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Ohio Scouter, North Lawrence Hunt and Fish Club. Great place for Klondike. A nice group. They sponsor a Troop. Saturday night Council called out to notify any Troops still camping to head home due to wind chills. If they stayed, Council wouldn't cover them insurance wise for cold injuries. The wind didn't even kick up until we were all bedded down. The club Troop came around and offered their building as shelter during the night if anyone felt it was getting to bad. We had only one that had a hard time . He came out on Saturday night to get another night for Polar Bear. He forgot his groun

Ohio Scouter, COME ON UP!!!, To western Stark County that is. We'll be west of Canton about 15 miles trying to keep from freezing our, well you know what, OFF. I'm hoping for the clouds for a few extra degrees. Everyone one have a FRIGID, I mean warm weekend out there camping. Lisa, at least we should be a little warmer then you all.

Lisa, Our Klondike is this weekend. Saturday night , a balmy 0 is expected here in NE Ohio. I have the same issue with Feb. crossovers. I would rather see crossover in March. As to your dilemma, Saturday only, if even that. Are all your Scouts and leaders going on this campout? Are there a couple Scouts and leaders that were not planning on going? Could they run another Saturday program with these new Scouts, doing something more appropriate? The lock-in idea is good. Take them swimming, go to a gym and work on some of the more fun rank advancement. This way they have fun, don't feel l

As a 70's Scout, I really don't remember parents being involved in our Troop, except a SM whose son was in the Troop. Most of the adults leadership were former Scxouts from the troop, the SM who just finished his hitch in the military, thr ASM, several CM's. No real parents. Some of the aprents would help when asked, but I don't remember most of them even driving on campouts. Usually the SM was a late 30-50'sh person. The Council people seemed to be 40-60's. The one dad that I remember being involved in a Troop at a leader level had a blind Eagle son. The dad was also involved in OA and t

Bicentennial Eagle and '73 Brotherhood in Marnoc Lodge (now in Sipp-o)from Great Trail Council. Son #1, 2005, now ASM. Son #2 is working on it. Now ASM, Council R&M CM, CCS and DCCS CM and Activity Chair in Buckeye Council.

For Troops out there that do not have the Chaplains Aide position filled, why not? Is it because the leaders can't or don't want to be bothered with counseling the position holder? Is it because we don't live by what we preach, so therefore we allow the boys to follow in our footsteps? Is this why the position, to many, has become a joke, and a non-desired position by the Scouts?

If you have a mixed faith Troop of Christian, Judaic and Islamic youth, if any scriptures are kept to the Old Testament, there should be no major issues. But all three texts, the Bible, Koran, and Torah all talk of loving thy brother, helping thy neighbor, etc. There are plenty of scriptures from all three that are easily interchangeable as the others, and just as appropriate. Why not look at Seton's "GOSPEL OF THE REDMAN" and use passages from it. When he wrote it, and had leaders of different faiths and denominations proofread the transcript, they all thought that he based it off of th

Hope everyone is having a good year so far. I have a dilemma coming up in the near future in our Troop, OA elections. This year we may only have 2-3 Scouts eligible. The one I know for sure that has all the requirements fulfilled is a 17 year old with very mild Autism. He should have been nominated last year, but the popularity contest mind set figured in. Both Scouts nominated last year are suppose to do Ordeal this spring. One may quit the Troop before then due to behavior and personality issues and was the beauty queen candidate. The other is more then deserving. The SN Scout has

Insane, You forgot slugs and Veggemite on crackers!!!!

kraut, Who said it needs to be during hot, hunid sticky weather. Hold it in late September thru early November. So it rains or snows, its SURVIVOR isn't it? Then of course, you run into the problem of Scouts shadowing the tribes, unless the participants are actual Scouts. Then it can be moved back to summertime.

Ask the SM for guidance. You need the letters, one from your parents, one from your religious leader (if Hindu or a religion that has no local leader, a parent can write this letter also about your involvement in your religion), a teacher or two, an employer. I don't remember specifics. I think there are forms in the Eagle packet that you can give them. Also, the letters are suppose to be mailed back to an adult on the committee or the SM, not to you. I would get the form and envelopes (self addressed and stamped) to your desired reference people today if possible, no later then Monday evening

Thanks Beavah. I have a good friend, a Tanzanian Priest who lives in Nairobi. I haven't been able to contact him by email since before Christmas. he is the head of his order. I'm hoping that he was home in Tanzania visiting family when this all came down. Let's keep all of our brothers around the world in our prayers.

