As we do each year, we honor our departed veterans by replacing the flags at their grave sites at Spring Brook Cemetery. This year, we placed over 600 flags. It was great to see the respect that our Scouts displayed.
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The Spring Ordeal for the Great and Powerful Tulpe Nation was a big one for Troop 17. We had 5 new members complete their Ordeal, had 2 more seal their memberships by completing their broth old trail, and even had a new Vigil Honor member. Coupled with those helping out, Troop 17 had a big presence at Tulpe 245's last Spring Ordeal before the merger. Lots of cheerful service went on, as the Arrowmen helped out with many projects around Camp Norse, including work at the amphitheater. The new Ordeal members were: Tim W., Aidan A., Jack M., Josh G. And Mr. Griffin. The new Brotherhood members were: Patrick D. and Anthony K. Mr. Ham was awarded the Vigil Honor. (Be sure to ask him what his name is in Lenni Lenape). A week later than the rest of the town, Troop 17 hit the streets to cleanup where the cleanup missed. We postponed our part in this town-wide service project, due to a camping trip. We cleaned up trash along West Street between Plymouth Street and Otis Street. The South Common saw quite the scene, as kilt and pink, er, taupe clad Scouters gathered for a Wood Badge beading ceremony. Chandra Haugh and Mike Souza completed their Wood Badge "tickets", and were awarded the regalia of Wood Badge. Members of the troop stood in amazement (& some in confusion). Wood Badge is an advanced course, started by Lord Baden-Powell,himself. It involves two full weekends of training and also completion of a "ticket". You can think of the ticket as the equivalent of roughly healthy sized service projects. It is quite a commitment, and quite an accomplishment. Scouters who finish the ticket are awarded with a taupe neckerchief, a leather woggle and a pair of wooden beads on a simple leather thong. The ceremony ended in the traditional singing of "Back to Gilwell", which we are sure made an impression on the scouts. Camp Norse was a beehive of activity at the start of May for the Emergency Preparedness weekend. The Scouts learned CPR, and also participated in a camp wide drill. The drill simulated a hurricane, and made a shambles of several Camp Norse structures. scouts had to work as a team to handle the emergency. This was truly a "be prepared" type of event. the weekend also saw the demolition of the old Camp Norse council fire ring, as part of the renovations to the amphitheater. Tulle Lodge did a masterful job at clearing the way. |
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