Please bring in the money for the Pancake Day sales this Weds. and give it to Ben O.   We will be setting up the work schedule for Sat AM at the troop meeting.  We normally have scouts work 2 hour shifts starting at 7:30 and going to 12:00.  Scouts may work extra hours for service hours.  Everyone is expected to help out except those involved with NYLT Staff Training.

All:  I will not be available for this Wednesday’s meeting as I have tickets for Rent at the Stanley.  There are a number of things going on over the next several weeks.

Next Saturday April 29^th– 30^th – Beaver Day at Camp Kingsley and Saturday night over night.  We have a lot of projects at camp and need everyone help.  We are making this our April campout as well.  We will be sleeping in Seneca Site Leantos.  Plan on arriving at Kingsley by 8:30 AM.  Wear old clothes and be prepared for the seasonal weather.  We will depart on Sunday by 9 AM.  There is no cost for this outing.   Chris O.  will be collecting names.

Money for summer camp is due this week.  I believe I spoke to everyone at our last meeting regarding how much you owe. Check must be made out to Leatherstocking Council.  If you have sold camp cards your profit toward summer camp is $5/each.  Deduct this amount from the amount you owe.  Camp Card sales has been extended, however you should bring the sales to date in Weds and give it to Robin Fostini.

Money for the Spring Trip to Gettysburg on May 5-7 is also due.  Scouts are $50, adults are $100.  Kirk Evans is taking care of this.

Lastly, the Council Camporee is May 19-21 at Camp Kingsley.  The theme is conservation.  We need headcount for this event on Wednesday so that I can register the troop and get a site.  Ni money is needed until May 17.  Please respond to this email with a yes I am going or no I cannot make it.

Paul O.

As announced, there will not be a troop meeting this Weds. due to a concert at Myles School.  Our Java scouts however are having a spaghetti dinner on Weds to raise money to go to the international robotics competition.  It is being held at the Masonic Park on Halsey Rd. in Whitestown.  For more info contact FJ Wadnola or Kirk Evans.

All:  The location for the 50th Anniversary Gathering and Court of Honor has been moved from the Legion to St. Thomas Church Parish Center 150 Clinton Rd.  The start time remains 1PM next Saturday.

PLEASE USED FORESTRY MERIT IMAGE

Conservation Project Opportunity and Forestry Merit Badge

There is a project in Clinton where scouts are needed the first week in April.  The project is to check Clinton for emerald ash borer (EAB) with the foresters from the NYSDEC Division of Lands and Forests.  Scouts, leaders, and adult family members are needed.  We will be with DEC forestry staff, Girl Scouts, SUNY Morrisville State College students, and Hamilton College students walking down streets throughout the village.  While it will be very difficult to determine EAB damage at this time of year, we will initiate an urban forest inventory of the ash trees in the village to revisit them for signs of damage in the future.

There will be a training in the evening of Thursday, April 6th that is appropriate for scouts.  Then on Friday and Saturday, teams will be going throughout the village to see if we have EAB in any of the ash trees that are publicly visible.  Scouts with leaders or family members will be teamed up with foresters and college students to check different areas of the village.

Scout will primarily swing into action on Saturday the 8th.  There will be other groups helping too.  I will be working with the initial survey on Friday the 7th, working out the “bugs” in the methodology.

Interested?  Please contact Brendan Kelly at kellybt@morrisville.edu for more information. If you have safety vests, please bring them.

BRENDAN KELLY, Associate Professor

Conservation Tri-Society Co-Advisor

Dept. of Environmental Sciences – School of Agriculture, Sustainability, Business & Entrepreneurship

Bicknell Hall 201

Ext. 6219/6083

Registration Link Here

2017 marks the 50th anniversary of Troop 4 New Hartford, NY.   Current troop leaders are preparing a 50th Year Anniversary gathering.   You are cordially invited to attend this gathering on April 1 from 1 PM  to 5 PM at the New Hartford American Legion Post 1376 located at 8616 Clinton St.  The event will include a one hour meet and greet, buffet dinner and Court of Honor.

We ask that you preregister by March 24th by returning the lower portion of this letter to Paul Obernesser at 5027 Albrecht Rd Rome, NY 13440 or online at: https://goo.gl/forms/HWC14qhjNM4akTh92

The cost of the event is $25/ person, (children under 10 Free), with proceeds going to the Troop 4 Scholarship Fund.   Register and prepaid by March 15 and you will receive a commemorative Troop 4 shirt.  Additional shirts will be available at the event for $15 each.

Follow us online at www.BSATroop4.org or on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/BSAT4NHNY/

Hope to see you on April 1st      If you have any questions you can direct them to alumni@bsatroop4.org

Paul Obernesser, Scoutmaster

Our Troop is now on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/BSAT4NHNY/

We have several events coming up over the next few months.  More information can be found on our website BSATROOP4.org or the Council website Leatherstocking Council.org

• Next Wednesday Jan 25 is our winter Court of Honor and Family night.  We will have important info which all scouts and parents should hear.  The CoH will be followed by a short Troop Leaders meeting, rather than our usual 6 PM meeting.
• Jan 28 is Winterfest at Kingsley for OA Members
• Feb 3-5 is Klondike Derby at the Town of Ohio Town Park off Rte 8 north of Cold Brook.  We will be sharing a heated building with T-1 from Frankfort. It has a concrete floor and no bunks so plan accordingly.  Food is $10/ person.
• Feb11-12 is Kopernik in Binghamton.  Stacy Gadway is coordinating this event.  The cost is $30 per scout and $6 per adult.  The Troop is paying the additional $20 /scout.
• Feb 7 Camp Kick off meeting NH BOCES 7 PM
• Feb 15 Troop meeting will be at NH BOCES on Middlesettlement Rd.  We will be having a ‘Fireside Chat with the Council Executive.  Parents are encouraged to attend and find out what is going on in the Council.
• March 3-5 Our annual Father -Son weekend at Kingsley
• March 25 Eagle Court of Honor for Jimi Wadnola at Willowvale Fire Dept.  Oneida St Chadwicks
• April1 Troop 4 is 50 years old.  We will be having a 50^th Anniversary Dinner at the NH American Legion 1 to 4PM.
• May 5 Spring Trip to Gettysburg, PA
• July 16-22 Summer Camp at Henderson

We will need a head count and $$ for the Klondike and Kopernik by next Wednesday.  The Wadnola family is catering Jimi’s CoH, they too will need a head count.  $50 deposit for Summer Camp is due by Feb 15^th.  (Several scouts have earned $$ through Popcorn and/or candy sales.)

Each year our troop adopts a veteran’s family for the holiday season.  We also help unload a food truck and sort food for holiday baskets.  Attached is the information regarding the 3 boys we are adopting.  I will make a spread sheet so that you can choose a gift for this family.  The food box night is Dec 8 at St Thomas Church, just down the road from Myles School.  We need volunteers at the church parish center by 5 PM.  This service project usually take 1 to 1-1/2 hours.

From Liam Evans:

Hi, for those of you that were not at tonight’s meeting, I am looking for some help this Sunday with the final phase of my Eagle project which is assembling picnic tables. If you can pitch in, I would appreciate it. Please respond to this email if you can. Thanks!!!

Eagle Scout Project Volunteers

When: Sunday Nov. 6, 10am – 2pm
Where: Fort Stanwix National Monument, Visitor Center in Rome NY
What will you be doing: Assembling four Handicap accessible picnic tables
Lunch and refreshments will be provided
If you have a cordless drill we can borrow, please bring it.

Please dress appropriately for the weather.

Call my cell with any questions. 315-794-6398
Hope to see you there. THANK YOU!