2012 Eagle's Honored

Curtis, John, Nolan and Thomas

Team 448 had four of our Eagle Scouts honored as part of the 2012 Eagle Class.  The ceremony took place at the Fickett Scouting Center.  The ceremony included the dedication of the 2012 Eagle wall.

Curtis, John, Nolan and Thomas were honored and presented with a 2012 Eagle challenge coin and a copy of Governor Perry's Eagle scout book.

Great job, guys.

More pictures of the event can be found by clicking here.

Mountain Man!!!

This weekend Team 448 went out to Three Rivers, Texas at the Odom family ranch and hosted a Mountain Man campout.  Scouts participated in activities such as the caber toss, hawk throw, archery, tow-man saw, log hoist and group knot. 

 

Following that we had two mountain men re-enactors come and teach us about what mountain men actually were .  We finished off with a great BBQ dinner and dutch oven competition.

Overall it was a fun camp out and we all thank the Odom family.

 

 

(By Adam G. - Team 448 Historian)

 

More pictures can be found here.

 

 

 

Team 448 providing leadership to Troop 448

Here is a note from Mr. McDonald about the Team providing a program for Troop 448 during the February 21st meeting:

I want to give a shout-out to JB for doing a great job with the knot skills breakouts at last week's meeting. He had everything ready, made sure that materials would be on side, and even had handouts to help with the knots.

 

Very well done.

Scouts helping (that I recall)

* Grayson

* Brian

* Michael

* Pablo

* Adam

* Sean

 
This was a fine example of how we can help the troop.

 

Mr. McDonald

Team Court of Honor

Team 448 held their second Court of Honor today.  This was the last Team 448 event for 2012.  There were plenty awards to go around since all the Scouts have been very active.

In addition to merit badges and Varsity pins, Matthew M. was presented with his Eagle Silver Palm.  Kyle B. was awarded his Life scout rank.  Team 448 is very proud of both of these guys.


This court of honor was the last event for John Michael R. as the Team 448 Captain.  After a year's service as the Team Captain, the flag has been passed to Grayson B.  Grayson takes over as the Team 448 Captain on January 1, 2013.  Curtis F. is the Team's Co-Captain.


Grayson has named the following Program Manager Positions:

Advancement - Pablo M.
High Adventure - Thomas C.
Personnal Development - John Michael R.
Service - Michael M.
Special Events - Brian M.

 

 

 

 

 

Grayson also filled the following positions:

 

Chaplain Aide - JB H.

Historian- Adam G.

Instructor – Kyle B.

OA Rep- Joseph F.

Quartermaster- Dylan K.

Scribe- John W.

WebMaster - John A.

Team 448 Eagle Scouts in Attendance.

We are looking forward to a great new year!

 

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Pablo's Eagle Project (Day 1)

Day 1 of Pablo's Eagle project is in the books.  We got a lot done today out at the airport.  Pablo is leading a group of volunteers to improve the airplane viewing area at the Austin airport.

This has been a favorate spot for Pablo and he decided to show his appreciation for the spot by improving it for others to use.

Great work everone.

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Team 448 Pancake Breakfast

Team 448 held a pancake breakfast this morning.  We had a great time making and serving the pancakes.  We had an even better time eating the leftovers.  The team's funds grew a little with everyone pitching in to help.

 

 

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Fishing, 2012

 What a great time!  Team 448 used the Labor Day weekend to go fishing.  We left on Saturday morning and drove to Corpus Christi.  By leaving on Saturday morning, the scouts who had football and band were able to travel with the Team. 

 

We arrived in Corpus Christi and set up in Pablo’s grandfather’s house.  The house was empty, so we were able to use the whole house as our “fishing cabin”.  After set-up and lunch, we hit the road to Port Aransas for some fishing.  We learned how to wade fish.  Grayson caught a nice flounder, but we were not able to get it on the stringer. John A. was able to land a nice flounder and it did make it to the stringer.  Way to go John!   No one else had much luck. We left the fishing spot and most of us stopped for fried chicken before returning to our “cabin”.

On Sunday, we woke up, had breakfast and headed back out to the fishing spot.  We got the kayaks into the water and tried again.  The conditions were great, but the fish did not show up.  We got done fishing at around 2:00 PM and headed back to the cabin for lunch.  After lunch, some of the guys had to leave to return to Austin, the rest us of decided to go to the beach.
 

On Sunday night, we treated ourselves to dinner at Snoopy’s.  Even though we did not catch fish, we were not deprived of seafood.  We had a great dinner.  After dinner, some of us had ice cream and then headed back to the cabin.

On Monday morning, we got up and started the cleanup.  It took a lot of gear to pull this event off, and now we had to clean it.  Kayaks, fishing gear, PFD’s were all cleaned, as was the trailer.  After all the cleaning, we hit the road back home.

Overall, a great trip.  This is sure to become an annual event for the team.

All the pictures are here!