Several of the Second Class requirements involve the use and care of sharp tools. These are not requirements that can be completed at a regular meeting, so we have scheduled an “Ax Yard” (or Axe Yard). All scouts who have not yet completed Second Class requirements 3c, 3d, and 3e, are invited to the Janopoulos home (yard, actually) on Wednesday, MAY 13, at 6:00 p.m. The requirements that are not completed on Wednesday will be finished at the Troop meeting on MAY 14.

Please check your scout books and see if you need these requirements. Any scout who is lacking these requirements is invited, including the first-year scouts. Don’t forget to bring your books to 360 Nuttall Road in Riverside on Wednesday.

3c. Demonstrate proper care, sharpening, and use of the knife, saw, and ax, and describe when they should be used.

3d. Use the tools listed in requirement 3c to prepare tinder, kindling,and fuel for a cooking fire.

3e. Explain when it is appropriate to use a cooking fire. At an approved outdoor location and at an approved time, and using the tinder, kindling, and fuel wood from requirement 3d, demonstrate how to build a fire; light the fire, unless prohibited by local fire restrictions. After allowing the flames to burn safely for at least two minutes, safely extinguish the flames with minimal impact to the fire site.