Dianne Good, mother of scout Hunter, passed away on Thursday morning. Visitation will be held on Sunday, October 28, 3:00 to 6:00 p.m., at Joseph Nosek & Sons Funeral Home, 6716 W. 16th Street in Berwyn. Funeral prayers will be at 9:00 a.m. on Monday at the funeral home, followed by a funeral mass at 9:30 a.m. at St. Odilo Church, 2244 East Avenue in Berwyn. The obituary can be found at http://www.nosekfuneralhome.com/sitemaker/sites/Joseph1/obit.cgi?user=779914Good

Scouts who would like to attend the visitation are invited to meet at RPC at 3:30 p.m on Sunday, in uniform. Scout leaders and parent drivers will be there to escort them to the visitation.

Riverside Springs Ahead is looking for scouts who are interested in helping with a clean-up project cutting/preparing the flower beds for winter in the downtown area.

Scouts interested in helping out should meet up with other volunteers at Riverside Bank on Saturday, November 3, from Noon to 4:00 p.m.  Scouts can receive service hours for this work. Please take a Service Hour Form with you and have an adult in charge sign it indicating how many hours you worked.

No sign-up is required, come and help out for however long you can.

Ralph Culloden will be working with a group of scouts interested in earning their Cycling Merit Badge at RPC on Saturday, November 3.

Scouts who sign up should be committed to completing the Cycling Merit Badge, so please take a look at the Cycling Merit Badge Requirements. This badge requires 9 rides between 10-50 miles before it can be completed.

On Saturday, November 3, scouts will:

• Work the Merit Badge requirements 1 – 7 in the RPC parking lot/Social hall
• If weather permits, the scouts will take their first 10-mile ride on the Salt Creek Trail.

Scouts should bring:

• A blue card with Scoutmaster approval
• The Cycling Merit Badge Worksheet
• Their bicycle and bike helmet
• A water bottle

Scouts will meet in the RPC parking lot on Saturday, November 3,  at 12:00 Noon.  We anticipate they will complete their ride around 3:00 p.m.

There is no cost for this outing.  Scouts should register here by November 2.

This opportunity is limited to 10 people.

For questions contact Susan Lynch.

Thanks to John Flaherty, photos of the recent trip to Camp Inferno are now available online at http://troop24riverside.com/troop-scrapbook/?album=8&gallery=72

Every year the Troop is “rechartered” with the BSA, which requires us to submit a list of all our scouts, with payment. For several years our annual dues have been $30, and there will be no change this year. To make it easy, we are asking all parents to pay for their scouts via WePay. (Scouts who joined the Troop after school started have already paid; no additional payment is needed.)

Please go to: https://www.wepay.com/events/scout-dues-2012-2013-school-year. We would appreciate payment by November 8. If your son is not continuing in scouting this year, please let us know by sending an e-mail to Nancy Hopkins at nmhopkins1@comcast.net.

Another photo collection has been added to the Troop photo gallery. Photos are now online from the Law Merit badge mock trial held in June. Thanks to Bruce R for providing the photos, and especially to Ingrid L and her legal team for making this experience available for the scouts! You can see the photos at: http://troop24riverside.com/troop-scrapbook/?album=8&gallery=71

Reminder: The Troop meeting this week is on FRIDAY, at 7:00 at the Scout Cabin. Scouts can be picked up at 8:30.

Scouts who have compasses should bring them to the meeting this Friday AND the meeting next week, Thursday at the RPC gym. We will be working Friday on compass basics and next Thursday on how to use a compass and maps in preparation for our Waterfall Glen outing (November 10).

Scouts who have been working on cooking requirements for 2nd and 1st Class can bring any completed homework to the cabin to show a leader to get signed off.