Scoutmaster's blog

Announcing the new troop photo album! We will post pictures of various campouts and activities to this Flickr page.
Click on this link to view the page, and pick a photo album from the right side:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/watervilletroop108
Thanks go to Tim Hicks and Phil Olin for contributing many of these photos, and to Phil Olin for organizing the albums.
-Bill

I am very pleased to announce that Tim Hicks will be taking over as scoutmaster effective August 2009. After about a 4 year run I will be "retiring" from the scoutmaster role. The Troop Committee selected Mr. Hicks as the new scoutmaster, he is highly qualified to replace me and has my full support. Troop 108 has a great future ahead of it under his leadership!
I will continue to be active with the troop as an Assistant Scoutmaster, so I look forward to many new adventures with the troop.
- Bill Strohmeyer

We have set a departure time for the May campout - 2:45pm May 15th from the WCS High School. On the REFERENCE tab of this website you will find two helpful items:
1- a list of backpacking gear to bring (scroll down to equipment lists and click on light backpacking gear list)
2- the campout activity form with other details

The Biathlon 2009 results are in! It was a very successful event, with about 30 scouts participating from 4 troops, including 108. Thanks go out to the Cassety Hollow Rod & Gun Club, plus all the adult volunteers, for putting together such a fantastic event!

Older group winners:
1st Alec S. T-108
2nd Chase R. T-39
3rd Pat B. T-108
Younger group winners:
1st Richard W. T-39
2nd Justin M. T-2
3rd Daniel K. T-2

Don’t forget, the calendar, including meeting dates and time, is kept up to date on our website:
http://watervilletroop108.org/cms/calendar

Bill Strohmeyer
Troop 108 Scoutmaster

Be advised that meeting locations and days change quite a bit during January, Februrary and March. Some are on Tuesday, some on Wednesday. Also location varies between the Waterville Village Hall and the Waterville Public Library.

You can go to the calendar tab and review each week's meeting date and location. Or just click on this link:
http://watervilletroop108.org/cms/calendar

In order to help scouts (and parents) who volunteer to do the grocery shopping for their patrol, I have developed a form that has the procedures and some helpful hints.
The form is available on our reference tab, or just use this link:
http://www.watervilletroop108.org/cms/sites/watervilletroop108.org.cms/f...

Summer camp is just around the corner. Kristin has posted the SUMMER CAMP PARENT GUIDE on the website for your reference. It is on the reference tab, near the bottom. Or use this link:
http://watervilletroop108.org/cms/sites/wt108/files/parentguide2008.pdf

We will be leaving 8am on Sunday July 13th, from the Waterville Fire House. Bring a bag lunch, and scouts must wear their Class A Uniform.

As the school year winds down, so do our weekly troop meetings. June 11th will be our last meting for this school year.
Don't forget our remaining events over the summer: June 21st bottle drive, summer camp, and the August trek and campout (see our calendar on the calendar tab above)

Have a great summer everyone! Bill Strohmeyer

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