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Brad Pritts Profile

Adult Information
Title: 
Mr.
Spouse (name only): 
Susan Pritts
Children: 
Bradley Pritts
Profession: 
Consulting Engineer
Employer: 
Self employed
Eagle Scout: 
Eagle Scout
Years in program: 
2001
Profile Information
Assistant Scoutmaster
Patrol: 
Scouters (Adult Leaders)
HAM Radio Callsign: 
kd8bsz

Brad got involved when son Bradley joined the troop, and is still hanging around long after Bradley grew up.  (Apparently Brad hasn't grown up yet!)  He particularly enjoys water,  especially when it's surrounding a canoe.  

Favorite Trips: Holiday Vally, skiing

Interests: Ameteur Radio, Camping, Canoeing, Carbohydrates, Eating, music, Singing, Spanish

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Colin Forgacs Profile

Adult Information
Eagle Scout: 
Eagle Scout
Years in program: 
1997 - 2010
Resume: 
Colin has been with Troop 8 since he was a sixth grader, participating in several venture expeditions and earning his Eagle Scout award. He is currently in Oregon pursuing his Masters degree.
Profile Information
Assistant Scoutmaster
Patrol: 
Scouters (Adult Leaders)

 Swamp Rat has been with troop 8 since he was a sixth grader.  Despite getting stuck in a swamp on his first campout (earning him his nickname), was recently able to escape the pull of the troop and Ann Arbor; traveling to Oregon to pursue his masters degree.  Swampy has boldly gone where no rat has gone before: Kilimanjaro, Colorado backcountry skiing, ice climbing in the UP, and rock climbing in Nevada.  Often times the troop 8 summer camp director, mention the word "Moraine" and watch him twitch.

Favorite Books: Arfken and Weber's Mathematical Methods for Physicists, British History Texts, Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, MMORPG Theorycrafting, The Lord of the Rings, The Physics of Semiconductor Devices

Favorite Music: play me some music and I'll probably like it!

Favorite Movies/TV Shows: Babylon 5, Firefly, House MD

Favorite Trips: Alleghenies, colorado, kilimanjaro, Northern Michigan Ice Climbing

Interests: Backpacking, Board Games, Camping, Canoeing, D&D, Looking for a Job, MMORPGs, music, Planning Summer Camps, Scheming Sinister Plans for World Domination!, Telemark Skiing

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Marty Pernick Profile

Adult Information
Profession: 
Historian of medicine
Employer: 
University of Michigan
Eagle Scout: 

Interests: Camping, Canoeing, music

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Francisco Contreras Profile

Adult Information
Title: 
Mr.
Spouse (name only): 
N/A
Children: 
N/A
Profession: 
Student
Employer: 
Barton Hills Country Club
Eagle Scout: 
Years in program: 
2001 - 2009
Resume: 
I was a Scout and active member in Troop8 for seven years. I volunteered and worked at Chief Logan Boy-scout camp for three years. I held Positions including Outdoor Adventure Staffer, Waterfront Staffer, Assistant C.O.P.E. Director, and Assistant First Aider. I have earned my Wilderness First Aid and First Responder Certifications. I am currently Lifeguard, and Heart Saver certified. I have worked in the retail of outdoor technical equipment. I love camping and the Outdoors and wish to share my experience and enthusiasm with the next generation of Troop 8 Outdoor Fanatics.
Profile Information
Patrol: 
Patrol A
School: 
Other HS

Favorite Books: Comics, diary of a wimpy kid, Dr. Seuss, eragon, Fantasy, Flowers for Algernon, House of the Scorpion, I have too many it would overload the server, other good stuff, Petit Nicholas, The Count of Monte Cristo, the ear the eye and the arm, the eye, The Giver

Favorite Music: beastie boys Linkin Park, Beatles, Bob Dylan, Bob Marley, I like to Move Move it !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!, Journey, Led Zeppelin, lil wayne, play me some music and I'll probably like it!, red hot chili peppers, Reggae, the phantom of the opera

Favorite Movies/TV Shows: American Gangster, Animal Planet!, Captain America the first avenger, Dr. Who, Dr.Who, house, House M.D., Inception, Sherlock Holmes, star trek, Stargate (all of them), Thor, Transformers, Troop 8 TV

