Happy Boo Day Ya'll

Halloween Fun Facts:

*Halloween, referred to as All Hallows Eve, was originally a pagan holiday in which they honored the dead. It was celebrated on October 31 since this was the last day of the Celtic calendar. The celebration dates back some 2,000 years

*Halloween was born. The first Halloween celebration in America took place in Anoka, Minnesota in 1921.

*More than 93% of children, under the age of 12, will go out trick-or-treating

*Halloween candy sales average about $2 billion annually in the United States. It is the largest candy-purchasing holiday, bigger than Christmas, Easter and Valentine's Day!

*About 99% of pumpkins that are marketed domestically are turned into jack-o-lanterns

*Over 10% of pet owners dress their pets in Halloween costumes

*Halloween is second only to Christmas in spending.

*The jack-o-lantern tradition comes from an old Irish folk tale about a man named Stingy Jack. It was said that he was unable to get into heaven and was turned away from the devil because of his tricky ways. So he set off to wander the world looking for a resting place. For light, Stingy Jack used a burning coal ember in a hollowed out turnip. When the Irish immigrated to the U.S. during the Great Potato Famine of 1845-1850, they found that turnips were not as readily available like they were in the homeland. So they started carving pumpkins as a replacement for their tradition.

*The biggest pumpkin in the world tipped the scales at a whopping 1,446 pounds. This gigantic gourd was weighed in October 2004 at a pumpkin festival in Port Elgin, Ontario, Canada.

*The number one candy of choice for Halloween is Snickers

*More than 35 million pounds of candy corn will be produced this year. That equates to nearly 9 billion pieces - enough to circle the moon nearly 4 times if laid end-to-end. ( I LOVE candy corn)

*Magician, Harry Houdini died on Halloween, 1926 in Detroit, MI.

I Memory of Marcol Ellis

Marcol Ellis
PORT GIBSON — Marcol Ellis died Wednesday, Oct. 29, 2008, at Claiborne County Hospital in Port Gibson. He was 24.Mr. Ellis was a member and deacon at Second Baptist Church in Port Gibson.He is survived by a daughter, Karli M. Ellis of Vicksburg; his mother, Ernestine Moore of Port Gibson; four brothers, Danny Moore of Dallas, Texas, and Ricky Ellis, Melvin Ellis and David Moore, all of Port Gibson; five sisters, Ulrica Jones and Charlene Moore, both of Port Gibson, and Carlene Moore Mason and Yolanda Moore, both of Indianapolis, and Debra Moore of Dallas; his maternal grandmother, Carrie Ellis of Jackson; and aunts, uncles, nieces, nephews, other relatives and friends.Services will be at 1 p.m. Sunday at Second Baptist Church with the Rev. Leon Nelson officiating. Burial will follow at the Ellis Family Cemetery. Visitation will be from 1 until 6 p.m. Saturday at Thompson Funeral Home of Port Gibson and Sunday at the church from noon until the service.

"You only get just one time around You only get one shot at this One chance, to find out The one thing that you don't wanna miss One day when it's all said and done I hope you see that it was enough, this One ride, one try, one life... To love...."

From the Song One Life To Love by 33 Miles

Scouting Loses One Of Its Own

Melvin Spell Sr. died last night .... Melvin was involved in Scouting for over 30 years in the Holmes County, Mississippi area... He was a Scoutmaster of the Boy Scout Troop 64 in Lexington. During his scouting time he lead many scouts to Philmont Boy Scout Ranch in Cimarron, NM, making this trip on ten different occasions. He was a Vigil member of the Order of the Arrow. He received the prestigious awards of Wood Badge and the Silver Beaver.. He will be greatly missed by his family as well as by the boys and men he led as a loyal Scoutmaster. He was devoted to and loved Scouting! Please keep his family in your prayers.......

SCHEDULED MEETING LOCALE CHANGED!

The troop will meet at David King's house on Monday 10/27 at 6:00pm to pass out luminaria flyers in the Glenwood circle neighborhood.

After completing this task, we will proceed to the church for our regular meeting to prepare for the Fall Camporee.

Patrol leaders, please call your patrol members to make sure they know about this change in our regular schedule.

