BSA Troop 398

TROOP MEETINGS
We will not have a regular Troop meeting on June 13 and June 20 due to summer camp. We will have a PLC on Monday, June 20th, at 7:00 PM at the Eagle’s Nest. Our next regular troop meeting will be on June 27th. No meeting on July 4th.

SUMMER CAMP
CHECK IN TIME: We are to be at the Camp Stahlman parking area NOT LATER THAN 1:50 PM on Sunday, June 12.

Your Options: Meet at St. Mark's Eagle's Nest at 12:15 to 12:30 PM on Sunday, load gear on the trailer (we will take the trailer up to the campsite, so you won't have to carry your gear in from the parking area) and ride up in an auto or the church van, if needed. Transportation will depart not later than 12:50 PM. Your other option is to go up to Stahlman on your own and be prepared to carry your gear in from the parking area (about 1/4 mile). In any case, you must be in the Stahlman parking area by 1:45 PM unless you let Mr. Warren know that you will be arriving late. If you choose this option, we suggest you load your scout’s gear in the troop trailer – it will be unlocked by 11 AM on Sunday.
Please reply to this email as soon as possible if your scout will need a ride to camp on Sunday.
Classes are usually complete by 4 PM on Friday. The closing campfire at 7 PM Friday night is optional. If you want to drive up and pick up your scout on Friday afternoon, that's fine. If you want to eat supper on Friday as your scout's guest, let me know this Sunday so I can let the dining hall know. During the week, if you want to eat a meal at camp, meal tickets are available at the Crippled Crab ($5 Breakfast, $6 Lunch & $7 Dinner). I think we will eat breakfast at 7 AM, lunch at 12:05 PM and dinner at 5:30 PM. We will break camp Friday afternoon. I need to know if your scout needs a ride back to Murfreesboro or if you plan to take him home from camp before Friday. Please E-mail this info to me as soon as possible.
We traditionally have dinner in our campsite on Thursday as a special treat. Richard and Katie McAdams are coordinating this effort again this year. If you want to help with that, contact Richard or Katie at mcadamsrktw@comcast.net or Richard at 416-3661.

Scouts (and adults) like to get mail. Send it early and often. The address at camp is :
Scout Name: ____________
Troop 398
Boxwell Reservation
Camp Stahlman
1260 Creighton Lane
Lebanon, TN 37087

Merit Badge fees and COPE fees were paid as part of your registration fees. When we go to camp, you will want to have money to pay for any special activities. Tokens are purchased at the Trading Post for the following activities:
Muzzle Loading $10, Recreational Motor Boating $12/day, Recreational Rifle Shooting $2/10 shots, Recreational Shotgun Shooting $3/5 shots, Recreational Water Sports $10/day. Bring at least $5/day for the Trading Post. It has sodas, ice cream, T-shirts, meit badge books and all kinds of stuff. Also Mr. Harden can take orders for worms or crickets if you need them. Bait will probably cost $2 -- $4 per container. Mr Horne will be our Troop Banker and Pharmacist. He can lock up your money for you and give it out as you need it. Please put your money in an envelope with your name and instructions for giving it out i.e. "$5 per day" or "as requested." Please enclose small bills as we will not have any change with us. It is also a good idea to leave a second key to any locks or the combination with Mr. Horne in case they get lost.

Water is very important. If you don't drink enough, you will become dehydrated and get sick. Adults will monitor first and second year campers very closely to make sure they are drinking water. We will have ice water and Gator Aide in the campsite. We have a really nice shower house, please do your part to keep it clean. There is no reason that you can't take a shower each day - I really don't care how bad you smell, but a shower is the best time to check for ticks especially around your private parts! If you check daily, they will come right off - if you put it off for two days or more it may require a trip to the hospital and a group effort to remove the tick!

Bring a day pack, with a canteen or quart bottle of water, scout handbook, compass (if you have one), rain gear, pencil or pen and paper or notebook, and merit badge book. You should keep your day pack with you all day.

Shorts & T-shirts will be worn for processing on Sunday. Have your swim suit handy. If you have not taken a Swim Test this spring, you will be required to take a swim test on Sunday. The Staff may select scouts at random to spot check the pre-camp swim qualifications.

Patrol Leaders make sure members of your patrol have picked a tent mate (2 scouts per tent) before we leave the Eagle’s Nest- we will want to know which scouts are sharing tents before we get to camp. Tent mates should be members of the same patrol. Here are the scouts attending camp grouped by patrol:

Rank
Scouts Age Rank Date Leadership Position

GREEN HORN Patrol

Arnold, Westley 12 Scout
(H) 893-5440 05/23/11
(C) 948-9058
wesleyryanarnold@bellsouth.net
Henderson, Braden 11 Scout
(H) 895-5038 04/18/11
hendersonbraden@gmail.com
Henderson, Ty 11 Scout
(H) 962-9525 04/18/11
reidhenderson1@comcast.net
Poplin, Brandon 11 Scout
(H) 217-4173 04/18/11
Whitaker, Ethan 12 Scout
(H) 223-6926 04/18/11
dbwhitaker@aol.com

PIONEER Patrol

Jacobs, Mitchell 13 Star Scribe (03/14/11)
(H) 459-6014 09/13/10 Asst Patrol Ldr (03/14/11)
quadj@mac.com
Croney, Tyler 13 2nd Class
(H) 898-0052 04/04/11
djcis12@gmail.com
Hopkins, Ross 14 Life Quartermaster (03/14/11)
(H) 225-8175 03/21/11
janiehopkins@comcast.net
McAdams, Trey 13 2nd Class
(H) 907-4206 07/26/10
mcadamsrktw@comcast.net

