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A Day on the Slopes
Scouts spent a beautiful, 20 degree, day in January at Afton Alps.
Besides a day on the slopes, scouts were able to complete requirements to earn their Snow Sports merit badge.
Entire patrol of Troop 282 Scouts Earn Their Eagle Rank
It’s not often when seven scouts, from the same patrol, earn their
Eagle Scout rank but the Rams Patrol of Scout Troop 282 has done just that.
The entire patrol earned their Eagle Scout rank. Zachary Conati,
Carl Ell-Egermeier, Ryan Gemilere, Eric Hickstein, Will Huyck, Caleb
Mesick, and Jonathon Seaman have completed the rigorous requirements
that only 6% of all scouts, worldwide, complete.
Mesick began
scouting a year before he was able to join scouts. He was too young.
His brother was a member of Troop 282 and his father was the troop's
Scoutmaster. While he was unable to don a scout uniform, he still
participated in many scouting events.
Ell-Egermeier and Huyck
began their scouting careers at Cub Scout Pack 379. After earning their Arrow
of Light, they crossed-over to Troop 282. Ell-Egermeier aced his
college ACT exams with a perfect 36.
Conati, Gemilere,
Hickstein, and Seaman started scouting at the age of six when they
joined Cub Scout Pack 225, Den 1. They earned many Cub Scout awards and
enjoyed camping at Sterns and Phillipo. After earning their Arrow of
Light, they crossed-over to Troop 282 where they excelled.
Conati, Gemilere and Hickstein are staff members at Grey Wolf, the
ScoutBSA National Youth Leadership Training (NYLT) where they
instruct other scouts in the topics of leadership skills and to
live by the Scout Oath and Law. Gemilere was the youngest Senior
Patrol Leader in Grey Wolf history and is President of the National
Honor Society at the St. Louis Park High School.
Conati was the first Ram to earn the Eagle Scout rank in August,
2016.
All of these scouts have served as the troop's Senior
Patrol Leader. The Senior Patrol Leader is the youth head of the
troop. All other youth positions report to the SPL, directly or
indirectly. The SPL is elected by the troop's youth members and serves a
six month term.
Conati, Ell-Egermeier, Gemilere, Hickstein,
and Seaman have earned their Triple-Crown award having participated
in three of four national High Adventure camps; Philmont Scout Ranch
in New Mexico, Seabase in the Florida Keys, and Northern Tiers High
Adventure Camp northeast of Ely, Minnesota.
Congratulations
from the scouts and parents of Troop 282.
(Left to Right) Will Huyck, Zachary Conati, Ryan Gemilere, Carl Ell-Egermeier, Eric Hickstein, Jonathon Seaman
Four Troop 282 Scouts Chosen For Grey Wolf Staff
Four of Troop 282's Scouts have been chosen as staff and senior staff members of the National Youth Leadership Training (NYLT)
known as Grey Wolf.
A Grey Wolf unit is led by a youth staff trained to provide counseling and mentoring
to scout's from a five state area. Adult leadership is present and visible, but the unit
is run by a well-trained youth staff, who have all previously completed a Grey Wolf experience.
There’s plenty of time to learn and
practice advanced Scouting skills (taught by the youth staff), as well as learning leadership skills, all while living and discussing the
values of Scouting.
Scouts who complete this course typically return to their home units with a renewed enthusiasm for Scouting, and fond
memories of spending a week in a unit where the Scout Oath and Law are lived intensely and fully.
Ryan Gemilere has been selected
as a Senior Staff member with the position of Junior Assistant
Scoutmaster. He first attended Grey Wolf in the summer
of 2012 and was selected to become a staff member in
the 2013 session. This will be Ryan's fifth year on staff and was the youngest Senior
Patrol Leader in Grey Wolf history. Ryan is currently the troop's Den Chief and has served as the Troop's Senior Patrol Leader twice.
Zach Conati has been selected as an Instructor staff member. He first attended Grey Wolf in the summer of 2013 and was asked to be a member
of Grey Wolf staff in 2014. Zach has served as the Troop's Senior
Patrol Leader.
Eric Hickstein will serve as an Instructor staff member. He first attended Grey Wolf in the summber of 2015.
Eric has served as the Troop's Senior Patrol Leader.
This will Joey Mack's first year as a staff member having been a Grey Wolf participant in 2016. He will be an Instructor.
Joey has served as the Troop's Senior Patrol Leader.
The Grey Wolf program is a one-week program and is conducted at Camp Fred C Anderson in Wisconsin for the Northern Star Council.
