Reminder to those completing the Law Merit Badge:
TONIGHT is your mock trial – Joe Jackson v. Andrew Middle School.
Will Joe Jackson be expelled for bringing a fake gun to school?

Please meet promptly at 7:00 p.m. at the North Riverside Village Hall. Attorney Sean Abernathy and Attorney Deidre Christenson have volunteered their time to help our panel of attorneys and Troop 24. We will be holding our mock trial in the council chambers. Please bring your handouts AND a pencil/pen to take notes. Jurors MUST bring their juror information sheet and a pencil to take notes during the trial.

Dr. Lanken has kindly ordered pizzas for the scouts when we are done. If anyone would like to donate some jugs of water and cups it would be appreciated.

Sign-up has been closed for the Law Merit Badge. We have 16 scouts registered. The first two sessions (Tuesday, June 19, and Wednesday, June 20) will meet at 7:00 p.m. at RPC. For those of you who attended prior sessions with Mr. Robling, you only need to attend on Wednesday, June 20.
ALL scouts must bring with them on the 20th the following completed requirement:

(4) Ask five people (not more than one from your immediate family) about the role of law enforcement officers in our society. Discuss their answers with them.

Please write or type your answers in summary form for me to review. Please identify who you asked.

On June 19, we will meet in the Westminster Room (downstairs across from the Social Hall). On June 20, it is very important that you be ON TIME and meet outside the church at 7:00 p.m. where Officer Mike Pannick will meet with us to discuss Requirement 4(b) – Ask a law enforcement officer in your neighborhood about his or her responsibilities and duties. Report your findings.

Please be prompt and polite. If you already have a Blue Card, please bring it.

Thank you,
Mrs. Lulich
Merit Badge Counselor

To all scouts interested in the Law Merit Badge, or who need to complete the Law Merit Badge, Mrs. Lulich will be conducting two sessions on Tuesday, June 19, and Wednesday, June 20. Some scouts attended one but not both of the Law Merit Badge sessions held by Mr. Robling earlier in the year. If you were not able to attend both of those sessions, this is an opportunity to complete requirements you missed.

Requirement 6(b) is to plan and a conduct a mock trial. We will work on that during the second session. The mock trial will be held on Tuesday, June 26, at 7:00 p.m. at North Riverside’s Village Hall. All troop members and parents are welcome to watch. We may even recruit a few of you as witnesses and jurors. Our mock trial will be USA vs. Smith. John Smith has been charged with breaking the law and stands to go to prison. We will re-create the courtroom drama and determine if John Smith is guilty of the charged offense by participating in this mock

Session 1 – Tuesday, June 19, 7:00-8:15 p.m. at RPC
Session 2 – Wednesday, June 19, 7:00-8:15 p.m. at RPC
Session 3 – Mock Trial – Tuesday, June 26, 7:00 p.m., North Riverside Village Hall.

Scouts who want to work on this merit badge should sign up in advance here: http://troop24riverside.com/2012/06/law-merit-badge-form-june-2012/

Scouts who started working on the Family Life Merit Badge are invited to meet with their counselor, Mr. Andersen, on Thursday, April 26. The meeting will take place at 7:00 p.m. in the Westminster Room at RPC during the regular Troop meeting.

Scouts (other than 1st year scouts) should print out and bring a copy of the worksheet for the Medicine Merit Badge to the meeting tonight. The worksheet is available here:

http://meritbadge.org/wiki/images/0/04/Medicine.pdf

Scouts who are working on the Snow Sports Merit Badge are invited to come to RPC at 6:30 p.m. tonight, March 8, before the Troop meeting.

Scouts interested in working on the Snow Sports Merit Badge are invited to the Riverside Library this Saturday, February 18, at 3:00 p.m. Scouts should bring their Blue Cards, the snow sports worksheet, and the merit badge book. Scouts who need to work on rank advancements are also invited to attend.

It’s not too late to sign up for our Ski Trip on February 25-26 (registration deadline February 19). More information is available at http://troop24riverside.com/2012/01/sunburst-ski-trip-feb-25-26/

Troop 24 is planning a day outing to the Challenger Learning Center at Heartland Community College in Normal, Illinois, on Saturday, March 17, to complete the Space Exploration merit badge.

Scouts should be dropped off at RPC at 7:00 am and will return around 8:30 pm the same day. The cost for this outing is $21. Scouts will need to bring a sack lunch and money for dinner. The deadline for signing up for the outing is Sunday, March 11. This outing is not open to Joiner scouts (Webelos who have recently crossed over) because their first campout is scheduled for this weekend. Please fill out a form for each scout.
You must fill out the registration form first and then go to WePay.

As always scouts should wear their Class A uniforms to travel.

The adult leader in charge of this outing will be Stephanie Lanken. Contact Dawn Gmitro with questions.

Link to: Space Exploration Merit Badge workbook.

The second session of the Law Merit Badge class is being postponed.