Hope everyone had a great holiday and is ready for another great scout year. Here are a few upcoming events: Ski trip: This Friday we will be headed back to Winterplace ski resort for our 7th annual ski trip and will be departing from the scout hut at 4:30. 1/8/13 - Elections. We will have a regular meeting holding elections for leadership positions - all scouts need to attend. Re-charter fees are also due. 1/15/13 - Steve Ross, Eagle scout and our republican representative in the North Carolina house will be speaking to our troop about our system of government and the election. For more troop information, please see our website: www.scouttroop17.org YIS, Hal Bates