Really past events

December 2010 Camp Tuscazoar

We went to Camp Tuscazoar over December 10^th – 12^th, 2010. We rented a cabin and found out that the camp master was staying above us in the same cabin. On Saturday morning, we went in to Dover to the Werther Museum, the museum had hand carved trains to the finest details. In the afternoon we went over to President McKinley’s Memorial and museum. After we got back to camp, we went on a hike down to a dam on the Tuscarawas River, located on the back side of the camp. We had a great time and the boys want to go back next year. - Mr. B

Nov 16, 2010 Once an Eagle always an Eagle

Robert Blazak the Troop's 4^th Eagle (1955) & his sister Sue stopped by the troop meeting and spoke to the troop and other guests about their life growing up in Parma Hts. and Hinckley. Mr. Blazak shared memories of his scouting days, many of which involved his father who served as Scoutmaster. Mr. Blazak encouraged the scouts to start writing down their experiences in Scouting, and possibly create a book sharing their adventures with the world. This would have helped in writing ‘Only God Can Make A Buzzard’

2010 Yard Charge - Do a good turn!

Yard Charge was on November 13, 2010. Boy Scout troop 263 and Cub Scout Pack 263 and with the help from Dan Varn, the District Executive, we cleaned up 16 yards in the city of Cleveland, helping out the elderly. Some yards were easy and others were more of a challenge, in one yard, we had 48 bags of leaves. After several hours of raking we took the scouts to Wendy’s for a meal.

November 5-7, 2010 camp out

We camped at Camp Butler. The Scouts had to build there own shelters, and plan there own meals. Friday night, when we were setting up the shelters it was snowing, we got about 3 inches of snow. Some of the shelters leaked badly as the snow was melting (we made a trip to the laundry mat to dry out some sleeping bags on Saturday morning). Everyone had to prepare there own meals, they made some good meals, from hot dogs to foil meals over the fire. Thanks to Adam and Kyle and some of the other Scouts getting a lot of wood, we had a huge bon fire on Saturday night.

Oct 2010 Path to Eagle

James P's Eagle Leadership Project is an actual path. At Divinity Lutheran ChurchJames is rejuvinating brick walkways in a courtyard. This process includes removing the existing bricks on the path, redoing / releveling the base, and replacing the bricks.

Camporee September 17-19, 2010

The 2010 Camporee was a great weekend, we were joined by the Webelos from Pack 263. The Boy Scouts were teamed up with troop 218 for Saturdays program, while the Webelos had a separate program. This was the firs time the boys got the experience to work with other scouts from a different troop as a team. The boys participated in several events from knot tying to first aid to relay races and other events. The meals were great, pancakes for breakfast and a barbecued chicken dinner in the Dutch ovens.

Scout Takes a Major Step Towards Eagle

Sunny A. has taken a major step on the Trail to Eagle. With help from Scouts, Parents, and the City of Strongsville the vast part of his Eagle leadership project is complete. His project involved painting fire hydrants along some of Strongsville’s major roads. Some of the work involved splitting into a white (top) & a dark pine (bottom) team to paint the fireplugs. These teams must have made quite a site for those driving by as they walked along in their safety vests with cans of paint, wet brushes, and wagons of supplies between stops.

2010 Summer Camp, July 4-10 2010

We had a great summer camp this year, with the boys completing dozens of merit badges including rifle shooting, archery, cooking, basketry and others. The weather was real hot, in the mid 90s all week, and the only way to cool down was to either go to Beaumart camp store with A/C, or hit the pool in the afternoon, although there was some rain on Friday. On family night we had fifteen family members come out in the evening including our District Commissioner for some good food and entertainment, the boys did a skit at the camp fire later in the evening. On Thursday afternoon we went down to watch some of the boys launch the rockets they made for the space merit badge, when Ben launched his rocket the first time, it went out of sight, we found it about two hundred yard away with the tip of the rocket buried two inches into the ground. We also made an oven out of a cardboard box and tin foil, during the week we baked four cakes and some brownies, boy were they good.

After a twelve year run, this is the last “summer camp” at Beaumont, for a period of time, we are going to try some other camps in the area so the boys can get a different experience at other camps. We would like to thank all of the leaders from the troop that gave up all there time to spend with the boys so they can get the experience of summer camp.

Mohican Wilderness, June 18^th – 20^th, 2010

Saturday morning boys took a ten mile canoe trip down the Mohican River, finishing up around 11:30 am.The boys had such a great time on the canoe trip, some of the boys did another ten mile trip in the afternoon. In the evening we sat around the camp fire and relaxed.

Troop 263's 59th Eagle Scout

Troop 263 is pleased to announce that Timothy Rogers is Troop 263's 59th Eagle Scout since our

1st in 1953.

Tim is a senior at Parma Sr. High School.

Tim's Eagle Board was held April 12, 2010

Eagle Scout Goes Extra Step

Dec 11-13, 2009 Campout at “Camp Firelands”

We stayed in the “Ski Lodge” cabin. It was in the lower 20’s outside on Friday night, but with the help from a wood burning stove in the cabin, we were a toasty 85 degrees inside. Saturday the Scouts and Leaders went on a five mile hike around the camp. Saturday evening we hauled, cut and stacked some fire wood, the boys did some skits, and sang some songs. Sunday morning we woke up to pouring down rain, getting the gear loaded up we all got a little wet. It was a great weekend for everyone, and we all had a great time.

Parma Parade Dec 5 2009

The Troop joined Santa on his annual parade in Parma. Santa rode on the trailer that was repaired in the most part as Tim Rogers Eagle Project. It was a cold day; but no snow sleet or major winds.

Adirondacks at Beaumont Nov 13-15,2009

November Campout was at Beaumont where we spent the weekend in the Adirondacks, the weather was really cold at night, it went down into the 20s the first night but got up into the 60s by Saturday afternoon. The scouts went on an all morning hike around Beaumont, then in the afternoon we worked on some map and compass. We went and got a couple of dead tree's and the boy's had a competition cutting up the wood for the evening fire. Saturday evening we made a dump cake in the Dutch oven, and relaxed around the fire.

Bike Hike on October 4th 2009

On October 4,2009 Boy Scout troops 263 and 151 went on a 50 mile bike hike. Going down the Ohio & Erie Canal we started in Peninsula, stopping to eat a lunch at Summit Lake in Akron and finishing up in Massillon Ohio. The trip took a little over seven hours to complete, thanks to Paul Gyorok setting a good pace for the boys. They completed the fifty miles under the eight hour requirement for the cycling merit badge. After the hike, we drove over to the Pro Football Hall of Fame in Canton where we spent a couple of hours of relaxation and enjoyment.

We helped serve a dinner at the church. Once cleanup was complete it was time for fun & games, and of course food. Little sleep was had, but we had a good time.