Mulch Sale 2024: This upcoming weekend Troops 136 and 7136 will hold their biggest fundraiser of the year. We will meet at the park beside 4927 Snowy Creek Drive in the Creekside development.
Monday, April 22, 2024
April
Thursday, April 11, 2024
April
Solar Eclipse 2024: I hope you all got a chance to enjoy the Solar Eclipse. Remember, to earn the 2024 Solar Eclipse Patch, you will need to discuss what you saw during the eclipse or what happens during a solar eclipse. Feel free to chat with any of the adults in the Troop about this and we can make sure that Mr. Baughman has your name down to earn the patch.
Tuesday, April 2, 2024
April
I hope everyone enjoyed your Spring Break.
- Carter Freeman received the Carl Cheeseman Eagle Project of the Year Award for his Eagle Scout Project.
- Jim Baughman received the Pathfinder Award
- Jason Savage received the Bridge Builder Award
- Ron Newcomb received the Bridge Builder Award
Earning the 2024 patch is easy and fun. It could make a great activity for a den meeting, pack meeting, Scouts BSA meeting, family outing … and everything in between.
- Locate a site suitable for viewing the eclipse. There are lots of good sources out there, but I’m partial to NASA’s official site, which lists all the major cities over which the eclipse will cross, with the exact times that Scouts and families need to be ready.
- Describe how to safely view the eclipse. It is not safe to look directly at the sun without specialized eye protection for solar viewing. This includes looking at it through binoculars, a telescope or your phone’s camera. Solar viewing glasses are thousands of times darker than regular sunglasses. Look for solar viewing glasses that comply with the ISO 12312-2 international standard. You can also safely view an eclipse using an indirect viewing method, such as Scout Life’s shoebox viewer.
- Discuss with your group what you saw and felt during the eclipse. A total solar eclipse happens when the moon passes between the sun and Earth. Depending on how close you are to the path of totality, you may see the sky darken considerably. Depending on the weather, you could see stars, as if it were nighttime. In some instances, night creatures might even come out.
- Do the following: Scouts BSA members: Draw a diagram of the positions of the moon, Earth and sun to show how the solar eclipse occurs.
Monday, March 11, 2024
March
Maplefest 2024: Troop 136 had great participation at the 2024 Maple Syrup Fest over the 1st weekend of March. We had 13 scouts and 4 scouters attend and volunteer. Senior Patrol Leader Alex Royce divided the troop into groups that allowed the troop to cover three different events as well as have scouts enjoying the activities. The scouts helped man the rope making station, the early American tools station, and the early Maple Syrup making station. Great job scouts and scouters serving our scouting community and representing Troop 136 and Scouting so well.
Tuesday, February 20, 2024
February
Ohio State House Visit: Troop 136 had a great visit to the Ohio State House on Saturday, 2/17/24. There were 9 scouts and 6 adults who enjoyed a guided tour of the restored Ohio State House. The beautifully done restoration cost $120 million dollars took 6 years and was completed in 1996. The Troop got to visit the Ohio Senate room where the 33 Senators from Ohio meet to perform the duties of state government. The tour went through the rotunda which is 67 feet from the skylight to the floor and has the Seal of Ohio in the center. The tour ended in the State House Museum where historical artifacts are displayed.
Monday, February 12, 2024
February
Court of Honor: Thank you to everyone who attended the Court of Honor on January 30th. It was great to see everyone supporting their scouts and to share in the pizza, salad and dessert potluck. It was nice to get to chat with so many people and to share some time together. Congratulations to all of the scouts who earned rank advancement, merit badges and other special awards. Congratulations to Mr. Baughman on his Woodbadge beading ceremony. The Woodbadge ticket is designed to help scouters focus on areas they think can help their units. By strengthening their units, they strengthen scouting as a whole.
Tuesday, January 30, 2024
January
Klondike Derby 2024: What a great time the Warlord Patrol had at Camp Lazarus on Saturday. The scouts learned a lot about teamwork and improved on their teamwork as the day progressed. The scouts worked together to take a bike apart, move it and reassemble it, tie a swing to cross a stream, shoot 22 rifles, work together to raise their sled off the ground using a pulley system, build a fire using flint and steel, first aid skills, remove disks from the center of a circle and using logs and rope to pull a heavy object. Thank you to Mr. Baughman for helping the scouts modify the sled with wheels. Thank you to Mr. Guay for driving, providing a trailer to transport the sled and teaching the scouts some new skills. Thank you to Mr. Baughman, Mr. Blackstone and Mr. Guay for attending and providing leadership for our scouts. Great job working together Scouts!