THE Announcement

March 2010

Congratulations

Congratulations to the following for their awesome help!

Chip Freund - Scouter of the Year (for his many contributions to the troop in the last year!)

Angela Greene - Scouting Service award (for her years of service in so many ways to the troop!)

New Faces

This month brings the addition of many new faces into the troop with the bridging ceremonies of several Cub Scout Packs. Please remember to demonstrate through your actions that the Scout Law has importance with these new members to your troop. Troop Guides are needed to work with these new Scouts in learning the skills necessary for enjoying Scouting. Also remember that with the addition of these new Scouts that Pedro Bootcamp will be part of the March campout activities at the Durham County Wildlife Club. Please contact Quinn, your SPL, if you can help in the planned activities that are part of Bootcamp or would like to be a Troop Guide.

Pedro Patrol Boot Camp This Weekend

Camping Workshop

1pm Saturday to 11:30am Sunday

March 6 – March 7, 2010

Where: Durham County Wildlife Club

3616 Hopson Road, Morrisville, NC

From the Church: Take SE Maynard Road to Cary Towne Blvd

Turn right onto Cary Towne Blvd

Take ramp onto I-40 West (left turn onto I-40 West)

Take exit 282 for Page Road

Turn right at Page Road

Continue on Hopson Road (Durham County Wildlife Club will be on the left)

What’s Planned

Saturday

7:00 Breakfast

8:00 Final Camp Preparations and Inspections.

9:00-1100 Skeet Tournament (Only if the Camp Site is Ready)

1:00pm New Scouts Arrive @ the Durham County Wildlife Club

1:15-2:00 Personal Gear – Shake-down

2:00-3:00 Game – Camp Set-up

· Working as a Patrol

· Selecting a Site

· Pitching a tent

· Dining Fly

3:00-4:00 Patrol Corners (w/ Troop Guides)

· Plan Menu

· Plan Duty Roster

· Examine Patrol Box

· Plan Crew Gear

· Lashing if time allows

4:00-5:00 Activity Areas (30 minutes at each)

· Totin’ Chip (Knife, Axe and Saw Use and Safety)

· Firem’n Chit (Fire Building and Safety)

5:00-6:00 Cooking Demonstration

6:00-6:30 Clean-up Demonstration

6:30- Our new Pedros participate in the remainder Troop campout sleeping in the tents that they pitched. Pedro parents can enjoy the campout as part of the Old Goats.

Sunday

7:00am Scouts wake up, have breakfast, and pack

11:30 Scouts arrive back at White Plaines UMC for pick up by parents.

Q&A Session for Parents

On Saturday from 1-2pm, you are invited to remain for an hour after dropping off your sons for a Q&A session.

What to Bring

"Backpack" packed for a weekend cool weather camping trip

Wear Class-B Uniform (Scout long pants/Scout T-shirt)

Your Boy Scout Handbook

Costs

Dinner Saturday night is on the Troop, Hobos for all.

Skeet: $8 Per Round

Normal $12 night the Monday before the trip

March Campout (by Kevin John)

I will be the Campmaster for our March Campout at the Durham County Wildlife Club (website below). I am honored to host what I feel is the first camping trip of the year for Troop 210. This campout will be the first one for our incoming Pedro's. Our older Scouts will be honoring Troop 210's long standing tradition teaching our newest Troop 210 Boy Scouts how to camp and prepare for First Class..

I would like to start a new tradition where we invite any Scout, Scouters or anyone else that was associated with Troop 210 to join us in welcoming our newest Scouts, Leaders and Parents into the Troop. Please feel free to share this invitation with any and all past or present members of Troop 210.

Mr. Hornberg (Pedro Bob), our SPL Quinn Burgess and our Senior Scouts will be planning the schedule for the Pedro's. I'm in charge of the logistics, marketing and fun.

Fun:

I will have a skeet range reserved Friday night for the adults and Saturday morning for the Scouts to participate in the Troop 210 first annual Pedro Bootcamp/Homecoming Campout Skeet Tournament. This will be a fun shoot for all and a reward for the Scouts setting up the Campsite. Scouters, Parents and any Alumni are also invited to participate. Prizes will be awarded.

The Tournament:

Scouts, Scouters, Parents and Alumni that wish to participate in shooting skeet will need to let me know via email if you will be shooting and Scouts need to sign up at the meetings or reply to this email..

Crew 111 and I will be supplying the shotguns and I will be purchasing the shells. Cost should be $9 per round per person. Certified Range Officers and Instructors will be present so everyone will be safe but we need to know how many shells to have on hand.

Please help me make this a Campout to remember for our newest Scouts.

Helpful URL's:

Durham Wildlife Club Site: http://www.dcwc.info/

What is Skeet?

In Skeet, targets cross in front of you, and always follow the same path.

The skeet field is arranged with two separate target throwing houses, one high (where the target exits the house at a height of approx. 10 feet above ground level), and one low house (where the target exits the house at a height of approx. 3 feet above ground level). The target path is set, and the birds will always follow the same path of flight.

There are 8 separate shooting positions (referred to as "stations"), with 7 arranged in a semi-circle with a radius of 21 yards, measured the point where the targets cross to the various stations.

