Waterville Troop 108

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A list of Waterville Eagle Scouts, from the 1930's, is now available at the History link on your right.

Yes, it’s that time of year again! Time to get camping!

The troop will be headed to Gilbert Lake State Park, in Laurens, on Friday, September 25th, returning on Sunday, September 27th. This will be a great campout, at a beautiful location. Scouts need to bring a bag dinner for Friday night, and weather appropriate gear. Cost is $10, and the form and money is due next Tuesday, September 22nd. The form can be found under 'Reference' at the top of this page.

Questions? Call Tim Hicks at 821-2838 or email him at thicks@hamilton.edu.

The first meeting of Troop 108 for this year will be Wednesday, September 9th at 6:30 at the Cassety Hollow Rod and Gun Club. Boys who want a position should make plans to attend as elections will be held.

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

I am very pleased and proud to announce that Alec Strohmeyer and Patrick Zenon are now Eagle Scouts. Alec and Pat completed their Eagle Boards of Review this evening, and are Troop 108’s newest Eagles.

Jon Olin's Eagle Court of Honor will be held on Sunday, June 14, 2:00 PM, at the Waterville Historical Society on White Street. Hope to see you there!

Boys interested in going to the National Jamboree (http://www.bsajamboree.org/)in 2010 should contact Mr. Tom Labayewski, Council Field Director, at either tom.labayewski@scouting.org or (315) 735 - 4437 as soon as possible.

The June campout will be a one night event at Hamilton College in Clinton. We will leave from the Waterville Fire House on Saturday, June 20th at 8:30am, and return on Sunday, June 21st at 10am.
We have the opportunity to experience the high and low ropes course at Hamilton College. Those scouts who have done a ropes course in the past know how much fun this will be, and the ones who haven't will soon learn!