The Bears took a wonderful field trip this evening to the old Courthouse in Downtown Evansville this evening.  The boys learned a lot about this historic piece of Evansville’s past.  A big thank you to Kelly Coors of the Vanderburgh County Courthouse Foundation for providing such a wonderful and informative tour.

The Bears met up on the east side tonight for some bicycle maintenance instruction at Gilles Bicycle shop on Green River Road followed by some good old ice cream! A big thank you to Jerry and the crew at Gilles for their Hospitality this evening!

This evening the Tiger Cubs of 2010-2011, had their very first Den Meeting ever! Tiger cubs are starting out the year working on a few Cub Scout fundamentals such as the Cub Scout Promise, the Law of the Pack, the Cub Scout Handshake, Salute and Sign and a variety of other basics they’ll need to learn to earn their way to their Bobcat Badge. Good work Tiger Cubs! You guys are looking sharp in your uniforms!

The Webelos 1s took advantage of some great weather this evening to get started on their Athlete Activity Pin. Boys were tested on a variety of physical activities including pushups, situps and a quarter mile run. Boys are encouraged to practice these elements regularly, and will be tested again several times over the next few weeks. Hopefully we’ll see lots of improvement!

A few more hours put into the cabinet today with the help of some hardworking scouts. Only some small pieces of trim remain and it will be finished for good. Thanks to everyone that has helped to bring this to reality for us.

Work has begun in the scout room on the new bench/pinewood derby track storage box. Yesterday Asst. Cubmaster Brady, my two boys and myself got together at the church and began work on this project that has been on the idea shelf for more than four years. The box has been framed, thelids are built and carpet has been put on the interior. Today it will get a fresh coat of stain and some trim and it should be done. Check out the pics!