Good evening, post-poultry people of 635. With the noted exception of the few of you who sent taunting emails in the wake of a tough Irish loss, I hope you all had a nice week off. And to the taunters, I hope you had a nice week off though perhaps tempered by a splinter that was hard to get out and might have caused minor irritation and no health hazard.

A relatively short one this week, folks.

Non-Irish Topics for Tonight
(1) Scotticus Status Report
(2) This Week's Plan
(3) Service Project on Saturday
(4) Christmas Trees

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Scotticus Status Report
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He is done. At 9:00 pm Sunday night, just 3 hours before he turned into a Scouting Pumpkin, Scott Kelley wrapped up his last requirement and he can now submit his Eagle Application. He's not an Eagle Scout yet--he still has to go through his board of review--but this is the point where my hair loss slows back down. Congratulations, Scott.

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This Week's Plan
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At this week's meeting we're going to be doing a number of fun and exciting things:

(1) Psychotic Monkeys will meet with Esteban and Elliot to work on their advancement.
(2) Non-Monkeys will do a number of things:
-- They will put together their advancement plan and as many of them as possible will meet with either Mr. Peterson or myself to make sure they're on track
-- They will meet as patrols to plan a patrol event for next week's meeting time.
-- They will not burn down the school
-- They will, perhaps, have their pictures taken
-- They will have a mega-inspection that includes their sashes. THAT MEANS YOU NEED TO WEAR YOUR SASHES.
-- They will pay a one-chicken-wing penalty to the presiding Scoutmaster for each merit badge that is missing, improperly sewed or dusty.

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Service Project on Saturday
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We will be doing a service project for Meals on Wheels on Saturday, December 2nd at AIDC (my place of employment) in Williston. We'll be doing the annual letter stuffing job for their fundraising letter and we need boys who are able to help out. The duration of the service project is 9:00 - 5:00 but you don't need to stay for the entire thing unless your name is Ross Kelley or John Lanz (or unless you'd like to work on Citizenship in the Community and have this count as your service requirement.) Please let me know if you're interested and plan on bringing $5 for lunch.

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Christmas Trees
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Thanks to everyone for their efforts in getting the Christmas Tree stand up and running this past weekend. Special thanks to Trogdor the Burninator for his work on our new sign as I hear it is verrry naaahhhce. Please remember to stick to the schedule and to inform both Mrs. Fleury and myself if you change shifts with someone so we can keep track of Those Who Might Need Smiting as the month progresses. And please don't need smiting by missing a shift. Though it's true I do enjoy the act of smiting in and of itself, I hate it when it has to be for something like missing a Christmas tree shift.

Questions, comments, worthwhile or otherwise? You know where you can reach me.

Your Scoutmaster,

Sonnick