Troop 445 Scout Leaders

"One of the joys of working with boys is the fact that you do get your pay as you go along. You have the opportunity to observe the results of your leadership daily as you work with them through the years and watch them grow into stalwart manhood, accepting eagerly its challenges and responsibilities. What a glorious thing it is to have even a small part in helping build boys into men, real men.
And that is the purpose of Scouting --- to build men."

Ezra Taft Benson

Mr. Elmer Jewell

Hometown: Athens, Texas
Scout experience: Second Class
Scouter experience: Webelo Den Leader, Troop 445 Committee Member, Fund Raiser Chairman, Advancement Chairman, Committee Chairman, Assistant Scoutmaster, Scoutmaster, North Star, Wood Badge (SR-347), YPT, Philmont Trek ('02), National President's Scoutmaster Award of Merit, Committee Chairman - Venture Crew 445
Favorite place to camp: Mountains
Favorite camp food: Anything from Mr. Hoffman's Dutch Ovens
Words of Wisdom: There is no "I" in TEAM. One learns little from success, but much from failure.

Mr. Steve Ballenger

Hometown:  Nachitoches, Louisiana
Scout experience: Cub & Boy Scouts
Scouter experience: Assistant Den Leader, Tiger Cub Leader, North Star, YPT, Philmont Trek '02
Favorite place to camp: Anywhere away from the city and with my buds
Favorite camp food:  Most anything cooked and hot but partial to breakfast burritos
Words of Wisdom:  "There is a time for everything and a season for every activity under heaven: a time to..." Ecclesiastes 3:1-8 Make sure you know the priorities of life and keep them straight.

Mr. Roger Burns

Hometown:  Madrid, New York
Scout experience: First Class
Scouter experience:  Scoutmaster of Troop 25, Kirkwood, NY (1981-86), Committee Chairman (1987-89), Assistant Den Leader (1998-99), YPT, Order of the Arrow, North Star '04, Philmont Trek '05
Favorite place to camp: Catskill Mountains, New York
Favorite camp food: Foil dinners
Words of Wisdom:  "Always do a little more than is expected of you. Put out extra effort so you may take pride in your work."

Mr. Chris Danford

Hometown: Big Spring, Texas
Scout experience: 9 years as a youth, Scouts - Life Scout, Order of the Arrow
Scouter experience: 6 years to date - Cubmaster, Webelos den leader, North Star, Safety Afloat, YPT, Wood Badge (SR-466), Scouters Training Award, Philmont Trek '05
Favorite place to camp: anywhere (not flat)
Favorite camp food: edible
Words of Wisdom: "Honesty is what you do when no one is looking."

Mr. Hampton Hegar

Hometown: Arlington, Texas
Scout experience: Webelos - Arrow of Light; Scouts - Life Scout, Philmont, Order of the Arrow, Sommer's Canoe Base - Boundary Waters
Scouter experience: YPT, North Star, Philmont Trek '02 & '05, Associate Advisor - Venture Crew 445
Favorite place to camp: Squaw Lake
Favorite camp food: anything I don't have to cook
Words of Wisdom: "Adversity builds character."

Mr. Shane Hoffman

Hometown: Clinton, Oklahoma
Scout experience: Cubs, Webelos - Arrow of Light, Scouts - Eagle Scout, Order of the Arrow, Philmont Treks ('81, '84), 1981 National Scout Jamboree
Scouter experience: ASM for Troop 361 in Clinton (1987-1989), North Star, Wood Badge (SR-347), YPT, Philmont Treks ('00, '02, '05), Crew Advisor - Venture Crew 445
Favorite place to camp: Squaw Lake in the Weminuche Wilderness of Colorado or anywhere at Philmont
Favorite camp food: a Snickers and a liter of water at 12,000 feet
Words of Wisdom: "He is no fool who gives what he cannot keep to gain what he cannot lose."- Jim Elliot / "Take it from me, if you are in an open space with no weapons and a grizzly comes for you, RUN. You may as well. If nothing else, it will give you something to do with the last seven seconds of your life. " - Bill Bryson / "I have been driven many times to my knees by the overwhelming conviction that I had nowhere else to go. My own wisdom and that of all about me seemed insufficient for that day." - Abraham Lincoln / Be who you are and say what you feel, because those who mind don't matter and those who matter don't mind. - Dr. Seuss

