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I have already attended that funeral twice... Camp Linwood Hayne, Georgia-Carolina Council, and Treasure Island, Cradle of Liberty.

Ask not for whom the bell tolls. It tolls for thee. We are all loyal passengers on a train ill-driven.

Councils in open states like California are going to pay, whether through BSA bankruptcy or through their own. It's probably prudent to get that liquidity lined up.

The TCC has evaluated all council properties so that each council is expected to sell the property for that estimated price. One way or the other, the councils wish to get as much as reasonably possible to pay as much of the contribution to pay the obligation for the chapter 11. Except for the attorneys, there are no winners in this process.

"Don't let it become a salaried organization: keep it a voluntary movement of patriotic service." BP

Best to go to the source.... *(( The true author of this article is unknown. It is here copied from the COME HOSTELING newsletter, Sept. 1980, of the Potomac Area Council of the American Youth Hostels, who received it from Dick Schwanke, Senior PAC Staff Trainer, who read it in the APPALACHIAN HIKER by Ed Garvey, who got it from the Potomac Appalachian Trail Conference Bulletin, which quoted it from THE RAMBLER of the Wasatch Mountain Club of Salt Lake City, which reportedly cribbed it from the I.A.C. News of Idaho Falls, which reported it from the 1966 PEAKS & TRAILS. I offer it h

Agree. Scouting is not baby sitting or adult led. Scouting is a safe environment to try and fail. ... Beyond that, "following the program" can be implemented many ways to create a unique personality for the troop.

This is from the 1949 copyright Pamphlet: Call you now upon your Father Without whom we are but nothing Without whom we can do nothing To look upon this Brotherhood With His Love and with His favor; That its work and upward progress May ever lead and ever guide us From the things that are of mortals, To the things that are eternal. That the candidates this evening May realize that they have started On the next step of their journey; Of their long and toilsome journey. That they may see -that we will help them Thr

It happened earlier this week. Our council sold its primitive camp for their contribution to the fund. This was an established camp with many shops, other buildings, trails, and organized campsites. I was a member of the maintenance committee. Over many years, we built all of these facilities. Over 40 strong of mostly retired unit leaders that still wanted to contribute to scouting. Over 500 acres of rolling hills and woods. Six ponds to fish out of, and frontage on a recreational lake. My troop had a favorite waterfront campsite where I could launch my boat right off the shore. All