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Novice, We've heard "Put the OUT(ING) back in Scouting", but everyone seems to forget about the SC of Scouting, SPIRITUAL COMMITMENT. I've heard of CO's, religious based, that have asked the SM to strongly push the Emblems programs, wanting as many of the Scouts in the Troop to get their Religious Emblem Awards. Cubs and Ventures have options in rank advancement to earn their Religious Emblems, but not the Boy Scouts. They have an opportunity to earn the award, but not as part of rank advancement. Maybe if they did, we would see an increase. In our Council, there is presently

mlg, Check out Seven Ranges in Buckeye Council. It is about 30-40 minutes east of Canton, Ohio. The camp has a good FROG (First Year Orientation Group) program. I'm not sure how old the counsellors are. They have a top notch Ecology program that runs a few very good tree and plant ident. programs, a good star-search program, and the 80+ year old camp honors Pipestone Program. Their Wilderness Survival and Emergency Preparedness MB's are excellent. To participate in the Pipestone Program, the scouts have to do a Good Turn Project. The camp has three weekends set aside during the sp

30) ?Como Esta Usted? How about the Vale La Pena Award for scouting service to the Hispanic communities. The knot is a blue and yellow knot with the yellow overlapping the blue, on a red field. All the animals have been found, but there is one more cultural one hiding out there.

DanK, You forgot the chainmail.

I talked with ED via PM today and offered to post this. Ed, I hope you accept my apologies. No harm was meant.I just couldn't resist after reading Local's little jab. I still think Merlyn must be either part parrot or stuck LP, the way he keeps repeating & repeating. The way you kept sidestepping Merlyn early on reminded me of Hillary at last weeks debate. And yes, she is more then a moron, and finally got caught on tape at it at last weeks debate. I hope that in time you can look back on this and say, "That was funny that someone thought that Merlyn and I were the same perso

"Knowing exactly how to goad the other guy" CAScouter, Maybe they're siblings and this is just one of their sibling spats. Sorry Ed, but we're all brothers in Scouting. Oh that's right M isn't.

Gold Winger, The 40% was the total withheld by all NSO's, not just the BSA.

OH NO!!! He's here. Local, That's a good one. I was beginning to think Merlyn was part parrot, and that Ed's hero might have been Hillary. Beav, is there any way to trace the posts to see if they come from the same computer to see if Local's idea may be?

23) Medal of Merit 24) Medal of Honor 25) Distirct Award of Merit

And two more that are rarer then the Eagle. #18 Hornaday Award - less then 20 handed out in a year. Blue, Green and White knot. #19 Heroism Award - only one in ten thousand ever recieve one. Red knot on white background. Have one of those in the family.

Yep, I can just hear the Scouts, "Mr X is wearing that knot. I bet he's gay. I not comfortable being around him." OR " Hey, that kid is talking to Mr. X. I bet the kids gay." And the parents, "Mr X has that knot on his uniform. I wonder if he's trawling for boys?" On the flip side, how does the boy know that an adult leader won't flip out and toss the Scout, when approached about their orientation or religious beliefs?

And C. Diff Packsaddle, And C. Diff.

Merlyn, I would never even think of doing anything liky ADSA. It was just an example. I'm sure if I tried something like this, that National would be asking questions, and some of the more radical Pride people would be making a big fus over it. I don't know, maybe someone has already started questioning the Inclusive Scouting Award, and I'm just behind in the times. Merlyn, the other fear would be what you described. How would the Scout(er) really know if the person wearing the knot was not just a plant to draw the supposed undesirables out into the open under false pretenses, and then

Here goes the can of worms. On another forum someone posted a link to to a good site about other awards. Under ADULT AWARDS I found one that I didn't recognize and clicked on it. It is called the INCLUSIVE SCOUTING AWARD, and has its own (unofficial)knot to put on the uniform provided by SCOUT PRIDE. Yep you guessed right. It means that you're open to being approached by gay and or atheist Scouts. And what would happen if I started the ADSA (Anti-Diversity Scouting Award). Someone would be at my door demanding that the award be stopped and threatening litigation. But I have to put up wi

Ed is right. There is an article in the Oct. issue of SCOUTING. A pack started a hiking program where the Cub can earn a hiking staff with his Pack #, and name on the staff. The Pack has patches for different legnths hiked, 50,100,150,200 etc. The Pack goes hiking every month with different distances. The Dens can do additional hikes if they want. Eric P.

