Camp Ehrhorn Weekend

Court of Honor 09-2014

Hi Troop 75 Ohana,

I hope you're all enjoying your weekend! In spite of this hot and humid weather. When it comes to our Court Of Honor, it doesn't really matter what the weather conditions are! The Show will go on. This evening was no exception. Besides, it's one of my favorite Troop Activities. I wouldn't miss it for the world!

A HUGE MAHALOS to everyone who attended. Thank You for being there to help celebrate the accomplishments of our Scout's! Our Boy's worked so hard to earn their Merit Badges and Rank Advancements. And they certainly deserve recognition and acknowledgement. The Scout learns and grows, with each Merit Badge earned, and with each Rank Advancement. Congratulations Scout's! Very well done! You make us all proud! To Eric and his Flag Men, Thank You for opening and closing our Court Of Honor. Mahalos to Ian , for the beautiful prayer! Very well done Boy's!

MAHALOS to all the Adult Leaders and Volunteers. Thank You for all your hard work, dedication and support. You guys are the reason our Troop runs so smoothly, and so efficiently. Thank You for all the onolicious food and the delectable desserts.

Thank You to all the Ladies of the Activities Committee! Fabulous job as usual! Mahalos to Damien Boncales for working so hard to get all the Merit Badges and Rank Advancement things together. And for loaning us your sound system. Thank You to Pavel Peroutka for taking all the candid shots for our Blog Site. Next Court Of Honor is in December.

Peacock's Flats Survival Camp 2014

Mr. Jake and I would like to thank all who participated in our last survival camp for 2014.
Mr. Kevin & Mr. Pavel for helping assist with our scouts.
Gavin V, Mathew K, Jeff P, Jonathan S, Kamren I, Nicholas S, Remi E, Brant Y, Daylen M. & Jensen M.
who survived the 4 mile hike up 1500 ft to Peacock Flats than another 2 miles on Mokuleia trail. Total of 12 miles in 2 days.
Sandra Y, Verzon's and Sivalop's for providing transportation to and from Mokuleia.
It all started bright and early Saturday morning many of us were up 4:00 am. preparing for this event. Fun all started at 6:15 when we left from Kahikuonalani Church and were heading out on the trail by 7:15. 
Our scouts made it to camp site at a record time 1.5 hrs with Jensen leading the way at the final stretch up a dirt hill. Way to go scouts!!!
Our 10 scouts quickly reserved their camp site among pine trees and displayed their scouting skills lashing trees setting-up shelters with tarps and hammock. Many of the older scouts decided to brave the weather by sleeping under the stars on make shift bed made of branches, twigs and leaves. 
Mr. Jake taught our scouts search and rescue skills using mirror and markings on a open grass field, while Mr. Kevin taught his fire starting skills. We later had a chance to make purified water or (droplets of water) Ha Ha! using fire, sticks to make a tripod, rope and pot. Thanks to Brant Y. using his pot. Tell mom (Sandy) sorry we kinda burnt his pot. Nothing serious, a little scrubbing with steel wool would help to remove the varnish. 
At least we learned maybe this is not the best way to make water to survive.
Mr. Jake and Mr. Pavel later took our scouts up the mountain (Mokuleia trail). Mr Kevin stayed back and got nabbed on the way back entertaining his new friend joining him on his sleeping mat. (See our web site for pictures) Thank You!! Mr. Pavel for providing great pictures.
Wow! what a fun filled, action pack weekend. You had to be there to enjoy and experience the fellowship & great out doors. Cool (cold) clean air, awesome views, quiet, darkness of the night, cloudless skies, numerous stars was out and not to mention the satellite crossing the sky.
It was such a fun filled day even Mr. Kevin got into the action sliding down the hill pulled by a few scouts. (check out the attachment to experience the fun)
Working, talking stories and getting closer knowing our scouts (priceless) Thanks Scouts.
Sorry it had to end. 
But on that note it ended with malasadas, donuts and buns provided by Sandra Y. and Vernon V. Many Mahalo from our scouts and adults.
Great job everyone hang on to the memories and we'll do it again. 
Mr. Jake and Mr. Dave
 

Pupukea Summer Camp 2014

Another Summer Camp has come and

gone, hope you didn't blink. We had 18 boys from Troop

75 attend the 5th week of Summer Camp at Pupukea this year.

There were close to 300 boys at camp this past week,

including Troops from Maui, Big Island, California, and

Texas. Camp was so large that each meal service was split

into two time slots. We lucked out and got the second time

slot. Which meant we got to walk up for meal assembly, walk

back to our campsite, and then walk back up at our appointed

mealtime. Personally, I logged an average of 8 miles of

walking each day at camp.

Oh and did I mention that the boys

were smiling and laughing from the first rooster crow until

the last raindrop fell each night. I hope that meant they

had fun! I would like to thank each Scout who attended

Summer Camp this year, it was truly a memorial

event.

I would also

like to thank each parent for allowing your son to attend

this camp, for bringing all kinds of goodies from ice to

donuts to pizza, and for picking up your son after all his

classes were done. A BIG mahalos to Kevin for towing the

trailer to and from camp, to Steven for spending the wettest

part of the week with us at camp, and to Al, Paul, and

Damien for coming out during the week and participating in

the Scoutmaster Belly-Flop contest at the pool. A SUPER BIG

mahalos to Jason for not only staying the entire week and

cooking an awesome Troop 75 I Want Some More Cobbler, but

also teaching 2 Cooking Merit Badge Classes at camp this

week.

