom Clancy, and "Eat That Frog," By Brian Tracy. I'll update the list each week as I complete another book.

I cannot overemphasize to you the importance of becoming a trained leader. As Baden Powell once said, “Every Scout deserves a Trained Leader!” We have a large Troop and it is vital that we have a large group of trained leaders. If you have recently joined the Troop, you may be wondering how you can get involved. When I first joined, I felt the same way. I wanted to help but I did not know what to do and no one had the time to spoon feed it to me.

Every boy deserves a trained leader. Trained leaders stay with the program longer and boys stay involved in the program longer when they have trained leaders. Your Troop, Troop 757 has over 81 scouts in the unit. They need men like you to stand up alonside your scout and help in the Troop! This email is for you! Talakto will conduct leader specific training for all Boy Scout leader positions on Saturday, September 26. This training will be conducted at Holy Spirit Catholic School on Airport Road in Huntsville.

Moontown Airport Annual Fly-in, September 19-20, 7 a.m. until dark,
Moontown Airport, Highway 72. Aircraft displays. Young Eagles program
allows youth ages 7 to 18 to get a free airplane ride. Boy Scouts
working on the Aviation merit badge can finish several requirements.
For more information, contact Joe Baldauf at Joe.baldauf@us.army.mil or
check the website at http://www.moontownairport.com/ for directions.
Families and siblings are welcome to go along. It is a fun outing!

The Citizenship in the Community Merit Badge Class, will be attending the City Council Meeting on August 13,2009! Please be sure to arrive at the Municipal Building between 5:30PM and 5:45PM. You should be in your Class A uniform for this meeting (look sharp!). The City Council meetings go from 6:00PM until they are finished. Usually they are finished by 9:00PM but it depends on how many people address the council. We will look for an opening to leave by 8:30PM but we cannot disrupt the proceedings so there is no guarantee we will be out by then.