Fuzzy Bear

It is a dream that neither bullets nor time can erase.

I read all of this and wanted to respond to keep the thread going. As long as politicians are deciding moral issues for us, the longer it will take to get to real issues like the Economy/Bankruptcy, War, Hunger and Health Insurance. Gay-Rights is a moral issue. A Church should decide if they want to marry people of the same sex. Abortion is a moral issue. A Church should decide if they want abortion. If someone doesnt like the morals of their Church, then they should go to a Church that marries gays and aborts babies. Q. Should marriage involve groups of peopl

Warning, do not let this happen to you! I have areas, closets, boxes both cardboard and plastic, four-drawer file cabinets, bookshelves, and trunks full of Scout stuff. It is in the living room, guest room, garage, shop and in the basement. I used to purchase things from Scout Collectors and Memorabilia people and then I went over to Ebay and then garage sales and wound up at auctions. We have moved 6 times in the last 10 years. This last move, I brought along my collection of large rocks that I dug up out of our back yard to make a rock path at our new house. I also threw away 6 large

Several astronauts were Eagles.

I would like to respond to this but not get entangled in some kind of bitter debate. The basic premise is that politics should be a way to get our roads fixed. Religion should be a way to get our hearts fixed. If we exclude certain groups from our highways and if we exclude certain groups from our religions, then many don't get to where they need to go. FB

I was lounging in camp and the Scouts decided to be active on their own. After about thirty minutes one Scout runs back in to camp and says, Mr. FB, Mike got hit in the head with a rock. I said, Well what are you going to do about it? while coming out of my reverie. In a couple of minutes, here comes Mike flanked by two Scouts and with a slight gash to the head. I simply said, Set down here. The Scouts will be right with you. The Scouts jumped into action and had doctored Mikes wounds in no time. We didnt discuss this incident too much because they knew what they had done was wrong. Mike

In an overwhelming effort of conciliation and toleration the change of wording was quietly contemplated and it was finally decided that it made little difference. So, it was decided, out with "denominations" and in with "religions". So, it was rectified. To suggest that religions share common truth is to invite anything other than toleration. They write whole theological libraries and build seminaries to house and discern the differences no matter how small. They won't even share the same building, so the competition becomes one of size and facility for the varied activities.

I got to thinking about these bad Eagles All of these Eagles were human. All of these Eagles had parents. All of these Eagles had families. All of these Eagles ate food. All of these Eagles wore blue jeans. All of these Eagles went to school. All of these Eagles went camping. All of these Eagles did Service Projects. All of these Eagles were quiet law abiding citizens. All of these Eagles were religious. We need to get to the root of this problem.

To suggest that denominations share common truth is to invite anything other than toleration. They write whole theological libraries and build seminaries to house and discern the differences no matter how small. They won't even share the same building, so the competition becomes one of size and facility for the varied activities.

I was a fair student and I enjoyed Scouting but I worshiped football. I paid my dues from Junior High on and played "First Team" my Senior year. I obtained Eagle at the end of my sophomore year but few cheered. I graduated close to the bottom of my class. I got to college and shook hands with a guy that in a few years was to become all Pro. I quit my football dreams over that one handshake. I then struggled with academics until I quit school within the next two years. I worked for a couple of years and found that minimum wage jobs lead me to the same place football had taken me.

molscouter, I didn't see that one coming. I should have taken my shoes off and used my toes as well. FB

Ultimate Truth is easy enough to verify. Is there anyone up to it?

More Discussions: _ Red Feather The most difficult problem that I have seen in failing or in trouble troops is the parent participation. COH are great times to recruit parents and get them involved. Disdain for DC and above...... about the only time we hear from district is when they want money from the troop or when they have a pet project that they want us involved in. the troop I am involved with is one of the premier troops in our area and we are accused of not supporting the distict, therefore not a 'proper' troop supporting BSA. We are a very active troop doing spelunking, sailing

