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  1. What is the plausibility of assigning a scout (who is interesred)as a Den Chief to the Webelos I or II den, then have him be either the appointed PL (if that is how your troop functions) or as the Troop Guide for his Web's NSP? If he's the PL, make it for 6 months and rotate the newbies thru the APL position. Then at the 6 month mark, become the Guide and let the newbies start rotating into the PL position. This gives the newbies a scout leading them that they know and trust OR is this to much exposure to the same scout? By the time the newbies are FC and around 13-14, maybe you can continue
  2. Forgot one little tibbit. If your child might be reacting to Red Dye, Make sure that you have your MD check the ingredients in the medications. A lot of med.'s have Red Dye in them even though they are Blue, Purple, Orange, Yellow Pink, etc this was a major cause of our trip through the list of Psych. med's that didn't work or made things worse.
  3. PeteM, Know what your going through with the son. To all you parents out there that have boys (and girls) with the cursed ADD/ADHD, if the child has MOOD SWINGS, SUDDEN BURST OF ANGER, MELT DOWNS WHEN THE MED'S WHERE OFF, be sure you are actually dealing with ADD/ADHD. I have 16 1/2 years experience as a parent with a child, from 3-8 y/o being diagnosed as ADHD and from 8 y/o to present with Bipolar Disorder with ADHD Tendencies. The difference? Prepubescent it is literally impossible to differentiate between the two. 50% prepubescent bipolar childen are misdiagnosed as ADHD. Two reas
  4. SWS, Aren't they already serving their unit? They 're already thirteen, First Class and have their 20 days/nights of camping in. By this time they hopefully are serving their unit. If not, then there is something wrong somewhere. Aren't OA members also suppose by offering up CHEERFUL SERVICE to their fellow scouts? Aren't there scouts at the LODGE level and scouters at the Council level that fall under FELLOW SCOUTERS? Don't these scouts(ers) deserve CHEEFUL SERVICE? The main point I was trying to convey was: 1) A lot of 13 y/o's have no idea what OA is all about. 2) They should
  5. AK-E, What time of year was the campout? I suggested the same thing for next year, maybe late Apr. or May with a combined pack/troop campout. The only problem that keeps being brought up is, If we do it that late is there is enough time before summer camp to get the boys ready? I love OGE's ideas. Our problem is that our feeder pack has always done crossover in Feb. Has anyone here managed to talk the pack into having crossover later in the spring? If so how did you approach them, and how did it work out for the troop with summercamp approaching fast?
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    Camp Pranks

    Eagle Pete and FScout, What's with "HAMMERING ON THEM" comeback. We're talking jokes here, hopefully not hands on abuse. Send the Gauntlet Patrol back to their tents. By rthe way, FScout, what's the "F" stand for?
  7. Did you here the one about the dyslexic Agnostic and the dyslexic Atheist? yhe Agnostic wondered whether there really was a Dog while the Atheist believed there was no such thing as a Dog. Sorry couldn't resist. I'm can take a R.C. joke standing up if you have one. Oops, seriously was the joke allowed? If not I apologize in advance. DK, marinated or smoked? By the way when you arrive park your vehicle in the third closet on the right. Rooster? Maybe on the spit or in the oven.(This message has been edited by ASM915)
  8. DK, Right you are. I didnt mean for the post to come off sounding that all N.A. believe in Jesus. I just wanted adc to clarify his post, having a good idea what he was really trying to say. Precontact, yes their spirituality was and is still Earth Based. The nice thing about the N.A. is they are adapt. Many have converted, but are still able to keep their identity because they were able to see, blend and use the good from both. I have friends that grew up Christian, believe in God and Jesus and are now practicing Pagans. Years ago on PBS, there was a program or series on religion. The host
  9. KC, I agree with Beav. on most of his post. Have the scout be the First Aid Officer under the supervision of an adult. This gives the scout a safety valve. He has someone he can go to with concerns and questions. As to medications, our camp has a 2 logbooks at each site. One for Medications. By the way which are kept in a lock-box, except for Inhaler, Epi-pens and Insulin. Every time a scout takes his med's, it is documented in the book (Camp CYO). The second book is for FIRST AID RENDERED from CPR to a band-aid. Have the you FAO in charge of reminding the scout to take his med.'s and
  10. Well put DanKroh. Could CoG have a parallel criteria for the Non-Earth Based religions like the Catholics do for the Roman Catholic Rite And the Eastern Orthodox Rites? Both could cover all the general principles of the religion and then each, the specific differences between them. Short of like the original premise of the God and Country before the Protestant decided to make individual awards denomination specific to align with their doctrine. Maybe the Pagans could come up with a Pagan faith awareness award. The Catholic Church had some many different Rites, Roman, Orthodox, Eastern, et
  11. adc, Can you reference "THEY (the Native Amer.) DO NOT BELIEVE IN JESUS."? Inless you talk with some of the really oldtimers or some of the really hardcore shaman, most do believe. They do believe in God, as they put it, but never knew he had a name until us Eurocentric's showed up for the land grab. Oh boy, here I go again!! As a Deleware/Cherokee friend of mine once said, "I'm so conflicted. One side of me hates the other side of me." I know some of the tribal shamans in some of the more isolated tribes and Rez.'s have a very strong influence over their tribes and and try to get th
  12. CNY, Since everything is located within the county park and we're are talking a bulletin board, not a walkin information center, you probably won't have a major problem. Something already had to be approved for the CO to apply for and get the grant money for the project. Your scout is the PROJECT DIRECTOR. Even though he is doing the project for the CO, he can still request assistance from the CO's laison with communication between the parties involved and to help coordinate any meetings and joint work sessions between the scouts, the CO and the parks. The scout can then use this laisons t
  13. GB, a question for you. The Hindis and Buddhist have a Scouting Religious award, how come the Druids, Wiccans and Pagans don't? Merlyn, How about one for the ATHIESTS? It could be 4 months of course work on disproving GOD. If they can disprove God ,then they get the Award.
  14. adc, I got mt ashes yesterday. How about you? I assume that "those of you who don't" was just an exprassion and not necessarliy aim at mio? I guess playing DEVILS ADVOCATE can lead someone to think I have different values when actually I'm right there with you. Okay, we'll change the phrase to MY GOD ( IF I HAVE ONE). ana ddition of 5 words. Hows that work for you? And GB, ess or esses, what ever works. Packsaddle, Know anyone in Texas?
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    Camp Pranks

