See below for important information regarding the 17th National Scout Jamboree 2010
Troop 112 is Color Guard for Somerset Patriots
The Troop assembled as Color Guard on Thursday July 1 and proudly displayed the flags of the United States and Troop 112 for the Somerset Patriot's baseball game opening ceremony. Joining the Troop on the field were fellow Cubs, Brownie, Daisy and Girl Scouts from Alexandria Township. Total attendance topped 62 including family members for a beautiful night under the lights in Somerset Park. Troop 112 provided tickets for the scouts. Helping with sponsoring additional tickets was Epic Construction and the Sterbenz family. The Troop 112 Committee wishes to thank all participants and sponsors for a great night at the ballgame. Next up - Summer Camp!!
CLASS B Uniform Shirts are here!
The Class B uniform Tees will be distributed on Sunday July 11 at Ten Mile River camp check-in. Each attending scout will be provided with all shirts ordered, including adult and/or extras. Please come to the troop trailer at your arrival to camp. If you are not attending camp, please contact Mr. Bavaro to arrange for pick-up. For those scouts who have our 50th anniversary shirts, those are also acceptable Class B's, so bring them to camp as well. Thanks again to Zach S. and Mike M. for doing a great job designing our "52nd" year Class B logo. Time to go camping!
100th Anniversary of Scouting in America Celebration
17th National Scout Jamboree 2010
Due to limited interest in attending the National Scout Jamboree as a Troop, we have canceled our troop campsite and will not make plans to attend as a troop. Families are encouraged to consider this 100th Anniversary Celebration in their vacation plans this summer. If you are in the Washington DC/Virgina area, it'll be well worth a side trip for a day to walk the grounds. Expectations are for 40,000+ scouts to be in attendance!
I have distributed to those individuals still interested in attending the National Scout Jamboree with the “Day Visitor’s” instructions. This will be an historic event and the National Scout Jamboree is only held once every 4 years.
If your family vacation plans permit and have interest in a brief visit; please stop by as a visitor at Fort A.P. Hill and witness this incredible event!
Mr. Kollet will be staying at King’s Dominion Amusement Camping grounds during the week of July 26th, so if you have interest in camping during your visit, please contact him for more information.
Hope you get a chance to visit the 17th National Scout Jamboree at Fort A.P. Hill !
Scoutmaster Miller
Class B Scout Shirts
Orders for Class B Scout shirts are due June 8th. Complete the order form and return to Mr. Bavaro. Please follow the Shirt Order Form link to print the order form.
Adult Leadership Training
Adult Leadership Training has been scheduled for Thursday evenings in October. More information will be available at Roundtable (1st Wednesday of the month 7:30 at Hunterdon North H.S. Rt 31) or by contacting Pahaquarra District Rep Mark Pettie at markpettie@yahoo.com or see Mark Vesper
Parents and adult leaders
Please consider completing the on line training courses. At a minimum we need leaders/parents to complete (or update) their youth protection training.
In order for a parent/scout leader to be listed on a Tour Permit application as the event leader, their Youth Protection Training must be completed and up to date. While this is one minimum council requirement, we also need parents who have hazardous weather training, safety afloat and various other courses available online.
The process is easy. Create an account on the My Scouting website:
and take a course. You will see how easy it is to complete the courses and make sure we have trained parents and leaders for our activities.
Troop 112 welcomes graduating Webelo's from Pack 114!!
On Sunday March 6, Pack 114 bridged 14 Webelo's to their next step in Scouting, as members of Troop 112. Congratulations to all of the Pack and family members on a job well done. Troop 112 is ready and looking forward to working with the new scouts and their families.
For new viewers to our site, you'll find this location as your up-to-date resource for calendar event information as well as other interests such as the latest T-112 news, popular links, equipment checklists, Eagle Scout resources, images of past events and more. (You may want to save it to your "Favorites" for future reference)
Our meetings startpromptly at 7:30 and run until 8:45 every Tuesday at LDW. Every second Tuesday of the month is the Troop Committee meeting which is open to all parents. The Committee meets in the LDW library during the normal scout meeting. Upcoming shortly will be the annual parent orientation night where an informative Boy Scouting overview is presented by Scoutmaster Miller. Keep an eye on the calendar for the date, it's a great source of information about the Troop and what it can mean to you and your boy. See you all on Tuesday!
KLONDIKE 2010 UPDATE!!!
