By Ian Lee on
5/25/2009
 On Saturday, May 23, the Patrol Leaders’ Council (PLC) held their annual planning conference. With the guidance of our newly elected senior patrol leader, Austin, we were able to work out most of the details of our activities for the months of Sept 2009 thru July 2010. Check out the fun they have planned for he troop.
Aug 1, 2009: District Webelos Weekend event & the Staggerwing Duathalon fundraiser. Since both of these are such important events, it was decided that some boys will go work the fundraiser while the rest go to the campout and help make...
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By Ian Lee on
5/1/2009
 Written by Austin Ray
On April 25, 2009, BSA Troop 158 of Tullahoma Tennessee packed up and headed for Fiery Gizzard State Park just 3 miles outside Tracy City near Monteagle, TN. Our Committee Chairman, Mr. Lee, started us on a beautiful tree-shaded trail with large rocks and fast streams and rivers. Our group consisted of 7 hikers to include Mr. Lee, Mr. Blowers, my Dad, Byron Smith, Ian Lee Jr., Ben Blowers and myself. Now before I say more, you might be asking where the name Fiery Gizzard came from? Legend has it, the name is credited...
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By Ian Lee on
5/1/2009
On April 4, 2009 the boys took a 25 mile bike ride...
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By Ian Lee on
3/17/2009
 Written by Ben Blowers
On March 14, 2009, we left Tullahoma in a steady rain headed for Lost Creek Cave. The boys who came along were Byron, Ben, Austin, Ian, Shelby, and Cason. Shelby and Cason, two of our new boys, came along for their first trip with Troop 158. The adults attending were Mr. Lee, Mr. Blowers, Mr. Ray, and Mr. Smith. The cave was amazing!! There were many deep holes, step climbing,...
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By Ian Lee on
2/16/2009
By Holden Covington
 February 7 & 8 were filled with all things cold, wet, old and new. The Ski trip to Cataloochie Ski Area in Maggie Valley, NC was a huge success, with Scouts filling the slopes everywhere from the bunny hill to the black diamond to the hot tub that night. The trip even saw the return of Aaron, who moved away recently to...
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By Ian Lee on
2/15/2009
 On Feb 7th, 2009 the Elk River District awards banquet was held. The hard work and dedication of everyone in the troop was recognized through our reception of three awards.
- 2008 Quality Unit Award
- Silver Roundtable Award
- Highest Percentage of Advancement in 2008
I’m especially proud of that last award. It shows that when boys visit our troop that they like what they and their parents like what they see and decide its worth sticking around. I expect that we’ll do even better at recruitment in 2009 and continue to spread the values that Scouting has to offer. Congratulations to everyone in the troop for a great 2008!
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By Ian Lee on
1/26/2009
Written By Ben Blowers
 On Saturday January 17, 2009, Troop 158 traveled to AEDC to attend the Elk River District Winter Camp. The theme was orienteering. Scouts who attended were Adam Yardumian, Chance Baxter, Byron Smith, Manfred Charboneau, Austin Ray, and Ben Blowers. The adults who attended were Mike Ray, Gary Fergus, Mrs. Yardumian, Mr. and Mrs. Smith, Lance Baxter, Jim Blowers, And Dr. Steinle. Spencer Baxter tagged along with us to do our second orienteering coarse. We had two courses that we took. The first one was to find buckets 1-12 as fast as we could, but be back by lunch. On our second course we had to find buckets 13-60 in a two hour period. Adam...
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By Ian Lee on
5/6/2008
This weekend we went backpacking at Virgin Falls State Natural Area located between Sparta, TN and Crossville, TN. This is undoubtedly one of the most beautiful locations in Tennessee and an excellent place to go camping. The hike in is a fairly easy 4 miles. There is plenty of water along the way and at the campsites. The scenery is absolutely spectacular. There are clean swimming holes around the falls and on the Caney Fork river as well as good fishing spots on the river. There really is nothing to complain about with this location.
We started from the First United Methodist Church in Tullahoma at about 8:30 AM and arrived at the parking area at the trail head at around 10:30 AM and started the hike. The parking area is well marked and there are several sign boards at the head of the trail. Strangely, there is not a camping registration.
The...
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By Ian Lee on
1/12/2008
This weekend we joined up with a few scouts from Troop 142 and a future female Venturing scout to form a patrol and attend the Winter Camporee at Sugar Point in Sewanee, TN. The theme of the camporee was orienteering and there were many fun activities that we participated in.
We brought home a number of ribbons from the competitions: 2 third place, 2 second place, 1 first place. The most admirable though was the 2008 Elk River District Award of Honor and Merit for top Patrol.
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By Ian Lee on
12/1/2007
This weekend we took a great hike out to Hobbs Cabin in the Savage Gulf State Park near Altamont, TN. It was a long 17 mile trek, but the boys did great. We took a little time to learn about knife, axe, and saw sharpening. The weather was beautiful. The trail is fairly flat, but the distance makes it a real confidence builder for the boys.
Check out more pictures from the trip here.
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