Boy Scout Troop 530 Tualatin, Oregon

History

Beginnings

Troop 530 was formally chartered with the Boy Scouts of America, Portland Area Council, in June 1952 by the Tualatin Parent Teacher Association. It was the first Troop to serve this community. The original charter shows seven adults and five youth; one adult and eleven youth were added the later that year. The meeting place was Tualatin Grange School on Boones Ferry Road.

In 1952, the population of Tualatin was only about 200. The city itself consisted of a few stores and businesses serving the surrounding farms. The small population was spread out across the area. Today, 25,000 people make Tualatin their home, and several Boy Scout Troops and Cub Scout Packs serve the community. Troop 530 has met in most of the school facilities in the community including Byrom, Hazelbrook, and now Bridgeport.

Charter Organization

The charter organization is key to any Scouting unit. All Scouting units are owned and operated by charter organizations. The organization may be a church, school, business, service club, or civic organization. Troop 530 has benefited from the strong support of several charter organizations over the years. The first was the Tualatin Parent Teachers Association from 1952-57. Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 3452 sponsored the troop from 1958-1979, and the troop met for some years at the VFW Hall. Since 1980, the troop has been sponsored by the Tualatin Lions Club.

Troop Program

Troop 530 has focused its scouting program over the years on the basic elements of camping, service, leadership, and advancement. The Troop has an active camping program including monthly outings and an annual, week long, residence, summer camp. The troop makes use of all the Council summer camp facilities and some facilities of other councils. These included St Helens in the early years, and now include Camp Baldwin, Meriwether, Cooper, and Pioneer, as well as Camp Baker. The troop also has a long history of extended backTrooping, canoeing, and cycling trips to provide additional challenges for Scouts. From 1967-71, the troop completed the entire Pacific Crest Trail within Oregon. Other 50 mile backTroop trips were completed in the Wallowas. Olympic National Park, Sisters Wilderness, and the Oregon Coast. Several extended float trips on the Willamette River have been made.

Troop 530 Scouts are regular participants in community service projects. The troop helped plant trees in the Woodrose Nature Park after diseased mature trees were removed. The troop helped the community clean up after the 1996 flood. A variety of Troop 530 Eagle Scout service projects have benefited the community over the years.

The troop focuses on development of youth leadership to carry out the troop program. Key in this effort is the Senior Patrol Leader, who leads the weekly troop meetings, the monthly outings, and the Patrol Leaders Council, with the advice and support of the Scoutmaster/Asst. Scoutmasters.

Eagle Scouts 1967 Don Silvey 1972 Paul Brosy 1972 Martin Brown 1972 John Howard 1973 George Howard 1974 Randy Scott 1982 Dale Furrow 1983 Alan Larsen 1984 Terry Smith 1984 David Johnson 1984 Mark Holtzen 1984 Andy Hempeck 1985 John Campbell 1986 Bill Woody 1988 Craig Siebold 1989 Doug Luccio 1990 Jim Warner 1991 Paul Luccio 1991 Andy McClure 1993 Bryan Danner 1995 Garrett Kimball 1995 Gary Crockett 1996 Barry Schneider 1998 Joe Thaler 1999 Tom Chipman 1999 Cory Portnuff 1999 Taylor Hallvik 2000 Greg Lewis 2000 Kyle Leleand 2001 George LeDoux 2001 Mike Knippers 2001 David Thaler 2001 Matt Kroen 2002 Colin Leland 2003 Justin Meyer 2003 James Stevens 2003 Zach Hudgik 2005 Ryan Parlee 2005 Kenneth Steiner 2006 Mitchell Thaler 2006 Alex Lewis 2006 Alex Banse-Fay 2007 Eddie Masterson 2007 Gilbert Bailey 2007 Drew Baker 2007 Tony Wong 2010 Nick Dannemiller Scoutmasters 1952-54 Reide Lockman 1955-56 Ralph Black 1957 Maurice Ferris 1958-59 Steve Nacheff 1960-61 Hugh Tattersal 1962 Jack Brosy 1963 Leonard Willcut/Cliff Ehlers 1964-67 Cliff Ehlers 1968 Norm Christensen 1969 Ken Smith 1970 Cliff Ehlers 1971-73 Jack Howard 1974-75 Chick Hamilton 1976-77 Victor Locke 1978-79 Joe Sestak 1980-81 Dave Johnson 1982 Terry Willows/Darris Siebold 1983-85 Darris Siebold* 1986-87 Dave Nikula 1988-90 Tom Kroen 1991 Rod Crockett 1992-94 Donna Danner 1995-97 Dave Leland 1998-99 Tom Kroen 2000-2002 Tony Meyer 2003-2004 Lou Thaler 2005-2006 Glenn Bailey 2006-present Norm Dannemiller

Senior Patrol Leaders ---- Jim Edwards ---- Marty Brown ---- Steve Von Hegen ---- Marc Harvey ---- Paul Newman ---- Bill Fewless ---- Dale Furrow ---- Randy Scott ---- Joe Schaefer ---- Kevin Christiansen 1981 Mike Tycer 1982 David Johnson 1982 David Simmons 1983 Tim Larkin 1983 Andy Hempeck 1984 Bill Woody 1984 Monte Harrell 1985 Craig Seibold 1985 John Campbell 1986 Doug Luccio 1986 Matt Crall 1987 Matt Crall 1987 John Geniuch 1988 John Geniuch 1988 Andy McClure 1989 Mike Cartmell 1990 Mike Cartmell 1990 Bryan Danner 1991 Tim Crall 1992 Gary Crockett 1993 Matt Talarczyk 1994 Barry Schnieder 1995 Barry Schnieder 1996 Kyle Leland 1997 Kyle Leland 1998 Taylor Hallvik 1998 Cory Portnuff 1999 Greg Lewis 1999 Mike Knippers 2000 Mike Knippers 2000 David Thaler 2001 Zach Hudgik 2001 Matt Kroen 2002 Colin Leland 2002 Andrew Plambeck 2003 Ryan Parlee 2003 Mitch Thaler 2004 Mitch Thaler 2004 Ed Masterson 2004 Alex Banse-Fay 2006 Alex Lewis 2006 Gil Bailey 2007 Drew Baker 2007 Tony Wong 2007 Dan Steiner 2008 Matthew Banse-Fay 2009 Nick Dannemiller 2010 Dylan Shelton 2010-present Eric Schucht Troop Committee Chairs 1952-54 James King 1955 L. Van Hining 1956 Maurice Evans 1957 Doug McRobbin 1958-59 Elvin Foster 1960-61 George Cook 1962 Ken Wlrod 1963 Jack Brosy 1964 John Phelps 1965-67 Jack Howard 1967-70 Hans Gerd Von Hagen 1971-74 Norman Scott 1975-78 Henry Christensen 1979-81 Thomas Larkin 1982-83 William Hempeck 1984 Terry Willows 1985-86 Rick Crall 1987 E.M. Susan 1988 Susan Ungern 1989-91 Donna Danner 1992 Charles Cloyd 1993-94 Mike Strecher 1995-97 Steve Hudgik 1998-00 Lou Thaler 2000-02 John Lewis 2003-04 Reed Elwyn 2004-08 Larry Steiner 2009-present Larry Schucht