Troop 380

Monday, February 27, 2006

GPS Mapping

The sun was in our eyes and the wind in our hair. We could smell the fresh air as we breezed down the straightaways and negotiated tight curves surrounded by expensive machinery. No, we weren’t cruising in a Ferrari; we were learning how to GPS map at Camp Guyasuta. For the last few meetings Mr. Stewart has announced that the Allegheny County Parks department is looking for help to GPS map the county parks. This was our first training session. We met at the ranger’s station at Camp Guyasuta for orientation and to familiarize ourselves with the equipment. The GPS units cost $5,000 apiece and the antennas were another $2,000! They would allow us to hike the trails, taking position measurements and making notes about each point. The data would all eventually be combined into a specialized computer drawing program and new maps of the parks would be generated. The county parks ranger supervising the project showed us a recent map made of Hartwood Acres and the results were amazing. Superimposed over the old map, it was clear why the new ones were necessary. Old trails were corrected and new ones were now shown. The Hartwood mapping had been done by a trail biking club but they are no longer involved in the project. Thus the need for us. The goal is to send several teams out to each of the county parks between now and the beginning of May. (Some are already done.) By May, we will need to suspend mapping as the tree cover interferes enough with GPS signals to drag the process to crawl. By the end of the day at Guyasuta, we all had hiked and played with the equipment enough to feel comfortable to move on to the real thing. Tentatively, the next session is scheduled for March 12 (a Sunday) at Deer Creek park. This is a great Scout activity with a chance to enjoy some outdoor time mixed with providing a vital service to our community. If you’d like to join in, there is still time. We’d like to put together another two or three teams of one adult and two scouts. You can learn the equipment on the job at our next outing. Talk to Mr. Stewart if you are interested. And of course, scouts will receive credit for service hours for time spent on the project. Philmont scouts can get credit conservation hours  towards their 50 mile hike award. I hope to see you there.

Jerry Vockley
Scoutmaster, Troop 380
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Tuesday, February 14, 2006

blog message (revised)

hi it's max i know i can't compete with justing 'cause he's fonny (that has two meanings), so all i'm going to say is this:
-there was a goblin
-i wanna go back to Philmont
-no 2 people are not on fire
(please visit www.homestarrunner.com for more laughs(ha ha))
these inside jokes are courtesy of me, max; justin, my second cousin once removed (seriously); big swish, the guy with the hat and nalgene frisbe; li'll swish, big swish's secret clone; nicky t, our spl; big t, our troops honorary chef; derelict swigger, the kid who is rumored to have gotten a haircut; spike, this should be self explanatory; and the suhans. we are all proud supporters of the site listed above (www.homestarrunner.com).
p.s.visit that  site or youll die........ or just not get any of these jokes which is just as bad
p.s.s.swisher you still owe me from when i saved your life at Philmont
p.s.s.s.bobcat keep hydrated
p.s.s.s.s."hey! that rock looks like a catfish" is funny at 12,200 feet
p.s.s.s.s.s.baldy's better than philips, nah-nah-nah-nah-boo-boo!
p.s.s.s.s.s.s. isnypt
p.s.s.s.s.s.s.s.caves are nice at over 100*F
p.s.s.s.s.s.s.s.s.black bears are good, grizzlies are bad
p.s.s.s.s.s.s.s.s.s.glens bones are probably being picked by mountain lions now
p.s.s.s.s.s.s.s.s.s.s. i wanna go back to philmont, wanna go back, back to philmont
p.s.s.s.s.s.s.s.s.s.s.s.in the great words of homestarrunner, "strongbad i swallowed a bug the good times are over!"
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Max's Post

hi it's max i know i can't compete with justing 'cause he's fonny (that has two meanings), so all i'm going to say is this:
-there was a goblin
-i wanna go back to Philmont
-no 2 people are not on fire
(please visit www.homestarrunner.com for more laughs(ha ha))
these inside jokes are courtesy of me, max; justin, my second cousin once removed (seriously); big swish, the guy with the hat and nalgene frisbe; li'll swish, big swish's secret clone; nicky t, our spl; big t, our troops honorary chef; derelict swigger, the kid who is rumored to have gotten a haircut; spike, this should be self explanatory; and the suhans. we are all proud supporters of the site listed above (www.homestarrunner.com).
p.s.visit that site or youll die........ or just not get any of these jokes which is just as bad
p.s.s.swisher you still owe me from when i saved your life at Philmont
p.s.s.s.bobcat keep hydrated
p.s.s.s.s."hey! that rock looks like a catfish" is funny at 12,200 feet
p.s.s.s.s.s.baldy's better than philips, nah-nah-nah-nah-boo-boo!
p.s.s.s.s.s.s. isnypt
p.s.s.s.s.s.s.s.caves are nice at over 100*F
p.s.s.s.s.s.s.s.s.black bears are good, grizzlies are bad
p.s.s.s.s.s.s.s.s.s.glens bones are probably being picked by mountain lions now
p.s.s.s.s.s.s.s.s.s.s. i wanna go back to philmont, wanna go back, back to philmont
p.s.s.s.s.s.s.s.s.s.s.s.in the great words of homestarrunner, "strongbad i swallowed a bug the good times are over!"


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Tuesday, February 07, 2006

Re: troop e-mail archives

I recently noticed I had not acted on this message:
Hi, Phillip...Although the e-mail archives are on  the e-mail distribution list for Troop 380. it doesn't seem to have gone in to  it.  I'm not sure if I did something wrong...  
I hadn't linked the new vershion to the navigation bar properly, which I now have fixed.  All the e-mails were archived successfully.  Thanks for pointing this out.

Also, Justin has made the first post to our blog since I opened it to Scouts!!!  As a reminder, use the e-mail address "troop380.org@istaromar.com" in blog posts.  I will foreward anything that isn't spam.




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-Philip
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Hey


Hey this is cool i like blogs. Acually, not really, but this one is cool. This is Justin, and if none of yall dont know mw, then your not worthy to read this. Just kidding. So i could smack talk some people in the troop, but that would be unnecisarry, and mean, and i like everyone, so i wont. Exept Dr. G. Your going down in Florida. Bad. hahaha. Your ship should learn the phrase man overboard just in case;) I'ttl be fun..........and interestng. So anyways boyscouts is cool, and fun. Anyone who is new should stay, because its fun. And you ge to make fun of the adults. Dont get wet and cold, because then you'll die. For anyone who might know this, im still planning on makeing a pancake out of thay skillit in the QM shed.(its labled Justins skillet). Well im out of time, so i might right back, e-mail me if you have any questions, comments, conserns, ideas, feelings, emotions, birds, dingos, or platipusses.(egypt74@istaromar.com) Just put something scoutly in the subject so i know to read it. Peaz out liil.

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