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I carry iodine tablets in addition to any filter as a back up.

Over the last twenty years I have used many different water purification systems and have a few general tips. To use them as much as you should they must be easy to use. The pumping action should be easy and smooth, the handle must be conformable and the hoses must be long enough to enable you to be comfortable sitting by the stream with one in the water and the other in the bottle. Easy cleaning is plus nothing is worse than plugging the filter, once it was taking me it seemed like a five minutes per ounce. Here is REIs website for helping picking water filtration system: http://www.rei.c

Ok Ok I know the admonition and I know the translation but dang it if I can't spell it correctly. I guess I will have to get home before I can get into the restricted site. (I even made a call to two fellow vigils and they didn't know how either, one the development director of our council).

Our council and the local single A baseball team the AquaSox have a night at the game. Then an overnight where they get to pitch their tents in the outfield. We also have a campfire program and a breakfast . We have had 500 to 800 tickets sold the years we have held it. Cub Scouts and Webelos seem to like it best .

You have to be Brotherhood for two years before you can be selected for Vigil. Wecome back to an active role at the council fire, Balding Eagle.

Years ago the council in which I now active and also in my council as youth the unit number had some relationship to where the unit was located. The north end was 300s in the main town were double digits, the 100s to the south excreta., for example. Then mergers came and then came the fun of having two units with the same number. Solved by the both get to use the their original number but on official paperwork, one got a 40XX added to the old number. Now new units get what ever numbers is available but they try to keep the old geographic scheme in place if possible.

As a former district advancement chair, the only pervious advancement problems that caused a pause in a candidate path to his Eagle BOR were due to missing advancement reports. Most council does not have time to do more checking than looking over advancement reports. So when they have earned their ranks and their timing, if you have enough merit badges and the right ones and the paper work for them is in, are what they look for. The other problem we had was one young man moved to Venturing and his Team didnt recharter him and the Crew never registered him, he thought he was in. That though was

I known them as young as 12. If the unit is young you work with what you have.

As in many organizations there are documents that are secret, i.e. for internal use only. I image that Irving has memos floating around about changes in the program, uniforms, equipment, policies and whatever. Any organization needs to look to the future. Study groups are formed to present options and not all of them need to publish to the whole group, only the ones that are implemented. I suppose there are studies on opening up Boy Scouting to girls, and how to integrate gays in Scouting Leadership. Not to study them would be poor management. To study something does not mean it will happen bu

I just happened to be looking at the Bah web site (http://www.education.usbnc.org/child_spir_ed/scoutin.htm) for their Unity of Mankind award for scouts and found this comment: The program is available both for scouts who are members of the Bah Faith and for those interested in learning more about the Bah Faith and its teachings of unity.

UMC also is product of the merger of Norhtern and Southern Methodist Churches long ago.

I believe that in the near future the BSA will stop producing the diamond shaped Webelos badge and only the oval will be available. It matters not whether or not the boy has or has not been a Tiger.

John ,what I was trying to say while PRAY publishes and yes does write and proposes the requirements, the individual denominations accept the requirements by their committees on Scouting. I think we are saying the same thing.

I in have four youth working with me on their God and Church Award. It is designed for youth to do in the own home congregation and many of the activities pertain to the their denomination. It would be easy to include non-churched youth but youth active in a congregation need to working with their pastors or counselors appointed by them to follow the requirements. The Roman Catholic youth would get more out of their own program. Also PARY is a publisher of the materials, the requirements are approved by the various denominational committees on Scouting. The God and Life Award in the God a

It is Gov. Locke. I was at the dinner. Out here we don't discuss the gay issue too much at scouting events as opinions are about evenly divided among adult scouters and some get really get hot. Most large businesses and government bodies out here recognize 'domestic partners'.

I posted this a while back. Here is another politician who supports Scouting. Henry M. Jackson Heritage Auction November 8, 2003 926 words/MSW Good evening. I am honored to be here. Honored to be at this event whose namesake, Scoop Jackson, played such a significant role in the history of both Washingtons. And honored to have this opportunity to talk about scouting. As I stand here this evening, my mind is filled with the memories of my development as a Boy Scout. It all started with a camping trip I took with my Aunt and Uncle when I was just five years old.

I couldn't find anything in the most recent Scoutmaster Handbook, so I looked back to the the 1981 edition in there it said: "The individual tests for skill awards may be passed to troop approved boy and adult leaders," p. 225 This isn't a current reference but it is how all the troops I know handle it. BTW skill awards were earned toward Tenderfoot, Second and First Class ranks, and the requirements for them are many of those for the present ranks.

My understanding is that Spielberg's dad was a Life Scout and tbat was the reason for Indiana's rank

My sons patrol, back in the 80s took the blank patrol patch (I think they still sell it) and used magic markers to cerate the Big Foot patrol patch, a big footprint. I see no problem and find no reference to how the patch is to be made in the insignia guide.

FOG, Now that you mention it it was the metallic vs. regular thread that signified trained form untrained.

I once saw but now cant find on the web pictures of old (at least 25 yrs ago) Scoutmaster patches that by the difference in color of the edging differed between trained and untrained. Maybe thats what he was thinking of.

From Washington you should know Gary Locke, governor; Dan Evans, governor, senator and university president both from Washington State; both Eagles.

The youngest age you can join Scouts is determined by the age you complete Fourth Grade. There is quite a range for example when I was young, you could enter kindergarten if you were 5 by November 1st. The school district my kids were in they had to 5 by September 1st. Then there are ones who test in earlier and not to mention any that may skip a grade or are home schooled. Then when you finish fourth grade, some parts of the country school ends in May while some of our districts out here end in late June. If schools end in May you could cross over in November or December and be closer

Yes, sort of. You will need your pack to submit a unit fundraising application for whatever you decide to do. Only the Pack is allowed to do fundraising. Your den could be the only ones working it, but the rest of the pack may also work on it. Dont forget to check with your council; most councils have a campership fund that will help out with the cost of camp. I know the one in our council has a hard time giving the money away as it has not been getting enough requests.

That is an odd quesstion because around here it seems that Webelos cross over starting in Jan., about half way through fifth grade.