    Here's an old one and a new one in the works at this moment. Two years ago at summer camp we had a Pittsburgh troop in Outpost in the sites behind us. On Thur. night a few of their older scouts came over to our camp around midnight and started talking with some of our scouts. Before long, the ghillie suit from my earlier posting made a reappearance. The Pa. boys loved it. They asked if Dave would come over to their site for a prank. They had been telling ghost stories a little earlier and had just bedded down the younger scouts. Dave donned his suit and before their eyes vanished into the sh
  16. acd294, What would it take to petition National to add 1 word to the Scout Oath. That simple two letter word would put an end to this question? The word would be an additional "MY". We already have "DUTY TO MY COUNTRY". Let's just add the additional "MY to "do my duty to MY GOD, and my country." This way no one has to wonder to whose God they are paying homage to. By saying "MY GOD", then they are being dutiful to only to the God of their repected religion, and if "MY GOD" means no God to them, so be it. This way no one is being forced to except any belief other than their own. WHAT SAY TH
  17. OGE, He must have really love his golf buddy to drag him 18 holes. I thought that was what the sand traps where for, quick and easy burial. Golf clubs? Golf buddy? Golf Clubs? Golf buddy? GOLF CLUBS!!
  18. Theory 2: The ED doc on tonight wondered whether the guy had T.M. training, like a swami and put himself into a trance like state? Did the article give a recovery time? My son was wondering if the guy was playing Nine Pins at the party before this happened? Maybe it was a Hairy Buffalo party gone awry. Talk about a modern day Rip Van W.
  19. TREVORUM? WHAT ARE YOU DOING TREVORUM? TREVORUM? ARE YOU THERE TREVORUM? Interesting. Here's a theory. Talking with my son and some others from the medical community, the discussion lead to barometric pressure and temperature. The thought was being up in the mountains if there was a 20-30 degree drop in temp. over a short period of time and a change in the barometric press., could this elicit a mammalian reflex? The concensus was the sudden cold against the face, from air or water and any change in pressure against the face definitely could cause the reflex. But for 24 days. WOW!!
  20. EVMORI, Signed by the Scoutmaster, yes, as stated in the third paragraph of my previous post, but not the MBC. Boy Scouts Requirements 2006 or 2007 is also a good reference.
  21. ASM915

    Camp Pranks

    Here's three for you. Dick, a SM in our district, holds the unofficial COWPIE Fall Camporee on his farm, usually drawing 150 scout. One year, one activity was the old Snipe Hunt. The troop leaders' were privy to the weekend activities. A coworker of mine, Kevin, is an ASM for one of the troops. Kevin and the SM gather the boys, gave them the needed equipment for catching Snipes, and headed out into the woods and fields with them. Now Dicks farm is about a 1/4 - 1/2 a mile deep and about 2-3 miles long. Kevin and the SM managed to lose the scouts and double back to their site. An hour or
  22. packsaddle, Right you are. On GOOGLING "Eagle scout application packet", it turns out that I had clicked on a couple of different Council sites. On entering the NESA site and pulling up the actual application, I see my error. Our Council just so happen to be doing the same thing as several other Councils when it came to requiring the 6 letters of recommendation. As for world dominance, yes the arrogance and ignorance is there. My family, especially the oldest son has experienced it in our own church (and Scouting Council), when it comes to understanding Native Culture & Spirituality
  23. Gentlemen, I stand corrected on 1 point. On further research, yes, one parent may write a letter as the religious leader for the boy, but according to the packet directions there still has to be 6 letters of recommendation. No where does it say optional. Trevotum, I have no problems with someone disagreeing with me, but please quote the whole phrase so others know the real meaning. I was not advocating converting the whole world to Christianity. What I was getting at was pushing our religious values on others of different faiths. My oldest son had the privilege to travel abroad in h
  24. Seeing that a scout is "Do my duty to God... and help other people at all times", I have an project idea relating to religious and culture awareness. Has anyone ever heard of the ULSTER PROJECT. It's been around for 30 some years. it is where the Catholic and Protestant youth of N. Ireland are brought together for a month to promote peace between the two religious cultures. I just read an article in OUTSIDE magazine about William Beck, a retired Naval officer who went to Iraq a few years back. He thought what better way to promote peace then throught Scouting. During his reseach he found
  25. For a scout to receive his Eagle he has to have a letter of reference from his religious leader. Nothing states a boy can't become a scout because he's athiest. Some have actually come to know a God because of Scouting. The snag on getting Eagle is when the youth declares his atheism. Our District Adv. person has always told the SM's, if they have a youth where the parents are atheist, but it is unknown of the youths intent, he will sit down and discuss the situation with the youth and get a religious leader to help if the youth so desires. Does anyone know what other national scouting
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