HASTINGS BIKE RACK PROJECT
The two troops are going to install a serpentine bike rack at Hastings School this Saturday starting at 10:30 AM. There is a chance that rain will wash us out so it may not happen. I don’t have a rain date because Sunday is impossible and next weekend is worse. If you are thinking of coming and can’t figure out if it is raining hard enough to cancel, call my cell at 617-620-5011.
This is not a huge project. We are going to dig two three foot deep postholes and pour a little concrete. Andy Dixon will be the project manager for this one since he knows how to construct footings and how to mix concrete.
Hastings School is off Mass Ave on Crosby Road which is near School Street and the Methodist church. There is parking to the side of the school.
Work gloves and sturdy shoes are ALWAYS a good idea. I will provide safety glasses. I am guessing that it may take until 1:00 PM but it depends on how many large objects we hit while digging.
YOUTH PROTECTION TRAINING
Youth protection training consists of a film and then a Q & A session if needed. As I mentioned in the recent parent meeting about YPT, Scouting is different in that it includes the Scouts in the training.
The film will be shown for Scouts next Thursday. Parents are welcome to sit in on the film so that they can monitor what the training consists of. If there are any concerns, please contact me or John Woodhouse, the Troop Committee chair. If you wish to preview the film, please come to the meeting no later than 7 PM.
ADVANCEMENT CRUSH
If you have attended a First Year program at either Bell or Hidden Valley and are not yet First Class, check out the requirements in your handbook and then show up at the meeting early next week. Be sure to read the requirements first so you are ready to do stuff like tie the required knots. There will be at least a couple of leaders there by 6:30 PM.
FLAG DAY
Another Town ceremony is coming up fast. Flag Day will be celebrated on Monday, June 16th starting at 7 PM. It should be over by 7:30 PM. There will be no marching.
Every year the Elks give a new flag to the Town and the changeover is made at this ceremony.
All Scouts and leaders are encouraged to attend. I will need three Scouts, preferably older Scouts, to help fold the old flag. We will also have three from Troop 119 since it takes six Scouts to fold a flag this size. We will have a runthrough at our meeting next Thursday just to make sure we remember how to fold a flag.
Hank Manz