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Proud of Our Scouters

Posted by: admin on 01/28/2013 11:34 PM

First thing, yet again, one of our own has received the coveted District Award of Merit.

Here is how she was introduced to the Selection Committee. Her curriculum vitae is far more extensive, but this summary may give you all an idea as to why Marie Baert was selected as a District Award of Merit Recipient for 2012 with Northern Trail District:

"In the Troop, Marie took on the Chair of the Committee and quickly discovered that Wood Badge would be necessary training and a springboard to other contributions to the Troop, District and Council. Since completing her Wood Badge in 2010, she has taken on training staff positions: Troop Guide in Wood Badge 97, Oak Leaf Staff, the University of Scouting for 2012 and will be Scribe for WB 104.

She has not restricted her activities there and has actually been involved in chartering two successful Venturing Crews and is currently the Committee Chair for Crew 2629 and an Assistant Advisor for Crew 728. When the necessity arises, she takes on roles outside the immediate confines of Troop and Crew. We had a Webelos Den that lost its leader and appeared to be on the verge of folding. Marie took on the role of Den Leader with that Den and they are back on track to cross over with no boys lost.

She has accepted and has been participating as a Unit Commissioner for our District since the beginning of 2012, supporting several of the Venturing Crews in Northern Trail.

She has been actively involved with the Catholic Committee on Scouting for the Dallas Diocese and has been recognized for her contributions there with a Certificate of Leadership, the Bronze Pelican (the Diocesan-level Service Award) and the St. George (National Award).

Outside of Scouts, Marie has been so actively involved in the community it is difficult to summarize. She has led or participated as an active member of Home and School (similar to PTA), St. Elizabeth Ann Seton's Women's Club, the Serra Club of Dallas, Jesuit's Auction Committee and Jesuit Band Booster.

Her recognition outside Boy Scouts includes a Silver Presidential Volunteer Service Award in 2009 and a Gold Presidential Volunteer Service Award in 2010 and 2011. She continues to give back to her community in many ways at a very high level.

We are very proud of Marie for her recognition and achievement.

Here is the list of District Awards of Merit coming from Troop 728:

2013 Marie Baert
2010 Steve Carpenter
2009 Chuck Holden
2008 Pete Ineich
2005 Joe Tavares
1990 Mark Carpenter

Next: our Northern Trail District awards only one (1) Silver Beaver award per year, so it is one of the highest honors a Scouter can achieve. Announced at Sunday's District Dinner was the next Silver Beaver recipient, who also happens to be from Troop 728 and Crew 728. Congratulations to our own Chuck Holden for being recognized for that singular honor. No more deserving person exists in our troop. Chuck joins a very small group of elite Scouters from our Troop and Crew.

Our personal and heartfelt congratulations go out to you, Chuck, for finally being recognized for your vast contribution to Scouting! Chuck truly is, in the fine tradition of all people on this list, an exemplary servant leader. Here is a list of all our Silver Beaver recipients:

2013 Chuck Holden
2010 Steve Carpenter
1993 Mark Carpenter

Camp Constantin 2012 Recap

Posted by: mkoenecke on 07/14/2012 11:46 PM

Fresh from sending two (2) crews to Philmont last month, Troop 728 sent some of its remaining Scouts to Camp Constantin for summer camp from July 8 through July 14th. Thirteen Scouts attended, and had a fun week of merit badges and Troop brotherhood. Photos of Summer Camp 2012 can be viewed and/or downloaded from http://scouts.koenecke.us . Also uploaded are several videos: just right-click and download them to your local computer to get a look at what summer camp at Constantin is really like. Particular thanks go to George Moore, Chris Fogarty, and Jeff Cormier for driving out and staying there through some seriously un-seasonable weather. Which was more variable than usual for summer camp. The boys wound up by winning the relay race for the first time in memory, completing a pretty successful and enjoyable week.

