The Beading of the Buffaloes!!

Time to share some pics from our Beading on October 13th.
We were the only patrol from WE3-30-06 to receive our Beads together.
Go Buffs!!

The Buffaloes Beaded and Woggled.

No Beading ceremony is complete without singing "Back to Gilwell!"

Me with our course director Jim Mahoney.
He was a most outstanding director and Scout Master.

The Long Awaited Hour

I am happy to say that after a swift kick by a fellow Buffalo I have completed all of my Ticket item write ups and have turned them in!
With Luck, our whole Patrol will be Beaded this coming weekend.
Buffalo Stampeeeeede!!

The beading date is set!

Oct 13th it all becomes official. Hundreds of hours of wonderful service, I get to officially finish Woodbadge. Not sure if my wife is quite converted, but fully supportive.

Just seems like yesterday

Amazing how fast the time runs by.
A year has come and gone already.
I'm looking for a number on how many have been beaded and how many are left to go from my class.

Wrapping it up

I am now in th process of wrapping up my ticket completion write ups, I should have them all submitted with in the next few days! Hooray! (can everyone say: Beading!!)

New Job!

Well you might be able to guess from the logo what my new position is. I think it goes right along with all my Ticket Items. I will still be doing most of them long after I have completed the initial ticket and have my beads!
I guess that is what scouting is all about.

3 down 2 to go

April 7th marked the official completion of a third ticket item.
It was a Duty to God achievement day put on at our stake center. Three different speakers addressed the boys at different times though out the morning.
Two different break out sessions were held with all boys attending able to complete 2 goals each towards earning their Duty to God award.
The best part of this ticket item is the fact that the stake now wants to make this an annual activity.
That is a great Wood Badge success!

Geocaching

For those interested in Geocaching, I use the Magellan explorist, it is the cheapest of their models, bought it at Walmart. You can also check ebay. My son and I have done this together, it is a lot of fun. It has been with me to many different activities including the National Jamboree. Watch out for the muggles:)

Hello. new to blogging

Anyway, logging on, I hope, for the first time. Preparing something to contribute soon. Meanwhile, what is the best type of handheld GPS unit for geocaching or hiking, etc?

Real life

I guess it would just not be true to life if everything went according to plan when working on ticket items.
This past weekend I was all set to "finish" one more ticket item by presenting a Troop Committee Challenge to several unit committees.
Real life sets in when you are expecting 20 people to show up and only 2 come. The good thing is that these 2 had a real 1 on 1 training experience, and I will continue to arrange more training opportunities for unit committees.
The scouting and wood badge experience continues on, with growth for all.

WE3-30-06

Geo-scouting anyone?

Looking for a fun activity with the scouts? Have you ever tried Geocaching? This is part of one of the tickets I have been working on. Check it out http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_details.aspx?guid=3703f02e-8a90-4483-98f5-7bcc0c1fc171

Googled

Google forced my hand today and I had to migrate over to their new blogger account.
Sorry about the inconvenience. To post now you will have to log in with Google account. It is a fairly simple and painless process.
Thanks for taking the time to contribute to our page and adding to the overall Wood Badge experience.

The First Time!

Hey Scottie,

I was asked to be a counselor for the cooking merit badge for our zone's merit badge clinic the past three Saturdays. This was my first opportunity to wear my new Wood Badge scarf, woggle, and beads; boy did I look sharp! I would like to report that all of the young scouts in my classes said things like, "Wow, Mr. Bean (names have been changed to protect the...), that is a cool pink scarf; where did you get it?". Or, hey, Mr. Bean, are those little pieces of wood around your neck for starting a fire in an emergency?" No, they said nothing of the sort. As a matter of fact, they didn't say anything at all. That's o.k., I still was pleased to wear them. Another scout leader came up to me wearing their Wood Badge stuff and it felt good to know that I had earned mine and was a part of the Gilwell fraternity! Keep up the effort to earn your beads.