Well done to Chase for finishing up his Eagle Project! He spent four days pulling up fences and repainting the front of the Berlin VFW. The building looks great!
Now just to wrap up those last few badges…
Order of the Arrow Elections
Congrats to John and James for being elected to Order of the Arrow this year! Enjoy your ordeal.
Mr. Pannu in the national Scouting media!
For those of you who read Scouting Magazine, a familiar face was featured this month! Mr. Pannu talked to Scouting Magazine about the creation of the Sikh Religious Award.
A few days before I opened this up, a similarly familiar face popped up on Instagram from the national BSA account.
Great job Mr. Pannu!
Magnus – the lone 50 Miler
Over Spring Break, snow days and bizarre school Spring Break schedules left Magnus solo on the AT for the Troop’s Spring. Still, he finished 55 miles of backpacking from the northern border of Shenandoah National Park up to Harpers Ferry, West Virginia. Great job Magnus!
Camping on the beach!
April saw us head down to Assateague Island, where we camped on the beach under the sta… clouds. After nearly blowing away Saturday morning, Troop 48 headed down to Virginia and Chincoteague Island, where we visited Misty, climbed the lighthouse, and hiked out to find some horses in the marshes!
Rodney – 70 degrees in February?
We had a unseasonably warm trip in February down at Rodney Scout Reservation back in February. Even had a thunderstorm on Saturday night! In February! Spent the rest of the weekend hiking around the camp and playing board games, good times!
Tim Smith – Eagle Scout
Congrats to Tim Smith for earning his Eagle Scout rank back the end of February. For his project, Tim resurfaced the Red Lake Trail at Batsto in Wharton State Forest. He also had a great run in Troop 48, including being one of the scouts who went to Washington State last summer.
Tim becomes our 120th Eagle Scout! Congrats again Tim!
Front Page News!
Who has six thumbs and made the front page of The Berlin Sun in February? 
Troop 48 did, or at least one of our patrols. Fame and fortune, here we co… I mean, great job guys!
Thank you to Kristin over at the Sun for such a great article on the Klondike Derby!
The Return of Pictures!
It is with great pleasure that I announce the return of the pictures archive to the website. With thousands on thousands of photographs (just around 310GB) spanning the fifty years plus years the troop has been around, this has been no small task. I hope everyone finds the new setup relatively error free and easy to use.
Climbing Night
Friendly reminder – no regular meeting this Wednesday! Instead, we’ll be at Elite Climbing at 67 Old Kings Highway, Maple Shade, NJ 08052 from 7 PM to 9 PM!
Cost for 5 to 9 climbers is $20, so please bring $20 in cash or a check made out to Troop 48. If we get more than that, then the cost per Scout will go down.
All climbers (Scouts or adults) should bring a signed wavier:
http://www.eliteclimbing.com/climbing-waiver/
If you plan on attending and climbing, please let Paul know – pascu@verizon.net
See you Wednesday!