J-dawg168

eagle90, I currently am on the OA ceremonies team for my chapter "district". I have seen many types of ceremonies with different banquets and other occasions. Personally I am not a fan of the Scout Re dedication, mostly because its not a commonly used ceremony, and also that most teams won't know the lines. Another member of the team's older brother who used to be on the team, along with another person, wrote several ceremonies themselves. Some for occasions like this, others for Cub Scout events and Boy Scouting events. My suggestion would be, if you have one, call up yo

Well first off, IT'S NOT SAFE to use your knife around a large crowd. Think about it. your knife slips as someone walks by you and then you cut then....... simple. Its just not safe. Thats almost like spraying bug spray into a lighter inside your tent.... its not safe.

Thanks for the site. I could only seem to find one camp review for Oklahoma though, which was Tom Hale. I will keep looking though

Sorry to here that Gonzo. Not everyone gets the right idea about scouting. Heck I'd rather dig a hole and squat over that then use some of the nasty camp toilets.

As immature as these guys were i doubt having the SPL step in would help at all. Might have helped though

This has been a problem for me, not having an overprotective mom, but having scouts and friends with them. I am i troop guide to it helps to know the parents of the scouts. Have the mom come to meetings so she can get to see how the boys act and the atmosphere of a troop. It sounds like the dad tries to be as involved as possible but just can't work his schedule around it. Have the mom maybe come to a planning meeting or something so she can put a word in on where she might feel more comfortable having her kid camping without her, may it be her backyard, then maybe have an overnight outsid

We are a MOSTLY boy led troop. Anyone with a leadership position, even if it is librarian, is encouraged to come to PLC. We hold PLC for 30 minutes before every troop meeting, and a long PLC the week after a campout(no regular scout meeting those weeks). We have a planning meeting coming up soon for next years campouts. As far as the summercamp for waterfront.... i have not heard of that, i will check into that.

Ahhh.... I Wasn't thinking about saying something on the whitewater trip. i thought you meant about the one that wanted to get smart. Gotcha

I am in Last Frontier Council. Our camp is Slippery Falls. Simpson has been brought up before at planning. I am not sure what council it is in but the place i went three years ago is call Camp Pioneer. It's right over the Oklahoma border in Arkansas. In the same area as Hale just across the border. My troop has two crews going to Philmont next year, and i am going, so there budget issue. I also want to go to 2010 Jambo. But by then i can have a job and help pay for it that way. --Yours in Scouting, J-dawg(This message has been edited by J-dawg168)

Wouldn't that be a little too much there John? Thanks for the welcome --Yours in Scouting J-dawg

This is just my second year with this troop, as i have been in two other troop. My first troop went to our councils summer camp, which, for lack of a better word, SUCKS. The staff was bad, the food was bad, the list goes on and on. My second year i was in a different troop that broke off from the first troop. We went to an out of council summer camp, and i really liked it. Then that troop disbanded and i was in my current troop. This was just my second year at Hale, where the rest for the guys my age have gone there for four years. I am used to moving around i guess you could say. I ha

I got back from summer camp today and am still amazed at how immature adult leaders can be. Wednesday at lunch, I was talking with one of my friends/fellow troop guides, when a scout in front of us from another troop walked out of line and started cutting on his stave with his knife. My friend kindly asked one of the adult leaders to tell the kid to put up his knife. Instead of telling him to put it up, he started getting smart and said "if you can show me where in the scouting regulations that it says you can't whittle on a stick in a crowd then I'll have him put it up." Our SPL ove

My troop has gone to Hale Scout Reservation near Talahina, Oklahoma for the past four years. I think it is time to go somewhere different. Hale is a great camp, and offers many merit badges that you don't find many other places. The staff is very mature, and from what i hear, counselors must be studying the subject they teach, in college. Many other people in the Troop think we need to go somewhere else also. But it is mainly the boys decision on where we want to go. Any suggestions on how to get them to change? -- J-dawg

Hello All, I am a 14 year old Star scout, about to be Life. I come from a good sized troop (about 60 boys). I have been the National Jamboree in 2005, Northern Tier last summer, and am backpacking the Pecos Wilderness this summer. I currently am a troop guide from "new scouts" in my troop. I DO NOT BELIEVE IN 13 YEAR OLD EAGLE SCOUTS. I am NORMALLY well behaved. My dad is SR540 Beaver. -- J-Dawg