Troop 112, representing the country of Spain was on the podium in two separate events at the running of the chilly 2010 Klondike on January 29 - 31. Thirty six scouts and adult members of T-112 braved 2 chilly nights at the Round Valley Reservoir Youth Center to take a 3rd place overall in the scout skills competition and a 1st place in the cooking contest. Viking patrol members rallied to just 2 points short of a 2nd place finish after some well intended antics cost them a penalty that had them settle for a solid 3rd. Congratulations to the Vikings for showing great spirit and teamwork. Mr. "Chuckwagon" Britt and Mr. "Cookie" Rollins put their culinary skills to work in assisting in the on-site cooking of the award winning Paella and Breaded Pork Chops. All of the patrols worked hard in the sub 20 degree temperatures at all of the skill stations and were the class of the field with their homemade sleds. Patrols further demonstrated their skills and teamwork as cooking and cleaning chores were handled within each patrol, under the 112 "garage" tent. Chilly faces and cold hands were warmed with ample hot meals and the traditional T-112 blazing campfire. Although there was no official trebuchet contest this year, Cobra patrol leader Chris U. and his dad showed up with a brand new home-built flinger that tossed the frozen pumpkins about 100 feet. So accurate was Chris' "weapon of no destruction", he was hitting a cardboard box with the 5 lb pumpkin ammo in tight groups for almost every shot. Very cool Chris, nicely done.
The troop broke camp starting at dawn on Sunday. All gear was stowed and the campsite grounds scrubbed for "leave no trace" by 8:00AM. Great job to all scoutsand adult scouters! We can't wait for next year!
Special thanks to Mrs. (Scoutmaster) Miller for her terrific job of sewing the flag of Spain, it was proudly displayed as the T-112 "country" flag throughout the event.
SUMMER CAMP UPDATE
Central NJ Council has decided to suspend any summer camping at KMSR while further repair research is being conducted. Troop 112 has decided to keep the same week (July 11 -17) and instead relocate our 2010 summer camping to Camp Keowa at Ten Mile River Scout Camps in New York State. This beautiful area is located about 30 minutes north of Port Jervis, just east of the Delaware River. We'll begin taking camp registrations shortly after the (January) Klondike. Stay tuned for more updates.
See the camping tab under News and Events for latest Klondike information
Troop 112 food bank drive continues to be successful. Thanks to help of 112 families as of the close of the Tuesday 12/15 holiday celebration, Mr. Slusser reports the troop has exceeded it's collection goal of 200 pounds of non-perishable food! The Clinton Food pantry located next to Rite Aid will be the recipient of your generosity. The troop has decided to continue our efforts in supporting the community past this effort, so please plan to bring a non-perishable item to our weekly meetings moving forward. Thanks to Mr. Slusser for coordinating this effort.
Webelos weekend update - On Saturday 12/12 Troop 112 welcomed 10 Webelos of Pack 114 Webelos and their parents for a chilly overnighter at Brunners. A mini-Klondike planned and staffed by senior scouts of T-112 had the Webelo's busy learning new skills most of the breezy afternoon. An ample lunch and even more hearty dinner prepared by monsieur Britt that included pot roasts, grilled chicken and ribs, steamed veggies, home made chicken soup, pasta with tomato sauce and three great dump cakes for dessert (apple, peach, cherry) was just the ticket for warming an otherwise chilly night. By dinner time the breeze had calmed and temps held in the lower 20's for most of the evening. After some "man-hunt" fun in the dark the boys joined the adults around the campfire and warmed up before hitting the tents. Sunday morning camp break-down was followed by a quick continental breakfast then final grounds clean-up. Special thanks to Cubmaster Matt Brown and the attending parents for their participation in a fun weekend. We even had three mom's hang in there for the overnighter in freezing temperatures! Way to go Mom's! We welcome Pack 114 Webelos and their families to our troop.
Troop dues and Order of the Arrow dues are now due. Troop dues notices were distributed at the December 1st meeting. Click to following links to download the OA dues notice.
Check the calendar on a regular basis for new entries.
Eagle Scout Candidates (especially current Life Scouts): Be sure to check the new forms and Eagle information under the "Trail to Eagle" tab. These forms provide 99.9% of the latest information you need to complete your Eagle requirements. For more info see Scoutmaster Miller or Mr.Britt.
Continue to keep an eye on our website for upcoming events, the latest news and the new look coming soon.
Scoutmaster Miller and the Troop Committee would especially like to thank all of the parents and adult leaders for their generosity during this past year. The contribution of time is the most precious gift of all. Your contributions have provided the 112 boys yet another year of a richer scouting and life experience. Congratulations and best wishes to all.
Shop Rite $ on sale at Troop meeting. Do your meal shopping with troop Shop Rite $ and the troop receives 5% of all purchases! See Gary K. at the Troop meetings for your cards. Make checks payable to "Gary Kollet"
Troop Calendar:
Future
7/26/2010 – 8/4/2010 National Scout Jamboree, Fort A.P. Hill, Va.
Website – This site will be our main communication conduit moving forward. It will be updated at least weekly, typically mid-week to keep you informed of the latest Troop 112 news. Be sure to check out the Calendar and Links pages for up-to-date information. Be sure to stop by the Photo Album page for evidence, witnesses and surprising images of scouts working hard, doing chores and having a blast doing it.
Prior events
Seabase – The 16 member Seabase High Adventure Crew has returned from Munson Island in the Florida Keys with big grins, minimal damage, tan skin and a lot of great stories. BSA National really showed the crews how to enjoy themselves in a safe, educational Scouting format that was part summer camp and part (semi) tropical island adventure.