Your attendance and participation will be rewarded by a deposit to your scout account.

CAMPOREE 2008

Return to Mafeking
Western
District
Fall
Camporee
2008
Hood Scout
Reservation
11/1-2/2008

Camporee Schedule:
SATURDAY 11/1/2008 2:00 PM
Arrival, Check-In, Troop site Assignments
4:00 PM.
SPL Meeting
5:00 PM
Event Coordinators Meeting
7:00 PM
General Orientation Session for all
7:30 PM
Round Robin Events begin
1:00 AM
Camporee Events End. Patrols finish the current event and report back to Headquarters

SUNDAY 11/2/2008

1:00 AM
Camporee Events End. Patrols finish the current event and report back to Headquarters
9:00 a.m.
Reveille, Breakfast, and Cleanup
10:00 a.m.
Assembly and Awards Ceremony, Religious Service (Scout’s Own),
10:30 a.m.
Pack up gear, break camp, clean up campsite, check out, and depart for home

REMEMBER!

NO MEETING MONDAY --- October 20, 2008

Porters Chapel UMC Revival will be going on Sunday, Monday, and Tuesday (Oct 19,20, 21)

Church starts at 6:30 ---- all are welcome to attend!

It's Monday

Great to see you all at the meeting!

Nice to see Curtis --- been a long time Dude!

We worked on Citizenship in the world as well as

planned our camping trip and packed the trailer for it...........

For those who were not there we wrote letters to embasseys of various countries these embasseys are located in Washington DC.

Go to http://www.usembassy.gov/ to learn more about all the different embassies!

Boys remember NO horse play in the church and you are NOT allowed in Sunday School and/or youth rooms without an adult ----- Whomever got into the Disney Cookies those belonged to YOUTH at the church and not to you----- Please be CONSIDERATE of church property and personal and private property of others.......... Also we do not hit each other with rod and reels ---- you could really injure someone with rough housing such as this ...... This behavior will NOT be tolerated.... Sorry I have to fuss but if we keep on ramsacking the church they will ask us to leave! Please don't put our troop in that situation! Thanks!

October Calendar

THIS SATURDAY OCT. 11, @ 7:00AM @ THE WELCOME CENTER BY THE OLD BRIDGE, FOR OVER THE RIVER RUN. WEAR YOUR TIE-DYE SHIRTS....

OCT. 18, WE WILL BE CAMPING FOR ONE NIGHT AT TBA (we can not camp at Hood this weekend). THIS IS A PRACTICE CAMPOUT BEFORE THE FALL CAMPOREE. AS YOU KNOW THERE WILL BE A LOT OF NIGHT EVENT THE SATURDAY NIGHT OF FALL CAMPOREE AND WE PLAN TO PRACTICE ON THIS CAMPOUT.

WE WILL LEAVE THE CHURCH FRIDAY OCT. 18 @ 4:30PM AND RETURN SATURDAY SOMEWHERE AROUND 5:00PM OR 5:30PM. PLEASE, EAT BEFORE YOU COME OR BRING YOUR SUPPER. THE TROOP WILL SUPPLY BREAKFAST AND LUNCH ON SATURDAY.

NO MEETING ON MONDAY OCT. 20. THE CHURCH IS HAVING A REVIVAL.......

FALL CAMPOREE IS NOV 1ST AND 2ND. WE WILL LEAVE SATURDAY MORNING (TBA) AND RETURN SUNDAY (TBA)...

Red Carpet Invitational

October 11, 2008 ---- ALL DAY ----Times TBA---- Warren Central Campus-----

Join Big Blue as they welcome bands from around the region to the Warren Central Campus for a day of marching competition.....

Concessions will be sold as well as Southern Belle "Big Blue Band" and "Love Their Vikes" tee shirts, Big Blue car tags etc etc....

Band members (who are not band crew/competition band) your help is needed to run the event contact a band director to see how you can help!

Big Blue is selling ads as well as sponsorships in their program

full page ad is $100.00

1/2 page ad is $50.00

1/4 page ad is $25.00

business card ad is $20.00

and a sponsorship is $10.00

If you would like to purchase an ad contact Mrs Tracye or any Big Blue Member!

GOOOOOO BIG BLUE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!