CNYScouter provided us with this one: I decided to spin this off from the "The Top 10 for a Qaulity Unit" thread. I should have figured that the BSA had something for a unit to use. The link below has Self Assessment forms that a Pack/Troop/Crew can use to help them evaluate their program. These are under Unit Commissioner resources: http://www.scouting.org/commissioners/resources/index.html I have never seen or heard of these before, but I have never been with a unit that had a good UC. I would really like to see Unit Leaders made better aware of what is out

CNYScouter Your spelling of Assesment and Commisioner are equal to my Qaulity Unit spelling. Thanks for the tip I used it on the Qaulity unit site. FB

According to several BSA Annual Reports, the average number of Scouts that earn Eagle for any one year is 5% which is based on the total of all Scouts in the nation for each of those years. I cannot find the site but another authority wrote that 2 in 100 Scouts have earned the Eagle Scout award from 1912 to date which gives a lower average of 1.5%. We don't have any other index to support using the 5% figure as a way of comparison. We don't have age comparisons, the total number of years in a Troop prior to earning the Eagle or area of the country along with several other demographics that

Is 100% BL a sign of a quality unit? The traditional response has been that BL follows the National themes in Program Helps that Scout Units may use as a starting point to their monthly program planning. I have witnessed programs that were based on nothing more than a Leader thinking "outside the box" to come up with their own ideas. When Program Helps was finally introduced, it generally has been like taking a 50 pound rock out of their backpack, of course, while in the middle of a long hike. "Instant Program" seems to always be a relief. My reaction as a young Scout to ge

There have been 43 Presidents since 1789. Scouting started in 1910 and the first Eagle Scout came after that date. So we should subtract 27, leaving 16 Presidents. About 2 out of every 100 Scouts ever reach Eagle or 1.5% of the Scouting population since 1910. There are 281 million people on the last U.S. census role and that does not count all of the people since 1910. If only one President was an Eagle, then the chances of that ever happening again is just barley above 0. Had the chap in the White House not been a crook, there still would not have been an Eagle th

You know that the UP can make a Citizen's arrest even if they are out of uniform.

He'll never find out.

More Discussion: Recruitment I can understand not wanting to ruin a relationship with the local troop, but it sounds kind of one-sided. Troops are no different than churches, colleges or even datable girls. It is all in what they have to offer that makes them attractive. If they show no interest in you, why should you be interested in them? I for one want my son to go to a troop he will enjoy....but also to one that is properly run and provides the best program. If that isn't the one who just expects the kids to come to them automatically, too bad. They should have a desirable program a

It's your choice since this is a leisure activity for volunteers. Back to the trenches? Find another unit, one that needs your help. The district is generally full of needs. Find one that meets your special strengths and shine like a new penny. What are your needs? Haven't you ever wanted to climb a mountain and go up the side that few have climbed or repair the much used trail to the top of a special peak? Surely you have a list of problems that you have thought long and hard about that you wanted to fix. Go do it. You wouldn't listen to any of us anyway. FB

I call "it" the Matt effect. As SM, I required one parent per Scout to do one big thing per year. Since this requirement was mine, I was also the enforcer. I only kept records so that I could give out Thank You's and certificates at our end of the year banquet. I didn't make sure that I had every parent do one big thing per year. My REAL motivation was to visit with each of the parents on occasion and to speak with them about their son and to ask if they could do one big thing. Some parents couldn't do one big thing but most did, many did several. If one set or individual couldn't do on

Here are a few stats. from National and then some more discussion on camping: National runs three National High Adventure camps, 70 Councils run High Adventure camps, and most of the 300 Councils runs at least one LT Summer Camp. National puts on a National Jamboree every four years and participates in World Jamborees every four years. Keep in mind also that your son is not limited to troop campouts if your SM follows the scouting program and has patrol activities as well as troop ones. BW Just as clarification there is no scouting recommendation to go camping once a month. T

As a SM, I required that one parent per Scout do one big thing per year. What I got was parents doing two, then three and so on. It was like Christmas most of the time. We always had several ASM's and a whole slew of Committee persons. Taking on a high-functioning autistic boy would probably not be the problem as much as getting these parents to come on board. They sound like they are wayyy toooo busy for this Scouting thingee. I really hope that someone can cut through the smoke in this one. I appreciate the ADA and believe that everyone should make "reasonable accommodations" for