December 19, 2005

Troop 103 News Bits

your bag. Bags should be set up way before bed and shaken to loft. Do not sit on your bed before bedtime or you'll squish your Are you winterized? The T-103ers who attended Winter Awareness have no excuse loft. not to be. "Clean, dry and warm " is what Food: Don't skimp! You need extra calories you want to be and stay. Well fed and to stay warm about 4,00Cal/day. Plan hot hydrated too. one-pot dishes to save fuel and clean up. They are tasty, hot and good for you. Drink Clothing: Don't wear cotton clothing in any layer because it gets wet and stays wet and plenty of water and sports drink combos, wet is what you do not want to be. Instead and hot chocolate. Add in chocolate bars and you'll be fine. you need layers (and multiple changes of clothes that are clean and dry): base layers For Action: Have blast (warm, dry and like thermals, wicking warm socks, warm hat. Mid-layers like a warm shirt, pants (not clean), topped with waterproof if actively snow laying, sliding, fighting. THEN don't jeans!) and top layer like polar fleece and stand still and freeze, change clothes to wind and waterproof layer. Multiple pairs clean, dry new layers if you are wet! of gloves or mittens and waterproof boots and gaiters top off the look and the protection. Sunscreen and lip protection as Conclusion: be prepared, pack and dress well as sunglasses to cut down on eyestrain well, eat smart and play well! from the glare off of snow is also needed. - Assistant Scout Master Janis Tipton-King Sleeping on snow: As to sleeping in the snow, we learned a variety of interesting alternatives to tents- snow caves, shelters, trenches, tree trenches... The Pinecrest trip should be interesting! The key to sleeping in snow is... you guessed it- clean, warm and dry. Insulation on the bottom is key- 2 tarps and a closed cell or thermarest pad, a zero degree bag (or a bag and extra wool blankets), and a shelter that is not too much larger than you and your buddy (less room is easier to 'heat'). Loft is everything with

Winterized!

Wood Badge Honor Row

Congratulations to Mr. Androwsky and Mrs. Mitscha for the completion of Wood Badge! Our troop is lucky to have you as leaders. Other members of Troop 103 who have completed Wood Badge are Mr. Brown (bear), Mrs.

Brown (buffalo), Mr. Mike Dubro (fox), Mrs. Huie (fox), Mrs. Grimes (eagle), Mr. Shroyer (owl), Mrs. Tipton-King (fox) and Mr. Fahl is working on completing the course (buffalo). Assistant Scout Master Janis Tipton-King

Editorial
In this issue, Mrs. Tipton-King talks about the important ways to keep and stay warm and dry during the snow camp out. If you are going to the snow camp, you should take her advice at heart. Mrs. Tipton-King is also a regular writer to the newsletter. She contributes immensely to the success of this newsletter. Another great contributor is a writer by the pan name AK II. He continues on the column of Lord of The Ring and Star War saga. He finds stories about the book or the movies that one might not know. If you are a Lord of the Ring or Star War fan, you should really enjoy his column. Also new in this issue, we try a new technique to improve the quality of printing black and white pictures. Some of the darker pictures are digitally altered to get more brightness and contrast to show up better in the print. Hopefully this new approach would provide better pictures in print. We also have Mrs. Tipton-King, Mr. Mitscha, and Mr. Howard contributing their pictures to Candid Camera and Photo Album. We are blessed to have good

pictures. We are very grateful to their efforts. As the year and season come to an end, we would like to wish Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to every scout and adult in this troop. We now proudly present our famous Troop 103 Charlie Brown Choir (on paper only) to sing Christmas Carol to all of you

We wish you a Merry Christmas.

We wish you a Merry Christmas. We wish you a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!!!!

Candid Camera
Photographer: Janis Tipton-King, Bob Mitscha, and Tim Howard

Say ahhh.. No, don't- Arrrrgh! Fish breath!

Finally, the players realize their chess game is in a total stale mate. It has been in a stale mate from dust to dawn. (This night picture was digitally altered to make it look brighter in print)

The Zen of diving

This is an earlier prototype of the modern GPS system. It found out the coordinates of the enemy aircraft based on triangulation from three ground based radar. Do you believe that? Just kidding.

Where did you say I could sign my autograph on the missile?

Scouts practice on tying "their knot"

Photo Album
Photographer: Janis Tipton-King, Bob Mitscha, and Tim Howard

Last group picture before the brave souls dive into the abyss.

Everybody helps in sorting out the collected food.

It is hard to imagine that the defense of freedom (Nike Missile Site) is only a stone throw away from the symbol of freedom (San Francisco)

Hello! You are the luckiest winner today. Because of your dedication to Scouting For Food, you are chosen to appear on this coming issue of Troop 103 Newsletter

Birds eye view of the epicenter of Scouting For Food

Every scout helps in building and erecting the watchtower.

Entertain Your Brain

Wordsearch for knots
This is a wordsearch game extracted from 1001 Ultimate Word Games. It contains some of the different knots used by Scout.

