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By Dave, July 22, 2010 11:37 am

The Aroostook River

The summer adventure trip is coming up soon. We will be canoeing for a week on the Aroostook River in Maine.

The dates are August 1st to August 6th. Here’s the detailed day by day agenda. See below for fishing information.

Fishing Information

Anyone older than 12 who wants to fish will need a license. Licenses can be purchased online in advance and printed out at home. There is a non-resident junior license for anyone 12-15 years of age, or a non-resident 7-day license for anyone 16 and older. The link to purchase licenses is here:

https://www5.informe.org/cgi-bin/online/moses2/index.pl

The overview of license information is here:

http://www.maine.gov/ifw/licenses_permits/fishing.htm

The detailed rules for Aroostook River are found here:

Aroostook County

The summary of these rules is:

Daily Limit of:

5 Brook Trout, minimum of 6″ length
2 Brown Trout, minimum of 14″ length
2 Rainbow Trout, minimum of 12″ length
3 Bass, minimum of 10″ length, only 1 over 14″

Any Salmon caught must be released alive right away.

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By Dave, April 30, 2010 8:23 pm

The next camping trip will be to Acadia National Park on May 21-23. It will also be a bike trip, so get your bike tuned up and start riding. Since it’s a long trip up there, we will not be leaving to come back until later in the day, the pickup on Sunday at Hale will be at 5 p.m.

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By Dave, February 23, 2010 2:13 pm

I’ve put up a couple of pages today for upcoming Troop 1 events. Check them out, you can send the links to your friends who are interested in our services…

Operation Motherboard: Recycling

Operation Paper Shred: Paper Shredding

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By Dave, January 5, 2010 3:38 pm

Tip of the hat to the Troops newest Eagle, LB. Here’s the smiling man himself after the Eagle Scout Court Of Honor where he received his hard earned award.

LB - Eagle Scout

The Eagle Scout Court of Honor for Daniel Hayward Blanton was held on Sunday, December 27th at 3pm in the Old Town Hall. It was a well attended ceremony that included friends and family. The Master of Ceremonies was Danny’s brother Bobby. The invocation was given by Rev. David Bennett. John Paul kicked off the formal opening and Gary gave one of his usual great slide shows which chronicled LB’s trail to Eagle. Some really great shots of LB over the years, spanning some Cub Scouting gems up to the high adventure trip in Wyoming. The real treat was watching the actual Eagle presentation, which was given by John Paul. The Eagle badge was pinned to LB’s uniform by a very proud mother.

Following that there were several nice commendations and certificates from the Bruce Trefry of Stow Conservation Commission, Mercedes Tyler presenting the certificate from the Board of Selectmen, and Pat Walrath presenting awards from the State House, Governor Patrick and the US Congress. The event was followed up with a social that included a nice selection of finger foods, including some diced fried SPAM on toothpicks. It wouldn’t be a real Troop event without SPAM. There was also a most impressive collection of Eagle Scouting memorabilia that belongs to LB’s grandfather. It included the original merit badge award cards and the merit badge book to help you decipher many of the awards that are no longer part of the program.

All in all a really nice day. Congratulations to Daniel. It’s a great achievement.

Here are a few more photos of the event. Click on one the pix to see them a bit larger.

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By Dave, November 19, 2009 9:41 am

Update 1/7/2010: New Tree Pickups are no longer be be accepted. The Troop is now working to arrange for the pickups.

Troop 1 is again scheduling home Christmas tree pickups following the holidays for residents of Stow. Tree pickup can be scheduled by calling 978-212-9177, or by sending an email to treepickup@troop1stow.net.

Christmas tree pickup is $10 per tree and checks made payable to Troop 1 Stow can be mailed to:

Troop 1 Stow
PO Box 75
Stow, MA 01775

Please make your tree pickup reservation by January 6. Trees will be picked up at the end of your driveway January 15, 16, & 17. We request trees be at the end of your driveway by 6PM on January 15.

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By Dave, November 16, 2009 12:32 pm

Guess What?

It rained. ALOT. So the following pictures capture the bulk of the action. Perhaps a high-water mark for the lowest amount of activity ever for the boys. Many of them never left the lean-to for the entire time, at least they never ventured very far.

Here’s a couple of shots of the so-called action.

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By Dave, November 16, 2009 12:08 pm

Reminder that all wreath sales are to be completed this Wednesday 11/18. All sales forms and payments must be turned in.

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By Dave, November 6, 2009 5:50 pm

Additional Forms that you can print out

• Blank Order Form
• Extra Leave Behind forms

Documents handed out at meeting

• Essential Guide to Wreath Sale
• Parent’s Guide to Wreath Selling

Timeline

• Wed 10/28: Wreath sale starts, selling binders handed out at Troop 1 meeting
• Wed 11/4: Incentives for early-bird teams who hands in sales forms and payment by the Troop meeting.
• Wed 11/11: Incentives for early-bird teams who hands in sales forms and payment. No meeting -Veteran’s Day, so bring forms to the Tyler’s house between noon-6pm. Call first.
• Wed 11/18: Deadline – all forms and payments must be handed in at the Troop 1 meeting.
• Mon 11/23: 6pm at D&D Farms, Hudson Road, near Dunkin Donuts: Decorate and distribute wreaths. All scouts and at least one parent per family.
• Mon 11/30: All wreaths must be delivered by today
• Fri-Sun Jan 15-17: Christmas tree pickup

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