Updated Troop Directories

Posted by: mkoenecke on 09/02/2010 01:50 PM

I have posted updated Troop directories to the Documents & Photos page. One of them is listed by patrol, which should be more helpful for patrol leaders doing calling trees. As usual, to keep the information from being indexed by search engines, they are encrypted with the name of our Troop mascot. UPDATED as of 11/10/10.

Flag Day Crews

Posted by: Scoutmaster on 06/09/2010 02:39 PM

Thanks for helping with our Troop fundraiser. Please familiarize yourself with the attached procedures for our flag service.
Flags and stands are at Julius's house who will serve as quartermaster for Flag Day. Please let me or Julius know if you have
any questions.
Thanks — Jeff C.

The Flag Service Protocol document may be downloaded from the Documents page: http://koenecke.us/Scouts

Flag Service UPDATE

Posted by: jcormier on 02/13/2010 10:33 AM

The Flag Service Committee is pleased to announce that we have purchased 110 US flags and poles and we have commenced production. Duty roster sign-up will begin at the next Committee meeting on Sunday 2/21 at 5pm. There will be four 50-flag routes per holiday, 2 AMs and 2 PMs. The 2010 Service dates are:
1) May 31st - Memorial Day – Monday
2) June 14th - Flag Day – Monday
3) July 4th - Independence Day – Sunday
4) Sept 6th – Labor Day – Monday
5) Nov 11th - Veterans Day – Thursday

Door-to-door sales begin on Saturday, March 13 (Spring Break). Please contact me if you can help with this – details to follow. We will need scouts and scouters.
We will be asking those scout families that live in our service area – north of Beltline, south of Arapaho, east of Waterview & west of Floyd – to help us promote our service by displaying our flag and possibly a yard sign before the door-to-door solicitation for customers begins. Thanks – Jeff Cormier.

Winter Camp Recap

Posted by: Scoutmaster on 01/01/2010 01:33 PM

Troop 728 returned from attending Winter Camp at Camp Cherokee on December 31. Scouts participated in Climbing, Communications, Home Repair, Pioneering, Plumbing, and Rifle merit badges, and did some Soil and Water Conservation merit badge work in camp. Older Scouts attended the Mountain Man II program, and first year Scouts went to the Indian Village / Mountain Man Rendezvous. The first two nights were pretty cold, but the third day brought rain and slightly warmer temperatures, so we missed out on the Polar Bear Award. The camp culminated in a feast of roast turkey, ham, and several vegetable dishes. Our traditional cooking prowess really came through this year: Nick I. won the award for Best Entree cooking award; Jacqueline U. won the award for Best Side Dish, and Sherman B. got the award for Best Dessert.

Special thanks go to Pete I., who handled equipment preparation; Sherman B., who brought the trailer and handled preparations for the final feast; Jacqueline U., who managed food; Terry W., who lent her support all week; and Cary V., who transported the green trailer. Photos are available on the photos site.

New Fundraising Proposal

Posted by: Scoutmaster on 10/31/2009 12:53 PM

From our Fundraising Chairman:
IF you are a Troop 728 Scouter and do not have a son in the troop, you will not be expected to help with this fundraiser. However, your vote and input are very much appreciated.

How it works: 5-6 holidays/year our troop will set-up and display a US flag in the front yard of a customer (AM). The flags are then picked-up before dark that same day (PM). The troop sells yearly subscriptions for this service at around $35-$40. The 3'x5' flags are bought by and belong to troop 728 - should cost around $20 each including 8' wooden pole and metal stand (+ volunteered assembly labor). I suggest we start small - 100 customers the first year (with a goal of 300 by the 3rd year). These 100 can be divided into 2 routes of 50 each, then subdivided again into AM and PM routes. So if we do 5 holidays/yr, that amounts to 20 50-flag-routes in the first year. It should take around 1.5 hrs to set 50 flags, (maybe less if customers are all close together - HOA) and a little quicker to pick them up. What is required is a commitment from the entire troop. Each Scout must work 2 routes per year and each family must provide an adult driver for 2 routes/yr. Each route will require just one scout and one driver, but in the beginning I think we should pair-up an older scout (3rd yr +) with a younger scout (1st & 2nd yrs). We'll also need workers in the AM (and possibly the night before)to help distribute flag bundles to drivers, then again in the PM to collect and properly store the flags. Veterans Day will usually be ALL adult labor in the AM as most scouts will have school.
Our long-term goal of 300 customers is very much achievable and a troop of our size and commitment level is certainly capable of handling this workload. Once we are up and running with this program, (have the equipment paid for) with 300 customers, we have the potential to generate $12,000/yr.

