Troop Leadership

Troop 900 selected its leadership for the next 6 months. We still have more to do, but this was a big step for our troop:

• Senior Patrol Leader - Cody Picket
• Assistant Senior Patrol Leader - Josh Baumbach
• Patrol Leader - Todd Smith
• Patrol Leader - Hunter Jenkins

After we finished with our voting and other business, the troop had a good game of SPUD!

Citizenship in the Community (#5)

Our scout activity on March 3rd included a viewing of the classic Disney movie "Follow Me Boys". This will complete requirement #5 on the Citizenship in the Community merit badge. When the boys meet with the merit badge counselor, they will need to discuss what they learned from the movie and what it means to be a valuable and concerned member of the community.

Citizenship in the Community (#1, 2, 6)

Our scout activity on Feb 17th included discussion of requirements 1, 2, and 6 for the Citizenship in the Community Merit badge. Here are some pictures and notes from that meeting.

We discussed what it takes to be a good citizen in the community. We discussed the rights, duties, and obligations of citizenship, and how we could demonstrate good citizenship in your community, Scouting unit, place of worship, or school.

We pointed out and located primary government buildings along with Fire, Police, and Hospital services. Here are a few we discussed:

City Hall - 90 W Broad Street, Columbus, OH 43215

Delaware County Courthouse, 91 North Sandusky Street, Delaware, OH 43015

Orange Fire Station, 1680 East Orange Road, Lewis Center

Police Department

Nearest Hospital - St. Ann's, 500 South Cleveland Avenue, Westerville, OH 43081

We also discussed a few of our local officers and if they were elected or appointed:

Orange Township Board of Trustees
Nelson Katz
Chairman
Trustee Nelson Katz is the newest addition to the Orange Township Board of Trustees. Elected in November of 2007, Nelson is employed by Exact Software Americas as an Application Developer. He has been with the company for over 11 years. He has held positions in the insurance, industrial and manufacturing fields ranging from programmer to senior analyst over the past 30 years.

John M. Cassady
Vice-Chairman
Trustee John Cassady was elected to his first term November 8, 2005. He currently serves as trustee liaison for public safety. Cassady is an attorney and resides in Waverly Place with his wife Beth and three children, Jay, Natalie and Lindsey.

Robert W. Quigley
Trustee
Trustee Robert Quigley was elected to his first term November 3, 2009. Robert is employed by U.S. Bank as the Vice President of Strategic Alliances for the National Government Banking Division and resides in Wilshire with is wife Stacy and two children, Aidan and Alayna.

The discussion wrapped up with a review of other Tax Funded Services in our community. The ones we talked about included the Library, Recreation Center, Public Transportation, and Public Safety.

Let's get it started!

Troop 900 embarked on it's first overnight camp out as a troop to the remote Camp Lazarus. We all survived and made it back in one piece. The picture above was obviously taken during warmer times. It was cold and plenty of snow was provided by mother nature. We had 7 boys in total from our troop with 2 leaders. We owe thanks to the Powell Ward for letting us be their guests!
The boys warmed up by the fire as they cooked up a hot dog dinner.

Some even topped off their dogs with a little cheese whiz... Mmmmmm!

The dogs were followed up with toasty smores. Josh and Ian are debating if these mellows are medium or well done.

Q telling Todd to keep it on the fire, it's not quite done yet.

Mike and Cody trying not to breath in too much smoke.

We spent some time telling jokes around the fire after everyone was done eating.

Q and Todd calling it a night

Jacob and Ian complimenting the stability of the bunk beds.

Josh has that crazy look in his eyes again!

Q provided the entertainment after dinner with some game that involved the mafia and police...