Troop 1 Katonah, New York

Memorial Day is a solemn occasion when we pay tribute to the men and women of the armed forces who gave their lives and made sacrifices to protect our nation and its freedoms. Our Troop is honored to participate in the parade marking the occasion in Katonah. Thanks to Mr. Bacon, here's some photos of Troop 1 Katonah marching in the Memorial Day Parade on Monday, May 25. Participants also included the local Veterans of Foreign Wars, the Katonah Fire Department, as well as Boy Scouts, Cub Scouts, and Girl Scouts. As an added bonus, all of our Scouts were wearing the new Katonah Troop 1 "90th Anniversary" neckerchief (this special neckerchief will be awarded to all adult leaders and all Scouts who have achieved the rank of First Class or above. New Scouts entering the Troop will earn their neckerchief upon achieving the rank of First Class). Neckerchiefs will also be available for purchase by collectors as a fundraiser to support the Troop.

Thursday May 21 - We'll be practicing our marching skills to prepare for Katonah's Memorial Day Parade. Fall out in full uniform, meet at 7:30pm at Katonah Elementary School. Monday, May 25 - Fall out in full uniform to march in Katonah's Memorial Day Parade. Meet at the Firehouse. Thursday, May 28 - Fall out in full uniform, meet at 7:30pm at Katonah Elementary School. Thursday, June 4 - Board of Review for all Scouts anticipating rank advancement. Katonah Fire Department Carnival is the same night, so after you've had your board of review, you are dimissed. Meet at 7:30pm at Katonah Elementary School. Thursday, June 11 - Special meeting at Kelloggs & Lawrence Hardware Store , where we will tour their new Camping & Outdoors Department, and also learn about winter weather clothing and other useful camp equipment. Meet at Kelloggs & Lawrence, fall out in full uniform at 7:30 pm. Thursday, June 18 - COURT OF HONOR, parents and friends attend as we look

Troop 1 Katonah was visited by four Eagle Scouts at our Thursday night meeting: David Tschorn, Mark Kane, Peter Kane, and David Kane. It was great to have them visit, and they helped our younger Scouts with the evening activities. We continued our camping gear inspection by taking all the tents from the last camping trip and setting them up in the gym. After we went through the tents and packed them up again, we turned to knot tying. Mark and Peter helped our younger Scouts learn their basic knots for Tenderfoot, while Dave Kand and some of the older boys helped clean out and reorganize some of our materials stored under the stage. Thanks to Robert Chaiken for these photos. It was a fun night, and we were glad to have our Eagles visit. Do you know a past member of our Troop who would like to visit some night? Please let us know ! The Mad Monkeys Patrol checks over their tent, making sure they have all the parts. The Swamp Chickens Patrol carefully unpacks their tents. Checking the te

Join us at the Katonah Memorial Park on Saturday, May 9 for a service project opportunity that will help benefit the community for years to come. The park needs help clearing the old ski tow path of brush. Meet at the tennis courts at 9:00am, bring gardening gloves or work gloves, wear high socks to protect against ticks. Work will continue until 3:00pm. Contribute as much time as you can. This is a great local service project, and will help contribute towards your required service hours.

This past weekend Troop 1 Katonah went to Alpine Scout Camp in Alpine, New Jersey, for the annual Muscoot Spring Camporee. For this camporee the theme was science-fiction, mainly Star Trek. Troops from the district arrived Friday night and claimed one of the many campsites around the property. While it was raining hard in Katonah, by the time we got to New Jersey it had stopped. In the morning, troops were awakened and told to prepare for the big day ahead of them. Troops assembled on Bates Field for the opening ceremony, where our troop participated in the color guard. Once finished with that, troops were dismissed to the registry area. Once there, patrols had their model rockets (built beforehand) inspected, and were then sent to their assigned starting station run by Troop 371 Mahopac . Our patrol started out at the " SURFACE TEAM " station, which was a geology based activity We learned about different types of local rocks and went out to find a sample, bring it back, and