A "round" is fired with a squad of up to 5 shooters, all starting at station 1, and then all progressing across to the different stations as a group.

A full round of skeet consists of 25 targets, with one shot fired at each target.

Station 1 - One high house bird, one low house bird, and one pair of doubles is shot.

Station 2 - Repeat the sequence. High, low, double. (On doubles, the high house bird is fired at first.)

Station 3: one high; one low.

Station 4: one high, one low.

Station 5: one high; one low.

Station 6: high, low, double. (On doubles, the low house bird is fired at first.)

Station 7: high, low, double. (On doubles, the low house bird is fired at first.)

Station 8: high, low.

The first bird missed by a shooter is immediately repeated, and this is called the "option." If a shooter hits the first 24 birds without missing, the option becomes the last bird fired (station 8, low), which is repeated.

Formal competition is based on shotgun gauge, and 12, 20, 28, and .410 bore shotguns are all used.

Skeet requires an open choke gun, such as "Cylinder," "Skeet", or "Improved Cylinder". Use of a tighter choke makes this game EXTREMELY difficult!

Typical shot sizes used are #9, and #8. Note that shot sizes LARGER than 7-1/2 are prohibited at trap and skeet courses. This is because the larger shot sizes retain too much energy during flight, and un-necessarily extend the hazardous "shot fall zone".

March 2010
Sunday	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday	Saturday
	1 $12 Night 615-7pm - PLC 7-8pm Troop Mtg	2	3	4	5 T210 Campout, Pedro Bootcamp @ DCWC	6 T210 Campout, Pedro Bootcamp @ DCWC
7 T210 Campout, Pedro Bootcamp @ DCWC	8 7-8pm Troop Mtg	9	10 7-9pm Crosswinds District Eagle Boards of Review	11 7-8 pm OA Netami Chapter Meeting (1st Methodist UMC) ACC Tournament!	12 ACC Tournament!	13 ACC Tournament!
14 ACC Tournament!	15 7-8pm Troop Mtg	16	17	18 6:30 – 9pm Crosswinds District Roundtable @ Cary Presbyterian Church	19 6pm OA Spring Pow Wow @ Camp Durant	20 OA Spring Pow Wow @ Camp Durant
21 1030am leave Spring Pow Wow	22 7-8pm Troop Mtg	23	24	25 Eagle Projects due for next month’s Board of Review!!!	26	27 Philmont Practice Hike, location TBD
28 SPRING BREAK! Philmont Practice Hike, location TBD	29 SPRING BREAK! NO TROOP MTG! Philmont Practice Hike, location TBD	30 SPRING BREAK! Philmont Practice Hike, location TBD	31 SPRING BREAK!	1 SPRING BREAK!	2 SPRING BREAK!	3 SPRING BREAK!

April 2010
Sunday	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday	Saturday
28 SPRING BREAK!	29 SPRING BREAK! NO TROOP MEETING!	30 SPRING BREAK!	31 SPRING BREAK!	1 SPRING BREAK!	2 SPRING BREAK!	3 SPRING BREAK!
4 EASTER Sunday	5 $12 Night 615-7pm - PLC 7-8pm Troop Mtg	6	7	8 7-8 pm OA Netami Chapter Meeting (1st Methodist UMC)	9 T210 Campout, District Camporee @ Camp Reeves	10 T210 Campout, District Camporee @ Camp Reeves
11 T210 Campout, District Camporee @ Camp Reeves	12 7-8pm Troop Mtg	13	14 7-9pm Crosswinds District Eagle Boards of Review	15 6:30 – 9pm Crosswinds District Roundtable @ Cary Presbyterian Church	16 5pm, leave for OA Spring Conclave @ Camp Bonner	17 ALL DAY, OA Spring Conclave @ Camp Bonner
18 AM only, OA Spring Conclave @ Camp Bonner	19 7-8pm Troop Mtg	20	21	22	23	24 9am-4pm Philmont Crew – Eno River trail work, Durham NC
25 Eagle Projects due for next month’s Board of Review!!!	26 7-8pm Troop Mtg	27	28	29	30

May 2010
Sunday	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday	Saturday
						1
2	3 615-7pm - PLC 7-8pm Troop Mtg	4	5	6	7	8
9 Happy Mother’s Day!	10 7-8pm Troop Mtg	11	12 7-9pm Crosswinds District Eagle Boards of Review	13 7-8 pm OA Netami Chapter Meeting (1st Methodist UMC)	14 5pm OA Spring Induction @ Camp Durant	15 All Day OA Spring Induction @ Camp Durant
16 AM only, OA Spring Induction @ Camp Durant	17 $$$ NIGHT 7-8pm Troop Mtg	18	19	20 6:30 – 9pm Crosswinds District Roundtable @ Cary Presbyterian Church	21 T210 Campout @ Cape Lookout	22 T210 Campout @ Cape Lookout
23 T210 Campout @ Cape Lookout	24 7-8pm Troop Mtg SPRING COURT OF HONOR!	25 Eagle Projects due for next month’s Board of Review!!!	26	27	28	29
30	31 Memorial Day! NO Troop Meeting!