VIPER Patrol

*Siler, Justin 14 Star Patrol Leader (03/14/11)
(H) 898-1841 03/07/11
silertammy@hotmail.com
Ceder, Kyle 14 Star Asst Patrol Ldr (03/14/11)
(H) 895-1108 02/02/10
carolynpray@yahoo.com
Bailey, Andrew 13 2nd Class
(H) 896-5264 01/24/11
vincent63@comcast.net
Carey, David 13 1st Class Troop Guide (03/14/11)
(H) 793-3103 08/02/10
danecarey@comcast.net
ewilliams@tnonc.com
*Spivey, Reed 15 Life Troop Guide (03/14/11)
(H) 867-9005 08/02/10
dwspivey@yahoo.com

RATTLESNAKE Patrol

*Klaus, Karl 17 Life Senior Patrol Ldr (03/14/11)
(H) 804-6920 01/24/11
jrklaus@bellsouth.net
Walker, Sean 14 2nd Class Patrol Leader (03/14/11)
(H) 895-0227 11/09/09
alan717@bellsouth.net
Bargatze, Dylan 13 1st Class Asst Patrol Ldr (03/14/11)
(H) 848-1845 04/04/11 Historian (03/14/11)
eric.bargatze@att.net
Bargatze, Dalton 13 1st Class Troop Webmaster (03/14/11)
(H) 848-1845 04/04/11
eric.bargatze@att.net
Phillips, Samuel 16 1st Class
(H) 895-3111 03/21/11
mandnphillips@comcast.net

RAVEN Patrol

Siler, Jeremy 11 1st Class Patrol Leader (03/14/11)
(H) 898-1841 11/15/10
silertammy@hotmail.com
Wermert, Michael 12 2nd Class Asst Patrol Ldr (03/14/11)
(H) 494-1928 10/25/10
thewermerts@bellsouth.net

*Barrett, Benjamin 11 1st Class Quartermaster (03/14/11)
(H) 890-0578 11/29/10
bb.barrett@juno.com

TIGER Patrol

Ott, Cole 13 1st Class Patrol Leader (03/14/11)
(H) 893-5389 10/04/10
cole@coleott.com
Allen, Jim 13 1st Class
(H) 895-4917 03/07/11
stacie.allen@hcahealthcare.com
Ervin, Connor 12 1st Class
(H) 898-1180 03/07/11
jerrod.ervin@comcast.net
Honey, Ben 14 Star Librarian (03/14/11)
(H) 890-5240 02/07/11
ben.honey@comcast.net
Pack, Madden 12 2nd Class
(H) 890-3841 11/15/10
orthovol@aol.com

Unassigned

Poplin, Nathan 0
(H) 217-4173


After Sunday, all visitors must sign in at the Crippled Crab when you come on to Boxwell Reservation. If you must pick up your scout before Friday afternoon, you must complete an early release form. If possible, give this to me before we leave for camp.

If you are not arriving at camp at 1:50 PM on Sunday with the rest of the troop, Camp Boxwell requires that I turn in a written explanation signed by a parent and myself when we check in. This is part of their security measures. Parents, if this applies to your son, please get this note to me before we leave on Sunday.

There are no pay phones and camp telephones are limited to emergency use and are located at some distance from our campsite. Do not expect your scout to call every single night! We will encourage first year campers to wait until about Wed. night to call home. Scouts should not need to bring cell phones to camp. There is no place to charge them. If brought they need to be turned off most of the time to conserve the battery. Do not take them to class. I will not be responsible for 28 scouts running up time on your son's cell phone. If you (parent) need to know something, I will call you. If you need to call, my cell phone is 473-7076. Please do not come up to get your home sick scout early with-out talking to me first. Give us a chance to resolve the problem.

We are going to camp to enjoy the great outdoors. Please leave your electronics at home. Camp is not a good environment for electronics and the scoutmaster will not be sympathetic!

Please do not forget your Class A uniform and try to bring at least one pair of green (olive) shorts - no "surfer shorts" will be worn to meal formations. Wearing of Troop caps and neckerchiefs will be encouraged this year. Bring insect repellent. (Spray socks and legs before leaving camp to discourage ticks.) I prefer the long scout socks because the bug spray stays on them longer than on my skin. Closed toe shoes must be worn outside of the campsite. If you are taking Swimming or Life Saving Merit Badge or COPE, bring long pants and long sleeve shirt. Bring work gloves for COPE.

Our Troop Contact here in Murfreesboro will be Mike Holtman (C) 686-7372 or mike.holtman@yahoo.com . He can relay messages or arrange for gear or clothing to be delivered to camp assuming we have someone driving up that day. Mike will be available at 12:00 PM Sunday at the Eagle’s Nest if you still have fees to pay.

Additional Troop T-shirts, hats, neckerchiefs and mosquito nets will be available on Sunday at the Eagle’s Nest.

Be sure to use a laundry marking pen or some other method to mark your Troop T-shirts, Uniform shirts and any other clothing or gear that could be mixed up with someone else's. We always have a lot of unclaimed gear and clothing at the end of camp - especially socks! No one seems to want to claim socks - probably for good reason!!!


Driving directions to Boxwell reservation: Take Hwy 840 toward Knoxville to the Highway 109 exit . Follow hwy 109 toward Gallatin. Cross Interstate 40 and travel north 9.2 miles. Turn left at Boxwell Reservation sign and the road runs into Boxwell Reservation. Turn left at the stop sign at the Crippled Crap and follow the signs to Camp Stahlman. From the Stahlman parking area follow the asphalt road past the left side of the Dining Hall. Look for site 16 in the wood line to the left of the road.