Once again the

boys worked hard at camp when they were not in class and

have earned their Honor Troop award.

And last, but not least, please

congratulate Kamren the next time you see him for completing

the BSA Mile Swim.

Mahalo,

Jeff

Family breakfast at Yama camp

Court of Honor

Congratulations Austin and Sean, our two new Eagle Scouts.

Sean's Eagle Scout Project

Memorial Day, Punchbowl 2014

Survival Camp 2014

Makahiki 2014 Ala Moana, 

Family Night Momilani Elementary School, Pearl City

Welcome cub scouts from Pack 178 Pearl City

Kualoa Ranch Camping

March 2014 Court of honor

Camping North Shore

Hi Ho Hi Ho, it's down the trail we trudge. The power of mother nature treated we to an awesome display, 10 to 15 foot waves barreled down the coastline. This prevented us from exploring the many tidal pools that line the shoreline. But it's all good, we got close enough to see a Hawaiian monk seal resting in a tide pool. Humpback whales tail slapped and breached the surface's on both coast. Blows are not only on whales, the boy's got great pic's as the wave crashed the shore and big spray's of ocean water shot out. I did not realize the magnitude of the nesting area of the albatross. Man, that's a big bird. Spelunking, what dat? We repelled into a giant cave and explored it by flashlight. The mid mourning showers cooled us, as we greeted the many nature lover and whale watchers on the trail. All in all, everyone made it with no injuries, and in good spirits. PRICELESS!!!

-Kevin 

See all our pictures from the hike

Court of honor December 2013

What a fabulous Christmas night for a Court Of Honor! We certainly ended our year with a bang! It was a very fun evening! It was a time for reflection and celebration! Good food and great fellowship. I'd just want to say a HUGE MAHALOS to the Scout's, Parents, Grandparents, Siblings, Family and friends. You made this Court Of Honor a huge success. The Troop is so blessed with wonderful and dedicated Parents. And that is reflected in our Scout's. It's an honor and pleasure to be the Scoutmaster. Thank you all for another memorable Troop 75 year.

We had a very nice turn out, almost a hundred people. We had special guests from the Community, and even from out of town. We we're also joined by Troop 75 Alum's and Eagle Scout's. They made it extra special! The food and desserts we're fantastic! The Silent Auction was a success. But most importantly, we celebrated the accomplishments of our Scout's. I'm so proud of them. I'm glad we we're finally able to do a Hana Hou performance of our award winning Dr. Who air guitar gig. Hope you all enjoyed it. The balloon relay pretty entertaining to.

MUCH MAHALOS to Ada and the Ladies of the Activities Committee for doing such a fabulous job! With the food, wrapping the Silent Auction items and everything in between. Mahalos to all the Parent's who donated items for the Silent Auction, canned goods, and for helping out. Special Thanks to Damien  for loaning us his sound system.  Mahalos to "Kutmaster" Jason  on DJ and Announcer. Mahalos to my Braddah Who wanna be's for doing the Hana Hou performance with me. And Thank You to everyone who purchased items from the Silent Auction.

THANK YOU very much your generous gift! That was really heart felt. I appreciate your thoughtfulness! What we(Adults) do for the Troop is a culmination of efforts by all of the Adult Leaders to teach and guide our Scout's to be the best that they can be! We all have an integral part of the foundation which is the strength that makes this Troop so awesome!  It cannot be accomplished by one man. We are a team! We truly are Ohana! And I'm proud to be a part of it.

THANK YOU very much your generous gift! That was really heart felt. I appreciate your thoughtfulness! What we(Adults) do for the Troop is a culmination of efforts by all of the Adult Leaders to teach and guide our Scout's to be the best that they can be! We all have an integral part of the foundation which is the strength that makes this Troop so awesome!  It cannot be accomplished by one man. We are a team! We truly are Ohana! And I'm proud to be a part of it.

Troop master.

PEARL CITY CHRISTMAS PARADE

It was a very wet weekend to say the least! But that didn't stop Troop 75 from participating in a rained out Christmas Parade. I'd like to say a HUGE MAHALOS to all the Scout's, Parent's and Siblings who braved the elements of Mother Nature. To march, in what turned out to be a nice walk with no rain. It was like Mother Nature said, Troop 75 has done so much for the Community and touched the lives of so many people, I'll bless them with nice calm weather. And that she did! We we're so grateful the rain stopped for the Parade.

I'd like to say Thank You to our Scout's! The Troop was represented very well. Well done Boy's! We flew our flags with honor as we marched in a nice formation and spread our Love, Aloha and Holiday Spirit to the Pearl City Community. It was a short Parade, as most of the participants withdrew their entry due to the poor weather. That's understandable, no one wants to be sick during the Holiday's, or get struck by lighting! It may have been short, but it was sweet and filled with so much Holiday Spirit!

We marched our way right into the hearts of the Judges, and we we're awarded First Place for the Best Matching Unit. And a $100 Gift Certificate from the Pearl City Shopping Center Merchants Association. That we can spend at any of the participating merchants. CONGRATULATIONS Scout's! You made this all possible. We're so proud of you guys!

Scout Master.

10 miles Waikiki hike

 REEF WALK AT KAHALA

Pearl City 10 miles hike