Ohio_Scouter

Hi oz, Our Venture Patrol went caving in the Great Saltpetre Cave Preserve in Mount Vernon, Kentucky. They had a blast as usual. http://www.caves.org/conservancy/gsp/

I'd like to see the post. It disappeared before I could read it.

I like the new switchbacks. They worked well at Philmont this summer.

OGE, More evidence that its worth it CENTENNIAL, CO - A local Boy Scout is glad his troop learned the Heimlich maneuver during first aid training because it may have saved his sister's life. Last Wednesday 8-year-old Jordyn Baker and her brother, 12-year-old Jackson, were at their family's breakfast nook doing homework when Jordyn started choking on a carrot. Their mom was upstairs, so Jackson took quick action to help his struggling sister. "I started to cough and I couldn't really breathe anymore, and then Jackson just did the Heimlich," said Jordyn. "I didn'

OGE, Trust me, it's worth it. I'm reassured of it every time I compare the "before" to the "after" product, and every time a parent thanks me for all the time I spend helping their boys because maybe they can't or don't know how to help.

packsaddle, OGE, Looks like Merlyn_LeRoy posted the story elsewhere on these forums at the same time. He and Ed are already arguing about it. Let me know if I need to repost. Thanks

Congratulations, Its Me. I can't wait to hear some good Scout stories.

Talk about raising fees! Well, it looks like the City of Philadelphia has found a new way to raise fees. Check it out below. Posted on Thu, Oct. 18, 2007 City hikes Boy Scouts' rent by $199,999 over gay ban By Joseph A. Slobodzian Philadelphia Inquirer Staff Writer The Boy Scouts of America's refusal to bend its rules to permit gay scouts will cost the organization's local chapter $200,000 a year if it wishes to keep its headquarters in a city-owned building on Logan Square. Representatives of the Boy Scouts of America's Cradle of Liberty Council were notified tha

Hey hop_scout, Chill out! Best I ever did in Scouts in the 1960s was make second class Scout, yet I consider myself pretty successful. I got a good education, a wonderful family, a great job, and I''m an Assistant Scoutmaster in BSA (adult leader--that''s even higher rank than Eagle Scout, don''t you know) in a great Troop who gets to work on all the exciting eagle stuff with a bunch of pretty cool Scouts and Scouters. We''ve been to Northern Tier, Seabase, Philmont, and numerous other high adventure trips. So don''t worry about rank; rank isn''t even mentioned in the Scout Oath, Law,

eisely, Yes, the title is Bear Attacks: Their Causes and Avoidance, Revised Edition, by Stephen Herrero, Lyons Press, Guilford, Connecticut, an imprint of The Globe Pequot Press. Copyright 1985, 2002. ISBN 1-58574-557-X. I bought my copy in the summer of 2004 during our Troop''s high adventure trip to Yellowstone and Grand Teton National Parks through Grand Teton Natural History Association, P.O. Box 170, Moose, Wyoming 83012, or Telephone 307.739.3606, www.grandtetonpark.org, for $16.95 US at the time. Let me know if you need anything else.

dan, Steven Herrero''s book, "Bear Attacks: Their Cause and Avoidance", has a lot of good information about bear attacks. His book analyzes bear attacks in the US, Canada and Alaska for over 100 yrs. Even though there are many anecdotal bear attack books, such as Larry Kaniut''s books, Herrero is considered the premiere work because he analyzes patterns and types of attacks and how people survived or why they didn''t survive. He separates Black bears from Grizzly and Brown bears since the behavior is so different. A very helpful hint is how to tell the difference between a defensi

Joni4TA, Our troop is a bit larger (about 35 scouts), and we have determined, after a lot of trial-and-error sales projects, that an annual Troop garage or yard sale works best for us. We generate anywhere between $3,000.00 and $5,000.00 per year to help fund our Troop''s operations and equipment needs just from this one activity. We collect donations from the surrounding neighborhoods all throughout the year, and early in June, just before summer camp and high adventure trips, we conduct the garage sale which lasts the entire weekend. Our scouts and scouters camp out and are on ha

Congratulations, meamemg, and job well done.

GoldWinger, Try this site; it''s loaded with Philmont icons and clipart: http://www.pineapplefish56.net/Scouting-Fun.html

Congratulations, Kudu. You''re obviously having too much fun! Now, if we can just find a way to help LisaBob with her recruiting.

Hi luv2b, I''ve seen John Wayne''s interpretation of the Scout Law in print, but I don''t think I''ve ever heard of an audio version. Sorry.

Lisa, I have to agree with John-in-KC. It''s well known that if you want young boys to show up somewhere, just exhibit some high-adventure "gear" like backpacking, climbing, caving, canoeing, sailing, mountain man activities (blacksmithing, knives, guns, tomahawks, etc.). Cool-looking cars with the hoods up and the engines exposed works, too! We converted our Scout meeting place into a climbing and rappelling facility with several different climbing walls built by our older scouts and adults. All the Scouts practice climbing up and rappelling down the walls. They practice their c

In addition to the normal campout reports from scouts, rank advancement, and merit badge distribution, we have a meal for all attendees. After dinner, we have a slide show with selected photos of all Troop activities and campouts that have occurred since last COH. The slide show is set to our SM''s extensive collection of 70''s or 80''s rock music. The scouts, scouters, and parents love it!

Every fall, our troop has a father (or mother)/son mountain man competition which includes scored cooking contests, rifle and shotgun shooting contests, knife and tomahawk throwing contests, corn-hole contests, spear throwing contests, blowgun competitions, and frisbee golf contests, to name a few. Our guys love these competitions each year, and the judges have a great time judging the cooking contests, plus they eat free. Good luck and have fun.

It cost me over $1,000 and some pretty serious backpacking to earn my 2007 Chinese-made Philmont arrowhead patch. It''s the only one I have, and it may be the only one I ever get. I''m pretty proud of it, so I''m gonna wear it over my right shirt pocket, but I''m not gonna eat it. Like Gern says, if they want my lead based made-in-China Philmont patch, they''re gonna have to come and get it. I''m also convinced that it doesn''t matter where the item is made; BSA will raise the price anyway. If I''m not mistaken, they''ve already raised the price of a 2008 Philmont trek $50.00 over las

That''s a tough one. I know that if my current troop wouldn''t let me camp out with my son, I''d find another Troop in about 2 nanoseconds, and I''d try to convince all his pals to come with us to the new Troop. Maybe some of the other members have a good idea?

Yeah, it doesn''t make much sense for a Venturing Crew which is coed to begin with. Are there no other crews or troops in the area with different policies?

CrewMomma, Why is single mom not allowed on campouts with her son?

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