The crew flew to Fort Lauderdale FL on Thursday June 28 where they enjoyed the pool and vast quantities of pizza at the local Marriot. Friday morning had the crews packed up in three min-vans that brought them to a Florida City Alligator Park. The park experience included a wild airboat ride complete with a few drenching 360’s and some high-speed fun, not to mention some scary looking critters and a very manly snake handling demonstration by Captain Miller. Next the vans made a quick stopover into the Everglades National Park. After rummaging through the gift shop and museum the crew drove down to Brinton Environmental Center at mile marker 23.8 on Summerland Key for Seabase check-in and orientation where they spent their first night. After their last night’s rest in air-conditioning and real beds at the base, the crews loaded two Hawaiian style “war canoes” and paddled 5.5 miles out into the Atlantic to Munson Island. At Munson they found no buildings, plumbing or refrigeration of any kind (none- not even an ice cube). The campsites were just off the beach. Each was equipped with ground tents, a dinning fly, a picnic table and a “kitchen” consisting of a critter-proof cupboard, dish washing basins and a three-burner propane stove. Primitive but comfortable and clean, the sites were occupied more by the many local Keys deer and Vaca raccoons than by the crews. The critters were so accustom to humans, they frequently had to be “shooed” out of the camps. Michael K. (aka “The Chief”, or “Coconut chief”) became the official self-appointed deer and raccoon repellant enforcement officer. While some thought his methods might have been somewhat unorthodox, he was very effective at keeping the pests away. You’ll have to ask him or his island mates how he did it (hint: check out the pictures). Many crewmembers stayed out of camp at night and instead enjoyed the night breezes by sleeping right on the sandy beach under the incredible night sky. It was a great way to end the day and to begin a new one.
The scouts spent the majority of their time in and on the water with various activities. Snorkeling on reefs, fishing offshore for mahi-mahi (dolphin fish) or shark fishing at night on one of the floating docks in front of the camp was just some of the fun. Crystal clear Keys water made the snorkeling over Looe reef (Google it) an incredible adventure. Scouts spotted several barracuda, sea turtles, tarpon and large schools of colorful tropical reef fishes. On another day, the scouts fought mahi-mahi and brought them back for a great dinner of fresh grilled fillets over an open fire. Late one night after dinner, the scouts waded out to the dock and caught sharks up to five feet long! Still more adventure on Munson was a kayak ride through a mangrove lagoon, and later through a mangrove “maze” that eventually led to the infamous and posh Palm Island Resort (while you’re at it - Google this one too), just next to Munson Island. It was quite the juxtaposition: A group of loud, fun-loving, shower-less scouts in kayaks emerging from the thick mangroves onto the quiet lagoon of the rich and famous. The scout’s behavior was reportedly entirely appropriate for the circumstances and was yet another part of their adventure. A walking island tour by BSA guides or “Island mates” pointed out the local flora and fauna some of which have very unique qualities. One quickly understood by all was the notorious “Poisonwood” tree. This tree has an extremely potent form of Urushiol oil, the irritant found in poison ivy. The Poisonwood’s version however is systemic - it gets into the blood stream and can come out anywhere on the body with extreme symptoms. Interestingly, an antidote is found in the bark of the Gumbo Limbo tree, which can always be found within a close distance of the poisonwood.
In addition to a busy adventure schedule, scouts and adults participated in a service project to clean and protect the island from weather damage. Flotsam litter was collected and bagged for removal. Sargasso weed was raked from the surf up onto dry sand to create bordered beds to help slow erosion.
The last island day was Wednesday. The adventure continued as the scouts paddled their war canoes the 5.5 miles back to base for “transition” day. The day is named appropriately as the un-showered, unshaven and otherwise un-refrigerated scouts needed a little freshening up before rejoining civilization.
Transition day was capped off with a welcome back luau and some ball games against other island troops. The crew managed to pull off a sweet victory against friendly rival North Carolina troop (who’s average aged 16 year-old scouts handily beat our crew at just about everything, all week- just ask any crewmember about the flagpoles) when Kory M. (Mr. Flexible) managed an impossible dance underneath the limbo stick that only Kory could pull off. In your face, North Carolina…
Departure day started early with a quick breakfast at base, loading the mini vans, then taking the 23.8 mile trip down to Key West. The crew visited a pirate treasure museum and enjoyed the sights and tastes of Key West for the morning before boarding the vans and heading back up to Fort Lauderdale for the afternoon flight back to Newark. This was a great trip; we can’t wait for our next High Adventure.
Note to adults: Next trip - bring more Advil
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Fund Raising:
Don’t forget - ShopRite Gift Cards for sale! The Gift Cards are available every Tuesday Night at our meetings. They are available in $25.00, $50.00 and $100.00 denominations, for every $100 spent, the troop receives $5.00! Every $1,000 spent the troop receives $50. Please purchase your cards next week and make this a part of your weekly shopping! To get your cards anytime please call 908-246-2849 for cards or additional questions.
