Hello everyone, Here is the information for the canoe/camping trip this coming Saturday and Sunday (May 4 and 5).
We will canoe the Little Tallahatchie River to Hurricane Landing on Sardis Lake where we will camp. It will be a fun and full day of canoeing.
We will meet on Saturday morning at 9am at the southwest side of the Veterans Memorial Bridge in Abbeville. It’s about 20 minutes from Oxford on Route 7. As you approach the bridge, look to your left and there is a parking lot where we will meet. Here is a link with the general area, though the kayak access point is actually on the southwest side, not in the middle of the bridge as it shows:
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Bring your own lunch, drinks, and snacks for the canoe trip packed in a gallon ziploc bag with your name on it. Wear a bathing suit and water shoes, shirt, and bring a hat, sunscreen, bug spray, and sunglasses. If you have a dry bag, please bring it. Also bring a sleeping bag, sleeping pad, mess kit, and change of clothes and shoes for after the canoeing and for Sunday (this stuff will not be going on the canoe, we will be transporting it by car to the campsite so please pack it in a separate bag). We will use troop tents and not be hammock camping. There is a chance of rain for Saturday night so a rain coat might be a good idea.
We will provide the canoes, paddles, and life jackets as well as food and drinks for dinner on Saturday night and breakfast on Sunday morning.
Pickup will be at the Hurricane Landing campground (sites 17 and 18) Sunday morning at 10am.

For those going on the campout trip please see Mr Gary’s email below.
———- Forwarded message ——— From: Gary Wilson <garywilson1500@gmail.com> Date: Mon, Apr 29, 2024 at 11:24 AM Subject: Info for canoe/camping trip this weekend To: Troop 45 Scoutmaster <t45scoutmaster@gmail.com>
Hello everyone, Here is the information for the canoe/camping trip this coming Saturday and Sunday (May 4 and 5).
We will canoe the Little Tallahatchie River to Hurricane Landing on Sardis Lake where we will camp. It will be a fun and full day of canoeing.
We will meet on Saturday morning at 9am at the southwest side of the Veterans Memorial Bridge in Abbeville. It’s about 20 minutes from Oxford on Route 7. As you approach the bridge, look to your left and there is a parking lot where we will meet. Here is a link with the general area, though the kayak access point is actually on the southwest side, not in the middle of the bridge as it shows:
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Bring your own lunch, drinks, and snacks for the canoe trip. Wear a bathing suit and water shoes and bring a hat, sunscreen, and sunglasses. Also bring a sleeping bag, sleeping pad, mess kit, and change of clothes for after the canoeing and for Sunday. Keep an eye on the weather as right now there is a chance of rain for Saturday night so a rain coat might be a good idea.
We will provide the canoes, paddles, and life jackets as well as food and drinks for dinner on Saturday night and breakfast on Sunday morning.
Pickup will be on Sunday morning at 11am in Oxford at First Presbyterian Church. Cost is $10.

Class a uniform for tomorrows car parking for northern tier folks
On Wed, Apr 24, 2024 at 11:44 AM Troop 45 Scoutmaster < t45scoutmaster@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hello Everyone, > Just a few notes for everyone for this weekend. > > Saturday > Northern Tier participants will be parking cars at Hotty Toddy Parking > (Where we usually Park cars at) from 8am-12pm Saturday. > > Sunday > Austin Hughes Eagle Project will be on Sunday. April 28th at the Second > Chance Animal Alliance, 11171 MS-315, Water Valley, MS 38965. It will > start at 1:00pm in the afternoon. > > Monday > Environmental Science MB will continue Meeting at 5:45 -6:45 PM more > details to follow > > Regular Meeting from 6:45-8PM > Money for the canoe trip will be due at this time. It will also be the > last possible time to sign up for the trip, as we are arranging for canoes, > life jackets and paddles that evening. > Due to everything going on the past month we will not be able to conduct a > swim test for the new scouts who just crossed over. Unfortunately they will > not be able to attend. Those who took a swim test with the troop last year > or at Boy Scout Summer Camp are still good to go. > Cost for the canoe trip is 20$ > > OA elections are during this meeting as well, We have 5 scouts doing Board > of Reviews those 5 who have spoken to Mrs Misty and I need to be in full > class A (Green pants, Uniform, Neckerchief, Belt, and MB Sash) All of the > New Scouts who have joined this semester or Last and have not ranked up to > Scout Rank Need to be in full class A as well. They will not have anything > on their sashes, and that is okay. If the new scouts do not have a sash > that is okay as well. > > Monday May 6th Meeting > We will be doing our annual Boy Scout Physicals. If you have not turned > in your Part A and B of the physicals we sent out earlier this semester, > with shot records those will need to be completed and turned in that day. > > Saturday May 11 > Connor Carlisle Eagle Project. More details to follow > > Monday May 13th > Here is a change, we originally set this up for the Court Of Honor, but we > are going to push it back a week to give the Scouts some more time to work > on their advancements. May 13th we will have our Troop elections and the > last Board of review for the year. Everything, MB wise and Rank > advancement wise needs to be in by this date so it can be awarded at the > COH on the 20th. > > Monday May 20th > Court of Honor and final meeting before summer camp. > > Benjamin Stepp > Scoutmaster > Troop 45 > >