Jmaes, Congratulations on making it this far. Does your troop have an Eagle Coordinater that assists your Life Scouts through the Eagle process, usually a committee member, the Committee Chairperson, etc? Who went to Council and picked up your Eagle packet? This is usually the person that should be assisting you. Your Troop's Advancement Chairperson is the person that should be filling out all the dates for merit badges, position of ranks held, starting date in Scouts and the Troop. The Adv. Chair should be able to print out a copy of all you dates for you to use to fill in the application

krout, That's a great idea. Toss in a little FEAR FACTOR to boot. But what would it cost to run such a program for a season? What network might be willing to try something like this? How could it also be aimed at inner city youth?

National, How many Scouts and Scouters do we have registered nationally? 2009 registration fee up $1.00 for the cost of entering the float. That should bring in a several hundred thousand dollars easily. What is not needed for the float could be used to pay the way for a marching Scout band to travel to and be in the parade, plus the float riders. National would have to handle and keep track of the financial end, but it would be no money out of their pocket per say. Everyone then gets a special 100 Anniversary patch since they automatically contributed. 2010, use the money for Ja

kb6, Good idea about the heroism and Lifesaving Medal Recipients. The float could be called "REAL AMERICAN HEROS". How many Medals are handed out in a year anyway? Can't be that many. I only know of two recipients in our Councils over several years. I'm sure both would love to apply for a cjance to ride the float.

Trout, Great idea!!! Acco, National has to have advertising figured into their budget. If National ran a TV spot, especially prike time, theyw ould be paying out the nose. Bring the Scouts to Pasadena for 3 or 4 nights would still come in cheaper then a TV spot. Trout, I bet we could find Scouters from all the areas needed to make the float, possibly pro bono. Distinguished Eagles would be great. But, let's find the less known, more interesting ones, not well know ones from DC that would use it for more recognition. Maybe the area Council's could come up with a 1000 Scouts/Scouters to

Lugnuts, Have each of the Scouts bring their favorite flavor of Jello mix and a two real Nalgene bottles. At cracker barrell, have the Scouts put the Jello mix in one bottle and add hot water. Have them drink it before it solidifies. It makes a nice fruit drink. After they are finished with their nice hot fruit drink, fill one or both bottles with piping hot cocoa, tea, cider and the other with hot water, seal both tight, place in wool socks, and throw down in the sleeping bag. Instant incubtor. The Jello drink will give their bodies the fuel to keep the fire cooking inside, for mo

Brian, Yes, the medals can be given to Scouters as well as Scouts. The recipient has to be in a non-supervisory role. In other words if you are the adult leader on a camp-out and pull one of your Tenderfoots out of the lake, you are not eligible. If you pull someone else out of the lake, then you are eligible. My oldest, now 21, also ASM with the Troop, has been a lifeguard for 5 years. He has pulled numerous people from the pools over the years, treated people down in the locker room with life threatening intracranial bleeds until EMS arrived, etc. He has also responded on card

GW, Who says it's not kosher? He didn't add anything. What kind of beads did he use and who did it for him? Or did he do it? Just think of the time and cost. Wow!!! And I bet it will hold up a lot longer. I would love to see it.

If I am correct, the pewter pin from the 1975 NOAC is also allowed to be worn on the sash. Mine has been there since '75. Last year at NOAC, my roommate saw my sash and asked to look at the pin. He stated that he was on staff in '75, and that since it was the last NOAC that Goodman had attended, that the decision was made to allow the pin to continue to be worn on the sash after NOAC had ended.

Happy Boxers Day to you Eamonn. Hope the cookies were tasty. Did you take a dip like the blokes celebrating Boxing Day, shown on ABC's National News tonight?

G.W. Thanks for the wonderful story. It has been passed on.

Owl, As for the last circumstance, usually the Lodge will except you back open arms. They did me after a 25 year hiatus in Scouting.

Trev & Dan, Hope you both had clear skies and enjoyed the moon as well Thursday and Friday. It was big, bright and full here in NE Ohio. Yes we had a clear night in NE Ohio, a miracle. Happy Soltice to you both, a belated Happy Hanukkah to my Jewish friends, Happy Holidays to others and Merry Christmas to all. Eric