Bristol TN City Council Meeting

Tuesday, March 6th

In place of our regular troop meeting, we attended the Bristol TN City Council Meeting on March 6, 2012 at 7:00pm.
 
We met with the Mayor, David Shumaker before the meeting and he was very welcoming.  He gave each of us a nice City of Bristol pin.
 
Thank you to all scouts that attended.  
 
The Council meeting is held once a month at the Slater Center at:
325 McDowell Street, Bristol TN
 
 You can watch a webcast of the meetings at the following link.
http://www.bristoltn.org/webcast.cfm
 
 

Day Hike

Saturday, February 18th

We had great weather for our 5 mile hike in the Dennis Cove area of Carter County on Saturday, Feb 18th. 

 
We hiked to Laurel Falls, one of the areas best waterfalls.
 
In the morning we had the trail to ourselves, but by early afternoon the trail got busy.
 
We couldn’t have asked for better hiking weather!
 
 

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Camp Davy Crockett

June 17th – 23rd, 2012

Begin making plans to attend summer camp this year.  Remember each scout (& leader) will need to have an up-to-date medical form.
The Cost is $175.00 per scout.  (You can earn this by selling Expo Tickets!)
This year we will be staying in “Lower Fox”.
 
You definitly don’t want to miss out.  Just talk to the scouts that went last year!
 
Click here for more details

          

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Check out the list of class choices!  Archery, Art, Basketry, Bird Study, Camping, Canoeing, Citizenship in the Nation, Climbing, Communications, Cooking, COPE, Disability Awareness, Emergency Preparedness, Environmental Science, First Aid, Fish & Wildlife Management, Fishing, Forestry, Frontier Camp, Geocaching, Golf, Indian Lore, Insect Study, Kayaking, Leatherwork, Lifesaving, Mammal Study, Model Design, Mountain Biking, Motor boating, Nature, Orienteering, Painting, Photography, Pioneering, Rifle Shooting, Rowing, Scouting Heritage, Shotgun Shooting, Small Boat Sailing, Soil & Water Conservation, Space Exploration, Swimming, Water Sports, Weather, Wilderness Survival, Wood Carving

(Eagle required merit badges shown in red)

Merit Badge University 2012

Saturday, January 21st

Merit Badge University was held at the D.P.Culp Center at East Tennessee State University  from 8:30 AM to 6:00 PM.

We had 8 scouts and 3 adults attend from Troop 3.

We worked on several merit badges including:  Citizenship in the Community, Citizenship in the Nation, Energy, First Aid, Railroading, Coin Collecting, Architecture, Auto Mechanics, and Scouting Heritage.

Click here for more details.

Swimming

Saturday, Jan 27th

We had a great time swimming at the Coomes Recreation Center in Abingdon.

11:30 AM to 3:00PM         Cost: $3.75 (youth).     $6.50 (adults)

 
We spent some time working on our swimming requirements.
 
Congratulations to Ryan for completing his requirement for Second Class!