Favorite Trips: Alleghenies, Alleghenies and Summer Camp '08 (Ohiopyle), and the one where Ben set the aluminum table on fire, and the one where James got digits from the Girl Scouts as a first year, and the one where Nathan made me projectile vomit, Bruce Trail Canada, Canoeing trips, conoe weekend, crossover campout, Fun Nights, heck they are all awesome!, Holiday Valley, Northwoods, ones with bad weather, polar bear, Red River Gorge, skiing, summer camp, Summer Camp '08 (Ohiopyle - lovely day for a swim!), vermont

Interests: Alot, and everything, Backpacking, being awesome, being awesome A lot, being awesome Some more, Biking, biology, breaking Computers, Camping, Canoeing, Carbohydrates, chocolate chip cookie education policy while kayaking, chocolate chip cookies, climbing, cookies, Cooking, debating, Eating, education, Everything, fire, food, Hiking, kayaking, law, Life, lunch tray sledding, matters of extreme yet refined class, mountain biking, mountaineering, movies, music, Nature, philosophy, Reading, rock climbing, rowing, science, Scouting, setting things on fire, skydiving, sleeping, snowball fights, snowboarding, Spanish, Swimming, technology, Telemark Skiing, tornados, travel, video games, winter

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It Doesn't Work Don't!!! Try to Swallow the Cinnamon.

Ed Karls Profile

Adult Information
Title: 
Mr.
Spouse (name only): 
Marci Lesperance
Children: 
Michelle Maria Melanie
Profession: 
Market Research
Employer: 
University of Michigan Health System
Eagle Scout: 
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Interests: Board Games, Camping, Canoeing, Cooking, fire, French, Hiking, just being outdoors, movies, music, politics, Reading, sailing, scoutings, statistics, Strategy games, viola

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Joe Mahowald Profile

Adult Information
Title: 
Mr.
Spouse (name only): 
Connie
Children: 
Sami Jo, Luke, Nathan, PJ
Profession: 
Engineer
Employer: 
Black & Veatch
Eagle Scout: 
Profile Information
Patrol: 
Scouters (Adult Leaders)
HAM Radio Callsign: 
N8XPV
School: 
Other HS

Favorite Books: Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy

Favorite Movies/TV Shows: Mythbusters

Favorite Trips: Yosemite

Interests: Ameteur Radio, Backpacking, Biking, Camping, Canoeing, climbing, Hiking, kayaking, mountain biking, mountaineering, photography, sailing, Swimming

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Seth Dawson Profile

Adult Information
Title: 
Mr.
Profession: 
Student
Employer: 
Albion College
Eagle Scout: 
Eagle Scout
Profile Information
Patrol: 
Scouters (Adult Leaders)

Favorite Trips: Alleghenies, denmark, Holiday Valley, Ice Climbing, red rocks, Sailing in the Caribbean, summer camp, vermont

Interests: Backpacking, Biking, Camping, Canoeing, climbing, skiing

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Nick Wei Profile

Adult Information
Profession: 
Mischief
Employer: 
Fate
Eagle Scout: 
Years in program: 
2005 - 2011
Profile Information
Assistant Senior Patrol Leader
HAM Radio Callsign: 
KD8NVK
School: 
Skyline
Grade: 
11

This one time at scout camp...

 


Dear Mom & Dad,

We are having a great time here at Lake Typhoid. Scoutmaster Webb is making us all write to our parents in case you saw the flood on TV and worried. We are OK. Only 1 of our tents and 2 sleeping bags got washed away.

Favorite Books: I have too many it would overload the server

Favorite Music: anything but country and some other songs

Favorite Movies/TV Shows: Battlestar Galactica, Big Bang Theory, Bourne Trilogy, Monty Python and the Holy Grail, Mybusters, Scrubs, Simpsons, South Park

Favorite Trips: Alleghenies, Holiday Valley, the one where Ben set the aluminum table on fire, vermont

Interests: Ameteur Radio, Backpacking, Canoeing, rock climbing, setting things on fire, sleeping

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