As far as I know, we have not had this happen. But our District and the Dac's have a system set up. there is a MB czar. They prefer a Scout to take a MB from a MBC within the District if at all possible. They don't have a problem with the Scout going out of District if there is no MBC in the District, but would like it kept within Council. If the Scout is going to an out of Council event, they would like to be consulted first by the SM to discuss the specifics, if the SM is privy to what the Scout is doing. They don't want the Scout going somewhere for a weekend and coming back with 4 MB

Has not Hester & Arthur suffered enough? Both their Scouting careers are now tarnished. Can we not just move on to more important Scouting stuff? Yes DanK. it does.

Challenge them to start a fire with only using ice. See if they can figure it out.

Ouch!! Ouch!! Ouch!! Those damned stones. Where are they coming from? Oh they were just little hail balls from above, not stones from here on Earth. My Scoraterian thoughts get me in trouble from time to time. Please forgive me for calling the third a Voyeur. They were probably awaken by what they thought was a Stud (opps, I mean Stag in rutting season) coming their way and didn't want to get trampled during the rush for the prize.

FScouter, I guess this could be considered HIGH ADVENTURE for the two leaders involved, and the potential voyeuristic non-leader, but doesn't this really fall under Troop Politics?

We all have our opinions on what should be done with the leaders, if some form of boinking actually happened. Now was the non-leader just sitting around the fire, making a nature run, or playing the voyeur? Have they been known to cause a stir in the past? Was he or she heading to another tent themselves? Are they jealous that they weren't the chosen one? Did they go over and listen/peek to see what was going on because they had to defend Scouting, or because they were curious, or wanted to get their kicks? What is/was done with this person? And yes, they b

Joe, Who was the MBC? Was it the old SM or did they go to a MBC outside of the troop. If the Scout saw an outside MBC, there should be a paper-trail, the blue card. The Scout should have his third of the card, if the old SM or Committee Member handling Advancement gave it back to him. If they didn't and no one can find it, have the Scout contact the MBC and ask him/her to re-issue the lost card. The MBC should have their third of the original card. As for online advancement entry, ask your Council for a copy of what they have received. You need to make sure that everything under the pre

Hey Cleveland, Hello from Canton. Check into Clinton Valley Council's site. They run an Okpik course over a couple of weekends, one in December, all indoor training, and one in earlier February, where they go out and do what they learned. They will build and sleep in the snow shelters and cook in the elements. The program may only take your older Sccouts, 16 and over. When they come back, take the rest over to Burton or Astabula. They should have plenty of snow to run the program. Ideas: - Have them bring a pack of their favorite Jello and a Nalgene. On Fri. night about 9PM, have the

Yea Gunny, my leaves usually start falling three weeks ago. They just started last weekend. The last of our trees usually don't shed until the first or second week of December. That means I'll probably still be raking in Jan. in the snow. Damned Pin Oaks!! Eamonn, since you don't like guns why not have OJ try a bow. Better yet, shoot with a camera. Low 30's tonight with frost. Mid 60's tomorrow. Got to love NE Ohio.

We went on an infamous one-nighter at a little known and used camp called Camp Buckeye. It consists of around 250 acres in northern Wayne County Ohio. It's right in the middle of farm country, but you would have thought you were deep in the backcountry. The lane went in about a mile and ended at a turnaround at a precipice. There stood one of two rustic cabins, wood stoves for heating, nothing else. The edges dropped 100-150 feet to the creek below. A few hundred yards down a path from the last cabin were three 20 foot wide, 2-3 feet tall mounds thought to have been built by the Adenas.