LovetoCamp

Five bags full. We're also going to sponsor a boy and a girl, ages 3 and 4.

Whew, that's good to know. As long as they're not getting corrupted the the ICB (Insane Clown Bowlines).

Do Mormon kids listen to Slipknot?

We can play Johnny Horton's Greatest Hits real loud to...."NORTH TO ALASKA, GO NORTH THE RUSH IS ON!!!!"

I sure don't want my precious, cute, innocent, Mini-Trail Pounders listening to that stuff.

I just read some of the lyrics. It's not good.

I have "Johnny Horton's Greatest Hits" in my vehicle. That's all we ever play. I'll bet my boys are the only first graders who know "Sink the Bismark"!!! "When the smoke had cleared away, the mighty Hood went down."

Grover Cleveland doesn't need one.

It's a free country. People can write and think how they want to. But, you will never catch Trail Pounder equating Washington and Jefferson, two of the greatest of Great Americans with Ghandi, King, and Mandela. They don't belong in the same sentence. What exactly was it that King did for these United States? A few marches, a few speeches, and several weeks of rioting and looting in major urban areas? Why is it that Thomas Jefferson, the author of the Declaration of Independence, President who purchased from France half the country, doesn't rate his own national holiday? Eisenhower, two term president, and hero of WWII? Roosevelt, 4 term president, who guided us to victory in WWII and out of the Great Depression? Teddy Roosevelt, Medal of Honor recipient, U.S. Grant won the Civil War with his generalship.....

Why would anyone place this communist terrorist Mandela in the same sentence as George Washington and Thomas Jefferson? Not even close.

Calm down man, it's all under control now.

I knew that.(This message has been edited by Trail Pounder)

OT, If Venturing is truly youth led, then shouldn't there be a training program to instill in the Venturing Youth HOW to plan their own program. The materials all exist to get this done. Themes, agendas, crew concentrations, activities planners, etc. But do the crews who "do nothing and fade away" ever actually plan events and then DO them? I doubt it. What about a Regional Training Program that's all about Program Planning for Crews? Where the trained crew presidents would have no problem organizing transportation, chow, camping arrangements, permission slips, crew equipment, individual equipment and so on and so on. The trained leaders get a big dose of short term and long term planning training. Then they become a crew that "Does things" survives and thrives.

I see hypocrisy and contradiction in you who demand to dissent and defend the atheists and homosexuals rebrobates and their ilk yet you have your children in uniform, at the church, every tuesday night at 7:00. Maybe your courage of convictions are Kevlar Strong behind your keyboard, but kinda weak in the real world. If my kids were members of a program in which I disagreed with their core values...Bang, they're out of there like a shot. If a ban on homosexuals bothers you so much, than shouldn't you pull your kids from Scouts and place them in the nearest Gay Lesbian Fellowship Club of Greater St. Paul? If you know the policies, values, and regulations and still place your child in the different programs, than shut your pie-hole and let the kids enjoy themselves.

WOW What a crybaby!!!

You can dissent about anything you want to in this wonderful country, when you do, you should get your catcher's mitt out and be prepared.

Hunt are you saying that you, the dissenter, should be free to ramble on about anything and everything you disagree with and the rest of us should be silent should we disagree with your positions? Don't think so Scooter.

There were 6 of us in the cabin. Evertime I woke up, 5 of them were snoring like freight trains!!! Everyone said the same thing.

Eamonn, if you do go....60 Scouters in cabins....ear plugs!!!! TP

Uncle, Hope all is well. We're going to Gettysburg next spring. Let's have that cup of coffee then. TP

I'll start with 10 bookbags K-2. This will be a Trail Pounder Family Service Project. Thanks for the info.

Eamonn, you need to go. TP

I'm thinking that in the mood you've been in the last week or so, you better not go. I went to the course in Kentucky and Southern Indiana last year. In my opinion, the staff set the bar for all other courses, they did it that well. Powderhorn is a course to familiarize adult leaders with activities. For example, I read a little about Outdoor Living History, in the Ranger book, but never really had an idea what's involved. At Powderhorn we were introduced to some period reenactors, one lasy was kinda craftsy and a crew of others had their camp and equipment set up and put on a two hour talk about their hobby. When someone loves what their doing, they can't help but draw you in and make their presentation interesting. So I was familiarized with the hobby and some of the people who do Outdoor Living History. On that note, this Saturday, I'm taking the Ship up to a museum near Beloit, WI where they are having Civil War Days, Billy Yank and Johnny Reb, camps and skirmishes. I had never been on a Sailboat before Powderhorn where we went out for two hours on Lake Kentucky with Camp Manchesters 19'ers skippered by the Evansville, IN Sea Scouts. That was also my first introduction to Sea Scouts and sailing. Three weeks ago, our Ship went sailing on Lake Michigan, Racine to Kenosha and back. Never would have happenned without getting a taste of it at Powderhorn. My Sea Scouts morale is sky high, through the roof!!! We're going on another sailing overnighter in three weeks. So, Eamonn, I had a blast at Powderhorn, doing all the activities was a hoot, but the entire time I was figuring ways to bring the activities back home with me and become a Ship that does things besides have meetings. I met some great people at Powderhorn who I run into every now and then. We had a full course. I believe we had nearly 60 students. Probably less than half were Venturing Advisors. There were SMs, ASMs, Troop, District, and Council Committee members, Cub Scouters, and some Sea Scout leaders. Everyone can benefit by be more familiar with all the activities displayed. I was lucky in attending the course I did. The staffs at Buffalo Trace and Shawnee Trails Powderhorn course were exceptional and planned for 18 months on putting on our course. Prior to that I was enrolled in a course that flopped due to enrollment and poor planning. The course is designed to fill you full of resources. All the Ranger Award activities done at Powderhorn (with a few exceptions) can be taken back to Troops. That is the purpose, for you to take back the ideas, but if you have fun and meet some great people, that's not a problem. We didn't get to Scuba last winter. But it is on the schedule for next January.

Didn't sound like it was based on race anyway. It was based on the youth reaching a plateau in their church as a qualifier for office. Would it not be the same thing as a youth being required to complete CCD before holding the SPL office in a Catholic Church? So, this is a 30 year old non-issue.

A sign of great things to come, there weren't too many black kids involved in Scouting in Utah prior to the 1970's, but when the issue arose, the LDS Church compromised, modernized their rules, and Scouting in the Great Northwest has been thriving ever since. Problem? There is no problem.(This message has been edited by Trail Pounder)