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Laughs For Lunch Practice
January Meetings

     If a troop is going to perform well during a show it needs to practice. That is what the Scouts of Troop 68 did during their meetings in January. They only have three two hour troop meetings and one Saturday afternoon practice to get their parts down for the big show.

Practicing a song.

Sudsy Dudsy Soap.

The Invisible Bench.

The Firing Squad.

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Laughs For Lunch Show
January 27, 2007

     What is Laughs For Lunch? It is an annual show the Scouts of Melrose Troop 68 perform for the community that supports them throughout the year. Audience members bring an item of food for the local food shelf as admission to the show. Thus, the Scouts provide the laughs while the audience provides the lunch for the needy.
     This is the eleventh show the troop has held. The show is based on songs and skits seen at some of the campfire programs at summer camps and camporees. In addition to well know campfire songs and skits the troop has developed a few original bits that also have become a part of the show. Some of the bits even included audience members who were brought on stage to have a little fun.

Ballad of Watchamagumee.	Clean as Two Rivers.	Suicide Group Jump.	Star Trekking.
I Want To Marry the Princess.	The Firing Squad.	Vista.	This year's performers.

Let's eat!

Friends of Scouting

Members of the Pack.

The graduating Webelos Scout.

The gifts were brought up by an older Scout, the scoutmaster, and a former committee member.

Two Scouts acted as servers for the service.

A Scout is reverent.

One Scouts head the book for the priest during the service.

One activity during the overnighter was a table tennis tournament.

Playing darts was another popular pastime.

The chess tournament was the third part of the Omegathon.

Some of the Scouts played Risk as the morning arrived.

The ceremonies began with the presentations of the colors.	A council representative spoke about Friends of Scouting.	Two new members were introduced during the meeting.	Four Scouts participated in "Who's Line Is It Anyway"
Two Boy Scouts received the Tenderfoot Rank.	Two troop members received the rank of Second Class Scout.	One Scout was presented with the rank of Star Scout.	The Nighthawk Patrol won the Progressive Patrol Award.

The Scouts never went away hungry with these guys in charge.	A couple merit badge courses were offered in the craft lodge.	Time to get up and prepare for the next merit badge.	The Scouts played cards during free time before supper.
Announcements before supper. Couldn't they wait until after we ate?	Archeology was one of the merit badges offered.	John was the chief organizer of the weekend outing.	These nine guys did a great job earning badges during the weekend.

The Scouts gathered around the car to hear tales about racing.

Lance showed the boys the inside of the car, including the trunk.

The engine did not look very much like a regular car engine.

The Scout logo is found on the back of both sides of the car.

Chris and Nathan, the master of ceremonies.

Chris and his proud parents.

Chris presents his mother with her last mother's pin.

Alex recites the Charge of the Eagle.

Playing ball Friday night.	Three way tug of war was a popular event.	Climbing on the military equipment was also popular.	Many Scouts toured the military museum.
Native Americas had an activity station Saturday.	Even the Minnesota Gophers football team has something.	Saturday's supper consisted of self-heating boxed meals.	Most of the troop attended the weekend outing.

Just relaxing around the campfire Friday night.	Nick gives a demonstration about starting a fire with flint and steel.	There is nothing like a great cooked meal when camping.	Preparing for the Totin' Chit Test and Fireman Chit.
Most of us eat better on a campout then we do at home.	Team A shows off their handiwork for the egg drop contest.	Team B thinks they are going to win the contest.	Team C won the flint and steel fire building contest.
A Scout is reverent. Waiting for services to begin.	The Nighthawk patrol performs a skit during the evening campfire.	The Nighthawks even got our assistant scoutmaster involved.	Nick and Sergio joined us for the outing and sang during the campfire.

The honor guard presents and posts the colors.

Many of the Boy Scouts received merit badges.

Special awards were also given during the ceremony.

The Nighthawk Patrol won the Progressive Patrol Award.

It seems that many people do not know how to clean up after themselves.

The pull-tab gambling area was one of the worse areas for garbage, most of it being very small.

The city really needs to consider placing more garbage barrels around the park.

This is the troop's crew that cleaned the park the second of the two mornings that we did this.

Waiting to get into the dining hall for supper.	It is nearly time for the troop swim.	The Seton Campsite in Buckskin.	The Buckskin rifle range.
Smile! Your picture is now taken.	Preparing popcorn for the campfire.	Enjoying the campfire.	Working on the chapel benches.
Participants of the Ironman Relay.	Visiting the Many Point museum.	Time to learn how to canoe.	The archery range is always fun.
Even the bouldering wall was popular.	Time to cool off from the sauna.	We found friends waiting for us.	The headwaters of the Mississippi.

The railroad depot is the first building you see upon entering Memoryville.

Inside the depot is a large collection of railroading pictures, equipment, and memoribilia.

The salon recently had a shoe shop added to the side of it.

The Native American tepee is one of the most recent additions to Memoryville.

Upon arriving Friday night, it was time to set up the campsite.

Freshly popped popcorn always tastes great when enjoying a campfire.

Sometimes I think we eat better on a camping trip then we do at home.

These troop members enjoyed a great week at this year's trip to Hellermann's land.

Strike! Well, not this time, but maybe next time.

The Scouts take their chess games very seriously.

G5. Bingo! Oh wait, this is Battleship, not bingo.

Who can resist a game of Lord of the Rings Risk?

Our assistant scoutmaster opened one of his presents from the Scouts.

The Boy Scouts played a dice game for the gift exchange.

You could not be sure what gift you would get until the time ran out.

These guys take a break to play a game of chess.

The newest Second Class Scout.

The troop's newest Star Scout.

The troop's newest Life Scout.

The Progressive Scout Award winners.