Mr. Rick Kline

Hometown:  Columbus, Ohio/Alachua County, Florida
Scout experience: Troop 6, Columbus - First Class Scout
Scouter experience: Assistant Den Leader - Pack 518 (2001-2005), Committee Chair - Pack 518 (2005), Assistant Scoutmaster - Troop 445 (2005-present)
Favorite place to camp: temperate and dry
Favorite camp food:  Dutch oven cherry cobbler
Words of Wisdom:  "Surely, this is the best of all possible worlds." Voltaire, Candide

Mr. Elmer L'Roy

Hometown: Arlington, Texas
Scout experience: Scouts - 1st Class, God & Country award
Scouter experience: Den leader, Webelos den leader, Cub leader trained, Webelos Outdoor Training, Family Camping trained, Assistant Cubmaster, Cubmaster, YPT, North Star, Crew Committee - Venture Crew 445, Philmont Trek '05
Favorite place to camp: anywhere
Favorite camp food: filet mignon
Words of Wisdom: "To a pirate he was a swordsman, but to a swordsman he was but a pirate." from The Black Swan by Raphael Sabatini

Mr. Rick Lloyd

Hometown: Arlington, Texas
Scout experience: Cub Scouts - quit during second year of Webelos
Scouter experience: Two years Cub master Pack 399, Assistant Den Leader, Assistant Webelos Leader, YPT, OWL Training, ASM Troop 445, Safe Swim Defense Safety Afloat, Order of the Arrow, North Star training
Favorite place to camp: In the Rockies/Mountains, Anywhere with Troop 445, anywhere with my family
Favorite camp food: Any one pot meal, anything made by Mr. Burns
Words of Wisdom: Too many to list but my favorite Scout wisdom is Do A Good Turn Daily

Mr. Robert Steffner

Hometown: Älvkarleby, Sweden
Scouter experience: Den Leader, Webelos Leader, North Star (Polaris Patrol), YPT, Crew Committee - Venture Crew 445, Philmont Trek '05, Order of the Arrow
Favorite place to camp: Outdoors
Favorite camp food: See-food (When you see food you eat food)
Words of Wisdom: Always stick to the truth, the lie is so hard to remember.

Mr. John Updegraff

Hometown: Arlington, Texas
Scout experience: Arrow of Light, Mile Swim, God and Country, Order of the Arrow, Eagle Scout
Scouter experience:  Cub Basic Training, Assistant Den Leader, Webelos Leader, Webelos Outdoor Training, North Star, YPT, Philmont Trek '05
Favorite place to camp:
Favorite camp food: Peach Cobbler
Words of Wisdom:  "Anything is possible if you put your mind to it."

"...the real way to get happiness is by giving out happiness to other people. Try and leave this world a little better than you found it and when your turn comes to die, you can die happy in the feeling that at any rate you have not wasted your time but have done your best. 'Be prepared' in this way to live happy and die happy - stick to your Scout Promise always - even after you have ceased to be a boy - and God help you do it."

- excerpt from a farewell letter written by
Robert Baden-Powell to the Scouts of the world

This page has been viewed times since November 9, 2005.
This page was viewed 692 times from 7-2-03 to 11-9-05.
This page was last edited on Friday, April 20, 2007 at 06:35 PM.
Free counter provided by Andale.
All text is the original work of Troop 445, Arlington, Texas, and is copyright © 2000-2007 by Troop 445, Arlington, Texas except where credit is given for content.

Troop 445's Adult Leaders

Our Scoutmaster is:

His Assistant Scoutmasters are: