Lawrence Huber where are you now?

This is a shout out to a Boy Scout leader from Ste. marie IL., Lawrence Huber. Lawrence went to his rest a few years ago,but he is ever in my mind as I embark on this new adventure of being a Den Leader. Lawrence was a true outdoorsman who could ,track, hunt,trap, fish,taxidermy, make smoked carp, catch snapping turtles and skin giant catfish. He was a Boy Scout Leader down in south central Illinois near the Embarrass River. I'd have to classify him as a National Treasure. They had a Boy Scout camp on the river, that,well, it did not look like much...but i dare to speculate that many many useful skills were learned there from Lawrence. If you airlifted and dropped Lawrence in the woods somewhere,maybe with a knife,mY guess is he'd be just fine!He might not even need the knife! Anybody out there that knew Lawrence?

At the bottom of the newsletter you see what happened to his Cabin.

http://www.saintemariefoundation.org/Current_News_Newsletter/Newsletter_Winter_2010.pdf

Never met the chap, but he sounds, indeed, a good fellow.

Scouting is filled with un-sung heros who have changed the future of many boys and men.

Scouting is a bit like Masonry ... Change the future of humanity, one man/boy at a time.

One never knows when that kind word, the bit of encouragement, that one extra skill, whether how to catch catfish or how to set a bone in the wilderness ... will save or change a life.

We all owe a debt of gratitude and life to those who have come before us ... and kept the traditions of caring and giving alive ... to make a better world.

Me, I am momentarily humbled ... (dont worry, it wont last)

Thanks for looking that up and posting it. Your words are so true. It's a great priveledge to be a part of scouting.