Three Rivers Events During September 2019

Three Rivers Events During September 2019
Sep 3 - TRD Unit Commissioners Meeting
  http://www.nnjbsa.org/registration/calendardetail.aspx?activitykey=2419927&orgkey=944
Sep 5 - TRD District Committee Meeting
  http://www.nnjbsa.org/registration/calendardetail.aspx?activitykey=2419928&orgkey=944
Sep 10 - TRD District Roundtable
  http://www.nnjbsa.org/registration/calendardetail.aspx?activitykey=2561033&orgkey=944
Sep 17 - TRD Assistant District Commissioners Meeting
  http://www.nnjbsa.org/registration/calendardetail.aspx?activitykey=2419930&orgkey=944
Sep 21 - TRD Pirate Quest
  http://www.nnjbsa.org/registration/calendardetail.aspx?activitykey=2419931&orgkey=944
Sep 24 - TRD Golf Classic
  http://www.nnjbsa.org/registration/calendardetail.aspx?activitykey=2419932&orgkey=944

Training Sessions During September 2019
Sep 13-15 - Wood Badge Weekend
  http://www.nnjbsa.org/registration/calendardetail.aspx?activitykey=2419619&orgkey=944
Sep 21 - Den Chief Training
  http://www.nnjbsa.org/registration/calendardetail.aspx?activitykey=2510683&orgkey=453
Sep 21 - Scoutmaster and Assistant Leader Training
  http://www.nnjbsa.org/registration/calendardetail.aspx?activitykey=2564690&orgkey=944
Sep 21 - Cub Leader-Specific Training
  http://www.nnjbsa.org/registration/calendardetail.aspx?activitykey=2564406&orgkey=944

Other Council-Approved Events in September 2019
Sep 9-10 - Shotgun and Pistol Shooting Course
  http://www.nnjbsa.org/registration/calendardetail.aspx?activitykey=2558740&orgkey=944
Sep 14 - Popcorn - Show-n-Sell Orders Due
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Sep 20-22 - OA Induction Weekend
  http://www.nnjbsa.org/registration/calendardetail.aspx?activitykey=2419832&orgkey=944
Sep 21 - Friends of Camp Turrell Recognition Dinner
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Sep 27-29 - Floodwood Fall Weekend
  http://www.nnjbsa.org/registration/calendardetail.aspx?activitykey=2371548&orgkey=453 Sep 26-28 - Popcorn - Show-n-Sell Order Pickup
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Camp Turrell Award for Nick Ligosh

Camp Turrell Award for Nick Ligosh

The Friends of Camp Turrell recently awarded its Trip McMillan Staff Excellence Award to Nick Ligosh. Nick wore several hats at camp: Camp Commissioner, Dining Hall Steward, and Merit Badge Counselor for Public Speaking. He also conducted each Friday evening's "Scouts Own Service" at the camp's chapel followed by each Friday night's closing campfire at the Council Ring.

Nick's unique voice was familiar to every camper, since they heard him frequently at meals, directing food service and wait duty. Soon campers took to cheering Nick at every opportunity, and many tried to mimic his call for "Waiters!" Click below If you would like to try your own hand at mimicry.


In the photo are Kaleb Alekel, Geoff Garlick, Nick, and Camp Director Troy Knudsen.

Cake Frosting and Trademarks

Cake Frosting and Trademarks

Some bakeries will balk at frosting a cake with an image containing a trademarked logo. Not just Scouting, but also major league baseball teams, Marvel characters, Coca-Cola, etc.

BSA National is willing to provide your bakery with a pre-printed release form. There's no charge, but be sure to get it done in advance -- plan on a few days turnaround.

You'll find details in an article published last May in Scouting Magazine. Click here for the online version.

Dutch Scouts Dropped into the Middle of the Woods

Dutch Scouts Dropped into the Middle of the Woods

"Getting 'dropped' in the forest is a beloved scouting tradition," wrote Ellen Barry in an article for the NY Times. She tagged along with three Dutch Scouts who were "dropped" into the middle of the woods at 10:00 PM a long way from their summer camp and challenged to find their way back. They were given a "primitive GPS" device but little else.

Barry wrote, "This is the Dutch scouting tradition known as a 'dropping,' in which groups of children, generally pre-teenagers, are deposited in a forest and expected to find their way back to base. It is meant to be challenging, and they often stagger in at 2 or 3 in the morning."

Addressing her readers, Barry said, "If this sounds a little crazy to you, it is because you are not Dutch." She might have also predicted this reaction from American Scout leaders, "What a cool idea! But getting approval to doing it here? Fuhgeddaboudit!"