The 5 holidays for Flag service are: Memorial Day (May), Flag Day (June 14), Independence Day (July 4), Labor day (Sept), Veteran's Day (Nov 11). We could add a 6th day at the beginning of the year - (Jan 1) - New Years Day OR (Feb) - Presidents Day.

We need to decide whether we will commit to this fundraising program at the NEXT Committee meeting, and cannot do it without a substantial commitment from the Troop in general. Please vote in the poll at left so the Committee will know your preference! If you vote "No," please let us know what we should do instead (while Viewing Results, add your comment). Thanks.

Campout Report from Troop Historian

Posted by: Scoutmaster on 10/27/2009 06:02 PM

We camped in Hickory Hills Hideaway. On Friday night after setting up, we roasted marshmallows around the campfire and adopted a mascot for the campout, a dog named Ava. During the night she tried to get into several scouts tents! On Saturday after breakfast we took a tour of the property. We saw an old hunting stand, animal tracks, and where wild hogs tore up the ground. The troop also did a orienteering course which involved trekking across the property. Five scout teams and two adult teams competed to find fourteen flags around the property and get as many points as possible. Then we went to the property owner’s trailer and talked on the H.A.M. radio to people on the U.S.S Midway in San Diego, California. One scout talked to somebody in Frog Knot, Texas, which is east of Melissa, Texas. Afterwards, patrols cooked dinner and then everybody sat around the campfire and told ghost stories and jokes until every last person got tired and went to bed. Then on Sunday morning we packed up, ate breakfast, and left. The weather was perfect and we had a great time doing activities and hanging out this campout.

Ideas for Camping Locations October/November

Posted by: Scoutmaster on 09/15/2009 03:43 PM

Our Camping Coordinator tried to get us reservations for Meisenbach in October for the escape/evasion/capture the flag campout, but apparently it's all being used for Wood Badge. Not only that, but Cherokee's occupied as well.

So, we need to come up with a different idea of where we can go for October (and November). Sid Richardson would work for the escape/evasion stuff (due to its size), but that is where we plan to go climbing in November. Lora Davis suggested Slippery Falls, another Longhorn Council camp, might work for climbing in November, and we could try Sid Richardson in October. Alternate idea: inquire about Meisenbach for November, and switch the October/November campouts. Thoughts?

August Meetings and Calendar

Posted by: Scoutmaster on 08/02/2009 01:29 PM

The August calendar has been updated. I cannot find a way in this software to delete one instance of a repeating event, so Troop meetings are shown on every Sunday through June, even though we do not normally meet on campout weekends.

Upcoming Court of Honor

Posted by: Scoutmaster on 05/21/2009 10:43 PM

In other news, apparently there still will be finals going on after May 31, and it might not be the best time after all to have our Court of Honor. On the other hand, if we move it out a week to June 7, some people may be out of town. New poll at left: which would you prefer?

Proposed Bylaws

Posted by: Scoutmaster on 04/03/2009 09:06 PM

The proposed set of Bylaws for the Troop can be downloaded from this link: Proposed Bylaws. Please let me know your suggested additions and deletions, and ideas in general in the Comments to this post. I would like for these to be in place by the upcoming year. Thanks, all.

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New BSA Medical Form

Posted by: keddy on 01/21/2009 11:38 AM (Read: 2250)

Replaces existing Class 1, 2, & 3 Forms.