JRR Tolkein Quiz

Ans.: 1) b 2) a 3) a 4) d 5) a 6) a

Scouting On The Web

All Kinds Of Knots
Scouts are already familiar with some of the knots in the Wordsearch game on previous page because they are in the Scout Handbook. For those not in the Handbook, if you are interested, you could look at the following links for more information: Bend knot: also called Sheet Bend knot, http://www.tollesburysc.co.uk/Knots/Sh eet_bend.htm Overhand knot: http://www.realknots.com/knots/stoppers .htm Eight knot: one of the knots in the Single Loop knot class, http://www.realknots.com/knots/stoppers .htm Stopper knot: for rock climbing use, http://www.chockstone.org/TechTips/St opper.htm Reef knot: also called Square knot Tautline knot: for construction use, http://www.constructionwork.com/resou rces_details_1328tautline_knot.html Cow knot: also called Cow Hitch knot, http://www.troop23online.org/boyscouts /Scout_zone/knots/knots.html Marline knot: http://web.telia.com/~u22008866/knopar /meerlingsstek.html Constrictor knot: http://www.realknots.com/knots/constric .htm Butterfly knot: one of the knots in the Single Loop knot class, http://www.iland.net/~jbritton/butterflyk not.htm Loop knot: there are different classes of Loop knots (Single Loop knots, Double Loop knots), http://www.realknots.com/knots/sloops.h tm Artillery knot: one of the knots in the Single Loop knot class, http://www.realknots.com/knots/sloops.h tm Noose knot: for fishing use, http://www.predatek.com/2_hn_knot.ht m Monkey Fist knot: http://131.230.57.1/knots/m_fista.htm Dolly knot: http://uk.geocities.com/zzar_bean/dk2.ht ml Turks Head knot: also called WoodBadge Woggle knot, http://www.troop54.com/knots/TurksHe adKnot/TurksHeadKnot.htm Cat Paw knot: for fishing use, http://www.leadertec.com/tipsandtechniq ues/fishing_knots/knots_catspaw.html

Introduction
Welcome! This time I have significantly changed the format of my column. In this edition of the newsletter, I have added in a table and article containing the details of Order 66 in Star Wars: Episode III. For those of you who have seen the movie, this should be a helpful guide on the Jedi, who were slain when Order 66 was put into effect, by Darth Sidious, aka Supreme Chancellor Palpatine. I have also included a quiz on JRR Tolkein and some details of his life and books. I hope that you will enjoy the following sections of my column. - AK II

JRR Tolkein Quiz

(See answer on page 5) 1. What does JRR in JRR Tolkein stand for? a. John Ronald Ruel b. John Ronald Reuel c. Jacob Ronald Rudolph d. John Ronald Richardson 2. What was the first Middle Earth book JRR Tolkein ever wrote? a. The Silmarrilion b. The Hobbit c. The History of Middle Earth d. The Book of Lost Tales Vol. 2 3. What was the last Middle Earth book he wrote and published? a. The Silmarrilion b. The Lord of the Rings c. The Road Goes Ever On d. The Guardian 4. What was not a book he wrote? a. The Road to Middle Earth b. Unfinished Tales c. The Lord of the Rings d. Sparknotes: The Lord of The Rings 5. In what year was Tolkein born? a. 1892 b. 1948 c. 1999 d. 1893 6. Who was the person who published The Silmarrilion? a. Christopher Tolkein b. Sir Ian Mckellen c. JRR Tolkein Jr. d. Christoph Tolkein

 Execute Order 66
These were the fated words spoken by Supreme Chancellor Palpatine. These were the words, which destroyed the Jedi, protectors of the galaxy, in one swift move. Not many people who saw the Star Wars would pay attention to all of the effects of this order authorizing the killing of the Jedi knights. They would only know that 2 Jedi knights escaped, Obi-wan Kenobi and Yoda. But, there were other scenes, some of which the Jedi they portrayed, were unrecognizable. But, I have managed to gather a small amount of data on the destruction of the Jedi. These are the known Jedi info on the list of Order 66.

Name
Stass Allie Obi-Wan Kenobi Plo Koon Ki-Adi-Mundi Aayla Secura Anakin Skywalker Shaak Ti Saesee Tiin Luminera Unduli Mace Windu Yoda Jukassa Zett

Rank
M M M M K K M M M M M P

Status
Killed Survived Killed Killed Killed Seduced Killed Killed Killed Killed Survived Killed

Description
Killed when his troopers blasted him with their speeder bike blasters Anakin Skywalkers master Killed by his clone fighters while flying over Cato Neimoidia Killed when his clone troopers turned against him with their blaster fire Killed on the planet with the exotic flowers when her troops opened fire Seduced by the Dark side; Became Darth Sidious Apprentice Killed when Darth Vader invaded the Jedi Temple First to be killed when Palpatine resisted arrest Killed on the planet of Kashyyk (Home of the Wookies) Last Jedi to be killed when Palpatine resisted arrest The master of all Jedi masters (the small green creature) Killed by blaster fire; Last seen by Sen. Organa

Note: For the Rank, M indicates a Master Jedi, P indicates a Padawan Apprentice, and K indicates a Jedi Knight. Also, all descriptions have been edited for people who saw Episode III. Therefore, they can identify the Jedi by the background planet, or their actions, or certain events. Note also that this table was compiled in respect for the movie version.