Hello Everyone, Just a few notes for everyone for this weekend.
Saturday Northern Tier participants will be parking cars at Hotty Toddy Parking (Where we usually Park cars at) from 8am-12pm Saturday.
Sunday Austin Hughes Eagle Project will be on Sunday. April 28th at the Second Chance Animal Alliance, 11171 MS-315, Water Valley, MS 38965. It will start at 1:00pm in the afternoon.
Monday Environmental Science MB will continue Meeting at 5:45 -6:45 PM more details to follow
Regular Meeting from 6:45-8PM Money for the canoe trip will be due at this time. It will also be the last possible time to sign up for the trip, as we are arranging for canoes, life jackets and paddles that evening. Due to everything going on the past month we will not be able to conduct a swim test for the new scouts who just crossed over. Unfortunately they will not be able to attend. Those who took a swim test with the troop last year or at Boy Scout Summer Camp are still good to go. Cost for the canoe trip is 20$
OA elections are during this meeting as well, We have 5 scouts doing Board of Reviews those 5 who have spoken to Mrs Misty and I need to be in full class A (Green pants, Uniform, Neckerchief, Belt, and MB Sash) All of the New Scouts who have joined this semester or Last and have not ranked up to Scout Rank Need to be in full class A as well. They will not have anything on their sashes, and that is okay. If the new scouts do not have a sash that is okay as well.
Monday May 6th Meeting We will be doing our annual Boy Scout Physicals. If you have not turned in your Part A and B of the physicals we sent out earlier this semester, with shot records those will need to be completed and turned in that day.
Saturday May 11 Connor Carlisle Eagle Project. More details to follow
Monday May 13th Here is a change, we originally set this up for the Court Of Honor, but we are going to push it back a week to give the Scouts some more time to work on their advancements. May 13th we will have our Troop elections and the last Board of review for the year. Everything, MB wise and Rank advancement wise needs to be in by this date so it can be awarded at the COH on the 20th.
Monday May 20th Court of Honor and final meeting before summer camp.
Benjamin Stepp Scoutmaster Troop 45

Meeting tonight. Class B uniform
Env. Sci. MB starts at 5:45PM Regular Meeting starts at 6:45PM PLC 6:30 PM

That was the wrong page. Here is the correct one.
On Wed, Apr 17, 2024 at 10:48 AM Troop 45 Scoutmaster < t45scoutmaster@gmail.com> wrote:
> For all scouts working on their eagle project attached is the name and > contact information for all the required signatures on proposal page H. > For the Project beneficiary you will need to get your projects beneficiary > and representative for those spots on your paperwork. The one listed is > just for the VFW. > > > Benjamin D. Stepp > 201 Brandywine Road Belden MS, 38826 > benjamin.d.stepp@gmail.com > 662-816-9557 > > >

For all scouts working on their eagle project attached is the name and contact information for all the required signatures on proposal page H. For the Project beneficiary you will need to get your projects beneficiary and representative for those spots on your paperwork. The one listed is just for the VFW.
Benjamin D. Stepp 201 Brandywine Road Belden MS, 38826 benjamin.d.stepp@gmail.com 662-816-9557

Hello all, I Just wanted to let y’all know of what we have coming up and give you some information on Rank Advancements. Please help the scouts by reminding them they need their BSA Handbook at every meeting and campout. The Scouts need to have what they are doing signed off on in their books by their patrol leaders. The Patrol leaders have lots to do, so the Scouts themselves will need to go to their patrol leaders to show them the skill and ask them to sign off in their books. This helps us keep accurate records and keeps us from getting to the end of the semester and wondering why they have not advanced in rank. Also, the campouts, while they are geared toward some scouting activity, are where they show their scouting skills to their patrol leaders. So they still need to come to Campouts, this includes the higher ranked scouts because this is where they do most of their teaching skills.
Environmental Sci MB will continue on Mondays before regular meetings from 5:45pm to 6:45pm. April 20th Jackson Copelin’s Eagle Project starting at 8AM and going until 2PM at wall Doxey State park in . It is a conservation project and scouts will get conservation hours for this. April 28th Austin Hughes Eagle Project. More details to follow April 29th are Order of the Arrow elections and regular elections. We will also be doing Board of Reviews that night as well. May 4th, 5th Canoe camping trip on the Little Tallahatchie River. We need to do a swim check for everyone before this, but we are still working the details out for this. For those going on the canoe trip they have to have a swim check before they can go on the trip. This swim check will also count for Summer Camp. May 6th Yearly BSA physicals, and Board of Reviews for rank advancement. If you did not send us your forms A and B we will need those to do the physicals. May 13th Court of Honor for the Spring Semester. Everything will need to be turned in for the court of honor by the 6th of May so we can get everything ordered. In June and July we are planning to have some activities/MB classes. The MB classes will be one day and most likely on a Saturday. More details to come. If you have any Questions please feel free to contact me or one of the Assistant Scoutmasters.
Benjamin Stepp Scoutmaster Troop 45

Hello all, For those going on the Northern Tier Trip next summer we will be parking cars for Hotty Toddy Parking at Double Decker on Saturday April 27 from 8AM to 12PM. We will be charging 25$ a car and we get all the profit. The money will be divided amongst the Scouts who work the event and go towards cost for the Northern Tier Trip.
Benjamin Stepp Scoutmaster Troop 45

I apologize the time is 545 pm not six for the MB class
On Sun, Apr 14, 2024 at 5:36 PM Troop 45 Scoutmaster < t45scoutmaster@gmail.com> wrote:
> Reminder, > Env. Sci MB tomorrow April 15 at 6, regular meeting to follow. Class B > Uniform > > Ben Stepp > Scoutmaster > T45 >